By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

A jury in a civil trial found that a state senator’s hus-band battered his wife’s for-mer campaign manager and should pay $50,000 in dam-ages.

The verdict was announced last Friday afternoon, culmi-nating nearly two weeks of testimony and arguments. Defendant Basil Badley and his wife, Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, weren’t in the Island County courtroom to hear the jury’s decision.

Coupeville resident Courtney Jones and a num-ber of her supporters in the courtroom wept after the ver-dict was read. Jones worked as Haugen’s campaign man-ager in 2008. She filed the lawsuit against Badley in 2009, claiming that he had kissed and groped her during a dinner at the couple’s home while the senator was away.

It took the jury about six hours to decide the two-part verdict. In the first part, they answered “yes” to the ques-tion of whether Badley com-mitted the battery of Jones.

In the second part, the jury found that Jones was entitled to $6,000 in economic damag-es and $44,000 in emotional damages.

Afterward, Badley’s attor-ney, Tyna Ek, said simply that she was surprised by the verdict.

Jones’ attorney, Thomas Breen, said he was satis-fied with the verdict. He has asked the jury to award Jones $100,000 in damages, but he said he respected their deci-sion. He said the most impor-tant consideration was that the jury unanimously agreed with Jones that Badley had, in fact, groped her.

The lawsuit originally went to trial as a “sexual assault and battery” charge, but

Judge Alan Hancock ruled after the plaintiff’s attorneys rested their case that the evidence didn’t support the “sexual assault” part of the claim and left it as a battery case. In an interview, Breen described battery as “offen-sive touching” and said that’s what Jones was alleging all along.

Both Jones and Badley took the stand during the trial and described their version of events.

Jones described how Badley repeatedly kissed her, licked her face and groped her as she physically and ver-bally resisted.

In his testimony, Badley

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An American flag waves in the breeze as Oak Harbor Mayor Jim Slowik speaks to an audience gathered for the 9/11 memorial service Sunday afternoon.

Base captain was at the PentagonBy KATHY REEDWhidbey Crosswind

A large American flag fluttered in the breeze, sus-pended above the speakers at the 9/11 memorial cer-emony Sunday afternoon in Windjammer Park, sup-ported by ladder trucks from the Oak Harbor and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Fire Departments and backed up by North Whidbey Fire and Rescue.

A crowd of about 150 people, not including fire-fighters, turned out for the ceremony, quietly paying

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Capt. Jay Johnston, commanding officer of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, addresses the crowd at the 9/11 memo-rial service Sunday at Windjammer Park.

Why they wentSunday’s 9/11 Memorial Service in Oak Harbor at-

tracted a crowd of people, each with his or her own reason for attending. For comments from the crowd please turn to page 10 of today’s Whidbey News-Times.

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By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

Whidbey General Hospital officials have decided to hold off on sending another bond proposal to voters.

At a Monday night meet-ing, hospital commissioners unanimously reversed their previous decision to place a $50-million proposal to expand the hospital on the ballot next February. It would have been a redo of the bond that failed to reach the 60 per-cent supermajority in a May 17 special election this year.

Hospital CEO Tom Tomasino cited the troubled economy, the hospital’s poor reputation in the community and inadequate coverage by local newspapers as the rea-sons for delaying the elec-tion. He said the hospital has

made great strides in trying to improve care and has won numerous awards.

“We’re just not getting the coverage we had hoped for in the press,” he said. “Our community is often unaware of what we’re doing in the hospital.”

Tomasino pointed out that the majority of voters, a total of 55 percent, voted in favor of the bond proposal in May, though it failed to reach the necessary 60 percent. He said South Whidbey voters were overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal, while North Whidbey voters were more reluctant.

“On the north end of the island, they have more health care choices than in the south,” he said. “That prob-ably played a role.”

Tomasino also discussed a series of bond measures that have failed on the island, as well as the growing poverty. He said the hospital has expe-rienced a 65 percent increase in uncompensated care since 2008.

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By NATHAN WHALENStaff reporter

After a stinging defeat at the polls last month, vol-unteers are gearing up to convince voters that the North Whidbey Park and Recreation District needs to continue collecting property taxes if the swimming pool is to remain open.

