Whidbey News-Times, November 26, 2011

By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

The date for the so-called Barefoot Bandit to appear in Island County Superior Court has finally been set.

Colton Harris-Moore, a 20-year-old Camano Island resident, is scheduled to appear in court Friday, Dec. 16, to enter 30 guilty pleas for crimes he allegedly commit-ted in three counties.

Under the plea bargain, the internationally famous burglar and thief could be free when he’s 26 years old, provided he behaves himself

in prison. Island County Prosecutor

Greg Banks said he will ask the judge to impose a sen-tence of nine years and four months in prison, though Harris-Moore’s attorneys will ask for less. The sentence is based on the standard range for the most serious charge against Harris-Moore, which is first-degree burglary out of Snohomish County.

Because of a complication due to an unresolved case in juvenile court, Harris-Moore won’t start serving his state sentence until he turns 21 on March 22.

Harris-Moore has already pleaded guilty to seven fed-eral criminal charges in U.S. District Court in Seattle, though he hasn’t been sen-tenced yet. Banks indicated it appears likely that the federal sentence will run concurrent, or at the same time, as the state sentence, but it will ulti-mately be up to the federal judge.

Banks indicated that Harris-Moore will be eligible for “good time” in prison. If he follows the rules, his sen-tence could be reduced by 30 percent.

The Island County

Sheriff’s Office is expecting a media circus at the sen-tencing hearing. Detective Ed Wallace, the department’s spokesman, sent out a press release to news organizations Monday afternoon, explain-ing the courtroom protocol. A secondary viewing room is being set up with a live stream from the courtroom.

Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks has been bro-kering a plea bargain to resolve about 30 charges against Harris-Moore in Island, Snohomish and San Juan counties. He originally expected the hearing to take

place last summer, but the date was continually pushed back because of difficulty finding a day when everyone involved could be in court.

Harris-Moore made inter-national news in a crime spree that began after he escaped from a halfway house and returned to Camano Island to burglarize and steal. He evad-ed capture for months and then moved to other coun-ties, where his fame grew after he allegedly stole boats and small airplanes.

Harris-Moore, who alleg-edly committed at least one burglary while barefoot,

was finally arrested in the Bahamas in 2010. He report-edly fled the United States in a plane stolen in Indiana.

Harris-Moore agreed to sell his story to a movie com-pany for $1.3 million, but his victims — including Island County government — will get the money under the plea deal in federal court.

Barefoot Bandit makes tracks for Island County

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With taxpayer funding for state parks dried up, worried state parks officials are seeing user fees aren’t bringing in as much money as expected.

Five months after it was imple-mented, the Discover Pass, which provides money for Washington State Parks, the Department of Fish

and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources, raised $7.2 mil-lion through the end of October.

For the 24-month 2011-2013 bien-nium, officials had penciled in $64 million in Discover Pass sales, so the pass is not keeping pace with anticipations.

Deception Pass Park Ranger Jack Hartt admits the money raised from the Discover Pass isn’t enough to

keep the park system functioning at its current level. The state parks commission is meeting Dec. 6 to discuss and approve possible addi-tional cutbacks that could begin in January or February.

“Everything is on the table,” Hartt said. “Nothing is sacred except for keeping parks open.”

He said the park system could

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Larry Stiles of Sedro-Woolley and Bill Langjahr of Anacortes, members of Anacortes Radio Control Sailors, race model sailboats at Cranberry Lake inside Deception Pass State Park. They are among the many people who purchase a Discover Pass to use the state park system.

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Joshua Lambert will continue acting as his own attorney in defending himself against accusa-tions that he murdered both of his grandfathers, but now he’ll have a defense attorney to advise him about matters of law.

In addition, the 30-year-old Oak Harbor man agreed to a mental health evaluation by doctors at Western State Hospital in connec-tion with his announced plans to mount an insanity defense.

During the unusual hearing in Island County Superior Court Monday, Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks asked Judge Vickie Churchill to appoint a standby counsel to work with Lambert, who has insisted on representing himself.

While there’s normally an adversarial relationship between prosecution and defense, Banks said he’s been in an awkward posi-tion with Lambert asking him for legal help.

“It puts me in a difficult posi-tion anytime I have to advise Mr. Lambert on anything,” he said.

Banks indicated that Lambert has asked him for information which gives away his defense strat-egy. He said Lambert is struggling

somewhat with legal procedures.“I can see now where this thing

will head,” he said.Churchill agreed with Banks

and appointed public defense attor-ney Peter Simpson as Lambert’s standby attorney. She questioned Lambert about the idea; he said he didn’t object as long as he’s still in charge of the case.

Banks also made a motion for Lambert to get a mental health evaluation at Western State Hospital. He indicated that it will

Accused grandfather killer receives a ‘standby attorney’

Joshua Lambert

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A disagreement about who should be chairperson of the Island County Board of Commissioners escalated Monday after citizens com-plained about the perceived snub to Commissioner Kelly Emerson.

Commissioner Angie Homola, the current chair-woman, struggled to main-tain control of the meeting at one point, exclaiming that she didn’t have her gavel, as her fellow commissioners interrupted and talked over each other.

The meeting began with 10 citizens voicing their opinions about the deci-sion by commissioners Helen Price Johnson and Homola last week to turn down Commissioner Kelly Emerson’s request to be chairperson next year. By a 2-1 vote, the two Democratic commissioners chose Price Johnson as the next chair-woman, even though it was Emerson’s turn under a long-held tradition.

All but one of the speakers were critical of the perceived slight to Emerson, the sole Republican on the board.

Two residents on Camano Island, Dale Tyler and Ralph Ferguson, spoke at the meet-ing via video link from the Camano Annex. They asked Homola and Price Johnson to give detailed explanations of their decision, but then

continually interrupted the meeting as Homola tried to explain that the commission-ers would address the con-cerns after scheduled public hearings.

Oak Harbor resident Bill Strowbridge described Homola and Price Johnson’s comments at the last meet-ing concerning Emerson’s unreadiness to be chairper-son as “petty, vile, personal attacks.”

“Kelly reports to the citi-zens, not to you two,” he said.

Resident Ed Drum said the commissioners should allow Emerson to do her job.

“I would like to see this bickering and cat fights stop,” he said.

Oak Harbor resident Bob Wolters, however, argued that it wouldn’t be appro-priate to give Emerson the chair. He pointed out that she had unsuccessfully sued the county and county employ-ees; he said county employ-ees have not “healed” from the litigious assault. Also, he emphasized that Emerson has only been on the board for less than a year.

“I think the position of the chair is one where experi-ence does matter,” he said. “I think leadership does mat-ter.”

The commissioners addressed the issue at the end of the meeting, but the discussion quickly devolved

into bickering.Price Johnson said the

decision about the chairman-ship was neither politically motivated nor unprecedent-ed. She read a quote from a former Republican com-missioner, the late Gordon Koetje, who said the chair-manship shouldn’t be rotated just because it was the tradi-tion.

In fact, a battle over who should be chairman of the Island County Board of Commissioners exactly 20 years ago was remark-ably similar to the current argument. A News-Times article from 1991 states that commissioners Koetje and Dwain Colby “snubbed” Commissioner Dick Caldwell by not making him chair-man, even though it was his turn under the unwritten tra-dition of rotating the chair-

manship. Even though all three com-

missioners were Republicans, Caldwell disagreed with the others in his opposition to increasing taxes and fees during a time of budget defi-cits. Likewise, Emerson has railed against taxes and fees during the current period of harsh budget cutting.

Twenty years ago, Colby complained about Caldwell’s improper relationship with county employees, saying that he had an “acid tongue.” Last week, Price Johnson complained about Emerson’s adversarial relationship with county employees.

On Monday, Price Johnson tried to give an explanation of her decision, but was inter-rupted by Emerson. Price Johnson started to say that Emerson was unavailable to staff, but Emerson interject-ed that personal remarks are out of order under Roberts Rules of Order. This sparked a feisty exchange with Emerson and Price Johnson talking over each other and Homola in the middle, trying to restore order.

“I hope this is being recorded. I can’t believe this,” Strowbridge exclaimed from the audience.

After bringing the meet-ing back to order, Homola said she doesn’t feel there’s a lot of animosity between the commissioners, as opposed to what was reported in the newspaper. She described

the ways she tried to make Emerson feel welcome and help her with the job.

“I just honestly don’t see this as a vendetta, as any kind of political step,” she said of the decision not to elect Emerson as chairwoman.

But Emerson shot back that there is indeed animos-ity on the board, which she blamed on her Democratic colleagues. She said they “made it abundantly clear” in the months before she took office that they weren’t pleased with her election win.

“It’s been an adversarial relationship with the two of you long before I took office and you are being absolutely insincere in that regard,” she said to Homola.

Emerson accused her colleagues of directing the planning department to take actions against her in an ongoing dispute that started when her husband started building a sunroom without a permit. She claimed the inappropriate conversations took place in executive ses-sions that she wasn’t allowed to attend.

Homola denied this, saying she’s never met with the plan-ning department on the issue and has never pushed any-one in the planning depart-ment in any direction. After the meeting, Price Johnson reiterated that they’ve never met with the planning direc-

tor or anyone from the plan-ning department in executive session; she said they’re not allowed to meet with anyone but attorneys behind closed doors.

But Emerson wasn’t convinced and essentially accused Homola of lying.

“We’ll have to take your opinion that you have not been involved directly in any of the planning depart-ment’s maneuvers because those were done in executive session which, of course, I wasn’t involved in,” she said. “Personally, I don’t take your opinion as truth.”

Emerson also accused Homola of doing a poor job as chairperson and allowed citizens at one meeting to make slanderous remarks about her.

“I just wanted to let you know there was a nasty comment made about tea bagging and I stepped in,” Homola reminded her.

Homola finally tried to bring the meeting to an end, but not before enjoining Emerson to come to work and put her time in. This sparked an angry response.

“I will do my duty as I see fit,” Emerson said.

During a Board of Health meeting afterward, Homola reached out an olive branch to Emerson and nominated her to be chairwoman, but Emerson declined.

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A new wastewater treat-ment plant at the old city shops? No way, say offi-cials with the Fleet Reserve Association of Oak Harbor.

Branch 97 of the national organization, or more appro-priately its five-acre property next to the city’s facility, is intrinsically linked to the site’s viability as a location for the new sewer plant. By itself, the city-owned land is too small, which means the Fleet Reserve’s property would need to be acquired.

Perturbed about a lack of communication on behalf of the city, officials with the nonprofit group are planning to attend a special meeting Monday to let Oak Harbor decision-makers know just how they feel about the idea.

“We would not be inter-ested in selling,” said Ferron Rice, a vice president with Fleet Reserve’s board of directors.

At the special meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. at City Hall, the city council will consider a resolution to pare the number of proposed sites from five to three, based on the recommendation of its consultant, Carollo. A 1 per-cent property tax increase will also be considered.

The national engineering firm has been working for more than a year to come up with a selection of site finalists. Using a range of cri-teria, and input from a hand-ful of public meetings, the company is proposing that Windjammer Park, the old

city shops at the northern end of City Beach Street and Navy property located behind the existing lagoon site on Crescent Harbor move for-ward for further study.

The firm is suggesting that the Oak Harbor Marina and Beachview Farm, more com-monly known as Fakkema Farm and located just outside the city’s western boundary, be dropped from consider-ation.

