By Scott RasmussenJournal editor

Tearing apart a boat that’s past its prime is nothing new for Michael Durland.

In fact, it’s more akin to business as usual at Orcas Island’s Deer Harbor Boatworks, where, over the course of two days, Nov. 13-14, Durland and crew demolished five boats whose owners had surren-dered various vessels they could no longer maintain or dispose of themselves to the grindstone of the state-funded voluntary turn-in program coordinated by San Juan County’s derelict vessel removal program.

Four made of fiberglass, measuring 21 to 27 feet in length, respectively, proved rather routine and crum-bled quickly, but even the old-hands at Deer Harbor winced a bit when it came time to gut and disassemble

a 38-foot wooden Owens cabin cruiser whose for-mer glory was only faintly eclipsed by the passing of time.

“It’s a shame to have to bust that one up,” Durland said. “It had really good mahogany and some other real nice features on it. We salvaged what we could. But it’s a good thing, the program, because some of these boats would just end up sinking.”

The voluntary “Turn In Option” is a new twist and incentive recently added to

Washington state’s 12-year-old derelict vessel removal program. It’s designed to take boats of 45 feet or less, which have fallen into disrepair, off the hands of Washington residents that lack the financial resources to repair and maintain them.

When a 28-foot wooden

cabin cruiser was demol-ished at Friday Harbor’s Jensen’s Shipyard in June, it marked a first for participa-tion by San Juan County in the Derelict Vessel Removal Program turn-in program. Since then, another six boats in the San Juans, the five demolished at Deer

Harbor included, have been disposed of under the volun-tary program.

With seven boats now to its name, San Juan leads the state’s 39 counties in par-ticipation in the voluntary program.

Marc Forlenza, manager of the county DVRP, said the county avoids tapping its own limited DVRP funds by utilizing the state-funded voluntary turn-in program and that mass demoli-tions, like the one at Deer Harbor Boatworks, which maintains a state-licensed

demo facility, also proves more cost-effective for the state Department of Natural Resources. The agency, which manages the DVRP, has been afforded only $200,000 for the voluntary program in its most recent two-year budget.

In addition to boats that have been demolished, Forlenza said that owners of four other “vessels of con-cern” have removed those boats from local waters at their own expense.

“Working closely with the DNR and (vessel turn-in program) is a win-win situation for the state, coun-ty, and the environment,” Forlenza said.

About 33 boat owners have applied, statewide, to the turn-in program since it first debuted in May. A total of 19 boats have been demolished, five are in the demo queue and nine applicants either withdrew or did not qualify. Roughly $135,000 remains in the DNR turn-in program fund, according to DNR’s Tammy Robbins, program manager.

Forlenza notes that not a single derelict vessel has

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San Juan tops in state demolition ‘turn-in’ program; five dismantled in two days time

Contributed photo / Deer Harbor Boat Works

Heavy equipment assists in the dismantling of a fiberglass sailboat at Deer Harbor Boat Works, Nov. 13-14, one of five boats demolished and disposed of at the Orcas Island westside marina under the state’s vol-untary ‘turn-in’ program.

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FREE LUNCH!Galley Restaurant

FRI, DEC 19EVENT: Lopez Lions’ Club Blood Bank, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Community Church.

EVENT: Reflections, 7

p.m. Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. A time of praise and wor-ship. Refreshments will be served.

SAT, DEC 20EVENT: Stanley Greenthal Ensemble Winter Solstice Concert, 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Read more on page 8.

SUN, DEC 21EVENT: Festival of Lessons and Carols, 4 - 5:30 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church. Join us for this annual Candlelight Festival of Music and Readings cel-

ebrating the coming of Christmas. The Community Lessons and Carols Choir, directed by Kim Foley, will be joined by organist Marge Stensrud. Special instrumental interludes will be provided by Celia Rosenberger and a small ensemble. This is your opportunity to sing favor-ite Christmas carols, hear lovely music and readings tell the Christmas story – all in the beautiful candlelit

setting of Grace Church. Reception to follow.

THURS, JAN 8ARTS: Winter Arts Night, 6:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Secondary drama, art and music students will present to the community.

