Islands' Sounder, February 19, 2014

by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONGEditor/Publisher

Orcas School’s campus renova-tion is ready for lift off and it’s been many years in the making.

“Two years ago the commu-nity passed the capital construc-tion bond,” said School Board Chairman Scott Lancaster. “I am looking forward to the start of a project which will not only improve our facilities district wide, but will enhance our stu-dents’ education.”

After two bond rejections, vot-ers eventually approved a scaled down, $11.9 million version. Voters also approved a two-year general technology capital proj-ects levy that will pay for mod-ernizing the school’s technology facilities.

The design and permitting for the bond project has been final-ized and this summer will mark phase one of the construction plan. The project will be entirely done by September 2015.

“Any time you work on an occu-pied campus, there is a lot of plan-ning that goes into it,” said Project Manager Liz LeRoy of Alliance Construction Management in Seattle. “And it’s really a partner-ship with the contractor.”

The $7.5 million construction component of the project is cur-rently being advertised for bids from general contractors, who can be from any city as long as they are licensed in Washington state. Legally, the district has to go with the “lowest, most responsible” bid-der. The due date is Feb. 26.

“We’ve made good outreach with local contractors, so we real-ly hope they participate in the bidding process,” LeRoy said. “In addition, the district has encour-aged and supported the gener-al contractors to engage island contractors for any subcontract-ing work. On-island partnerships as well as partnerships with the community including San Juan County, Eastsound Water Users Association and many others have

made this project possible.”The architectural firm Mahlum

has designed plans that keep the existing foundation and calls for extensive remodel work in the elementary school, library and cafeteria. In addition, a satellite building will be constructed for career tech education. That site will also be used to house students during the school year when con-struction is taking place.

The first stage starts this April and will be completed by September 2014. The elementa-ry building will be remodeled to create room for the new middle school.

The second phase will begin this June and completed by February 2015. It is the most ambitious

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At age 65, River Malcolm decided she was going to hike the Pacific Crest Trail.

It was a lofty goal, considering the trail is about 2,000 miles. The goal was made even loftier by the fact that Malcolm is a self-described “not a super athlete” and being “good at getting lost.”

“My goal was to do the whole trail, just not in one year,” said Malcolm, a long-time Orcas resident.

The Pacific Crest Trail, known as the PCT to avid hikers, starts in Mexico and finishes in Canada. The trail travels through California, Oregon and Washington. Hikers expe-rience desert, forests, the Sierra Nevada and views of the volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range.

The diverse wilderness of the PCT is what attracted Malcolm to her goal, but there were also two experiences in Malcolm’s life that led her on a mission to heave on her back pack and set off on a 2,000-mile long walk.

The first was the death of one of her beloved animals. When her dog was dying, he made it clear he wanted to be outside. Malcolm couldn’t bear to be separated from him, so she followed him outside and lay down with him as he passed on.

“I felt the wind and the smell of the pine and the feeling of the earth beneath us,” she said. “And I thought, ‘That’s how I want to die – with the earth beneath me,’ but then I thought, ‘No that’s how I want to live, to be connected to the natural world.’”

The other experience happened several months later in May, when she hiked 350 miles of the Camino del Santiago with her partner. The 550-mile trail is known traditionally as a religious pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain.

“I was changed by it,” she said. “During all that time walk-ing I had a sense of stillness.”

The Camino del Santiago gave Malcolm a chance to reflect on what her life meant and what she wanted to accomplish before her life was over.

It was also on that ancient trail that she saw many lone female trekkers and thought, “I could do that.”

For her, the ultimate pilgrimage would be the wilderness of the PCT.

So last February, Malcolm retired from her job as a family and marriage counselor, and started getting in shape.

Training consisted of numerous hikes up Mt. Constitution with more weight on her back each time.

Malcolm describes herself as a real novice as she flew to San Diego in late March to start her first day on the PCT. Luckily, PCT volunteers, also known as “Trail Angels,” met her at the airport, let her crash on their couch and dropped her off at the trail head (near Campo, Calif.,) the next day with two other hikers.

Her plan was to complete 210 miles and arrive in White Water, Calif., in about three weeks.

The first night she camped with the other hikers, but on the second night she spent her first evening alone in the wilderness. It was also only her second night ever pitching a tent in the great outdoors. She had set up her tent in the back yard to practice, but had not been out on a backcoun-try trail.

“I was scared,” she said.The wind blew so ferociously Malcolm was afraid that

her tent would blow away. Every sound was strange and disturbing.

But camping got easier. Malcolm started using earplugs at night to ease herself into dreamland.

A lone trekker on the Pacific Crest Trail

Contributed photoRiver Malcolm while hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail.

School’s campus overhaul to start

SEE CAMPUS, PAGE 5

SEE RIVER, PAGE 6

“Any time you work on an occupied campus, there is a lot of planning that goes into it.”

— Project Manager Liz LeRoy

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If you are 12 to 59 years of age, you need your Washington State Boater Education Card to operate a power driven ves-sel with an engine of 15 horsepower or more. But, regard-less of your age (if you have not taken a boating safety course recently), it makes sense to refresh your knowledge on water safety.

The San Juan Islands Detachment, Flotilla 11 US Coast Guard Auxiliary will be presenting a class that meets the Boater Education Card requirements.

“About Boating Safely” is from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the Orcas Landing Conference Room, next to the county dock.

The one day course includes general information con-cerning boats and maintenance; information to make your boating experience safer and more comfortable; tips on how to be a more courteous boat operator; and, laws and regulations to which you must adhere. The cost of materi-als for this course is $25.00. In order to reserve your space for this class, please contact David Tribolet by at email [email protected] or by telephone 298-0248.

Boater education class in February

A new art venue, Orcas Art Studios, is holding a grand opening and open house on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. They will be serving food and refresh-ments and art will be on display.

Orcas Art Studios is a space for teaching and learning visual arts; it is open to the community of artists and art educators.

There will be open stu-dio figure drawing sessions each week, workshops by local and nationwide instructors, and weekly art classes. On the ros-ter is Lois Yashida from

Tacoma, teaching Sumi (ink) Painting on March 1 and 2, Caroline Buchanan, who will be teaching Bird Painting on April 11, and Mitch Albala from Seattle, holding a landscape paint-ing workshop in July (that class is sold out).

Orcas Art Studios is locat-ed at the Airport Center, 1286 Mt Baker Road, in the front building next to San Juan Insurance.

If you would like further information about the new venue or upcoming classes and workshops, visit www.OrcasArtStudios.com.

Orcas Art Studios is now open

OPALCO recently announced a 6 percent rate increase beginning in March. What can we do to keep member costs down? Energy efficiency and conservation activities and gains are key tools for minimizing kWh usage and helping members to control their utility bills. Every little bit helps: the Northwest Power and Conservation Council states “Nearly 60% of the region’s new demand

for electricity over the next five years, and 85% over the next 20 years, could be met with energy efficiency.”

To expand its reach, OPALCO has awarded a matching grant to the San Juan Islands Conservation District for their leader-ship in promoting energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy pro-grams. The Conservation District will partner with local nonprofits to achieve

a range of projects beyond OPALCO’s current offerings to: retrofit San Juan County homes for greater energy efficiency, pilot community solar projects and develop additional education and outreach efforts.

The Conservation District will serve as an umbrella organization to coordinate the efforts of other nonprofits includ-ing the Islands Energy Coalition, Island Stewards and the Opportunity

Council. Collectively, they have already secured match-ing funds for the $150,000 awarded by OPALCO.

“We are excited to work with OPALCO on this ini-tiative,” said Linda Lyshall, District Manager, San Juan Islands Conservation District. “Through our partnership, we intend to maximize efficiency and conservation gains to slow increases on utility bills, reduce the carbon foot-print of the county and serve as a model for other small, rural communities in Washington and elsewhere. This project fits well with the Conservation District’s long-term goals to promote renewable energy and ener-

gy efficiency throughout San Juan County.”

OPALCO’s Energy Services department has executed a success-ful Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) rebate program to date, issuing a total of $685,328 in rebates to members and reporting kWh savings of 2,714,894 during the peri-od 2012-2013. Beyond the incentives, these efficiency gains equate to kWh sav-ings far into the future as the measures implemented improve our housing stock.

“If this collaborative effort demonstrates success by matching – or better – the kWh savings of the last rate period (above),” said Randy J. Cornelius, General Manager, “BPA has assured us a zero load growth fore-cast on our 2015-2016 rate case – which would remove the prospect of Tier II (mar-ket rate) power purchases for that period. We have great expectations for what we can achieve by work-ing together. The whole

co-op membership benefits as our homes become more efficient and our habits shift with greater awareness and education.”

Projects already under-way include home energy retrofits and subsidized low-income weatherization, in partnership with the Opportunity Council.

Upcoming events and activities include:

• Energy Fairs on Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan islands in May and June include solar home tours, efficiency and conservation work-shops, prizes and more.

