Whidbey News-Times, November 03, 2012

By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

An unidentified man who led a trooper on a high-speed chase before crashing into a West Beach Road house in a stolen pickup Thursday is still at large while an Oak Harbor church is out a vehicle.

The chase began just before 9 a.m. when a trooper saw the 1994 GMC pickup traveling 53 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone in the area of Crosby Avenue and Golf Course Road. The driver of the truck refused to pull over and the trooper gave chase, according to Trooper Keith

Leary with the Washington State Patrol.

Leary said speeds reached up to 100 mph, but there was no traffic on the roads so the pursuit continued.

After the pickup turned onto West Beach Road, the driver started throwing items, like CDs and a bat, out

of the truck for an unknown reason.

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Erica Wasinger and Lynn Goebel, (not pictured) chairs for the Citizens for Better Schools, show two of the 1,500 signs printed that will be used to promote a replacement levy for the Oak Harbor School District.

Auditor expecting big voter turnout TuesdayBy JUSTIN BURNETTStaff reporter

Island County election offi-cials said they expect a strong voter turnout for Tuesday’s General Election.

Not only is it a presidential election year, but the biggest return days have yet to come and ballot boxes on Whidbey and Camano islands are already being found stuffed with the choices of eager vot-ers.

As of Thursday afternoon, Island County Elections Office officials confirmed that nearly 25,000 voters had already turned in their bal-lots. That’s just under half of the 50,319 registered voters.

“We’re just a hair under 50 percent returned already,” said Michele Reagan, voter registration deputy for the election office.

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Schools gearing up for levy kickoff

Haugen says mailer cites ‘bold-faced lies’

By NATHAN WHALENStaff reporter

As one campaign ends, another is just beginning.

A rally scheduled one week after the general election will take place to round up volunteers needed to pro-

mote an upcoming replacement levy that will help fund Oak Harbor School District.

The kickoff rally is 6 p.m., Wednesday Nov. 14 at the North Whidbey Middle School gymnasium.

Voters in February 2013 will decide whether to approve a four-year tax levy that will bring in $7.3 million over the course of four years. Unlike capital bond measures, levies have to pass by a 50 percent simple majority.

The kickoff event will include perfor-

mances by two bands — one comprised of teachers and another of students — and provide a way for people to get involved promoting the upcoming levy.

“We’re just hoping to have a big kick-off,” said Erica Wasinger, who is co-chairing the Citizens for Better Schools along with Lynn Goebel. Wasinger noted the door prizes that will be avail-able, which include two three-month memberships to Thrive as well as gift

Rally planned November 14

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By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

Democratic state Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen has been bombarded by nega-tive mailers this election season, some of which are oddly hilarious, but she’s not laughing about the latest piece she claims is simply false.

“It’s just bold-faced lies,” she said repeatedly.

The mailer was paid for by the Washington State Republican Party, but Haugen blames challenger Barbara Bailey, a Republican state representative and an

Oak Harbor resident who pledged not to go negative.

It faults Haugen for a lack of oversight and accountabil-ity at the ferry system, citing a five-year-old audit.

The mailer quotes out-going State Auditor Brian Sonntag, a Democrat, who recently endorsed Bailey.

“I am supporting Barbara Bailey for State Senate because I know she will fight for more accountability and oversight of state gov-ernment services — includ-ing the ferry system, which

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Work crews to replace 30-year-old span over the course of four months By NATHAN WHALENStaff reporter

Motorists will soon notice a tighter fit when they depart the ferry at Port Townsend.

Passengers and drivers will be departing and boarding the terminal using the nar-rower, one-traffic lane wide second slip at the Port Townsend terminal.

The main, two-lane slip will be closed for about four months while the ramp that leads from the ferry to the trestle is replaced.

“The span is at the end of its life,” said John Callahan, project engineer for Washington State Ferries.

Work to replace the ramp, which was originally built in 1982, is scheduled to take place the week of Nov. 12. An actual start date for the construction project hasn’t yet been determined.

The span, which was built in 1982, is operated by cables and counter weights and the new hydraulic span will be a safer system and require less people to operate it, Callahan said.

He said staff decided to wait until the reduction to one-boat service before start-ing the $5.6 million construction project because it wouldn’t affect the busy summer season.

Washington State Ferries officials are advising drivers and pedestrians to use cau-tion and watch for construction equipment while on the ferry dock. Vehicles will be off-loaded from the ferry from the one-lane slip located farthest from the ferry termi-

nal. Normal conditions will resume at the traffic light, according to Washington State Ferries.

Callahan said no sailings will be canceled because of the construction project. Larger commercial trucks might have a tight fight navigating the slip, but the ferry system has talked with nearby companies.

Construction was originally scheduled to begin Monday, but after what was described as miscommunication with the general con-tractor, that project has been delayed at least one week, said Laura Johnson, spokes-woman for Washington State Ferries.

Port Townsend terminal project begins next week

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People walk off the Kennewick using the single-lane ferry dock during a 2011 event marking the vessel’s completion. The single-lane dock will be used for four months during a construction project to replace the larger two-lane transfer span.

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Daylight saving time ends early Sunday morning, Nov. 4, but the lost hour won’t af-fect Washington State Ferries on Saturday.

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light Saving Time,” states a news release. There was never a threat of confusion on the Whidbey Island runs when daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. The last sailing Saturday night (technically Sunday morning) is from Mukilteo at 1:05 a.m., nearly an hour before the time change kicks in.

Meanwhile, islanders are reminded to set their clocks back one hour before retiring Saturday night.

By NATHAN WHALENStaff reporter

Oak Harbor School District is set to receive a higher per-centage of planned federal Impact Aid dollars.

The United States Department of Education will provide a higher percentage of Impact Aid payments due to the school district. The school district will receive at least 70 percent of the amount due rather than the 45 percent previously announced.

“It’s good news because we were told were going to get half that amount,” superinten-dent Rick Schulte said after Monday’s Oak Harbor School Board meeting.

Impact Aid is a federal pot of money for school districts that have significant popula-tions of students from military families or from Indian reser-vations. Those students often live on federal lands, which don’t pay local property taxes and place a financial burden on local school districts.

The Oak Harbor School District budgeted to receive $4,091,000 in Impact Aid funds for the 2012-2013 school year and it has already received $2,326,000. The school district is getting less money budget-ed because the government hasn’t passed an appropria-tions bill and the amount of Impact Aid money available was dictated by a continuing resolution, Schulte said.

Schulte mentioned that U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray were helpful in getting the percent-age of Impact Aid payments increased.

“Impact Aid is a lifeline to school district that keeps teachers in our classrooms,” Larsen said in a press release. “Too often schools are left hanging, not knowing when or if they will get the funding they need to keep operating. This announcement goes a long way in providing schools the certainty they need to operate this year.”

The Oak Harbor School District had set aside approxi-mately $1 million should Impact Aid funding drop. There are still several ques-tions left to be answered. Schulte noted that he’s wait-ing to see if sequestration takes place at the beginning of the year, which is federal cuts and tax increases that could mean an 8.2 percent cut in Impact Aid for the school district.

He noted that the money the school district receives from Impact Aid has declined in recent years. The Oak Harbor School District is budgeting for more than $4 million during the current school year, but Schulte said the school district received $5.5 million five years ago.

The neighboring Coupeville School District also receives Impact Aid dollars, but a lesser amount. In 2012, the Central Whidbey-based school district is scheduled to receive $41,300.

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I Support Smart GrowthBy Angie Homola

In 2005 and 2006, the City of Oak Harbor wanted to expand its boundaries or “Urban Growth Area” (UGA), which is a required step toward city annexation. Citizens in opposition came out in droves. Due to overcrowding, the Fire Marshall shut down the � rst meeting. Public testimony and surveys of O.H. Chamber of Commerce members indicated overwhelming opposition to expansion until there is a proven need. People understood that big box stores hurt existing small businesses and reduce median household incomes. They also knew that expanding outward consumes productive farm and forestland and increases emergency service and utility taxes while driving down values and resale ability of existing properties. People were tired of the Build- or-Bust � scal model that bene� ted a few to the detriment of many. As an architect, I knew we could do a better job of balancing the built and natural environments, so I ran to be your District 2 County Commissioner, and you elected me in 2009.

On Smart Growth:The Growth Management Act (GMA) was adopted in Washington State in 1990 because the Legislature found that “uncoordinated

and unplanned growth pose a threat to the environment, sustainable economic development and the quality of life in Washington” (36.70A RCW). The GMA requires most cities and counties to create and periodically update extensive “Comprehensive Plans” which guide development under these 14 goals: sprawl reduction, environmental protection, economic development, affordable housing, property rights, open space and recreation, regional transportation, concentrated urban growth, public facilities and services, permit processing, early and continuous public participation, shoreline management, historic lands and buildings, and natural resource industries.

Cities must prove that they have run out of room before they can “grow” in area. Counties are responsible for allocating growth appropriately. My opponent, Jill Johnson, states, “Cities know what’s best and the County should let them decide”. That is not how state law works. I support law abiding and � scally responsible decisions that will encourage long term economic vitality and prevent blighted communities, unnecessary tax increases and diminished quality of life.

If Counties do not follow the law, they wind up in costly lawsuits. In the last update, Oak Harbor indicated it had 106% capacity for growth through the year 2025; a � gure based on a disputed methodology and old population forecasts. Since then 4,000 fewer people are projected. Therefore, the County Commissioners did not accept the expansion request. Oak Harbor appealed to the Growth Management Hearings Board, an action my opponent supported, which lost on all 16 issues it raised. That’s a good indication that those of us opposed made the right decision about expansion. But the City has appealed to Superior Court with the outcome pending. My opponent supports this costly action too. This is a waste of taxpayers’ money and poor planning policy. We need to grow “Better, not Bigger”.

My goal is to bring the County and its cities together to plan wisely for what we want our islands to look like in 30 to 50 years. During the recession we cut 32% of the Planning Department’s budget, which now receives $162,000 of the General Fund. We cut 12% of the Sheriff’s budget, which now receives $5.5 million of the General Fund. Contrary to my opponent’s claim that permits are down and fewer planners are needed, in fact permit numbers are holding steady. Many are for remodels that are time consuming and bring in less revenue. Counties and cities are not allowed to use permit fees for long range planning even though this is a mandated function. Island County has one of the lowest staffed Planning Departments, per capita, in the state (our Sheriff and other departments are in the same boat). We must begin working on the next planning update now to meet the mandated deadline. We should have 5-6 planners to do this work. We currently have 2.

If we don’t like laws we need to change them, not ignore or break them. I have lobbied for regulatory relief that streamlines and simpli� es regulations while keeping important protections in place. As islanders we have unique characteristics that are best addressed collectively for solutions that protect jobs and the environment. Our local builders care about our community and work hard to protect their investment and to make sure they will have ongoing business. We need to make every effort to support them � rst over outside developers.

Planning is just one area where county government plays an important role in citizens’ lives: there are many other critical functions, with law and justice remaining the top priority. I took an oath to abide by the law in overseeing the County’s budget, health, welfare, safety and growth. I strive to meet all of these mandates and to provide accurate information on the status of public services so that you can make informed decisions about what you want your County to look like in the future.

Some seem bent on painting me as an anti growth tree hugger. I hope this explains my support for smart growth. As for trees: they produce oxygen, � lter carbon dioxide, prevent erosion and � ooding, reduce noise and wind, and provide food and habitat. They deserve a hug.

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The U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy) gives notice, per the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), Council on Environmental Quality regulations in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1500-1508, and Navy NEPA regulations in 32 CFR Part 775, that an Environmental Assessment (EA) has been released and a Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI) has been issued for the proposed re-alignment and transition of Expeditionary Electronic Attack squadrons to Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Washington.

The Navy released the Draft EA on July 27, 2012 and received public comments on the document from July 27 to August 31, 2012.

The EA evaluates the potential effects of implementing three action alternatives and a No Action Alternative to support the transition of the Expeditionary Electronic Attack (VAQ) squadrons at NAS Whidbey Is-land from the aging EA-6B Prowler to the newer EA-18G Growler in the 2012-2014 timeframe. The EA considered potential environmental impacts on airspace and airfield operations, noise, land use, threat-ened and endangered species and other biological resources, water resources, air quality, cultural resources, socioeconomics, and environ-mental management that would be associated with an increase in the number of aircraft, personnel transition, new construction or renovation of structures, and airfield operations necessary to accommodate the transition of Expeditionary VAQ EA-6B Prowler squadrons to EA-18G Growlers. The U. S. Navy determined that the proposed action will not significantly affect the environment.

Since this action would not entail significant impacts to the environ-ment, the Navy has determined that the preparation of an Environmen-tal Impact Statement is not required. The EA, including the FONSI, can be viewed and downloaded at on the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest web site: https://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal/page/portal/navfac/NAVFAC_WW_PP/NAVFAC_EFANW_PP. Copies of the EA and FONSI have been dis-tributed to the following libraries:Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr., Oak Harbor, WA La Conner Regional Library, 614 Morris St., La Conner, WACoupeville Library, 788 Alexander St., Coupeville, WA Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th Street, Anacortes, WA

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School district to ask city council for endorsement of centennial

The Oak Harbor School District will approach the Oak Harbor City Council next week asking for a resolution con-cerning a major anniversary.

