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Plans for the new sewage treatment in Oak Harbor may include an event center and outdoor plaza adjacent to Windjammer Park.

The new proposal also supports longer-range goals for the park, which include new amenities — such as a splash park — in place of the old sewage treatment plant that’s being removed as well as the relo-cation of the ballfields so that Bayshore

Drive can be extended through them.

CITY ENGINEER Joe Stowell unveiled city staff’s preferred siting plan for the new sewage treatment plant during a workshop Wednesday; under the proposal, a small section of Bayshore Drive will be built on the south end of the sewage plant property and protrude into the park.

Nobody objected to the plan, which will be on the Aug. 6 council agenda for final approval; councilwomen Beth Munns and Tara Hizon were absent.

Councilman Rick Almberg said he wants to ensure that the project takes up as little of the park as possible. He said council members promised the commu-nity to make an effort not to take away any park space with the project.

“That’s a big deal to a lot of people.”

MAYOR SCOTT DUDLEY pointed out that the old sewage treatment plant and adjacent parking lot, which are in the

Sewage plant may include plaza, water park

An artist’s rendering shows a concept for Oak Harbor’s new sewage treatment plant. SEE PROPOSAL, A20

Rec pot store’s opening delayed

Mayor wants OH Elks to take over marathon

By MICHELLE BEAHMStaff reporter

When a nearby building was put on the market for sale, the manager of Deception Pass State Park said he saw an oppor-tunity to try and make a dream a reality.

Jack Hartt said he wants to establish a visitor’s center for the state park in the building, to let people know about all the opportunities available.

Deception Pass manager wants nearby building

Photo by Ben Watanabe/Whidbey News Group

Whidbey Island Cannibis Co. owner Maureen Cook stands behind empty dis-play shelves. Not only wasn’t there product to sell, she has a year to obtain county approval to open.


Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley wants the Elks Club to run the city-owned Whidbey Island Marathon.

The question is whether the city council will agree.The issue of who will run the event turned into a contro-

versy earlier this summer when council members tried to push forward a contract for the marathon coordinator posi-tion, which Oak Harbor resident Tamra Sipes has held for five years.

Several council members spoke highly of Sipes and sug-gested she should continue.

Dudley, however, said he wasn’t happy with Sipes, and that choosing the coordinator and coming up with a contract was

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The recreational marijuana busi-ness in Island County has gotten off to a rocky start.

A South Whidbey entrepreneur became the first person with a license to sell recreational marijuana in Washington state this week, but she didn’t have approval from Island County government to open.

Maureen Cooke, owner of Mo’s Pub and Eatery in Langley, is the first name on the state’s list of approved sellers. She opened the shop in Bayview this week, but didn’t have any product to sell.

It turns out, however, that Cooke did not go through the proper pro-cess with Island County government to open the shop.

“Some people got a little ahead of themselves,” said Island County Planning Director Dave Wechner.

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Whidbey Isle Yarns owner Dena Royal said Thursday that she plans to move her living quarters out of her Pioneer Way shop in Oak Harbor and into a Coupeville apartment next week.

Royal was cited last week by the City of Oak Harbor for living in a “studio” in the back of her shop.

The city stated that the liv-ing quarters do not meet the city’s building code.

Royal claims Oak Harbor city staff have been unnec-essarily combative and she plans to continue her own investigation into the city’s tactics through a series of open record requests she has filed.

“I feel like a lone ranger here,” Royal said.

Royal said she was “sin-gled out in a retaliatory man-ner.”

“I will be going to the Attorney General’s Office after reviewing the docu-

ments produced through public records requests,” she said.

Royal was cited by David Anderson from the city’s code compliance office last Tuesday. Royal said Anderson’s actions were “harassing,” that she asked him to leave her store twice, and filed a formal complaint with the city.

An investigation into Royal’s claims was conduct-ed by Anderson’s supervi-sor, Dave Powers, director of development services.

“The allegation of harass-ment is unfounded,” Powers said in a letter to Royal dated July 8.

Royal also accuses Oak Harbor Police Chief Ed Green of making a retalia-tory complaint against her because of her many complaints that the city is not enforcing the laws on Pioneer Way.

An investigation into Green’s actions is still under-way.

Royal has filed multiple complaints with the city about smoking near her business doorway, cigarette butts and littering, public urination, and alleged over-serving at nearby bars.

As of Thursday, Royal said she’s had enough.

“I feel like I’m not getting anywhere with making posi-tive changes on Pioneer,” Royal said.

“They don’t seem to want to work with family -friendly businesses. I do not trust the codes department or Chief Green to follow the laws in a fair or equitable manner.”

Royal said she also plans to seek a new retail space in Coupeville as soon as pos-sible.

“Coupeville doesn’t seem to have the same concerns,” Royal said. “My health is more important than the stress … I don’t trust them. I don’t want to take the chance of being arrested or them tagging my business or shut-ting it down.”

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By KELLY PANTOLEONNews clerk

Leslie Franzen, branch manager for the Coupeville Library, said the library has worked with the Island County Astronomical Society before, but never for teens specifically.

On Monday, July 14, the Coupeville Library is partnering with astronomy group, the Boys & Girls Club, and Friends of the Coupeville Library to present two events.

“What’s App’ning with the Stars” will be 1-3 p.m., and “ ‘Space Jam’/Stargazing” is 7:30-11 p.m.

When the library expanded four years ago, everything else, like the programs the library offers, also expanded, Franzen said.

Until now, she was the only person work-ing with the teen programs, but this summer she tried to focus on the teens specifically. She hired Kate Poss to serve as the new teen contact for the library.

Poss said she is inspired by the night sky and how it frees people from their daily lives.

“It allows for people to wonder,” she said. Franzen said she hopes it will be a robust

program and that she’s always liked working with kids.

“They’ve got something fun to do,” Franzen said. “It’s our way of bringing them an oppor-tunity.”

Franzen, having coached high school sports years ago, said as much as she liked working with athletes, she hopes to include teens who don’t necessarily play sports at

this event. “It draws a group of kids you won’t find in

sports activities,” she said. “It gives them an opportunity to just enjoy the kinds of things that might appeal to them.”

But for those interested in sports, and a “stellar” film, the second event will include a showing of “Space Jam,” the 1990s film star-ring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny.

And if teens attend either event, they will be entered in a raffle to win gift certificates to local businesses.

The afternoon and evening events are meant to go together. The teens will learn about the apps they can use to view planets and stars at the afternoon event, and then after the movie during the evening event, they will have the opportunity to go outside and use their apps and telescopes to see what the sky holds.

Both events will be taught by Richard Everett, a member of the astronomy group. Everett will show the teens how to use the apps, share his experiences and knowledge, and be available for questions.

Franzen said everything about the events — including the apps — will be free. Everett will show the kids how to use the apps, and then they’ll be able to use them to look at the night sky after watching the film. Poss said they’re hoping to see the Earth’s moon and the planets Saturn, Jupiter and Mars.

“It’s cool to be able to know what you’re looking at,” Poss said.

“Being out in nature is just incredible.”

Teen stargazing events Monday

By MICHELLE BEAHMStaff reporter

Hetty Van Dijt, of Vancouver, British Columbia, has visited Deception Pass State Park since she was a child.

“This is our favorite, because of the variety,” she said.

“It’s got great hikes. It’s a great place to take your kids because of the lake.”

“You can go to the ocean,” she said.

Van Dijt isn’t alone in her appreciation of the park. Deception Pass is the busi-est state park in Washington state.

Before the Discover Pass system was created in 2011, the Deception Pass Park visitors numbers, which are counted with car counters, averaged at about 1.5 mil-lion visitors a year. Now, it’s up to about 2 million, according to Park Manager Jack Hartt.

A Discover Pass costs $35 a year, including fees. A one-day pass to the park is $10, plus $1.50 in fees. According to Hartt, the pass system didn’t hurt atten-dance at all.

“That very first year, we increased 5 percent,” he said. “That’s Deception Pass. State parks as a whole dropped.”

Hartt said he attributes the park’s success to people wanting to visit the best park available.

“I think people thought, ‘If I’m going to pay $10, I’ll go to the best there is,’ ” he said. “I’m a little biased on that.”

Mary Daley, who was vis-iting the park from Kent,

said she is not deterred at all by the entrance fee.

“I’m more than happy to participate for the state parks,” she said.

Daley said she visited other Washington state parks. In comparison, she said, Deception Pass is very diverse.

“There’s just so much to do here, it seems,” Daley said. “A lot of different choices. A little bit of choic-es for everyone.”

There are a few places in the state with more traffic, Hartt said. He said a trail in Spokane counts more people because it passes through the downtown. He added that the state’s ocean beaches have more traffic

because it’s a highway, and the cars on it are counted.

Deception Pass does not count the people driv-ing through the state park along State Highway 20.

“If you count people who are actually in a park, and they came to the park for the park experience, we are the busiest park in the state,” Hartt said.

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A 23-year-old waitress at a popular Langley pub is accused of forging custom-er receipts to give herself bigger tips, according to documents on file in Island County Superior Court.

Prosecutors charged Jessica R. Engebretson July 3 with four counts of felony forgery. If convicted, she faces two to six months in jail.

The owner of Mo’s Pub and Eatery reported to

Langley police on May 25 that she suspected a wait-ress was altering customer credit card receipts.

Police officer David Marks spoke with Engebretson, and she allegedly admitted to altering 67 receipts over a three-month period, the police report said.

“I altered theses tips to get more money,” Engebretson allegedly said, according to Marks’ report.

Pub waitress charged with forging tips

A burglar was apparently thwarted by an alarm while trying to break into the the Eagles Aerie on South Whidbey on Independence Day, according to the Island County Sheriff’s Office.

An employee at the club came to work Saturday morning to find that that the central juncture box on the outside of the building was open and the phone lines were pulled out.

Plywood that was cover-ing a window was pried off,

according to Undersheriff Kelly Mauck.

Deputies investigated, but could’t find any evidence that an intruder was inside the building.

“They surmised that the alarm scared them off,” he said.

A burglar success-fully broke into the club in February, but deputies arrested a suspect with the help of video from a security camera.

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Democratic Congress-man Rick Larsen said Thursday he’ll continue his support for use of Outlying Field Coupeville by the EA-18G Growlers based at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

“I support keeping it open and I support the Growlers,” Larsen said in a phone interview this week.

“I’ve been a strong sup-porter of the Navy, and it’s been a huge economic driv-er for North Whidbey.”

Larsen is facing two chal-lengers in the primary elec-tion, which ends Aug. 5. Island County residents can vote online now, and paper ballots are expected to go out Wednesday.

Larsen was criticized for this position by members of Citizen of Ebey’s Reserve, or COER, some of them previously supporters, because they maintain that the Growlers pose health risks.

“I understand where people are coming from, which is why me and my staff spent a lot of time get-ting the Navy to listen to people and their concerns and try to be responsive as an elected official,” Larsen said. “Opponents will con-clude from this that I’m not listening.”

“Just because I disagree doesn’t mean I’m not listen-ing. From my outreach, I believe there is strong local support to close OLF, but it’s not the majority.”

Independent challeng-er and Occupy organizer Mike Lapointe said Larsen

has not been responsive enough to those concerned about the Growlers.

Lapointe, who grew up near Westfield-Barnes Airport in Massachusetts, said he experienced similar jet noise.

Coupeville-based COER sued the Navy last year, demanding an environmen-tal study on the Growlers.

COER members appear to be throwing their sup-port behind Lapointe on their blog.

“I can relate to their problem,” Lapointe said in a Wednesday phone inter-view. “I don’t understand how this can be mitigated. The Navy has been non-responsive … only after the lawsuit. We shouldn’t have to be suing our own government to get some response.”