• Community Solar pilot launching this spring.

• Youth Corps communi-ty energy efficiency project this summer.

For more information about these projects, or to find out how you can partic-ipate, call the Conservation District office at 378-6621 or visit www.sanjuanisland-scd.org.

For the latest informa-tion about OPALCO, go to: www.opalco.com.

OPALCO invests in energy savings to keep costs downContributed photo

Amy Saxe of OPALCO’s Energy Services program presents a check to Linda Lyshall for the San Juan Islands Conservation District. Also pictured are Jay Kimball, consultant and Randy J. Cornelius, General Manager of OPALCO.

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Orcas Fire and Rescue personnel were dispatched to the Deer Harbor Marina for the report of a structure fire on Feb. 10 around 7 p.m.

Arriving responders found the marina building closest to the main road heavily involved in fire. Two 120-gallon propane tanks stored near the building were emit-ting large “torch like” flames, which chal-lenged firefighting efforts.

Forty responders from OIFR and San Juan Island with 13 units, including the fire boat “Confidence” from San Juan Island

Fire District 3, worked until 1:30 a.m. to control the blaze. Damage was limited and a good portion of the building was saved.

Following an investigation, the fire has been determined to be accidental in nature. There were no injuries to civilians or responders.

“Orcas Island Fire and Rescue reminds you to make sure you have working smoke detectors in your home. If you need one installed, give us a call,” said Chief Kevin O’Brien.

Deer Harbor Marina fire is ruled ‘accidental’ in nature

by REBECCA GOURLEYWNPA Olympia News Service

A proposed change to a law aimed at preserving farmland and open space could result in higher taxes for some Washington prop-erty owners.

House Bill 2306 would expand a tax classification on land actively used for agriculture, timber produc-tion or undeveloped open space. While property tax is generally assessed on the market value of a parcel, the state’s Open Space Taxation Act allows land to be taxed at a lower rate based on its current use, such as farm-ing.

Under the current law, if a farming operation is 20 acres or more, the parcels must be contiguous in order to be eligible for the lower tax classification.

The bill proposes to take out the “contiguous” stipu-lation, opening up this tax classification to farms that have multiple parcels that total 20 acres or more but aren’t necessarily touching each other.

“It’s the preservation of farmland ... that is my ulti-mate goal,” Rep. Kristine Lytton, D-Anacortes, the bill’s primary sponsor, said at a Jan. 21 hearing before the House Finance Committee.

Allen Rozema, executive director of Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland, says the bill could help preserve farmland and open space that is not currently eligible for the lower tax rate.

“This is an innovative and unique approach to keeping agriculture viable in Washington state,” he said. “This approach and similar approaches need to continue to be pursued by the Legislature. It helps to elevate the preservation of farming to the same level as our state’s other critical resources.”

Farming is an essen-tial part of Washington’s economy. The Washington Department of Agriculture valued Washington’s agri-cultural production in 2012 at $9.89 billion, exceeding 2011 figures by 6 percent and setting a new record.

Lytton said the bill is aimed at preserving farms with small, non-contiguous parcels.

In Washington, the aver-age farm size has decreased by about 12.5 percent from 2003 to 2012, but the num-ber of farms has increased by about 7 percent in the

same time period, says a report from the United States Department of Agriculture. The number of small farms is still increas-ing, Rozema said.

It’s hard to know how much of a tax shift could result from allowing more parcels to qualify for the lower tax rate, as there’s no estimate of exactly how much land could be eli-gible, says Yakima County Assessor Dave Cook.

Some county assessors are concerned that extend-ing the current-use tax rate to more land could mean higher tax bills for other property owners.

Each county collects a specific amount of prop-erty-tax revenue, with the total amount spread across all taxable properties.

When some properties are assessed at a lower rate, the other properties in the taxing district must make up the difference. Depending on how much property is eligible to be assessed at the lower agricultural rate, the increase in property taxes paid by others in the district could be significant.

Cook says the legislation could result in a $70 million loss of assessed property value in Yakima County because more farmland would be assessed at its cur-rent use rather than market value. Property owners with a decrease in assessed prop-erty value will likely pay less in taxes, a difference that would have to be made up by other taxpayers in the county.

“The tax-shift implica-tions are significant when you go on a statewide basis,” Cook said.

Before the finance com-mittee voted on a pro-posed substitute bill on Feb. 6, Rep. Terry Nealey,

R-Dayton, suggested that the Legislature conduct a study to assess the impact of such a change and the pos-sible tax shift.

Additionally, some asses-sors say eligibility for this current-use tax classifica-tion could be interpreted so broadly under the bill that it may encompass land not used for farming at all, such as packing facilities that are part of a larger farming operation.

The bill not only address-es the size of farming par-cels, but also other scenarios common to farming opera-tions.

In one particular case, for example, a farmer may grow grain to feed livestock that they sell. The land used to grow the feed is not directly generating income if the grain is not being sold. Therefore, under cur-rent state law, that parcel of land used to grow the feed would not qualify for the tax reduction. But, this bill would change that.

The substitute bill, which was adopted by the finance committee on Feb. 6 by a vote of 10 to 3, further clari-fies specific language in the original bill. It states that individual parcels that have been combined to qualify for this tax classification do not have to individually generate income as long as the whole farming opera-tion does.

The substitute bill further outlines that if a parcel of at least five acres is leased to a farmer and that farmer has other land that qualifies for the lower tax rate, the leased land would also be eligible.

An application process would still be required for land to be considered for the current-use tax classi-fication.

New bill looks at preserving farmland and open space

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Where do we turn in our golden years?

Dr. Seuss’ birthdayDr Seuss’ birthday is the day

to read to a child. The National Education Association designates this date as Read Across America, a celebration of readers and books! Actually his birthday is Sunday, March 2nd.

Contact Orcas Island Elementary (376-2286, or my extension 376-1585) if you wish to read to or with a child that day. Find some time between 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. to come to school and read to a child, small group or a class of children. Let us know the ages that best suit you and we will arrange a time to read. I will notify you of your time by Thursday, Feb. 27.

You are helping children value and see how beneficial being a life long reader can be.

Susan StolmeierReading Specialist

SUPPORT FOR ORCAS FIRE LEVY

We’ve lived here full-time for 12 years, and we definitely “get it” that Orcas isn’t Seattle. It isn’t even Bellingham or Anacortes or LaConner. Orcas is a unique envi-ronment in almost every way, and that calls for unique applications to everything people need to live here, including fire and emergency

services.Now, some vocal locals insist that

anyone who moves to Orcas should recognize those differences and be prepared to suffer the consequenc-es. Some even declare themselves ready to face a car wreck, fire, or heart attack out on the Rock with-out any coddling at public expense.

Most of us, however, are not quite that hardy. We believe that safety and emergency services are one of the critical things that make living on this island feasible for every-one: children, adults, and seniors alike. We elect the Commissioners who govern this public service, and OIFR provides ample oppor-tunity for us to participate in its planning and budgeting process. That includes a long-range plan, which has been publicly debated and adjusted accordingly. The end result of a good process is now before us for a vote which will affect everyone’s future on Orcas.

Please join us in voting YES on the OIFR levy request.

Norm & Christy ZimlichDeer Harbor

“You can’t eat your cake and have it too.”

It is an old and simple adage, but one I feel illustrates a certain island dilemma.

Each year we encourage increased tourism, proudly announce we are a “best place to retire” and continue to promote our camping facilities and camping opportunities.

While these efforts bring income

to the island, they also dramatically impact the need for emergency services. This is not even taking into consideration the cost of an unforeseen emergency, such as we read about every day and have just experienced in Deer Harbor.

We have 64 island residents who volunteer their time, skills and commitment to go out on call at all hours and complement Orcas Fire and Rescue. Without their invalu-able and irreplaceable services we could not begin to contain costs or meet the island’s growing demands.

In tribute to them and to the fine long-term planning Kevin O’Brien has brought to OIFR, I strongly support the proposed levy.

