Islands' Weekly, November 18, 2014

By Scott RasmussenJournal editor

Only seven weeks after its celebrated arrival, the first newborn in nearly two years to join the population of endangered killer whales that makes their summer, seasonal home in the San Juans is now missing, and presumed dead.

The Center for Whale Research confirmed that the baby, L-120, first identified Sept. 6 off the west side of San Juan Island, was nowhere to be seen when its mother, L-86, along with other mem-bers of L-pod, were recently photographed in the waters of Juan de Fuca Strait.

“L-86 was seen and photo-graphed on Friday, Saturday

and Monday, all without L-120,” Center for Whale Research Ken Balcomb said.

Balcomb maintains the disappearance of another calf and the absence of new-borns underscores the plight of the orcas, whose numbers continue to plummet. The decline coincides with the once-abundant salmon runs off the Pacific Northwest and Canada, Chinook in par-ticular, the primary source of

prey of the resident whales, dwindle to historic lows.

The population, 78 whales in all, is at a 30-year low.

“Thirty years ago, there were anywhere between

three to nine babies each year,” he said.

An abundant food source is critical for survival of a

Submitted by the office of Rick Larsen

Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, announced today that the Navy will hold a public meeting on Dec. 3 on Lopez Island to listen to citizens’ comments about EA-18G Growler operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI).

This announcement about a date and time for the meet-ing follows Larsen’s previ-ous announcement about the Navy’s decision to hold this additional public meet-ing. The Navy had indicat-ed it likely would hold the meeting on Friday Harbor, but has chosen Lopez Island instead. The meeting is

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 3 – 6 p.m. at Lopez Island Center for Community and the Arts.

The Navy is currently per-forming an Environmental Impact Study on the effects of a potential increase in the number of Growlers operat-ing at NASWI. The EIS will incorporate five different scenarios, ranging from 82

planes to a maximum of 118. The Navy held public meet-ings the last week of October in Coupeville, Oak Harbor and Anacortes for people to share their views with Navy leadership. The public com-ment period for the EIS also has been extended, and will be open through Jan. 9.

“I recently heard from residents on Lopez Island about their concerns regard-ing jet noise and the num-ber of Growlers stationed at NASWI. I asked the Navy to include the San Juan Islands in the EIS process, and I appreciate the Navy expand-ing its outreach to include this community.

I remain committed to making sure NASWI remains a premier Navy asset, as well as to find-ing solutions to reduce the noise impacts on local com-munities,” Larsen said.

The Navy has also added an additional public meet-ing in Port Townsend. For additional info, visit www.whidbeyeis.com.

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Applying for or Renewing Apple Health Insurance?

The Lopez Island Family Resource Center staff is available to assist uninsured islanders navigate the WA

State Health Benefit Exchange and to assist with renewals for people already enrolled. Please call us for an appointment at 468-4117.

Open Fri & Sat 7am-5pm Sun 7am to 4 pm

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Holly B's Cookbook, Holiday Stollen, Gingerbread

People, Granola, Holly B's Coffee Beans and Holly B's T-shirts make wonderful

gifts to give or send.

Many Thanks for a terrific 2014 season!

Community Shakespeare11th Annual Fall Festival

AS YOU LIKE IT(appropriate for all ages)

Nov. 7, admission by donation, 12 noon & 7:30pm

Nov. 8-9-10 at 7:30pm. Students $10, Adults $15

Tickets online at communityshakespeare.org,Also at Paper Scissors Rock

Remaining seats sold at 6pm at the door:Lopez Center for Community & the Arts

Community Shakespeare’s13th Annual Fall Festival:

The TempestNov. 19 at 12 noon & 7:30 p.m.

Admission By DonationNov. 20-21-22 at 7:30 p.m. Students $10, Adults $15

Lopez Center for Community & the ArtsTickets: communityshakespeare.org

and at Paper Scissors Rock

Lopez Holiday BazaarSat., November 29

10 am to 3 pmLopez School Gymnasium

Featuring Many Exciting Quality Arts & Crafts Fantastic raffle prizes, including many gift certificates

from local shops & restaurants, multiple overnight getaways & diverse professional services.

