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Waste Management closing call centerBy JANIS REIDStaff reporter

More than 120 employees will lose their jobs when the Waste Management call center closes its doors in September.

“I’m so sorry for Oak Harbor,” said Jamie Wilson, who worked for Waste Management for three years before taking

another job two months ago. “When I first started, that was the job to have.”

While the closure came as a shock to employees, the com-pany has done “belt-tightening” in recent years, which may have foreshadowed things to come.

CALL CENTER staff was informed during a meeting

Wednesday morning that their jobs will be absorbed by the company’s Phoenix, Ariz., office. Some of the customer ser-vice functions will also be farmed out to West Corporation, a long-time partner of Waste Management.

Current employees were asked not to speak the media, according to a Waste Management representative.

“WE WERE all so surprised,” said Wilson. “Nobody saw this coming.”

Still, Wilson said there were signs that the company was

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Commissioner appointee wants to fix ‘disconnect’By JANIS REIDStaff reporter

As interim Island County commissioner, Aubrey Vaughan said Thursday he wants to rebuild the connection between Camano and Whidbey islands and help the county through this year’s budget process.

“One of the reasons I’m running is I feel there’s been a disconnect,” Vaughan said. “I promise to restore that.”

As the board begins its annual budget cycle, Vaughan said putting together a bud-get, which is usually adopted in the fall, is going to be one of his primary duties.

“This budget cycle is going to very impor-tant,” he said.

After interviewing three candidates at a special session Tuesday, Commissioners Jill Johnson and Helen Price Johnson deliber-ated for approximately 15 minutes in closed session before voting to appoint Vaughan as interim Island County commissioner for District 3.

Vaughan, who lives on Camano Island, was a member of the Island County Law and Justice Council, a seat he will relinquish dur-ing his commissioner service.

The District 3 seat was vacated in May

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Oh deer!Survey may steer how state handles deer populationBy JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

While walking home from the Coupeville Post Office earlier this month, Theresa Carr was attacked by a deer.

The “teenage” doe started following closely behind her and her dog near the library and she shooed the animal away, Carr said.

She thought the deer was gone, but it suddenly pounced at her from a hedge, leaping over her and nearly clipping her head with its hooves.

“It was like a mountain lion jumping out of the bushes,” she recalled

The rampaging deer then turned toward her in a menacing manner. That prompted a passing motorist by to stop and offer Carr, and her dog, a safe place inside her car.

They got a ride home in safety.

WHILE CARR’S frightening encounter with a deer may be atypical, interactions between the human and deer populations on Whidbey Island are becom-

SEE DEER QUESTIONAIRE, A20

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Deer in the spotlight: A questionnaire sent out this week by graduate student Rob Wingard aims to determine what Whidbey residents think of the heavy population of deer on the island. Results may help the state in deciding how to deal with the growing deer population.

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Oak Harbor School District has started a dropout outreach program called iGrad Academy in efforts to meet their on-time graduation goal.

This program, done in partnership with an organization called Graduation Alliance, reaches out to former students ages 16-21 who are considered dropouts by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and to get back on track to graduate.

“Their first goal is just to reach out to stu-dents who have dropped out and see if we can get them reengaged in our regular school program,” said the district’s superintendent, Lance Gibbon.

He said that if traditional high school doesn’t suit students, they are considered for the Midway program.”

Failing either of those options, iGrad Academy offers an online alternative allowing the young people to complete their education for their high school diploma.

Gibbon said that the school board approved iGrad Academy only at the beginning of 2014, and the new school has only been open since the spring semester. Already, 27 students on the list of 200 have enrolled in iGrad Academy, according to a report given to the school board by Karst Brandsma, the interim assis-tant superintendent.

Ray Cone, associate principal at Oak Harbor High School, said 13 students have already completed at least one credit.

Cone provides administrative support and oversight from the school district for iGrad Academy. He said that students enrolled in iGrad “basically take one class at a time.” They are each provided a laptop and, when necessary, a local advocate, an academic advo-cate, a program principal through Graduation Alliance and access to 24-hour tutors.

According to Cone, the majority of the stu-dents enrolled in iGrad Academy at this time dropped out at the end of their junior year or during their senior year. They are, on average, about between five and eight credits shy of earning their degree.

Cone said these students usually chose to drop out because they fall behind in their coursework or have social issues.

In some cases, life events such as family

problems or getting in trouble with the law has impeded a student’s education.

“This is an opportunity to move on,” Cone said, “instead of being just one more statistic.”

According to Gibbon, the graduation rate for the high school is at 80 percent, meaning that of a class of about 400 students, about 80 aren’t graduating on time. Graduation Alliance has a success rate of about 30 percent, accord-ing to Gibbon.

“That’s 30 percent that weren’t being reached at all before,” he said.

“What they (Graduation Alliance) have shown is that students that progress and get through at least one and usually two courses in the first 60 days will stay with the program,” Cone said, “and they’re 80-plus percent suc-cessful in helping students graduate after that point.”

Because iGrad Academy is a school that specifically serves students who have dropped out, said Gibbon, there is more flexibility to help students than virtual academies and other types of online schools.

“One of the key things is their progress is tracked monthly by these advocates and they go year round,” said Cone.

Cone said that one of the reasons why the school district chose Graduation Alliance to partner with is because — though the pro-gram is designed for students ages 16-21 — if a student is progressing through the program and ages out, the organization “still will sup-port them until they graduate.”

“I think it’s a big step forward for us, and we’re excited to see how it can benefit our students,” Gibbon said.

Because iGrad Academy is technically a school within the district, students who have dropped out need to be residing within the district to take part, according to Cone. He added that if they moved to another district in the country that has partnered with Graduation Alliance, they could work within that district to earn their diploma. Graduation Alliance has programs all through-out the country, according to their website, www.graduationalliance.com

Cone said that iGrad Academy offers one last opportunity for those people who’ve dropped out of school.

“It opens a lot of doors for whatever path they choose.”

OH School Dist. launches dropout outreach program


The Fourth of July Parade in Oak Harbor is fast approaching, and residents are already looking forward to the processional and ensuing celebration.

One float in particular is very popularity — the pirate ship float, courtesy of the Oak Harbor Yacht Club’s Buccaneers.

The Buccaneers formed in 1997 as a way to help the financially failing yacht club, according to the head “Buc,” Bob Mitchell. By 2007, the club was a philanthropic community outreach group.

“We focus on people below the radar of the sys-tem,” Mitchell said.

Aside from participating in “virtually every parade,” Mitchell said the group also gives out Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, chil-dren’s gifts at Christmas and hosts a Children’s Fishing Derby.

“That is our focus now. Like I say,” Mitchell said, “is reaching the community and being a presence in the Oak Harbor community.”

The pirate ship was acquired by the Buccaneers in about 2005, according to Mitchell.

A member of the group found the float, built for similar purposes, while traveling in the Midwestern United States, according to Mitchell.

“We got it back here and got it fixed up,” he said. “Lots of modifications and finishes and TLC went into it.

“We take a lot of pride in it,” Mitchell said. “and we do get a lot of compliments.”

Aside from coming equipped with Buccaneers in full pirate costumes hand-ing out beads to children on the parade sidelines, the ship comes equipped with six cannons, three on each

side, letting out loud bangs of compressed carbon diox-ide “about every second light post,” Mitchell said. “So it’s banging away as we’re going down.”

Therese Kingsbury and her husband John joined the yacht club in 2013 “and immediately became Buccaneers,” she said.

“We love to do community outreach and are very active volunteers throughout the town in many different chari-ties,” Kingsbury said.

The Buccaneers are “always hoping to recruit more people that are up for some good, clean pirate fun,” Kingsbury said.

The Buccaneers currently number 14 people, an “all time high,” Mitchell said.

Though Kingsbury loves the fundraising and chari-

table work, she said that being a pirate edges it out as her favorite part of being a member of the Buccaneers.

“Who would not like dressing up like a pirate and making people smile?” she said.

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A painting company van went off the road Thursday.

By JESSIE STENSLAND Staff reporter

Three people were trans-ported to the hospital and one man was seriously injured in two separate rollover acci-dents on the highway south of Coupeville Thursday evening.

The Washington State Patrol reported that Freeland resident Michael Breiling, 25, was northbound in a 2002 Ford F350 on State Highway 525 and drifted over the cen-terline near the intersection with Houston Road.

Breiling’s truck struck a guardrail, rolled off the road-way and struck a tree.

Breiling was seriously injured and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was in serious condition in the

intensive care unit Friday.The State Patrol reports

that drugs or alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.

A few hours earlier, a southbound Brushworks NW van crashed near the intersection of State Highway 525 and Race Road.

The driver said he dozed off and didn’t make the curve in the road, according to the trooper at the scene.

The van struck a tree and rolled on its side. Ladders were scattered throughout the wooded area.

The driver and a pas-senger didn’t appear to be injured but were transported to Whidbey General Hospital as a precaution, according to the trooper.

Two rollover crashes reported Thursday


Bald eagles are a com-mon and, for some, a thrilling sight on Whidbey Island.

However, another bald-headed bird is a less-com-mon, more-surprising and no-less-thrilling sight for some residents.

Turkey vultures, easily recognized by their feath-erless, red heads and rock-ing flying patterns, are the most widely distributed vulture in America, accord-ing to birdweb.org.

For North Whidbey residents Dave and Ali Fischer, though, the sight-ing of a turkey vulture in their neighborhood was a unique treat.

“That’s the first time I’ve ever seen one on the island,” said Ali, adding that the only other time she’s seen one was in neighboring Anacortes.

Her husband, Dave, saw a turkey vulture on Whidbey Island in 1982 while studying ornithol-ogy in elementary school. At the time, Dave said he recalled learning that turkey vultures were an endangered species.