Milly VetterleinDeer Harbor

Editorial

Whether you resist it fiercely or embrace it with optimism, we are all getting older. And for those of us without family members to provide

care or a paid home care worker, it can mean moving into assisted living.For the next 18 years, around 8,000 baby boomers will turn 65 every day. By 2030, one in five Washingtonians will be considered elderly and many will need long-term care.The median age on Orcas is 60 years, 40 percent of the population is 65 years or older and ages 80 and over are the fastest growing population.We have wonderful support systems in place at the senior center and Hearts and Hands. If someone needs transportation, help with tasks or just a friendly face, there are volunteers ready to help.But reliance on government support for long-term care needs will continue to grow as baby boomers age. Many rely on the state’s Medicaid system to pay for long-term care services in nursing homes and assisted living centers.According to the Washington Health Care Association, a group that represents assisted living providers, Medicaid rates haven’t been updated in nearly a decade – and were cut by six percent from 2010 to 2012. Nursing home rates were last updated in 2007. Rates fell short by over $100 million in 2012 —and over half the state’s nursing homes lost money.“Failure to update rates creates problems at the bedside, where care quality is truly defined,” wrote Robin Dale, CEO, WHCA. “Seventy percent of the cost of long-term care is wage and labor-related, thus financial losses equal lost jobs and that translates to lost quality. This is simply not sustainable.”In October, we reported on local senior citizens’ concerns voiced at a town hall meeting in Eastsound. A prevailing theme was the subject of home care. How can islanders look toward retirement and beyond and what can be done to help them stay on Orcas as they age? At this point, off-island facility care is often the only option. “Medicaid limits home health to three hours a day, so what about the other 21 hours of the day?” asked Barbara Trunkey at the meeting. “It costs about $27 an hour for a formal caregiver.”Another problem with home care is that Medicaid, Medicare and insurance policies require the patient to go to a licensed agency. But the agency needs a minimum number of people to be finan-cially viable before working with a location like Orcas Island. And Medicaid won’t insure if the agency is not willing to serve them.Call the Legislative Hotline in Olympia today at 1-800-562-6000, and let your legislators know that seniors matter. Tell them skilled and assisted living care must be a priority in the supplemental budget.

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THURS., FEB. 20• OPALCO Board of Directors regularly scheduled meeting at the Friday Harbor OPALCO office located at 1034 Guard Street, starts at 8:30 a.m. FRI., FEB. 21• The San Juan County Demo-crats will be electing new officers and planning the 2014 agenda in the downstairs room at Key Bank in Friday Harbor. The meeting will run from 2:30 to 5 p.m., timed so that residents of Orcas and Lopez can attend.

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by BARBARA KLINESuperintendent, Orcas Island

School District

It has taken me a while to organize my thoughts enough to write this letter about Bob Henigson.

In thinking about him, I have come to realize that there are very few, if any, students in our school who have not been touched by Bob’s generosity and vision for our students here on Orcas.

I refer to his vision for students because Bob and I rarely spoke about his vision for the schools; it was always about what would benefit the students and how opportunities for learning could be provided to the students.

His vision expanded the universe of learning oppor-tunities available to our stu-dents. Bob’s generous grant through the Funhouse for online classes was intended to enrich our student’s aca-demic options. Thanks to him, our students have taken Japanese, Chinese, French, Arabic, German and vari-ous arts, sciences and other classes that we cannot offer in a small district. Even before online classes were a reality, our students were taking Advanced Placement classes partially supported by the OICF Academic Enrichment Fund, which Bob helped to establish.

Bob said that he got “more bang for the buck” by investing in the educa-tion of young children and

putting money into early elementary education and preschool. Starting them off right, setting them up to do well right from the beginning, avoiding years of remedial work later and producing a better return on investment.

Therefore about seven years ago, thanks to Bob, we started offering all day kindergarten instead of the half day program that is funded by the state. This was in addition to the other programs for early learning that Bob sponsored in local preschools. Kindergarten through eighth grade Spanish for our students began with a Bob Henigson grant. This vision was not only to introduce all of our students to the Spanish language but also to pro-vide some shared language between our native English speakers and our grow-ing population of native Spanish speaking students.

Last year at the Celebration of Success where the seniors receive scholarships from the com-munity, Bob spoke about the scholarship he offered through the Funhouse. He explained that he really wanted to give a scholarship to every single student but someone told him it would be too expensive. I am sure that I heard him say that he thought about figuring out how to do it anyway. Or maybe I just heard him say that in my head because I believe that is how he

thought. I know that I heard him increase the amount of the scholarship that he was giving out that morning, just by changing the num-bers around as he spoke.

Once I understood that Bob appeared to delight in intense discussions with lots of questioning and even some disagreement, I enjoyed participating in these conversations with him.

He had more than a few thoughts about the issues and roadblocks and poten-tial solutions to providing an excellent public educa-tion in today’s world. While he was always sympathetic about the amount of gov-ernment nonsense that we are expected to comply with, he was also always cer-tain to say that we needed to find a way around it and get the work done anyway.

Bob was an amazing donor. More importantly he was an amazing person, with a big heart and a vision of all students getting what they needed to be success-ful. I will miss the donor and I will miss the person. I will miss the hardheaded businessman and the warm-hearted visionary. Long may he live in our memories.

The many lives touched by Bob Henigson

The San Juan County Democrats will be electing new officers and planning the 2014 agenda at its next meeting, which will be on Friday, Feb. 21, in the downstairs meeting room at Key Bank in Friday Harbor. Key Bank is located at 95 Second Street and is within easy walking distance of the ferry.

The meeting will run from 2:30 to 5 p.m., conveniently timed so that residents of Orcas and Lopez can catch the ferry to and from the meeting. Refreshments will be provided.

If you have any questions on Orcas, feel free to call David at 376-4165 or email at [email protected]. On Lopez, contact Mac at 468-4015 or [email protected].

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Obituary Roger H “Hank” Purdue

Orcas and Whidbey Islands’ Roger H “Hank” Purdue died at his Coupeville home on January 19, 2014. He was born June 12, 1938 in Friday Harbor, Washington. Roger had a magical childhood growing up in the tiny vil-lage of Eastsound on Orcas Island where his family the Purdues, Coffelts, Vierecks were long established. His grandfather, Rev Henry James Purdue, was the rec-tor of the Episcopal Parish, his grandmother Jennie the local school teacher. His father’s (Roger C.) service station was a gathering spot where Hank learned about mechanics and story tell-ing. Roger’s mother Huldah operated the radio for San Juan Airlines, a medical life-line on Orcas, and Roger would race to the airport to watch the happenings and perhaps catch a ride.

Roger graduated from Western Washington

University with a major in art and a degree in edu-cation. He taught fourth and fifth grades in the Oak Harbor School District for 31 years. Roger used proj-ects to keep his students’ interest keen. Once the stu-dents built a glider airplane in the classroom which they then flew.

A mother of Tsimshian heritage and many sum-mers sailing the coasts of B.C. and Alaska inspired Roger to create Northwest Native American art. His first big community project was the first Salmon Wheel in Coupeville (Whidbey Island Museum). He con-tinued with yearly designs for the Penn Cove Water Festival and he designed and brought together local carvers to create the present Whale Wheel in Coupeville.

Roger is preceded in death by his parents Roger and Huldah (Viereck-Coffelt) Purdue, his sister, Annabelle Leatherwood, his brothers-in-law Ed Morgan and Robert Sherman.

He is survived by his wife Sara Sherman Purdue, his children, Wilbur (Julieanna) Purdue, grandson Henry Purdue, and Grace Purdue, his sister Jennie (Kelly) Reid, sisters-in-law Susan Morgan, Cheryl (Robert A) Engle, brother in law Fred Leatherwood, nephews Clifton Leatherwood, Roger (Dawn) Reid, Robert W. (Mary) Engle, nieces Ruth (Mark) Carlson, Donna (Russell) Bailey, Bonnie (Scott) Bennett, many great nieces and nephews and many friends who brought great joy to his life.

An open house for Roger’s friends to visit and view Roger’s art work will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Coupeville Recreation Hall on Sunday, March 2.

Memorials may be made to Orcas Island Historical Society Museum, Island County Historical Society Museum, Coupeville Art Center, Penn Cove Water Festival and Coupeville History Day.

portion of the project – cre-ate new facility for music and CTE (wood shop, art, applied physics, technology lab, culinary arts) and new library spaces.

“Phase two will have the most impact to our cam-pus,” LeRoy said. “The music room addition as well as CTE will be out of the way, but there will be some contractors in the heart of the campus. Our architects have been working hard to keep the really disruptive work over the summer and breaks.”

The third stage is a reno-vation of the library to cre-ate spaces for OASIS kin-dergarten through 12th and district staff.

It will begin in February 2015 and be completed by September 2015.

The fourth phase involves

demolishing the current music room, remodeling the cafeteria, creating a new kitchen and completing landscape and site work. That will start in June 2015 and will be completed by September 2015.

“This a substantial proj-ect for the community that needs to support our staff and our kids and the pro-grams,” LeRoy said. “Access to fields and a smooth pick up and drop off for families are essential during con-struction ... access to class-rooms and safe passage of students and staff across campus has been carefully considered for each phase.”

The school cafeteria and library will remain open while students are in classes.

LeRoy encourages feed-back from the community at [email protected]. Visit the school website for information and updates at http://goo.gl/zDctl0.

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She averaged about 10 - 12 miles of hiking a day.

“I was very good at get-ting lost,” said Malcolm.

She was also very good at

getting back to the trail with the help of a special app on her phone that helped her navigate. She had a map and compass, but did not rely on her skill with them. Instead she made sure her phone was charged.

Overall, the first three weeks was a success and Malcolm left the trail feel-ing happy and excited for the next section through the Sierra Nevada starting in June.