Superintendent Rick Schulte said during Monday’s school board meeting that he wants the city council to approve a resolution congratulating the school district on reaching its 100th anniversary.

Schulte and school board president Corey Johnson are scheduled to attend the Nov. 7 Oak Harbor City Council meeting that begins at 6 p.m.

Schulte said he has arranged a viewing of a video titled “Opportunity Comes from Community” the same night.

Whidbey’s best teacher takes people on musical adventure through time

Take a musical journey through time with the Whidbey News Times’ 2012 “Best of Whidbey” teacher Darren McCoy. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, the Oak Harbor High School choir director will present a benefit recital titled “The Art in Music.”

Musical selections performed will span time and genre — from the 1200s to the modern era. Those, together with a slide show depicting how the human expression known as art has been an integral feature in the life and times of histori-cal figures such as Christopher Columbus and Napoleon, will provide a feast for the eyes and ears.

The Art in Music benefit recital will feature an array of performances by McCoy, Oak Harbor City Councilwoman Tara Hizon, Whidbey Playhouse sensation Heather Good and other local musicians.

Tickets are on sale now for $5 and proceeds will be used to help send the OHHS Men’s Choir to a festival, as well as assist the choir department in purchasing new condenser microphones, which will benefit many groups such as the choir and drama departments.

For tickets or information, email [email protected].

By KATHY REEDStaff reporter

There were no tricks but plenty of treats Wednesday as the Rooks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137 returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island after an eight-month deployment on the USS Enterprise (CVN 65).

Cheers erupted from the small crowd gathered at Hangar 8 as the squadron was spotted on its approach for a diamond formation fly-over.

This was not the first sepa-ration for most of the fami-lies represented, perhaps with the exception of Patricia and Darwin Schussler of San Diego, Calif., who were on NAS Whidbey to welcome their daughter, Lt. Brigitte Fox, back from her first deployment.

“It has given us a deep

appreciation for what all mili-tary families go through,” said Patricia, who admitted to being worried the whole time Fox was gone.

“I think it was because of where she was,” she said. (The Rooks were deployed to the Arabian Gulf for Maritime Security Operations and to the North Arabian Sea to provide sup-port for coalition forces in Afghanistan.)

There were a few other firsts at the homecoming. Rick Quinn came down from Victoria to welcome his nephew, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Strauss. It was Quinn’s first visit to NAS Whidbey and his first homecoming.

“This is a big deal for me,” he said, pausing to watch as the Rooks’ jets flew past overhead. “That gives me the goosebumps! That’s really something.”

Molly Kunzman was look-

ing forward to introducing her husband, Lt. Derek Kunzman, to his son, Grant, just seven-and-a-half weeks old.

“I’m looking forward to seeing Derek as a dad and see him mold into this new role,” she said. Having her husband gone for most of her pregnancy wasn’t too bad, she said.

“It didn’t get hard until (the baby) was here. I really needed that emotional sup-port,” Molly said. “But then,

I knew it was only going to be another seven weeks until he was home, so I could see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

New dad Derek couldn’t stop grinning as he looked at his son in person.

“I love him, he’s awe-some,” he said.

Spouses and girlfriends left behind for the past eight months said they were hop-ing for a return to normalcy.

“It’s the little things, like cooking dinner together,

having someone to talk to at the end of the day,” said Jamie Riggs of what she missed most while her boy-friend, Strauss, was gone. There are also some things she won’t miss now that he’s home.

“It’ll be nice not having to talk in code,” she laughed.

“I’m looking forward to having some family time and just being home together,” said Desiree Elrod, who was there to greet her husband, Lt. Cmdr. Johnathan Elrod, along with the couple’s daughter, Elsa, 15 months. “He left a baby and is com-ing home to a toddler.”

Silvia Connor, who has been married to Lt. Cmdr. Craig Connor for two years, said it takes some getting used to when it comes to missing anniversaries, birth-days and other special days.

She was looking forward to one of their favorite activi-ties.

“We’ll probably go to din-ner and watch a movie,” she said. “It’s something we do that’s just really comfort-able.”

This was the last deploy-ment for VAQ-137 as a Prowler squadron. The group will now begin its tran-sition to the EA-18G Growler. The squadron logged 176 combat sorties and more than 1,100 combat hours during this deployment.

It is the end of an era for the USS Enterprise, the nation’s first nuclear-pow-ered aircraft carrier, which will be retired Dec. 1

The rest of the squadron and support personnel were scheduled to return to NAS Whidbey Thursday.

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Patricia Schussler runs to meet her daughter, Lt. Brigitte Fox, who returned with VAQ-137 Wednesday following an eight-month deployment.

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Lt. Derek Kunzman can’t stop smiling as he greets his wife, Molly, and gets his first in-person look at his son, Grant, just seven-and-a-half weeks old.

Oak Harbor Police Dept.

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

Thursday, OcT. 25At 5:26 a.m., a caller re-

ported finding prescription medication in a Highway 20 parking lot.

At 2:21 p.m., a caller reported two motorcycles parked in a disabled parking lot on SW Erie Street.

At 2:38 p.m., a NE Har-

vest Drive resident report-ed someone broke into her house and stole jewelry.

Wednesday, OcT. 24At 2:39 a.m., a caller re-

ported a man stole a can of bean dip from a Highway 20 business.

At 8:09 a.m., a caller reported someone was pushed out of a vehicle at a W. Whidbey Avenue loca-tion.

At 10:32 p.m., a caller reported a man was saying sexually inappropriate things to female employees of a Highway 20 business.

Tuesday, OcT. 23At 12:47 a.m., a caller re-

ported a vehicle ablaze at a NE Seventh Court home.

At 1:07 a.m., a caller re-ported a woman attempted to open a car door and look inside a vehicle at a Highway 20 location.

At 9 a.m., a caller report-ed a car accident at a NE Midway Boulevard location.

At 9:50 a.m., a caller re-ported a woman damaged a room of a SE Pioneer Way business.

At 10:11 a.m., a NE Second Avenue resident reported a white cat keeps attacking birds at his bird feeder.

At 10:48 a.m., a SE Sixth

Avenue resident reported an overweight beagle showed up on the front porch.

At 2:17 p.m., a caller re-ported her mother hit her.

At 3:09 p.m., a NW Kelly Place resident reported her 50-year-old son hit her and broke her eye glasses.

At 3:14 p.m., a caller re-ported a car accident at a SE Regatta Drive location.

At 5:48 p.m., a caller reported two juveniles on NW Ensign Drive were out-side without wearing coats. The caller spoke to them and they said their mom sent them outside to freeze.

The little boy also had a bloody nose.

At 6:52 p.m., a NE Mid-way Boulevard resident reported receiving harassing phone calls from the same person every night.

At 10:14 p.m., a SE Pasek Street resident reported someone threw tomatoes at the house.

MOnday, OcT. 22At 8:20 a.m., a caller

reported wiring was stolen and a water pipe cut from a home under construction on SW Downfield Way.

At 11:56 a.m., a caller

reported a golden retriever and a large pit bull were run-ning loose on Larch Drive.

At noon, a woman re-ported her ex-husband threatened to shoot her when he pulled next to her at the intersection of High-way 20 and SW Erie Street.

At 12:26 p.m., a NE 21st Court resident reported the outside of his motor coach had been stripped and the inside has been “gutted.”

At 2:52 p.m., a NE Third Avenue resident reported someone dumped a bunch of old food all over the front of her vehicle.


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OPINIONWhidbey

Letters to the editorElectionreport repeated party�calls

I am a registered member of the Democratic Party and have already voted in this election. That being said, I would like to know why I am being called by the Republican Party, particu-larly Barbara Bailey.

Even after I asked for no more phone calls, I have had more. I also have been inun-dated with mailings, again from Barbara Bailey. Those I just throw out.

The worst of this is, I received an email in an account that has been devoid of any political ads, from none other than Barbara Bailey.

How did her campaign get my email address? Has my voter registration been changed from Democratic Party to Republican Party?

Are my votes going to the candidates I choose?

With voter suppression rampant this year, perhaps we should all be aware. I encourage anyone who has experienced what I have to report it to your electoral authorities.

Diana BrownOak Harbor

Johnson�website�takeover�lost�vote

I am deeply disappointed in you and your website. I was actually considering Jill Johnson until you desired to let her completely take over your web page.

I will now make sure that my vote will go to her oppos-ing candidate.

You have fixed your page where, no matter where you touch it, you get an ad for her.

Shame on you for your favoritism.

Michael TankersleyOak Harbor

Lucky�to�have�Homola�serving

I’m glad to see in the voters guide, Jill Johnson believes, “It’s time we change the tone of leadership from confron-tational and accusatory, to trusting and collaborative.”

That, together with her statement about Kelly Emerson being a cause for “buyers remorse” at the Elks club candidate’s forum in Oak Harbor on July 11, indicates that she is aware of who is creating the accu-satory and confrontational atmosphere.

But then, is it trusting and collaborative to say about someone you may be work-ing with in the future that there is “buyers remorse?”

Doesn’t sound so collab-orative to me. Do you ever get the feeling that some politicians will say anything to try to pass muster? I do.

I have watched Angie

Homola in action a few times now and it’s my opinion that we are lucky to have her rep-resent us. She reels off facts and figures and consequenc-es on a moment’s notice and that’s because she’s studied the issues, she knows what she’s talking about. She’s articulate and smart and not shy of the truth.

Most of us are coming through the worst economic difficulties of our lives. To not recognize the dedica-tion and resourcefulness of Angie’s commitment to our county’s wellbeing would be a waste of an exceptional commissioner. I have heard from many Island County employees that she is con-sidered one of the best com-missioners we have ever had. It’s important that we keep her. Vote for Angie!

Bruce BergCoupeville

iN oUr oPiNioN

The proof is in the primary. Republican Jill Johnson, an Oak Harbor native, deserves to represent District 2 on the Island County Board of Commissioners. She won the primary election, even though the conservative vote was split with another strong Republican challenger and an independent candidate who espoused conservative views. Only voters in her district, which is essentially Oak Harbor, could take part in the primary, though the gen-eral election will be countywide.

Oak Harbor residents deserve a voice that represents them, which is exactly what Johnson will do. Currently the director of the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Johnson is smart and articulate. She would be a welcome and moderate voice on the board. Most importantly, she has a rich knowledge and a passion for the community she grew up in. She will represent Oak Harbor and the entire county fairly.

Incumbent Island County Commissioner Angie Homola, a Democrat, came in second in the primary elec-tion.

After nearly four years in office, less than a third of the voters in her home district felt she represented them well enough to deserve to be re-elected. She works hard and isn’t afraid to say what she believes, but unfortunately she is unflinching in her opinions about taxes, planning and law enforcement and other issues that are contrary to her constituents’ beliefs.

The other commissioner race is a different story. Incumbent Democratic Commissioner Helen Price Johnson is well loved by the majority in her District 1 community. An amazing 55 percent of primary voters in the district cast ballots in her favor, even with four chal-lengers who included fellow moderate Curt Gordon. It’s telling that Gordon, a well-known South Whidbey resident and port commissioner, endorsed her in the race. She has lived a lifetime on South Whidbey and understands firsthand the challenges of small business owners and developers.

Republican challenger Jeff Lauderdale is a serious candidate with some good ideas, but he doesn’t have the experience in local government or the knowledge of the community necessary to be effective. His budget-cutting message may have resonated four years ago, but there isn’t much left to pare away these days.

Johnson and Price Johnson for commissioner

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Vote for those who improves finances

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke

Such truth in 15 words: words that can make the dif-ference between enthusiastic liberty and a life of apathy. We are now at a historical juncture that can affect gen-erations. Our state and nation are encumbered with entitle-ments and horrific debt.

My involvement in poli-tics began 46 years ago with a Republican mother and Democrat father, both unabashed patriots. My father, a World War II vet, marched at Bataan and was a prisoner of war for more than two years. He changed to the Republican Party about the same time as Ronald Reagan and was a strong supporter of Reagan ideals, especially the character of America.

Through study I realized that success and happiness in the human condition are built upon self dependency and faith in God. Getting out of debt cycles and not view-ing government as our bene-factor is critical. We must be thinkers and problem solvers and teach our children to be the same.

Someone once said, “The soul is seldom sold in one great auction. It is bartered away in a thousand tiny trades, a little bit at a time.” The same can be said of nations. We must vote for those who will lessen finan-cial dependencies, make a positive future for our chil-dren and allow us to maintain the Judeo Christian ideals of our forefathers. We are “one nation under God.” Now more than ever, may God bless America.