Larsen’s Republican opponent, former aero-space engineer BJ Guillot,

said closure of OLF and rebasing of the Growlers would hurt North Whidbey.

“I think it would be devas-tating to the local economy if the Growlers aren’t able to fly,” Guillot said. “I’m not in favor of closing the OLF.”

Guillot said, though, he’d be willing to listen to COER and other concerned resi-dents.

FEDERAL BUDGETLarsen conceded that the

last federal budget cycle, marked with party poli-tics and delays, “politically didn’t go well for anyone.”

However, he said he hopes the response from constituents and the legis-lators’ frustration with the process has created a “self-enforcement mechanism” that will improve things moving forward.

Larsen said he’s aware that the threat of sequestra-tion is frustrating for the federal employees in Oak Harbor.

“We need to do every-thing we can to avoid that,” Larsen said. “We still have structural budget prob-lems, and we need a bal-anced deficit reduction plan but not at the cost of the things we need.”

Lapointe calls the last budget cycle “pathetic.”

“It’s an obvious symptom of what happens when the government has been taken over by corporate inter-ests,” he said.

Lapointe said he will “raise holy hell” to make sure the people have a place at the table.

“There’s something wrong that is happening when elected officials can’t do what is wanted by 85 per-cent of their constituents.”

Guillot said that while he supports a balanced bud-get amendment, he believes that Congress needs to “come together and com-promise” in order to do their jobs.

“The two sides are polar opposites,” Guillot said. “We need to come up with some compromised deci-sions.”

TRANSPORTATIONLarsen said Congress

needs to find a long-term, sustainable solution for the the recent shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. Larsen said transportation funding also helps the econ-omy and creates jobs.

“There is a federal role in transportation,” Larsen said. “Island County cannot meet all their transportation needs and we need to sup-port that.”

Lapointe said he’s noticed an upsetting decline in funding for transportation in recent years.

“Now bridges are falling into the water and no one is doing anything about it,” Lapointe said.

Lapointe said he would make concessions when necessary to ensure that the country’s priorities like transportation are funded.

Guillot said the country needs to look at how to fund transportation projects but will not support any type of gas tax because gas to

already too expensive.“We do have a crumbling

infrastructure and we need to come up with a way to fix these things,” Guillot said.

HEALTH CARELarsen said he continues

to support the implementa-tion of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and that adjustments can be made “as we go along.”

While the measure has increased access to health-care and reduced the cost of prescriptions for seniors, additional changes can and should be made, Larsen said.

Lapointe said the ACA is “ridiculous,” although it “obviously does some good things.”

“What it does not do is get the insurance compa-nies out of the equation,” Lapointe said.

Lapointe said he’d favor a “Medicaid for all” type plan nationwide.

The AFA should be repealed, according to Guillot, although he said there are a few things within it he’d like to retain. Guillot supports children staying on parental insurance until the age of the 26 and not preventing insurance cov-erage due to pre-existing conditions.

IMMIGRATIONLarsen said it’s a “trag-

edy” that the GOP has recently refused to look at immigration reform this year.

“There are people in our communities who live in the shadows,” Larsen said. “We need to have a pathway to an earned citizenship.”

Lapointe said he’s in favor of granting amnesty to existing illegal immigrants and simplifying the path to citizenship in the future.

“We’re all immigrants,” Lapointe said. “Immigrants add to our economy and help build it.”

Guillot, whose wife is a legal immigrant, said he believes its important to enforce the existing laws for the sake of those who have gone to the trouble of becoming legal.

That said, the existing process is inefficient and “should be sped up a bit,” Guillot said.

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LARSEN:“I support keeping (OLF) open and I support the Growlers.”

LAPOINTE:“I don’t understand how this can be mitigated. The Navy has been non-responsive.”

GUILLOT:“I think it would be devastating to the local economy if the Growlers aren’t able to fly.”

Island County is join-ing forces with Whatcom and Skagit counties to bring more affordable housing options to the region.

Island County com-missioners agreed last month to become part of the HOME Investment Partner Program, an organization that will collectively become eli-gible for grants issued through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, accord-ing to Catherine Reid, Island County housing program coordinator.

“This can provide rental assistance or the development of afford-able housing, meeting our goals of ending homelessness,” Reid said.

Reid said the HOME group will make its application in the com-ing months and should be eligible for funding next year.

Skagit County will serve as lead agency, but an advisory commit-tee will be created with representatives from all participating coun-ties and municipalities which includes Langley, Coupeville and Oak Harbor.

The program can fund a wide range of activities including building, buy-ing, and/or rehabilitat-ing affordable housing for rent or homeowner-ship or providing direct rental assistance to low-income people.

Whidbey adopts plan for affordable housing

Island County will hold a public hearing on its fish and wildlife habi-tat conservation plan at 10:15 a.m. Monday, July 21, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room in Coupeville.

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cer put a “stop work order” on the business on July 2 because she didn’t obtain the necessary type 2 site plan approval or building permit for work done inside the roughly 875-square-foot shop on Kramer Road.

He said the process would likely take from 60 to 90 days to complete.

In the interim, Cooke wrote to the Island County commis-sioners asking for them to reconsider their order. She was irate with the county and the cost of the permits.

“They’re just going to extort $2,500 out of me.”

“If they’re going to prevent me from opening and want me to pay $2,500, I’m going to pay the (expletive) thing. I’m pissed,” she said.

Wechner said her store likely meets all the require-ments but must go through the two-permit processes.

“I would anticipate that she can receive her permit for it, certainly,” he said. “But she doesn’t have one and hasn’t applied.”

In fact, Wechner said no recreational pot businesses in the county have obtained the necessary approvals, though several are in the process.

Bud Hut, a retail store planned for Camano Island, has submitted paperwork.

Owners of a proposed pro-duction and processing oper-

ation near Oak Harbor on Goldie Road has some taken some of the necessary steps.

Wechner said the business that’s probably furthest along in the process is a pot produc-tion operation on Edgefield Lane near Coupeville.

Washington voters approved Initiative 502, which legalized recreational marijuana consumption and

possession up to one ounce, in November 2012. It has taken the Washington State Liquor Control Board nearly 18 months to set out the rules and process applications for the production, distribution and sale — three distinct parts of the business.

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Frances Griswold excit-edly pulled out a rock that crumbled in her hand and showed it to other research-ers Tuesday.

The Central Washington University graduate student worked with fellow student Brian Ostrom this past week to painstakingly examine the layers of soil, mud and sand viewable on the bank of an eroded creek on the Seaplane Base, located just north of Crescent Harbor.

The Central research-ers, working under the supervision of professor Brea McGinnis, joined with local volunteers and the island’s emergency manage-ment organizations for the research all of last week.

The purpose: piecing together Whidbey Island’s history of tsunamis, earth-quakes and other geologi-cal events. Spearheaded by Island County’s department of emergency management, the study’s aim is to educate the island on what to expect and how to be prepared.

Research continues until July 17.

The decomposed rock that Griswold discov-ered is an example of a rock that aged in place, literally falling apart according to the makeup of its elements, McGinnis said.

It’s age, however, is tough to determine.

“It’s age depends on the layering process,” McGinnis said. “It was caused either by a lot of weathering or a lot of time.”

Each piece of information discovered, however insig-nificant, will help researchers map out the area’s history.

While in some cases the researchers are finding what they expected, it’s really too soon to make any conclusions until the sam-ples can be examined and dated in a lab, according to Jim Rich, volunteer with Island County’s depart-ment of emergency man-agement.

“Our goal right now is to look for evidence of tsu-namis,” said Rich, a retired oceonographer. “With that data, we can look at known events and try to draw some correlations.”

Among the known events is the three-foot ground shift

discovered at Rocky Point on Whidbey’s eastern coast by previous academics. Rich said a shift of that magni-tude would have an impact on other parts of the island and they are seeking evi-dence of that in Dugualla Bay.

“We know for sure it hap-pened at some point in the past,” Rich said. “It’s too big of an event not to be noticed.”

In addition, historical tsu-namis triggered by South Whidbey’s three fault lines would dead end right into Crescent Harbor, Rich said. The two locations are the focus of this round of research.

McGinnis, who special-izes in this type of research, said what the researchers see at Crescent Harbor is consistent with locations throughout Puget Sound.

What is unique about Crescent Harbor is its histo-ry of agriculture. The origi-nal harbor coast was further west prior to the late 1800s, when the area was diked and flushed with fresh water for agricultural use, accord-ing to the state Department

of Ecology.It remained that way until

1994 when a portion of the salt marsh was restored and native plants and animals reintroduced.

The various layers of marine organic material, driftwood, agricultural soil, trees, mud and sand make for an interesting and com-plex story, McGinnis said.

Within this, researchers are looking for layers of marine material, sand and peat that could have been placed there by tsunami waters. In addition, sand liquefaction — when pres-sured sand and water burst from the earths surface — is common around Puget Sound and is an indicator of earthquakes.

McGinnis said she sees evidence that the entire area around Crescent Bay was lowered significantly at some point during a ground shift of some sort.

To assist them in filling in the blanks of the last few hundred years, Rich has requested that Tom and Jan Ellis begin to compile infor-mation from the written and oral histories of the Native

American tribe members who first resided here.

Tom Ellis said while he has just begun his research, he has found that many of the oral histories are told in allegory or in “fanciful” terms, which may make recovering the information a challenge.

A call to a Swinomish his-torian was not returned by deadline.

From a public safety per-spective, this information can be invaluable, according to Gary Jandzinski, emer-gency management officer for Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

Knowing the way the earth and water responds to the shift of small local faults is critical for first respond-ers.

“From an emergency management standpoint, we know the shallow faults are more dramatic. ... They cause a 20-30 second quake right under our feet, causing potentially a great deal of damage depending on the size and type of a building’s structure,” Jandzinski said.

“It comes down to, the more we know, the better.”

Piecing together a storyTsunami researchers track geological history

With temperatures expect-ed to reach the low 80s in Oak Harbor this weekend, orga-nizers of the Beachcombers Bazaar are feeling good about a decision in recent years to move the event deeper into the summer calendar.

The 11th annual Kiwanis Club of Oak Harbor event is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Windjammer Park, mak-ing it the second year in a row the event has taken place in July rather than in June.

Rain put a damper on past June events.

“It had been in June a number of years,” said Harry Turner, event coordinator. “We said, ‘Let’s move it to July to see if the weather is better.’”

Described by organiz-ers as the “ultimate antique, craft and yard sale,” the Beachcombers Bazaar will feature booths representing 47 vendors, including three food businesses.

Other than used items found at a typical garage sale, many vendors sell new items, including candles, crafts and beauty products.

Turner, a retired dentist, said the event raises money to support Kiwanis Club activities for children in Oak Harbor.

The Kiwanis Club spon-sors several programs that benefit clubs from Oak Harbor schools, including Key Club at Oak Harbor High School.

The setup for the Beachcombers Bazaar will stretch from the recreational vehicle park to the gazebo and generally follow the asphalt paths.

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Central Washington University graduate students Frances Griswold and Brian Ostrom examine soil samples north of Crescent Harbor Thursday for evidence of tsunamis.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORWashington state

Palmdale columnist shares a Whidbey visitEditor,

My brother visited here for the first time recently. He included the following thoughts in the column he writes for the Antelope Valley Press in Palmdale, Calif.:

“Up on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, where my sister lives, they recently opened a museum that would be of interest to many readers here in Aerospace Valley.

It is in Oak Harbor, and it is called the PBY and Naval Aviation History Museum.

It has actually been around for sever-al years but just moved from the nearby Naval Air Station (Seaplane Base) to downtown Oak Harbor, on the site of a former furniture store, to make it more accessible to the public.