“It was the best thing I had ever done,” she said.

The next section through 290 miles of Yosemite National Park, from Walker Pass to Tuolumne Meadow, was more difficult than the first adventure. Malcolm, who has struggled with depression all her life, felt those old unpleasant feel-ings rise up. Now she says her mood may have been attributed to altitude sick-ness.

The Sierra Nevada is known as one of the most beautiful landscapes in the U.S. but to Malcolm they felt harsh and barren.

“I had a few days when I felt like ‘I hate the Sierra Nevada … I hate every-thing,’” she said.

But by the time the trip was over she started to fall in love with the high meadows and the idea that she would probably never return.

In September Malcolm completed 320 miles hik-ing from Bucks Lake and heading south to Tuolumne where she ended her last hike.

Some days were easier than other. Keeping her bal-ance crossing streams on rocks or logs required some training, which mainly involved not over thinking the process. Snow also pre-sented several challenges. Some parts of the trail had

so much snow that Malcolm feared slipping into a dan-gerous situation. Another night the wind blew so hard that she just started hiking at 3 a.m. in the dark because any chance of sleep was lost.

As for wildlife, she saw a Mountain Lion’s footprints in the snow on one trail and on another occasion she saw a bear, but it ran off as soon as it spotted her.

“He just looked really puzzled,” said Malcolm.

Now back on Orcas, Malcolm is recovering from shoulder surgery. She hopes to complete another section of the trail in March.

Sometimes looking back she can hardly believe that she hiked any part of the PCT. It’s even harder for her to imagine she now has 820 miles under her belt, espe-cially since those were miles she earned all on her own.

“It was an amazing expe-rience,” she said.

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by MICHAEL RIORDANSpecial to the Sounder

From where I live on Orcas Island in Puget Sound, north of Seattle, I can see Cherry Point across the wind-whipped waters of the Salish Sea. This sandy promontory jut-ting into Georgia Strait has become the focus of heated debate here in the Pacific Northwest.

Peabody Energy, Carrix and other corporations hope to build a shipping terminal at Cherry Point to export nearly 50 million

metric tons of coal to Asia annually. They ballyhoo the jobs the terminal may bring to our region but say noth-ing about the profits they will reap from selling subsi-dized coal.

Opponents decry the prospect of the dirty, smelly, noisy trains blocking rail-road crossings all across Washington state as they transport coal here from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming. They also warn that coal dust from the terminal will pollute nearby waters and harm our dwindling popu-lations of herring, threat-ened Chinook salmon and endangered killer whales.

But much larger issues of national and global concern are at stake. The low-sulfur

Western coal, strip-mined from federal lands, is valu-able public property. The federal government’s leas-ing of these lands at low cost to strip miners made some sense a few decades ago when the United States needed low-sulfur coal to reduce the amount of sul-fur dioxide that was being emitted by coal-burning power plants and causing acid rain. But today, as utili-ties convert to cheap natural gas and American coal use declines, mining companies are seeking customers in China, Japan and Korea.

Shipping this subsidized coal to Asian countries to help them power their factories, which undercut American manufactur-ers, makes little sense. Yes, this coal will help those countries produce cheap consumer goods for sale in stores across the United States. But it will also pro-mote the continued transfer of industrial work to Asia, especially if the Trans-Pacific Partnership goes through. Is that good for American workers?

The coal is extracted from federal lands so cheap-ly that taxpayers should be outraged. A 2012 study by the nonprofit Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis conclud-ed that the government’s failure to obtain fair mar-ket value for coal mined in the Powder River Basin had deprived taxpayers of almost $1 billion annually over the past 30 years. Last year,

the Interior Department’s inspector general similarly reported that the agency was failing to collect suf-ficient lease payments. And last week, the Government Accountability Office con-cluded that the coal leasing program run by the Bureau of Land Management oper-ates without sufficient over-sight to ensure that fair lease prices are being paid and does not fully account for export sales in evaluating these fees.

“Taxpayers are likely los-ing out so that coal compa-nies can reap a windfall and export that coal overseas, where it is burned, wors-ening climate change,” said Senator Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, who requested the study.

When coal companies can strip mine Western coal for less than $10 a ton and sell it in Asia for nearly 10 times as much, lucrative profits can be banked all along the

global supply chain. No wonder the Australian coal company Ambre Energy is planning to build two coal terminals on the Columbia River. In all, those terminals and the one proposed for Cherry Point could ship 100 million metric tons of coal to Asia annually.

Asian nations hungry for energy have much looser pollution regulations and will pay dearly for coal, despite its noxious impacts on health and the environ-ment. The health impact of coal emissions has recently become obvious in China, where this pollution con-tributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in 2010, according to the Global Burden of Disease study, published in The Lancet, a British medical journal.

And this pollution is unfortunately not confined to Asia. Wafted aloft on winds blowing across the Pacific, it reaches North America, depositing fine particles, mercury and other toxins on land and in water. Carbon dioxide emit-ted by burning coal adds inexorably to the global overburden of greenhouse gases warming the planet. Projected exports from Cherry Point alone could result in over 100 million metric tons of carbon diox-ide annually. The gas has already begun to boost the acidity of near-shore waters, threatening Washington’s shellfish industry.

The billions of tons of coal burned in Asia every

year contribute markedly to global warming. Should the United States be selling them subsidized coal and encouraging this impend-ing disaster?

Our nation needs a new, transparent, clean-energy policy that no longer turns a blind eye to the many nega-tive impacts of coal burning — or to companies trying to sell coal to other nations playing catch-up in the global economy. A corner-stone of this policy must be the rational use of our vast reserves of Western coal as we ramp down the overuse of what is, by far, the dirtiest fossil fuel.

Is our economy to become a resource economy like Australia’s, exporting mineral wealth to Asia in return for mining and ship-ping jobs, plus cheap con-sumer goods? Should we support this Faustian bar-gain by selling our coal so inexpensively? What kinds of jobs and living conditions do we really want to foster, and where? These are ques-tions a rational and much-needed, 21st-century ener-gy policy would address.

A great and growing plume of carbon dioxide continues to rise over Asia as transnational corpora-tions are shifting manufac-turing operations overseas. We can take a resolute stand at Cherry Point and begin to halt this boondoggle. A good first step would be one Senator Markey advocates: a moratorium on new coal leases.

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David Honeywell has paid a $1,000 fine for clear-ing some 80 trees and sever-al acres of shrubs and other vegetation from waterfront land at their Orca Dreams estate, formerly the Mar Vista resort, near False Bay on the west side of San Juan Island.

The fine was imposed as part of a "Notice of Violation" issued on Feb. 6 by the San Juan County Community Development and Planning Department. The violation lists Orca Dreams of Spokane, Wash., as the property owner and Dave Honeywell as the responsible person.

The notice also includ-ed Allen Benjamin Engle, who did the work on the property through his busi-ness, Solid Ground, as an additional responsible per-son. Engle was fined $2,000; he has reportedly told the county he will pay the fine.

Engle was fined $1,000 for clearing the shore-line of vegetation without permits and, according to Prosecuting Attorney Randy Gaylord, an addi-tional $1,000 for profes-sional negligence. An addi-tion to enforcement rules approved last year allows the county to double a fine imposed on licensed con-tractors because they are supposed to know and to comply with local regula-tions, Gaylord said.

"This is the first time we've used the double pen-alties," he said.

The notice of violation was issued by Chris Laws, the county code enforce-ment officer, after an inves-tigation in response to an emergency order issued by Laws in December, after neighbors reported the ground clearing activity to the county.

Coincidentally, the U.S. Department of the Interior investigated possible distur-bance of golden paintbrush, a threatened species, dur-ing the cutting and clear-ing operation. Theodore Thomas, an ecologist with Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, who has monitored paintbrush at Mar Vista since 1995, concluded that no damage was done either to golden paintbrush plants in the area or to the paint-brush habitat.

The Honeywells, who won a nine-figure Powerball prize in early 2013, pur-chased the property in mid-

2013 for $6 million.According to an eight-

page statement signed by Honeywell and pre-pared in response to the county investigation, the Honeywells intend to use the property as their retire-ment home and family retreat.

The statement details the application to CD&P for a residential pre-application "to determine the setback for a house we wanted to build, and to document the existing non-conforming structures." Two planners from the CD&P department conducted a site visit April 21, which was attended by Dave and Nancy Honeywell, the realtor, Bob Elford, and Michael Tranfo, architect for the future house.

The discussion and the subsequent letter from CD&P included discussion of existing structures and "the feasibility of placing an additional residence on one of the parcels," according to the CD&P letter of July 1, 2013.

Honeywell’s statement says, “I do not recall any-one discussing any restric-tions against cutting trees at the site visit, and the tree cutting issue wasn’t on my radar at this point. Virtually all of our questions for the county about the feasibility of our intended use of the property, such as the cabins and where we could build a house, were answered to our satisfaction at the site visit.”