It’s also recommending the city only consider building a plant that utilizes membrane bio-reactor technology rather than activated sludge, the treatment method currently in use at the city’s plant on the Seaplane Base. The former is more effective and takes up less space but at greater cost.

According to Rice, he said he only learned this month that building a new treatment plant at the city shops was contingent on the acquisition of the Fleet Reserve’s prop-erty, which it has held since the local chapter was formed in 1946.

He learned of the plan only because City Councilman and Mayor-elect Scott Dudley called a meeting with group leaders to see if they had qualms over the plan. The news he delivered came as something of a shock.

“We had not heard any-thing,” he said.

Rice met with Mayor Jim Slowik a short time later and quizzed him about why they were not notified. Slowik told him he thought they had been alerted and provided Rice with a copy of a letter mailed to residents of the

community.“We thought they had

received it,” Slowik said.Boiled down, the letter said

the old city shops had been identified as a possible site for the new wastewater treat-ment plant. Rice maintains that neither he nor anyone else at the organization was aware of the letter. He also said he laughed when he read it because it didn’t say anything about acquiring the Fleet Reserve’s land.

“How could anyone see this as a communication?” Rice said.

However, Slowik did relieve some of Rice’s fears. The mayor said the old city shops is not a strong can-didate and probaly won’t be selected. But if it were, it’s extremely unlikely the city would exercise its right of eminent domain. Rather, it would negotiate to find and purchase another property for the group and build a replacement building, Slowik said.

According to Slowik, the old city shops has gotten as much negative feedback as the Windjammer Park loca-tion. The city has received a handful of letters from resi-dents , including one doctor, who are worried about emis-sions from a new facility.

“I think this is the worst location,” Slowik said.

While Carollo has its rec-ommendations, the outgoing mayor said he thinks another site east of the Seaplane Base may soon become a candi-date. Although he said he couldn’t go into more detail now, he thinks it’s the best

of any of the sites proposed so far.

What the city council decides on Monday is any-body’s guess. In fact, Slowik said there is a strong pos-sibility that the issue could be tabled. It was brought before the council in October but only five members were present, so Councilman Bob Severns asked that it be rescheduled for November.

Ironically, Severns will be absent Monday on family business. Councilman Danny Paggao will also be away with a previously excused absence. Slowik said he wouldn’t be surprised if the five attending council members decide to table the issue again.

Whatever happens, Rice said the mayor’s assurances were a big relief. Along with having the property for the past 65 years, the organiza-tion rents out a building to two other community groups and moving just really isn’t an option.

“I think this is going to be a dead issue, at least that’s what we’re hoping for,” Rice said.

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A former Oak Harbor teenager who accidentally started a house fire that killed his mother last year will not be charged with a crime.

Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks announced this week that he was declin-ing to file charges against the 15-year-old boy after a forensic psychologist concluded that he “is not an arsonist and not prone to engage in fire setting behaviors.”

The boy’s mother, Dawn Campbell, was killed in a fire at the family’s Scenic Heights Road home on Nov. 20, 2010. The cause of her death was smoke inha-lation. She was 32 years old.

According to the pros-ecutor’s office, Campbell alerted her son and his friend that the house was on fire, but then she went to the interior of the home in an effort to save a fam-ily dog. She was overcome by fumes in a bedroom. A team of firefighters pulled her out of the burning house, but she later died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

An investigation by the Island County Sheriff’s Office revealed that Campbell’s son, who was 14 years old at the time, had unknowingly set the fire after playing with matches in the living room. The fire started on a couch. The boy’s father, J.R. Campbell,

was on a military deploy-ment at the time of the fire.

According to Banks, the family has since moved to California because of the father’s military obliga-tions.

Banks said he could have charged the boy with reck-less burning, but he felt that would not serve the public purpose and would not be in the interest of justice.

“The penalties in the juve-nile justice system would be negligible ... compared to the anguish undoubtedly caused by the loss of his mother,” Banks wrote in a press release.

With the cooperation of the boy’s father, the pros-ecutor was able to obtain evaluations from two men-tal health professionals. One of the professionals was “a recognized expert” in forensic psychology, Banks said. The prosecu-tor’s office received the final evaluation and risk assess-ment last week.

The doctors concluded that the boy is not an arson-ist and has no symptoms of any type of severe mental disorder that is sometimes associated with fire-setting behaviors, according to the prosecutor.

“We are hopeful that the boy and his father will be able to move forward in their lives, and we are clos-ing our file,” Banks wrote.

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A 1 percent property tax increase for Oak Har-bor residents will be con-sidered at a special meet-ing at City Hall Monday.

Beginning at 6 p.m., the city council is ex-pected to take action on an ordinance that would formalize the increase. If passed, the tax hike would add $37,500 to city coffers in 2012, according to Finance Director Doug Merriman.

State law allows a municipality to raise its property tax revenue intake each year without a vote of the people by a maximum of 1 percent. Merriman said the in-crease is already included in the second year of the city’s 2011-2012 biennial budget.

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Coupeville Planning ●Commission: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 6:30 p.m., Com-

missioners’ Hearing Room, Courthouse Annex Building.

Oak Harbor Finance ●Standing Committee: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 3:30 p.m., City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Dr.

Oak Harbor Arts Com- ●mission: Monday, Dec. 12, 6 p.m., City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Dr.

Whidbey General Hos- ●pital Board: Monday, Dec. 12, 6 p.m., Confer-ence Room A, Whid-bey General Hospital, Coupeville.

Oak Harbor Marina ●Committee: Monday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m., City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Dr.

Coupeville School ●Board: Monday, Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m. Coupeville El-ementary School library.

Oak Harbor School ●Board: Monday, Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m., Administra-tive Service Center, 350 S. Oak Harbor St.

Coupeville Town Coun- ●cil: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 6:30 p.m., Commis-sioners’ Hearing Room County Annex Building.

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see further cuts to staff and there is talk of more admin-istration cuts. Such cuts would be a “Catch 22.” While it would save some money, it would interfere with his park’s ability to support the Discover Pass. Hartt men-tioned that Deception Pass State Park has collected approximately $350,000 in pass sales to date.

The state implemented the Discover Pass in July to provide an alternative funding source for the three agencies. Still, the state pro-vided millions of dollars in other funding for the cur-rent biennium for assistance while the Discover Pass is implemented.

Washington State Parks receives 84 percent of the money collected from the pass. To use state parks, motorists have to pay either

$10 per day or $30 per year. A spokeswoman for

Washington State Parks noted that the Discover Pass program wasn’t fully implemented until October and sales have been increas-ing. Park users can pur-chase the Discover Pass at Department of Licensing offices when they go in to renew their car tabs or at the separate parks.

“It started right in the middle of our prime season,” said Sandy Mealing, spokes-woman for Washington State Parks. “We didn’t have all areas up and running.”

In September, $62,500 was collected and that amount jumped to $162,000 in October, so she’s hopeful for a brighter future.

She added that the Legislature will work on allowing the pass to be trans-ferrable between cars. The biggest complaint about the pass is that it is only good for one vehicle.

Mealing said a series of

public service announce-ments will be broadcast to encourage families to pur-chase passes as Christmas gifts.

Many people are still making an optional $5 dona-tion to state parks when they renew their vehicle tabs; however, money has declined since the Discover Pass started. State Parks col-lected more than $1 million in June 2011. That amount dropped to $685,000 in July, climbed sightly to $894,000 in August before declining to $677,000 in September.

Washington State Parks has already made reduc-tions because of recent state funding problems. For Deception Pass State Park, one of six state parks locat-ed on Whidbey Island, Hartt said two staff members were laid off, its maintenance and operations budget was cut and long-term projects such as improving the park’s sewer system have been deferred.

Hartt said park closures are apparently off the table, because it would erode pub-lic trust in the Discover Pass by offering fewer locations where it could be used.

The Parks Commission meeting comes as the Legislature is looking at cutting 10 percent of the $17 million it allocated to the agency for the bienni-um. Those cutbacks would include further maintenance cuts, keeping current vacan-cies open and canceling the contract with the local sher-iff’s office for beach enforce-ment.

Hartt said the proposed reduction isn’t as bad as the lower-than-expected rev-enue might suggest. And as he sees it, the money the state Legislature provided was going to dry up any-way.

“Basically it’ll be the users who’ll pay for parks,” Hartt said.


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Lambert didn’t object to the motion, which Churchill approved. He had previous-ly sent a letter to the court explaining that he wants to put on an insanity defense.

In addition, Lambert asked that his trial date be contin-ued for six months so that he has time to “find more evi-dence, get statements from people.” The judge initially appeared skeptical of such an unusually long continuance, but agreed after Banks said he didn’t object.

As a result, Lambert’s trial was continued until July 10.

Lambert is accused of going on a murderous rampage Oct. 3. He alleg-edly stabbed to death his two grandfathers as he was searching for firearms, inves-tigators reported.

Banks charged Lambert Oct. 5 with first-degree mur-der in the death of his pater-nal grandfather, 80-year-old George Lambert. He was also charged with kidnapping

George Lambert’s sister, who lived with her brother at a home outside of Oak Harbor. He tied her up with packing tape and left her to watch her brother die, court documents state.

Investigators also named Lambert as a suspect in the stabbing death of his mater-nal grandfather, 80-year-old August Gene Eisner, who was killed on the same day. Eisner had been living in an apartment next to his daugh-ter’s Hastie Lake home.

Banks said he likely won’t charge Lambert with Eisner’s murder until after receiving the results of the mental health evaluation.

“I want as much infor-mation as possible before I make a decision,” he said in an interview.

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A 32-year-old Coupeville man is accused of forcing his way into his ex-girlfriend’s home with a gun, assaulting her and preventing her from leaving on the night of Nov. 3, court documents indicate.

Kenny Youderian pleaded not guilty in Island County Superior Court Nov. 21 to charges of first-degree bur-glary, second-degree assault with a firearm enhancement and unlawful imprisonment. They were all charged as domestic-violence related crimes.

Three deputies with the Island County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of domestic violence at a Blazer Court in Oak Harbor in the

morning of Nov. 4.The 33-year-old woman

reported that Youderian, her former boyfriend, had cupped his hand over her mouth so hard that her lips started bleed-ing, according to the report by Deputy Robert Davison. She also said Youderian had brought a handgun to her home and she gave it to the deputies to take away.

Youderian denied assault-ing his ex-girlfriend, but said the gun belonged to his father.

The next day, the alleged victim called the deputy with much more serious allega-tions. She claimed Youderian had brandished the gun and forced his way into her home on Nov. 3, the report states.

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Island County property owners need to pay their 2011 property taxes by the end of the month to avoid interest and penalties.

The Island County Treasurer’s Office is remind-ing property owners about the upcoming deadline. Under state law, those who have not paid their property taxes will be assessed an addi-tional 1 percent in interest and an 8 percent penalty on

any unpaid 2011 property tax balance as of Dec. 1, 2011.

To avoid the additional fees, the payment must be paid or postmarked by Nov. 30, 2011. Payment can be made online at www.islandcounty.net\trea-surer, in person or through the mail. Anyone with ques-tions should call 679-7302.

Island County Treasurer’s office was able to complete the processing of property tax payment in early November.