WEDS, JAN 17CLASS: Creating a Business Marketing Plan, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., at the Lopez

Library. Breakout Session time TBA. Learn how to create an effective mar-keting plan! Ages 18 and up. Registration closes Dec. 15. Workshop only: $35 if paid by Dec. 5, $45 thereaf-ter. Workshop + Breakout Session: $65 if paid by Dec. 5, $75 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit-www.lifrc.org.

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Hamlet House gives thanks

Thanksgiving lives on at Hamlet House.

Thanks to the wonderful volunteers who keep Lopez Thrift Shop thriving. Our islands’ residents not only have access to great deals the whole year through but many non-profit organizations also reap the benefits of their hard work.

Hamlet House would like to give thanks for the support received to acquire much- needed materials and activi-ties to enhance and nurture

the cognitive needs of our residents. Being able to pro-vide the residents of Hamlet House with life-enriching aids and stimulating activi-ties improves their lives on a daily basis, prolongs inde-pendence and gives our residents a sense of purpose while creating opportunities for successful independent and social interactions.

Thank you so very much, Lopez Thrift Shop, for your continued support of our islands’ seniors.

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Community briefsCounty employees reject new union contract proposal

Two weekends ago, coun-ty employees represented by AFSCME, Local 1849, AFL-CIO, voted to reject a tentative agreement with San Juan County on a new three-year contract. The cur-rent contract expires Dec. 31, 2014. Representatives from

AFSCME and county man-agement had been in negotia-tions on contract terms since August, assisted by a facilita-tor from the state’s Public Employment Relations Commission.

The tentative agreement included wages and annual cost-of-living increases, con-tributions to a health care savings account and modifi-cations to the management of the contract. The county council is required to adopt the county’s 2015 budget before the end of the year. Adoption of the budget was scheduled for Dec. 9. Absent a signed contract, county offi-cials say there is no basis

for providing a cost of liv-ing adjustment or continuing benefit contributions provid-ed for in the expiring con-tract. Council members have unanimously stated they remain hopeful of reaching a contract agreement that is both fiscally responsible and satisfactory to the county’s represented employees.

Vehicle reservations open for WSF

Vehicle reservations for Jan. 5 through Mar. 21 are now available on the San Juan County routes. Currently, thirty percent of standard vehicle space is available to reserve on each sailing. An additional thirty percent of space will be available two weeks prior to each sailing, and the final thirty percent will be available two days

prior to each sailing. Online reservations are available 24/7 at the Save a Spot website: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/reservations. WSF staff are currently avail-able to assist customers by phone from 7 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. by calling 206-464-6400 or 1-888-808-7977. For more information on reservations to the San Juans go to www.takeaferry.com.

Creosote removed on Blakely Island

Twenty-eight creosote pil-ings were removed from the waters of Thatcher Bay on Blakely Island to improve water quality for fish and other marine organisms.

The Blakely piling removal was just one component of extensive habitat restora-

tion efforts conducted in Thatcher Bay and on its beaches by Friends of the San Juans, Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group and the private landowner.

While creosote-treated wood was commonly used in marine structures of the past, it is now known that creosote contains more than 50 car-cinogens to humans and is also toxic to marine fish and other wildlife.

Since creosote pilings can continue to leach chemicals throughout their lifetimes, efforts are underway to remove unnecessary and unwanted creosote struc-tures including pilings and derelict docks.

“It is so exciting to see the vast improvements to

the shoreline and waters of Thatcher Bay,” said Tina Whitman, Science Director at Friends. “It will be real-ly interesting to track the response of priority species such as eelgrass and forage fish, now that removal of the shoreline and in water modifi-cations has been completed,”

If you have derelict creo-sote pilings, docks or other structures on your marine shoreline in San Juan County, you may be eligible for free removal through a partner-ship program of Friends and the Department of Natural Resources, funded by the Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

For info, contact Friends at 378-2319, or DNR at 360-854-2808.

Lopez IslandAA Meetings:

Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s CenterWednesdays - 4 p.m. - Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal ChurchSaturdays - noon at the Children’s CenterCall 468-2809

Al-Anon:Saturdays - 9:30 a.m. at the Children’s Center, Lopez.Call 468-4703.

Letters to the Editor

People are almost nowhere to be found in Bob Proctor’s paintings, but any-one who prefers outdoors to indoors, or rural to urban, will feel right at home in his company.