The CD&P let-ter reviews the “two (2) Environmentally Sensitive Areas that affect the parcels and, on the first page, says that “any proposed develop-ment” must include a “full Storm Water Management Plan.” The next to last para-graph of the letter says, “Removal of trees within the Shoreline Jurisdiction area can be done only with a CD&P-approved tree removal plan.”

Honeywell states he did not receive the letter and that neither Elford, who lives on the property, nor their prospective architect, Tranfo, who both received the county letter, passed on information about tree-cutting.

In September, Honeywell hired local arborist Casey Baisch to trim fir trees and Engle to “trim the over-grown area on the hillside.”

Honeywell’s statement relates that he visited his property in September, October and November, but

never saw a tree cut down or noticed the extent of the clearing of the hillside. The statement does not say whether Honeywell dis-cussed with Baisch or Engle whether permits from the county were required for any of the work being done.

The Honeywells’ state-ment says they returned to the property in mid-December and that, “we were shocked at what we saw. The amount of clearing on the hillside was far great-er than we had directed or anticipated.”

The statement says, “I had clearly instructed both Casey Baisch and Ben Engle not to trim or cut down any more firs.”

The notice says that “approximately” 80 alders, maples and Douglas firs were removed.

The last sentence of the Honeywell statement reads, “If additional documents or facts are brought to my attention in the future, I may remember additional or different details.”

In addition to the fines, the notice of viola-tion requires that “Orca Dreams LLC shall develop a Restoration Plan that miti-gates the disturbed area as described above in accor-dance with the Washington State Department of Ecology who shall review and approve the plan.”

The violation must be corrected by March 27, according to the notice.

Telephone calls to the Honeywells' attorney seek-ing comment have not been returned.

Honeywells pay finesby SCOTT RASMUSSEN

Journal editor

The prosecution had four months in mind. The judge gave him eight instead.

A San Juan Island man had eight more months added to a 15-month prison term for a brutal attack on the mother of his children at their Friday Harbor home in mid-November – the same day that the man had been sentenced for felony burglary.

On Feb. 5, Taiya Autumn Speed, 24, pleaded guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to one count of third-degree assault, a Class C felony. He was ordered by Judge Don Eaton to serve eight months in prison at the conclusion of a 15-month prison term that had pre-viously been imposed for a first-degree burglary con-viction. He was also ordered to pay $950 in fines and fees.

On Nov. 19, Speed and an accomplice, 26-year-old Travis James Webster, also known as Travis White, were both ordered to serve 15 months in prison after each pleaded guilty in mid-October to felony burglary. The two were convicted of muscling their way into the Friday Harbor apartment in mid-July in pursuit of prescription medication, where, according to court documents, they became involved in an altercation with the couple that live there.

Speed and Webster were recognized by the couple

when the masks the two men wore at the time of the break-in came off in the ensuing struggle.

According to court documents, an argument between Speed and the 24-year-old woman with whom he shared a Grover Street home erupted into an altercation in the evening of the day of his sentencing for the burglary offense.

He reportedly attacked, threatened and strangled the woman in a fit of rage and, after she escaped out the front door, he fled out the back when a neighbor, drawn to the home by a series of unusually alarming sounds, came to investigate.

Although she had earlier

been granted a protection order against Speed, the woman reportedly allowed him to move back into her home. Their two young children were asleep in an upstairs bedroom at the time of the altercation.

The woman’s face report-edly was swollen, battered and bruised, and her neck covered with scratches and cuts, as a result of the attack.

A Class C felony, third-degree assault carries maxi-mum penalties of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both; however, the stan-dard range of sentencing set by the state, as applied to Speed, given his crimi-nal record, is 3-8 months in prison.

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The Lady Vikings advanced past the first round of the Northwest 2B Basketball Tournament at LaConner High School defeating the Darrington Loggers, 49-44 on Feb. 12.

The Vikings hit the hoop quick, leading the first quar-ter 14-3 with tight defense denying the Loggers any consistent scoring under-neath.

But Darrington stepped back their offense behind the black line and began hit-ting three-pointers narrow-ing the lead 21-19 at half.

The Loggers’ impressive perimeter shooting kept the game close as the Vikings, despite sharp passing, had trouble finishing their easy shots in the paint. The game remained close after the third quarter 37-32.

The Vikings finished the game strong and deflected late game Logger pressure despite Hannah Gaydos fouling out in the fourth quarter. A few key steals from Bella Nigretto helped seal the win.

Head Coach Gregg Sasan was pleased with his team’s composure in the fourth quarter and the crisp pass-ing resulting in only 10 Viking turnovers for the entire game.

Orcas scoring was led by Nigretto with 17, Gaydos 11, Kilee Rogers 9, Shelbi Rogers 7 and Alicia Susol with 5.

The Vikings next played the LaConner Braves, after the Sounder went to press. The outcome determined if they will go to bi-districts as first or second in the league. Visit www.islandssounder.com for an update.

by JACK RUSSILLOHigh School Senior

The boys made the same trek on Feb. 12, playing their first playoff game in the Northwest 2B Tournament against the Concrete Lions in LaConner and lost 57-63.

The Vikings got off to a good start getting multiple baskets off of Lion turn-overs. Entering the second quarter up by 3, the Vikings started to slow down and defensively allowed a game-high 21 points in the second quarter. Orcas only scored 11 points to finish the quar-ter and trailed 25-31 at half-time.

The Vikings’ struggles continued into the second half with only 9 points in the third quarter. Down 44-34 in the fourth, the Vikings sparked as the island boys hit 5 3-pointers in the quarter and got to within 2 points late in the game. However, fouls and easy layups for the Lions were the downfall of the Vikings.

“I think we did pretty good today. There’s still room for improvement,” said assistant coach David Kimple. “We played some tough defense and hustled. We lost a close game that we definitely could have won.”

Orcas scoring was lead by Jack Gates with 21, Jack Russillo 11, Pasha Bullock 10, Miles Harlow 8, Aidan Kruze 4, and Jordan Randolph 3.

The boys played their sec-ond game in the play-offs after the Sounder went to press.

Vikings give it their all in play-off gamesby MILENE HENLEY

SJC Auditor

If you’d asked me 20 years ago if I would ever consider running for office, I would have laughed at the idea.

I’m a private person, and the thought of running for public office would have terrified me. But here we are, and last month com-pleted seven years of service for me as San Juan County’s elected County Auditor. And yes, I’m signing up for a run at another four.

Those seven years have been a wild ride. My sec-ond year in office the country’s greatest recession since the Great Depression hit San Juan County. I viv-idly remember the April Council meeting at which I advised the Council to cut $1 million from the county budget, immediately. Since that year, the county has reduced staffing every year.

While the country, and

the county, are both slowly navigating our way out of the doldrums, we still have not recovered to where we were before the recession.

Finance is not my only area of responsibility which has seen challenges. Dramatic elections in 2000, 2004 and 2008, at both the federal and state lev-els, combined with a tug-of-war between Democrats and Republicans over access to polls versus security at the polls, have resulted in

legislative changes every year. Locally, a lawsuit filed before I took office lingers on, settled in parts but still not fully closed.

Our excellent elections staff have rolled with the waves, adapting practices, procedures and publica-tions to remain compliant with laws and responsive to the needs of the citizens.

In recording, a long proj-ect, initiated in 2009, to get all of San Juan County’s old recorded documents digitized and online lingers on. Poor performance by a vendor left us with a pile of un-scanned and/or un-indexed documents, and we are working hard to com-plete the work within time and budget constraints. Licensing is a constant chal-lenge, as we work with the State’s outdated software and systems, systems which were completely shut down, in San Juan County, during the recent telecommunica-tions outage.

I enjoy my job. I enjoy representing you, the peo-ple, in the management of your money. I enjoy ensur-ing that elections are run cleanly and fairly, and that documents and licenses are handled properly, promptly and respectfully. I enjoy receiving phone calls from citizens with questions, whether the question is within my areas of responsi-bility or not; and I especially enjoy when I am able to help the callers resolve their issues or at least point them to a person who can.

So yes, I would like to do the job for another four years, and I will run for County Auditor again in 2014. I appreciate your sup-port, your encouragement, and your respect. Here’s to smoother sailing for us all in our next several years.

Auditor to seek re-election

Contributed photoMilene Henley.

Melanie Flint photosLeft: Viking Bella Nigretto drives the ball. Above: Viking Pasha Bullock jumps for the shot in the play-off game.

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by JULIA VOURIStewardship Network Coordinator

Few things draw more passion from San Juan County residents than threats to the pristine environment of their archipelago. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Stewardship Network of the San Juans, which was formed in 1994 to meet those chal-lenges.