District leaders placed a renewal tax levy on the November ballot. They filed the paperwork the day the polls closed on the prima-ry election that saw voters reject the pool levy, even though 56 percent support-ed the measure. It needed 60 percent to pass.

Leaders for the commit-tee tasked with promoting the levy are busy organizing volunteers and gearing up social media sites to educate the North Whidbey commu-nity about the need for the taxpayer support.

Julie Wilson, a member of the Save the Pool Committee, said low voter turnout in the primary along with the inability of many voters to connect the pool with the

North Whidbey Park and Recreation District levy are a couple of the reasons the levy failed in August. Only 7,247 ballots were cast.

To help voters connect the pool and parks district levy, she is organizing volun-teers who participate in the three athletic teams involved with the district — the North Whidbey Aquajets swim team, the running club and the Babe Ruth baseball pro-gram. Those volunteers will distribute promotional mate-rials outside supermarkets starting in early October, which is around the time mail-in ballots are sent to voters.

In addition, a website and a Facebook page are being developed to further dis-seminate information to the community.

“We wanted to educate people about other pro-grams, but for many people, the pool is the centerpiece,” Wilson said about the previ-ous promotion efforts. The numbers back up that sup-position.

The renewal levy would

bring in approximately $550,000 a year for the next six years and the tax sup-port accounts for 55 percent of the North Whidbey Park and Recreation budget. Approximately 80 percent of is devoted to operating the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool in Oak Harbor.

If approved, the levy would cost property own-ers 17 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value, about the same as they’re paying now.

Should the vote fail to reach the 60 percent supermajority in the November election, then it would be at least a year before the district could receive levy dollars regard-

less if voters approve the levy in a subsequent election in 2012.

Planning will start soon for contingencies.

The Park and Recreation District board of commis-sioners is holding a meet-ing Thursday, Sept. 15, at 6 p.m. at the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool at 85 SE Jerome St. in Oak Harbor. The commissioners will start making contingency plans should the levy fail again. Thursday’s meeting is one hour earlier than the board’s normally scheduled monthly meeting time to encourage public turnout.

Officials hope voters will realize the importance of the pool and other district pro-grams and finally give their blessing to the levy.

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The search for a miss-ing Whidbey Island Naval Air Station sailor ended late Friday when his body was discovered off Yates Road.

Nikolas “Nik” Ngo, 21, was found at about 5 p.m., according to Lt. Tim Sterkel of the Oak Harbor Police Department. The 911 caller noticed the wreckage of Ngo’s motorcycle and noti-fied authorities.

Ngo, an enlisted man with Maritime Patrol Squadron 69, had been missing since Wednesday, Sept. 7.

While the circumstances of the accident are not yet clear, Ngo appears to have been eastbound on Yates Road, which is a side street of North Heller Road, when something happened.

His motorcycle, a black 2005 Kawasaki ZX 1000, exit-ed the north side of the road, crashed through a wooden fence and came to rest in a yard. Ngo was wearing a helmet but appears to have collided with trees.

The exact time of the acci-dent is unknown but officers at the scene speculated that the young man had been there since he went missing.

Both Ngo and the bike were apparently obscured from immediate view by trees and heavy shade.

Ngo was last heard from Wednesday afternoon at about 2:30 p.m. when he text-messaged his girlfriend that he was on his way to her home in Lake Stevens. He never arrived and then didn’t show up for work on Thursday or Friday.

His disappearance sparked a search by police, emergen-cy personnel and members of his family. Sterkel said they began walking the road from Oak Harbor to Sharpes Corner Friday looking for any sign of the young man.

Sterkel said it’s unknown why Ngo was traveling on Yates Road, but high speed appears to have been a factor in the accident.

A Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Anacortes. A Funeral Mass will follow at 7 p.m. Interment will be at Tahoma National Cemetery with full military honors. Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes. An obituary will appear in Saturday’s Whidbey News-Times.

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Pool TalkCommissioners for North Whidbey Park and Recreation District will hold a special meeting to discuss contingency plans should an operations renewal levy fail in November for the second time. The levy accounts for more than half of the district’s budget, which includes operations of the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool. The meeting takes place Thursday, Sept. 15, 6 p.m. at the pool located at 85 SE Jerome St.