The museum is dedicated to memo-rializing the PBY (one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II) and other aircraft flown at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island since its open-

ing in 1942.It includes a DVD with interviews

of some of the original pilots and crew who flew or worked on the PBY at Whidbey Island. It also includes an F-16 simulator, which I tried and had no better luck with than the F-16 simu-lator at Edwards Air Force Base a few years ago.

It seems as an F-16 pilot, I am equally capable of crashing into the ocean and the desert.

Lastly, I’d have to say that the people of the Seattle area, both in the city and up in the rural areas I visited, are unfailingly friendly.

In most places, when you stop to ask for directions, if you’re lucky, the person will stop and tell you how to get where you need to go.

In Seattle, we had a fellow who gra-ciously didn’t just tell us how to get to the light rail station, he took time out of his day to actually show us, walking us there himself.

That, of course, was above and beyond, but throughout the area, we encountered pleasant people.

I’m curious as to whether readers who are from that area or who have visited there share my fondness for the friendly people, or was it just an anomaly?

And if it’s true that Washington staters are nicer than other folks we encounter in our travels around the country, why?”

I thought those of us who live here might be pleased — and maybe have some comments.

Catherine BallayCoupeville

Petroleum

Energy future, costs won’t get any betterEditor,

We hear about free enterprise and American energy independence by reading Don Brunell’s guest column in the Whidbey News-Times.

Mr. Brunell writes to us from Vancouver, Wash. He seems to think that we are achieving American ener-gy independence with a boost from home-grown technology but that we better watch out for the snake oil of renewable energy and the like.

Mr. Brunell’s latest column, “Independence means curbing depen-

Rarely can the lack of action trigger so much reaction as it did last week when Tim Eyman didn’t do something he so often does — turn in signatures for an initiative.

Word the professional initiative pro-moter from Mukilteo failed to qualify his latest anti-tax concoction for the November ballot ignited an outburst online of those in the Puget Sound’s

political punditry.That’s because it’s been a few years since Eyman came

up empty in his attempt to legislate through the ballot box.

His critics wistfully hope it is a sign of failures to come and an omen of his eventual exit from Washington’s main stage of politics.

Without question, Eyman has lost his bling and his brand of self-centered politics dressed up as populism no longer gives voice to public angst and anger as it once did.

But one setback isn’t likely to neuter Eyman’s influence — real and perceived — on the electorate or the electeds.

There are reasons for this year’s dud effort. He had a poorly conceived measure and he never rebuilt the bridge to business supporters he blew up last year.

This year’s offering, officially known as Initiative 1325, required lawmakers to endorse a constitutional amend-ment requiring tax increases be approved by a two-thirds majority and then to put it on the ballot for voters to ratify. If they didn’t, the state sales tax would be slashed from 6.5 percent to 5.5 percent.

That’s a pretty complicated sell for someone with a clipboard standing outside a supermarket trying to get signatures.

And he didn’t have many of those because the usual flow of dollars to pay for them from wealthy individuals, small businesses or major corporations dried up. Eyman’s customary allies hadn’t forgiven him for 2013 when they believe he used some of their donations to push a mea-sure they opposed.

Without that financial aid to hire professional petition-ers, Eyman and his reputed “thousands of supporters” were on their own to get it done. And they didn’t.

“We worked really hard, but our signature drive

State’s initiative king lost his bling

SEE JAMES, A7

THE PETRI DISHBy JERRY CORNFIELD

SEE CORNFIELD, A7


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What do you think about the public art in Oak Harbor?

“I like it. It shows how artistic people are here.”

Raven EnglerFreeland, Wash.

“I like it.”Germana Fullman

Albuquerque, N.M.

OF THE WEEK:

“I’m fine with it. I think it ... looks good.”

Al CollonguesNew Orleans, La.

“There should definitely be more of it.”

Bethanie CollonguesOak Harbor, Wash.

QUESTION

dence,” appeared on the eve of this year’s Fourth of July celebration. Once again, he touts the benefits of domes-tic petroleum extracted from shale formations.

I agree that U.S. technol-ogy for bringing in oil from shale is impressive. Many of the wells are as deep as Mount Baker is tall — and the wells not only go straight down, they travel horizontally for miles.

Shale oil extraction is impressive and provides some hope for energy security, but the geology of shale oil and gas makes the resource very expensive. With shale oil, we’re drilling and pumping far below the “easy” oil and gas found in the reservoirs I heard so much about as a kid — the oil of “wildcatters.”

Increasingly, we’re into the petroleum of “source rock.” Below the tightly held petroleum in source rock, there’s just “rock rock” — zero petroleum.

These deep wells cost several million dollars each, minimum.

They have rapid produc-tion decline rates; they pro-duce less than half as much on average after the first year.

Not only is there a limited supply of shale petroleum, but national and internation-al energy agencies project that U.S. production as a whole will decline by 2020. The trend is for petroleum costs to go up, not down.

This will weigh on American family budgets and our economy.

Perversely, a gallon of gasoline this Fourth of July holiday costs the most

of any year since 2008 — the culmination year for a series of bursting financial bubbles, temporarily caus-ing crude oil prices to go to $145/barrel.

The U.S. may be more energy secure today with domestic production at 3 million barrels more a day than in 2008, but our expo-sure to international oil price shocks has changed very little.

I wouldn’t be bringing up Brunell’s column if I thought our energy future and costs were going to get better. World petroleum supply — of which we are a part — is precarious.

The net benefit of busi-ness-as-usual with fossil fuels is also running down with each passing year.

Consider the effects of fossil fuels on our health, energy security and climate. How clean are our oceans, drinking water and the air with fossil fuel extraction, transportation and burning?

We need to accelerate our transition to alternatives to fossil fuels just as fast as we can.

We get 100 percent upbeat messages about fossil fuel from the national Chamber of Commerce and related state business associations.

Will we be lulled into consuming fossil fuels as if they are getting cheaper and permanently plentiful? Fossil fuels are no longer like a starburst firework on the Fourth of July.

We need to be care-ful what we wrap in “red, white and blue” … to impart cachet, when the net worth of fossil fuels is not what it used to be.

Lee JamesCoupeville

LETTERS CONTINUEDCONTINUED FROM A6

for the 2/3-For-Taxes Constitutional Amendment fell short this year,” Eyman wrote in an email to supporters, without acknowledging how many signatures were gathered. “We’ll just have to work even harder next time.” What “next time” looks like may determine whether Eyman effectuates a rebound to rel-evancy.

If he wants to maintain a statewide profile, he’ll need to make amends with his old allies. Without their wallets and their wisdom, Eyman’s ability to continue earning regular paydays will be put at risk.

Or Eyman could change course and focus on pushing ballot measures on the local level. He’s had success in fight-ing red-light cameras. There is no end

to levies and taxes he could consider challenging on behalf of a citizenry that feels overtaxed. That requires Eyman to rethink his methods, and his motives. Pushing initiatives in cities around the state isn’t easier, and pays a whole lot less than what he’s been doing most of the past 15 years.

If his “thousands of supporters throughout the state” are truly behind him, this may be their only way to ensure there isn’t another November without an Eyman measure on a ballot somewhere.

Political reporter Jerry Cornfield’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet.com Contact him at 360-352-8623 or jcorn [email protected]

CORNFIELDCONTINUED FROM A6

THEY REPRESENT YOUU.S. Rep. Rick Larsen: Washington,

DC, office: 2113 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, 202-225-2605. Everett office: 2930 Wetmore Ave. Suite 9F, Everett, WA 98201, 425-252-3188, Bellingham office: 119 N. Commercial St., Suite 1350, Bellingham, WA 98225

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray: Washing-ton, DC, office: 154 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510, 202-224-2621. Everett office: 2934 Wetmore Ave., Suite 903, Everett, WA 98201, 425-259-6515

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell: Washing-ton, DC, office: 311 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510, 202-224-3441. Everett office: 2930 Wetmore Ave., 9B, Everett, WA 98201, 425-303-0114

State Sen. Barbara Bailey: Olympia office: 109-B Irv Newhouse Building, PO Box 40410, Olympia, WA 98504-0410, 360-786-7618. [email protected]

State Rep. Norma Smith: PO Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600, 360-786-7884, [email protected]

State Rep. Dave Hayes: PO Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600, 360-786-7914, [email protected]

Board of Island County Commis-sioners: PO Box 5000, 1 NE Seventh St., Coupeville, WA 98239, www.islandcounty.net

• Commissioner Aubrey Vaughn: dis [email protected]

• Commissioner Jill Johnson: 360-679-7354, [email protected]

• Commissioner Helen Price Johnson: 360-679-7354, [email protected]

Oak Harbor City Council: 865 SE Barrington Dr., Oak Harbor, WA 98277, 360-279-4500, www.oakharbor.org

• Mayor: Scott Dudley• Council members: Rick Almberg,

Danny Paggao, James Campbell, Beth Munns, Tara Hizon, Bob Severns and Joel Servatius

Town of Coupeville: 4 NE Seventh St., PO Box 725, Coupeville, WA 98239, 360-678-4461, www.townofcoupeville.org

• Mayor: Nancy Conard• Council members: Jackie Henderson,

Bob Clay, Molly Hughes, Dianne Binder and Pat Powell

Oak Harbor School District: 350 S Oak Harbor St., Oak Harbor, WA 98277, 360-279-5000, www.ohsd.net

• Superintendent: Lance Gibbon, lgib [email protected]

• Board members: Gary Wallin, Pete Hunt, Christine Abbott, Christine Cribb and Corey Johnson

Coupeville School District: 501 S. Main St. Coupeville, WA 98239, 360-678-4522. www.coupeville.k12.wa.us

• Superintendent: Jim Shank• Board members: Christine Sears, Jeff

Tasoff, Chris Chan, Kathleen Anderson, Glenda Merwine and Vanessa Matros


OBITUARIES

Howard Joseph

Merrion“Joe” passed away at his

home in Oak Harbor on June 29, 2014, at the age of 98. He was born on April 5, 1916, in Berwick, Pa., to Howard and Mayme Merrion.

Joe received his BS and MS degrees in bacteriology from Bucknell University (1938) in Lewisburg, Pa. After three years of teach-ing at Keystone College in LaPlume, Pa., he joined Wyeth Pharmaceutical Laborator ies in

Printon Kahalewai

PollockPrinton Kahalewai

Pollock died at his home in Oak Harbor on July 6, 2014, at the age of 79. He was born August 28, 1934, in Kamuela, Hawaii, to David and Christine Pollock. At the age of 2, he moved with his family to Oahu.

As a young man, Printon began work at the Dole pineapple plant. Several of his buddies discovered the U.S. Navy was testing for shipyard workers at Pearl Harbor and placed a bet as to which of them might test the highest on the appren-tice exam. Printon not only won the bet but also began his civil-service career as an electronic apprentice.

Printon worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the group superintendent of the Electronics, Electrical and Calibration Shop Group at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. He was married to the former Cheryl Ann Shockey in Honolulu on June 8, 1983.

Printon and Cheryl left Pearl and transferred to the Naval Ship Repair Facility (SRF) at Subic Bay in the Philippines for the last five years of his civil-service career. With the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo and the clos-ing of Subic Bay, Printon retired and he and Cheryl moved to Oak Harbor.

Printon dedicated much of his earlier life to mar-tial arts, becoming a kara-te sensei. He immensely enjoyed sports, especially football, baseball, golf and boxing. His favorite teams were the Seattle Seahawks and the Seattle Mariners. He loved to hunt, was an avid reader with diverse interests and a master at working crossword puzzles. He had a musical gift and enjoyed singing and playing

guitar, ukulele and piano. He was a regular at walking his dog and visiting with friends at the beach.