The coalition was founded when a group of conservation-minded islanders posed a simple question:

“Wouldn’t it be great if all of the stewardship organizations in the county could gather together regular-ly to network, share information and resources, and collaborate on proj-ects?” said Shona Aitken, one of the Network’s founders and Education Coordinator for Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. “We wanted to learn what everyone else was doing, because our combined mission was the same: caring for our home.”

That was the beginning of a coali-tion of public and private conserva-tion-based organizations and individ-uals dedicated to promoting a stew-ardship ethic in the San Juans. The current membership includes two dozen members representing Lopez, Orcas and San Juan. Membership dues are not mandatory, but by dona-tion only.

Current members are the The Whale Museum, Friends of the San Juans, San Juan Nature Institute, San Juan County Conservation District, San Juan County Marine Resources Committee, Salish Sea Press, Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation

Center, Islands’ Oil Spill Association, Agricultural Resources Committee of San Juan Island, The Sea Doc Society, The Nature Conservancy, The San Juan Preservation Trust, Port of Friday Harbor, San Juan Visitors Bureau, Friday Harbor Film Festival, San Juan County Land Bank, San Juan County Marine Resources Committee, San Juan County Parks, San Juan Island National Historical Park, University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs, Friends of Lime Kiln Society, Keepers of the Patos Light, Bureau of Land Management, The Madrona Institute, Lime Kiln Point State Park, Puget Sound Partnership, and San Juan County Lead Entity Program for Salmon Recovery.

The first collaborative effort was a Stewardship Fair held at Camp Orkila on Orcas Island in 1999, made pos-sible by a $30,000 Public Involvement in Education grant.

“This was the first time that all the islands came together,” said Shann Weston of the Salish Sea Press, and one of the Network’s earliest mem-bers. “Over 130 people came from San Juan, Lopez, Orcas, Shaw, Stuart and Waldron to participate in six ses-sions on marine conservation, pub-lic use, education and volunteerism, watershed/land conservation, human wildlife interactions, and govern-ment/infrastructure.”

The fair’s coordinator was current Washington State Sen. Kevin Ranker, who later became the Stewardship Network coordinator. “What hap-pened was incredible,” he said. “Businesses and nonprofit organiza-tions found they had much in com-

mon as they discussed shared goals, values, and opportunities. Since that first gathering, conversations have continued in powerful and produc-tive ways.”

Under Ranker’s leadership a direc-tory for the Network was created, and members began to meet regularly, led by a steering committee whose co-chairs included Aitken, Weston and Julie Knight of Islands’ Oil Spill Association.

The Network currently sponsors three major activities/events annu-ally: Earth Day has been celebrated each April since 2008, rotating among Lopez, Orcas and San Juan islands.

“Good Steward Awards” are nomi-nated by members of the community and presented each year to recognize individuals and organizations that have been exemplary stewards in the islands. (Go to www.stewardshipsan-juans.org for a list of award categories and winners.)

Over the last five years, the Network has organized the “Green Village” at the San Juan County Fair. Through displays and demonstrations, the Village emphasizes and promotes the many aspects of conservation oppor-tunities in the San Juans.

The Stewardship Network has also endorsed the recent establishment of the San Juan Island Conservation Corps and the Orcas Youth Conservation. Together with the Lopez Island Conservation Corps, youth conservations corps are now active on all three islands during the summer, engaging island youth in stewardship of our public lands.

Over the years, funding has become

available to the Stewardship Network for conservation-oriented proj-ects. Most recently the Puget Sound Partnership (PSP)—which is charged with the cleanup of Puget Sound—has provided small grants to ECO Net, a collaborative network of 12 Puget Sound counties that promotes environmental education, communi-cation and outreach to help engage the public in the recovery of the Puget Sound ecosystem.

In 2008, the PSP designated the Stewardship Network as the ECO Net touchstone for San Juan County, with the fiscal responsibility of receiving and spending grant monies rotat-ing among different members of the Network.

Fiscal sponsors are allowed to charge indirect costs to administer funds, generally 10 to 15 percent, to cover grant accounting and reporting. For example, The Madrona Institute received $1,323 to administer the two grants totaling $14,114 for the two years it served as fiscal sponsor. The San Juan Islands Conservation District is the current Network spon-sor.

Puget Sound Partnership funding has allowed the Stewardship Network to hire a part-time coordinator—cur-rently Julia Vouri – to serve the com-bined interests and responsibilities of the Network and ECO Net. Vouri facilitates monthly meetings, publi-cizes and coordinates events, main-tains communications, and fulfills other grant deliverables.

For more information about the Stewardship Network of the San Juans, go to www.stewardshipsan-juans.org. For information about the PSP, go to www.psp.wa.gov.

At left: Keepers of the Patos Light, which manages the lighthouse on Patos Island, is a member of the Stewardship Network of the San Juans.

Stewardship coalition celebrates 20 years


Guy McPherson, pro-fessor emeritus at the University of Arizona and author of 11 books, will summarize and synthesize the latest data and projec-tions about climate change.

He will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24 at the Odd Fellows Hall. Admission is free; the event is sponsored by Friends of Orcas Island Library.

His response to a bleak future is pursuit of a life of excellence in the spirit of ancient philosophers.

“McPherson's presenta-tion is guaranteed to pro-voke thought,” say orga-nizers. “It might engender action as well.”

McPherson was born and raised in small-town northern Idaho. The escape from his benighted village came in the form of educa-tion, in large part because McPherson’s parents were lifelong educators. To pay for his undergraduate degree in forestry, McPherson spent summers working on a heli-tack crew. Staring down a large wildfire at the age of nineteen, he realized some forces of nature are beyond the human ability to man-age.

More than ten years into an academic career, McPherson began focusing his efforts on social criti-cism, with topics ranging from education and evolu-tion to the twin sides of the fossil-fuel coin: (1) global climate change and (2) ener-gy decline and the attendant economic consequences. His lectures stress these two predicaments because each of them impacts every aspect of life on Earth.

McPherson left his pro-fessorship for ethical rea-sons. His story is described in his memoirs, "Walking Away from Empire" and "Going Dark." You can read about those books and his many others at his website: http://guymcpherson.com/my-books/.

For more information, contact Phil Heikkinen at Orcas Island Library, 360-376-4985, or [email protected]

Talk about climate changeWEDS., FEB. 19

HEARTS AND HANDS: Volunteer orientation for people who are interested in volunteering with Hearts and Hands. The orienta-tion will be on Wednesday, February 19 at 3:00 at the Senior Center. Call 376-7723 for info.ORCAS MICRO-CLIMATES: 10 a.m. in the Madrona Room of Orcas Center. With weather records kept for 125 years, John Willis and Marlyn Myers will share their findings over the past year and discuss micro-climates on Orcas.

THURS., FEB. 20FLAMENCO DANCING: The Northwest’s most promi-nent Flamenco dancer, Savannah Fuentes, presents El Sol de Medianoche, Flamenco en Vivo, a night of Spanish Flamenco music and dance, 8 p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall. Tickets are $20, VIP tickets are $35 at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006.

FEB. 20 TO 2239 STEPS: The riotous spoof “The 39 Steps” is at Orcas Center’s OffCenter Stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $11 for students ($2 off for Orcas Center Members) and may be pur-chased at www.orcascenter.org.

FRI., FEB. 21EAGLE FORUM: Dinner and annual meeting, 5:30 p.m., Orcas Senior Center, Liv

Finn and Trent England speaking. RSVP to [email protected].

FEB. 21-22, FEB. 28, MARCH 1 AND MARCH 7,8,9MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS: The Actors Theater of Orcas Island announces seven performances of the laugh-out-loud comedy “Moonlight and Magnolias” at the Grange, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at Darvill’s, online at www.orcasactors.com or at the door. Some language may not be suitable for younger children.

SAT., FEB. 22CONSTITUTION CLASS: 10 a.m., Eastsound Fire Station, Trent England teaching. Rsvp to [email protected].

SUN., FEB. 23CONCERT FOR PETE SEEGER: A community concert celebrating the life and legacy of Pete Seeger, 3 to 6 p.m. at Emmanuel Parish Hall. Bring songbooks, instruments if you like, cof-fee/tea or snacks to share (gluten-free encouraged). Local musicians include Irthlingz (Sharon Abreu and Mike Hurwicz), Cali Bagby, Carl Burger, Marc Cohen, Carolyn Cruso, Bruce Harvie, Susan Osborn, The Olga Symphony, The Parking Angels and chil-dren from the Salmonberry School.

MON., FEB. 24CLIMATE CHANGE: Guy McPherson will summa-rize the latest data and projections about climate change, 7 to 9 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall. Admission is free; the event is sponsored by Friends of Orcas Island Library.SIMPHONIE NOUVELLE: A program of concerti on period instruments will be presented in Eastsound during a special lunch-time concert, noon with the baroque orchestra “Simphonie Nouvelle” in Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church at 107 Enchanted Forest Road in Eastsound.