Between the scenes of old barns lining the hallway, and the gentle Salish sea-scapes gracing the kitchen, Bob’s house seems to have far more windows than it actually does. The effect goes beyond peaceful, to pastoral.

It would be easy to see Bob’s paintings as a reac-tion to a life lived mostly in a big city, but Bob doesn’t see it that way. First of all, Glendale, Calif., where he grew up and spent the bulk of his working years, was not then the mega-lopolis it is today.

And secondly, as Bob puts it, “painting is just relaxing to me.” He’s not trying to make any state-ment; he’s simply utilizing a practiced skill to capture appealing scenes. And since losing Earleen, his wife of 66 years, last June, Bob relies on his art more than ever.

Bob and Earleen – “her dad was named Earl,” Bob explains met on a blind date after the Second World War. Bob had enlisted in the Air Corps and spent a year flying bombing mis-sions over occupied China, a year which he says, in his understated fashion, he “did not particularly like.”  (Luckily for Bob, he came into the war fairly late, when the Japanese forces were weakening, so he never had to deal with attacks from their fighter planes.) Mutual friends set him and Earleen up, and they “took to each other like ducks to water.” A year later, in 1948, they were married, spending several years as a couple before

starting a family. Bob’s ar tistic roots

begin way down in his childhood; “I always liked to draw,” he says. Immediately after the war, Bob spent three years in art school, looking for a way to turn his natural inclinations into a career.

He found one as a photo re-toucher, wielding air-brushes in an artistic fash-ion. “It’s actually quite a skill,” Bob notes, adding that his was the last genera-tion able to make a career practicing that skill, which has since given way to com-puters.

After his retirement, when he took some more art classes, Bob enriched his understanding of per-spective, line and color, expanding his skill set and enabling the move from photographic retoucher to creative watercolorist.

Since the scenes on Bob’s walls are almost exclusively northwestern, clearly his big artistic shift did not occur in California.

While his job originally took Bob and Earleen to Chicago for some years, they raised their kids in California, where Bob had grown up. Sunny Glendale, and camping trips to the Sierras, provided ample out-doorsiness in those days for their son and two daugh-ters.

By the time Bob retired, though, the family had grown and spread itself far and wide, and the Proctors opted to move closer to their kids – and, later, grandchil-dren – turning themselves into northwesterners in the process.

Their first move took them to Salem, Ore., which they loved. Some years later, the couple moved to Mt. Vernon, then Arlington, and finally, eight years ago, here to Lopez, at the invita-tion of their daughter, Joyce Lyster.

Both Bob and Earleen reveled in the south end peacefulness. Regular trips up to the Senior Center for lunch provid-ed sufficient socializing;

they were generally con-tent to watch the deer or swans out their windows, and spend time with fam-ily. Bob, of course, paints. Earleen’s “art” was more cooking-oriented, but, Bob says, “She was an excel-lent critic of my work. She would always tell me, ‘I think that part’s too dark,’ and things like that.”

His lovely landscapes, Bob says, are not derived solely from talent: “Painting’s like anything else: it’s a matter of prac-tice, of study.” Especially in broader ocean or mountain scenes, Bob says, “I strive for distance.” He’s refer-ring to the techniques he uses, using lighter paints at the furthest point of per-spective, but the statement could be taken more figu-ratively.

Looking through the collection in his studio, Bob points out that the white in his paintings is not paint, but the paper itself, left alone to utilize its absence of color exactly as it is. Something about that technique, so practical, so subtle and yet so striking, seems perfectly suited to this modest artist, hus-band, father, grandfather

and great-grandfather, find-ing peace and beauty right where it is.

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Spotlight on Lopezians

Bob Proctor,Lopez Island

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Randy J. CorneliusGeneral Manager12 years

Beth Anderson Superintendent of Information Services 27 years

Mark TilstraSystem Design Engineer24 years

Kerry Anderson General Foreman San Juan District 24 years

Rich LartzGeneral Foreman Lopez District23 years

Tim SavageJourneyman Lineman16 years

James SchubertStaking Technician10 years

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Bob Proctor, then and now.

sunk in San Juan County waters in 2014, which overlaps with the emergence of both the turn-in program and an additional DVRP prevention program funded by a People for Puget Sound grant.

“The local derelict vessel prevention portion of the pro-gram has proved to be a success and should be continued,” he said. “Unfortunately, funding could end in June of next year when the current grant expires.