“(My teacher) didn’t believe I’d seen a turkey vulture, because he said they were incredibly rare,” he said.

Now, turkey vultures are common in many areas of Washington, most often found above open country,

especially near rocky or wooded areas, where they like to nest.

The birds migrate south for winter, but can be seen often in the state from February to October.

In a comment posted on the Whidbey News-Times Facebook page, Whidbey Island resident Rita Dybdahl Cline said she

“saw one a couple weeks ago in L&M acres, but it isn’t the first time I’ve seen one on the island.”

“Not an unusual sighting this time of year.”

Other commenters also relayed tales of their sight-ings, some agreeing it’s not that uncommon — others, however, were surprised to learn the birds apparently

have a home on Whidbey.“That is one homely

bird,” commented Dawn Dee-Wessel. “But cool to see that we have them.”

“It’s definitely one of those things I’m going to remember a long time,” said Dave Fischer.

“It’s something I’d only ever seen on television or pictures in books.”


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when Commissioner Kelly Emerson, a Republican, resigned seven months short of her term’s end. Emerson gave one week’s notice.

In accordance with state law in such circumstances, Island County Republicans selected three candidates to be interviewed by the com-missioners to fill the seat until the next election.

Marc Hennemann of Camano and Richard Hannold of North Whidbey were also nominated by the Republican party and inter-viewed by the commission-ers.

Vaughan will fill the posi-tion until the November’s general election. At that time, a permanent commis-sioner will be chosen by vot-ers.

Four Republicans and one Democrat have filed to run for the seat.

District 3 comprises North Whidbey and Camano Island.

“I think the commission-ers did a spectacular job get-ting through this,” Vaughan said. “This is not something that happens every day. It’s tough because they are hav-ing to pick one guy from three who are all good peo-ple.”

Price Johnson and Johnson said they selected Vaughan because of his experience serving on the Law and Justice Council.

“He can hit the ground running,” Johnson said.

While the decision was tough, Johnson said she tried to prioritize what was good for Island County as opposed to her own prefer-ences.

“It is difficult to tap one to sit up here and leave two others to sit in the audi-ence,” Johnson said. “It has been challenging for me to think through the difference between the action I take as a commissioner and the way I would vote as an individual with my own private ballot.”

Price Johnson said she had a “level of discomfort” about having to choose a fellow commissioner when ballots are going out in a few weeks. She blames Emerson and the former commission-er’s abrupt departure.

“In a few short weeks the ballots are going to go out and District 3 will be making their preference known,” Price Johnson said. “Two of the names that will appear on those ballots aren’t even available for us to consider. So none of us in this room created that situation. It was the outgoing commissioner who established this unfor-tunate timeline for us with her resignation.”

Price Johnson said that the board selection for an interim commissioner is in no way an endorsement for the November election.

“I want to make very clear that I don’t see this action today as an endorsement of any kind. We are charged with filling an opening and that’s the way that I’m approaching this decision,” Price Johnson said.

“I encourage folks to be engaged in the process get to know candidates.”

Vaughan echoed Price Johnson’s plea, saying that he was chosen to fill a short term need and that all candi-dates on the ballot should be considered by voters.

APPOINTEDCONTINUED FROM A1Rare or not on Whidbey, turkey

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Photo courtesy of Ali Fischer

A turkey vulture was seen near one North Whidbey residence this week, creating online buzz about whether the bird is commonly found on Whidbey Island.


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ISLAND DIGESTCounty to hold meetings to discuss transportation projects and goalsIsland County’s Transportation Element Update project team will visit locations around the county for a second time to update interested citizens on projects and gath-er input on early drafts of proposed goals, policies and future transportation conditions. Public open house events will be held 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at the Camano Center, and two meetings held Tuesday, July 22, 1-3 p.m. at the Freeland Library and 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Oak Harbor Library. Each open house will feature poster displays, a mapping station and the opportunity to provide comments in writing. County staff and con-sultants will be on hand to discuss projects and answer your questions. Viewable materials and the comment form will be posted on the project webpage for those who are unable to attend in person. There will be a third round of public events later in the year when a draft plan is complete. For more information, visit www.islandcounty.net/publicworks/teupdate.htm

Penn Cove water district requests expansion, hearing set for July 7Island County commissioners will review an expansion to Penn Cove Water & Sewer District to ensure it com-plies with state Department of Health requirements. A public hearing is set for 10:15 a.m. Monday, July 7, in the Board of Commissioners Hearing Room in Coupeville. The district went through a self-certification process during a 2005 Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan to expand retail service boundaries. However, a recent change in municipal water law now requires the district to have the county review the boundary change, and it must go before the board of commissioners for approv-al. The intention of the law is to ensure consistency with the county’s Comprehensive Plan. The expansion recognizes systems within the district’s service area which they won’t be serving directly but can serve if need arises, according to David Wechner, Island County planning director.

Oak Harbor Emblem Club awards 4 scholarships to Whidbey seniorsThe Oak Harbor Emblem Club recently awarded schol-arships to four Whidbey Island high school seniors. The recipients of the $1,100 academic scholarships are Tess Radisch of South Whidbey, Soleil Sykes of Oak Harbor and Heni Barnes of Coupeville. The club also awarded a $1,000 vocational scholarship to Kimberly Catabay of Oak Harbor. Radisch is headed to Cal Poly University and Sykes to Antioch College of Yellow Springs, Ohio, while Barnes and Catabay are still deciding their plans for this fall.

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Bouyed by emails, letters showing support for COEREditor,

The theme of this letter is a series of inconvenient truths.

Despite allusions in the June 11, 2014 Whidbey News-Times, Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve has had absolutely nothing to do with the defacing of U.S. currency. It seems these stamped bills are being circulated in Oak Harbor by someone who lives or works in Oak Harbor.

COER also had no role in any law-suits being prepared against Whidbey Realtors concerning noise disclosures. And COER is neither seeking nor advo-cating the closing of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

COER has but two missions — clos-ing the Coupeville Outlying Field and relocating all Growler training out of the North Puget Sound area.

The inconvenient truth is that more and more people in our area — includ-ing Oak Harbor — are frustrated with Navy noise and environmental pollution.

Not every protest is by COER, but

COER is sympathetic with all Growler noise victims and supports their legal efforts to protect themselves.

COER members did not attend Rick Larsen’s campaign event in Coupeville to protest.

Almost all of us in attendance have repeatedly voted for Larsen. We went there to hear what he had to say about our concerns.

Larsen refused to publicly address the noise issue and even stated to one attendee that it wasn’t his problem. When he refused to address our con-cerns, almost everyone in the room left.

This walkout was a spontaneous response to Larsen’s refusal to talk to us as a group about our concerns. If he was embarrassed at his event, it was due to his own cowardice, apathy and arrogance, not because of any action on COER’s part.

Michael Monson, COER’s president, is not a bully. He was angry with Joe Mosolino because Mosolino publicly disclosed Monson’s personal informa-tion in order to discredit Monson. At the Larsen event, it was Mosolino who threatened to punch Monson, not the other way around.

Neither Monson nor COER ever threatened anyone with violence. We

are not the ones advocating rape and arson as political tools. We have never even called for a reciprocal boycott of Oak Harbor businesses. We are not the bullies.

Lastly, you can hide from the sci-ence, but that doesn’t make it go away. The medical and scientific evidence is unquestionable: Noise kills. Even the federal government’s (including the Navy’s) own scientists and doctors agree.

Public exposure to the noise gener-ated by the Growlers is a very real and serious health crisis.

Reading the letters recently posted in the Whidbey News-Times by noise sup-porters would be discouraging if not for the volumes of emails and comments COER receives in support of its mission.

The pro-OLF folks seem to believe that certain Americans and select com-munities are more valuable and more deserving than others and that the lives, health and welfare of some Americans count for nothing.

When did we forget that, under our Constitution, we are all equal in the eyes of government and the law?

Paula Spina, directorCitizens of the Ebey’s Reserve

It’s been two months since we launched the metered system on the Whidbey News-Times website, and the initial results brought excit-ing news.

At least I find the news exciting.Not only are we adding new

online-only subscribers, we’re see-ing growth in our print subscrip-tions as well.

Also encouraging is the relatively few complaints about the change.

During the first few weeks after we adopted the new metered system, there was a handful of people who experienced compatability problems with their browsers and mobile devices, but we were able to resolve those issues quickly.

Only a few people complained that the website is no longer wide open. Just one person got insulting when, after his eight free articles ran out for June, he declared in an online comment that the newspaper was of no interest to him.

The irony in his comment wasn’t lost on me.I think many people see the per-issue price of 43 cents

— with a subscription — is a pretty great deal for the money. Nowhere else can you find as much local news, opinions, sports, features and advertising gathered from your own backyard.

Over the past decade, the conventional wisdom was that everything on the Internet needed to be free, and newspapers around the world bought into that thinking. Online publications began launching left and right. Most notably, Patch founders believed they would take over the media world.

A decade later, AOL’s Patch is but a pale shadow of its former self, its ambitious plan to take over a notable fail, and now online publications are creating print versions to build their readership.

So much for conventional wisdom.It’s every journalist’s hope that their work will,

in some way, make a difference in someone’s life. Information is power, and we aim to empower readers.

In informing and empowering readers, however, we want your newspaper to be entertaining as well. We are constantly looking at ways to introduce features that our readers want. To that end, please keep telling us what you what you’d like to see in your Whidbey News-Times.