Rosi Isbell-HendricksonFreeland

Research ALEc before voting

I recently watched an epi-sode of PBS’s “Moyers and Company” that dealt with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

ALEC is a corporate-funded organization that puts lobbyists together with legislators from around the country in order to write “model” legislation that the ALEC members take back to their various legislatures and introduce as their “own” bills. This, of course, puts the corporate influence into the bill before it even gets to the

state legislature.The show featured an

interactive map that allowed viewers to see if any of their legislators were ALEC mem-bers. The map indicated that Barbara Bailey was a mem-ber of both ALEC and an ALEC task force — health and human services.

I called Rep. Bailey’s Oak Harbor office to ask if the map information was accurate. The person who answered the phone said yes, she did in fact hold those two memberships, among many others.

I would strongly urge any-one who is concerned about corporate influence and money on the democratic process to research ALEC and how it does business.

“The United States of ALEC” may still be viewed at billmoyers.com.

Richard JohnstonCoupeville

‘Dynamic duo’ has wrong priorities

Island County commis-sioners Homola and Price Johnson have their priori-ties mixed up in more ways than one.

They deem an additional planner has a higher pri-ority than what a sheriff’s deputy would provide for public safety. Public safety is required by the Constitution, whereas the planning func-tion is not.

When Whidbey Camano Land Trust acquires prop-erty for public use, it is removed from the tax rolls and the tax burden is then indirectly transferred to the taxpayers.

Does that justify the dom-inant duo in the commis-sioners’ office taking thou-sands of tax dollars from the Conservation Futures Fund to fill the Land Trust cof-fers? That money came from the taxpayers for purposes other than bailing out a non-profit organization!

The county health depart-ment has a mandatory annual inspection required of non-standard septic sys-tems, while standard sys-tems have inspections once every three years. Using that schedule, we owners of non-standard are charged three times more than stan-dard system inspections. This discriminatory treat-ment our commissioner duo ignore, since they consider income of greater impor-tance than making the tax burden easier for taxpayers in difficult times.

Since their tenure in office, commissioners Homola and Price Johnson have drained what surplus funds there were to further programs that have insignificant value.

Thus there are budgetary problems while the county acquires more assets via transfers by the Whidbey Camano Land Trust. Have the dominant duo thought of divesting the county of assets to be able to fund the budget without creating another tax or fee to saddle the taxpayers with?

It would seem logical that a public disclosure of where the Conservation Futures Funds are disbursed is nec-essary so the taxpayer can voice concern as to the use. Besides the solar panel and ornate gate on the Trillium land approach, how much of the funds given to the Land Trust went for salaries and other purposes that the public is unaware of? Please refrain from the euphemism, “It is for the common good.” That is so pompous sound-ing and disgustingly false!

Robert TurnerClinton

Vote Johnson to go backwards

A drive through Oak Harbor reveals vol-umes about the District 2 Commissioner race. It seems that almost every empty lot, owned by only a few devel-opers, has an oversized Jill Johnson sign. These are some of the same people who want to extend urban sprawl out over farmlands and forests.

Rewind to the last elec-tion when voters were clear about their concerns for our farms, open space, property values and public health and safety.

They elected Angie Homola because she under-stood the effectiveness of transparent government, and had the visionary plan-ning ability to develop our economy and maintain our quality of life.

A vote for Jill is a vote to return to an age of crony-ism and backroom govern-ment, where the interests of a few will usurp the desires of many.

I prefer a commission-er who puts citizens first. Maintain your voice in coun-ty government. Re-elect Angie Homola.

Rose KinnebrewOak Harbor

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More letters to the editor concerning the Nov. 6 General Election can be found online at www.whidbeynewstimes.com.

It’s still too soon to know just what areas are yielding the greatest returns as indi-vidual precinct data aren’t tabulated until after the elec-tion but Reagan said all of the county’s drop boxes are being steadily used.

They are located at Ken’s Korner Red Apple Grocery in Clinton, Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland, at the

elections office in Coupeville, in front of city hall in Oak Harbor and at the Camano Island Annex on Camano Island.

This year’s General Election ballot includes choices for president of the United States, a congressio-nal seat, multiple state offices including the race for gover-nor, several county positions and a handful of state and local measures.

On the federal side, incumbent Democrat Rick Larsen is being challenged

by Republican Dan Matthews for the District 2 congres-sional seat.

In the state Legislature, incumbent Norma Smith, R-Clinton, is hoping to retain Position 1 against political newcomer Aaron Simpson, D-Langley, while Tom Riggs, D-Camano and Dave Hayes, R-Camano, are vying for Position 2.

Incumbent Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano, is also fighting to keep the District 10 Senate seat against chal-lenger Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor.

In Island County Commissioner races, Republican Jeff Lauderdale is hoping to unseat Democrat Helen Price Johnson in District 1 while Republican Jill Johnson is attempting to do the same to incumbent

Democrat Angie Homola in District 2.

Along with several state initiatives and referendums, South Whidbey voters will be deciding on a South Whidbey Fire/EMS levy lift proposi-tion. The request is to raise the levy rate from about 61 cents to 76 cents per $1,000 of assessed value to pay for existing operations.

According to Reagan, the largest daily returns occur the day before, the day of and the day after the election. Presidential years historically yield the greatest voter turn-out, and if the pattern holds true, participation should be around 90 percent.

General elections in 2008, 2004 and 2000 all saw returns of about 89 percent. That stacks up to voter turnouts of 62 percent in 2011, 77 per-

cent in 2010 and 60 percent in 2009.

With all that presiden-tial fervor, it’s been busy around the elections office lately but things have gone pretty smoothly so far. No major hiccups yet, accord-ing to Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider.

“We’re very pleased,” Crider said. “The work flow is going well, there have been no issues and people are par-ticipating.”

Crider gave a shout out to the team of about 10 volun-

teer and temporary employ-ees that come in every year to help out during election time. Some have been com-ing in for decades, she said.

“Their experience enables us to process the ballots and do the work in rapid time,” Crider said.

“They are incredible for us,” she said.

Mail ballots must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, Nov. 6, to be count-ed. If using a drop-box, bal-lots must be inserted by 8 p.m. Tuesday.


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Ruth Williams

Ruth Williams passed away October 24, 2012. She battled a disease which comes for many with aging.

She was born Ruth Ellen Louise Köhne in Dusseldorf, Germany, December 15, 1927.

She spoke German, English, Russian, French and Latin. Because of her knowledge of the English language, she worked in Berlin, Germany for the American newspaper Stars and Stripes. This is where she met our father, High King Williams, Jr.

Our Mother was both a proud American and a proud German. She loved both countries very much.

World War II was naturally quite difficult. However she never forgot her childhood experiences with her many relatives. She traveled to Germany quite often to keep in touch with her brother and his wife, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Ruth loved the season of Christmas as many Germans do. When pos-sible she would attend the Christmas Eve services at her Lutheran Churches.

Before she and our father became too ill to work they both were active antique dealers, traveling the state of Texas par-ticipating in many antique shows. Another great passion were German Shepards.

Both parents were members of the San

Antonio German Shepard Club. Our Mother trained German Shepards for many years, something she truly loved.

Most of the family moved to Oak Harbor in 1991 leaving behind the Texas heat.

Ruth enjoyed politics, never hesitated stating her opinions, and appre-ciated organizations like Gold Star Wives and the Disabled American Veterans.

Ruth loved the color red and yellow roses and the beautiful song “Ave Maria.” She also enjoyed hats — hats of any shape and color.

Our Mother was strong, extremely intelligent and had a sense of humor.

Ruth is survived by her brother Helmut Köhne of Berlin Germany, two daughters Gene Liddy Reitnauer of Boyd, Texas and Linda Sue and Walt Mistler of Oak Harbor, Washington. Two grand-sons and their wives William and Jessi Bustillo, of Spanaway, and Robert and Nicole Bustillo, of Oak Harbor. Four great grandchildren Payton Ivy, Harlen Macy, Jynzyn Highleigh and Autumn Renee Bustillo.

Funeral services were 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29 at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church. A service of com-mittal will follow at Maple Leaf Cemetery. Service were entrusted to Burley Funeral Chapel.

IN LOVING MEMORYOF

RUTH WILLIAMS

LORD, ONLY INYOUR HANDSLIES THEBEGINNINGAND THE END

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Dee WilliamsIn loving memory of Dee

Williams who passed away October 26th after a long battle with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

He was born in Langley, Washington on Dec the 3rd, 1932, to Steve and Camilla Williams.

Dee is survived by his son Dee Williams Jr., daugh-ters Sandra McClain and Willisteen Myles brothers

Fredrick Williams, Donald Willams, sister Donna Melson, thirteen grand chil-dren, nineteen great-grand children and seven great-great grand children.

He will be forever loved and cherished always. May he rest in eternal peace.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 7th at 2:00 pm at Burley Funeral Chapel. A visitation will be held before the funeral.

ObituarY




Jim HossfeldJim Hossfeld went to be

with our Lord and Savior on October 26, 2012 after an extended illness. He was born May 17, 1927 in Butte, Mont. to Fred and Ann Hossfeld. Jim was raised in Jefferson County, Montana where he attend-ed and graduated Jefferson County High School. After High School graduation, James attended the Naval Academy where he gradu-ated with a BS in engineer-ing and was commissioned in 1951.

In December of 1951, Jim married Nina Richloff in Hartford, Connecticut. While married to Nina, he served as a US Naval Aviator flying the last of the sea planes out of Whidbey Island. Together, Jim and Nina raised five chil-dren moving every two or three years to various ports and cities in the United States. James had long deployments throughout the world earning him the American Theater Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Europe), China Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal (1 bronze star). Jim was an active member of the Catholic Church in San Diego and the Knights of

Columbus where he served as the financial secretary for many years. Jim and Nina retired to Whidbey Island where he passed away peacefully. James is sur-vived by James F. Hossfeld, Jr. with wife, Janice, of San Diego, and Frederick M. Hossfeld with wife Violetta, of the Philippines, daugh-ters, Maureen Edmond with husband Carl of San Diego, Karen Hossfeld of Oak Harbor, and Dianne Varshock of Tecate, California. He was a grandfa-ther to 10 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

A memorial service for family and friends with full military honors will be held Monday, Nov. 5 at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.

Jim Hossfeld

OBITUARY

Gordon A. Howes (Gordy)

Gordy Howes, 66, passed away peacefully at his home in Oak Harbor on October 22, 2012.

Born September 16, 1946, to Ardell G. and Alta (Nelson) Howes in Kenmore, North Dakota. He was raised in North Dakota; lived in Port Townsend from 1963 to 1976; spent his last 32 years in Oak Harbor.

Gordy is survived by his wife, Lonita of 36 years; father, Ardell Howes; step-mother, Eleanor Howes; brothers, Gary (Sharon) Howes; Terry (Charlotte) Howes; stepbrothers, Steven (Leslie) Ames; Forrest Ames; stepsister, Francine (Kent) Rudeen; daughters, Sherri (Andrew)Johnson, Tracy Andersen, Tina

Bainbridge; son, John (Susie) Howes; 12 grand-children, two great-grand-children.

Gordy reunited in Heaven with his mother, Alta Kram.

Celebration of Life is 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at Family Bible Church, 2760 SW Heller Road in Oak Harbor.

Memorial contributions in his honor are suggested to: ALS Association

Gordon Howes

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Game of the week OHHS post-season action today: swim at district at 4 p.m. in Marysville; cross country at state in Pasco.SPORTS

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By JIM WALLERSports editor

Everett abruptly ended Oak Harbor’s volleyball season by eliminating the Wildcats 3-1 at the district tournament Thursday at Glacier Peak High School.

The Wildcats weren’t able to match Tuesday’s opening performance at district when they played some of their best volleyball of the sea-son, particularly on defense, according to coach Kerri Molitor. Oak Harbor upset Meadowdale 3-2 and then went toe-to-toe with top seed Stanwood before falling 3-1.

Oak Harbor (8-9) needed to defeat Everett (11-7) to stay alive in the tournament, but the Seagulls took the match 25-16, 11-25, 25-22, 25-22.

Everett then lost to Glacier Peak 3-2, with the Grizzlies claiming the third and final Wesco spot in the state tour-nament.

Shorewood defeated Stanwood 3-0 for the district title; both will advance to state.

Defense was the key in the Everett/Oak Harbor match. Everett was able to consis-tently dig Oak Harbor’s hot shots, something Meadowdale and Stanwood had trouble with Tuesday, according to Molitor. Oak Harbor’s defense, especially its rotation for court cover-age, suffered against the

Seagulls, she added.Each team cruised to easy

wins the first two games. In the first set, the two teams were tied 7-7, then Everett went on a 9-2 run to pull away.

Oak Harbor fell behind 2-0 in the second game then erupted behind Kayleigh Harper’s five kills, four blocks and ace to swamp the Seagulls.

In game three, no team led by more than two as they tussled to a 15-15 tie. Everett surged to a 20-16 lead, but the Wildcats knotted it at 22 with the help of two kills each by Harper and Roshel Muzzall. Three Everett kills then sewed up the set.