DEMOLITIONCONTINUED FROM 1

By Scott RasmussenJournal editor

A Lopez Island woman that kept a set of keys after losing a job at the post office, and later used them in the theft of several pieces of jewelry – including a dia-mond ring – will spend four months in jail or on work

crew for felony theft.Following an earlier con-

viction in San Juan County Superior Court, in which she pleaded guilty Oct. 30 to one count of second-degree theft with intent to resell, Susan Marie Klein, 30, was ordered to pay $315 in res-titution Nov. 28 for theft of a diamond ring that she sold on eBay.

She was sentenced to four months in jail, or four on work crew in lieu of jail, and ordered to pay $800 in fines and fees.

A Class C felony, second-degree theft carries maxi-

mum penalties of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both; however, the standard range of sentencing set by the state is 2-6 months in jail. Klein was also convicted in December 2013 of pre-scription drug fraud.

According to court docu-ments, the U.S. Postal Service terminated Klein’s employment in February 2012; the keys issued to her were never returned.

Three months later, a package containing a dia-mond ring vanished from a post office box and was later identified as the same

ring sold by Klein for $950 as part of a transaction on eBay. Another piece of jew-elry shipped later to the same post office box turned up missing as well.

Prosecutors filed felony theft charges against Klein earlier this year on the heels of Postal Service investiga-tion into the missing jew-elry.

Klein, who claimed ini-tially to have stumbled upon the ring in a parking lot, reportedly admitted to the theft as the postal investiga-tion proceeded, according to court documents.

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founder9. New moon, e.g.14. Control freak 15. Achy16. Horse opera17. Aroma18. Checked item19. Contemptuous

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buy (2 wds)48. Not at all50. Makes right53. January 1 to

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actress 61. Plunge headfirst 62. Fits

63. #1 spot64. Battery contents65. Regretful 66. Bungle, with "up"67. Cravings

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An ending and a begin-ning. The gym is closing. The gym is opening. Island Body and Fitness at the old Lopez Village market building is closing and a new group, Lopez Fit, is opening a gym at a new location; the old Paper Scissors building.

Aaron Dye, owner of Island Body, told the new group that he wants to see a gym succeed on the island. And because it’s so impor-tant that we have one, he will do whatever it takes

to make that happen. So he is donating many of the exercise machines, hand weights, scale, mirrors and the flooring to the new group.

Dye said, “I’m not going to be able to make it go, so I hope somebody else will.”

A Lopez Fit board mem-ber said, “We could not have done this without him. He also helped arrange to facili-tate moving the equipment to the new location.”

Lopez Community Wellness Center (dba

Lopez Fit) is a Washington nonprofit corporation. Lopez Family Resource Center will assist with channeling donations to be used for discounts based on needs. It is hoped that a scaled down version of the old gym, working from a nonprofit business model, will allow Lopez to sustain an exercise facility. Many of the best of the exercise machines and equipment are being moved to the

new gym. An application for the Silver Sneakers pro-gram is being processed and looks likely to happen.

Building on the inventory of equipment donated by Dye and continuing some of

the classes that were held at the old gym, Lopez Fit offers a leaner look. With about 100 full-time members Lopez Fit should succeed. Information about member-ships and donations is avail-

able at the website www.LopezFit.org or by calling 468-3199.

Lopez Fit will open to the public on Jan. 3 with an open house at 131 Weeks Road. Come and join us.

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San Juan Islands Conservation District Board of Supervisors 2015 Election

The San Juan Islands Conservation District is currently accepting applications for one open position on its Board of Supervisors.

Supervisor Responsibilities and Requirements: • Supervisors must be registered voters and reside within the boundaries of San Juan County. • Supervisors must attend monthly Board meetings to discuss and approve policy, plans, and

budget. • Supervisors serve without compensation. The San Juan Islands Conservation District will hold an election for one open position of District

Supervisor with a term of three years to begin May 15, 2015. The position is currently held by Ronald Zee whose term expires May 15, 2015. The SJICD Board of Supervisors has appointed Linda Lyshall to serve as the election supervisor.

To File as a Candidate: Please request an application by emailing info@sjislandscd.org or call 360-378-6621. Candidate filing deadline is 1/2/2015.