Printon is survived by his wife, Cheryl, and four children: Patrick Pollock, David Pollock (Charlene Nishimoto) and Nanette Pollock (Mario Maunu), all of Hawaii, and Jon Pollock of Oak Harbor; two grandchildren: Jason and Megan Sermersheim; three great-grandchildren: Elijah Sermersheim, Joel Kaluahine, and Kapono Cordeiro; his brother, Michael Lupenui; and sister Georgia Ching.

Printon requested no for-mal funeral services be con-ducted. Cremation was held with private family burial to follow in Hawaii at a later date.

Please visit Printon’s page in the Book of Memories at www.wallinfuneralhome.com to share memories and condolences.

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Elmer John Vance

Elmer John Vance died at his home in Oak Harbor on July 6, 2014, at the age of 75, surrounded by family and friends.

He was born in

Binghamton, N.Y., on Dec. 13, 1938, to Elmer and Beulah Vance.

Elmer was raised in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and the Hudson Valley, N.Y. He quit school before gradu-ation and enlisted in the U.S. Navy as an aviation electronics technician. His first duty station was Norfolk, Va., and he would hitchhike every weekend to visit the love of his life, Joyce Sarvis, who lived in New York. Elmer and Joyce were married in Newburgh, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 1958.

Elmer was transferred to Lakehurst, N.J., and for the next three years was attached the Blimp Squadron ZW1.

Sons Mark and Michael were born while he was stationed in Lakehurst. He was then transferred to Andrews Air Force Base in Anacostia, Va., near Washington, D.C.

The Navy sent him to Millington, Tenn., for A & B School; then to Hawaii for a brief stop; then finally to Moffett Field, Calif.

He served with VP-31, VP-9, VO-67 and VP-31.

His two daughters, Robin and Julee, were born while at Moffett Field.

Whidbey Island was his next stop and VAQ-136. Oak Harbor became the Vance family’s new home port when they pur-chased a house there in 1972. Elmer’s last tour was unaccompanied to Moffett, where he retired in 1977.

While on active duty, he was able to have both of his sons join him on a Tiger Cruise from Hawaii to San Diego on the USS Kitty Hawk.

Twenty years later, Mark invited his dad as his guest for a Tiger Cruise while serving on the same car-rier.

Elmer was not one to sit still when retired, and he soon found work as a security officer at the Anacortes Refinery. From there he spent the next 16 years working for Mercury Services/Maytag at the NAS Whidbey Fuel Farm. While working, he also returned to school, receiv-ing his AA Degree from Skagit Valley College in welding and auto mechan-ics.

Elmer had a passion for working with electronics. He became the ultimate expert on the Commodore 64 computer system. He

Pollock

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Vance

Merrion

Philadelphia, where he spent the rest of his “work career.” He was known for his work developing penicil-lin into the injection form for fighting infections for our troops in WWII.

Joe had many “out-side work” hobbies. He grew orchids for years and brought home many awards and trophies from the Philadelphia Flower Show, as well as others. He became a pilot, along with his wife Virginia (married 1963), and they spent many hours in the sky.

Woodworking became another skill that Joe mas-tered. Many friends and family are proud to own his spice chests, clocks, tables, hutches and bookcases.

Upon retiring from Wyeth Laboratories in 1981, Joe and Virginia moved from Malvern, Pa., to Virginia’s (Quinn) home-town of Hancock, N.H. Here they built a lovely home on Norway Hill and established the Hilltop Tree Farm, a favorite place for families to come and cut their own Christmas trees.

In 1996, the Merrions moved to Oak Harbor to be near daughter Linda and her husband, John McNamara. Besides his wife, Virginia, and his daughter, Linda, Joe is also survived by his son James (wife Jean) of Ft. Pierce, Fla.

There will be a private celebration of Joe’s life at a later date. Remembrances for Joe may be made to Whidbey General Hospital.

also enjoyed building everything VW (from bugs to busses), mopeds and motorcycles.

He took many family camping trips to the East Coast to visit family and all of his Navy buddies and their families.

Elmer and Joyce were also foster parents to count-less children for more than 20 years.

They always had the doors to their home open to the children, and Elmer had a soft spot for holding babies in his arms.

Both Elmer and Joyce were active leaders in the First United Methodist Church congregation and Boy Scout program for many years. Elmer was active in the Walk to Eammaus community and attended Promise Keeper events.

Elmer is sur vived by his wife of 55 years, Joyce; four children and their spouses: Mark and Rose Vance of Oak Harbor, Michael and Norma Vance of Jacksonville, Fla., Robin and Ken Rollins of Oak Harbor and Julee and Chris Candazo of Bonney Lake, Wash.; 11 grandchil-dren: Mark Jr., Matthew, Elizabeth, Melissa, Michael, John, Brian, Lauren, Anastacia and Gabrielle; and six great-grandchildren: Violet, Keith, Isabella, Anna, Lena and Cooper. Elmer was preceded in death by his parents and by one grand-son, Justin.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Oak Harbor at 11 a.m. Friday, July 18, with the Rev. Dr. Dave Johnson officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rial contribution may be made to the Help House Food Bank, 10091 SE Hathaway St., Oak Harbor, WA 98277.

Cremation was held, with burial at sea to follow, under the auspices of the U.S. Navy.

Friends and family are encouraged to visit Elmer’s page in the Book of Memories hosted at www.wallinfuneralhome.com to share memories and con-dolences.

CHURCH NOTES

n GANGWAY TO GALILEE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, 6 p.m., Monday, July 14, to Friday, July 18, Concordia Lutheran Church, 590 N Oak Harbor St., Oak Harbor. Learn about Jesus and His grace at Gangway to Galilee Vacation Bible School. Registration 8:45 a.m. July 14. VBS hours 9 a.m. to noon. Pick up form at church office Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to noon or print out online form at www.con-cordia lutheranwhidbey.org

n FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, 250 SW Third Ave., Oak Harbor, will be hosting an Ecumenical five-day club (child Evangelism fellowship), 10 a.m. to noon, July 21-25 in rooms 13 and 14 for children ages 5-12. This year’s theme is based on fun at the beach and includes Bible stories that will help children understand the creation of the ocean and its sea life. There will also be puppet plays, songs, missionary sto-ries, games and more. For more information, email Gail Wieldraayer at [email protected]

n LIFE CHURCH is holding Jesus: Rockstar Kids Camp 2014 Tuesday, July 22, through Friday, July 25. It’s for children ages 6-12. The times are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The cost is $85. Call to ask about family discounts; limited schol-arships are available. Registration closes on July 12. Register online at life-church.com

n Calvary Chapel in Oak Harbor is holding a VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, June 23, through Friday, June 27. For ages 4 through fifth grade. To register, call 360-679-6959.

nWhidbey Presbyterian Church in Oak Harbor is holding a VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, June 23, through Friday, June 27. For children in kin-dergarten through fifth grade. Family BBQ on Friday, June 27, at noon. To register, call 360-679-3579. For information, go to www.whidbeypres.org


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WHIDBEY EVENT OF THE WEEKThe NWLL 10/11 baseball team hosts Sedro-Woolley at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12, in the district tournament.

By JIM WALLERSports editor

Three Whidbey teams quali-fied for their respective state Little League tournaments this summer, and there is no secret behind their success ---- team unity.

The teams and their “all for one” attitudes begin double-elimina-tion state tournament play today (Saturday, July 12).

The Central Whidbey 9/10 soft-ball team, which also includes two girls from South Whidbey, faces Woodinville at 3 p.m. in Asotin in the 10-team tournament.

The Central Whidbey 13/14 softball team, which includes one South Whidbey player, gets to play closer to home. The Venom travel to Shoreline’s Meridian Park to meet Ridgefield at 4 p.m. in an eight-team tournament.

North Whidbey’s 9/10 baseball team journeys to the Tri-Cities for its 12-team tournament and will meet the District 1 champion at 4 p.m. at Richland’s Badger Mountain Park.

One other Whidbey team could also earn a state berth. The 10/11 North Whidbey baseball team plays a best-of-three series with Sedro-Woolley for the District 11 championship starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Oak Harbor’s Windjammer Park. The second game is 1 p.m. Sunday, and the third, if necessary, will be at 6 p.m. Monday.

The state 10/11 baseball tourna-ment begins Saturday, July 19, in Chehalis.

9/10 SoftballEven 10-year-olds understand the

importance of team chemistry.So, why was the team so domi-

nate in the district tournament, win-ning its three games by an average score of 17-5?

“We mesh well together,” Mollie Bailey said. “We don’t disagree.”

Coral Caveness echoed that state-ment: “We work well together; we don’t fight like some other teams.”

“We get along,” Stella Johnson added.

Head coach Lark Gustafson said his club is “cohesive” and has “some good, talented players.”

“We have solid pitching with Chelsea (Prescott) and a combina-tion of kids that works,” he added.

Bailey said, “The coaches have put us in the area we are strongest at.”

Gustafson is concerned about the heat in Asotin, which borders Idaho in the Southeast corner of Washington. Temperatures are forecasted to hit triple digits.

Prescott said the heat should be “no big deal” because the team will be focused on playing.

The young Wolves agreed the trip should be a kick regardless of the outcome of the games.

“Just the fact that we are going to state is amazing,” Bailey said.

“We get to camp or stay in a hotel and play with our families and friends,” Caveness said. “Win or lose, it doesn’t matter, because we will have fun.”

Make no mistake, they are in it to win.

“We are doing so good, I know we are going to beat some teams,” Johnson said.

Bailey said, for an added bonus, “If we win our first game, we will play our next game on my birthday (July 15).”

This is the second trip to state for Bailey and Prescott. They were members of a combined team with North Whidbey that qualified last year.

13/14 Softball“Teamwork, without a doubt,

is our strength,” coach Kevin McGranahan said. “These girls grew up together.”

Katrina McGranahan, the coach’s daughter, said, “We are all friends; we are close outside of softball.”

“We all work well together,” Sarah Wright said.

Central Whidbey is undefeated (17-0) and has not been challenged this year; no team has been closer than 10 runs. The lack of competi-tion and how his team will handle adversity is “a concern,” coach

McGranahan said. “But this team has always battled back.”

Katrina McGranahan said a close game could be good, forcing the team to play with more effort. If things get rocky, “the team will come together, they always do.”

The goal at state is “to play hard,” according to Wright.

Katrina McGranahan added, “To have fun and not let anyone hang their heads.”

Coach McGranahan said qualify-ing for state has already made this a successful season, but getting “one win would be nice.”

9/10 BaseballWhen Jackson Biggs, Colton

Byars and Cody Duchnowski explained their team’s success, they didn’t mention unity, they showed it ---- they kept finishing one another’s sentences.

How will you do at the tourna-ment?

“We will win…” (Biggs)“…every game…” (Duchnowski)“…by one run…” (Byars)

“…or more” (Biggs).Byars’ comment about winning

by one run was in reference to the team’s recent district tournament experience. On the way to taking the title, North Whidbey won all four of its games by a single run.

“We are good under pressure,” Biggs said.

The close games, they said, helped prepare them for the pres-sures of the state tournament.

The three said it took a couple of wins at district to realize they had the ability to win the tournament.

“It all started to build up,” Byars said, “and we thought we could get more (wins).”

Qualifying for state is “really cool,” according to Duchnowski, and “amazing,” Biggs said.

What is the team’s strength?“Fielding…” (Byars)“…yes, defense…” (Duchnowski)“...and our pitchers starting

making them hit ground balls…” (Byars)

“…and pop ups…” (Duchnowski)“…for easy outs” (Byars).

FORMULA FOR SUCCESSBlend of talent and togetherness carries island teams to state tournament

Photos by Jim Waller/Whidbey News-Times

Colton Byars, pictured on the left, and Katrina McGranahan helped lead their teams to Little League district titles and state tournament berths.