Harper and Roshel Muzzall each had six kills in the game.

Three kills by Harper and a kill and ace by Kelsey Rankin lifted Oak Harbor to a 9-5 lead in game four. Everett eventu-ally tied it at 13 then inched ahead for the win, despite seven kills by Harper and six by Muzzall.

For the match, Harper had 21 kills and Muzzall 19, while Taylor Nienhuis had 35 assists.

Muzzall and Hannah Sal-mons had 14 digs each.

The Wildcats played with-out starting outside hitter Amelia Berner who rolled an ankle last week. Middle Claire Anderson saw very limited

action because she was still “rusty” after returning from a concussion, Molitor said.

The loss finished the career for seven seniors: Muzzall, Rankin, Nienhuis, Salmons, Stephanie Milliron, Ally McGuire and Hannah Christensen.

Molitor said it was tough to see the group go: “They are great kids.”

Oak Harbor started the tournament Tuesday at Marysville-Pilchuck High School with a comeback 3-2 win over Meadowdale (14-25, 25-20, 18-25, 25-17, 15-12).

Molitor said after the match, “Overall, the team played the best we’ve seen all season...Our offense is strong. Last night (Tuesday), we backed it up with defense.”

Things began poorly for Oak Harbor, losing big in the first set to the Mavericks. Molitor said her club was nervous early and made “a ton of unforced errors.” Once the Wildcats settled in, they began to take control.

One of the keys to the vic-tory, Molitor said, was the defensive play of Salmons (24 digs) and Muzzall (34 digs).

Molitor said, “We began playing more disciplined on defense…If we can dig it up, our offense with Kayleigh Harper and Roshel Muzzall is hard to beat.”

Harper blasted 24 kills and Muzzall 16 while Taylor

Nienhuis dished 45 assists.In the fifth and deciding

game, Christensen came up with several key blocks.

“This forced their hitters to struggle,” Molitor said, “and resulted in additional hitting errors which we capitalized on. As impressive as our hits were, defense won this game for us.”

Harper also had six blocks and three aces.

Molitor called the Stanwood match a “heavy-weight fight” with each team trading blows with big kills.

For the third time this sea-son, Stanwood topped Oak Harbor, this time winning 25-23, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21. In the Spartans’ nine set wins against the Wildcats this year, seven have been by four points or less.

Molitor said, “Blocking was definitely a factor in this match. Although we record only the blocks that score points, our blockers stopped a lot of balls that were then dug by Stanwood.”

Both teams dug hard-hit attacks that led to long rallies, Molitor said. “It was really what volleyball was meant to be. It was so exciting. I am so proud of our team.”

Harper had 30 kills, 19 digs and six blocks; Muzzall added 17 kills and 23 digs; Christensen collected three blocks; and Nienhuis had 48 assists.

Everett chases Oak Harbor from district tournament

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Hannah Christensen, left, and Hannah Salmons block in Oak Harbor’s match with Stanwood Tuesday. Coach Kerri Molitor said the pair’s defense was a key element in the win over Meadowdale.

RUFit competes in SeattleFive Running Unlimited Fitness members

competed at the Rain City Flyers Stampede at Woodland Park in Seattle Saturday, Oct. 27.

Ryan Vasileff posted the best finish, plac-ing third in the 3,000-meter midget (11/12) boys race in 11:35. Dylan Rydell placed 25th (13:38).

Logan Clark placed seventh in the 4,000-meter youth (13/14) boys race (15:15) and Miguel Guzman was 13th (15:34).

Megan Keating, competing in the midget girls division, finished 14th (13:24).

cochran bowls perfect gameAfter several near misses, Jim Cochran

finally achieved the bowler’s dream: a 300 game.

Cochran rolled the perfecto Wednesday during league play at Oak Bowl.

Cochran, 70, has been bowling since 1980 and three times started a game with an open frame and then followed with 11 consecutive strikes. Other times, he said, he faltered in the 10th frame.

During the 10th frame Wednesday, all

other bowling stopped as all eyes were on Cochran.

“I didn’t see them,” he said. “I was able to concentrate, and didn’t know anyone was behind me until I turned around. This time I didn’t choke.”

Cochran carries a 206 average and has no idea how many games he has rolled in his life. He worked at Oak Bowl for several years and used to bowl 20 games a day. He also served as an instructor at the Dick Rit-ger Academy, a nationally recognized bowl-ing school.

Turkey hunting starts soonThere’s more than one way to put a tur-

key on your table for Thanksgiving. Rather than head to the grocery store, thousands of hunters plan to get their bird during the hunting season for wild turkey that gets under way Nov. 20 in Eastern Washington.

Then again, who says turkey has to be the center of attention on Thanksgiving Day? November is also prime time to hunt ducks, geese, elk, deer, pheasant, forest grouse and a variety of other game around the state.

“Waterfowl hunting usually picks up around the middle of the month, when the wet and windy weather starts pushing more migrating birds into the area from the north,” said Don Kraege, waterfowl manager for the Washington Department

of Fish and Wildlife. “That’s good news for waterfowl hunters from the Skagit Valley to the Columbia Basin.”

November is also prime time to hunt deer and elk on both sides of the Cascades.

For anglers, Thanksgiving traditionally marks the start of winter steelhead fishing in Western Washington. On the eastside, anglers are still reeling in high numbers of hatchery-reared summer steelhead.

Rather serve shellfish? Most areas of Puget Sound are currently open for crab fishing, and two multi-day razor clam digs are scheduled at various ocean beaches in November.

Youth teams go for titlesWhidbey Island youth football teams are

making a deep run into the playoffs.Today, the South Whidbey midget team

(9- and 10-year-olds), which also includes players from Coupeville, plays for the Valley Division championship against Anacortes at 4 p.m. at Mount Vernon High School.

Three Oak Harbor teams tangle in semi-final action today. The senior (13/14) team takes on Ferndale at 4 p.m. at Lummi High School; the Pumas from the Junior Mountain Division (11/12) meet Lakewood at noon at Mount Vernon High School; and the Cou-gars of the Midget Mountain Division (9/10) face Lakewood at 10 a.m. in Mount Vernon.

sports in brief

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Jim Cochran bowled a perfect game Wednes-day at Oak Bowl.

By JIM WALLERSports editor

The going was tough for Coupeville on a muddy Blaine High School football field as the Wolves fell 34-6 to Meridian in a district play-in game Tuesday.

The Coupeville/Meridian matchup was the first of two two-quarter “games.” After defeating Coupeville, Meridian went on to nip Blaine 15-14 in another mini game to pick up the district’s third and final spot in the round of 32 of the state play-offs.

The loss eliminated Coupeville from postseason play and placed the Wolves (2-7) in a game with another non-playoff team, Chimacum (4-5), at 5 p.m. today in Port Townsend.

Coupeville couldn’t get any traction against Meridian, rushing for a minus 13 yards on 12 carries. Three differ-ent quarterbacks threw 19 passes, completing six for 66 yards and one interception.

The Trojans powered through the swampy field for 175 rushing yards and passed for 69 yards on four of 10 throws.

The opening drive for both teams set the tone for the game. Meridian went 70 yards in 13 plays, converting a fourth down along the way, to go up 7-0.

The first play for Coupeville was a snap over the quarter-back’s head for a nine-yard loss.

Meridian scored on every possession except for a lost fumble and when the clock ran out at the end of the game.

The Wolves punted after their first possession, and the Trojans went 51 yards in eight plays for its next score, an 18-yard pass. The PAT kick was wide.

It was four-and-out for Coupeville, but Meridian fumbled the ball right back. The Wolves picked up a first down on a 37-yard Jake Tublin to Riley Body pass, then the drive fizzled at the

Trojan 30 on a short run and three straight incompletions.

The Trojans iced the game early in the second quarter. After scoring to go up 20-0, they returned a fumble on Coupeville’s first play for another TD to lead 27-0.

The Wolves followed with their only scoring drive,

which was aided by two per-sonal foul penalties and two pass interference calls on the Trojans. The big play was a 20-yard pass from Tumblin to Boyd. Gunnar Langvold passed three yards to Wiley Hesselgrave for the score.

Boyd then recovered an onside kick, but the Wolves

went four and out. From there, Meridian ran two plays, the final one 33 yards for the last score.

Coupeville’s last posses-sion ended in an intercep-tion.

Coupeville coach Tony Maggio, noting his injury-riddled team was down to 21

players, said, “We didn’t have the firepower. They were big-ger, stronger, faster.”

Maggio saw several posi-tives in the game: “I thought we threw the ball well at the end. I thought the offensive line did a good job picking up the blitz; it was just a tough night to throw.”

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A Republican group created a series of humorous mailers criti-cal of Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, including this one picturing her inside a giant ball of twine.

desperately needs it,” Sonntag said.

But the problem, as Haugen sees it, is that the mailer makes it seem as if she didn’t follow the recom-mendations of the audit.

It states “over $100 million could be saved” and offers “potential cost savings” if the audit recommendations were followed.

In fact, the savings weren’t potential, but imple-mented. Haugen said she worked closely with the State Auditor’s Office five years ago to implement the reforms that Sonntag pro-posed in his 2007 audit of the ferry system.

“The truth of the matter is, we have not only implement-ed all of his recommenda-tions, but many more,” she

said. “We actually got started before he even got those rec-ommendations to us.”

Even more galling, Haugen said, is Bailey’s hypocrisy on the issue. She points out that Bailey voted against one of the main reforms of the sys-tem, promoted by Haugen, which “has succeeded in improving staffing struc-tures and reducing overhead costs,” according to a press release from Haugen.

Ironically, the mailer criti-cizes Haugen over this spe-cific issue.

Bailey also voted against a 2012 bill funding con-struction of new ferries for Whidbey Island, which were partially built on Whidbey Island, Haugen emphasized.

Bailey and Sonntag did not return requests for com-ment.

Sonntag was directed by voters in Initiative 900 to audit various state offices, including the ferry service.

He identified millions of

dollars of waste and recom-mended a long list of reforms, including lowering overhead costs and making better use of existing resources, accord-ing to the mailer.

Haugen had previous-ly criticized Bailey over a negative mailer that was sent out prior to the pri-mary election. Bailey said she had no knowledge of the piece, which was put out by the Good Government Leadership Council.

But this time, the mailer was paid for by the State Republican Party as an in-kind contribution to Bailey’s campaign, which means she had the opportunity to review and approve the con-tent, according to Haugen’s campaign spokesman.

The race between Haugen and Bailey has significance beyond the 10th District as it could be one of the seats which tilt the balance of the state senate to Republicans.

The importance of the

race could explain the pro-liferation of mailers, which include a number of goofy ones from the Leadership Council. There’s a mailer featuring Haugen inside a giant ball of twine, a badly Photoshopped image of mis-matched arms with hands over her ears and a bulldozer pushing bags of money into Deception Pass. One even has Haugen’s face on Mount Rushmore.

“I don’t know if people are paying attention to this stuff,” Haugen said.

cards to Toppins and the Rusty Chandelier.

Both Wasinger and Goebel attended a recent Oak Harbor School Board meeting to highlight the group’s partici-pation in the homecoming parade and volunteer efforts selling T-shirts and sweat-shirts.

The four-year levy will maintain 20 current teach-er positions and restore 10 teaching positions previously eliminated due to reductions in state funding.

The levy would also pro-vide $2.3 million in textbook and technology purchases; $700,000 for athletics, music and tutoring; $500,000 for special education teachers; and $1.6 million for mainte-nance and custodial.

In addition to the levy

dollars, the school district would receive an additional $1 million in state match. If approved, it will cost the owner of a $250,000 home $495 per $1,000 assessed property value.

Organizers for the levy committee are busy pre-paring the campaign. They have 1,500 signs for people to place in yards and on the sides of roads throughout the district.

They said they decided to wait until after voting of the General Election took place before starting their promo-tional work.

“When these campaigns end, we’re going to start,” Superintendent Rick Schulte said during Monday’s board meeting.

School officials are also busy informing folks about the facts surrounding the proposal. Schulte said he and assistant superintendent Lance Gibbon have spoken to community groups about

the levy and they are looking for more speaking engage-ments.

Schulte said that he’s received a warm reception from the groups he has spo-ken with.

Wasinger noted that there will be challenges running a campaign over the busy holiday season, but said vol-unteers will make a push to promote the levy before the absentee ballots are mailed in late January.

Citizens for Better Schools has established a website www.yesforoakharborschools and a Facebook page.


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Island County Public Works is planning an improvement project between State Route 20 and Ft. Nugent Road that will enhance safety by reconstructing the vertical curves to current design standards, construct storm water facility upgrades, resurfacing and widen the road to provide two 11 foot wide travel lanes and a 4 foot wide paved shoulder on each side of the road. Please join us for a Public Open House.

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The driver lost control at the intersection of West Beach and Hastie Lake roads and plowed through a yard before hitting a brick house.

The driver fled from the scene on foot. He was described as a white man in his 30s.