“The use of an electronic remittance processor cou-pled with the new property tax program, a determined staff, and the assistance of volunteers provided new efficiencies that enabled the office to finish processing the property tax payments in record time,” Treasurer Ana Maria Nuñez wrote in a press release.

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

TUESDAY, NOV. 22At 5:46 a.m., a caller re-

ported a plugged drain on the roof of a SE Barrington Drive building. The men’s locker room was flooding.

MONDAY, NOV. 21At 11:14 p.m., a caller re-

ported a man was pushing a woman at a Goldie Road location.

At 9:43 p.m., a caller reported a woman was banging on a trailer at a Highway 20 location.

At 8:40 p.m., a SW Kingma Court resident reported finding a stray beagle.

At 7:57 p.m., a caller re-ported NE Fourth Avenue residents were burning something in their back-yard.

At 7:24 p.m., a NE 11th Avenue resident reported someone broke into the house.

At 6:48 p.m., a caller re-ported a drunk man sleep-ing on the ground near a Highway 20 bus shelter.

At 1:02 p.m., a NW Lan-yard Loop resident report-ed her boyfriend hit her.

At 9:39 p.m., a caller reported a great Dane and a great Dane mix were in a Hemlock Drive yard.

At 8:28 a.m., a caller reported someone broke into equipment sheds at a SW Fort Nugent Avenue location.

SUNDAY, NOV. 20At 4:26 p.m., a caller

reported two people as-saulted him at a SE Midway Boulevard location.

At 3:12 p.m., a caller re-ported two people refusing to leave a SE Pioneer Way location.

At 1:33 p.m., a caller reported she removed her car from the tree she ran into at a NE Midway Boule-vard location.

At 1:31 p.m., a caller reported two men were trying to open car doors on Highway 20.

At 7:52 a.m., a caller reported someone lit a fire in the women’s restroom at Flintstone Park.

SATURDAY, NOV. 19At 10:31 p.m., a caller

reported someone getting in his face at a SW Sixth Avenue location.

At 4:56 p.m., a caller reported a pickup truck, with children on board, went into the ditch near the intersection of NE Re-gatta Drive and Torpedo Road.

At 2:35 p.m., a caller reported someone broke into a Highway 20 home.

At 11:13 a.m., a caller reported two people were assaulted near a Midway Boulevard business.

At 9:55 a.m., a caller reported someone cut a truck’s gas line in an at-tempt to siphon gas out of it.

At 7:28 a.m., a caller reported a man yelling at passing cars on NE Mid-way Boulevard. He was wearing a puffy jacket.

FRIDAY, NOV. 18At 8:08 p.m., a caller

reported several people fighting near the intersec-tion of E. Whidbey Avenue and NE Midway Boulevard.

At 5:52 p.m., a caller reported someone tried to steal a car at a S. Beeksma Drive location. The ignition had been popped.

At 7:59 a.m., a caller reported someone tried to steal gas from a truck at a NE 24th Lane location.

THURSDAY, NOV. 17At 7:02 p.m., a caller

reported a man assaulted someone and was threat-ening to assault his parents.

At 3:07 p.m., a caller reported a dead dog in the grass in front of a Highway 20 restaurant.

At 3:03 p.m., a caller reported several men, in their mid-20s, were drink-ing from brown paper bags at a SE Bayshore Drive location.

At 12:02 p.m., a caller reported seeing two pit bulls, who were chained, lunging at people at a NW Crosby Avenue location. The caller was afraid the dogs would break their chains.

At 11:53 a.m., a caller reported seeing four cars parked in handicap parking spots, but without plac-ards, at a SW Erie Street business.

At 10:20 a.m., a SE Eighth Avenue resident re-ported her boyfriend was preventing her from leaving the apartment. He crushed her cell phone and physi-cally restrained her.

At 8:03 a.m., a caller reported someone tried to break into a Highway 20 business.

ISLAND SCANNER

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OPINIONWhidbey

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Your article in the Nov. 16 edition on the Nov. 11 storm is full of inaccuracies. I have scrupulously tracked Whidbey Island weather for years, keeping meticulous records in an Excel spread-sheet.

Inaccuracy 1: The article states gale-force winds are those of 39-54 mph. Here is the real story: Moderate gale, 31-38 mph; fresh gale, 39-46 mph; strong gale, 47-54 mph; whole gale, 55-63 mph.

Inaccuracy 2: The article states the windstorm was the first of the season to reach gale force winds. Here is the real story:

By the correct definition of gale force winds (31-63 mph), it was the ninth gale of the season. Even requiring the winds to reach 39 mph, it was still the seventh gale.

Inaccuracy 3: The article

states the 11/11 storm had the season’s highest winds. The real story: The 9/26 storm reached winds of 66 mph on Smith Island. Technically this is above a gale, since the category “vio-lent storm” includes winds from 64-72 mph. (73 mph and above is a hurricane).

I hope this is helpful and will encourage your writers to research their articles more thoroughly.

Bill ViertelCoupeville

Really? Kelly Emerson as chairwoman! It does not make sense (News-Times editorial, Nov. 19) to elect a person chair of the coun-ty commissioners whose avowed purpose is to bring county government to its knees.

Anyone who has read articles in your newspaper

about her antics during board meetings, already has an “idea of where she wants county government to go.” Namely down the drain, to put it politely. Her Tea Party beliefs are the same as her national cohorts: No to everything. No environ-mental safeguards; no to future planning; no to saving what jobs there still are with government agencies; no to caring for the less fortunate, and on and on. It’s always no!

Maybe you would like to personally attend a commis-sioners’ meeting and see for yourself how she is not at all ready to be chairwoman. Helen Price-Johnson will do a fine job of keeping some sanity alive during commis-sioner meetings. By the way, John Dean was not “thrown” or “booted out” of office. It was a close election with a margin of a couple hundred votes.

Jack TingstadCoupeville

Merci! Gracias! Thanks!The Island County

Treasurer’s Office would like to express its deepest thanks and sincere appreciation to those individuals who came forward to assist us and vol-unteer during tax season.

Due to their great atti-tudes and helpful hands, we were able to complete the property tax payment pro-cessing much earlier than in previous years. It is said, “Many hands make light work,” and this was certain-ly proven in our office. We enjoyed sharing our days and meeting the citizens: Pam and Bob N., Bob and Beulah Whitlow, Barbara Radics and Linda Riffe.

Thanks also to those who volunteered but we did not call, only because we were able to finish so early.

Ana María d Nuñez, CPAIsland County Treasurer

IN OUR OPINION

Even the federal government recognizes the impor-tance of supporting small businesses during the holidays.

This is the second “Small Business Saturday” as proclaimed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Basically, it says what this space has been saying for years: The best way to help your community is to shop locally.

As the SBA points out, small businesses create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods around the country. The agency notes that small businesses have generated two out of every three net new jobs over the past 15 years and employ more than half of all private sec-tor workers.

Whidbey Island shoppers hopefully overdosed on malls and megastores yesterday (Black Friday) and can take a more relaxed a approach to shopping today and during the rest of the holiday season.

For example, it’s time to visit downtown Oak Harbor, and not just by driving through. Take advantage of the parking behind Pioneer Way merchants and stroll the newly remade downtown area on its wide, safe sidewalks. Merchants endured months of construction havoc to sur-vive until this shopping season. A good Christmas season is crucial for many of these merchants, who offer every-thing from clothing and books to jewelry, antiques and dining experiences. The season will officially open with a downtown celebration Saturday evening, Dec. 3.

Coupeville is also known for its quaint stores and unpar-alleled shopping experience just above the waters of Penn Cove. Other shopping opportunities abound on Whidbey Island, from the Greenbank Farm art and cheese stores to the popular shops in Langley, “The Village By the Sea.”

In addition, many artists sell from their homes or in the many galleries scattered around the island. Check the web or your local newspaper for buying opportunities.

Shopping Whidbey Island keeps merchants afloat, allows them to hire new people, and keeps tax dollars right here in Island County where they support transit, police, health and other crucial aspects of our govern-ment.

Small Business Saturday is a good idea. But keep it up for the rest of the year.

Small business needs support

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By REBECCA OLSONStaff reporter

Coupeville teachers hold-ing signs reading “No more cuts” and “We can’t put stu-dents first if the state puts teachers last” gathered at the intersection of Main Street and Highway 20 on Nov. 18 to protest state budget cuts resulting in furlough days.

The Coupeville Education Association organized the demonstration. CEA co-pres-ident and Coupeville High School teacher Tacy Bigelow said the mission of the rally was two-fold.

“Most importantly, we’re thanking the local commu-nity. They’ve been most sup-portive but the state keeps cutting. We want to give our students the very best but it’s hard to give the very best when funding is taken away,” Bigelow said.

“We are very glad our dis-trict wants to support us and the community wants to sup-port us and we really want everybody to understand the state doesn’t want to support us,” said high school teacher Sandy Moore.

Nov. 18, a half-day of school, was the first furlough day of the school year. In the past, half-days were used for working with students, said middle and high school music teacher Jamar Jenkins.

Teachers decided to use the furlough day to raise awareness that state budget

cuts are harming education.Drivers in passing cars

honked and waved at teach-ers hoisting signs reading, “Enough is enough!” and “Thank you for your support, Coupeville.” Tom Eller held a sign designed by L.D. Eller depicting an apple labeled “education” and “students” being eaten by a worm labeled “legislature.”

“We are taking a stand because what’s happening is most definitely wrong,” said middle and high school teacher Nichelle Gilcrease-Wolfe. Cuts are hurting teachers, students and the country, she added.

“We work really hard so kids don’t know the funding isn’t there but it’s getting harder and harder and we’re all feeling it,” Bigelow said.

Funding cuts result in more crowded classrooms, fewer supplies and more stress, Moore said.

Programs, teachers and support programs have been cut already, said high school teacher L.D. Eller.

Art, music and library pro-grams have been cut, said Bigelow, an art teacher. She likened the continual cuts to boiling a frog slowly so that it doesn’t even notice it’s cook-ing.

“We want people to notice,” Bigelow said.

Teachers standing at every corner of the intersection agreed that cutting funding

for schools is only going to harm students, teachers and education.

“Dumbing down educa-tion is not the solution. It’s got to stop,” Gilcrease-Wolfe said, holding a sign that read, “Our students and schools come first.”

“Everybody knows the state’s in bad shape. I think that cutting funding from education should be the last choice. If we want an educat-ed populace for democracy it starts here,” said high school teacher Barbara Ballard.

“I’m tired of teachers being called the problem,” said high school teacher Ryan Grenz, holding a sign that read, “What 3 percent of kids should we not teach?”

“If you keep stealing money from our kids, there are going to be problems in the long run,” Grenz said.

“I don’t think most peo-ple know how everything is affected,” Jenkins said.

With more cuts looming in the future, Jenkins said, “I think the public needs to put pressure on legislators to make sure they don’t cut funds for public education. I think education should be off the table for cuts.”

After teaching for 25 years in three school districts, Jenkins said he never had a pay cut until this year.

“The public needs to be aware of what’s going on. I don’t think they know we got a 2-percent pay decrease this year,” Jenkins said.

Bigelow urges the com-munity to contact legislators to tell them to “put kids first and to stand up for their para-mount duty for education” and vote for full funding for education.

“We’re very grateful to the Coupeville community,”

Moore said, adding that Coupeville is fortunate that its levies pass.

“I hope everybody tells the state to support us, too,” Moore said.