By RON NEWBERRYStaff reporter

Growing up on an Oak Harbor farm, Sheila Case-Smith remembers when it was common to spot a toad on the family property.

She recalls one toad, in particular, she would see resting inside a concrete window well where it was cool, moist and a trap for unsuspecting insects. She remembers the toad living in that spot for years.

Away from the farm, toads also were unavoidable.

“In high school, someone gave me one he caught on West Beach Road,” Case-Smith said. “He thought it would endear me, giving me a toad in a brown paper bag. He was kind of an odd fel-low. It was the biggest toad I think I’d ever seen.”

Those sort of memories are bittersweet for the fourth-generation farmer who returned to the family farm in 1975. She hasn’t seen a toad on her property in “probably 40 years,” and it makes her sad.

“I’m very fond of them,” she said. “I like frogs, toads and salamanders. I’m sad for them having such a hard go. I watch Channel 9 and learn about the worldwide decline of amphibians. It bothers me.”

The current status of the Western Toad, the most common toad found in the state of Washington, is a bit of a mystery on Whidbey Island.

Ruth Milner, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife district biologist whose territory includes Island County, is trying to clear that up.

Milner wants to docu-ment the Western Toad’s existence on Whidbey and is asking for public input.

Of most importance to Milner are any known breed-ing ponds on the island, though she’s also interested in learning details about sightings of adult toads.

The Western Toad is list-ed as a “species of concern” in the state of Washington because of a significant drop in historic sightings, particu-larly in more urban areas where breeding ponds have disappeared and migrating

paths have been disrupted.“It’s a species we know

is declining in parts of its range, but we don’t have great information,” Milner said.

Milner, who has been a wildlife biologist in Region 4 since 1992, has been wanting to gather more information on toads for years.

Her only documented case of a breeding site on Whidbey came from a pri-vate landowner’s pond south of Coupeville about eight

years ago.She gets reports of adult

toad sightings on the island and some of younger toads, but not in the abundance that comes with mass toadlet migration.

The center of toad activ-ity on the island appears to point to North Whidbey with adult sightings reported in the old growth forests of Hoypus Hill at Deception Pass State Park and in rural land that stretches to Frostad Road.

Milner got a report and photos of two adult sightings at Hoypus Hill earlier this year, which got her thinking about going after more infor-mation on the island.

She said she got a report from an Oak Harbor resident about 10 years ago of toadlet migration at a lake near Frostad Road, but not of a large scale.

When toadlets migrate, it can be quite a spectacle.

Jon Crimmins, area man-ager of Central Whidbey State Parks, witnessed an “amazing hatch” of Western Toads at Anderson Lake

State Park in August of 2010 that drew local media atten-tion and left him wondering what he was looking at.

“It was the first time I had ever seen one,” said Crimmins, who grew up in Coupeville.

Milner got her first look at a mass toad migration at a pond at Fort Lewis in Pierce County, with hundreds of thousands of half-inch long toadlets leaving the pond and heading for the woods, calling it “a moving carpet.”

“It can be in the millions,” she said. “It’s something else.”

Milner took a phone call from an Arlington homeown-er a few years ago, panicked over the experience. The woman had built a home between a toad breeding pond and the woods.

“I’m not an expert on migration but I think they go on a very instinctually-driven route,” Milner said. “This lady’s house was right in the middle of the migration. She was just totally freaking out.


ISLAND LIVINGWHIDBEY

Photo by Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times

Reported sightings of Western Toads on Whidbey Island are mostly concentrated on North Whidbey, including the area near Frostad Road in Oak Harbor.

TRACKING TOADS

Photo by Kelly McAllister

This time of year, toadlets as small as a half-inch may be spotted in mass numbers near breeding ponds.

Photo by Kelly McAllister/Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Western Toads breed in shallow bodies of water. Their tadpoles are black and often pool together in masses in the shallows.

How scarce is Whidbey Island’s Western Toad population? State biologist is seeking public input

SEE TOADS, A12

SaturdayJuly 12

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Beachcombers Bazaar, Oak Harbor Kiwanis Club, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 12, Windjammer Park. A citywide garage sale with ven-dors and food booths. Open to the public. Free. 360-679-3799 or www.beachcombersbazaar.shutterfly.com

Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Whidbey Chapter meeting, 9:45 a.m. to noon, July 12, Ciao Restau-rant, 701 N. Main St., Coupeville. The Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a nationwide nonprofit organization, is focused on national policies to address climate change. All are welcome. 360-679-6778 or www.citizensclimatelobby.org

Cool Bayview Nights Car Show, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 12, Bayview Corner, Langley. rrober [email protected]

IDIPIC North Whidbey DUI/Underage Drinking Pre-vention Panel, doors open 12:45 p.m. (no late admittance), July 12, Oak Harbor Library Conference Room 137, 1000 SE Regatta Drive. Required by local driving school for driver’s ed. student and parent. 672-8219 or www.idipic.org

American Roots Music Se-ries: Rebel Voices, 7 p.m., July 12, Deception Pass State Park, 41020 SR 20, Oak Harbor. Labor songs from duo Susan Lewis and Janet Stecher. The duo has been with Rebel Voices since 1989. They are inspired by “Wobblies,” mem-bers of the Industrial Workers of the World who have always been rabble rousers, unionists, artists and singers who attack the social and economic issues of their time with passion and humor. Admis-sion is free to performances. Dis-cover Pass is required for vehicle access to the park. All perfor-mances are in the West Beach am-phitheater on the Whidbey Island side of the park. In case of rain, performances will move to the East Cranberry Lake picnic shelter, also on the Whidbey Island side.

MondayJuly 14

What’s App’ning With The Stars, 1-3 p.m., July 14, Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St. Teens are invited to explore the best apps in which to view the night sky. Bring your smart devic-es. Island County astronomers will be on hand to describe the stars and planets we see in the night sky. Free. 360-678-4911 or www.sno-isle.org

Star Gazing/Film Fest, 7:30-11 p.m., July 14, Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St. Teens are invited to join in watching film starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny. The film will be followed by a presentation by the Island County Astronomical Society. Depending on weather, you can either gaze at the planets and stars outside through telescopes or view a presentation inside. Free. Popcorn provided. 360-678-4911 or www.sno-isle.org

Monday Morning Knitters, 10-11 a.m., July 14, Oak Harbor Library, Center for Lifelong Learn-ing, 1000 SE Regatta Drive. Knit-ters of all levels welcome. Share knowledge and build skills in the supportive atmosphere of the library’s Center for Lifelong Learn-ing. Beginners, please bring a pair of #8 or #9 needles and a skein of worsted-weight yarn. Free. 360-678-4911 or www.sno-isle.org

Tween Film Fest, 2-4 p.m., July 14, Oak Harbor Library Meet-ing Room, 1000 SE Regatta Drive. Could an average LEGO figure really be the key to saving their world? Come and watch Emmett try to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the universe together. This movie is rated PG and is 100 min-utes long. Refreshments are pro-vided by the Friends of the Oak Harbor Library. Free. 360-678-4911 or www.sno-isle.org

TuesdayJuly 15

Whidbey Island Camera Club meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., July 15, Skagit Valley College Whidbey Island Campus, Oak Hall, Room 306. The theme for July is “Pho-tographers Choice.” You may submit up to three photographs to [email protected] for discussion during the meeting. The club is open to the public. Email [email protected] or visit www.whidbeyislandcameraclub.com

WednesdayJuly 16

Island County Democrats Quarterly Meeting, 7-9 p.m., July 16, County Commissioners Hearing Room, Coupeville.

GOP Primary Debate — Is-land County Commissioner, 7-9 p.m., July 16, Stanwood Cin-ema, Theatre 3, 6996 265th St. NW, Stanwood. The GOP candi-dates for Island County Commis-sioner, District 3, will debate the issues. The debate is sponsored by the Camano Island Republican Women’s Club and will be moder-ated by John Koster. Submit your questions for the candidates to [email protected]

ThursdayJuly 17

“Star Wars” Shakespeare, 2 p.m., July 17, Coupeville Library 788 NW Alexander St. From a galaxy far, far away comes Ian Doescher, author of “Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope”; “The Empire Striketh Back”; and “The Jedi Doth Return.” Free. 360-678-4911 or www.sno-isle.org

Oak Harbor Farmers Mar-ket, 4-7 p.m., July 17, Highway 20, near Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce. 20th season. Produce, artisans and vendors gather every Thursday through end of Septem-ber. Market is a nonprofit, vendor- member cooperative. [email protected]

Fit to Win, 7-8 p.m., July 15, Coachman Inn Conference Room, 32959 SR 20, Oak Harbor. Presen-tation led by medical professionals will address the needs of individu-als to take control of their health. Special attention will be given to the problems of bone health. Free.

FridayJuly 18

North Whidbey Coupon Club “Clip n’ Chats,” 9-11 a.m., July 4, SPIN Cafe, 658 SE Bayshore

Drive, Oak Harbor. Coupons, money-saving tools, conversation and new friends. Learn the tools for eating better and spending less. Kids are welcome. Money-saving classes are available. nwcoupon [email protected] or 360-675-2338.

NRA Basic Pistol Shoot-ing Class, 6-9 p.m. July 18 and continued 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 19, NWSA Range, 886 Gun Club Road, off Oak Harbor Road. This class introduces students to the knowledge, skills and attitude necessary for owning and using a pistol safely. Through this course, the students will learn about pistol parts, operation, ammunition, gun safety, shooting fundamentals and shooting activities. The Basic Pistol Course will also help prepare the student for participation in other NRA courses. This class includes shooting on the NWSA pistol range. Cost is $25 and includes a book. For questions or to register, call NRA instructor John Hellmann at 360-675-8397, email [email protected] or visit www.northwhidbeysportsmen.org

Island Family Hearing Clinic Group Topic Talk Event, 4-5 p.m., July 18, Island Family Hearing Clinic, 380 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Monthly open format dis-cussion group event led by Audiol-ogist Peter Keating. Topic: Update on Hearing Aid Technology. Dis-cuss how hearing aids can now be increasingly more customized and connected to meet your specific listening goals. No appointment necessary. 360-279-1229 or www.islandfamilyhearing.com

SaturdayJuly 19

All-you-can-eat breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, July 19, Masonic Center, North Main and Eighth streets, Coupeville. Breakfast in-cludes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage bacon and orange juice, coffee or tea. $7 adults, $3 chil-dren under 12. 360-969-3149 or [email protected]

OH-Mazing Race Garage of Blessing, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., July 19, The Garage of Blessings, 3143 Goldie Road #G, Oak Harbor. Teams of two will follow clues to participating local merchants. Each merchant will offer a clue to the next merchant. Cost is $20 per team and includes bottled water and team T-shirt. Lunch from Jumbo Burrito and dessert from Toppins will be available for pur-chase. All ticket proceeds benefit The Garage of Blessings. Applica-tions can be picked up at The Ga-rage of Blessings or submitted to www.thegarageofblessings.com

Greenbank Progressive Club Community Rummage Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., July 19, Bakken Road and Fireside Road, behind the Greenbank Store. The Greenbank Progressive Club is having their yearly community yard and bake sale. Free coffee and punch. Everyone is welcome. email [email protected] or call 360 678 3397.