Delicious Food • Bake Sale • Santa PhotosContact Candice at 468-2678 for more info.

Proceeds benefit the Lopez Preschool

IslanderResort

Family owned since 1997

Annual Craft Fair Sat., Dec. 6 10 am-3 pm

and Sun., Dec. 7 10 am-3 pm Come join us for a wide array of arts and crafts from all islands.

Any questions,

call Kathy or Sydney468-2233

Navy to hold a public meeting on Lopez to discuss Growlers

Baby orca whale, first in two years, presumed dead

SEE WHALE, PAGE 8

Contributed photo / Carrie Sapp

Missing and presumed dead, L-120 swims alongside its mother, L-86, shortly after its birth in early September. The first southern resident born in two years was last seen more than seven week ago.

Don’t attack, be civil

We recently underwent a national election with pos-sible negative consequenc-es. A disturbing aspect of

our election system is the increasing use of attack ads.

These ads usually criti-cize some aspect of a par-ticular individual without any substantive comments about the attacker.

It is a poor way to gain a following but, unfortunately, it often works because it appeals to people’s basic instincts.

Name calling should not be a part of a civilized debate. Those of us who feel strongly about an issue have to endure mud-sling-ing tactics by others. This is childish and regressive and should have no place in such a tight-knit and car-

ing community as ours but, unfortunately, it is present.

The islands, Lopez includ-ed, are a microcosm of the nation at large. This includes the negative aspects as well as the positive ones.

We like to think of our-selves as a progressive com-munity but, naturally, there are those among us that would drag us back to a bygone era.

If we are to maintain some semblance of civility we must recognize this and try to not let it shape our way of life.

JACK M. PEDIGOLopez Island

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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.

Lopez Business HoursGalley

RestaurantOpen at 8 a.m.Full menu until

8:30 p.m. every nightShort-list menuafter 8:30 p.m.

Fresh, Local, Fantasticwww.galleylopez.com

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Lopez IslanderBreakfast

Saturday Sunday 8:30Lunch daily 11- 4:30 p.m.

Dinner daily 4:30 - 9 p.m. Sunday -

Thursday4:30 - 10 p.m., Friday -

SaturdayGood Affordable Food

Great Sports Lounge Specialswww.lopezfun.com

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The Love Dog CafeMay this food nurture your Body and Sustain

your spirit!

We are closing the cafe December 15th.

Join us for a mealduring the coming weeks

to help us in saying goodbye.

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Just Heavenly Fudge FactoryOpen 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.Closed Tues. & Wed.

Mondays Senior Day 15% off

Lopez Island Creamery, Cones, Shakes, Floats, Sundaes

Featured Fudge Pumpkin Pecan Pie

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Southend RestaurantThursday-Saturday 12-8

Brunch 11-2

Beer-Wine-Great FoodDelicious Baked Goods

Daily Specials, Deli To Go ItemsCome Down to the South

End & See What’s Cookin’!Southend General Store

Winter Hours 7:30 to 7:30 everyday

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WEDS, NOV 19THEATER: The Tempest, 7 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Admission: by donation. Runs until Nov. 22.

THURS, NOV 20MEETING: The Scoop on Scoping, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Lopez Library. How to write “Scoping Comments” for the current Navy proposal to add up to 36 more Growlers to the 82 already based at NASWI. The Quiet Skies group will be available to help you write effective com-ments for the current Environmental Impact

Statement. The new Navy Scoping brochure, sample comments and research documents will be avail-able. There’s a rumor there may be Growler cook-ies! For more info, www.whidbeyeis.com and www.quietskies.info.

MEETING: OPALCO Board of Directors Regular Meeting, 8:15 a.m., location: TBD.

MEETING: Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District Managing Board Meeting, 3 - 5 p.m., Lopez Fire Hall. The meet-ing should last about two hours and the public is invited to attend and par-ticipate.

SAT, NOV 22EVENT: Village Lighting Work

Party (Volunteers Needed!), 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., the Village. We need your help in decorating Village Park and the Ferry Landing. Please volunteer your time to help decorate on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. Meet in the park. Dress warmly and bring gloves! Hot chocolate and treats for those who help. If you can’t help physically, finan-cial assistance is always welcome to help purchase lights! You can send checks to the Chamber. Business owners – we have some volunteers who will assist in putting your lights up on your building – contact the chamber (you supply the lights).