The Coupeville Education Association is looking into what to do for Day of Action,

organized by the Washington Education Association, on Nov. 28, Bigelow said.

Regarding the other fur-lough days in the school year, “I think we’re prepared to come out here every half-day,” Jenkins said.

Coupeville teachers rally against state cuts

Coupeville High School teacher Barbara Ballard waves at cars during a teacher rally against state budget cuts.

Coupeville teachers Tacy Bigelow and Linsley Dix ask the public to urge legislators to vote for full funding for schools at a rally on Nov. 18.

Coupeville Middle School teacher Linsley Dix rallies to raise the public’s awareness about funding cuts in schools.

Louise Anna Mae Woods

Louise Anna Mae Woods, 77, longtime Oak Harbor resi-dent, passed away Nov. 19, 2011 at Careage of Whidbey.

Mrs. Woods was born in Oklahoma City, Okla., on July 14, 1934, to Henry and Helen (Pulte) Strategier. She was raised in Lawton and Norman, Okla. Anna Mae married Gale Woods and they resided in Norman, Bayville, Texas, and California before moving to Oak Harbor, where Gale had

been stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

Anna Mae was a caregiver for many years. She had been of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church and, more recently, attended the Base Chapel.

Anna Mae loved her fam-ily and is survived by five children: Mary Woods of Burlington, Lynette Sweeney of Seattle, Mark Woods of Denver, Marta Tucker of Oak Harbor, and Aleene Woods and Mike Adderley, also of Oak Harbor; 12 grandchil-dren: Stacey, Christopher and Timothy Miller; Violet and Christine Schultz, Anthony Woods, Adam Tucker, Veronica, Eleanor and Joy Fleming, Tabitha and Serena Adderley; several great-grand-children; five siblings, Henry R. Strategier and Donald Ray Strategier (Julia), both of Norman, Susan New (Louis) of Eufalia, Okla., Debra Baker of Spring, Texas, and Charles H. Strategier (Carol) of Lawrence, Kan.; also, numer-ous nieces and nephews, including Rod Woods and son Chad Woods, both of Oak Harbor. She was preceded in

death by her husband, Gale Woods, on Sept. 27, 2011, and also by a daughter, Louise Miller and a brother, James Strategier.

Services will be announced at a later date. Interment will take place at Tahoma National Cemetery. Family and friends are encouraged to share memories and condolences at www.whidbeymemorial.com.

Dennis K. Painter

Dennis Painter, 69, of Oak

Harbor, passed away Nov. 11, 2011, following a brief ill-ness. Born April 6, 1942 in Madison, Minn., he was the son of Charles and Clemmie (Peggy) Painter. He gradu-ated from Rapid City High School in 1960, served in the South Dakota National Guard, and attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

He was married to Audrey Shearn in 1962 in Rapid City, S.D. He was a commercial loan officer in Minneapolis and served as an associate vice president at First Bank in Sturgis, S.D. He has lived in Washington state for the past 30 years, where he served in management at Bellingham National Bank, Whidbey Island Bank, Banner Bank, and the Coastal Community Bank before his retirement.

Dennis was a member of the Oak Harbor Yacht Club, The Shriners, and was a former member of the Oak Harbor Rotary and North Whidbey Lions Clubs.

Dennis is survived by his son, Kelly D. Painter of Lompoc, Calif.; his daughter,

Wendy (James) Van Loan of Rapid City, S.D.; three grand-children, Brady, Colin and Ryan Van Loan, Rapid City; his sister, Charlette (James) Steele of Rapid City; along with numerous nieces and nephews. He also leaves his many friends and golfing bud-dies that helped him through his health issues over the past several years including Steve Metcalf, Phil Collier, Kevin Fakkema, James McArthur, Dutch Strehle and Liz McKay, to name just a few.

Visitation for Dennis will be held Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Burley Funeral Chapel fol-lowed by a funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment will take place at Sunnyside Cemetery in Coupeville. Arrangements are entrusted to Burley Funeral Chapel where friends may go online at www.bur leyfuneralchapel.com to sign a guest register and leave memories for the family.

Jeannette Haakonson

Jeannette Haakonson, 70, with her husband at her side, went to be with her Lord

and Savior Nov. 14, 2011, in Bremerton. A memorial ser-vice for her will be held at the Oak Harbor First Reformed Church on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. Arrangements are entrusted to Burley Funeral Chapel.

Delbert Mark Bryan

Delbert Mark Bryan passed away quietly on Nov. 20, 2011. He was born March 4, 1961, in Honolulu to Albert J. Bryan Sr. and Virginia M. Marks. He will be missed by his sons Robert Bryan Pohono and Mica Pa; his mother; sisters and brother, Albert Bryan Jr., Evelyn Cossich, Marilyn Carlson, Carolyn Strout and Sherilyn Bryan; his grandchildren RobbiLynn Naomi Pohono Chong, Kylie’ Sagh Pohono, Mikaela Pa and Makai Pa; and many beloved nieces and nephews.

Please come join us in a celebration of his life at the VFW Post on Goldie Rd., Oak Harbor, on Sunday, Nov. 27 at 2 p.m.


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GAME OF THE WEEK Winter prep sports begin Tuesday, Nov. 29, when OHHS hosts Cascade in boys basketball at 7:15 p.m.SPORTS

Whidbey

By JIM WALLERSports editor

Oak Harbor and Coupeville high school graduates provid-ed college teams with strong performances this fall.

Here’s a look at their con-tributions:

Oak Harbor’s Greg Wolfe, a sophomore at Shoreline Community College, was named the NWAACC North Region 2011 Most Valuable Player.

Wolfe was also named co-captain for Shoreline (2-16-1) and was twice named Player of the Week. He will play in the NWAACC All-Star game tomorrow at the Starfire Complex in Tukwila.

Wolfe’s high-school team-mate, Ryan Fakkema, scored three goals for Skagit Valley College (3-12-1) this fall.

Oak Harbor’s Carson McKole, a junior at Central Washington University who led the Wildcats with nine goals and four game-winning goals, earned first-team, all-conference recognition, becoming just the fourth

Wildcat to receive the honor.She is also a two-time mem-ber of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-aca-demic team.

Coach Michael Farrand said, “Carson has been a fabulous student-athlete for us. Last year we played most of the year without her due to injury. This year she has been the most dangerous for-ward in our conference and one of the top players in the region.”

He added, “Carson is...one of the best forwards Central has ever had.”

CWU finished the year 9-5-4 and collected eight con-ference wins, the most since joining the GNAC in 2001.

Oak Harbor’s Golf Brooks plays soccer for George Fox University in Newberg, Ore. The sophomore appeared in 12 matches, starting five for the 2-15-1 Bruins.

Coupeville provided back-up goalies for two area col-leges. Ashley Manker is a sophomore on the Western Division champion (15-2-3) Peninsula Community College (Port Angeles) team, and sophomore Evan Ameluxen-Colemanplays for Pacific Lutheran University. PLU (15-3) is the Northwest Conference co-champion and qualified for the first time for the Division III playoffs.

Coupeville’s Caitlin Phillips recorded two goals and an assist for the Edmonds Community College (13-7-3) soccer team and helped the Tritons reach the playoffs. Coach Jeanette Delaney said Phillips’ stats “don’t credit her for her play” and that she is “an enormously positive presence on the field.”

Kevin Flavin, a junior from Oak Harbor, started 10 matches for the Evergreen State College soccer team

(5-11-2) and led the club in shots (17) and shots on goal (nine) and was second in goals (four).

FootballOak Harbor’s Rodrick

Rumble, now playing for Idaho State University, set ISU and Big Sky Conference single-season reception records with 112 catches this fall for 1,349 yards and nine touchdowns. His yardage total is third best nationally in the Football Championship Subdivision.

The junior wide receiver has been nominated for the Sports Network Walter Payton Award, which is pre-sented annually to the most outstanding FCS player.

Rumble’s high-school teammate Jake Rouser also plays for Idaho State. The junior defensive end record-ed 32 solo tackles and 19 assists this season for the 2-9 Bengals. He led the team with 3.5 sacks and nine tack-les for loss.

Oak Harbor’s Marshall Lobbestael will start his ninth game at quarterback this season for Washington State University (4-7) today when the Cougars tangle with the UW in the Apple Cup. The senior has completed 179 of 299 passes this fall for 2,240 yards, 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

He tossed for a career-high 376 yards in a 31-27 win at Colorado Oct. 1.

A preseason injury ended the football career of Oak Harbor native Bryce Waller, a senior at Central Washington (4-6). After the injury he was invited by the coaching staff to become the assistant offensive line coach, and one of his players was Nick Rouser (Jake’s brother), a red-shirt fresh-

man offensive tackle.Coupeville’s Steven

McDonald, a senior line-backer for Pacific Lutheran University, led the 6-3 Lutes in tackles for losses (11.5) and was second in sacks (six), solo tackles (34) and total tackles (48).

Oak Harbor’s Aaron Boesch, a freshman tight end at Santa Monica College, caught 24 passes for 360 yards and four touchdowns this season.

Josh Sayre, a red-shirt freshman from Oak Harbor, is a wide receiver for Shasta College (Redding, Calif.).

VolleyballJennie Jansen, an Oak

Harbor graduate, recently received first-team, all-Great Plains Athletic Conference volleyball honors.

Jansen, a junior outside hit-ter for Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa), led her club in kills per set (2.5) and matches with double figure kills (14).

Jansen was a second-team, all-league choice in 2010.

Oak Harbor’s Clair Thiel just concluded her career at Concordia University (Portland) and was named to the Cascade Collegiate Conference all-academic team for the third consecu-tive year.

She set school career records in blocks (263) and block assists (216). This sea-son she led the Cavaliers (15-10) in kills (227) and blocks (67). She was seventh in the league in hitting percentage (.287) and 12th in kills per set (2.57) and blocks per set (.75).

She earned all-CCC honor-able mention this year and was a first-team choice in 2010.

Coupeville brothers Kyle and Tyler King both red-shirted this cross country season.

Kyle, a senior at Eastern Washington University, has

one more year of eligibility in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.

Tyler is a freshman on the University of Washington cross country and track teams.

Oak Harbor’s Brienna Peterson, a freshman at Central Washington, fin-ished 85th as the Wildcats placed 10th in the Great Pacific Athletic Conference meet. Peterson is joined on the team by senior Krissy McGill of Oak Harbor who is redshirted this fall.

Oak Harbor’s Adrianna Royal, a freshman at Sacramento State University, ran for the Hornets’ this season. Sacramento State placed sixth in the Big Sky Conference meet.

Allison Duvenez, a freshman from Oak Harbor, helped Northwest Christian University (Eugene, Ore.), place third, the best finish in school history, in the Cascade Collegiate Conference meet Nov. 5. Duvenez placed 61st in the league meet for the seventh-ranked Beacons.

NCU went on to finish fourth in the national NAIA championships Nov. 19.

On the coaching front, two Oak Harbor graduates coached state champion-ship high school teams this fall. Chauntelle Johnson led Mercer Island to its third straight state swim-ming crown, and Tawnya (Richards) Brewer helped Burlington-Edison win its first volleyball title.

Jay DeVries, an Oak Harbor grad, guided the North Kitsap High School tennis team to an undefeated regular season.

Seven Whidbey Island Running Club athletes earned slots in the national Junior Olympic cross country championships set for Dec. 10 in Myrtle Creek, S.C.