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SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: Whidbey Island Shakespeare Festival: All-Island Book Club Gathering i 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12 at Langley Middle School. All book club leaders should contact Donna Hood by July 15 to be sure their club is on the formal notifications list and/or to reserve a table. Each book club will be asked to select and share its top read from the past 12 months. Best read choices are due by Aug. 1. To reach Hood, send an email to [email protected] or call 360-341-1860 or go to the website at www.islandshakespearefest.orgACTIVITIES

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Photo courtesy Peggy Darst Townsdin

This Oak Harbor service station, owned by Egbert Beeksma, was located at the corner of State Highway 20 and West Pioneer Way. For many years, the site was known as Beeksma’s Corner. Beeksma settled in Oak Harbor in 1911. His family bought the DeHann farm in Clover Valley. The Beeksma family later donated the site of the service station to the City of Oak Harbor. As part of a “Looking Back” series, local author and pioneer descen-dant Peggy Darst Townsdin is sharing photos with the Whidbey News-Times and its readers. Townsdin’s new photo history book, “Oak Harbor,” is out. To buy a book or have a book mailed, contact Townsdin at pctowns [email protected] or call 360-678-5970.

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It was like ‘The Birds’ and Hitchcock had selected her house.

“A week later, she called back and there wasn’t a single toad left.”

Rick Blank, assistant park manager at Deception Pass for 25 years, has seen toads on the hiking trails near Hoypus Hill as recently as this spring. He knows a toad from a frog because of their warty appearance and rough skin.

Western Toads are not nearly as common as other amphibians in the park, including the Pacific Treefrog that makes the cho-rus at night. But Blank never remembers toads being in abundance in the past.

“I just remember them being about the same,” he said.

Jack Hartt, longtime park manager at Deception Pass, said he’s seen toads at Cranberry Lake but adds he’s hardly a toad expert.

“I’m not sure I know the difference between a toad or a frog other than warts,” he said. “I know about as much as any 10-year-old.”

Aside from their rough, bumpy skin, other charac-teristics that can help distin-guish Western Toads from frogs and help with identi-fication are their tadpoles, egg masses, breeding prefer-ences and migrating habits.

Adult toads, which range in size from 2 to 5 inches, are generally found hunting for food at night and return to ponds during breeding season, which begins typical-ly in late April in lower eleva-tions of Western Washington and later in more mountain-ous areas.

Western Toads lay long strings of eggs in shallow freshwater lakes and ponds, often in a foot of water or less. The tadpoles that emerge are large and black and tend to pool together in large masses. By contrast, bullfrog tadpoles are larger and are typically a mottled green color.

Milner suspects that this time of year mature tadpoles will be present in ponds on Whidbey with the possibility that mass migration of toad-lets has begun.

The range of the Western Toad extends along the West Coast from southern Alaska to northern Baja, Calif., and as far east as Colorado.

A significant drop in Western Toad sightings in Colorado in the 1980s was one of the first clas-sic examples of a broad mysterious amphibian decline, said Mike Adams, a

research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Corvallis, Ore.

“They used to be com-mon there and they basically disappeared,” Adams said, adding that later surveys did find that some populations returned.

Other states that have shown rapid and unex-plained declines include California, Utah, Oregon, Wyoming, Washington and New Mexico.

Milner points to habitat loss in more urban areas as a major factor as develop-ment has led to wetlands disappearing. She wonders about environment factors and pointed to a fungus that scientists in recent years have targeted and attributed to large scale amphibian declines.

“We put so much stress on wildlife in general that we’re not even aware of all the potential ramifications of all the decisions human beings make,” Milner said.

“It could be with the toad that in more urban-ized areas, there’s a drop out there but it’s more stable elsewhere. We just don’t know. But everybody who grew up in Western Washington at a certain age has stories about the giant toad that used to live in their backyard. Nobody’s talking about that anymore.”

Case-Smith has new hope after a discovery this spring.

Her son’s friend found a small toad not far from Troxell Road and brought it to the Case farm where it was released. He later brought another.

A toad, because of its vora-cious appetite for bugs, has been called a farmer’s best friend.

“It got to the point where I was starting to think they were no longer on the island,” Case-Smith said.

nIF YOU SPOT A TOAD

or, more importantly, a breeding site on Whidbey Island, wildlife biologist Ruth Milner of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife would like to know. Details she is interested in regarding a breeding site, include the pond name, address and GPS coordinates (if possible) and a description of what is being observed (tadpoles, eggs or toadlets). For adult toad sightings, she is interested in details about the location, including an address and GPS coordinates if possible. She also is inter-ested in a size estimate. In both cases, she would like the observer’s name and con-tact information. Milner may be reached at [email protected] or 360-466-4345, ext. 265.

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1009

870

--- Oak Harbor ------ Langley ---

Custom craftsman with covered porch near WICA. Partial

water and mountain views.

#639121 $500,000321-6400

Large 4 BR on huge corner lot. Gas FP, slider to BIG

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We are seeking qualified candidates for various cl inical/case management posit ions in our Mount Vernon and Fri- day Harbor locations :

CLINICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST (13000)

Friday Harbor. Provides general medical office support for clinical services. Duties include but are not limited to recep- tion, central switchboard, payor ver if ication and author ization; assess- ment and intake sched- u l ing, medical record functions including data base ent r y and word processing. Must have AA degree with 2 years previous general office experience or 4 years general off ice exper i- ence. Word processing computer knowledge required. Medical termi- nology. Valid WSDL with insurable driving record.

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Mount Vernon. Working within an interdiscipli- nar y team (PACT) to p r o v i d e p s y c h i a t r i c evaluations & medica- t i on managemen t t o chronically ill/mentally ill patients, often with a co- occu r r i ng d iagnos i s . Must be willing to com- municate and collabo- rate with clinical staff. Li- censed RN in WA State & 2 years experience in a psychiat r ic set t ing. Proof of TB test within the last year required upon hire.

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Real Estate for SaleIsland County

ClintonWalk to ferry! 2 BR custom home wi th la rge master. 2 tiled BA. Kitch- en with designer cabi- nets, stainless applianc- e s . W o o d s t o v e , enclosed porch/entry. Tastfully landscaped, RV parking, 2 car detached garage/shop, garden shed, fully fenced large yard. $218,000. [email protected] t o r e q u e s t p i c t u r e s . (360)221-4849

Greenbank3 BR, 2 BA, 1,080 sq ft. manufactured home on beaut i fu l Honeymoon Lake. All appliances included. Clean, new floor- ing, cute free standing propane stove. Large deck, partial lake view. Holmes Harbour Com- munity, with pool, club- house, dock, launch, moo rage & ove r f l ow guest apt. avai l . Lake s t o c k e d w i t h t r o u t . $170,000. [email protected] for pictures. [email protected]

(360)321-4092 Also a great vacation home!

OAK HARBOR

2 BEDROOM Mobi le. Updates include: new carpet, freshly painted. Appliances include: re- frigerator, stove, washer/ dryer. Storage. Fenced b a c k y a r d . C l o s e t o schools. Asking $12,000 OBO. 360-672-1662 , 360-675-1789


Real Estate for SaleIsland County

OAK HARBOR, 98277.

1,248 SF BRAND NEW 2 BR, 2 BA, Marlette, laundry / uti l i ty room, den, appliances & front deck / porch. $79,900 financing avail. 55 + park. 3 6 0 - 6 7 5 - 1 2 1 0 www.western-village.net

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FREELAND, 98249.

B E AU T I F U L WAT E R V i e w l o t i n H a r b o r Sands, 2 BR septic drain field is installed, water meter instal led, wood bui l t s torage bui ld ing with windows in ceiling. Partly fenced & ready to build, $20,000 for im- provements, $35,000 for the lot, total $55,000. Call Joe 360-929-8550.

ORCAS ISLANDWAT E R F RO N T L OT, low bank. Water mem- bership, sewer & elec- tricity. Use of community tennis court, boat dock & boat launch. $395,000. S a l e b y o w n e r . 360.317.8895

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WATER RIGHT

Available Bush Pt. at Scurlock and Scenic.

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425-961-0713

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Real Estate for RentIsland County

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Central Whidbey, Coupeville 128 Nordic Lane

#663454 $800,000 David Stuart 360.320.8001

Eagle Crest, Oak Harbor 2790 SW Capital Drive

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Peaceful Valley, Coupeville 403 NW Broadway #653160 $399,500

Mary Bryson 360.929.2720

Oak Harbor 622 SE 4th Avenue #647205 $216,900

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Cornet Bay, Oak Harbor 5036 Alto Lane

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Oak Harbor 42 SW Eston Court #657633 $314,900

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ARIESYou’re most likely an ambitious per-son, but you need to build up yourself-confidence before you can suc-ceed. Look for healthy ways to boostyour self-esteem.

TAURUSYou are, typically, a person whorequires stability. If you’re in themiddle of moving, find some reas-surance by asking your loved onefor some affection.

GEMINIPeople under this sign are greatcommunicators, and thus you spareno effort in expressing disagree-ment. You won’t hesitate to let thewhole world know about any sortof injustice.

CANCERA precarious financial situation leadsto some anxiety. If you look atthings from a more dispassionateperspective, you will see that thisis only a temporary situation.

LEOYou’re excited about some newchallenges. You accomplish a bril-liant exploit at work or at home,and it leads you further on the pathof success.

VIRGOYou may witness a situation thatleaves you feeling puzzled. Perhapssomeone tells you a secret that youdon’t feel comfortable keeping forone reason or another.

LIBRADon’t overdo it with coffee this week,even if you feel overwhelmed bystress. Some situations slip outof your control, requiring you tostep back.

SCORPIOYou take on new responsibilitiesat work that are going to be veryprofitable for you. The adjustmentwon’t be easy, but your perseve-rance will allow you to reach yourgoals.

SAGITTARIUSPeople under this sign crave ad-venture and travel. You wish toreconnect with your true natureand take steps to live a uniqueexperience.

CAPRICORNPerhaps it’s time to get some pro-fessional guidance if you can’t over-come certain emotions. Any sortof change can only be beneficialfor you.

AQUARIUSThe foundations of your relation-ship are shaken. You are a personwho is always making compro-mises, and now your partner mustdo the same.

PISCESRemember that physical health isconnected to mental health. If youhave a chronic health problem, lookfor the causes in your emotions andin your past.

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN,

AND AQUARIUS.

Week of June 29 to July 5, 2014

ARIESThere is plenty of emotion in theair, and thus you need to make somebig changes around you. You arevery inspired by a major project.

TAURUSWhether it’s for work or for a per-sonal situation, you succeed in rea-ching an agreement with the mainparties. You’re in a great position toask for a loan.

GEMINIThere is lots of work on the horizonand plenty of details to take intoconsideration. Concentrate and takeyour time in order to do things well.

CANCERYou are asked to take charge of avery special project. It is bound tobe a demanding situation, but fol-lowing through significantly boostsyour self-esteem.

LEOWhether you’re on vacation or not,you spend part of the week athome. A lot of your attention will betaken up by family events.

VIRGOIt isn’t easy to get in touch withsome people. Even though you leavelots of messages, you need to bepatient about getting a reply, evenif the situation is urgent.

LIBRAYou need to review your budgetand redo your calculations. Checkyour bills carefully; catching a mis-take could help you to save moneyon a fairly large scale.

SCORPIOYou feel as though you could con-quer the world. You are motivatedto improve your lot and start againon a new, more challenging basis.This is like a new start for you.

SAGITTARIUSTake the beginning of the weekto think before taking action. Themore impressive your projects, themore important it is to think aboutthem carefully.

CAPRICORNYou may be in charge of an eventthat brings together lots of people.Your friends seem quite insistent,and you are unable to refuse themanything.

AQUARIUSThe beginning of summer may ins-pire you to undertake a new pro-ject or redefine your career. You arealso in an excellent position to startyour own business.

PISCESIt’s high time to plan your summervacation, if it's not already done.The more time you take to plan it,the more wonderful it will be. Youwill make some extraordinary dis-coveries.

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:PISCES, ARIES, AND TAURUS.