THURS., FEB. 27POP/FOLK CONCERT: Singer and songwriter Quinell Oucharek will be at

Random Howse with local Madi Jane West, 6 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door or http://quinell-orcas.brownpapertickets.com/.

SUN. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

ADULT VOLLEYBALL: Adult rec volleyball indoors. Play every Sunday, Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., Old Gym, $2.

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

TUES. – ONGOINGAA FOR WOMEN: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.AA FOR MEN: 7-8 p.m. Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. KIWANIS: Tuesdays, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Community Church Family Center.

WEDS. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch, 11:45 a.m., Legion. ANSWERS IN THE HEART: An S.L.A.A. 12 step recovery group, Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m., Benson Hall, Episcopal Church, Eastsound. Open meeting. Info: [email protected].

THURS. – ONGOINGAL-ANON: 5:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5:30 p.m., Orcas Longhouse, 236 Prune Aly, Eastsound. LIBRARY STORY TIMES: 11 a.m., Library children’s room, for ages three-six. For more info, visit http://www.orcaslibrary.org

FRI. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Community Church Family Center, noon. Also 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church.

SAT. – ONGOINGALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 8 - 9 a.m. & 7 p.m., Benson Hall, Emmanuel Church. Last Saturday of the month, AA potluck, Parish Hall, 5:30 p.m. LIBRARY STORY TIMES: 11 a.m., Library children’s room.

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The Orcas Center Visual Arts Committee is inviting local artists to participate in the upcoming show, “What is a Print?” in the Orcas Center lobby gallery.

It will feature original prints produced by Orcas printmakers. For the pur-poses of this particular show, a “print” is defined as having an element of “hands on” originality, rather than being solely a photographic or digital reproduction of another piece of art (and thus does not include the

categories of giclee images or photographs).

In addition to the lobby gallery, the Madrona Room will encompass the regu-lar “On and Off the Wall” show, which is open to a variety of images (not restricted to prints), and all participating artists work-ing in various visual media are welcome.

The intake for both ven-ues will be on Wednesday, March 5 from 10 a.m. to noon. The opening recep-tion will be on Friday,

March 7 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and will include an informal panel discussion on the topic: “What is a Print?”

The lobby show will run throughout the month of March, until Wednesday, April 2, and the Madrona Room Show will be on dis-play for two months, until Wednesday, April 30.

Any questions about the upcoming show can be addressed by calling co-director Pat Littlewood at 376-3050.

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Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, joined Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday for the governor’s announcement of an initiative to promote the outdoor recreation and tour-ism sectors in Washington State.

During his introduction of the governor Ranker said, “I am excited to see the gov-ernor launch this effort to highlight the important role outdoor recreation plays in our state’s economy. It is critical that we protect our great outdoors and natural resources and the jobs that depend upon them.”

Ranker and Inslee joined a group of businesses, non-profit groups and public agencies in Olympia to discuss the initiative with the The Big Tent Outdoor Coalition, a collection of three dozen Washington for-profit, non-profit and government orga-nizations.

A recent study concluded that $22.5 bil-lion is spent annually in Washington on outdoor recreation, supporting 227,600 jobs and generating $1.6 billion in state and local tax revenue.

Washington Policy Center's speaker Liv Finne will be speaking at the 2014 Eagle Forum Dinner and Annual Meeting.

Finne will be speaking on education and common core curriculum. Freedom Foundation's Trent England will also be giving an update on this year's state legislature. Dinner will be

by donation at the Orcas Senior Center door, which will be open at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21. All are invited to attend.

The following morning, Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. at the fire station in Eastsound, England will also be giving class on the constitution.

“Trent has an engag-ing humorous style that

keeps people involved in the learning process,” say organizers. “It is well worth your time. If you feel a little unknowledgeable about your country, or you need a brush up course, please attend this meeting.

To attend either the din-ner or the class, RSVP to [email protected] or 376-2187.

Singer and songwriter Quinell Oucharek will be making a tour stop on Orcas Island playing at Random Howse in Eastsound along with Orcas Island local Madi Jane West on Thursday, Feb. 27.

Oucharek a native of Pasco, Wash. started playing guitar at 16 and got into song writing and performing at a serious level three years a go when he was 24. This past September he put out his first studio album. His music can be described as Pop/Folk drawing from his musical influences from artists such as Jack Johnson, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan.

“This concert will be a storytelling kind of experience... Attendees can expect to leave with a pretty good sense of who I am. Think back to your favorite day relaxing on a sum-mer's evening.” said Oucharek.

The concert will start at 6 p.m. with Madi Jane West opening the evening with an acousti-cal performance followed by Oucharek at 7 p.m. Tickets for the concert are $10 for adults and $8 for students and can be purchased at the door on the night of the event.

Pre-sale tickets will be available on Brown Paper Tickets for $9 for adults and $7 for stu-dents at http://quinell-orcas.brownpapertickets.com/.

Proposition 1 for the Replacement Educational M & O Levy concerning educational funding has passed with 797 votes, 71.93 percent of the votes. Voter turnout for the Feb. 11 elec-tion was 49.22 percent.

The Lopez School Maintenance and Operations Replacement Levy will replace the cur-rent levy that will expire at the end of 2014. The levy supports approximately one quarter of the district’s operating costs for educat-ing the students of the com-munity.

Tax amount: $886,103 ($0.73/$1000) in 2015; $896,036 ($0.73/$1000) in 2016; $922,917 ($0.75/$1000) in 2017, and $950,605 ($0.76/$1000) in 2018. The owner of a

$400,000 home would see an annual increase of approximately $24 in 2015, over 2014 costs.

The levy pays for: basic education (additional staff, classroom materials, etc), athletics, arts, Farm-to-School and food service, utilities, custodial, routine maintenance, special edu-cation, bilingual education,

student transportation, and other school costs.

The Replacement Levy funds will not go toward expenses such as those Lopez School proposed in a bond measure last spring, according to Superintendent Bill Evans. These levy funds are for supporting the aca-demic and day-to-day oper-ations of the school, he said.

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The County Council is searching for San Juan County citizens to fill cur-rent and upcoming vacan-cies on various boards and commissions.

Additional informa-tion about each com-mittee is available on the County’s website at: http://sanjuanco.com/Council/AdvisoryCommittees.aspx

Those interested in serv-ing on a board or advisory committee should fill out an Advisory Committee Application or contact the Council Office at: 378-2898 Email:[email protected].

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INCREASING REQUIREDRESERVES IN THE LODGING

TAX FUNDNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on a proposed Ordinance Increasing Required Re- serves in the Lodging Tax Fund. The public hearing will be held at the Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Sec- ond Street, Friday Harbor, WA on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 begin-

ning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice.At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the proposed Ordinance. After the public testimony portion of the hearing has ended, the Council will deliber- ate and consider modifications to the Ordinance that are proposed by members of the public, county em- ployees or the Council. The pro-

posed Ordinance may then be adopted with or without modifications.All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend. Written comments may be submitted in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person. Please deliver 5 copies of all written comments to the Clerk of the San Juan County Council at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor or mail to 350 Court Street #1, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. The Ordinance is filed at the Office of the County Council, 55 Sec-

ond Street, Friday Harbor, WA and may be inspected and copies ob- tained at the Council offices during each business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Summary: The ordinance proposes a change in how lodging tax funds are reserved, which will result in lodging tax awards being made out of the prior year’s revenue rather than out of the current year’s revenue.The Ordinance may also be viewed 24 hours a day at the County website at http://www.sanjuan-

co.com/Council/PendingOrdinanc- es.aspx. A copy of the proposed Or- dinance will be mailed without charge upon request. For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council at 360-370-7470 or the Auditor at 360-370-7558.LEGAL NO. SJ544140Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder.February 19, 2014.

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IN AND FOR THE COUNTYOF SAN JUAN

In Re: The Estate Of DAVID ALAN FOX, Deceased.NO. 14-4-05009-5NONPROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 11.42.030The notice agent named below has elected to give notice to creditors of the above-named decedent. As of the date of the filing of a copy of this notice with the court, the notice agent has no knowledge of any other person acting as notice agent or of the appointment of a personal representative of the decedent’s estate in the state of Washington. According to the records of the court as are available on the date of the filing of this notice with the court, a cause number regarding the decedent has not been issued to any other notice agent and a personal representative of the decedent’s estate has not been appointed.Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limita- tions, present the claim in the man- ner as provided in RCW 11.42.070 by serving on or mailing to the notice agent or the notice agent’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the notice agent’s declaration and oath were filed. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the notice agent served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.42.020(2)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.42.050 and 11.42.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.Date of First Pub-lication: 02/19/2014 The notice agent declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington on February 3, 2104, at Eastsound, Washington, that the foregoing is true and correct. (Dustin Miguel Fox)Signature of Notice AgentNotice Agent: Dustin Miguel FoxAttorney for the Notice Agent: Derek MannAddress for Mailing: P.O. Box 399, Eastsound, WA 98245Address for Personal Service: 296 A Street, Eastsound, WA 98245Agent’s oath and declaration filed in San Juan County Superior Court Cause No. 14-4-05009-5.LEGAL NO. S543681 Published: The Islands’ SounderFebrurary 19, 26, March 5, 2014.