By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

After at least 10 years of effort, officials from the Washington State Department of Transportation and Island County have finally found the money to put in a turn lane and widen shoulders on Highway 20 near the Island County solid waste transfer station.

Todd Carlson, a planning and engineering manager with the state, said the final piece of the puzzle was a $1 million “scenic byway” grant from the Federal Highway Administration. The federal government only had about $20 million in the grant fund for the entire country, so he was excited that Whidbey Island got such a large share. He credits the Whidbey Scenic Isle Way Corridor Management Plan for boost-ing the grant application.

Transportation officials have long realized that there’s a need for improve-ments in the busy section of the highway. It’s a straight stretch of the highway just

east of Coupeville, but traffic is often stopped on the road for motorists turning into the transfer station, the animal shelter, the Island Transit office, businesses and a coun-ty park. And that’s when rear-end collisions can occur.

“Left-turn lanes on a two-lane highway are really a bugaboo,” Carlson said.

Just two weeks ago, Carol Barnes, the county’s animal control officer, was injured when her vehicle was rear-ended by a dump truck at the exact spot engineers hope to fix. She was happy to hear about the project.

“That’s good news,” she said. “Hopefully it will prevent anyone else from being hurt.”

The road project will be a partnership between the state, the county and Island Transit. Carlson said the plan is to install a center-turn lane for cars entering and exiting the county transfer station and widen shoulders from Jacobs Road to Morris Road.

Carlson said the project is slated for the spring of 2014, but he guessed that it will move to an earlier date once prelimi-

nary engineering is done.Carlson said transporta-

tion officials have had trou-ble finding funding for the project over the years since the bulk of road construction money goes to safety-related projects and the Department of Transportation prioritizes such projects by the num-ber of serious accidents in an area. The section of highway just hasn’t had a large num-ber of serious accidents, he said, partly due to the fact that people tend to drive slower on roads without shoulders.

According to Carlson, about 1,200 passenger vehicles and 90 trucks turn off Highway 20 to enter the solid waste facility on a busy day. During a five-year period from 2005 to 2009, there were 12 collisions at that exact intersection. Of those, one involved a serious injury.

“This one doesn’t really rank that high,” he said. “That’s why we cobbled together funding from so many sources.”

The partners have found $2 million for the project, but Carlson said more construc-tion can be done if additional

funding is identified. In addition to the fed-

eral grant, the 2011 state Legislature earmarked $1 million to the Department of Transportation to make safety improvements on the Highway 20 corridor from Race Road to Jacobs Road and just over $800,000 to Island Transit to realign Parker Road to improve safety and provide access to the transit base at this intersection.

Island County will contrib-ute $250,000 in road funds and donate county property to the project.

Island County Public Works Director Bill Oakes said the county has a vested interest in making it easier and safer for drivers to get in and out of the transfer station. He’s also concerned about the miles of the highway in Central Whidbey that have no shoulder to speak of.

“I would like to have shoul-der improvements from Jacobs to Race Road, but this is a good first step,” he said.

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A lane of Highway 20 in Oak Harbor was closed for about 40 minutes Monday after a driver traveling the wrong way in a one-way lane of traffic collided head-on with another vehicle.

According to Lt. John Dyer of the Oak Harbor Police Department, the collision occurred shortly before 1:25 p.m. on Highway 20 between E. Whidbey Avenue and SE Cabot Drive.

Officers arrived on scene to learn that the crash was no accident but appeared to have been intentionally caused by a distraught love-struck teen.

“Our indication is that he did it on purpose,” Dyer said.

After questioning those involved, officers learned that Oak Harbor resident Kintorious London, 19, had been at a girlfriend’s house shortly before the collision. Dyer said some type of dis-pute occurred and the young

man ran on foot to his resi-dence, an apartment complex between SE Ely Street and Highway 20.

From there, London alleg-edly got into a 1989 Nissan Sentra, made a left onto the busy highway, and began traveling south in the north-bound lane. He only made it about 200 feet before colliding with a 2006 Toyota Corolla.