Week of July 6 to 12, 2014

ARIESLearn to channel your energy in abetter way. Lots of people needyou, and you tend to give body andsoul to them, even if you exhaustyourself.

TAURUSYou find yourself shouldered withsome heavy responsibilities thatare not always very clear. Even athome, you have to decide whodoes what in order to avoid anysort of confusion.

GEMINIYou may come across a trainingprogram that suits you perfectlyand that will guide you towards anexciting career. You begin to realizeone of your biggest dreams.

CANCEREven if you’re not on vacation, youneed to have a change of air andget away from it all. You may de-vote yourself to learning a new lan-guage, especially if you’re planninga trip.

LEOYou have to let go of some of youremotions. You may want to isolateyourself; fortunately, your friends willknow how to cheer you up.

VIRGOConsult your doctor if you feel anysort of discomfort. You see throughto peoples’ real motivations andcreate harmony around you. Theatmosphere at work will improve,thanks to your efforts.

LIBRAAt work, you have lots of confusingdetails to sort out urgently beforeyou can go on vacation. Be care-ful of infectious germs, especiallywhen swimming.

SCORPIOYou love going to movies and shows,and you may even find yourself inthe spotlight in some way. You de-monstrate great creativity thatshows you off to advantage.

SAGITTARIUSYou have to travel extensively forvarious reasons, even if you muchprefer to relax in the comfort of yourhome. Family members need yourhelp for one reason or another.

CAPRICORNTake the time to prepare properly ifyou have to make a speech; im-provising will likely leave you dis-appointed with the results. Yoursensitivity helps resolve a situationof conflict.

AQUARIUSYou might have to walk on egg-shells this week; being tactful willhelp you to avoid offending some-one. You are brought face to facewith an unexpected expense.

PISCESA second cup of coffee is going tohelp you start the week off on theright foot. Your mind spins with lotsof ideas and you won’t always knowwhere to start.

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:GEMINI, CANCER, AND LEO.


ARIESYou are happy to travel great dis-tances, especially to be reunitedwith family members. You find waysto give yourself a holiday that meetsall your expectations.

TAURUSA little patience is needed beforegetting some answers. You sendout lots of invitations to participatein a wonderful activity, but peopleseem to take a long time to con-firm their presence.

GEMINIYou social life sees lots of action.You feel more like partying thanworking, but the announcement ofa promotion helps you recover yourmotivation.

CANCERThere is sure to be some confusionand lots of things to do. You need totake a few moments to think be-fore you jump into the action.

LEOThere are a lot of people aroundyou, and you have to raise yourvoice in order to be heard. After-wards, you feel tired and so somechanges will have to be made.

VIRGOYou end up shouldering quite a fewresponsibilities and time is a scarcecommodity. Take your agenda withyou, even when you’re on vacation,so as not to forget anything.

LIBRAYou decide to go on a trip on the spurof the moment. You may be thinkingabout going back to school with theintention of starting a new career.

SCORPIOA few emotions tackle you withforce. Listen to them closely, for theysignal a clear need for change. Aftera thorough cleanout, you find yoursmile and joy of living again.

SAGITTARIUSYou show some skill for negotia-ting. Don’t hesitate to haggle whenyou go shopping, and you’ll findsome real bargain-price trea-sures. You’re also capable of ma-king compromises.

CAPRICORNThere is lots of work on your agendathis week. Even if it’s just in plan-ning your vacation, there are lots ofdetails to look after in order to sa-tisfy all your loved ones.

AQUARIUSYou are at the centre of attention;you do something that allows youto feel proud of yourself. Peoplehang on your every word.

PISCESYou spend part of the week at home.You do a few things to improve yoursurroundings and maintain your littlehome-nest with care.

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:VIRGO, LIBRA, AND SCORPIO.



CLINTONCUTE, SMALL 2 bedroom house. E lec t r ic heat, fireplace, large pic- t u r e w i n d ow s , l a r g e yard, peek-a-boo view of water. Walk to ferry and bus line. Quiet cul-de- sac . Washer & dr yer hookups. Water & garbage paid. No smoking/ pets. Must have previous rental references. 1 year lease. $750 per month , 1s t , las t and damage. 360-579-6023COUPEVILLE, 98239.3

BR, 2 BA HOME has detached garage. Locat- ed on 2.5 acres, near the new Kettle’s trail system. Relaxing outside fireplace on the patio. $1250 mo 360-678-8341COUPEVILLE

C A I R N C O T TA G E . Ava i lable August 1s t ( f l ex ib le ) . Char ming , new, 1 master bedroom, possible smal l s tudy/ bedroom, 1 bath. Beauti- fully furnished, all appliances, IKEA k i tchen, satellite/ cable/ Internet ready. Lovely location, water views, minutes to everything. $1300 includes all utilities. Regret no pets/ smoking. For photos: br idgi t4243@ gma i l . com, 206-909- 2276



OAK HARBOR, 98277.

2 BR WATERFRONT living space. Available 8/1. Pets negotiable. In- c ludes water, sewer, garbage & electric. No - smoke. $1300. 360-929- 7593.OAK HARBOR

GORGEOUS, updated 3 bedroom, 2 bath rambler with view of Penn Cove. Stones throw to best W h i d b e y b e a c h . Fenced, large garage, RV park ing . Washer / dryer. No smoking, dogs with references. $1200 month. 206-714-3182.

Apartments for Rent Island County

OAK HARBOR

MONTH TO MONTH! S t u d i o $ 4 7 5 M o n t h ! Near NAS/ Town. Water, Sewer, Garbage Paid. 360-683-0932 or 626- 485-1966 CellOAK HARBORN I C E 2 B E D RO O M . Close to shopping and bus l ine. Laundr y on premises. No pets. $650 month, $700 deposi t . 360-734-7896


WA Misc. RentalsDuplexes/Multiplexes

LANGLEY

LANGLEY 1 BEDROOM Duplex, one block to downtown yet quiet. Ex- cellent condition. Beauti- fu l surrounding yard. $750 month, utilities included. Optional Cable TV and internet reduced price via share with other unit. Dog only for additional cost. 360-969- 4261

WA Misc. RentalsRooms for Rent

OAK HARBOR, 98277.

ALL THE COMFORTS o f home 1 fu r n ished room. 10 min to NASWI, college and downtown. Clean, quiet, with use of kitchen, living and dining rooms. Utilities included. Mi l i tar y and students welcome! 425-387-1695.

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GREENBANK, 98253.CLINIC SPACE AVAIL. Large room with privacy windows, soundproof walls and sink. Beautiful quiet locat ion, ample parking, wait ing room and pr ivate back entrance. Wired for internet and phone. Ren t i n - cludes heat, water, garbage and sept ic. Ful l t ime $450 per month, part time $25 a day. Call 360-678-3594.Advertise yourupcoming garage sale in your local community paper and online to reach thousands of households in your area.Call: 800-388-2527 Fax: 360-598-6800 Go online: nw-ads.com

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OAK HARBOR, 98277.

2 OFFICE SUITES both with waterfront views!! Includes water, sewer, garbage and electr ic. Newly remodeled suite $1300. Second su i te $1000 (dividable options into individual rooms). A must see 360-929-7593.

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AWESOME wide open view of Lake Roose- velt from the 5 AC par- cel with water and un- d e r g r o u n d p o w e r . Bring your RV or build your home. Close to hosp i ta l , shopp ing , golfing & year round fishing. $64,500 pos- s i b l e c o n t r a c t . 5 0 9 . 4 2 2 . 0 4 0 4 o r 509.429.5430

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE

COUNTY OF ISLANDIN THE ESTATE OF SALLY A. KOSH-HEAGREN,Deceased.NO. 14-4-00145-4N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORSThe personal representative named below has been appointed and has qual i f ied as personal representative of this es- ta te. Persons hav ing claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any other- wise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attorneys of record at the address stated below and f i le an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provi- sions included in RCW 11.40.011 and 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to the claims against both the probate assets and non- probate assets of the decedent. Date of filing copy of No- tice to Creditors: June 20, 2014 Date of first publication: June 28, 2014/s/Stephen M. SwanSTEPHEN M. SWAN Personal Representative /s/ Floyd F. Fulle FLOYD F. FULLE, WSBA #1851Attorney for Estate PO Box 252Clinton WA 98236(360) 341-2429 [email protected] No. WCW571385 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 28, Ju ly 5 , 12 , 2014.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTON INT AND FOR THE

COUNTY OF ISLANDI N T H E E S TAT E O F ERIKA ANNA PRICEDeceased.No. 14 4 00144 6N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORSThe personal representative named below has been appointed and has qual i f ied as personal representative of this es- ta te. Persons hav ing claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any other- wise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attorneys of record at the address stated below and f i le an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provi- sions included in RCW 11.40.011 and 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to the claims against both the probate assets and non- probate assets of the decedent.Date of filing copy of No- tice to Creditors: June 20, 2014Date of first publication: June 28 2014/s/Miles T. PriceMILES T. PRICE Personal Representative/s/Floyd F. FulleFLOYD F. FULLE, WSBA #1851Attorney for Estate PO Box 252Clinton, WA 98236(360) 341-2429fff@whidbeycornLegal No. WCW571371 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 28, Ju ly 5 , 12 , 2014.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF ISLANDIn the matter of the Es- tate ofPaul Lindgren,Deceased. No. 14-4-00153-5PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030The 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 the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of

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the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced . 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 forever barred, except as oth- erwise 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 PUBLI- CATION: July 12, 2014PERSONAL REPRE- SENTATIVE: Bonnie J. HansonATTORNEY FOR PER- SONAL REPRESENTA- TIVE: Nathan Manni AD- DRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: Cohen, Manni, Theune & Manni LLPP.O. Box 889Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Cour t of probate pro- ceed ings and cause number:Island County Superior CourtProbate Cause Number: 14-4-00153-5Legal No. WCW574288 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 12, 19, 26, 2014.

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THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTON FOR ISLAND COUNTY

In Re the Estate of JUDITH ANN BULMAN, Deceased.No 14 4 00149 7N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORSRCW 11.40.030The 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 the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal repre- s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- d e r R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 2 0 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and11.40.060. This bar is ef- fec t i ve as t o c l a ims against both the decedent’s probate and non- probate assets.

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Date of First Publication: July 5, 2014Personal Representa- t i ve : Ch r i s t ophe r W. SpencerAttorney for Personal Representative:M. Douglas Kelly, Kelly & Harvey Law Offices, LLP, PO Box 290, Clin- t o n , W A , 9 8 2 3 6 . (360) 341-1515.DATED this 16th day of June, 2014./s/Christopher W. Spen- cerChristopher W. Spencer, Personal Representative Attorneys for Personal Representative: /s/M. Douglas KellyM. Douglas Kelly, WSBA #6550Kelly & Harvey Law Of- fices, LLP. P.O. Box 290 Clinton, WA 98236 Legal No. WCW572743Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 5, 12, 19, 2014.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTONFOR ISLAND COUNTY

The 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 the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated be-

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low a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal repre- s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- d e r R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 2 0 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is ef- fec t i ve as t o c l a ims against both the decedent’s probate and non- probate assets.Date of First Publication: July 5, 2014Personal Representa- tive: Alexandra L. Kauf- manAttorney for Personal Representative:M. Douglas Kelly, Kelly & Harvey Law Offices, LLP, PO Box 290, Clin- t o n , W A , 9 8 2 3 6 . (360) 341-1515.DATED this 30th day of June, 2014./s/Alexandra L. Kaufman Alexandra L. Kaufman, Personal RepresentativeAttorney for Personal Representative:/s/M. Douglas KellyM. Douglas Kelly, WSBA #6550Kelly & Harvey Law Of- fices, LLPLegal No. WCW572747 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.July 5, 12, 19, 2014.