Last of all, thank you for being a reader of the WNT. There’s not a day that goes by that I am not appreciative of the opportunity afforded me to lead this newspaper. With your help, I hope someday far down the road to leave this newspaper better and stronger than the day I arrived.

n Keven R. Graves is executive editor and publisher of the Whidbey News Group. Email him at [email protected]

Keep telling us what you want in the WNTPUBLISHER’S COLUMNBy KEVEN R. GRAVES

Disrupting Larsen meeting was rude Editor,

The whining estate owners who want the touch-and-go Outlying Field Coupeville to be removed because of the engine noise ought to have some sensitivity to the noise they created at the recent Coupeville meeting with our state representative.

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen couldn’t be heard through their racket, and they were so disruptive with their noise that he couldn’t share infor-mation from his past year’s work.

COER members were not only rude, but they usurped the rights of us to be informed as to issues of our interest, welfare and on our common behalf.

What made COER mem-bers think we were there to listen to them? It was not their private and personal meeting. It was organized to get information from someone elected to keep us informed and to work on our behalf as residents of Island County.

COER has created a civil war where we live and need

to pray that the earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, terrorists, droughts, fires, landslides and other disasters suffered by millions of people in our country and around the world bypass us.

Ask our governor how you can help get Vancouver, British Columbia to stop flushing its tons of sewage and household and medical chemicals into water soon to be on our shoreline. They don’t have anywhere to put their filth except in the water because they can’t decide on a sewer farm, so they keep on flushing right into the water shared by the San Juan Islands and Northern Washington.

Talk about tunnel vision and bloated egos. Those self-serving noisemakers were far more annoying than those planes that serve a common purpose to ensure our free-dom and safety from harm.

We should all put our energy into praying for the Middle East, the children crossing the borders, men and women who have sacri-ficed life and limb and family comforts for us all — even the ones in Coupeville who don’t appreciate their life as

American citizens living on property wrested from the Native Americans by our pio-neer families and legislators.

Don’t take life so seriously … it’s only temporary.

Beverly B. CasebeerCoupeville

Group fast losing any creditabilityEditor,

I see the president of Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve is really trying to make a name for himself and his group of “concerned citi-zens.”

He followed around a Realtor whom he feels wronged him by proving him wrong by publishing something that a first-year lawyer would find if their lawsuit against the Navy ever reaches court.

COER’s creditability deteriorates every time this man and others in their organization open their mouth, which is just fine with me.

It will be interesting to see how Michael Monson

tries to explain away this childish behavior.

Mike Van VoorstOak Harbor

Monson should submit resignationEditor,

I can’t think of anything less likely to persuade those of us caught in the middle of this naval noise debate — to make us forget any rational arguments for the COER cause of curtailing neces-sary training exercises of the U.S. Navy on Whidbey — than for the leader of Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve to attack, verbally and physically, an upstanding Whidbey Island citizen.

That citizen, a popular, stand-up guy who himself has been through hell and back, is Joe Mosolino.

If COER has member con-trol, those members should demand the quick resigna-tion of this Michael Monson person so some level of civility may be restored. His bullying, sandlot tactics defeat COER’s purpose bet-

ter than any arguments of the opposition.

This comes from an old guy who likes to sit back and hear both sides before he makes a judgment. But I despise bullying tactics on either side.

Herb McDonaldOak Harbor

Harassment always unacceptableEditor,

The training flights of the Navy Growler planes contin-ue to create controversy in our community.

There are strong feelings on all sides, yet we need to find common ground to move forward.

Name-calling, harassment and intimidation is unaccept-able behavior — from any-one. Bullying tactics further polarize neighbors and do not bring our community closer to solutions.

I believe that the road for-ward is found with mutual respect and civil discourse.

Helen Price JohnsonIsland County commissioner


Oak Harbor City CouncilMEETING AGENDA

6:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2014

1. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE /

INVOCATION / HONORS AND

RECOGNITIONS:2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA3. CITIZEN COMMENT

PERIOD4. CONSENT AGENDAa. Minutes of City Council meeting

on June 3, 2014 and Workshop on

June 25, 2014

b. Approval of Accounts Payable

Voucher Numbers

Approval of Payroll Check

Numbers

c. Motion to authorize Mayor to

re-appoint Terry Lacey to Police

Department Community Advisory

Board

d. Motion to approve Finance Advisor

Agreement

e. Motion to approve Emergency

Crescent Harbor Outfall Repair

f. Motion to Authorize Mayor to sign

Letter of Intent to participate in

Island County Multi-Jurisdiction

Hazard Mitigation Plan

g. Motion to Authorize Mayor to

sign Interlocal Agreement with

Whatcom, Skagit, and Island

Counties establishing HOME

consortium for 2015-17

h. Motion to Authorize Purchase of

Toro Mower for Public Works

i. Motion to Authorize Mayor to sign

Lease Agreement with Opportunity

Council for 2 City-owned

properties

j. Motion to appoint Ron Apgar and

Michelle Curry to Lodging Tax

Advisory Committee and review

Committee Membership

k. Motion to Authorize Mayor

to appoint Clifford Howard to

Planning Commission

5. STAFF AND COUNCIL COMMENTS

a. City Administrator

b. Mayor

c. Councilmembers

6. ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS/PUBLIC MEETINGS

a. Resolution 14-23: Solid Waste

Comprehensive Plan for Island

County

8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS9. NEW BUSINESSa. Police Department 2013 Annual

Report

b. Motion to approve GC/CM

Pre-construction Agreement for

Waste Water Treatment Plant with

Hoffman

c. Motion to approve Construction

Management Agreement with KBA

for 42-Inch Outfall Project

d. Motion to approve Archaeology

Agreement with ERCI for 42-Inch

Outfall Project

e. Motion to authorize Mayor

to sign Amendment No. 1 to

Agreement with Gray & Osborne

for Engineering Services for North

Reservoir Project

f. Motion to authorize Mayor to

sign Amendment No. 1 to the

Agreement with MTC related to

the North Reservoir Project

g. Motion to Confirm Mayor’s

Appointment of Nikki Esparza

as City Attorney and Approve

Employment Agreement with

Nikki Esparza

h. Motion to approve Agreement

for Municipal Legal and Support

Services with Weed, Graafstra and

Benson, Inc.

i. Motion to authorize Mayor to sign

SECTOR Services Agreement

between OH Police Department

and Washington State Patrol

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Robert L. White1959-2014

Beloved Child of God, son, brother, uncle, hus-band, father, grandfather and friend, Robert Leroy White went to be with his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ on Monday, June 23, at Swedish Medical Center in Edmonds, Wash., surrounded by his loving family and friends.

Bob was born to Alvie Leroy White and Andrea Coleman in Oklahoma City. He was raised in Oak Harbor from the age of 4, graduat-ing from Oak Harbor High School in 1977, where he par-ticipated in multiple sports and activities. He was an honorable veteran, serving in the United States Army after high school. Returning to Oak Harbor to start a fam-ily, he became a remarkable community leader and was extremely involved as a truly inspirational football and baseball coach for the city leagues. Bob was an active actor in his time and a church member and volunteer.

Bob enjoyed spending his time fishing, camping, hunting, rock hounding and hiking with his family and friends. He was an avid out-doorsman, a true “mountain

man.” When he found time to relax, he was always read-ing a good book or outside gardening and bird watching (when he wasn’t dreaming of owning a Harley). Not only was he a wonderful man, he was a dedicated husband and father.

He is survived by his wife, Valerie; his children, Lauren O’Brien, Jordan White, Kasey White and Logan White; his two grand-children, Owen O’Brien and Olivia O’Brien; his mother, Andrea Coleman White; his sisters, Terral Adams, Teresa White, Dulcey Whyte and LeeAnn Mozes; five nieces and nephews; grandparents Robert and Nell Coleman; his uncle, Charles White; and various other loving relatives in his native Oklahoma.

He will be remembered always and missed dearly by all. He is at peace in Heaven and forever in our hearts. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 28, 2014, 1 p.m. at Bowman Bay Shelter S-5 at Deception Pass State Park, followed by a barbecue reception.

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in Helix, where his parents operated a wheat farm. Back in the ’30s, many farms har-vested wheat with horse or mule teams, and Ernie would run those teams in the fields.

He was an excellent ath-lete in school and excelled in basketball and baseball. Ernie was offered a college scholarship in sports, but he turned the offer down to enlist in the U.S. Navy. Shortly after enlisting, WWII was declared and Ernie became a veteran of the War. He also served during the Korean War and retired after 20 years of service. The Navy took him around the world on various cruises, includ-ing duty stations or visiting countries in Alaska, Japan, Italy, China, Virginia, Florida, California, Washington and finally to NAS Whidbey Island, where he retired. Ernie was married to Viola Tolonen, whom he had three children, but the marriage ended in divorce. His sec-ond marriage was to Louella (Lou)Thomason.

Following his military career, he worked as a cook and in construction in both Oak Harbor and South Whidbey. From there, he worked for Island County as a maintenance worker before fully retiring.

Ernie lived in the family home of 10 acres and loved mowing the yard and main-taining the woods and the trail. He was mowing his own yard until just recently. He enjoyed splitting firewood and spending quiet time on his land. Following retire-ment, he and Lou were snow-birds, spending winters in Yuma, Ariz.

Ernie was a very private and strong individual, a lov-ing husband, father, grand-father and great-grandfather. He always has had a cat or dog as a companion through-out his lifetime and ending with a cat during his last two years.

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mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt, passed from this life into the presence of God on June 9, 2014, after a long battle with Stage 4 ovarian cancer. Born April 10, 1935, in Oak Harbor, graduated from OHHS in 1953. Preceded in death by husband George A.(Johnny)Smith, a veteran of the United States Navy, and son Michael A. Smith, a veteran of the United States Air Force.

Nell’s legacy includes two daughters, two granddaugh-ters, one grandson and one great-granddaughter. She is survived by sister Shirley and brother-in-law Charles Krieger of Phoenix, Ariz., and brother Joe Black of Coupeville.