The local runners advanced to the championships by placing in the top 20 in their divisions at the regional finals at Seattle’s Lower Woodland Park Saturday, Nov. 19.

Christina Wicker won the in-termediate girls (15/16) division by covering 5,000 meters in 20:37.

John Rodeheffer ran 17:11 to take second in intermediate boys.

Laura Rodeheffer placed 18th in the 3,000-meter midget girls (11/12) race in 12:16.

This was the inaugural year for the sub-bantam division (7/8) and only 20 girls and 16 boys com-peted, therefore all qualified for

nationals. Girls qualifying from the 2,000-

meter race were Jaida Mason (sixth, 9:42), Emily Lamb (17th, 10:54) and Jordyn Lovett (18th, 11:11).

Harrison Keating was eighth in the boys race in 9:16.

North Whidbey Aquatic Club earned several cuts and new team records at the Kamiak Age Group Invitational Nov. 19 and 20.

Jerrin Concepcion, 9, swam

100 percent personal records to earn the Aquajet Swimmer of the Meet honor. Concepcion made his first Age Group Sectional cut in the boys 10-and-under 100 but-terfly (1:20.15), added a new Pacific Northwest Swimming Champion-ships cut in the 50 backstroke (36.48) and scored in every event.

Also notching new Age Group Sectional cuts was Kenny Mor-row in the boys 11-12 100 back (1:07.88) and 200 breaststroke (2:50.04).

Swimming to team records were Emily Huffer in the girls 15-and-older 200 back (2:10.41) and Laura

Rosen in the girls 15-and-older 500 freestyle (5:12.79).

Gold cuts were achieved by Robinson, Sugata and Sulin; and PNS cuts were earned by Concep-cion, Michael Johnson, Brett Vagt, Lauren Vagt, Molly Vagt and Jacob Thompson.

Ciara Hu, Emily Huffer, Kelly Huffer, Jacob Jepsen, Angela John-son, Morrow, Rosen and Cole Weinstein each won events.

NWAC competes Dec. 3 and 4 at the Fall Divisional Champion-ships in Silverdale, where it will field a team of 13 competitors.

SPORTS IN BRIEF

Carson McKole

Jennie Jansen, left, earned all-league honors for Northwestern College this fall.


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A flash mob performs to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” during the Oak Harbor Chamber’s Business After Hours at the Greeenhouse. The effort was meant to help “beat diabetes” during Diabetes Awareness Month. Dancers include (front row): Caitlin Pratt, Braeden Carpenter, Dennis Holloman, AOC USN, Chris Grovdahl, Nora O’Connell-Balda, Veronica Spencer; (center row): Erick Harada, Teri Gardner, Shelley Lampman, Barbara Thelen, Christa Hill, Lieutenant USN; (back row): Sami Ellig, Rose Freitas, Laurell Brault and Kathi Phillips.

A group of enthusiastic dancers, including sev-eral military personnel, performed a surprise “flash mob” Nov. 17 to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” as a fun and interac-tive way to inspire peo-ple to “Beat It-Diabetes” during the Oak Harbor Chamber’s “Business

After Hours” event at the Greenhouse Florist and Nursery.

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and the flash mob was the brainchild of Veronica Spencer, RN. As a health coach with Take Shape for Life, a health and well-ness company, she helps

people lose weight, which reduces their risk of dia-betes and other obesity-related diseases. She created the flash mob and YouTube ideas as a community project of a Landmark Education course.

Co-leader, Laurell Brault, Captain USN

(Ret.), was instru-mental in gathering Soroptimists, Zumba dancers, and others from the Oak Harbor area to participate.

Melissa O’Neill made the video for YouTube: http://w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m /watch?v=vXCZyP9OqrA.

If you take a quick look at your planner you will notice that this Saturday is the 330th day of 2011 and 35 days remain this year. Interestingly enough, our calendar is officially known as the Gregorian or Western calendar and is accept-ed as the worldwide civil calendar. First introduced by Pope Gregory VIII in 1582, our calendar unites reformed versions of the Julian calendar and the lunar cycle, both used for centuries with varying degrees of success.

There is also a liturgical calen-dar, known as the church year. This calendar is used by my church and other western church-es to emphasize the events in the life of Christ by dividing each year into a series of seasons. Each season includes specified colors, theological lessons, scriptures, prayers, traditions and practices.

Tomorrow is the first day of the liturgical year and we enter the year by celebrating the season of Advent. Christmas songs have been playing in stores for weeks, but this year many Christians begin to focus their attention on the birth of Christ starting Nov. 27.

Advent covers the four Sundays before Christmas, ending at sun-down Christmas Eve. Its name comes from the Latin word adven-tus, meaning, “arrival.” During this church season, we focus on the arrival of Christ as a baby, never forgetting that someday Christ has promised to once again return, at a time on no man’s calendar.

The color used in my church to signify this special time of year is blue and it will be prominently dis-played around the church. We will even wear blue that first Sunday. We will also gather as a church

family to build advent wreaths. We do these things to bond with each other and participate in the season.

It’s my family tradition to place the advent wreath on the kitchen table and each night we will sys-tematically light the candles on the wreath and read a short devotional. It’s fun, interesting and not only deepens our understanding of the events leading to Christ’s birth, but helps us see the relevance these events have to our lives today.

We also make use of an Advent calendar. Ours contains small booklets, each one outlining a portion of the Christmas story. When the kids were young and living at home, they each took turns removing a booklet daily and reading. When I was growing up our Advent calendars were pur-chased yearly and contained tiny candies or prizes, hidden behind numbered doors. My brother and I took turns opening the doors and it was great fun.

The Internet, as well as our local Christian bookstore, offers a nice selection of activities, calendars and reading resources for the Advent season. Churches are busy and all are welcome. Check local listings for programs and activities.

Join me in anticipating the baby’s arrival. His life changed mine and his story may change yours.

Tomorrow begins another church yearFAITHFUL LIVINGBy Joan Bay Klope

Mark your calendar now for the 2012 Taste of Whidbey to be held Sunday, June 3, 2012, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Freeland Hall.

Taste of Whidbey, organized by Slow Food Whidbey Island, features local chefs and restaurants pairing with their favorite local growers to provide

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Memories will be made at Oak Harbor’s Christmas Village: sipping hot cocoa and smiling, sitting on Santa’s lap and laughing at the Grinch, petting goats and celebrating the holidays with loved ones.

With Frosty the Snowman, hayrides and festive decorations, there will be no shortage of smiles at the village, held in Home Depot’s parking lot.

“It’s a time of celebration during the month of December,” said Aileen Kesler, part of Orange Embrace, Home Depot’s community involvement team. She went to the village as a child and later brought her children, who now bring their own children.

“I love doing the Christmas Village. It allows families to get together and enjoy the holidays,” said Home Depot store manager James Croft, who’s look-ing forward to playing the part of the Grinch.

Home Depot seeks volunteers to help paint, decorate and set up the village before Dec. 9. Last year, Home Depot associates clocked in 550 volunteer hours, plus volunteer hours by groups from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, the Oak Harbor Fire Department, the Blue Fox Drive-In Theater and more.

Choir groups are also welcome to volunteer to sing at the event.

“The more the merrier,” Croft said.

To volunteer, sign up at www.ohchristmasvillage.com.

This is the first year the village will be held at Home Depot, a major sponsor for three years. In the past, the village was held at the Blue Fox Drive-In, the other major sponsor for the event. By moving the event into town, Croft said he hopes it will attract more people.

Soroptimist International of Oak Harbor started the tradition 28 years ago but stopped it in 2005.

“In 2009, we were able to bring it back with the help of the Blue Fox Drive-In,” Croft said, adding that with-out Darrell and Lori Bratt, owners of the Blue Fox Drive-In, there wouldn’t be a Christmas Village.

Croft wanted to bring the Christmas Village back because he has fond mem-ories of visiting the village as a child and he wants to pass along the oppor-tunity to other children.

Kesler and Croft agreed that their favorite childhood memories of the village included the petting zoo. This year, children can pet pygmy goats, horses, ducks, sheep and maybe alpac-as and a donkey.

Families can make memories by meeting Mrs. Claus, a gingerbread man, an elf and have their photos taken while enjoying hot apple cider, cookies and hot cocoa.

The goal is to brighten more than 1,100 children’s holidays, Croft said. Last year, 860 children sat on Santa’s

lap, Croft said.“My goal as the store manager is to

give back to the community as much as possible, and Home Depot allows me that opportunity,” Croft said. The village is Home Depot’s 19th commu-nity project this year. They totaled 17 projects last year, Croft said.

Admission is free. Donations of money or nonperishable food items will go to the North Whidbey Help House.

Also sponsoring the event are Diamond Rentals, Skagit Famers Supply, the Oak Harbor Fire Department, 4-H, Honeymoon Bay Roasters and the Dutch Maid.

Santa will make a showing at the Home Depot children’s workshop on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. Children can get creative and make snowmen for free.

Home Depot seeks volunteers to decorate traditional

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Admission: free; donations of non- ●perishable food items welcome.

Location: Home Depot, 31800 Hwy. ●20, Oak Harbor.

To volunteer to set up, visit www. ●ohchristmasvillage.com.

Aileen Kesler and James Croft set up for the Christmas Village at Home Depot. Any volunteers are welcome to paint, decorate and set up before Dec. 9.

HOPE Therapeutic Riding Center is hosting volunteer training for its winter quar-ter, beginning with a webinar Monday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m.

Hands-on training will be Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m. at the North Whidbey arena, where winter quar-ter will be located.

There is no need for horse experience; all that’s required is helping students discover their abilities.

If you are unable to vol-unteer for winter quarter you are still welcome to attend the training so that you are ready for follow-

ing quarters. There are many volunteer opportunities avail-able if you are not interested in volunteering in the arena.

For information call 360-221-7656 or email Melissa at [email protected] to sign up.

Rob Schouten Gallery presents “Empty Words,” David Ossman’s 75th birthday exhibition and performance, from Nov. 26 through Jan. 1.

An artists reception will be held Friday, Dec. 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. with perfor-mances by Ossman and Trio Nouveau.

A special birthday per-formance will be held Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is free and features cake, bever-ages and Ossman’s read-ing of his new poems from “Old Man’s Poems.”

At the exhibition, view the paintings, drawings and three-dimensional work of this Firesign Theatre performer, poet and artist.

Few of these pieces have been seen before.

The gallery will also be featuring a selection of works by Anne Belov, Pete Jordan, Sharon Spencer, Robert Adamson, Dan Freeman, Barbara Mundell,

Joan Govedare, Kathleen Otley, Rob Schouten and other gallery artists.

The gallery is located at the Greenbank Farm.

For information contact 360-222-3070 or [email protected].

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Whidbey Island’s Saratoga Chamber Orchestra invites everyone for a community sing-along of G. F. Handel’s “Messiah” on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 2:30 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland.

The Trinity Lutheran Church Choir will join in.

Audience members will be invited to sit in designated sec-tions arranged by voice range and participate in singing the chorus sections.

“Enthusiastic listeners are

needed as well,” said SCO executive director Larry Heidel in a press release. “It’s the spirit of the work that counts.”

Those who have their own vocal scores of “Messiah” are encouraged to bring them. Some scores will be available for rental at the performance and anyone wishing to pur-chase a score in advance may contact Joe’s Island Music in Langley.