State troopers and depu-ties with the Island County Sheriff’s Office scoured the area west of Oak Harbor in search of the suspect, but were unable to find him.

Drug paraphernalia was

found near the crashed pick-up.

The truck belonged to Michael Hurley, the pastor at Life Church on Regatta Drive.

He said he had just report-ed the truck stolen when dis-patchers advised him to go to the scene of the accident.

He said the truck was totaled, but the house sus-tained minor damage. The residents were inside on the couch when the truck hit, shaking the house.

“The bummer is that the church needs my truck all the time,” he said. “Now I’m out a truck and the church is out a truck.”

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ISLAND LIVINGWhidbey

“Oh how I love Pumpkin Season. You did know this gourd-ish squash has its own season — win-ter, spring, summer, pumpkin!” –Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer

I usually move kicking and screaming into pumpkin season, for I adore the moderate days that characterize Whidbey summers. I love exploring beaches and eating crab out on our picnic table. The long days contribute to my level of energy and enthusiasm. Even mov-ing about is easy. Light sweaters and flip flops replace my waterproof jacket, scarves, and boots.

I have lived on Whidbey Island for 22 years and these past few weeks of pumpkin season have been the most beautiful I can recall. Weeks of dry, summer weather and

only occasion-al winds have gifted us with a glorious show of color that stop me in my tracks as I come and go about Oak

Harbor. I take photos and collect leaves. I peruse my cookbooks for hot cider recipes, stews and breads.

And I think about pumpkins. I blame Starbucks. I don’t recall any particular fondness for pumpkins until Starbucks began featuring their pumpkin spice lattes each

fall. This seasonal addition to their espresso menu reminds me that some of the best times of my life are indeed spent indoors, across the table from a friend, sipping cof-fee and talking about our lives.

Pumpkin season 2012 is beauti-ful and enticing because pumpkin has woven its way into so much of what we are eating. Last week we made pumpkin muffins. On Saturday I was treated to a pump-kin malted milkshake that can only be described as divine. We’ve also enjoyed pumpkin English muffins and pancakes and cookies.

Last week we leaped puddles up at Dugualla Bay Farms, picked out pumpkins for carving, and thoroughly enjoyed the sights and sounds they offered. On

Wednesday, before trick or treat-ing, we covered the kitchen table with newspaper and carved our selections. We will turn off all the house lights and enjoy their glow each evening during the next few days.

There are many reasons for us to enjoy all that pumpkin season has to offer, but our great motivator this year is the recent addition to our family of a child. Empty nest-ing became our new normal two years ago following the high school graduation of our last child. My husband and I enjoyed the freedom and it followed the natural order of things.

In May, I met Lori Cavender, executive director of Ryan’s House. I learned that we have shelters

for animals but none for children. We have 86 students attending Whidbey Island schools who are unaccompanied homeless youth. I also learned that it is not uncom-mon for teens taken into foster care to be shipped off our island because there are almost no homes qualified and willing to take a teen-ager.

Armed with this information, my husband and I began making phone calls and asking questions. We began praying and soul search-ing and talking with social workers.

This week we carved pumpkins with a remarkable new family member. We face painted, drank pumpkin shakes, and celebrated pumpkin season as we have never celebrated before.

Pumpkin season is a reminder to help youth in needFAITHFUL LIVINGBy Joan Bay Klope

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Sparks fly as Joel Griffith welds a metal leaf onto a wooden table he’s custom building for a couple from Canada. View his wooden bowls, furniture and steel sculpture at Garry Oak Gallery, where he and Mike O’Connell are the featured artists for November.

By REBECCA OLSONStaff reporter

Their media of choice may be at opposite ends of the spectrum, but both Mike O’Connell and Joel Griffith will ignite viewers’ imagina-tion as the featured artists for November at Garry Oak Gallery in Oak Harbor.

O’Connell’s paintings are as ordinary as watching a zombie dog walk down the street — though his latest artwork does feature

zombie dogs. From Mount St. Helens exploding to the names of punk bands and quotes from movies to a jet approaching the Twin Towers, O’Connell’s art boldly walks the edge.

“It’s just lots of little pieces, bits and pieces,” O’Connell said. Like many of his paintings, it appears to be a big circle. But upon closer inspection, the paint-ing consists of about 30,000 characters with pathways

and spaces created by “H’s” and quotes from movies like “Repo Man,” TV shows like “Dead Like Me” and “South Park,” the Hindenburg catching fire, the major disappearances from the Bermuda Triangle, clocks and even the names of peo-ple who passed O’Connell painting on the street.

“Any time I see a license plate on a movie, I’ll write the number down and put it in a painting,” O’Connell said. “It’s like a giant, insane jigsaw puzzle.”

While this piece won’t be finished until the end of the year, similar pieces can

be viewed at Garry Oak Gallery, where this piece will spend some time before it sells.

“I just love working on them. It’s something to do everyday,” O’Connell said.

Similar to these pieces are O’Connell’s visual stories of the character Helen.

“She’s been to Mars, she’s been to the moon,” O’Connell said, adding that Helen’s ghost story is cur-rently on display at Garry Oak Gallery.

“I just paint them as I go. The stories are actually

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Two unique artists light up Garry Oak Gallery during November

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“About The Pollywogs,” by Mike O’Connell sold earlier this year. View a similar work at Garry Oak Gallery called “Helen’s Ghosts.”

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By REBECCA OLSONStaff reporter

A group with a heritage stretching from Sweden to Iceland finally found a place to build new traditions and celebrate old ones in Coupeville.

After years of holding gatherings at the Coupeville Recreation Hall, the Whidbey Island Nordic Lodge is build-ing a lodge on Jacobs Road south of Coupeville.

“Uffda!” said Pete Berg about finding out they would get their own building. Berg is the presi-dent of the Nordic Lodge, which was established in May 2001.

Funding for the new lodge was gifted by Fritz Cornell, a senior Nordic Lodge member who was born in Norway and died in 2008.

“He really enjoyed get-ting together with all these Scandihoovians. Coffee and cookies, or if you’re really serious, lutefisk and lefsa,” Berg said.

Ground was broken for the new lodge in September but Richard Johnson, presi-dent of the Nordic Lodge Building Association, and Maurice Aasland, vice presi-dent of the Nordic Lodge

Building Association, have been working at the site for about a year to put the water system in and clear the for-ested area.

Having their own lodge means the group has control over when and where mem-bers meet, Johnson said.

“It’s one of those things that you can’t wait to see what it will do to member-ship,” Berg said.

The group hopes to establish programs to get children involved in their

heritage, Johnson said. They named language classes and Scandinavian dancing as pos-sible programs.

“Maybe even a lutefisk dinner,” Johnson added. The group hosts Nordic baking classes but with the sizable kitchen in their new lodge, much more will become pos-sible.

Surrounded by tall ever-greens, the location of the 40 by 80-foot lodge seems

like a snapshot straight out of Norway or Sweden. It will feature a large assembly hall and a kitchen big enough to handle any amount of lefsa or Swedish pancakes the group could want.

“I designed the building, then the women tore it all apart and made me do it again,” Johnson laughed.

The goal is to have the shell of the lodge completed by winter, then the group will work on the inside and beautifying the surrounding

land, tasks they are more than happy to have the community volunteer to help with. Flowers, bulbs and trees will need to be planted, as well as planters that will border the walkway, Aasland said.

Cornell gave Johnson some birch trees years ago,

which Johnson planted in his yard. Recently, Johnson said he planted some cuttings from the trees and will give them a permanent home at the lodge.

Birch trees are important to Scandinavians, Johnson said, and Berg added that they are Scandinavians’ “best-used tree.” Plates, furniture, art — Scandinavians made it all from birch trees, Berg said.

The Whidbey Island Nordic Lodge, which is spon-sored by the Sons of Norway, celebrates the heritage and traditions of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. They meet the morn-ing of the third Saturday of each month. The lodge has

67 members, plus a number of children dubbed “Little

Vikings.”“Central

Whidbey Island was settled by Norwegians originally,” Johnson said. “Scan-dinavians had a lot of influence on

Whidbey.”Anybody interested in

expanding the knowledge of their Nordic heritage is welcome to join the Nordic Lodge.

“The more the merrier. We’re always looking for more people to help us grow,” Berg said.

They have plenty of knowledge to share.

“My wife speaks Norwegian fluently and cooks fluently,” Johnson laughed.

“And we all eat fluently!” Berg added.

Whidbey Island Nordic Lodge finds place to call homeUffda!


Pete Berg and Richard Johnson point out the water system installed by Johnson and Maurice Aasland at the site of the new Nordic Lodge on Jacobs Road in Coupeville.

painted,” O’Connell said. “They’re all pretty unique; I’ve never seen anything like them.”

Also a published poet, O’Connell said that these visual stories “keep the two muses happy.”

When people view his imaginative art, O’Connell said he wants viewers to “just be entertained and look for things you wouldn’t notice.”

O’Connell has been painting for about 16 years. He started in oils but after a five-year bout of depression that kept him from paint-ing, he came back to painting only to find his paints gone.

“Then I started in acrylics and never looked back,” O’Connell said. He has lived on the island off and on since 1953.

Locally�grownA Coupeville native, Griffith graduated

from Coupeville High School and keeps his wood and steel art local. Nearly every piece of wood used to create his wood furniture

and bowls grew on Whidbey Island, and the steel used in his furniture and sculpture was salvaged locally.

“I don’t know many people that do what I do that can tell you the story behind a piece of wood,” Griffith said, adding that that personal touch makes his work unique. Even his sawmill and lathe are handmade.

“Steel’s got a really cold quality and wood’s warm, so it looks complete,” Griffith said of blending wood and steel in his art. One wooden bowl sits in a metal ring lined with leaves, and a jewelry box he built for his wife seems alive

with metal vines.After working as a steel fabricator/welder

for more than 20 years, Griffith took up art full-time this summer and now has people as

far as Canada visiting him and choos-ing wood for customized pieces. While he grew up drawing, paint-ing and playing music, Griffith found his true artistic calling a few years ago when he made iron candle holders for a friend.

“It just kind of took off from there. I did a piece here and a piece there

and pretty soon, people wanted what I was doing,” Griffith said. While he cut firewood, he began to notice qualities in the wood that

would translate into bowls with specific pat-terns or shine.

“I love wood hunting — going out in the woods and finding a piece,” Griffith said, add-ing that it’s like opening a geode when he sees what the wood is capable of.

“But I’m kind of a wood nerd like that,” he laughed.

Adding the steel elements incorporates another layer of creativity into his work. One of his pieces at Garry Oak Gallery was built out of an old steel bed frame and hydraulic pipes.

“That’s half the fun for me — collecting a bunch of things and figuring out what to do with it. There’s never really a plan,” Griffith said.

View O’Connell’s and Griffith’s art during November at Garry Oak Gallery, which is located at 830 SE Pioneer Way in downtown Oak Harbor. The co-op gallery features art of all types, including blown glass, paintings, photography and more. O’Connell encour-aged the community to turn to Garry Oak Gallery for their holiday shopping.

“There are great gifts at Garry Oak. I’ve done most of my Christmas shopping there so far,” O’Connell said.

For more information, call 240-0222 or visit www.garryoakgallery.com.

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Joel Griffith, a wood and metal artist, points out wood that exhibits specific qualities he desires for wooden bowls and furniture. Nearly all of his wood is from Whidbey.


Pete Berg, Richard Johnson and Maurice Aasland stand at the site of the new Nordic Lodge. Ground was broken in September and the group hopes to have the lodge completed next spring.

Join�the�Nordic�Lodge

Find out more at whidbeyislandnordic lodge.wordpress.com.

To join, call Richard at 678-4889.

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Dentist offers non-sweet treat: Playhouse Dental will buy back Halloween candy for 50 cents per pound to save teeth and give troops overseas a sweet treat on Nov. 7. See Activities listing for more information.ACTIVITIES

Whidbey

MeDicare enrollMent now open

Now through Dec. 7 is open enrollment period for Medicare beneficiaries. This is a time when you can sign up for Medicare Part D, change your Medicare plan and more.

Those needing assistance with Medicare and choos-ing the correct plan can meet with trained Statewide Health Insurance Ben-efits Advisors volunteers Wednesdays through Dec. 7. Appointments can be sched-uled through the WGH Op-erator at 678-5151.

Start on holiDay Shopping

The Oak Harbor Assem-bly of God will hold a holi-day bazaar from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 3. The location is 319 SW Third Ave. in Oak Harbor. Admission is free. Visit www.oakharborag.org for details.

girl ScoutS Seek fooD DonationS

Oak Harbor Girl Scouts will hold their annual food drive to help support the Help House from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 3 at Safeway and Albertsons in Oak Harbor.

holiDay giftS galore

Concordia Lutheran Women’s Missionary League sponsors the annual holiday bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 3 at the church, which is located on the corner of NE Seventh Avenue and Oak Harbor Street in Oak Harbor. For purchase, there will be crafts, baked good and new and gently used treasures. Coffee and sweet treats will be served from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., with lunch served between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

All proceeds will fund mission projects spon-sored by the L.W.M.L. For more information, email CLCstaff@concordialutheran whidbey.org.

holiDay bazaar haS treaSureS

Harbor Tower Village will host its fourth annual holiday bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 3. Find those unique homemade treasures to fill your shopping needs. All proceeds raised by Har-bor Tower will be donated to the North Whidbey Help House.