Nell resided 32 years in Phoenix and was employed by Pinkerton/Securitas as a certified security officer for 28 years, retiring in 2010 as post commander at Hamilton Sundstrand.

Nell was lovely, funny, a loyal friend, a fierce fighter and dedicated to her fam-ily. Oh, how we miss her. In lieu of a memorial, contribu-tions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

wife Bonnie of Mount Vernon and Marilyn Messner and husband Paul of Coupeville; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lou; his parents; one daughter, Jo Ann Kononen; and his siblings.

Ernie requested no for-mal funeral services be held. Cremation was conducted with private family inurn-ment to follow. Please visit Ernie’s page in the Book of Memories to share thoughts and condolences at www.wal l in funeralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home, Oak Harbor.

CHURCH NOTESn LIFE CHURCH is holding Jesus: Rockstar Kids

Camp 2014 Tuesday, July 22, through Friday, July 25. It’s for children ages 6-12. There will be a chapel time each morning and activities in the afternoon, including a trip to Bowman Bay, Water Day, Movie Extravaganza and a Field Day filled with games and bouncy houses. The times are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The cost is $75 per camper before July 4 and $85 after. Call to ask about family discounts; limited scholarships are avail-able. Registration closes on July 12. Register online at life-church.co

n St. Hubert Catholic Church is holding VACATION BIBLE SCHOOl: the Garden of Eden Monday, July 7, through Wednesday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to noon each day. For children pre-K through sixth grade. To register call Rachel at 360-221-7744.

n The CHANCEL CHOIR OF OAK HARBOR FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1050 SE Ireland St., presents “America – Sweet Land of Liberty,” the annual musical celebration of God and country, 7 p.m. July 3. Everyone is invited.

n GANGWAY TO GALILEE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, 6 p.m., July 1-18, Concordia Lutheran Church, 590 N. Oak Harbor St., Oak Harbor. Learn about Jesus and His grace at Gangway to Galilee Vacation Bible School. Registration 8:45 a.m. July 14. VBS hours 9 a.m. to noon. Pick up form at church office Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to noon or print out online form at www.concordia lutheranwhidbey.org

n Whidbey Presbyterian Church in Oak Harbor is holding a VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, June 23, through Friday, June 27. For children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Family BBQ on Friday, June 27, at noon to celebrate the end of the week. To register, call 360-679-3579. For more infor-mation, go to www.whidbeypres.org

n Oak Harbor Seventh Day Adventist Church is hold-ing a VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 10 a.m. to noon Monday, July 28, through Friday, Aug. 1. The program is “Investigation Station: Galactic Quest.” They will play an important role in investigating God’s plan for their life. There will be skits, games, entertaining characters and snacks. For ages 5-12.

n LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL at Concordia Lutheran Church, 590 N. Oak Harbor St., is accepting registrations for the 2014-15 school year, beginning in September for ages 3 and 4. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required at the time of registration; tuition is due the first of the month, $90 for 3-year-olds and $120 for 4-year-olds. The teaching staff is experienced in pre-school education, which is characterized by a love for Jesus, a love for children and a dedication to providing the best environment and experiences for learning and kindergarten readiness. For more information, call the church office at 360-675-2548.


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SPORTSWHIDBEY

By JIM WALLERSports editor

A player drafted by a pro-fessional baseball team and several all-American hon-ors in track highlighted the efforts of Oak Harbor and Coupeville high school grad-uates who competed in col-lege sports this spring.

Baseball Four members of the Oak

Harbor High School class of 2011 played collegiate base-ball this year.

Yale Rosen, a junior at Washington State University, was recently drafted in the 11th round by the San Diego Padres. He finished the col-lege season hitting .294, third-best for the Cougars. He led the team in home runs (5), slugging percent-age (.457) and walks (25); and he was second in RBI (28), doubles (13) and triples (2).

In his professional debut with the Eugene Emeralds June 16, Rosen drove in two runs with a base hit.

Through June 25, he has appeared in eight of the Emeralds’ 13 games, hitting .318 (7-for-22), best among those with at least 20 at bats.

He is first in RBI (6) and second in doubles (4) and walks (6), even though seven teammates have 35 or more at bats.

Oak Harbor’s Jay Stout was one of the last players recruited to the AIB College of Business (Des Moines, Iowa) baseball team this year but the first in many catego-ries on the stat sheet.

AIB coach Chad Harris heard of Stout through word of mouth and added the former Skagit Valley Community College player after the school year started. Stout enrolled in AIB in time for winter quarter.

“He was a late addition,” Harris said, “but he fit in right away. The guys love him; he is a solid guy. We like to be aggressive on the base paths, and Jay fits that philosophy to a T.”

Though this spring was the first season of baseball at AIB, an NAIA school, the Eagles (24-19, 14-7) finished just a half game out of first in the final conference stand-ings and second in the con-ference tournament.

Stout led the team in hit-ting (.339), doubles (7), tri-ples (3), slugging percentage (.475) and on-base percent-

age (.453).He was a first-team all-Mid-

west Collegiate Conference selection, and the junior left fielder also was named to the Gold Glove (all-defensive) team.

Josh Evans, a red-shirt sophomore at Edmonds Community College, helped the Tritons (20-5, 39-8) to the Northern Division and Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges championships.

Evans pitched 6.1 innings in relief over seven games, picking up one win. His ERA of 7.11 is misleading; he allowed five runs this season, but four came in one appear-ance. In six of his seven appearances, he gave up one or fewer hits.

David Tillotson, playing for Centralia Community College (9-16, 15-25), appeared in eight games for the Trailblazers. In his 12 at bats, the red-shirt sopho-more catcher picked up three walks and two runs.

Two 2013 OHHS grads, Anthony Stewart and Jack Richter, played baseball at Southeast Community College (Lincoln, Neb.) this spring.

Stewart, an outfielder, appeared in 34 games for the Storm (39-25), hitting .286 (12-for-42) with a triple, home run, nine RBI, seven runs, eight walks and six stolen bases.

Infielder Richter hit .276 (8-for-29) in 17 games with nine runs and three RBI. He also pitched one inning, pick-ing up one strikeout.

TrackAllison Duvenez, a junior

at Northwest Christian University from Oak Harbor, earned all-American honors by placing sixth in the 5,000 meters at the NAIA national championship meet May 24 at Golf Shores, Ala. Duvenez ran a personal best 17:37.74, just five seconds out of sec-ond place, in the finals after qualifying in 11th place.

Duvenez won the 5,000 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference championships and placed fourth in the 1,500 (4:39.36).

She also posted the school’s leading 800 time of the season (2:17.59) and ran on the Beacons’ 4x400 relay team when it clocked a sea-

son-best 4:11.1.Coupeville’s Hunter

Hammer placed in two events at the National Christian College Athletic Association track and field championships at Shorter University in Rome, Ga., May 1-3.

Hammer competes for Trinity Lutheran College of Everett, which is in its inau-gural year of athletic compe-tition.

Hammer placed third and received all-American honors in the discus with a throw of 152-05.14.

He also placed fifth in the hammer throw with a per-sonal best 155-05.75.

Tyler King of Coupeville, a junior and one of the top distance runners at the University of Washington, sat out this spring with an injury.

Oak Harbor’s Shantae Young completed her career at Washington State University this season by placing eighth in the triple jump (40-02) at the Pac-12 Championships in Eugene, Ore., May 17-18. She also posted WSU’s top long-jump mark of the season (18-11.75) while winning the event in a

dual meet with the University of Washington May 3. In the same meet, she was third in the triple jump with the school’s top mark of the sea-son, 40-02.75.

She opened the spring with a win at UCLA in the triple jump (40-02.25).

Oak Harbor’s Hannah Bressler, running for Willamette University (Salem, Ore.), placed second in the Northwest Conference Championships in Tacoma in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:14.65) April 26. She also placed ninth in the 1,500 (4:51.77).

The sophomore later placed fifth in the steeple-chase at the West Coast Invitational May 15 in Salem.

Christina Wicker, a fresh-man at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) from Oak Harbor, helped the Engineers win the New England Division III Championships in the 4x800 relay (9:20.17) May 5. She won the 1,500 at the Sean Collier Invitational April 19 with a season-best time of 4:43.7 and won the 3,000 steeplechase (11:51.13) and finished third in the

400 hurdles (1:17.19) at the Engineers’ Cup April 5.

Oak Harbor’s Dominique Jackson, a sophomore on the Pacific Lutheran University track and field team, finished fourth in the hammer throw (149 feet) at the Northwest Conference championships April 25 in Tacoma.

SoftballCoupeville’s Alexis

Trumbull played left field for the Skagit Valley College (3-17, 11-30) softball team this season. The sophomore appeared in 36 games, hitting .165 (14-for-85) with six runs, seven RBI and 12 walks.

Oak Harbor’s Shawna Steele played in 25 games for the Edmonds Community College (6-14, 9-17) softball team, hitting .301 (22-for-73). The freshman utility player was second in triples (3) and RBI (15) and fourth in dou-bles (5) for the Tritons.

(If you know of other local graduates who compete in col-legiate spring sports, please contact Jim Waller at [email protected])

Grads continuing athlete successes in college

Photo courtesy of AIB athletics

Oak Harbor’s Jay Stout was an all-Midwest Collegiate Conference, first-team selection this spring.

Photo by Shelli Trumbull

Coupeville’s Alexis Trumbull completed her Skagit Valley soft-ball career this season.


or Equestrian Crossings, riding lessons are life les-sons.

C o m m o n l y referred to as EqX,

the program is a crossroads between having a desire and finding a way to make it happen, said Miriam Burk, a founder of the nonprofit group.