To Vote: Voting will be by mail only. Please request a ballot by sending an email to info@sjislandscd.org, call 360-378-6621, or pick one up in person at 530 Guard Street, Friday Harbor, WA. Ballots must be requested between 1/1/2015 and 1/31/2015. All ballots must be received no later than 5:00PM on 2/2/2015.

Applications may be submitted in person or by mail to either of the following organizations:San Juan Islands Conservation DistrictMailing Address: 350 Court St, #10, Friday Harbor, WA 98250Office: 530 Guard Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250Washington State Conservation CommissionMailing Address: PO Box 47721, Olympia, WA 98504-7721Office: 300 Desmond Drive SE, Lacey, WA 98503Phone: 360-407-6200

New gym is opening in the villageContributed photo

Volunteers who helped move the flooring and equipment from the old gym to the new Lopez Fit gym.

The nonprofit conserva-tion laboratory Kwiaht has announced a special train-ing program for islanders interested in providing sci-ence outreach to visitors and schools at 10 long-term monitoring stations in the San Juan Islands, including parts of the recently estab-lished National Monument.

Volunteer opportunities for trainees will include Indian Island in East Sound, Cattle Point on San Juan Island and Iceberg Point on Lopez Island.

Monthly training ses-sions from January to June will range from seabirds to native wildflowers and pollinators, marine inverte-brates, fish and plankton, supplemented by a num-ber of labs and spring field trips. Training sessions will be held on Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Islands, focus-ing on each island’s special places, and also highlight-

ing some of their important ecological differences.

Participants will learn to identify hundreds of plants and animals routinely seen at Kwiaht monitoring sites, and to explain their interre-lationships in evolution and ecology. This broad knowl-edge of local ecosystems is intended to complement the technical skills and research methods learned

on the job by Kwiaht’s “citi-zen scientists.”

Noting the rapid increase in visitors to the islands’ public lands, Kwiaht direc-tor Russel Barsh says that “our aim is to ensure that every volunteer research team we have working at these popular shorelines and islets includes at least one knowledgeable local educator that can enhance visitors’ experience – and help protect our fragile eco-systems through education and example.”

Training is open to Kwiaht’s current volunteers as well as other islanders willing to make a commit-ment to volunteer at least 60 hours to public outreach and education in 2015-2016. Applicants selected for training will pay just $50 for printed materials and lab supplies for the 30-contact-hour course.

“Give yourself a gift of knowledge for the holidays by signing up!” says Barsh.

Islanders that complete this training will earn the right to wear special ASK ME! caps that identify them to visitors as interpretive guides and educators.

More information is avail-able by visiting Kwiaht’s website, its facebook page or by writing to kwiaht@gmail.com.

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LOPEZ ISLANDCHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCH, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10:00 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at www.ctkonline.com/lopez. Email:lopez@ctkonline.com Phone: 888-421-4CTK ext. 819.

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, welcomes you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane. 468-3477. Everyone welcome!

COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings. Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth-3 yrs) and Jr. Church (4-12 yrs) provided during worship service. Small groups meet throughout the week. 91 Lopez Rd., in the village. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. www.ourlicc.org.

LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA) Please join us for worship and children’s Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Beth Purdum, 370-0023.

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Submitted by Lopez Island Prevention CoalitionSpecial to the Weekly

Whether they are pulling a hose to an upper floor, venti-lating a roof or rescuing victims, local firefighters stand ever ready to serve their community.

San Juan County Fire District #4 also known as Lopez Island Fire and EMS, are pleased to announce that nine of their firefighters recently completed their Firefighter One training. Ken Burtness, Jen English, Harrison Goodrich, Rande Gruenwald, Ralph Hayden, JK Honeywell, Mike Kaminskas, Edwin Kramer and Bree Swanson completed the 120-hour course in June of this year. Jen English, Ken Burtness and Tracie Red Elk tested and received their National and International Firefighter One Certification along with Sam Fowler who trained to Firefighter Two level with San Juan Island Fire. Congratulations to all those who completed this standard for their training.

The Lopez Island Fire and EMS is staffed by 33 volun-teers, 20 of whom are firefighters and 13 are EMTs. Four

volunteers are cross-trained as both firefighters and EMTs.These community volunteers, who respond 24/7 to their

community’s fire, emergency, safety and medical needs are asking for your help and support. As a volunteer-based organization they are down in numbers and are asking com-munity members to consider joining their team. Enrollment is now open and applications will be accepted until Jan. 7. Applications can be picked up at the main fire station on Lopez.