Harbor Tower Village is located at 100 E. Whidbey Ave. in Oak Harbor. For de-tails, call 675-2569.

church hoStS holiDay bazaar

St. Augustine’s holiday ba-zaar will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, located at 185 N. Oak Har-bor St. Find gifts for every-one: food mixes, Granny’s Attic, hand-sewn items and homemade bakery. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

fiberS take a twiSt

Whidbey FiberQuest with a Twist continues Nov. 3 and 4. Visit participat-ing fiber farm stores, yarn store, wineries, chocolate boutique and more to be entered to win a gift basket. Admission is free. For hours and locations, visit www.whidbeyfiberquest.com.

weaverS guilD haS uncoMMon Sale

Whidbey Weavers Guild presents its annual show and sale: Uncommon Threads. The event is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Greenbank Farm and features basketry, braiding, dyeing, felting, jewelry, knit-ting, spinning, weaving and more. For more, visit www.whidbeyweaversguild.org.

claSS teacheS DiabeteS preventionSign up now to learn

how to lower your risk for diabetes at classes at 10 a.m. Nov. 3 and 1 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Oak Harbor Library. Classes are taught by Line Goulet, RN, certi-fied diabetes educator. The classes are for adults; pre-registration is required. The library is located at 1000 SE Regatta Drive. For more information, call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

free boating SeMinar Set

The Deception Pass Sail and Power Squadron will conduct a free boating seminar on using GPS at 10 a.m. Nov. 3 at the Oak Harbor Yacht Club. The seminar is for both novice and experienced boaters and explains the principles of waypoint navigation and how to relate the GPS to essential information on your charts. For details, call 360-682-6104.

DollarS becoMe butterflieS

Wind and Tide Bookshop presents a class on turning a dollar bill into a butterfly at 1 p.m. Nov. 3. This is a free event for all ages. Bring two dollar bills of any denomination. The shop is located on Pioneer Way in Oak Harbor. For details, call 675-1342.

MyStery Movie Matinee Set

Those who love Stephanie Plum won’t want to miss this movie based on the first Janet Evanovich mystery, “One For The Money,” at 2 p.m. Nov. 3. Free movie and popcorn are provided by the Friends of the Oak Harbor Library. Rated PG-13. The library is located at 1000 SE Regatta Drive. For more information, call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

Meerkerk garDenS SeekS flowerS

Meerkerk Gardens never turns down a flower. Dona-tions of spring and summer flowering bulbs are desired, including daffodils, crocus, tulips, lilies, allium and more. Please consider a tax deductible donation of cash or bulbs. Meerkerk Gardens is located in Greenbank. For details, visit www.meerkerk gardens.org or call 678-1912.

SoloiSt perforMS with orcheStra

Whidbey Island’s own Saratoga Orchestra (for-merly Saratoga Chamber Orchestra) presents a special concert in celebra-tion of its sixth season at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at South Whidbey High School. The opening concert of the sea-son will showcase Gloria Ferry-Brennan as soloist

performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Op. 61. Tickets are $20 adults, $18 senior/military and under 18 are admitted free. Tickets available at Anchor Books in Clinton, Moonraker Books in Langley, Vino Amore in Freeland, Bayleaf in Coupe-ville or Oak Harbor, Click Music in Oak Harbor, or at brownpapertickets.org. Cash/check and MC/V/Discover accepted at the door. For more information, visit www.sowhidbey.com.

every SunDay, it’S bingo tiMe

Every Sunday at 6:30 p.m., join a bingo game at Knights of Columbus Hall, located at 3259 Old Goldie Road in Oak Harbor. All are welcome. For details, call 675-6070.

neeD help finDing a job?

Join the Job Club on Mon-days from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Oak Harbor Library meeting room H137. Learn advanced interviewing tech-niques Nov. 5.

Attendance is drop-in and free. The club is hosted by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Social and Health Ser-vices. The library is located at 1000 SE Regatta Drive. Call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

get real help for ibS

Attend a class held at Coupeville Library by Whidbey General Hospital at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 5 to get real help for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Presenter: Lori B. Taylor. IBS affects at least 10 percent of the population and has a profound impact on those who carry the diagnosis. Most people suf-fer with it, as there are no clear recommendations that work with everyone. Taylor, MA/MS, CD, RD, CNSC is a clinical dietitian at Whidbey General Hospital with ex-pertise in gastroenterology and oncology.

chilDren earn bookMark prizeS

At 4 p.m. Nov. 5, head to the Oak Harbor Library to celebrate the Oak Harbor winners of the 2012 Sno-Isle Libraries Children’s Bookmark Contest. Light refreshments will be served. This program is supported by the Oak Harbor Friends of the Library. The library is located at 1000 SE Regatta Drive. For more informa-tion, call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

rebekahS get Dicey

The Oak Leaf Rebekahs, local chapter 254, will hold a bunko fundraiser at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows Hall, 721 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor. Enjoy a fun evening tossing the dice to benefit the Rebekahs’

scholarship fund. Suggested donation is $10. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and play begins at 7 p.m. Prizes will be awarded and refresh-ments will be served. Call 675-0128 for details.

toDDlerS becoMe reaDy reaDerS

Jump and bounce into a magical world of stories, music and movements that nurture the desire to read in toddlers ages 24 to 36 months with a caregiver at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday. The library is locat-ed at 1000 SE Regatta Drive. Call 675-5115.

petroleuM tank claSS offereD

Statewide owners of underground storage tanks have until the end of the year to receive manda-tory training to meet the Washington Department of Ecology’s deadline and a Whidbey Island company is offering training from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 7 at Whidbey Telecom in Freeland. The course costs $299.95. Pre-registration is required. For more information, go to www.USTtraining.com.

library capital facility boDy MeetSThe Coupeville Library

Capital Facility Area Gov-erning Body will meet at 8 a.m. Nov. 7 at the Island County Administration Building, Conference Room #218, located at 1 NE Sev-enth St. in Coupeville.

babieS becoMe reaDy reaDerS

Wiggle and giggle with your baby through silly sto-ries at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. This program is for newborns through 24 months; caregiver required. Call 675-5115.

DentiSt buyS back canDy

Help save your child’s teeth from all that leftover Halloween candy and sup-port the troops in the pro-cess. Playhouse Dental will buy back Halloween candy between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. Nov. 7. The dentist is located at 651 SE Maylor St. in Oak Harbor. Candy will be do-nated to troops overseas.

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Kids can read to a patient, friendly dog who loves to listen at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Oak Harbor Library. Reading aloud to a canine improves reading skills and confidence. Pre-readers and independent readers are welcome with a caregiver. Or learn how you and your dog can become a registered therapy team at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Oak Harbor Library, located at 1000 SE Regatta Drive in Oak Harbor. For more information, call 675-5115 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

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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 pmSmall Groups

Women’s Ministry • Men’s MinistryRuss Schlecht ~ Senior Pastor

www.elivingword.org

490 NW Crosby Ave., Oak Harbor 675-5008

Whidbey IslandMessianic FellowshipWhere Yeshua is Lord

Come Learn the Hebraic Roots of Your Faith

Meeting at: The Oak Harbor Christian School Bldg A

675 E. Whidbey Ave.Oak Harbor, WA 360-675-7189

Saturdays at 10:30am

Worship Hours:Prayer & Praise: 9:00 am

Blended Worship Service: 10:30 am

Everyone is welcome to join us!Youth Ministries-Choirs-Bible Studies

Dave Johnson ...............................PastorChet Hansen ..................Music MinisterLaura Kvam..Children & Youth Ministry

675-2441 • oakharborfumc.org1050 SE Ireland St • Oak Harbor

First UnitedMethodist Church

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

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 E� e Boyles (360)929-3127

620 A/B Erin Park DriveOak Harbor, WA 98277

(NEXT TO U-HAUL BLDG.)

Unitarian UniversalistCongregation

of Whidbey Island20103 State Route 525

Freeland

Sunday Service at 10:00 amMinister: Rev. Dennis Reynolds

Childcare Year-RoundReligious Education Sept-June

All are welcome360-321-8656

www.whidbey.com/[email protected]

250 SW 3rd Avenue • Oak Harbor(Behind K-Mart)

Sunday Morning Services • 9:00am Traditional Worship • 10:00am Sunday School (All Ages) • 10:30am Contemporary Worship

Children and Worship675-4837

www.frcoh.org [email protected]

CALVARY APOSTOLIC TABERNACLE(The Pentecostals of Island County)

3143 Goldie Rd Unit B • Oak Harbor(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............11:00am

Matt Oliver, Preaching Minister

[email protected]

675-3441

Sunday MorningWorship Service

8:30 A.M. & 10:30 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 • 675-2303

185 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 Harbor360-632-3642Sunday

Bible Study 9:00amWorship Service 10:00amEvening Service 6:00pm

Come Worship With Us!Thursday Bible Study 7:00p.m.

40 NE Midway Blvd, #103 • Oak HarborPastor Dr. Thomas Stoneham Sr.,

Minister Donald Cole

Oak HarborAssembly of God

Lead Pastor Andy Lam

Sunday Service10:00amCelebration Service

Kids’ Ministry 10:00 am

Child Care Provided319 SW 3rd Avenue

www.oakharborag.org360-675-4852

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

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Come worship with us!Worship Services Sunday

8:30, 9:50 & 11:10 a.m.

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• SmallGroups• MOPS• YouthGroups

2760NHellerRd•OakHarbor www.oakharborfamilybible.org679-1585

Promote Your Place Of Worship In The Whidbey News-Times For Only $12.5/week For A Single Size Ad. Please call 360-675-6611

Come Worship With Us!

679-1288

We welcome you to join us for worship and celebration

Grace By The SeaAnglican Church

The Rev. Paul OrrittSUNDAY SERVICE

8:00am Traditional Service

9:15 am Adult & Children’s Education

10:30 am Family Service & Children’s Ministrywww.gracebythesea.org•

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9:15 am Adult & Children’s Education

10:00 am Worship Service

10:30 am Children’s Ministry

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ConcordiaLutheranChurch

Missouri SynodWorship Service ......................Sunday 10:00amAdult Bible Study & Sunday School ...11:15am

Nursery Available

Pastor Noel Koss 360-675-2548

Preschool 360-679-1697590 N. Oak Harbor St • Oak Harborwww.concordialutheranwhidbey.org

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 Coupeville

Pastor Jeffrey SpencerPastor Marc Stroud, Caring Minstry

679-1561

Sunday Worship ......8:00 & 10:30 amSunday School ......................... 9:15 am

WhidbeyPresbyterian

Church1148 SE 8th Ave

Oak Harbor 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship

Dave Templin, PastorBethany Popkes, Youth DirectorKurt Imbach, Adult Facilitatorwww.whidbeypres.org

679-3579Child Care is available and Everyone Welcome

Promote Your Place Of Worship In The

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Please call 360-675-6611

TrinityLutheran

Church331-5191 • Freelandwww.trinitylutheranfreeland.com

Woodard Road, Highway 525,Freeland

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

Sunday School & Adult Educationat 9:30 am

James Lindus, PastorDennis Hanson, Pastor

Eric Ottum, PastorJerry O’Neill, Pastor

Karl Olsen, Minister of Music

Get your religion updates noted in

Whidbey News-TimesVacation Bible School,

Seasonal Hours Changing, Daycare Updates, Special

Holiday Presentations.

Whidbey News-Times $12.50/week Whidbey Crosswind $10.00/month

For A Single Size Ad. Please call 360-675-6611

St. Stephen’sEpiscopalChurch

Services in All Saints Chapel in the A-frame building

The Episcopal Church on North Whidbey Island

A Member of the Anglican Communion Worldwide

Join us for Sunday Service at 10:00 AM

360-279-0715www.ststephensofoakharbor.org

555 SE Regatta Dr. • Oak Harbor

christian scientists to pray for elections, government

“Prayer for elections and government” is the topic for the next audio chat, hosted by the Christian Science Reading Room at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Rob Gilbert, a Christian Science teacher and healer will conduct this chat.

Join this discussion with your questions

and concerns to receive a healing answer. The Reading Room is located at 721 SW

20th Court in Oak Harbor. You may also log on to www.jsh-online.com/chat.

Quakers change name to ‘Whidbey island Friends’

Whidbey Island Quakers have a new name.

“Whidbey Island Friends,” as the group is now called, shows its closer ties to regional and national Quaker groups, organizers said.

Regular worship meetings are held 4-5 p.m. each Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island, which is located at 20103 Highway 525 in Freeland.

This hour of silent worship may include spoken messages or sharing of spiritual jour-neys.