“The goal was to have a program that integrated both able-bodied and special needs into the same lessons,” Burk said. “The whole goal of working with a special needs population, children and adults, is to make them as independent as possible.”

Founded in 2009, EqX offers riding lessons in both English and Western disci-plines as well as an equestrian vaulting team, a horseman-ship class to better students’ understanding of working with horses on the ground, hippotherapy lessons and vol-unteer programs.

Each and every class is available to able-bodied rid-ers and special-needs riders, for students “age 5 to 105,” Burk said.

“OUR LESSONS, though, are more than just riding les-sons, which surprises a lot of people, because we incorpo-rate a lot of life lessons inside of our lessons,” Burk said.

Within their lessons, she said, they can work with behavior management, teach math, social skills, verbal skills, geography and more.

“It’s amazing what a horse will motivate somebody to do,” she said. “As one par-ent described to me, it’s like occupational therapy, physi-cal therapy, speech pathol-ogy and life’s lessons all in one, and all the while learn-ing compassion for the horse, how to care for another living being and we encourage our students to become volun-teers, so they reinforce what they learn by helping others.”

HIPPOTHERAPY les-sons offer time with actual physical or occupational ther-apists or speech pathologists, using the horse as a tool to help improve in areas the cli-ent wants.

These programs have been shown to improve muscle tone, balance, posture, coor-dination and motor develop-ment, as well as increasing emotional well-being, accord-ing to the EqX website.

The program has two horses of its own, Radar and Kirbey, though students are welcome to join with their own horses.

Burk describes both Radar and Kirbey as excellent peo-ple horses.

“To be in our environment, with both able-bodied and special needs, the horses have to mentally handle a lot of stress,” she said. “These guys do it day in and day out like it’s nothing.”

“Not all horses can handle that kind of mental stress.”

JACQUE DIAZ, com-munity outreach officer on EqX’s board of directors, was with EqX from its beginning. Born with spina bifida, which prevents her from feeling her legs, among other challeng-es, Diaz was unable to sit up straight on a horse without help.

“Now, I can ride on my own,” Diaz said.

Diaz met Burk at Walmart about seven years ago and they they struck up a con-versation.

Once they started, “that was that,” Diaz said.

Diaz’ lessons started with vaulting, a combination of dancing and gymnastics on horseback. Now she’s on the

vaulting team and, with the help of EqX, brought adap-tive competitions into the world of equestrian vaulting.

BURK SAID program organizers met with other coaches in November 2013, and the following January, regulations were put into competition rules allowing for special-needs competi-tions.

Diaz has competed in two vaulting meets, most recent-ly the American Vaulting Association Region III Championships in Oregon, July 20-22. She earned first place in her category.

“I love being around hors-es,” Diaz said. “It’s just fun, a new challenge. I get to, when I’m vaulting or riding, find … goals, and once I pass those

goals, then I find new goals.”AS THE COMMUNITY

outreach officer, Diaz said her role is to spread the word about EqX programs. She said she is constantly striv-ing to bring people into the program.

Burk was a volunteer for another program in Virginia. Prior to that, she was in the Navy, but her career ended after an accident left her in leg braces and using crutch-es.

It took two years to be able to walk for about an hour, Burk said.

After seeing an ad seek-ing volunteers, Burk said she decided she could stand and brush horses for an hour. Soon, she was asked to help lead the horses into the train-ing arena.

“Within a year, I got certi-fied as an instructor.

“I came from a family of teachers. I swore I’d never be a teacher. If I’d known it would be this fun, this rewarding and this effective … I’d have been doing it all the time.

“It really is amazing.”EQX WORKS with stu-

dents with a wide range of disabilities, including cere-bral palsy, brain injuries, spina bifida, ADHD, PTSD, hearing impaired, vision impaired, amputees and autism.

One student, a boy with autism who was nonverbal, started with four people help-ing him, Burk said. Within a year and a half, he only needed one person to help him and was managing to get his horse ready on his own.

Burk said the boy remained relatively nonver-bal, but could follow direc-tions and walk, trot and can-ter on his own.

“And it was wonderful, because he also had an autis-tic brother,” Burk said. “The father was able to go on a ride with both of his sons when they never thought that would be possible beforehand.”

THOUGH THE FEES are $50 for regular lessons and $75 for hippotherapy lessons, the program offers scholarships that cut those prices in half.

However, because of the cost of insurance and instruc-tors, each lesson has a value of $90, so they’re always looking for donations to help the nonprofit keep the costs affordable, Burk said.

EqX teaches lessons three days a week, twice at the Oak Harbor location and once in Greenbank. Because they recently certified three new instructors, Burk said they are hoping to expand the schedule.

Program participants also train on privately-owned loca-tions.

Board members hope to own one central location for the program, Burk said.

“We want to be able to have the opportunity to be able to offer as many pro-grams as we can,” Burk said. “There’s just a lot of different possibilities.”

n For information or to obtain information about volunteering, log on to www.equestriancrossings.com, call 360-320-1573 or email to [email protected]

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ISLAND LIVINGWHIDBEY

Equestrian program teaching life lessons

Photos by Michelle Beahm/Whidbey News-Times

Vaulting team member Kyrsten Tabada demonstrates a compulsory vaulting move on the back of 16-year-old Kirbey. Below, Tabada and Miriam Burk spot Jacque Diaz as she practices her freestyle routine. Diaz has spina bifida, meaning she can’t feel or use her legs. She received first place in her recent vaulting meet.

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Who doesn’t love Friday night?

During the first five years of our marriage, my husband and I both worked full time, hauled our golden retriever everywhere because we assumed everyone loved him as much as we did and remodeled

our first house — a 1,100-square-foot track home located on a street lined in motor homes and boats.

Built in the early 1960s before anyone imagined home computers or PlayStations, we had to run a long extension chord down the hall from the office in the back of the house into the kitchen to reach the only avail-able three-pronged outlet. It was kinda tacky, but it did the trick when a friend loaned us a computer so I could work as a free-lance book editor on the weekends.

Back then, we met with friends for drinks and dinner nearly every Friday night. With no Facebook or texting, we hurried to find a table so we could catch up on a week’s worth of trials and tribulations. There was no pile of cellphones decorating the middle of the table. We did it the old fashioned way and dialogued face-to-face.

Our Friday nights have evolved over the years. There was the “stay home because the little ones need to get to bed or they will completely lose it” season.

There was the “meet at the stadium for football games” season. Nowadays, Friday night is transforming into date night and this week my husband and I made our way to HOT ROCK PIZZa, owned and operated by REID and CHRISTY SCHWARTZ.

They’ve opened their first brick and mor-tar location in downtown Oak Harbor on Pioneer Way and promise good times and great memories made with good friends and great food.

One of the best gifts of living on Whidbey Island is the opportunity to stay connected

with people and watch them build their lives. We met the Schwartzes years ago when their son, RD, ran through the woods with great gusto and quickly made friends with the Klope kids.

They had moved into a home on the par-cel behind ours and the ready smiles you will see when you walk into their new restaurant are the same ones we met all those years ago.

Before Reid was enthralled by homemade dough and all things pizza, he loved the Internet and it was his computer on which we first watched a website upload. Slowly...slowly...

Those days we used our phone lines, but it didn’t dampen our enthusiasm. Reid and Christy welcomed us and we think the world of them today.

It’s gratifying to watch their dream become a reality and we wish them great success. Hot Rock Pizza is open for lunch and dinner and if you are staying away from bread try their prime rib salad.

In recent months our Friday nights have also included friends and fiddles. That’s because there is a significant contingency of home-spun musicians who regularly gather at DR. PETER KEATING’S Oak Harbor residence to celebrate all things Bluegrass.

While Dr. Keating is known to many for his skillful work as an area audiologist out of his office on Midway Boulevard, he is also a distance runner and passionate musi-cian. Not only does he play an assortment of instruments and sing, but he gently gathers those who secretly want to be part of a band.

From all over Whidbey’s north end come an assortment of people and their instru-ments including banjos, guitars, harmonicas, bases, fiddles, and more. When the music winds down after a couple of hours the story-telling begins.

I say a whole lot of Whidbey residents have it right: with great food and good friends, you create great memories.

n If you have a story, upcoming event or think someone needs to be recognized here in “Harbor Highlights,” please email your sugges-tions to me at [email protected]. I welcome all of your ideas.

Friday nights are better when shared with friendsHarbor HighlightsBy JOAN BAY KLOPE

BIRTHSWHIDBEY GENERAL HOSPITAL

JOSHUA PAUL FORTIN JR., 6 pounds, 9 ounces, was born June 11. He is the son of Joshua Fortin and Michelle Anne Kolodejchuk of Oak Harbor.

HADRIAN MONROE BODEN, 7 pounds, 11 ounces, was born June 9. He is the son of Sean and Nicolle Boden of Oak Harbor.

EAMON MICHAEL DALEY II, 6 pounds, 1 ounce, was born June 13. He is the son of Eamon and Christina Daley of Oak Harbor.

JAZLENE FAITH VILLANUEVA GUERRERO, 6 pounds, 12 ounces, was born June 12. She is the daughter of Richard and Kristina Faith Guerrero of Oak Harbor.

SCARLETT SHILO SAVANNAH HULSE, 8 pounds, 4 ounces, was born June 13. She is the daughter of Jammie Hulse of

Oak Harbor. CAYDEN MICHAEL SPENCER

CONDA, 9 pounds, 2 ounces, was born July 17. He is the son of Dennis Conda and Katelyn Spencer of Oak Harbor.

EVREN JAMET UDALL, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, was born June 18. He is the son of James and Jihan Udall of Coronado, Calif.