NOTICE OF BUDGET EXTENSION ADOPTIONLOPEZ ISLAND SCHOOL

DISTRICT 144CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET

2013-2014Notice is hereby given by the school directors of Lopez Island School Dis- trict No. 144, San Juan County, Washington, that the district has prepared a Budget Extension for the Capital Projects Fund to allow ex- penditure of funds to reimburse Gen- eral Fund for expenditures incurred in development of the district’s capital facilities plan.A draft copy has been placed in the school district administration office and the Lopez Island Library. A copy will be furnished to any person who will call upon the district for it.

The board of directors will meet for the Capital Projects budget extension hearing and for the purpose of fixing and adopting the budget extension for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.Any person may appear at the meeting and be heard for or against the budget or any part thereof.The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm. on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, Lopez Island, Washington in the school district library.Bill EvansSecretary to the BoardLEGAL NO. J542545Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands. The Islands’ Sounder.February 12, 19, 2014.

NOTICE OF BUDGET EXTENSION ADOPTIONLOPEZ ISLAND SCHOOL

DISTRICT 144CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET

2013-2014Notice is hereby given by the school directors of Lopez Island School Dis- trict No. 144, San Juan County, Washington, that the district has prepared a Budget Extension for the Capital Projects Fund to allow ex- penditure of funds to reimburse Gen- eral Fund for expenditures incurred in development of the district’s capital facilities plan.A draft copy has been placed in the school district administration office and the Lopez Island Library. A copy will be furnished to any person who will call upon the district for it.The board of directors will meet for the Capital Projects budget extension hearing and for the purpose of fixing and adopting the budget extension for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.Any person may appear at the meeting and be heard for or against the budget or any part thereof.The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm. on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, Lopez Island, Washington in the school district library.Bill EvansSecretary to the BoardLEGAL NO. J542545Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder.February 12, 19, 2014.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pur- suant to R.C.W. Chapter 61.24, et seq. and 62A.9A~604(a)(2) et seq. Trustee’s Sale No: 01-FKB-128024 I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORA- TION, will on March 21, 2014, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at IN THE LOBBY OF THE SAN JUAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 350 COURT STREET, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real and personal property (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Proper- ty”), situated in the County of SAN JUAN, State of Washington: PAR- CEL A: The East half of the North- west Quarter of the Southeast Quar- ter of the Southeast Quarter in Sec- tion 8, Township 35 North, Range 3 West, W.M., San Juan County, Washington. PARCEL B: An easement for purposes of ingress, egress and the conveyance of public utilities as granted, conveyed and described in master road easement, recorded February 19, 1980, in Volume 63 of Official Records, at page 575, under Recording No. 111194, records of San Juan County, Washington; TO- GETHER WITH a 60-foot easement, centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 35 North, Range 3 West, W.M.; THENCE North along the West boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 95 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGIN- NING; THENCE North 47º30’ East 360 feet; THENCE North 5º East 150

feet; THENCE North 11º30’ East 175 feet, more or less, to the South Boundary of the West one-half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter at a point that is 15 feet West of the Southeast corner of said West one- half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter said point being terminal for this description; TOGETHER WITH an easement for ingress, egress and the conveyance of utilities described as follows: A 30 foot wide strip of land lying Southerly of and adjacent to the North boundary of the South half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 35 North, Range 3 West, W.M., commencing at the termina- tion of the above 60-foot easement and continuing East to a point that is 30 feet East of the Southeast corner of the West one-half of the North- west Quarter of the Southeast Quar- ter of the Southeast Quarter said point being the terminal for this description; TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO an easement for ingress, egress and the conveyance of utilities 30 feet in width, the centerline of which is described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the West one-half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 35 North, Range 3 West, W.M.; THENCE east- erly along the North boundary of the South half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to a point which is 30 feet East of the South- east Corner of the West one-half of the Northeast Quarter of the South- east Quarter of the Southeast Quar- ter, said point being the point of ter- mination Tax Parcel No: 350844003000, commonly known as 1085 TIMBER LANE, FRIDAY HAR- BOR, WA. The Property is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 3/23/2007, recorded 6/12/2007, under Auditor’s/Recorder’s No. 2007 0612041, records of SAN JUAN County, Washington, from George N. Urdahl, Denise M. Urdahl, as Gran- tor, to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE IN- SURANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, in favor of KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which is pres- ently held by KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. II No action com- menced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrow- er’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III The default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY THE MONTHLY PAYMENT WHICH BECAME DUE ON i/25/2013, AND ALL SUBSE- QUENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS, PLUS LATE CHARGES AND OTH- ER COSTS AND FEES AS SET FORTH. Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears; Amount due as of November 20, 2013 Delinquent Payments from January 25, 2013 10 payments at $1,039.54 each $10,395.40 (01-25-13 through 11-20-13) Late Charges: $300.00 BENEFICIARY ADVANCES FEES DUE $180.00 Suspense Credit: $0.00 TOTAL: $10,875.40 IV The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $149,008.59, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expenses of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on March 21, 2014. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured by

March 10, 2014 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discon- tinued and terminated if at any time on or before March 10, 2014, (11 days before the sale date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated at any time after March 10, 2014, (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI A written Notice of De- fault was transmitted by the Benefici- ary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: DENISE M. URDAHL, 1085 TIMBER LANE, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, 98250 DENISE M, URDAHL, 3481 EAST BEAVERTON VALLEY ROAD, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, 98250 GEORGE N. URDAHL, 1085 TIMBER LANE, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, 98250 GEORGE N. URDAHL, 3481 EAST BEAVERTON VALLEY ROAD, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, 98250 by both first class and certified mail on 9/3/2013, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 9/4/2013, the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written notice of default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or post- ing. VII The Trustee’s Sale will be held in accordance with Ch. 61.24 RCW and anyone wishing to bid at the sale will be required to have in his/her possession at the time the bidding commences, cash, cashier’s check, or certified check in the amount of at least one dollar over the Beneficiary’s opening bid. In addition, the successful bidder will be required to pay the full amount of his/her bid in cash, cashier’s check, or certified check within one hour of the making of the bid. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all of their interest in the above described property. IX Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BE- FORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUS- ING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Hous- ing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Fi- nance Commission Telephone: 1-877-894-HOME (1-877-984-4663) Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/con- s u m e r s / h o m e o w n e r - ship/post_purchase_counselors_fore- closure.htm The United States De-

partment of Housing and Urban De- velopment Telephone: 1-800-569-4287 Web site: h t t p : / / w w w . h u d . g o v / o f f i c - es/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webLis- t A c t i o n = s e a r c h a n d s e a r c h - state=WAandfilterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Website: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear NO- TICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN- ANTS The purchaser at the Trus- tee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceeding under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with section 2 of this act. DATED: 11/19/2013 REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORA- TION Trustee By: MELANIE BEA- MAN, AUTHORIZED AGENT Ad- dress: 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 340-2550 Sale Information: www.rtrustee.com A-4429933 02/19/2014, 03/12/2014LEGAL NO. S540103Published: The Islands’ SounderFebruary 19 and March 12, 2014.

PUBLIC NOTICESOLICITATION OF INTEREST

FOR FILLING A VACANCYON THE BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS OF EASTSOUND SEWERAND WATER DISTRICT

Pursuant to RCW 57.12.015, East- sound Sewer and Water District of San Juan County, Washington is so- liciting statements of interest from persons desiring to be considered for appointment to the vacant position on the Board of Commissioners. The appointment will be made by the existing Board of Commissioners. Interested persons must deliver written statements of interest to the Dis- trict office located at 143 Cessna Road, Eastsound, WA 98245 or mail them to P.O. Box 640, Eastsound, WA 98245. Appointees must be qualified to vote on District proceedings in accordance with RCW 42.04.020Susan KimpleOffice Manager Eastsound Sewer & Water District LEGAL NO. S544124Published: The Islands’ SounderFebruary 19, 26, 2014.

Two OPALCO director seats are up for election in District 1 (San Juan, Pearl, Henry, Brown and Spieden islands). To enter your name as a candidate, submit your resume and a cover letter to the District 1 Nominat- ing Committee: Victoria Compton, [email protected]; Mark Mad- sen [email protected]; Pe- ter Kilpatrick [email protected] or Bev Madan at OPALCO 376- 3549. The Nominating Committees must submit candidates’ names to OPALCO no later than March 4. Other members who wish to run may be nominated by petition containing at least 15 member signatures. Peti- tions are due no later than March 19. Directors will be elected at the annual meeting May 3.LEGAL NO. SJ542695Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder.February 12, 19, 26, 2014.

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