The group also meets at 3:30 p.m. the first Sunday of each month for an additional time of singing before the worship service. For information, go to www.whidbeyquakers.org.

Religion notes obituaRyMartha Lorraine Burns

Martha Lorraine Burns, age 64, for-merly of Oak Harbor, passed away on Oct. 28, 2012 in Henderson, Nevada. She is survived by her husband, Robert L. Burns and sons Rob and Roy Burns. A Memorial Service is 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at Burley Funeral Chapel in Oak Harbor. Donations may be made in her honor to cancer research.


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Holiday decorations, plants, garden knick-knacks, books, cra� s, collectibles, baked goods, lefse and much more. As always, lunch is o� ered - try our “Trinity Soup”. � e proceeds are earmarked for local charities, so come and shop this traditional event which bene� ts our community in so many ways.

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REPORTERReporter sought for staff opening with the Penin- sula Daily News, a six- d a y n e w s p a p e r o n Washington’s beautiful North Olympic Peninsula that includes the cities of Por t Angeles, Sequim, Po r t To w n s e n d a n d Forks (yes, the “Twilight” Forks, but no vampires or werewolves). Br ing your experience from a weekly or small daily -- from the first day, you’ll be able to show off the writing and photography skills you’ve already ac- quired while sharpening your talent with the help o f veteran newsroom leaders. This is a general assignment reporting position in our Port An- geles office in which being a self-starter must be demonstrated through professional experience. Port Angeles-based Pe- ninsula Daily News, circulation 16,000 daily and 15,000 Sunday (plus a websi te gett ing up to o n e m i l l i o n h i t s a month), publishes separate editions for Clallam and Jefferson counties. Check out the PDN at www.pen insu lada i l y - news.com and the beauty and recreational op- p o r t u n i t i e s a t http://www.peninsuladai- l y n e w s . c o m / s e c - tion/pdntabs#vizguide. In-person visit and tryout are required, so Wash- ington/Northwest applicants given preference. Send cover letter, resume and five best writing and photography c l ips to Leah Leach, managing editor/news, P.O. Box 1330, 305 W. First St., Port Angeles, WA 98362 , o r ema i l leah.leach@peninsula- dailynews.com.

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Join our team of the helpful hardware

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Oak Harbor1 9 8 2 F E S T I V A L , 52’x14’, 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Woodstove. 3240 North Lodgepole Lane, #11. $360 Deposit. $360 Lot Rent. 360-678-3847Oak HarborFOR SALE 2 and 3 BR mobile homes in family- f r i e n d l y p a r k , n e a r schools, shopping, Navy base. $5,000-$18,000. 360-675-4228

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COUEPVILLE/ FREELAND

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Convenient location, walk to Island Transit,

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(360)341-2254

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Clinton

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D U P L E X U N I T F O R Rent in Clinton on Whid- bey Island. 2 Bedroom; 1.5 baths; 1 car garage; deck. All appliances. No smoking. Half block from bus stop. 1 mile from the ferry in Clinton. $925/ m o n t h o n 1 2 m o n t h lease. $800 damage de- posi t . Appl icat ion required. First, last, damage. 206-200-4219.CLINTON

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2013 OAK HARBOR COMREHENSIVE

PLAN AMENDMENTSCALL FOR

APPLICATIONSThe City of Oak Harbor is init iating its annual Comprehensive Amend- m e n t P r o c e s s . T h e amendment process begins with a call for applications from the public requesting changes to the Plan. The requests are then compiled into a docket that is reviewed by the Planning Com- mission and City Coun- cil. The City Council ap- proves a final docket in March 2013. Request for changes can be made to any as- pect of the Comprehen- sive Plan. However, the application requirements differ for private amend- m e n t s a n d p u b l i c amendments. An example of a private amendment is a request to change a land use des- ignation for a property and an example of a public amendment would be a request to change the density requirements for a par ticular zoning district. For more information on public amendments please contact city staff. Information regarding this can also be found in the Oak Harbor Municipal Code Chapter 18.15.060.Applications are now being accepted fo r the 2013 Comprehensive Plan Amendments. The application for pr ivate amendments (land use changes) is current ly available at the City Hall and on the City’s website. Land owners can request changes to their property’s land use des- ignation as part of the amendment p rocess. The deadline for applications is December 3, 2012 5pm. The process to consider a m e n d m e n t s t o t h e Comprehensive Plan is a year long process. All applications received will be placed on a docket wi th other mandatory and discretionary items. The docket will then be reviewed by the Plan- ning Commission and the City Council through a public hearing process before approval. The process is designed to provide opportunities for public par ticipation at var ious stages of the process.Please contact Cac Ka- mak, Senior Planner, at (360) 279-4514 if you have questions.LEGAL NO. 435306Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 3, 17, 2012.

A public auto auction will be held at Scotty’s Tow- ing, 1695 Main St., Free- land, WA at 11:00a.m., Thursday, November 8th. 3 hour preview.1987 Ford RangerV I N - 1FTCR11T1HUC541581984 GMC JimmyVIN- 1G5CT18B9E05201011987 Oldsmobile CutlasVIN-1G3ATJ81R4HG323595LEGAL NO. 435296Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h

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FREELAND WATER and SEWER DISTRICTNOTICE OF CHANGE

OF MEETINGPlease be notified that the Freeland Water and Sewer Distr ict has re- scheduled i ts regular monthly meeting from Monday, November 12 to Tuesday, November 13 due to the Veterans Day hol iday. The re- scheduled meeting will be held on the upper lev- e l o f Whidbey Water Services, 5421 Woodard Ave, Freeland, Wa. at 5 :45 p.m. A l l fu ture meetings and workshops will be held at this new location.LEGAL NO. 433975Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 3, 7, 10, 2012.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTONFOR ISLAND COUNTY

In the Matter of the Es- tate ofJONATHAN E. KRUSE,Deceased.No. 12-4-00228-4PROBATE NOTICE TO C R E D I T O R S C L A I - M A N T S , & H E I R S K N O W N A N D U N - K N O W N - R C W 11.40.030The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person, parties, claimants and/or heirs known or unknown having any claim against the decedent or dece- d e n t ’ s e s t a t e m u s t present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed thenotice to the creditor as prov ided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date offirst 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 .40 .051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is ef fect ive as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUBLI- CATION:October 27, 2012PERSONAL REPRE- SENTATIVES:Timothy S. KruseATTORNEY FOR PER- SONAL REPRESENTA- TIVE:Kenneth A. ManniADDRESS FOR MAIL- ING OR SERVICE:c / o C o h e n , M a n n i , Theune & Manni LLPPost Office Box 889Oak Harbor, WA 98277LEGAL NO. 433423Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. Octo- ber 27, November 3, 10, 2012.

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will replace the existing SR 532 bridge over Da- vis Slough with a wider and higher bridge that will prevent overtopping during storm events. Ad- ditionally, the roadway embankment will be wid- ened, fortified, and the grade raised approxi- mately five feet in order to protect the roadway from potential flood and storm damage. The west bound auxi l iar y t ruck c l imbing lane wi l l be lengthened by approxi- mately 575 feet.Work associated with the project will include traffic control, utility relo- cation, pile installation and removal, bridge removal, wall construction, engineered slope con- s t r u c t i o n , c o n c r e t e placement, embankment compaction, guardrail in- stal lat ion, excavation, clearing, grubbing, drain- age and s to r mwa te r treatment facility installa- t ion, grading, paving, striping, signing, illumi- nation, and planting.Compensatory mitigation for unavoidable environmental impacts will be constructed at a 40 acre site near Dugualla Bay on Whidbey Island. Pro- posed activities at the site include grading to restore tidal exchange, constructing a setback dike, weed control, and planting.Proponent: Washing- ton State Department of TransportationLocation of proposal, including street address, if any: The project is located on SR 532 between Mile- post (MP) 2.50 and MP 3.39 on Leque Island and Camano Island, ap- p rox imate ly 1 /4 mi le west of the city of Stan- wood. The project limits are within Sections 22, 23, 26 and 27 of Town- ship 32 North, Range 3 East, Willamette Merid- ian (W.M.), in Snohom- ish County and Island County. The mitigation site (Du- gualla Bay Preserve) is located on Whidbey Is- land in Island County, within Section 17, Town- ship 33 North, Range 2 East, W.M. The site is north of Oak Harbor and east of SR 20 and the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. It is situated along the shoreline of Dugualla Bay and can be accessed from Dike Road.Lead Agency: Wash- ington State Department of TransportationThe lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a significant adverse impact on the environment. An Environmental Im- pact Statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of the completed Environmental Checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request.This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date of i ssuance. Comments must be submitted by November 17, 2012.Responsible Official: Terry DrochakPosition/Title: Region- al Environmental Pro- grams ManagerAddress : P.O. Box 330310, Seat t le, WA 98133-9710 P h o n e : (206) 440-4548Persons with disabilities may request that this information be prepared and supplied in alternate

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forms by cal l ing Alan S o i c h e r , c o l l e c t a t (360) 757-5995 or the Washington State De- partment of Transporta- tion ADA Accommoda- t ion Hotl ine collect at (206) 389-2839. Per- sons with hearing im- pairments may access Washington State Tele- communications Relay S e r v i c e ( T T Y ) a t 1-800-833-6388 or Tele- B r a i l l e a t 1 - 8 0 0 - 8 3 3 - 6 3 8 5 , o r V o i c e a t 1-800-833-6384, and ask to be connected to ( 3 6 0 ) 7 0 5 - 7 0 9 7 . WSDOT ensures fu l l compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by prohibiting dis- crimination against any person on the basis of race, color, national ori- gin, or sex.LEGAL NO. 434971Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 3, 2012.



In the matter of the estate of:ELIZABETH L. MARTIN,Deceased. NO. 12-4-00241-1N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORSRCW 11.40.030The Personal Represen- tative named below has been appointed as Per- sonal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Repre- sentative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Represen- tative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented wi th in th is time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11 .40 .051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effect ive as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.D a t e o f f i r s t publication: October 20, 2012Personal Representa- tive: James F. Mar - tinc/o CHRISTON C. SKIN- NER 791 SE Barrington DriveOak Harbor, WA 98277360-679-1240Attorney for Personal Representative: CHRISTON C. SKIN- NER 791 SE Barrington DriveOak Harbor, WA 98277360-679-1240LEGAL NO. 431788Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. Octo- ber 20, 27, November 3, 2012


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In the Matter of the Es- tate ofTHOMAS S. TODDDeceased.No. 12-4-00084-2N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORSRCW 11.40.030The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thir ty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as prov ided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented wi th in th is time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11 .40 .051 and 11.40.060. This bar is ef- fec t i ve as t o c l a ims against both the decedent’s probate and non probate assets.Date of First Publication: October 20, 2012DATED this 14th day of September, 2012/s/ Cindy S. ToddCindy S. ToddJAY A . G O L D S T E I N LAW OFFCE, PLLC/s/ Shawn M. BunceShawn M. Bunce, WSBA No. 32363Attorney for Personal Represntative1800 Cooper Point Road SW, No. 8Olympia, Washington 98502LEGAL NO. 431777Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. Octo- ber 20, 27, November 3, 2012.

NOTICEAn open bid auction will be held at Chr ist ian’s Au t o W r e ck i n g , 6 8 5 Chr is t ian Road, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 on Wednesday, NOVEM- BER 7, 2012. Viewing w i l l t ake p lace f rom 12:00pm to 3:00pm on NOVEMBER 7, 2012. A u c t i o n b e g i n s a t 3:00pm on NOVEMBER 7, 2012.88 SUBARU CHASR2DJF1AF43B7B1022983J7Q6YTEMPLEGAL NO. 434970Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 3, 2012.



In the Matter ofthe Es- tate ofMARY C. AKINSDeceasedNo. 12-4-00222-5PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.030The personal representative named below have been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be batTed by any o therw ise app l i cable

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statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy ofthe claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as prov ided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within t h i s t ime f rame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUBLI- CATION: October 27, 2012PERSONAL REPRE- SENTATIVE:Barbara J. ThelenATTORNEY FOR PER- SONAL REPRESENTA- TIVE:Kenneth A. ManniADDRESS FOR MAIL- ING OR SERVICE:c / o C o h e n , M a n n i , Theune & Manni LLPPost Office Box 889Oak Harbor, WA 98277LEGAL NO. 433411Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. Octo- ber 27, November 3, 10, 2012.

November 13, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. -- Budget

HearingNotice is hereby given that a Preliminary Bud- get for the Port District of South Whidbey Island for the f iscal year of 2013 has been prepared a n d i s o n f i l e a n d available in the Port office at 1804 Scott Rd., Suite 101, Freeland, WA or at www.portofsouth- whidbey.com A public hearing will be held by the Port Commission of South Whidbey Island on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., at the South Whidbey Parks & Recreation Dis- tr ict Meeting Room at 5475 Maxwel ton Rd., Langley, WA, where any person may appear in suppor t of or against said budget. The Regular month ly meeting will be held on November 13, 2012, and wil l fol low the Budget Hearing at approximate- ly 7:30 p.m.Questions regarding the meeting may be directed to the Por t o f f i ce a t (360) 331-5494.LEGAL NO. 435307Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 3, 10, 2012.