JACKSON THOMAS MAYFIELD, 8 pounds, 13 ounces, was born June 17. He is the son of Caleb and Aisha Mayfield of Oak Harbor.

NAVAL HOSPITAL OAK HARBORSUMMER LYNN MOZER, 9 pounds, 3

ounces, was born June 10. She is the daugh-ter of Christopher and Angela Mozer.

LONDON SKY BORSKI, 6 pounds, 15 ounces, was born June 13. She is the daugh-ter of Joshua and Janayle Borski.

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COUPEVILLE LIONS CLUB 35TH ANNUAL GARAGE SALE: 9 a.m., Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29, Coupeville Elementary School. Sale goes until 4 p.m. June 28 and 1 p.m. with half-day price June 29.ACTIVITIES

WHIDBEY

SaturdayJune 28

All you can eat breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, June 28, Masonic Center, North Main and Eighth streets, Coupeville. Breakfast in-cludes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon and orange juice, coffee or tea. $7 adults, $3 chil-dren under 12. 360-969-3149 or [email protected]

Free Crabbing 101 Seminar, 10 a.m., June 28, Oak Harbor Yacht Club. Jointly sponsored by the Deception Pass Sail and Power Squadron and the Oak Harbor Yacht Club. Learn how to catch dungeness crabs in this two-hour seminar. Subjects include needed equipment, the best baits, license requirements and regulations, Whidbey Island locations, best times and tides, crab lore and life cycles. The seminar will include demonstrations, slides, free coffee and maybe a tasty sample. A $5 donation to the Power Squadron Education Fund is suggested.

Garden Tour & Tea, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 28, Central and North Whidbey sites. Self-guided tour of five gardens in Coupeville and Oak Harbor. $15 donation. Sponsored by Oak Harbor Garden Club. Tickets may be purchased at Mailliard’s Landing Nursery, Wind & Tide Bookshop and Green-house Florist & Nursery in Oak Harbor, and bayleaf in Coupeville, among other sites. For ticket in-formation, call 360-929-5547.

Strawberry Social, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 28, Coupeville United Methodist Church, 608 N. Main St. Local strawberries are piled onto your choice of waffles, shortcake or ice cream, topped with whipped cream and accom-panied by a hot or cold beverage. Price is $7 ($5 for half orders), and takeout orders are welcome.

2014 Whidbey Island Gar-den Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 28, five gardens on the south end of Whidbey Island. Tickets are $20 for adults ($25 on tour day) and $10 for youth ages 2-12 ($15 on tour day). www.wigt.org

Clamming class, “Digging 4 Dinner,” 10:30 a.m., June 28, Double Bluff Beach. Free class with Island County Beach Watch-er Eugene Thrasher covers how to choose the right clams to pair with recipes and the regulations and techniques for harvesting clams in a safe and sustainable way. Bring shellfish license, shovel, boots, hat and sunscreen. Reserve spot in class. Other class op-portunities will be July 11 (9 a.m.) at Zylstra Beach, July 15 (11:30 a.m.) at Double Bluff Beach, Aug. 9 (8:30 a.m.) at Zylstra Beach and Aug. 22 (7:30 a.m.) at Double Bluff Beach. 360-240-5558 or [email protected]

Public demonstration of emergency communica-tions, 11 a.m., June 28-29, Island County Amateur Radio

Club, Rhododendron camp-ground, near Coupeville. Dozens of amateur radio operators from throughout Whidbey Island will be among thousands who will switch on shortwave radios at remote locations nationwide to practice their emergency communications capabilities during an annual field radio event. Whidbey’s only radio club also plans to allow any inter-ested visitors an opportunity to talk across the nation on one of the radios to demonstrate to the public how shortwave radio com-munications work. 360-730-2250 or [email protected]

Oak Harbor Musical Festi-val fundraiser concert, 7 p.m., June 28, Roller Barn, Oak Harbor. Solo concert featuring singer and songwriter Austin Jenckes from NBC TV show “The Voice.” Tick-ets are $20. music@oakharbormu sicfestival.com or www.brownpaper tickets.com

SundayJune 29

VFW Post 7392 Breakfast Fundraiser, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 29, VFW Post 7392 Goldie Road, Oak Harbor. Breakfast fea-tures pancakes, eggs, hashbrowns, breakfast meats and biscuits-n-gravy. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for seniors (62 and over), $4 for kids (under 12). Proceeds benefit the VFW veterans’ assistance programs. vfwpost7392.org or 360-675-4048.

Quinn Fitzpatrick performs, June 29, South Whidbey Tilth Farmers’ Market, turn off Highway 525 when you see the scarecrow and banners onto 2812 Thompson

Road, between Freeland and Bay-view. Fitzpatrick is a well-known performer and teacher of the acoustic guitar. The market has plenty of parking, children’s play areas, clean restrooms, plus loads of fresh fruit and vegetables, arts and crafts, hot food, baked goods and flowers. Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program coupons and SNAP cards are welcome. [email protected] or 360-395-8842.

MondayJune 30

GriefShare, 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 30, Family Bible Church, room C3, 2760 SW Heller Road, Oak Harbor. For any adult griev-ing the loss of a loved one. Begins June 30 on Mondays for 13 weeks. 360-678-686.

Life Long Learning Series, Genealogy, 3-3:30 p.m., June 30, Home Place, 171 SW 6th Ave., Oak Harbor. Learn how to dis-cover your family roots. Presenta-tion by Whidbey Island Genealogi-cal Searchers. 360-279-2555 or [email protected]

International Nights in Coupeville: “Phantom of the Opera,” 5:30-8 p.m., June 30, Coupeville Library Meeting Room, 788 NW Alexander St. Christine is a beautiful and gifted young woman who longs to join the com-pany of the Paris Opera House. A brilliant but horribly disfigured composer lives deep in the depths of the opera house. 2004, rated PG-13. Run time 143 minutes. Pop-corn provided. Free. 360-678-4911 or www.sno-isle.org

WednesdayJuly 2

Wednesday Night With the Stars, 5:30 p.m., July 2, Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St. Viewing of the popular film of how Walt Disney courted P.L. Travers into letting him obtain the rights to bring Mary Poppins to the big screen.

ThursdayJuly 3

Oak Harbor Farmers Mar-ket, 4-7 p.m., July 3, Highway 20, near Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce. 20th season. Produce, artisans and vendors gather every Thursday through end of Septem-ber. Market is a nonprofit, vendor- member cooperative. oakharbor [email protected]

FridayJuly 4

Oak Harbor Fourth of July Celebration, starting 10 a.m., July 4, downtown Oak Harbor on Pioneer Way and at Windjam-mer Park. Events include parade, vendors, beer garden, classic car show, fireworks and more. www.oakharborchamber.com

SaturdayJuly 5

All you can eat breakfast,

8 a.m. to noon, July 5, Masonic Center, North Main and Eighth streets, Coupeville. Breakfast in-cludes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon and orange juice, coffee or tea. $7 adults, $3 chil-dren under 12. 360-969-3149 or [email protected]

Kids Fishing Derby, Oak Harbor Yacht Club Bucca-neers, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 5, Oak Harbor Marina & Oak Harbor Yacht Club. Thirty-fourth annual event for kids up to age of 12. Fol-lowed by awards picnic at the Oak Harbor Yacht Club. Prizes award-ed. Kids’ registration between 10-11 a.m. at entrance of marina. All kids under 10 must be accom-panied by an adult and must wear a lifejacket. Bait is furnished and must be used. All kids must bring their own fishing pole, tackle and life preserver. Ages 13 and older are not allowed to compete. No starfish will be weighed, and any salmon caught must be released. Free. 509-952-5067 or Burtonpho [email protected]

Meerkerk Fairy House Festival, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., July 5, Meerkerk Gardens, 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. Bring your imagination, creativity and love of nature. Assorted natural plant materials will be provided, and you are welcome to bring natural materials to share with other house makers. If you wish to build a house and take it with you, please bring a suitable base for transport. Otherwise, all fairy houses will become part of Meerkerk garden attractions and critters and creatures from the woods and gardens will be invited to move in. Admission $5, children 12 and under free.

Jan Holmes Art Auction, noon-5 p.m., July 5, Coupeville Rec Hall. Jan Holmes, a longtime WSU/Island County Beach Watcher, was a longtime Coupeville resident and was well-known across Whidbey Island. She owned Toby’s Tavern in Coupeville for 10 years with her husband, Steve, and her art-work was featured at Penn Cove Gallery. The auction will feature paintings that Holmes painted on Whidbey Island, Mexico, Tuscany, France, Canada, Cuba and other countries that she visited. 360-969-2015 or www.jan-holmes-art-sale.com

American Roots Music Se-ries: The General’s 7 Dixie Band, 5 p.m., July 5, Deception Pass State Park, 41020 SR 20, Oak Harbor. This Dixieland jazz band performs all over Washington State, supporting numerous civil-ian and military ceremonies and community events. The band is led by Sergeant First Class Michael Vandiver. Admission is free to performances. Discover Pass is required for vehicle access to the park. All performances are in the West Beach amphitheater on the Whidbey Island side of the park, unless it’s raining. In case of rain, performances will move to the East Cranberry Lake picnic shelter, also on the Whidbey Island side of the park.

Photo courtesy Peggy Darst Townsdin

Whidbey Island was once known for producing world record wheat yields. This shot from the early 1900s is taken from the Scenic Heights Road area in Oak Harbor looking across the water to Maylor’s Point. As part of a “Looking Back” series, local author and pioneer descendant Peggy Darst Townsdin is sharing photos with the Whidbey News-Times and its readers. Townsdin’s photo history book, “Oak Harbor,” was recently published. To buy a book or have a book mailed, contact Townsdin at [email protected] or call 360-678-5970.