TUES, NOV 25MEETING: Lopez Village Planning Review Committee, 10:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Lopez Library. The LVPRC is using community input from planning workshops to develop draft plans for community review. They are working to develop an Urban Growth Area Subarea Plan. Barbara Thomas is the chairperson. Other members include Annie Albritton, Sandy Bishop, Dan Drahn, Nancy Greene, Madrona Murphy, and Dennis Ryan. They invite everyone to partici-pate in the development of the subarea plan and regulations. These regular meetings are open to the public.

SAT, NOV 29EVENT: Fundraiser for the Lopez Children’s Center, Santa photos at the Preschool Bazaar from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Get your child’s or pet’s or family’s or friend’s picture with Santa on Saturday, Nov. 29 at Lopez School.

EVENT: Jingle Bell Dinner, 6 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. 6th annual Jingle Bell Dinner. All proceeds to benefit Lopez Island Hospice and Home Support. Tickets in advance: $50. Available from: Paper Scissors on the Rock.

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Dates for food dis-tribution on Lopez are no longer Nov. 28 and Dec. 25. The new date is Nov. 21 and Dec. 25 at Grace Church, 1 – 2 p.m.

For more informa-tion, call 468-3477.

Date changes for food distribution

By Kathleen BartholomewSpecial to the Weekly

I made a terrible mistake.I knew my child’s friends

and where she was every minute of the day. But I made a bad assumption. I thought she was safe at school. I was wrong.

This erroneous assump-tion has put my loved one on an entirely different tra-jectory, introducing her to a world of drugs at 14.

How can a straight– “A” student’s promise of a bright future be suddenly altered just weeks after high school has started? What are the conditions the adults around her support or ignore that allow this to happen?

When we legalized mari-juana for adults, did we intend to extend that to our children as well? If so, no need to read on.

A student with low self-esteem and a high need for being accepted was easy

SJ school drug policies in need of change

SEE POLICIES, PAGE 8

SEE LETTERS, PAGE 3

By Scott RasmussenJournal editor

Island Rec is due to take a big hit to its bottom line in the wake of an error by the county assessor’s office in calculating three year’s worth of property tax rev-enue for the park and recre-ation district.

Assessor Charles Zalmanek took responsibil-ity for the error, saying that he inflated the Island Rec property tax rate by mis-take.

Island Rec received a total of $377,192 in excess revenue because the asses-sor adjusted its levy rate to a mark above the maximum amount approved by voters, which escalated over three year’s time to 24 cents per $1,000 of assessed value instead of staying fixed at its 17-cent ceiling.

Island Rec officials were notified of the error Nov. 6, Zalmanek said, and have been discussing the conse-quences and alternatives along with the assessor

since that time.“Island Rec’s levy ends

next year and they’ve been discussing what to ask from the voters for a levy renew-al,” he said. “That conser-vation could become a lot more complicated because of my screw up. I guess if they’d asked for 24 cents in 2010, and got it, they’d be in fine shape. But that’s not the case.”

Unlike most property tax levies, the rate of Island Rec’s, similar to that of San Juan EMS, does not “float” up or down in order to generate a predetermined amount. It remains locked and fixed at a certain rate, and the amount of revenue it generates can fall along with an overall decline in property value within the district.

Like all other levies, it can only increase by 1 percent a year, however, plus the value of new construction.

“The board was shocked and disappointed by this news,” Island Rec Director

Sally Thomsen said in a Nov. 9 press release. “Rebounding from this recent development, Island Rec’s board is looking into how best to continue provid-ing its parks and programs that are an integral part of this community.”

Thomsen noted that Island Rec’s property tax levy also generates income to supplement the Friday Harbor High School sports program. Voters approved an increase in the park and recreation district levy in 2009 and roughly 41 percent of the revenue it collects now helps fund high school sports.

Following consultation with the state Department of Revenue, Zalmanek said Island Rec’s levy will be low-ered in 2015 and the amount of revenue will fall from this year’s $605,000 to $305,000 in 2015, the final year of its six-year levy.