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MODIFICATIONPermit No. WA0020567Applicant: City of Oak HarborWastewater Treatment Plant1501 SE Beach StreetO a k H a r b o r , I s l a n d CountyThe City of Oak Harbor Wastewater Treatment Plant has applied for a National Pollutant Dis- charge Elimination Sys- tem (NPDES) per mi t modif ication in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 90.48

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Revised Code of Wash- ington, Chapter 173-220 Washington Administra- tive Code, and the Fed- eral Clean Water Act. Ecology is proposing to modify the requirement for submission of an engineering report or facility plan for upgrades to the City ’s wastewater treatment system.A tentative determination has been made on the above specia l permi t conditions which are intended to prevent and control pollution. A final determination will not be made unt i l a l l t imely comments received in response to this notice have been evaluated.

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The draf t permi t and statement of basis may be viewed at the Depart- ment of Ecology (De- p a r t m e n t ) w e b s i t e : h t t p s : / / f o r - tress.wa.gov/ecy/wqre- ports/public/f?p=public- p a r - is:permit_docs:3368025- 369418356The app l ica t ion, fac t sheet, proposed permit, and other related documents are also available a t t he Depa r tmen t ’s Northwest Regional Of- fice for inspection and copy ing between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., weekdays. To ob- tain a copy or to arrange to v iew copies at the Northwest Regional Of- f ice, please call Sally P e r k i n s a t (425) 649-7190, e-mail [email protected] , or write to the address below.Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the proposed permit modification. All comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication of this notice to be considered for the final determination. Comments should be sent to:Permit CoordinatorDepartment of EcologyNorthwest Regional Of- fice3190 - 160th Avenue SEB e l l e v u e , W A 98008-5452E-mail comments should b e s e n t t o [email protected] interested party may request a public hearing on the proposed permit modification within 30 days of the publication date of this notice. The request for a hear ing shall state the interest of the par ty and the reasons why a hearing is necessary. The request should be sent to the above address. Ecology will hold a hearing if it determines that there is significant public interest. If you require special accommodations or need this document in a format for the visually impaired, call Tricia Mill- e r a t (425)649-7201. Persons wi th hear ing loss can cal l 711 for Washington Relay Ser- v ice. Persons with a speech disability can call 877-833-6341.LEGAL NO. 434967Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 3, 2012.

N OT I C E O F T RU S - TEE’S SALE Pursuant to the Rev ised Code of Washington 61.24, et s e q . T S N o . : WA-12-506412-SH APN No.: S7234-00-00037-0 T i t l e O r d e r N o . : 1 2 0 1 2 7 4 0 2 - WA - G S I Grantor(s): IAN P. BER- NARD, DARIA N. BER- N A R D G r a n t e e ( s ) : WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Deed of Trust In-

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strument/Reference No.: 4243000 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Qual i ty Loan Serv ice Corp. of Washington, the unders igned Trustee, wi l l on 12/7/2012, at 10:00 AM At the main entrance to the City Hall located at 865 SE Bar- rington Drive, Oak Har- bor WA 98277 sel l at publ ic auct ion to the highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier ’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of ISLAND, State of Wash- ington, to-wit: LOT 37, ISLAND PLACE DIVI- S I O N N O . 1 , A PLANNED RESIDEN- TIAL DEVELOPMENT, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RE- CORDED IN VOLUME 13 OF PLATS, PAGES 3 3 0 A N D 3 3 1 , RECORDS OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHING- TON. SITUATED IN IS- LAND COUNTY, WASH- INGTON. More com- monly known as: 1517 N W 5 T H AV E , OA K HARBOR, WA 98277 which is subject to that cer tain Deed of Trust dated 1/16/2009, record- ed 1 /16 /2009 , under 4243000 records of IS- LAND County, Washing- ton, from IAN P. BER- NARD AND DARIA N. BERNARD, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Gran- tors), to NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES LLC, as Trustee, to se- cure an obligation in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Benefici- ary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by WELLS FAR- GO BANK, N.A. (or by its successors-in-interest and/or assigns, if any), to Wel ls Fargo Bank, NA. II. No action com- menced by the Benefici- ary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obl igat ion secured by the Deed of Trust/Mort- gage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as fol- l ows : Fa i l u re to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $22,649.81 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The pr inc ipa l sum of $203,162.43, together with interest as provided in the Note f rom the 4/1/2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above-descr ibed real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as prov ided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession o r encumbrances on 12/7/2012. The defaults referred to in Paragraph I I I must be cured by 11/26/2012 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and ter- minated if at any time before 11/26/2012 (11 days before the sale) the default as set for th in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Pay- ment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be termi- nated any time after the

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11/26/2012 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any record- ed junior lien or encum- brance by paying the pr incipal and interest, plus costs, fees and ad- vances, i f any, made pursuant to the terms of the obl igat ion and/or Deed of Trust, and cur- ing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of De- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trus- tee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following a d d r e s s ( e s ) : I A N P. BERNARD AND DARIA N . B E R N A R D, H U S - BAND AND WIFE 1517 N W 5 T H AV E , OA K HARBOR, WA 98277 by both first class and certified mail on 6/27/2012, proof of which is in the possession of the Trus- tee; and the Borrower and Grantor were per- sonally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspic- uous place on the real proper ty descr ibed in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trus tee whose name and address a re se t 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 de- prive the Grantor and all t h o s e w h o h o l d by, through or under the Grantor of all their inter- es t in the above-de- sc r ibed proper ty. IX . Anyone having any ob- jections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those object ions i f they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale 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. NO- TICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trus- tee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day fol- l ow i n g t h e s a l e , a s 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 pro- ceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant- occupied proper ty, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue media- t ion. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to media- tion if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in deter- mining your rights and oppor tuni t ies to keep your house, you may

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contact the fol lowing: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referra l to housing counselors rec- ommended by the Hous- ing Finance Commis- s i o n : T o l l - f r e e : 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1 -877 -894 -4663 ) o r W e b s i t e : http://www.dfi.wa.gov/co nsumers/homeowner- s h i p / p o s t p u r c h a s e c o u n s e l o r s fo r e c l o - sure.htm. The Uni ted States Depar tment of Housing and Urban De- ve lopment : To l l - f ree : 1-800-569-4287 or Na- t i o n a l W e b S i t e : h t t p : / / p o r - t a l . h u d . g o v / h u d p o r - ta l /HUD or fo r Loca l counseling agencies in W a s h i n g t o n : http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/mdex.c- lm?webListAction=sear- c h a n d a m p ; s e a r c h - s ta te=WAandamp; f i l - terSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attor- n e y s : Te l e p h o n e : 1-800-606-4819 or Web s i t e : h t t p : / / n w j u s - tice.org/what-clear. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to con- vey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Ben- eficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have p rev ious l y been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS OF- FICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA- TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Dated: 8/7/12 Quality Loan Ser- vice Corp. of Washing- ton, as Trustee By: Tri- cia Moreno, Assistant S e c r e t a r y Tr u s t e e ’s Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 Fifth Avenue, San Die- g o , C A 9 2 1 0 1 ( 8 6 6 ) 6 4 5 - 7 7 1 1 S a l e Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://wa.qualit- y l o a n . c o m T S N o . : WA-12-506412-SH Trus- tee’s Physical Address: Qual i ty Loan Serv ice Cor p. o f Wash ing ton 19735 10th Avenue NE, Sui te N-200 Poulsbo, W A 9 8 3 7 0 ( 8 6 6 ) 6 4 5 - 7 7 1 1 A-4275136 11/03/2012, 11/24/2012LEGAL NO. 426760Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 3, 24, 2012.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY OF ISLANDIn the Matter ofthe Es- tateofJAMES IRVIN JOHN- STON,Deceased.NO. 12-4-00247-1N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORSThe personal represen-

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tative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (I) Thir ty days after the personal repre- s e n t a t i ve s e r ve d o r mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- d e r R C W 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months af tcr the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within t h i s t ime f rame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 1l.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUBLI- CATION:October 27, 2012/s/ ANNELISE KAREN JOHNSTONA N N E L I S E K A R E N JOHNSTON, Personal Representative of the E s t a t e o f JA M E S I . JOHNSTON, deceased.c/o James L. Kotschwar, Attorney for Personal Representative, WSBA #10823235 NE Kett le Street; Su i t e 101 , P.O. Box 1593Oak Harbor, Washington98277(360)675-2207LEGAL NO. 433104Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. Octo- ber 27, November 3, 10, 2012.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR

KING COUNTYIN RE THE ESTATE OF: KEITH C. HOLT, Deceased.NO. 12-4-05871-4SEAPROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSTHE PERSONAL REP- RESENTATIVE NAMED BELOW has been ap- po in ted as Pe rsona l Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of l imitations, present the claim in the manner as p rov ided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Person- al Representative or the Personal Representa- tive’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presentedwithin the later of: (1) Thirty (30) days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as prov ided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four (4) months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented wi th in th is time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in section 11 of this act and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is ef fect ive as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and

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non-probate assets.Date of First Publication:November 3, 2012/ s / S H E V A U N L . WRIGHTSHEVAUN L. WRIGHTPersonal RepresentativeMICHAEL L . OLVER, WSBA No. 7031HELSELL FETTERMAN, LLPAttorneys for the Co- Personal Representa- tivesSafeco Plaza Building, Suite 42001001- 4th Ave., S e a t t l e , W A 98154-1154D.S.H.S. only: Mail copy with decedent’s Social Security Number, indicated as: 536-52-8915 to: Office of Financial Recovery, Attn: Estate Recover y Un i t , P. O. Box 9501, Olympia, WA 9 8 5 0 7 - 9 5 0 1 (360)-753-1325).LEGAL NO. 434989Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. No- vember 3, 10, 17, 2012.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR

SNOHOMISH COUNTYIn re the estate of:BETTY A. CRIDER,Deceased.No. 12-4-01421-9PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)The Personal Represen- tative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any persons having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided by RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the c la im wi th the Cour t . This claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as prov ided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented wi th in th is time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11 .40 .051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is ef fect ive as to claims against both the decedent’s probate andnonprobate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUBLI- CATION:October 27, 2012/s/ Rita S. WilsonRita S. WilsonPersonal Representativec/o John Frawley, P.S.5800 236th Street SWMountalke Terrace, WA 98043/s/ JOHN FRAWLEYJ O H O N F R A W L E Y WSBA#11819Attorney for the EstateLEGAL NO. 433408Publ i shed : Wh idbey N e w s - T i m e s , S o u t h Whidbey Record. Octo- ber 27, November 3, 10, 2012.


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They may not claim to be the “best political team on television,” but as Oak Harbor High School students present live election night coverage Tuesday night, they might lay claim to the youngest.

Students from Jim Crouch’s American government class are teaming up with Wildcat TV again to provide nation-al, state and local coverage of election results Tuesday night, competing with the likes of CNN, CBS and NBC. Yet Wildcat TV can offer something the big networks can’t: live coverage of Island County and local elections.

There will be a phone number and email address for viewers to call with their comments and questions. Students will read the com-ments on air and the student panel will discuss the issues brought up. Coverage runs

from 7:30 to 10 p.m. The public can join in by calling 279-5808 after 7:30 p.m. or sending an email to wildcat [email protected]. Wildcat TV can be seen throughout Whidbey on Comcast Channel 21.

Like the major networks, students will provide live updates showing election results, starting with national numbers out east and moving through to the western states, finishing up with Washington statewide voting and Whidbey Island local results. The stu-dents will report on election results and their impacts. In class, students voted on the top five issues that were important to them, including jobs and economy, educa-tion and more. Students will report on how the candidates will directly impact the nation, the state and the community, as well as the impact of the

referendums/initiatives. “I was looking for a way

to get my students to under-stand the significance of this election and the impact on them,” American government teacher Jim Crouch said in a press release.

“The last time we did this was four years ago,” said video production teacher Chris Douthitt in a press release. “This time we’re introducing some new tech-nology for the students to use and thanks to the Oak Harbor community we now have a real TV studio to work in. This broadcast is a way to give back to the voters and pay it forward to the students at the same time.”

The show will also stream live over the Internet. Viewers can go to www.useducationtv.com and link to Oak Harbor High School to tune in.


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Foundation Fundraiser 2012Friday, November 16th • Oak Harbor Elks Lodge

Doors Open at 7pm • Tickets are $20 (tax-deductible)

Join Us for a Raffle Followed by Live Music with:

JOHNNY BULLDOGFeaturing Johnny “Bulldog” Tristao of Creedence Clearwater Revisited

For more information or to purchasetickets, please call 675-5953.

All proceeds from this event benefit theWindermere Foundation, which is

dedicated to helping homelessand low-income families.

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Students take on election coverage

Whidbey News-Times, November 03, 2012

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