The driver of the Corolla, 53-year-old Frederic Butzon, was not injured in the colli-sion; Butzon had an Oregon driver’s license. Based on the damage to both vehicles, investigating officers estimate that neither was traveling fast-er than 20 mph.

London fled the scene but was found a short time later at a location on SE Ely Street. He was taken into custody without incident. According to Dyer, London was arrested on suspicion of assault in the second degree and hit and run. He had not been charged as of Tuesday morning.

Distraught teenager causes crash on purpose, police say

“Our local economy is feeling it,” he said.

Tomasino didn’t return a call for comment Tuesday morning.

Under the proposal rejected by voters, bond proceeds would have paid for construction of a new wing at Whidbey General Hospital consisting of 39 single-patient rooms, along with space to expand exist-ing hospital programs. If the bond has passed, it would have cost homeown-ers an estimated 34 cents per $1,000 assessed value for 26 years.

The commissioners briefly discussed the logis-tics of placing the measure on the 2012 general elec-tion ballot, but they decided not to set any specific date for the eventual election.

“Give us time to work with the community,” Tomasino said. “Give us the time to work on our reputation.”

The commissioners all agreed, though some reluctantly. Commissioner Grethe Cammermeyer said she understands people’s unwillingness to increase their taxes, however small, because “it’s just another

drain” in hard times.On the other hand, the

needs of the aging facility are real.

“We’re caught in a Catch-22,” she said. “We end up having to charge more because we don’t have tax-payer support and it may drive them away because we’re more expensive than other hospital. We’re caught in an untenable situ-ation.”

Commissioner Roger Case proposed expanding the bond to $60 million to fund an improved clinic on South Whidbey. He said there’s a real need for an efficiently run “rural health clinic” on the south end.

Likewise, Cammermeyer said maybe they should also consider improve-ments to clinics on North Whidbey, which are very crowded. She said people might support the bond if they felt “something was being done for them also.”

In an interview Tuesday, Anne Tarrant, president of the board of hospital commissioners, said she doesn’t “personally agree” with Tomasino that the hospital has a poor reputa-tion, though she feels that newspapers have not cov-ered positive news at the hospital very well. She said the commissioners plan to make changes in the hos-pital’s public relations and marketing programs; she said no staffing changes in the public relations depart-ment have been proposed.

Tarrant said a leadership team made up of commis-sioners and hospital admin-istration will likely meet in October to begin making plans about the bond and discussing ways to improve communication with the public.

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Oak Harbor City CouncilREGULAR MEETING

6:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 20,

2011

CALL TO ORDERINVOCATION ROLL CALLMINUTESNON-ACTION COUNCIL ITEMS:

Public Comments.1. State of the County2.

- Presentation by

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COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS:

Consent Agenda:3. a. Noise Permit – Living Faith Christian Center.

b. Noise Permit – Flyers Restaurant for Ocktoberfest.

c. Civil Service Commission Re-Appointment – Kent Dale.

d. Excused Absence Request – Councilmember Jim Palmer from the 10/4/11 Council Meeting.

f. Approval of Accounts Payable Vouchers (Pay Bills).

Resolution4. - Status of

Multimodal Facility Project.

Resolution5. – Marina Moorage

Fees Reduction.

Resolution6. – Waste Water

Treatment Plant.

Contract Amendment7.

- SWCA Environmental

Consultants, Archeological

Services.

Feasibility Study8. - Funding of

Shipyard Enterprise - (brought

forward by Council motion

and second during the 9/6/11

Council meeting).

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their respects to the 2,977 civil-ians, 23 New York City police officers, 37 port authority offi-cers and 343 New York City firefighters who died in the terrorist attacks on our coun-try 10 years earlier.

“2,977 civilians walked out the door on what they thought was a normal work day, never to walk home again,” said Sean Merrill, a battalion chief with Navy Region Northwest Fire and Emergency Services and master of ceremonies for the memorial service. “A lot has transpired since then. We’re gathered together as a com-munity to remember that.”

The memorial was definitely a community effort. The colors were presented by Marines from the Marine Aviation Training Support Group 53 at NAS Whidbey, the National Anthem was sung by resident Sarah Reinstra, the Whidbey Island Pipe Band performed “Amazing Grace,” and speak-ers included Island County Sheriff Mark Brown, Oak Harbor Mayor Jim Slowik, North Whidbey Fire and Rescue Chief Marv Koorn and Whidbey Island Naval Air Station commanding offi-cer Capt. Jay Johnston.