What’s more, Zalmanek, who noted that state audi-tor also missed the error in

2001, said that Island Rec will also have to pay back the “over-collected” amount of revenue, $377,192. He said state law will allow that payback to be done over time to help soften the finan-cial hit the agency is now preparing to absorb.

Zalmanek said that it may be more urgent than ever for the Island Rec Commission to ask voters for help in solving its rev-enue woes in 2015.

Grateful to have your vote of confidence

Thank you San Juan

County for your vote of con-fidence. I am pleased and proud to continue to serve as your County Clerk. I enjoy my work and am dedi-cated to maintaining the reli-ability of the Superior Court records, as well as fulfilling all of my office’s statutory

and mandated duties.The clerk’s office is

always open to assist you. Look for the sign above our door with the little red air-plane.

JOAN P. WHITE, COUNTY CLERK

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Late this past July, the last two Western Bluebird juveniles successfully fledged and the San Juan Islands Western Reintroduction Project wrapped up for another field season. As we now move into autumn, small flocks of bluebirds can still be seen roaming the island prior to their migration to southern wintering grounds.

A partnership of the American Bird Conservancy, Ecostudies Institute and The San Juan Preservation Trust, the goal of the project is to reestablish and monitor a viable breeding population of Western Bluebirds through a combined program of reintroduction, population monitoring and outreach. A big “thank you!” goes out to all who were involved this year; many folks helped out the project by hosting aviaries and nest boxes, reporting bluebird sight-ings or allowing me to access their property to monitor nests or check and mark their nest boxes.

The project, launched in 2007, expe-rienced many successes in the first five years of the project. Due to extremely wet and cool summers of 2010-12, how-ever, the population decreased; a pattern observed in other bluebird populations in the Pacific Northwest. To address this decline, this year the team execut-

ed emergency translocations of three family groups from larger populations near Corvallis, Ore. and Olympia, Wash. at Joint Base Lewis-McChord military installation.

While there was some mortality during the season, the project also experienced success, as we happily watched many fledg-lings take flight. The overall success of these additional management efforts will be apparent next spring when the number of returning bluebirds is determined.

In addition to these efforts, a new phase of the project commenced this year: locat-ing and cataloguing the existing nest boxes on the island.

This assessment effort will help us evalu-ate the nest box program and pave the way to improve monitoring efforts in the years to come through volunteer participation. As most of the quality bluebird nesting habitat is on private land, landowner and commu-nity involvement is absolutely critical to the success of the project.

Western Bluebirds are thrushes, often identified by their bright blue plumage and distinctive call. Preferring open habitats for foraging, they can often be seen in areas with scattered trees, especially oak groves,

and mid-story perches, such as fence lines. On San Juan Island, bluebirds are often spotted on Cady Mountain and at American Camp early in the season as they migrate in, and most commonly choose nests in the San Juan Valley area. Calls from islanders who spot bluebirds are very helpful for monitoring purposes.

Contact Kathleen Foley at 378-2461 or [email protected] or Gary

Slater at 213-8829 or [email protected] for more info, to report a sighting or to see if your property is suitable for hosting a nest box.

Green came to San Juan Island last spring as the technician on the Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project after finish-ing her master’s degree in geoscience from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Western bluebirds sucessfully take flightContributed photo / Kelsey Green

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Error by assessor creates budget blues

The holiday season is a time for spending time with friends, listening to music, eating a smorgasbord of delicious food, shopping for holiday gifts and visit-ing Santa with your children and grandchildren.

All these activities and more are happen-ing the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 29, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the Lopez Preschool Annual Holiday Bazaar in the Lopez School gymnasium. A featured event for over the last 30 years, the bazaar offers a variety of thoughtful, finely made local gifts, delicious food, photos with Santa and a raffle featuring over 40 fabulous prizes.

“The bazaar is the main fundraiser for the co-operative preschool”, says Preschool President Candace Downey. All pro-ceeds go toward operating costs, providing scholar-ships to families in need and classroom enrichment activities and materials. Many studies have shown that quality preschool sig-nificantly improves student performance in the formal education system. Lopez is fortunate to have such a program affordable for all islanders. Preschool is the first step in setting students up for educational success.