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INVITATION TO BID Sou th Whidbey F i re / EMS is seeking formal bids from qualified firms to provide the following six SEPARATE and IN- DEPENTDENT services at our district properties located in South Whid- bey. In teres ted f i r ms should contact SWFE at the address below or our web site www.swfe.org for complete bid specifi- cation, appropriate forms and locations for each type of service being requested.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTON INT AND FOR THE

COUNTY OF ISLANDI N T H E E S TAT E O F ERIKA ANNA PRICEDeceased.No. 14 4 00144 6N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORSThe personal representative named below has been appointed and has qual i f ied as personal representative of this es- ta te. Persons hav ing claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the at- torneys of record at the address stated below and f i le an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provi- sions included in RCW 11.40.011 and 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to the claims against both the probate assets and non- probate assets of the decedent.Date of filing copy of No- tice to Creditors: June 20, 2014Date of first publication: June 28 2014/s/Miles T. PriceMILES T. PRICE Personal Representative/s/Floyd F. FulleFLOYD F. FULLE, WSBA #1851Attorney for Estate PO Box 252Clinton, WA 98236(360) 341-2429fff@whidbeycornLegal No. WCW571371 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 28, Ju ly 5 , 12 , 2014.

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IN RE THE ESTATE OFTERRY OWEN PER- MENTER,Deceased. NO. 14-4-00167-7PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 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 of the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, p resen t the c la im in them Manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Represen- tat ive 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(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 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non- probate assets. DATE OF FILING NO- TICE TO CREDITORS: 06-18-2014DATE OF FIRST PUBLI- CATION: 06-21-2014PERSONAL REPRE- S E N TAT I V E : K a r e n Leigh FunstonPERSONAL REPRE- SENTATIVE: Karen Leigh Funston, WSBA: 28258ADDRESS FOR MAIL- ING OR SERVICE: BURI FUNSTON MUM- FORD, PLLC, 1601 F STREETB E L L I N G H A M , W A 98225Legal No. 570050Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 21, 28 , Ju ly 5 , 2014

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COUNTY OF ISLANDIN THE ESTATE OF SALLY A. KOSH-HEAGREN,Deceased.NO. 14-4-00145-4N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORSThe personal representative named below has been appointed and has qual i f ied as personal representative of this es- ta te. Persons hav ing claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the at- torneys of record at the address stated below and f i le an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provi- sions included in RCW 11.40.011 and 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to the claims against both the probate assets and non- probate assets of the decedent. Date of filing copy of No- tice to Creditors: June 20, 2014 Date of first publication: June 28, 2014/s/Stephen M. SwanSTEPHEN M. SWAN Personal Representative /s/ Floyd F. Fulle FLOYD F. FULLE, WSBA #1851Attorney for Estate PO Box 252Clinton WA 98236(360) 341-2429 [email protected] No. WCW571385 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 28, Ju ly 5 , 12 , 2014.


OF WASHINGTONFOR ISLAND COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFLARRY NORMAN ELSTRAN,Deceased.NO. 14 4 00129 2PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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RCW 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 in which the probate pro- ceed ings were com- menced . The c l a im must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- d e r R C W 1 1 . 4 0 . 0 2 0 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst 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 effect ive as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non- probate assets. Date of First Publication: June 14, 2014Personal RepresentativeBETTY SARRETTAttorney for the Personal Representative:Robert E. BrewsterAddress for Mailing:PO Box 756Freeland, WA 98249Address for Service:2820 Sunlight DriveClinton, WA 98236Telephone: 360-321-8979WSBA No.: 16012Cour t of probate pro- ceed ings and cause number:Island County Superior Court Cause No. 14 4 00129 2Legal No. 568339Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 14, 21, 28, 2014.



COUNTY OF ISLANDIn the Matter of the Es- tate of:JOSEPH L. MALSOM,Deceased.

Legal Notices

No. 14-4-00138-1N O N - P RO B AT E N O - TICE TO CREDITORS The Notice Agent named below has e lected to give notice to creditors of the above-named De- cedent. As of the date of the filing of a copy of this notice with the court, the Notice Agent has no knowledge of any other person acting as Notice Agent or of the appointment of a personal representative of the Dece- dent’s estate in the State of Washington. Accord- ing to the records of the court as are available on the date of the filing of this notice with the court, a cause number regarding the Decedent has not been issued to any other Notice Agent and a personal representative of the Decedent’s estate has not been appointed. Any person hav ing a claim against the Dece- dent named above 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 11.42.070 by serving on or mailing to the Notice Agent or the No- tice Agent’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court i n w h i c h t h e N o t i c e Agent’s Declaration and Oath were f i led. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the No- t ice Agent ser ved or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided un- d e r R C W 1 1 . 4 2 . 0 2 0 (2)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst 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 1 1 . 4 2 . 0 5 0 a n d 11.42.060. This bar is effect ive as to claims against both the Dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets.Date of First Publication: June 21, 2014The Notice Agent de- clares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington that the foregoing is true and correct.SIGNED this 3rd day of June, 2014, at Oak Har- bor, Washington/s/ Mark MalsomJ. MARK MALSOM, No- tice Agent

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/s/ Michael M. WallerMICHAEL M. WALLER, WSBA NO. 6310Law Offices of Christon C. Skinner, P.S. A t to r neys fo r No t i ce Agent791 SE Barrington Drive Oak Harbor, Washington 98277Court of Notice Agent’s Oath and Declarat ion a n d C a u s e N o . : 14-4-00138-1Superior Court of Island County, WashingtonCause No. 14-4-00138-1Legal No. 569019Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 21, 28 , Ju ly 5 , 2014.

The Port of South Whid- bey is requesting engi- neer ing qual i f icat ions and a proposal for the South Whidbey Harbor a t L a n g l e y O u t s i d e Mooring Project. Work includes design and engineering work to retrofit the existing 266 ft break- water to accommodate moorage of 150 ft and smaller vessels on the outside of the breakwa- ter and to survey the existing timber-pile breakwa te r and repor t on remaining useful life and other similar work. The RFQ/P can be viewed on the Por t’s website: www.por tofsouthwhidbey.com. Submit qualifi- cations and proposal via email to anderson@por- tofsouthwhidbey.com or by mail to PO Box 872, Freeland, WA 98249 no later than 10 am on Au- gust 4, 2014.Legal No. WCW571450 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 28, July 2, 2014.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON

In the Matter of the Es- tateofT H O M A S C H R I S TO - PHER ROBERTSON,DeceasedNO. 14 4 00906 8N OT I C E TO C R E D I - TORS(RCW 11 40.030)The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against

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ACROSS1. Foe of the

“Titanic”5. Chef’s need8. Glance over12.Harbinger13.Statute14.Ponder

intently15.Barn’s

neighbor16.Snacked17.Writing liquids18.Postal items20.Firstborn22.Cheeky23.Fawn’s mom24.Freon, e.g.26.Feel distress

28.“The ____Bunch”

32.Keats work33.Frosters35.Date36.More strange38.Obtained39.Ocean40.Attack!42.Small plateau44.Kerrigan, e.g.47.Monet, for

one50.A single time51.Vaselike

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saxophone54.Eroded

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mom59.Rim

DOWN1. Supervisor2. Send forth3. Slipped

back4. Elflike being5. Credit cards6. Certain

grain7. Suit fabric

8. Web spinner9. Roadway

marker10.Bible boats11.Snug retreat19.Grassland21.Crab’s cousin24.Mushy stuff25.Calculate27.Foot’s limb29.Bombarded30.Bad grade31.Senate vote

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for one46.Real-estate

unit48.Buck49.Pitch52.Dispute

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ACROSS1. Citrus

beverage4. Impulse8. Engine parts12.Trim13.Mr. Julia14.Microwave,

e.g.15.Island

necklace16.Supreme

Court count17.Star’s car18.Lip20.Grassland22.Unhealthy

mist24.Fair

26.Black ____spider

28.Picnic crasher29.Find a sum32.Pub drink33.Serious35.Rightful36.Affirmative37.Toothpaste

option38.Untangle40.Sworn

promise42.Mound43.Oak nuts47.Wool growers49.Make do50.Out of action52.Part of TGIF

55.Genealogychart

56.____ andvoid

57.Gain58.Broadcast59.Virtuous60.Chipper

DOWN1. Each part2. Buck’s

companion3. Occurrences4. Coffee

containers5. Increase6. Rifle, e.g.7. Component8. Soft drink

9. Enthusiastic10.Notation11.January

forecast19.Past21.Log22.Bend23.Distance

measure25.Hurdle27.Carriage29.Counseling30.Battle of rivals31.Remove from

print

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remainder45.Exposed46.Marsh plant48.Join51.Couple53.Londoner’s

beverage54.Pig enclosure

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ACROSS1. Corn on the

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once15.Raises17.Leave out18.“You ____ So

Beautiful”19.Intrude21.Frosh’s home24.Put together26.Pass into law28.Convent

member29.“____ Smart”

32.Dopey’s pal33.Signed35.Beam36.Biblical ship37.Wiggly fish38.Sneer40.Applied42.Lazy43.Consent to47.Melded49.Tunnel fee50.Cosmetic item55.Milky gem56.Hardens57.“____ Got to