An emotional Capt. Johnston, who was assigned to the Pentagon at the time of

the attack, shared his experi-ences with the crowd, paus-ing occasionally to hold back tears, but in the end, praising the work of the first respond-ers and everyone involved in putting the Pentagon back together.

“It was a mess for weeks and weeks. It was a testimony to teamwork,” Johnston said. “We talk about Team Whidbey here, but I think it was Team USA back then. That may sound like a cliche, but we had first responders and urban search and rescue teams from all over the country converg-ing on the Pentagon and I know you did the same in New York.

“Thank you for all you do,” he continued. “We witness it every day. You guys stand 24/7 watch and then some, both on the military side and the civilian side. I don’t know what they pay you, but it’s not enough, so my hat’s off to you.”

“That fateful day in 2001, the world saw the undying cour-age and the unfailing response of firefighters, first responders, law enforcement officers, mili-tary and citizens all working together to save other people,” Koorn said. “That morning of Sept 11, 2001, the 343 New York firefighters reported for work just expecting another day. ... As we all know, that morning was different than anything we have seen or could have imagined.”

Chief Koorn reflected on how terms like “terrorist attack” and “situational aware-ness” have now become part of our country’s vernacular, but that the expectations for first responders haven’t changed.

“Always remember, people look to us as first responders when all hope is lost,” he said. “Whether it’s a terrorist strike or a heart attack, they expect to see the first responders run-ning in while others are run-ning out.”

Sheriff Brown recalled the feeling of unity sparked by the attacks.

“I do remember how engaged citizens became immediately following Sept. 11. How they suddenly became observant in identify-ing suspicious behavior, how they became concerned for their neighbor’s welfare, how they developed a patriotic sen-timent that reflected a feeling of solidarity as well as unity,” Brown said.

A traditional tolling of the bells followed the speakers, and two members of the Whidbey Island Pipe Band performed a bagpipe version of “Amazing Grace.” As the service came to an end, two men parachuted into the park with an American and MIA/POW flags, adding an excla-mation point to the respectful, dignified memorial.

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A tumultuous worldwide economy could translate into savings for Central Whidbey taxpayers.

The Coupeville School Board Monday night approved a resolution to refinance bonds voters approved in 2004 that paid for construction of a new high school.

The refinancing will save taxpayers between $582,000 and $800,000 by basically cutting the interest rate on the bonds in half.

“The opportunity is here for us to save the commu-nity and taxpayers some money and that is some-thing we should always be mindful of,” Superintendent Patty Page said.

School district leaders decided to refinance bonds because interest rates have been falling in recent months.

Trevor Carlson, senior vice president of Seattle-

Northwest Securities, said that turmoil in economies in southern Europe, most nota-bly Greece, has investors flocking to U.S. Treasury securities and tax-exempt bonds, which has caused interest rates to drop.

“This is good news in the bond market,” Carlson told the school board.

He has been tracking interest rates, which he said have fallen in recent weeks to a point where the school district should move forward with refinancing its bonds.

Central Whidbey voters approved a $22.8 million measure in 2004 to build the new high school. Those bonds have an interest rate of 5 percent. Once the bonds are refinanced, the interest rate will drop to an estimated 2.4 percent.

“The sole purpose of this is to generate savings for the taxpayer,” attorney Cythia Weed, who represents the school district, said during the meeting.

Of the original amount the school district has $14.56 million in bonds it can refinance.

For that to happen, the school district would have to issue at most $16 million in bonds. Those bonds would be placed in an escrow account, which is then invested in U.S. Treasury securities, according to information presented at the school board meeting. The treasury securities, along with interest generated by the escrow account, would be used to pay off the origi-nal high school bonds.

The high school bonds are scheduled to be paid off in 2022. Page said she didn’t have information yet about the new tax rate for prop-erty owners living within the Central Whidbey-based school district.

She met with a bond rat-ing agency Tuesday and she hopes the sale of the new bonds will take place some-time next week.