Every bazaar vendor donates a significant portion of proceeds to the preschool.

All funds raised by the raffle and food sales go directly to the preschool. There will be over 60 vendors at the bazaar offering amaz-ing homemade goods, local products and fine arts and crafts. The event will have something that suits every-one’s fancy. On top of that, the festive atmosphere can put even The Grinch in a hol-iday mood. Volunteers set up and bedeck the gym in jolly and bright decorations. Live entertainment is provided by Doug Poole, Chris Aiken and

Kevin Sullivan.Raffle prizes include

on- and off-island over-night stays, gift baskets of

local food and gifts, pass-es to Teatro Zinzani, the Experience Music project, the Woodland Park Zoo and the Whale Museum, mas-sages, facials, hair styling, an oil change, dog grooming, dental care and gift certifi-cates to numerous local and off-island businesses. This year’s gift certificates fea-ture John Howe steakhouse, Paper Scissors on the Rock,

Ivar’s restaurant, 10 yards of topsoil, the South End General Store and many, many more. Raffle tickets may be purchased at the Lopez Village Market most weekends and from any par-ent with a child in preschool. You can also buy raffle tick-ets at the bazaar.

Come support the Lopez co-operative preschool and your local businesses!

Lopez Preschool Annual Holiday Bazaar coming upContributed photo

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is the Lopez Preschool Annual Holiday Bazaar.


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Notice of the Intent to Adopt an Election Resolution. The San Juan

Islands Conservation District intends to have a meeting on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, 8:30-10:00 a.m., at 530 Guard Street, Friday

Harbor, WA, at which the date, time, place and manner of the 2015 annual

election will be set.

The Lopez Island Library ranks as a “Star Librar y,” according to the national publication Library Journal.

The LJ Index is a mea-surement tool that com-pares U.S. public libraries with their spending peers based on four types of out-put measures of their per

capita use. Due to their usage per

capita of their collection, programs and computers, Lopez is one of four librar-ies to receive this honor in Washington state this year.

Seattle Public, Sno-Isle and King County are the others.

This is the library’s fifth

year in a row to receive this accolade.

The Lopez Thrift Shop is ready to con-duct its annual Christmas sale which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6 at the school multipurpose room from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The sale is a widely anticipated annual event which began in 1986 and is always held on the first Saturday of December.

The volunteers have set aside the best of the donations which were received from our community during the past year.

Those donations have been processed and prepared for the sale. Items include kitchenware, linens, clothing, jewelry, crys-

tal/glassware, antiques, games, puzzles, toys, books, Christmas decorations and a wide variety of gift items appropriate for all ages.

The proceeds of the sale are always returned to the community through the annual grants given the following March to qualifying Lopez nonprofit organiza-tions.

The sale is a festive event where you will see all of your friends, explore the tables full of nice merchandise and have a good time. Come and join us again this year.

Oct. 15: A burglary was reported at the Orcas Island Historical Museum in Eastsound. A number of display artifacts were taken, along with retail items.

•Deputies responded to the Orcas Island Animal Shelter on a disturbance call. A woman came to claim her dog that had been picked up the previous day. After learning there were fees pending, she pushed her way into the facility, damaging property and tak-ing the dog.

• A 25-year-old Friday Harbor man was arrested

after being stopped driv-ing a vehicle that left the scene of a disturbance on Roche Harbor Road near University Road.

Oct. 16: Lopez deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. The dispute was verbal only, and no crime was committed. One party was transported to a friend’s house to prevent a flare up.

• A 51-year-old Eastsound woman was arrested for DUI after a single vehicle crash on Lopez Island. No other people or vehicles were involved in the crash.

• A 56-year-old Eastsound man was arrested on sever-al charges after refusing to leave a bar and then fighting with employees and others that removed him from the premises.

Oct. 18: A 37-year-old Lopez woman was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court.

• A bicycle was reported stolen from the owner’s car-port in Eastsound.

• A 35-year-old Oregon woman visiting Lopez suf-fered an accidental gunshot wound when a loaded pistol in her bags discharged as

the bags were being han-dled. The wound was non- life-threatening. She was flown to a mainland hospital for treatment.