More information will be available at a recruitment class held Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lopez Village station. Training for firefighting begins in January 2015 and held on Lopez. Training for EMS will begin in June 2015 and held in Friday Harbor.

All those who may be interested in joining this vital part of

Lopez are invited to apply. Consider a gift of community ser-vice to yourself and others for this upcoming year. Consider becoming part of the strong and dedicated team who work hard to save lives and property in our community.

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Celebrate the winter solstice with traditional and original tunes, songs and poetry, performed by  the  Stanley Greenthal Ensemble. A tradition for many years on Lopez Island, Stanley Greenthal will bring his ensemble - Kip Greenthal, Christos Govetas and Kim Goldov – to the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts on Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m.

Last year, Kip and Stanley had to take an unexpected helicopter ride of f the island, and the concert was canceled. This year  the  ensemble plans to make up for their   sudden disappear-ance, and surprise you with new instrumental compositions and unusual arrangements of seasonal songs not heard at other holiday concerts.

  Stanley Greenthal  is an internationally acclaimed songwriter and instru-mentalist, who stretches musical borders from Scotland, Ireland and Brittany to Greece and the

Balkans.   He sings and plays guitar, bouzouki, laouto and lavta (Greek and Turkish lutes).  With five recordings to his credit,  Sing Out!  magazine described his latest,  First Song, as “…a fascinating voyage to the highlands of Scotland, the Breton lands and the islands of the Mediterranean.”  His wife  Kip Greenthal  adds harmony vocals and per-cussion, and compelling spoken word pieces set to music.

Christos Govetas has per-formed extensively in the U.S., Canada and Greece. He sings and plays clari-net, oud and bouzouki and performs regularly with his group Dromeno in Seattle, and across Canada and the U.S. Christos is the 1999 recipient of the pres-tigious Northwest Folklife Fellowship Award honor-ing his cultural contribu-tion to the Greek-American and Folk dance commu-nities. He also recorded and performed with Bill Frisell’s group, The

Intercontinentals.  Kim Goldov  plays vio-

lin  in several groups spe-cializing in folk music from around the world, includ-ing the popular Balkan dance band extravaganza, the Bucharest Drinking

Team. He also plays klezmer music from Eastern Europe, and was a member of Yeni Ses (traditional and modern folk music of Turkey and beyond). 

Stanley’s original com-positions, Breton dances

and Cretan syr tos – sparked by Christos’ hyp-notic clarinet, Kim’s soul-ful violin and Kip’s rock steady percussion – create a blazing solstice hearth for this unique winter eve-ning.

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L-R:Mike Kaminskas, Ralph Hayden, Edwin Kramer, JK Honeywell, Jen English, Justin Merrifield, Ken Burtness, Rande Gruenwald (reflection).

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Submitted by the office of Rick LarsenSpecial to the Weekly

U.S. Senator Patty Murray, WA, and Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, took action this week to respond to constituents concerned about noise from the EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Murray and Larsen asked the Navy to consider recommending fund-ing for the construction of a hangar at Ault Field called a hush house, which would muffle noise from on-ground engine testing and maintenance.

“Community members from Whidbey Island and the San Juan

Islands have shared with me their concerns about the noise from the Growlers at NASWI. Senator Murray and I have listened and are asking the Navy to help out by building a hush house, which would muffle engine noise from testing and maintenance on the ground and direct it away from communities,” Rep. Larsen said. “I have always been clear in my support for NASWI’s role as one of the coun-try’s premier Navy installations, the Growlers being stationed at the base and the necessary training, such as field carrier landing practice, to make

sure our servicemen and women are prepared. I will also continue working with community members and local leaders to address the impact of noise.”

“We’ve heard from families on Whidbey Island and the San Juan Islands that the noise from NASWI is disturbing their communities,” said Senator Murray. “Construction of this facility is a reasonable step to minimize the impact that planes from NASWI have on the surrounding area.”

Full text of the letter to the Navy can be found at www.islandsweekly.com, then click on the news tab.

Larsen and Murray push for ‘Hush House’