Taxpayers benefit as Coupeville School District bonds refinanced

Congressman Rick Larsen talks with a voter during a visit to Whidbey Island. A proposed new congressional district could push Larsen’s constituents from District 2 to District 10.

By BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

Island County would become part of a new Congressional district under a proposed plan unveiled Tuesday by for-mer U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton of the Washington State Redistricting Commission.

The proposed 10th District would stretch from the San Juans to the east edge of Okanogan County in Eastern Washington. It would mean the end of the current bound-aries of the 2nd District, and would push Congressman Rick Larsen into a smaller 2nd District while many of his constituents would find them-selves in the newly created 10th District.

The 2nd District cur-rently includes Island, San

Juan, Skagit and Whatcom counties, and portions of Snohomish and King coun-ties. The revised 2nd District would include a portion of Snohomish and King coun-ties.

Gorton’s plan was one of four presented in Olympia this week.

“I am very pleased to pres-ent a redistricting proposal that I believe first and foremost follows the requirements laid out for the commission in the redistricting law,” Gorton said in a statement to the press.

“For example, the law requires us to make districts’ population ‘as nearly equal as is practicable.’ The plan I pre-sented makes every attempt to achieve this goal,” he said.

Larsen said Tuesday the proposed plans for new dis-

tricts are a first step.“I’ve said from the very

beginning that I think Bellingham and Everett will be the bookends [of the 2nd District] ... when all is said and done,” said Larsen, D-Everett.

The new Congressional district boundaries will take effect with the November 2012 Congressional and leg-islative elections, and remain valid for 10 years until the next federal Census and redistrict-ing process takes place.

A public hearing on the proposed maps for the redis-tricting effort will be held Oct. 11 in Olympia.

Members of the Washington State Redistricting Commission will then work to reach con-sensus on a final proposal.

Proposal for new boundaries will squeeze Larsen’s 2nd District

The Island County Historical Museum pres-ents a special fundraising auction and dinner to honor Wallie Funk, a long-time booster of local history, and one of the major drivers of the campaign that built the Island County Museum in Coupeville in 1991.

Funk, nearly 90, lives in Anacortes and is still an active and effective commu-nity activist, having recently raised a large sum in that community for a new mari-

time education school. “When I learned that

Wallie was happy to be our guest of honor, I was thrilled and honored,” said Rick Castellano, Island County Museum director. “The more we talked, the more I realized how many people and organizations Wallie has touched over the years, and we decided to dedicate the whole evening to him and his great community spirit.”

All friends and commu-nity members are invited

to come and pay tribute to Wallie, former co-owner of the Whidbey News-Times, or just get to know him and join him in supporting the Island County Museum.

“Honoring Wallie Funk” is set for Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Oak Harbor Elks Club, from 5 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person. RSVP at 360-678-3310, or visit the Island County Museum, 908 NW Alexander St., Coupeville, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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OPINIONWhidbey

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

While I truly appreciate Mr. Leahy’s letter expressing concern about payroll accu-racy at Whidbey General Hospital, I take exception to lining this issue to the hospi-tal bond.

The needs of our commu-nity and its hospital require financial accountability, con-scientious and hardworking staff at all levels and a viable structure in which to deliver care.

All politics aside, I am a taxpayer and a registered nurse working alongside many other professionals at WGH for more than 20 years. I have seen an explo-sive expansion of services, technologies and high expectations in health care since arriving here in 1986.

WGH was built to the

excellent standards required in 1970. Forty-one years later, our acute care rooms have these same electrical and call light systems, as well as space and ergonomic issues that demand updating to allow patients safe and proper care now.

Our engineering crew deals with any number of “facility issues” that make them in my eyes miracle workers. Nurses, laboratory professionals and respirato-ry therapists too will attest to the “tight quarters” facing us daily. Two beds, two chairs, bedside tables, commodes and any other equipment needed rapidly fill the space in a room and can make giv-ing care very difficult. Add in family members and the inevitable bodily functions involved, and if you catch my drift, situations can be most awkward and discom-

forting.Conversations with physi-

cians need to be private and with just a curtain separating patients become nigh impos-sible.