Heidel said that the sing

-along is another attempt by the orchestra to bring a sense of community to the island.

“It’s especially true during this season,” he said. “We don’t know of a better way to begin the holidays than with this timeless piece.”

Donations and the SCO Season Flex Pass ticket will be accepted at the door.

Visit www.saratogacham-berorchestra.org for a sing-along guide.

Orchestra holds sing-along concert

“The Nutcracker” dances into Oak Harbor High

The Ballet Slipper presents “The Nutcracker” Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Oak Harbor High School. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for ages 18 and under; they’re available at Bayview Embroidery ‘n Print. Call 360-929-5828.

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Hundreds of volunteers spent their Thanksgiving mak-ing sure thousands of people had a festive ham and turkey dinner.

The army of volunteers was necessary to make sure North Whidbey’s Community Harvest at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge took place without a hitch. Volunteer Roger Anglum said people started arriving at 5:30 Thursday morning to start cooking the 600 pounds of ham and 150 turkeys that provided the main course for the Thanksgiving feast.

“It’s a good time. We’re down here every year,” said J.D. Krueger, who was cooking ham and turkey outside on a damp and windy Thanksgiving day.

Service started at 11 a.m. and shortly thereafter, the line of people waiting for food was stretching out the door.

“We come here every year,” Oak Harbor resident Sarah Marrufo said while helping her son, Joshua, carry a plate of food. Marrufo, her husband and two children were also thinking about lending a hand

after they finished their dinner. Thursday’s feast was the 10th

year of the North Whidbey Community Harvest.

Scott Fisher, who was frying turkeys, said a small group of friends got together one night at the Elks Lodge to discuss a celebration that would include everybody. They came up with the community dinner.

Volunteers helping Thursday included chefs from local restaurants, Navy personnel, scouts and families looking for an opportunity to help on the holiday. Dale Sundri noted the group of firefighters who clean up at the end of the day.

“We’re always apprecia-tive of the Oak Harbor Fire Department coming in and doing that at the end of the night,” Sundri said.

In addition to serving thou-sands of people at the Elks Lodge, other volunteers deliv-ered plates of food to the homebound or people who were working Thursday.

“If there’s somebody around here who needs a meal, we try to make sure they get one,” volunteer K.C. Pohtilla said, adding that Midway Florist donated roses that were given to homebound people.

LEFT: Volunteer Roger Anglum displays some of the 600 pounds of ham cooked for the North Whidbey Community Harvest, which took place Thursday at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge.BELOW LEFT: Sarah and Joshua Marrufo of Oak Harbor fill their plates with food during the Community Thanksgiving. BELOW: Dale Folkestad and Michael Tsosie restock turkey. They are two of the hundreds of people who volunteer to make the free dinner pos-sible.


More than 100 volunteers are looking for people who need help repairing their homes.

Central Whidbey Hearts and Hammers holds a work

day in early May but planning is starting now by combing the area looking for people who need their homes fixed but aren’t able to perform the work.

“The people we want to help the most are the people

who find it most difficult to ask for help,” volunteer Bill Skubi said while speaking during the Tuesday evening Coupeville Town Council meeting.

Central Whidbey Hearts and Hammers has been help-

ing families by holding one work day a year for the past three years. The volunteer group is an offshoot of the long-standing South Whidbey Hearts and Hammers.

Last year, volunteers com-pleted 21 projects at homes

scattered within the boundar-ies of the Coupeville School District. Skubi said the proj-ects were completed with the help of $5,000 in donations and $5,000 in in-kind sup-port.

“It’s neighbors helping neighbors,” Skubi said.

To qualify for help from Central Whidbey Hearts and Hammers, a person has to own their home and be its primary resident. In addition, owners must live within the boundaries of the Coupeville

School District and they have to be financially or physi-cally unable to complete the repairs. Skubi said the high-est priority goes to fixing health and safety problems.

Central Whidbey Hearts and Hammers is now accept-ing applications, which are due at the end of January.

Applications are available at Town Hall or from Gifts from the Heart food bank, or call 240-9264 or email cwhear [email protected]. More informa-tion about Central Whidbey Hearts and Hammers can be found at centralwhidbey-heartsandhammers.com.

The organization is also looking for donations and vol-unteers to help next year. A volunteer dinner is scheduled to take place in February.

“We’re revving up for 2012 right now,” Skubi said.

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OH DEER, THEY’RE EATING MY GARDENMaster Gardeners of

Island County is sponsor-ing a free gardening clinic on deer proofing gardens Nov. 26 at Skagit Farmers Supply, 31866 Highway 20, Oak Harbor at 1:30 p.m. Master Gardener Anne Baum will present “Not To-night Deer” a humorous and informative talk on how to dissuade deers from eating and destroying your plants. For more information call 675-2277.

LIGHTHOUSE OPEN THIS WEEKEND

Visit the Admiralty Head Lighthouse Gift Shop & Interpretive Center this holiday season. Their gift shop offers unique gifts for the whole family, includ-ing lighthouse collectables, ornaments, books, toys and clothing.

See lighthouse lit up with traditional holiday decora-tions; bring your family and friends to Fort Casey and learn about our rich local history. In addition to regu-lar holiday hours, they also offer large group tours of Admiralty Head Lighthouse and Fort Casey by appoint-ment, for a donation.

Admiralty Head Light-house Holiday Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; open Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26 and 27.

In December: Open every weekend, except Christmas Day, and open the entire week after Christmas through Jan. 1.

ADVENTURES WITH A SQUIRT GUNBring your favorite squirt

gun or one will be provided at the Squirt Gun Adventure Nov. 26 from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. at the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool in Oak Har-bor. Snacks and beverages will be provided for this family event. Cost is $3 per person or $6.75 for the en-tire family.

ELKS OFFER PUBLIC STEAK, MUSIC

There will be a steak and country music night Nov. 26 featuring, Bucking Horse, a five piece band, at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge. This is a membership drive and will be open to the public. Steak,hamburgers and chick-en will be available.

Dinner will be served from 6 to 8 p.m. with music following until midnight. For tickets call 675-7111 or 675-1321.

Admission is only $5.

ENJOY BREAKFAST AT VFW POST 7392

Breakfast will be served at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7392, on Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to noon. The breakfast features pancakes, eggs, hash browns, breakfast meats and biscuits-n-gravy. The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for seniors, $3 for kids. Proceeds benefit our local post, including our veterans’ assistance and community service programs.

The Whitehead-Muzzall Post is located at 3037 N. Goldie Road, Oak Harbor. Call 675-4048 or visit www.vfwpost7392.org.

SOMETHING TO DO ON SUNDAYS

Every Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. listen to live music at Taste for Wine at the Bayview Corner. Entertain-ment is free and all ages are welcome. Nov. 27 features the jazzy Baby Bahia. Call 360-321-0515.

OVEREATING, NO MORE

A new Overeaters Anonymous group will meet every Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the Cam-Bey Apart-ments, 50 N. Main St., Coupeville. This is not a diet or calorie-counting club; it’s a 12-step support program. Call 678-3107.

CHECK OUT EXERCISE DVDS

Mature adults can see which DVDs are their style. Bring your favorites to share. The group will meet Nov. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in Whidbey General Hospital conference room B. Regis-tration required: call 678-7656 ext. 4005 or 321-7656 ext. 4005.

LET’S TALK PAIN AT SENIOR CENTER EVENTCarla Jolley will share

what she learned about pain over several years working with the Living with Chronic Pain Program. Talk pain with her Nov. 28 at 1 p.m. at the Oak Harbor Senior Center in Oak Harbor. Registration required: call 678-7656 ext. 4005 or 321-7656 ext. 4005.

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER LANGLEY PARADE

Nov. 28 the deadline to

enter Langley’s fifth annual Holiday Parade, which is set to begin at 11 a.m. Dec. 3. If you would like to join in the parade, call Sherry at 360-914-1863. Please let her know if you have animals, cars, music or something else. Following the Dec. 3 parade, children and their families are invited to watch “A Christmas Story” at 1 p.m. Admission is free and donations of canned food will be accepted at the door for Good Cheer Food Bank. For information, go to visit-langley.com.

FERRY PEOPLE VISIT WHIDBEY

Washington State Ferries is holding a series of com-munity meetings to provide information, answer ques-tions and hear from custom-ers on a variety of issues, in-cluding new vessels, upcom-ing terminal construction projects, and the governor’s Connecting Washington Task Force. On Whidbey Island, a meeting will be held Nov. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 18341 Highway 525, Freeland.

TODDLERS LEARN READING SKILLS

Ages 18 months to 3 years enjoy music, stories, creative activities, move-ment and reading readiness skills Nov. 29 at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE

Regatta Dr. Playtime or a craft may follow. Caregiver required. Call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

BABIES ARE READY READERS

Babies and their caregiv-ers share songs, stories, rhymes and fingerplays Nov. 30 at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Playtime may follow. For ages 4 months to 18 months. Call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

IDIPIC OFFERS HOLIDAY FUN

The Impaired Driving Im-pact Panel of Island County offers holiday fun at the Oak Harbor Library on Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. Enjoy free mock-tails, snacks and games. The library is located at 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

MAKING SWAGS IN GREENBANK

The Greenbank Garden Club will meet Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. at the Greenbank Pro-gressive Clubhouse, corner of Bakken and Firehouse roads. The program will be

a hands-on workshop, led by Sine Hough, on making holiday swags. Call Nancy at 678-5933 with questions.

REPUBLICAN WOMEN WELCOME HOLIDAYSA “Welcome To The

Holidays” luncheon meet-ing of Republican Women’s Club of North Whidbey will be held at The Captain Whidbey, Coupeville, Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m. Call President Robyn Kolaitis, 675-4045.

DISABLED VETS MEET OVER COFFEE

Disabled American Vet-erans, Chapter 47, Oak Harbor, will meet Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Whidbey Cof-fee House, Located next to Wendy’s on Pioneer in Oak Harbor. For more informa-tion contact the DAV office at 257-4801.

PLANNING IS KEY TO A BUSINESS

The SBA Small Business Development Center will present a free workshop on planning and financing a business Dec. 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. at WorkSource Whid-bey, 31975 Highway 20, Oak Harbor. To register call 675-5966.

TREES BRIGHTEN FUTURE OF YOUTH

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County presents the 13th annual Festival of Trees

on Dec. 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge. South Whidbey’s festival will be Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Useless Bay Golf and Coun-try Club. Enjoy auctions of beautifully decorated trees. Tickets cost $75 and include dinner and wine. Proceeds benefit the youth mentor-ing agency. View the trees before they go to their new owners on Dec. 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Elks Lodge or Dec. 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Useless Bay Golf and Country Club. For reserva-tions call 279-0644 or email [email protected].

CHOIR PRESENTS MUSIC AND MACARONIJoin the Oak Harbor High

School Choir Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. for a fundraiser lun-cheon and holiday concert to follow at 3 p.m. at the high school. The OHMY Boosters will be hosting the luncheon. Proceeds will go toward the purchase of four wireless microphones for the students. The luncheon will consist of ham, salad, mac n’ cheese and dessert. The cost of the luncheon will be $5. Plan to attend and enjoy an afternoon of beautiful music.