• A two-vehicle collision occurred on Crow Valley Road, Orcas Island when a vehicle stopped for a deer crossing the road and was rear ended by a second vehicle. No injuries were reported.

Oct. 19: A 34-year-old Lopez man was arrested for DUI and a hit-and-run after an early morning collision

that sheared a utility pole. The man was located at his home by deputies.

• A 34-year-old Eastsound man was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant after a report of a man sleep-ing on the property at the Orcas Library. The man was also charged with posses-sion of methamphetamine.

•A 21-year-old Marysville man was cited for Hunting with a Centerfire Rifle on the Turtleback Preserve on Orcas Island.

Oct. 20: A business

dispute at a Lopez Island marina over unpaid moor-age fees was resolved after a brief contact by a deputy.

• Vandalism at the West Side Preserve was report-ed. Damage to signage and graffiti had occurred.

• A rural San Juan island resident reported damage to fencing protecting newly planted landscaping.

Oct. 21: Deputies responded to several reports of trees and lines down on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez Islands.


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Lopez library gains another star

Museum mayhem, illegal hunting and bicycle theftSheriff’s log

San Juan County voters have approved a renewal of the Proposition 1 levy lid lift. The renewal will end in 2020 and produce the same amount of revenue as the current levy, which is set to expire in 2015. The measure earned 61.74 percent and 4,732 yes votes out of 7,664 total.

The levy is 18 cents per $1,000 assessed value. The amount generated is 20 per-cent of the county’s general fund property tax.

The money will go toward senior services on all three major islands; Washington State University exten-sion programs; opera-tion of county parks; sup-port for county fair; pub-lic health services on all three islands; work release program; victim services;

emergency management ser vices; maintenance of county buildings and grounds and Islands’ Oil Spill Association equipment assistance.

Orcas Island voters approved Orcas School District’s facilities and tech-nology modernization levy at 64.85 percent. The levy is for 2015 through 2020 to provide $500,000 for each of the six years for a total of $3 million. The tax rate is expected to be 23 cents or less per $1,000 assessed

value.In other election news,

the following candidates won in contested posi-tions:

• Rick Larsen, Congressional District 2 U.S. Representative, 69.04 percent.

• Kristine Lytton, District 40 State Representative Position 1, 70.21 percent.

• Joan White, San Juan County Clerk, 68.4 percent.

• Rhonda Peterson, San Juan County Treasurer, 55.21 percent.

Final 2014 election results

2014ELECTION

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Sheriff deputy hits pedestrian with car

On Sunday, Nov. 9, at approximately 6:10 p.m. a San Juan Deputy was involved in a motor vehicle accident at the intersec-tion of Spring Street and Second Street knocking an adult male pedestrian to the ground. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital imme-diately after the incident and

subsequently released with minor injuries and returned home.

The county’s accident re-constructionist conducted a preliminary investigation of the accident scene and the involved vehicle; the case remains open pending further investigation to be conducted by an outside agency. Further information will be provided following the investigation.

San Juan man to pay $10K in restitution for blows to the face

On the heels of serving a 15-month prison sen-tence for felony burglary, a San Juan Island man was ordered to pay $10,000 to a crime victims fund and serve out the remainder of a jail term on work crew after pleading no-contest to an unrelated crime, punching a

man twice in the face.On Oct. 24, Travis James

Webster, 27, pleaded no-contest in San Juan County Superior Court to one count of third-degree assault, a gross misdemeanor. He was ordered to pay $800 in fines and fees, and $10,349 in restitution to the state crime victims fund, and was credited with having served part of a jail term, the rest of which he will be allowed to serve out on work crew.

Prosecutors charged Webster in early August with one count of second-degree assault, a Class B felony, for striking a man of similar age in the face at a late-night gathering at a Blair Avenue apartment in May 2013. At the time the charge was filed he was nearing the end of a 15-month prison sentence for felony burglary. He pleaded no-contest to the lesser offense as part of a plea deal, according to court documents.