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“Titanic”5. Chef’s need8. Glance over12.Harbinger13.Statute14.Ponder

intently15.Barn’s

neighbor16.Snacked17.Writing liquids18.Postal items20.Firstborn22.Cheeky23.Fawn’s mom24.Freon, e.g.26.Feel distress

28.“The ____Bunch”

32.Keats work33.Frosters35.Date36.More strange38.Obtained39.Ocean40.Attack!42.Small plateau44.Kerrigan, e.g.47.Monet, for

one50.A single time51.Vaselike

vessel53.Kind of

saxophone54.Eroded

55.SnowWhite’s pal

56.Not fat57.Wineglass

feature58.Pasture

mom59.Rim

DOWN1. Supervisor2. Send forth3. Slipped

back4. Elflike being5. Credit cards6. Certain

grain7. Suit fabric

8. Web spinner9. Roadway

marker10.Bible boats11.Snug retreat19.Grassland21.Crab’s cousin24.Mushy stuff25.Calculate27.Foot’s limb29.Bombarded30.Bad grade31.Senate vote

34.Love affair37.Repute41.Crass43.No longer

fresh44.Mama pigs45.Granny,

for one46.Real-estate

unit48.Buck49.Pitch52.Dispute

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ACROSS1. Citrus

beverage4. Impulse8. Engine parts12.Trim13.Mr. Julia14.Microwave,

e.g.15.Island

necklace16.Supreme

Court count17.Star’s car18.Lip20.Grassland22.Unhealthy

mist24.Fair

26.Black ____spider

28.Picnic crasher29.Find a sum32.Pub drink33.Serious35.Rightful36.Affirmative37.Toothpaste

option38.Untangle40.Sworn

promise42.Mound43.Oak nuts47.Wool growers49.Make do50.Out of action52.Part of TGIF

55.Genealogychart

56.____ andvoid

57.Gain58.Broadcast59.Virtuous60.Chipper

DOWN1. Each part2. Buck’s

companion3. Occurrences4. Coffee

containers5. Increase6. Rifle, e.g.7. Component8. Soft drink

9. Enthusiastic10.Notation11.January

forecast19.Past21.Log22.Bend23.Distance

measure25.Hurdle27.Carriage29.Counseling30.Battle of rivals31.Remove from

print

34.Comingto a halt

39.Tarzan’s chum41.Greeting word43.Play divisions44.Apple

remainder45.Exposed46.Marsh plant48.Join51.Couple53.Londoner’s

beverage54.Pig enclosure

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ACROSS1. Corn on the

____4. Provoke8. Thin12.Fleecy mama13.Zoomed14.Italian dough,

once15.Raises17.Leave out18.“You ____ So

Beautiful”19.Intrude21.Frosh’s home24.Put together26.Pass into law28.Convent

member29.“____ Smart”

32.Dopey’s pal33.Signed35.Beam36.Biblical ship37.Wiggly fish38.Sneer40.Applied42.Lazy43.Consent to47.Melded49.Tunnel fee50.Cosmetic item55.Milky gem56.Hardens57.“____ Got to

Be Me”58.Talking bird59.Fence opening60.Went before

DOWN1. So-so grade2. Night hooter3. Hive builder4. Heavenly

twinkler5. ____ pole6. Rage7. Remains8. Pig’s food9. Luxury auto10.Garden

bloom11.Companion16.Flirt20.Darns21.Word from

a crib22.Skunk

feature

23.Granite25.Foot-to-leg

joint27.Bind29.Grating30.“Duke of

____”31.Toddler34.Emergency

funds39.Skirt length41.Lived

43.Small particle44.Imitation45.Family group46.Jazz’s

Fitzgerald48.Other than51.Positive

response52.Zero53.First female54.____ carpet

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ACROSS1. Craft4. Singing voice8. Land division12.Bogey beater13.Nobleman14.Foot covering15.Couple16.Poisonous

mushroom18.Take a hike20.Volume

measures21.Movie stars23.Savior24.Trims25.Chew one’s

____(meditate)

26.Fail to keep up

29.Zip30.Saloon31.Umpire’s call32.Hen output33.Not skinny34.Flower feature35.Contained37.Circus

performers38.Dwelling40.Memento41.Butter

substitute43.Males46.Differently47.Selects48.Provoke49.Urgent want50.Finest

51.Force open

DOWN1. Befitting2. Crude3. Harness

racer4. Sacrificial

tables5. Weaving

machines6. Mouse

catcher7. Offbeat8. Daisy’s kin9. Cookie

flavor10.Chess piece11.Snakelike

fishes

17.Moved quickly19.Lasso cord21.Teenage

problem22.Plug up23.Center of

activity25.Use scissors

on27.Distantly28.Congeals30.Cushion31.Large truck

33.Dog’s woe34.Most colorless36.Nosed (out)37.Collapsible

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middle of the park, will be removed as soon as the new treatment plant comes online.

He said there may be a “net gain” of park space.

During an interview after the meeting, Dudley said the city will be obligated to turn that property into park space; he suggested that a “splash park” for kids is nearly a cer-tainty, but that the public will get the chance to suggest many other ideas for amenities.

ON WEDNESDAY, Stowell said approv-ing the site plan was a vital step because it allowed the engineering firm to move forward with the design of the facility, which will con-sist of several buildings.

Stowell said the site plan will just decide “where the boxes will go” on the site.

The plan was created by a group of city staff

members after public sentiment was gauged with public open house and an in-depth cha-rette process.

The city purchased the Whidbey Island Bank building on Pioneer Way earlier this year in order to build the sewage treatment plant on the large rear parking lot, which is adjacent to the waterfront Windjammer Park.

It cost $2.6 million.

THE SITE PLAN would solve a park-ing issue by adding four dozen additional spaces to the Peoples Bank parking lot, but on property owned by the city. The bank, which is next door, has a parking easement for employee cars on the property the city purchased for the treatment plant.

Stowell and the city officials also discussed several other dreams and ideas about the project beyond what is strictly in the site plan. He showed the council a conceptual drawing, created by the consultant, which included an event center and a plaza area.

Dudley said he is especially excited about the event center proposal; he said the first floor of one of the buildings could house administrative-type operations, but the second floor could become a meeting place for the public.

“It would overlook the windmill and over-look the water. It would have beautiful views,” he said, adding that it would fill a need in the community.

UNDER THE CONCEPT, the paved, out-door plaza area would be created next to the event center. Stowell said such a space would be an ideal for events like the farmers market.

The officials also discussed the future of Bayshore Drive, though the sewage treat-ment plant calls for the construction of only a short section of the road extension; the larger road construction project isn’t part of the proj-ect, but the site plan for the sewage treatment facility sets the stage for what may come later.

For many years, the city’s comprehensive

plan included a goal of extending Bayshore Drive so that it runs parallel to Pioneer Way all the way to Scenic Heights Road.

ACCORDING TO THE conceptual draw-ing for the plant site, Bayshore would be run along the north edge of Windjammer Park and through the middle of the baseball fields.

Several people pointed out that the project would be a boon to the property owners on the north side of the new road by creating new access and new road frontage.

Stowell said the idea isn’t to create a free-way, but a narrow road that would be both safe and scenic.

As for the ball fields, several officials had ideas for relocating them elsewhere, includ-ing the site of the old Memorial Field.

Dudley said he’s in the process of creating a regional baseball field plan that could draw tournaments to the city.

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“We’re the busiest park, and we have zero ways to tell people what’s here,” he said.

The building, Seabolt’s con-venience store located near the park’s offices on State Highway 20, was put up for sale this past winter.

The idea of establishing a visi-tor’s center for the park has been a goal for years.

However, Hartt said, “this is the first time that we’ve been able to look at it and say, it’s for sale, it’s right next door. It’s actually inside the park boundaries.”

If the parks system is able to purchase the building, Hartt said it would be converted into a place where people can find information about the park, it’s history, what it has to offer, as well as information about Whidbey Island as a whole.

He said he also wants to estab-lish an area where campers can buy supplies such as food, drinks, matches and whatever else they might need.

More than that, the building could be used as an education center for the park.

Liz Merriman, president of the Deception Pass Park Foundation, a nonprofit, said she also has ideas for what the building could be used for.

“One thing that we hope to accomplish in the future is to focus on the education and evolve into an institute … for learning,” Merriman said.

“There’s lots to share about that park, lots to teach, lots to educate about.”

Jen Rosquist, a camper on the park visiting for her fifth or sixth time, said she agrees that a visi-tor’s center would be a great ben-efit.

“I just think it would be good for people to learn more about the area, and be able to know about the surrounding islands,” Rosquist said. “A visitor’s center would be really helpful.”

Hartt said that in this build-ing, partners could sell tickets to park tours and the Chamber of Commerce could offer informa-tion about the island.

“Having a gathering place where all these things could come together would be really wonder-ful for this park,” he said. “You give people a chance to under-stand what’s here, and those who are here, a chance to share their messages with people.”

Standing in the way of making the purchase is money.

Hartt said there is $200,000 from Washington State Parks to put towards this purchase, but the asking price is $600,000 more than that.

“It’s just a lot of money, and at this point, we don’t know any

people who have that kind of resources, other than everybody together,” Hartt said.

“Maybe if we all come together, we could raise that much money.”

Hartt and the park are hoping people will donate money towards this purchase. Donating through the foundation would be tax deductible because it’s a 501c3.

They’ve just started looking into fundraising, according to Hartt, and have no official plans. He said they’ve considered opportunities like a Kickstarter campaign, but they haven’t really started looking into it yet. He said he would need somebody with more expertise in online marketing to help make that work.

Hartt added that the park would be willing to work with people donating a lot of money to try and let them benefit from the revenue of the visitor’s center, as well.

Hartt said he is positive that, if the building is purchased, it would pay for itself and be making a profit within a few years.

“We know it would pay for itself, we know it would be success-ful, we just have to get through that hurdle of finding the down payment and the total purchase price,” he said.

“We hope that the snowball grows and people see the value to it,” Hartt said.

“It would benefit the entire island to have this kind of oppor-tunity available to our visitors.”

his decision to make, though he must obtain council approval.

Dudley put out a “request for proposals” for the marathon posi-tion and received five applicants, including Sipes.

“There were great applicants,” Dudley said. “I think the city will be better off with any of the other four.”

Oak Harbor Elks Lodge sub-mitted an application to coordi-nate the race. Under the propos-al, Elks member Melissa Riker will be in charge and any profits go the club.

Dudley said she comes with experience in running mara-thons.

“She’s dynamic, a go-getter and very enthusiastic,” he said.

A professional race director from Portland sent in a proposal for the coordinator job, as did Orsell Events, the company that currently runs the Whidbey Marathon races.

In addition, Michelle Curry, an Oak Harbor resident who’s coordinating the new hydroplane races, also applied.

Sipes said she still doesn’t understand why Dudley took exception to her performance, especially given that the mara-thon received national attention,

and this year’s participation hit an all-time high.

“I put my heart into this event because I really do care about it,” she said. “This is just heart-breaking for me and the event.”

D u d l e y argued that the participa-tion declined in prior years. He said a dis-count in reg-

istration fees that Sipes offered as a special promotion was part of the reason for increased registration this year, but it cost the city.

Sipes received a bonus for higher attendance and the race lost the city money.

The bonus based on atten-dance was Dudley’s idea.

Several council members, however, argued that the race is intended to boost the economy and showcase the area, not to make a lot of money for the city.

Dudley said he will ensure with the new contract for the marathon coordinator that costs remain on budget and the city doesn’t lose money.

Dudley said he plans for hav-ing the Elks take over the mara-thon on the Aug. 6 City Council agenda.

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DUDLEY:“I think the city will be better of f with any of the other four.”

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