BOATS KICK OFF HOLIDAY SEASON

Decorate your boat and join the annual Oak Har-bor Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade the evening of Dec. 3. As in the past the Lighted Boat Parade will coincide with the “Greening of Coupeville” celebration. In case of poor weather the alternate date will be Sunday, Dec. 4. All boat skippers must report to the skippers’ meeting at 3 p.m. in the lower level clubhouse of the Oak Harbor Yacht Club. Boats will leave the dock to form the parade line at 4:30 p.m. The parade will pass by the Coupeville pier at approximately 5:30 p.m. and return to Oak Har-bor at approximately 6:30 p.m. All boats are welcome regardless of yacht club affiliation. For further infor-mation, contact Byron Skubi at [email protected] or 675-8696.

TEDDY BEARS SERVE BREAKFAST

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County will hold its Teddy Bear Breakfast on Dec. 3 at 9 and 10:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge. Charac-ters will serve pancakes and goodies. Tickets are $6 for under age 12 and $10 for 13 and older. Call 279-0644.

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Oak Harbor Garden Club Wreath Committee members Rene Callies, Maria Litrenta and Gloria Morse display samples of the 22-inch wreaths created with fresh-cut local greens. Holly or other variegated greens, pine cones and ribbons are added to make each wreath unique. The club will be taking orders for holiday wreaths through Thursday, Dec. 1. Wreaths cost $20, half of which will benefit the garden club’s civic beautification projects. To order contact Gail Jaeger at 675-5723 or Gloria Morse at 675-8330. Wreaths can be delivered.

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More than 6,000 items collectedBy NATHAN WHALENStaff reporter

Kind-hearted North Whidbey Middle School stu-dents are doing their part to make sure people have enough to eat this holiday season.

They spent the past sev-eral weeks coordinating a food drive that filled an 84-passenger school bus with thousands of edible items that were delivered to North Whidbey Help House Friday.

“I can’t believe they got over 6,000 items,” Help House Executive Director Jean Wieman said. “This will be a tremendous help.”

Approximately 600 fami-lies a month have been seeking help from the Oak Harbor food bank, while officials have been seeing a decline in the amount of donations during these tough times. Help House offers families in need one

bag of groceries per month and baked goods and pro-duce two times a week.

The North Whidbey Middle School students are part of the Builders Club, which is sponsored by the Kiwanis. They started orga-nizing the “Fill the Bus” food drive in October.

“It was a great opportunity to help the community,” sev-enth-grader Connor Hendrix said while moving boxes of food to the Help House stor-age building.

“It’s fun donating stuff to people,” seventh-grader Erica Sugatan added.

Along with Sugatan and Hendrix, Builders Club members Mac Nuanez, Hannah Nordquist and Andrew Pierzchala and teachers Larry Falcon and Maryann Duhrkopf were among the people unloading the bus.

Before arriving at the Help House facility on SE Hathaway Street, the teach-ers and students stopped at Crescent Harbor Elementary, Olympic View Elementary and Oak Harbor Elementary to collect enough food to fill

the 40-foot-long bus. It was enough to fill six pallets full of non-perishable food items.

North Whidbey Help House is located at 1091 SE Hathaway St. Normal busi-ness hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday. It’s closed from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch. Call 675-0681 for more informa-tion.

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Whidbey General Hospital welcomes Matthew J. Marquart, DO

Dr. Marquart is a graduate of Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific. He completed his internship and Orthopedic Surgery residency at Genesys Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Marquart will be joining the staff atWhidbey Orthopedic Surgeons80 N. Main Street, Coupeville360-678-4424360-321-1226

Volunteers are wanted to help clean litter off Whidbey Island beaches so they’ll look nice during the holiday sea-son.

Join others to help with these cleanups sponsored by WSU Extension.

Gloves and litter bags will be provided. Contact Scott Chase at [email protected], or call him at 360-387-3443, ext. 258 for full details, answers to any questions, and to get full directions as to where to meet. Beach cleanup dates and times:

Tuesday, Nov. 29: Deception Pass State Park (near Cranberry Lake con-cession stand), 10 a.m. to noon; Joseph Whidbey State Park (road end on W. Crosby Road), 1 to 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 6: Fort Casey State Park (begin at campground), 1 to 3 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8: Keystone Spit (west entry), 10 a.m. to noon; Keystone Spit (east entry), 1 to 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 20: Keystone Spit (west entry), 10 a.m. to noon; Keystone Spit (east entry) 1 to 3 p.m.

North Whidbey Middle School students Mac Nuanex and Hannah Nordquist show some of the approximately 6,000 food items collected to benefit the North Whidbey Help House.

North Whidbey Middle School student Erica Sugatan carries a box of food from a school bus to the North Whidbey Help House storage building in Oak Harbor as part of the school district’s “Fill the Bus” food drive.

Guests are welcome at the Whidbey Sounders Toastmasters Club meeting, held most Tuesdays at San Remo Mediterranean Grill, 421 Midway Blvd., from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Call 360-544-3460.

Come Worship With Us!

TrinityLutheran

Church

www.trinitylutheranfreeland.comWoodard Road, Hwy. 525,

Freeland

Sunday Worship 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00Nursery provided

James Lindus, PastorDennis Hanson, PastorGeorge Brunjes, Pastor

Eric Ottum, PastorKarl Olsen, Minister of Music

St. Stephen’sEpiscopalChurch

Worship Services held in All Saint’s Chapel (Building across from large church)

SUNDAY SERVICES9:30AM

SUNDAY SCHOOL BEGINS AT 9:30AM

360-279-0715www.ststephensofoakharbor.org

555 SE Regatta Dr. • Oak HarborThe Rev. Patricia Eustis, Rector

Oak HarborUnited Pentecostal Church

Sunday Service - NoonWednesday Bible Study 7pm

Pastor Mark Dillon404-661-4653

[email protected]

Mailing Address:41 NE Midway Blvd Suite 103

Oak Harbor, WA 98277

Come Worship With Us.Promote Your Place Of Worship In The Whidbey News-Times For

Only $11.25/week For A Single Size Ad.

Please call 360-675-6611

WhidbeyPresbyterian

Church1148 SE 8th Ave

Oak Harbor11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship

9:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Dave Templin, Pastor

Bethany Popkes, Youth DirectorKurt Imbach, Adult Facilitator www.whidbeypres.org

679-3579Child Care is available and Everyone Welcome

Sunday Services8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 am

(“Kids on the Rock” Ministry for Children

ages 3mos.-5th grade meets at all services)

“Amped” Jr. High Youth: Sun., 5:00 pm“Legacy” High School Youth: Sun., 7:15 pm

Small GroupsWomen’s Ministry • Men’s Ministry

Russ Schlecht ~ Senior Pastorwww.elivingword.org

490 NW Crosby Ave., Oak Harbor 675-5008

Whidbey IslandMessianic Fellowship

Where Yeshua is LordWe welcome you to join us

for worship and celebration

Erev Shabbat Friday 7-9 pmShabbat Service Saturday 10:30 amLunch Fellowship Saturday 12-1 pmBible Study Saturday 1-3 pm

Oak Harbor 360-675-7189

Sunday Worship ...8:30 am & 10:45 amClasses For All Ages ..................9:45 am

Youth Ministries-Choirs-Bible StudiesDave Johnson, Pastor

675-2441 • www.ohfumc.org1050 SE Ireland St • Oak Harbor

FirstUnitedMethodistChurch Morning Worship Service .....................10:30 a.m.

Sunday School ..........................................9:00 a.m.Youth Group ...................................Thurs. 6:00pmALPHA classes (start Sept. 13) ....... Sun. 5:00pm

Mid week Bible Studies & Home groupsWednesday evenings

For Info Call 675-3032

Pastor Clint WebbPastor Zac Sawhill

Church On The Rock

1780 SE 4th Avewww.graceforall.com

Oak HarborSouthernBaptistChurch50 SW 6th Avenue

Bible Study For All Ages.....9:15 a.m.Worship Services.....10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Services..................6 p.m.Prayer Meeting & Student Ministries

Child care for all services.Pastor Grafton Robinson

Associate Pastor Lemuel B. Villano675-6686

www.ohsbc.org

God-Centered Worship Christ-Centered Preaching Verse-by-Verse Teaching

Worship: 1 PM 1411 Wieldraayer Road (off of Swantown Road)

Pastor Keith McFaul360-279-9713

www.GraceEvangelical.org

874 Plantation DriveGreenbank, WA

(Just two miles south of the Greenbank Farm)

Sunday School9:15am

Worship Service10:30 am

(360) 678-4612www.whidbey-efc.com

WHIDBEY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

House of Prayer FaithTabernacle of Praise

Monday Prayer Meeting - 6:00 P.M.Tuesday Night Bible Study- 6:30 P.M.Friday High Praise Service- 6:30 P.M.

Sunday Celebration/Children’s Ministry – 9:30 A.M.Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 A.M.

Church Telephone Number (360)679-1003Bishop Charles And Pastor Effi e Boyles (360)929-3127

620 A/B Erin Park DriveOak Harbor, WA 98277

(NEXT TO U-HAUL BLDG.)

Unitarian UniversalistCongregation

of Whidbey Island

20103 State Route 525Freeland

Sunday Service at 10:00 am

Minister: Rev. Elizabeth “Kit” KetchamChildcare Year-Round

Religious Education Sept-JuneAll are welcome360-321-8656

www.whidbey.com/[email protected]

(Behind K-Mart)Sunday Morning Services

Children and Worship675-4837

www.frcoh.org [email protected]

CALVARY APOSTOLIC TABERNACLE(The Pentecostals of Island County)

(behind Precision Tire)

SOULS HARBORA SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME

Sunday Morning...............10amSunday Evening ............ 6:30pmWednesday ..........................7pm

632-7243Pastor Greg Adkins

Oak HarborChurch of Christ

1000 NE Koetje Street(Just North of Offi ce Max)

“To Know Christ & Make Him Known”Sunday Morning:

Worship Assembly .......................9:30 amBible Classes for all ages............11:00amWed. Classes for all ages ..............6:30pm

Joe Cook, Preaching Ministerwww.churchofchrist-oh.org

[email protected]

Sunday MorningWorship Service

9:00 A.M. & 11:00 A.M.Wednesday Midweek

Worship Service 7:00 P.M.

1560 S.E. 9th Ave • 679-6959“It’s By Grace!”

Calvary ChapelOak Harbor

The Catholic Church Invites You….

St. Augustine’s Parish • 675-2303185 N Oak Harbor St. ~ Oak Harbor

Masses:Saturday 5:00 pmSunday 8:00am & 9:30 amWed & Fri 9:00 am

On the web: www.staugustineoh.org

St. Mary’s Parish 678-6536207 Main St. ~ Coupeville

Masses:Sunday 11:15 amThurs 12:00 noon

Word OfEverlastingLife & FaithChurch

721 S.E. Barrington • Oak Harbor360-632-3642

SundayBible Study 9:00am

Worship Service 10:00amEvening Service 6:00pm

Come Worship With Us!Thursday Bible Study 7:00p.m.950 S.W. Upland Ct • Oak HarborPastor Dr. Thomas Stoneham Sr.,

Minister Donald Cole

Oak HarborAssembly of God

Brent Sorlien, Senior Pastor

Sunday Service 10 amCelebration Service/Kids’ Ministry 10 am

Mission Emanuel Spanish Services

Sunday Evening at 6pmChild Care Provided

319 SW 3rd Avenuewww.oakharborag.org

360-675-4852

679-1288

Oak HarborLutheran ChurchNW 2nd Avenue & Heller RoadAcross the street from OHHS Staadium

Nursery Available Sunday Evening Prayer 6:30 PM at

St. Mary Catholic Church in CoupevillePastor Jeffrey Spencer

Pastor Marc Stroud, Caring MinstryLynne Ogren, Music & Children Ministry

679-1561

Saturday Worship ................. 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Worship ....8:00 & 10:30 a.m.Sunday School .........................9:15 a.m.