By pleading no-contest, known as an Alford plea in Washington state, a defen-dant does not admit guilt to the crime of which he or she is charged, but acknowl-edges that if the case went to trial they would likely be convicted.

According to court docu-ments, Webster struck the

man in the face over a $50 drug debt and with such force that the repeated blows broke the man’s jaw. His injuries required mul-tiple surgeries to mend. The victim reportedly delayed notifying authorities about the assault for seven months for fear of retaliation.

Webster, also known as Travis White, is one of two men convicted a year ago of breaking into the Friday Harbor apartment of an acquaintance in mid-July 2013. In pursuit of prescrip-tion drugs at the time, they both wore masks. They were identified by the cou-ple whose apartment they broke into when an alterca-tion involving all four broke out and the two would-be robbers were unmasked. The two then fled the scene.

A year ago in November, Webster was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to felony burglary. His accomplice, Taiya Autumn Speed, was also sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Orcas man accused of meth possession

An Orcas Island man who served a four-month jail term a year ago after bran-dishing a knife at a grocery store worker faces a new

felony charge, possession of methamphetamine.

On Oct. 24, Stanley Vincent Sing pleaded not guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to one count of possession of a controlled substance, methamphet-amine, and was released on $10,000 bail pending trial, which is slated for Dec. 15.

The 34-year-old was taken into custody on the morning of Oct. 19 outside the library in Eastsound, where he had reportedly fallen asleep. He was wanted by local authori-ties for failing to appear in court two weeks earlier in connection with the prior felony assault conviction at the time of his arrest. He was taken into custody with-out incident.

According to pros-ecutors, Sing had several baggies containing meth-amphetamine in the front pocket of his jacket when deputies arrived at the library, at about 9 a.m. They reportedly found a case for sunglasses nearby that con-tained glass pipes that were lined with charred residue.

Sing served a four-month sentence after pleading guilty in August 2013 to one count each of felony assault and misdemeanor theft following a confronta-tion in early July of that year with a grocery store worker over shoplifting. He reportedly pulled a knife on the employee, who fol-lowed him outside the store, threatened the man and then fled on foot. He was taken into custody a short time later after depu-ties found him hiding in the brush at Crescent Beach.

Three months ago, he was ordered to serve one week in jail for failing to comply with court orders by undergoing a substance abuse evaluation. A warrant was issued for his arrest Sept. 26 for failing to appear in court.

– Scott Rasmussen


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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.

QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Meetings will be Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2129. Email: [email protected].

ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday starting April 12. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.

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By Shona AitkenSpecial to the Weekly

Last Friday evening we received an after-hours page from someone who had seen an owl sitting by the side of Lampard Road, on the outskirts of Friday Harbor.

They called Wolf Hollow because it was still there when they came back half an hour later. By the time our staff member arrived, the owl had moved off the road and was struggling in the bushes nearby, unable to fly away. Given its loca-tion and condition, it had almost certainly been hit by a car.

In the past few weeks we have received six owls that have been struck by vehicles. Why so many owls? At this time of year it is dark when most peo-ple are driving home from

work, or to and from eve-ning activities, so there is a lot of traffic on the roads when owls are hunting, resulting in many being hit by cars. Owls may be too focused on a mouse moving in the grass to notice the oncoming vehi-cle, or they can be dazzled and disoriented by bright headlights.

The owls we have cared for recently have ranged in size from a tiny saw-whet to larger barn and barred owls.

Two had relatively minor injuries and were able to be released after a few hours or days, but others had more severe problems and are still in our care.

The owl from Lampard Road, a large female barred owl, has an injured eye so we don’t know how long it will take her to fully recover.

When you’re driving

after dark please remember to drive slowly and care-fully and LOOK OUT FOR OWLS and other wildlife such as deer and raccoons. If you do hit an owl or other wild creature, call Wolf Hollow immediately (378-5000) so we can provide help as soon as possible. If it’s after hours, our answer-ing machine will provide the pager number for the staff member who is on call that night.

Call that number and punch in your phone num-ber when prompted, so we can get back in touch with you for details. In the case of a badly injured deer, it is best to call the sheriff’s department at 378-4151.