Be Me”58.Talking bird59.Fence opening60.Went before

DOWN1. So-so grade2. Night hooter3. Hive builder4. Heavenly

twinkler5. ____ pole6. Rage7. Remains8. Pig’s food9. Luxury auto10.Garden

bloom11.Companion16.Flirt20.Darns21.Word from

a crib22.Skunk

feature

23.Granite25.Foot-to-leg

joint27.Bind29.Grating30.“Duke of

____”31.Toddler34.Emergency

funds39.Skirt length41.Lived

43.Small particle44.Imitation45.Family group46.Jazz’s

Fitzgerald48.Other than51.Positive

response52.Zero53.First female54.____ carpet

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ACROSS1. Craft4. Singing voice8. Land division12.Bogey beater13.Nobleman14.Foot covering15.Couple16.Poisonous

mushroom18.Take a hike20.Volume

measures21.Movie stars23.Savior24.Trims25.Chew one’s

____(meditate)

26.Fail to keep up

29.Zip30.Saloon31.Umpire’s call32.Hen output33.Not skinny34.Flower feature35.Contained37.Circus

performers38.Dwelling40.Memento41.Butter

substitute43.Males46.Differently47.Selects48.Provoke49.Urgent want50.Finest

51.Force open

DOWN1. Befitting2. Crude3. Harness

racer4. Sacrificial

tables5. Weaving

machines6. Mouse

catcher7. Offbeat8. Daisy’s kin9. Cookie

flavor10.Chess piece11.Snakelike

fishes

17.Moved quickly19.Lasso cord21.Teenage

problem22.Plug up23.Center of

activity25.Use scissors

on27.Distantly28.Congeals30.Cushion31.Large truck

33.Dog’s woe34.Most colorless36.Nosed (out)37.Collapsible

shelters38.Hymn ender39.Unit of hay40.Fully

developed42.Filch44.Get it wrong45.Stars’ site

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Estate ofRegina Parkman Ernest, Deceased. NO. 13 4 00206 1PROBATE NOTICE TO C R E D I T O R S ( R C W 11.40.030)PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me as Personal Representative of Dece- dent’s estate. Any per- s o n h av i n g a c l a i m against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when t h e c l a i m w o u l d b e barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as p r o v i d e d i n R C W 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication o f th is Not ice. I f the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets.Date of First Publication of this Notice: June 21, 2014./s/Russell C. ErnestPersonal Representative 3486 Camano Vista St. Greenbank, WA 98253. Legal No. 570277Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.June 21, 28, and July 5, 2014.

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struggling, including cuts in bonuses and elimination of positions.

Over the course of three years, Wilson said she received one raise.

“More was asked of you and the management was not supporting the staff, that’s for sure,” Wilson said.

Despite frustration of the staff, Wilson said Waste Management still offers good jobs with great benefits.

Wilson said the recession that began in 2009 may have had an effect on the com-pany’s operations.

“When the economy hit, it all became about numbers, numbers, numbers,” she said.

IT’S BEEN a “tough few

years” due to fluctuations in recycling markets, accord-ing to Waste Management’s Washington spokeswoman Robin Freedman.

“When that happens, there’s going to be changes,” she said.

While Freedman said she won’t comment on any spe-cific cuts made at the Oak Harbor call center, as a com-pany, she said, “we have had some belt tightening.”

“As a company, we have a fiduciary responsibility to our stakeholders, we’re very con-cerned about our budgets.”

THE CENTER in Oak

Harbor is one of a handful of smaller call centers nation-wide that were closed by

Waste Management in favor of consolidating into larger facilities, Freedman said.

The services of the Oak Harbor office will be absorbed into the company’s Phoenix, Ariz., office, which currently employs more than 500 people, Freedman said.

Oak Harbor employees will be free to apply for other posi-tions with Waste Management nationwide, and will be offered severance packages, retention bonuses and work training and placement services where applicable.

In addition to the clos-ing call center, Waste Management operates 11 collection districts, six trans-fer stations, seven recycling centers and two landfills in Washington state.

OAK HARBOR Mayor Scott Dudley said he imme-diately reached out to Waste

Management after hearing rumors about the layoffs, but the deal is done, he said.

“We’re scrambling to see what we can do to find a great employer like Waste Management to come in and fill their shoes,” Dudley said.

“I don’t fault them. It’s a corporate decision, but it’s still a blow to our eco-nomic situation here in Oak Harbor.”

The positions at the call center were “much needed jobs” in the community, he said.

It’s disappointing, Dudley said.

THE COMPANY report-ed in April that $30,363 was the average Waste Management salary in Oak Harbor, according to Ron Nelson, executive director of the Island County Economic Development Council.

With a loss of 126 jobs, the annual economic loss in salaries flowing into the Oak Harbor economy totals

approximately $3.8 million.As of January, Waste

Management was Island County’s third largest pri-vate employer, behind The Boeing Co. and Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland, Nelson said.

“Needless to say, it’s not a positive thing,” Nelson said. “That’s a pretty significant loss.”

THE NEXT step for the EDC will likely be notify-ing the U.S. Department of Commerce, which communi-cates with large corporations that are seeking relocation spaces, Nelson said.

“It’s always tough,” Nelson said.

“You’re competing across the nation.”

Upon hearing about Waste Management’s elimination of its call center in Oak Harbor, Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson described the job losses as a “disaster.”

JOHNSON, WHO repre-

sents Oak Harbor as a com-missioner, was serving as the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce executive direc-tor when Waste Management moved to the city in 2008.

“The loss of 126 jobs in our community is concerning,” Johnson said.

“It’s not easy for us to make up those employment opportunities.”

However, Johnson said, the city now has information it can use to encourage simi-lar businesses to find a home in Oak Harbor.

“On the plus side, what we now know is that this type of employer works well in Oak Harbor,” Johnson said.

“We just need to go out and find someone who wants to do business here.

“We need to continue to look for ways to diversify our economy and attract employ-ers just like this one.”

n Whidbey News-Times Co-Editor Jessie Stensland contributed to this report.


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ing more common. Deer can com-monly be seen along the side of roads and in fields. They even make their way into neighborhoods in Coupeville and Oak Harbor where gardens and flower beds offer easy grazing.

To gauge public opinion of the ubiquitous Columbian blacktail deer on Whidbey Island, a gradu-ate student from the University of Montana is working with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to survey a sampling of residents.

Rob Wingard, an Anacortes resi-dent, said he mailed 2,000 ques-tionnaires this week to randomly selected addresses. He’s already quite a few back already and found people have pretty strong feelings about the dainty ungulates.

“People are really passionate about them,” he said. “Some people love them, others can’t stand them because they get into their gardens and in front of their cars.”

WINGARD SAID he plans to go out into the field to form an estimate of the number, and distribution, of deer on Whidbey.

Ruth Milner, a biologist with Fish and Wildlife, said her department can use the information from the study to improve the management of deer on the island. Any effort to increase deer hunting on the island, for example, won’t work well if the public is against the notion.

The main concern with the deer population is the pervasiveness of car crashes involving the animals, she said.

About 150 car-versus-deer acci-dents occur each year, which is a big number given the size of the island, Milner said.

Whidbey Island technically isn’t overpopulated with deer because the deer population hasn’t resulted in any adverse health effects, she said.

The white and spotted deer that frequent the Coupeville area don’t suffer from a health disorder. The “piebald characteristic” comes from a recessive gene, Milner said.

Island-wide, the number of deer is “clearly very high,” she said, and it’s all people’s fault.

BEARS, WOLVES and even

cougars used to live on Whidbey Island and kept the deer population in check, Wingard said. However, settlers killed all of the natural predators soon after arriving on Whidbey in the mid-1800s.

Since that time, there’s been a dash to clear woods, creating per-fect habitat for the deer.

“It’s the perfect storm of habitat and security,” he said. “They are ani-mals that have no natural enemies other than cars and hunters.”

Blacktail deer populations are hard to count, Milner said, because they don’t form herds like other deer do, but hang out in small fam-ily groups.

Wingard said he will create an estimate by walking randomly selected survey lines and counting deer head early in the morning, then using a computer model to come up with a number and distribution.

WINGARD SAID the Columbian blacktail deer populate a range that runs west of the Cascade Mountain, from the middle of British Columbia to Central California. They are a subspecies of mule deer, but are smaller than either mule or whitetail deer.

In fact, Wingard said, blacktail deer living on the island may be smaller than their mainland cousins.

A Fish and Wildlife study from the 1960s concluded that “hog dressed” deer shot on Whidbey averaged about 70 to 75 pounds, sig-nificantly less than blacktail hunted on the mainland.

The only effective way to con-trol deer population is by hunting; deer birth-control efforts have been made in the Eastern United States, Milner said, but they were extreme-ly expensive and simply didn’t work well.

“We don’t have a lot of tools in our toolbox,” she said.

MILNER SAID Wingard’s study will help her gain a better understanding of what residents think about deer. That’s key to pur-suing any kind of tenacious plan to encourage more hunting on Whidbey, she said.

If increased hunting seems likely to cause an outcry, then the state probably won’t go in that direction.

Finding a safe place to hunt deer on the island may be diffi-cult because of the proximity to homes to the wilder areas where deer congregate. Since the state doesn’t allow hunting in state parks on the island, the only public lands where hunters can go are small parcels owned by Island County, Milner said.

As a result, state Fish and Wildlife has a program to work with private landowners who are willing to open up their property to hunters during hunting season. Fish and Wildlife program allows the landowners to set the parameters for hunting on their property.

“It’s tailor made to the landown-ers’ needs and desires,” she said.

CURRENTLY, HOWEVER, only one Whidbey Island landowner is enrolled in the program.

Wingard said he hopes to com-plete his thesis over the next year and urges residents who receive his questionnaire to return them as soon as possible.

As for Carr, the interaction with the aggressive deer provided her with a “crazy story” to share with friends, but it hasn’t soured her opinion of deer.

Carr said said she’s learned to respect them more as wild animals, though she’s more watchful of her surroundings when she’s outside.

As someone who’s also hit a deer and wrecked her car, Carr admits she is concerned about the large population of deer on Whidbey Island.

Whether hunting is the answer, though, she said she doesn’t know.

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