Whidbey IslandChurch of Christ

3143-G North Goldie RdOak Harbor

Sunday Worship ........9:00 a.m.Sunday Bible Study 10:00 a.m.Sunday Evening ........5:00 p.m.Wednesday Evening .6:00 p.m.

For more information call:Gary 675-5569Jerry 679-3986

Matthew 28:18-20

Come worship with us!Worship Services Sunday 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.

• Nursery All Services• Sunday School• AWANA

• Small Groups• MOPS• Youth Groups

2760 N Heller Rd • Oak Harbor www.oakharborfamilybible.org679-1585

St. Stephen’s AnglicanThe Rev. Paul Orritt

SUNDAY SERVICE8:00 AM

SOLEMN EUCHARIST

9:30 AMSUNG EUCHARIST

11:11 AMEUCHARIST CELEBRATIONwww.ststephensanglicans.org

2 CHURCHES - 1 BUILDING555 SE Regatta Dr.

Oak Harbor679-3431

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www.islandvineyard.org

ConcordiaLutheranChurch

Missouri SynodWorship Service ......................Sunday 10:00amAdult Bible Study & Sunday School ...11:15amEvening Service ................Wednesday 6:30pm

Nursery Available

Pastor Juan Palm360-675-2548

Preschool 360-679-1697590 N. Oak Harbor St • Oak Harbor

www.concordialutheranwhidbey.org


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The Washington State Housing Finance Com- mission (the “Commis- sion”) will hold an open public hearing for the purpose of considering the i ssuance by the Commission of a tax-ex- empt revenue bond (the “Bond”) in part to provide a portion of the financing for two facilities to be owned by APD Housing Partners 16, LP, a Washington limited partnership. The public hearing will be held start ing at 9:00 a.m., Monday, Decem- ber 12, 2011, in the 28th f loor E l l iot Bay Room of the Commis- sion’s offices located at 1000 Second Avenue, Sea t t l e , Wash ing ton 98104-1046.The Bond will be issued pursuant to Chapter 43.180 Revised Code of Washington and the In- ternal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).The proceeds of the Bond wil l be used to provide financing for the acquisition and rehabili- tation of a 40-unit project for the elderly:Project: Chelsea Apart- ments Project Address: 280 NE Izett StreetOak Harbor, WA 98277OID # 07-161AEstimated Total Project Cost for this Project: $3,230,275Estimated Bond Amount f o r t h i s P r o j e c t : $1,600,000The proceeds of the Bond will also be used to provide financing for the acquisition and re- habilitation of a 16-unit multifamily housing facility:Project: Newport Apart- ments Project Address: 280 NE Izett StreetOak Harbor, WA 98277OID # 07-161BEstimated Total Project Cost for this Project: $1,700,629Estimated Bond Amount f o r t h i s P r o j e c t : $730,000Each apartment will be a separate and complete dwelling unit consisting of l iving, eating, and sanitation facilities. A percentage of the total units will be set aside for persons or house- holds with low incomes. These projects are part of a f inancing of s ix similar projects with an aggregate bond amount o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y $9,350,000.Written comments with respect to the proposed pro ject and the proposed Bond may be mailed or faxed to the attention of Jason Hen- nigan, Multifamily Hous-

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ing & Capital Facilities Division, 1000 Second Avenue, Su i te 2700, Seattle, WA 98104-1046 or to (206) 254-5357, for receipt no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, De- cember 9, 2011. Public testimony will be heard f r o m a l l i n t e r e s t e d members of the public attending the hearing. The Commission wi l l consider the public testimony and written comments in determining if the project will receive funding from a tax-ex- empt bond. Testimony and written comments regarding land use, zon- ing and environmental regulation should be di- rected to the local juris- diction that is authorized to consider these matters when issuing building permits for the project.Anyone requiring an ac- commodation consis- tent with the Americans wi th D isab i l i t i es Act should contact Capital P r o j e c t s a t ( 2 0 6 ) 4 6 4 - 7 1 3 9 o r (800) 767-HOME ( in state) at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing.The results of the hearing will be sent to the Governor for her ap- proval.LEGAL NO. 342980Pub l i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 26, 2011

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Call Jennie 866.296.0380 or Email: [email protected]

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Drawing Sunday, December 18 at 1:00pmIsland County Historial Museum

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Whidbey Island Waldorf School Presents Its Annual

Children’s Holiday Workshop

Saturday, December 3rd 10:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.

~Store Open on Lower Level

~Café in Forest Hall ~Craft Activities Throughout

WIWS is located at

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Family Bible Church’s

Annual Christmas TeaSaturday, December 3rd

Two Seatings: 10:00 AM & 3:00 PM

Tickets: $18.00 per person

Guest Speaker – Becky HarlingAuthor and Speaker

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(Price includes free valet parking and childcare through age 11

with childcare coupon. coupons available till November 20)

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at Whidbey Community Chorus’s

Christmas Fantasia ConcertsFriday, Dec. 2, 2011 at 7:00 PMSunday, Dec. 4, 2011 at 4:00 PM

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Oak Harbor

Free, but donations gratefully accepted.

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Sat, Dec 3rd 10am

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Fill a box (still $10) with your choice of fresh-baked holiday

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Proceeds benefit local charities.

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If you have a jewelry box with bling from an old fling or a coffee can full of old coins, you may want to haul it down to the Best Western Plus Harbor Plaza & Conference Center next week. “The gold and silver markets have not been this strong for over 30 years” said Dennis Kouts Ohio Valley Refinery spokesperson. Typically when the U.S. dollar is weak and the economy is flat, gold and silver markets soar. “That’s good news if you are sitting on a few gold necklaces or an old class ring” says Kouts.

Starting next Tuesday at 9am and through Saturday, the Ohio Valley Refinery is setting up a satellite refinery right here in Oak Harbor at the Best Western Plus Harbor Plaza & Conference Center. During their 5 day stay, anyone can bring gold, silver, pre-1970 coins and turn them into cash on the spot explains Dennis Kouts. “Just about everybody has some amount of gold or silver just lying around collecting dust and next week anybody can sell theirs direct to our refinery. Typically selling direct to a refinery is reserved for larger wholesale customers like jewelry stores, pawn shops and laboratories” says Kouts. “We are changing how business is done,” he explains “we want to do business with everybody so we took our business to the streets”. “Our teams visit various cities around the country hosting 5 day events and allowing the general public

to take advantage of our services. “The turnout has been overwhelming” says Kouts. “Usually each day is busier than the previous day. It seems once people come to us and sell something, they are so amazed what an old ring or gold coin is worth, they go home and start digging around for more and telling relatives, friends and neighbors. It’s like a feeding frenzy by the third day. People line up with everything from gold jewelry to sterling silver flatware sets to old coins. I think during this bad economy everybody can use extra money, but most people say they are taking advantage of selling direct to our refinery because of the higher prices we pay”.

During this special event, anyone is welcome to bring all types of gold, silver and platinum to the refinery and turn it in for instant payment. The types of items they will accept include all gold jewelry, gold coins, gold ounces, dental gold, old coins made before 1970 including silver dollars, halves, quarters

and dimes, anything marked “sterling” including flatware sets, tea pots, silver bars, silver ounces and all industrial precious metals.

What should you expect if you go to the event to sell your gold and/or silver? Just gather up all gold, silver and platinum in any form. If you are not sure if it’s gold or silver, bring it in and they will test it for free. When you arrive at the event you will be asked to fill out a simple registration card and will be issued a number. Seating will be available. When your number is called you will be escorted to a table where your items will be examined, tested and sorted. This only takes a few minutes, using their expertise and specialized equipment. Items will be counted and/or weighed. The value of the items will be determined based on up to the minute market prices. Live feeds will be available at the event displaying current market prices of all precious metals. If you choose to sell your items, they will be bagged and tagged and you will be

escorted to the cashier to collect your payment. Waiting time to sell your items may range from just a few minutes to 1 hour, so bring something to read. If you are the owner of a jewelry store, pawn shop, dentist office or a dealer you are encouraged to call ahead to make an appointment with the smelt master to discuss their special dealer programs. They can be reached during Refinery hours at (217) 787-7767.

Ohio Valley Refinery will open for business next Tuesday from 9am–6pm. The event continues every day through next Saturday. No appointment is needed for the general public.

Above: Refinery representatives will be on hand starting next Tuesday through Satur-day to purchase all gold, silver, pre-1970 coins and platinum items. Public welcome!

International buyers in town next week and ready to stimu-late economy!

LOCAL RESIDENTS READY TO CASH IN!

COINS: All coins made before 1970: silver and gold coins, dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. All conditions wanted!

VINTAGE GUITARS: Martin, Gibson, Fender, National, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Mandolins, Banjos and all other musical instruments.

WRIST & POCKET WATCHES: Rolex, Tiffany, Hublot, Omega, Chopard, Cartier, Philippe, Waltham, Swatch, Elgin, Bunn Special, Railroad, Ebel, Illinois, Hamilton & all others

JEWELRY: Gold, silver, platinum, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, all types of stones and metals, rings, bracelets, necklaces, etc. (including all costume jewelry)

WAR MEMORABILIA: Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, etc: swords, badges, clothes, photos, medals, knives, gear, letters.

Local records reveal to our research department that recent vintage guitar sold for $2400.00 and another for $12,000.00 to a collector that will be tied into the event this week via live database feed.

ITEMS OF INTEREST

PAID ADVERTISEMENT

SILVER AND GOLD COIN PRICES UP DURING POOR ECONOMY.

FLOWING HAIR STELLA UP TO $125,000*

1832 CLASSIC HALF CENTUP TO $80,000*

$5 DRAPED BUST RIGHT LEUP TO $40,000*

1797 $1 UP TO $200,000*

BRAIDED HAIR LARGE CENTUP TO $3,800*

$20 ST. GAUDENS UP TO $6,800*

CAPPED BUST HALF DIME UP TO $10,000*

MORGAN SILVER DOLLARUP TO $100,000*

BUFFALO NICKELUP TO $1,800*

ANTICIPATION HIGH AS OHIO VALLEY GOLD & SILVER REFINERY OPENS FOR BUSINESS NEXT WEEK

IN OAK HARBOR!

INFORMATION

WHO OHIO VALLEY GOLD & SILVER REFINERY

WHAT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO SELL THEIR GOLD AND SILVER

WHERE BEST WESTERN PLUS HARBOR PLAZA CONFERNCE CENTER 33175 STATE ROUTE 20 OAK HARBOR, WA 98277

WHEN NOV. 29TH - DEC. 3RD

NEXT TUES–FRI 9AM–6PM NEXT SAT 9AM–4PM

DIRECTIONS 217.787.7767

INFORMATION 217.787.7767

BUYING ALL SILVER & GOLD

JEWELRY

Whidbey News-Times, November 26, 2011

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