As the daylight hours grow shorter in winter it is especially important

to drive cautiously in the mornings and evenings when nocturnal wild crea-

tures are active and often need to cross roads in their search for food and shelter.

prey for upper-classmen who supplied marijuana at lunchtime. All freshmen are a vulnerable group as they transition to high school; it is our responsibil-ity as parents and leaders to provide the safest condi-tions possible during this phase.

Drug use in and dur-ing school hours must be addressed if we are ever to meet our most funda-

mental ethical obligation to keep our children safe. Without a strong counter to the blaring culture of drug permissiveness in our youth, any parent’s ability to stem the tide of early drug usage and to pro-vide reasonable conditions for good choices will be severely challenged.

For starters, San Juan School District’s open cam-pus policy for freshman must be repealed. School policies on drug use and bullying are ineffective. These well-thought-out

intentions mean nothing to me – they can’t erase the past or pave the way to a better future.

When I notified a coach of marijuana use in students playing extra-curricular activities I was told, “The policies don’t allow us to infringe on individual rights and do drug testing.” Since when do minors’ rights supersede parental respon-sibilities to protect our youth until they are physi-cally capable of recognizing the consequences of their own actions?

Hallway signage mocks the current reality: “Drug Free Zone.” It’s not that you can’t use drugs at school, the reality is simply that you can’t get caught using them. And the saddest part of all is that this is nothing new.

Denying this reality makes us all complicit.

While the goal is not to protect our children from ever being exposed to drugs, and the strong make wise choices, in the end peer pressure is too powerful a force to resist, especially in a small com-munity where the threat of ostracism from the group leaves no other options.

Better policies would help establish the conditions for success while the frontal cortex’s of youth are still developing.

A study directed by the National Center for Education Evaluation of over 4,700 high school stu-dents involved in extracur-ricular activities found that students reported less sub-stance use when subjected

to random drug testing.Without consequences

and with ineffective policies, drug use among juveniles will proliferate in our state. Our policies are useless. Parents are naïve to think their children are safe, and administrators are power-less without community support.

The current system is so miswired that faculty can be searched and tested at any time – but not students. Am I the only one who finds this fact disturbing? Every single one of us has a role to play.

We need courageous lead-ers who have the wisdom and insight to acknowledge that our current policies on juvenile drug use are inadequate, administrators, teachers and coaches who

require random drug test-ing, parents who demand drug free schools and citi-zens who understand that improvements simply can-not happen without addi-tional dedicated resources.

Without this concerted effort, it will only be a mat-ter of time before we will all feel the effect of this down-ward spiral.

Editor’s note: Random Drug testing is illegal in all Washington state schools. For info on Orcas and Lopez school policies, visit www.orcasislandschools.org or www.lopezislandschool.org.


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newborn killer whale, as calves nurse on its mother’s milk for about a year, Balcomb said.

Listed endangered in the U.S. in 2005, the southern residents consist of three tightly knit clans, known as J, K and L pods. The population was afforded protection under federal law in the footsteps of a 20 percent decline in the mid 1990s.

As of 2010, the population totaled 87 animals. The southern Residents are designated endangered by Washington

state and in Canada as well.L-120 was the first addition to the

southern resident orcas since August, 2012, the third calf of L-86, a 23-year-old female. L-86 is also mother of a 10-year-old male, L-106, and its second offspring, L-112, also known as Sootke, died in early 2012 of injuries to tissues in its skull resulting from a massive pressure trauma of an unknown cause.

The death of L-112, an otherwise healthy three-year-old, led to a high-profile necropsy and speculation among many that its injuries may have been caused by ammunition training off the coast of Washington state by the U.S. or Canadian Navy, near the mouth of Juan de Fuca Strait.

Donated to the Friday Harbor Whale Museum, the skeleton of L-112 remains on display.

“We haven’t treated these magnifi-cent orcas well at all,” Orca Network’s Howard Garrett said in the wake of L-120’s disappearance. “As a society we are not successfully restoring this orca community despite the many warnings and legal declarations.”

Co-director of the Whidbey Island-based marine mammal advocacy group, Garrett said the Salish Sea’s resident orcas will likely vanish in the coming years unless the region’s salmon runs, the killer whales primary source of sustenance, are restored and protected.

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