Infection control requires frequent sanitation and with more than 40 years of use, floors, ceilings, plumbing fixtures and walls show their age and replacement issues involving asbestos make the work more challenging.

Our patients deserve rooms that allow privacy, comfort, safety, a healing environment welcoming to significant others and effi-cient ergonomics for their care providers.

The bond issue is not about changing oil, the pay-roll problems or building an engine. We have dedicated staff daily caring for our community members in a facility that is aging beyond

repairability.Procrastination is not in

the best interest of serving the needs or being frugal -- saving a nickel now to spend dollars later.

Please support the hospi-tal with your vote, an invest-ment in our community!

Ellen GilesOak Harbor

To all educators in Island County: There is an online nonprofit called Donors Choose.org where teachers can ask for donations for specific projects and donors can donate as much as they want to projects that inter-est them. It makes donating easy and in these hard times necessary.

Tim McManusCoupeville

IN OUR OPINION

The venerable and dignified Captain Whidbey Inn may be a bit more rambunctious than usual Wednesday, Sept. 21, when the Whidbey Island League of Women Voters presents “Dinner with our County Commissioners.”

This is an event not to be missed, even if the “dinner” does seem a bit downsized, consisting only of “salad buf-fet and dessert.” The cost, however, is very reasonable, considering the venue, at $13. It was a good idea by the League to offer an affordable setting, but followers of politics in Island County would probably pay much more to see Republican Kelly Emerson, whose roots are in the tea party, pitted against Democrats Angie Homola and Helen Price Johnson. The “dinner” is also fitting with the county’s budget, which has been downsized each year since the virtual depression hit. It may explain why the main course is missing.

The commissioners promise an address on “the state of the county,” which has all the ingredients of a prize fight, minus the literal punches. Last month, Emerson refused to sign on to a written “state of the county report” released prior to the 2012 budgeting season. As a result, her picture was omitted from the report with the notation, “Respectfully removed as requested by Commissioner Emerson with her expressed objection to this presenta-tion.”

Emerson felt the majority report focused too much on the general fund and “offered no solutions,” among other objections. She announced she would produce her own “minority report,” which may surface Sept. 21 at the Captain Whidbey Inn. If she chooses to be too abrasive, perhaps pointing to the property fee increases adopted by the other two commissioners who will prefer to empha-size all the cutting, there could be trouble. New meaning could be given to the terms “tossed salad” and “upside down cake.”

Even if the three commissioners come together for an amiable report, it promises to be an interesting evening. Tickets may be ordered no later than Sept. 15 by calling 678-4433. Considering the deteriorating economy, salad and dessert sounds quite appetizing. Next year, it could be bread and water.

Food fight at Captain Whidbey?

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The tentative four-year con-tract between Public School Employees of Oak Harbor and the Oak Harbor School District calls for no wage or benefit changes this year.

“I think everyone involved recognized that current economic conditions have left the district with little if anything extra to offer finan-cially,” Kurt Schonberg, the

district’s director of human resources, said in a press release. “On the other hand, we were able to improve and update many aspects of the contract in ways beneficial to everyone.”

The agreement adds $5 a month toward health ben-efits for all classified staff in 2012 to 2013 and another $5 a month for healthcare the

year after that.In the final year of the con-

tract, 2014 to 2015, classified employees would receive a 0.5 percent wage increase.

The issues discussed ranged from clarification of transportation contract language, to the effects of numerous reductions in staff positions and hours due to budget cuts, to the continua-

tion of a professional develop-ment fund for PSE members designed to support efforts to improve their job perfor-mance.

PSE represents bus driv-ers, secretaries, custodians, para-educators, food service workers, maintenance crews and computer technicians.

Little available for Oak Harbor school employees

By JUSTIN BURNETTStaff reporter

Oak Harbor has granted Island Disposal a 10-year gar-bage franchise for a 122-acre area recently annexed into the city.

This past April, the city council unanimously approved a proposal to annex property on the east side of Goldie Road, between Technical Drive to the south

and Ault Field Road to the north.

The annexation was large-ly the result of a desire to diversify the city’s economy. The hope is that the area’s planned industrial park zon-ing would provide the com-munity with financial back-bone and lessen its depen-dence on Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

Island Disposal, the private waste hauler that serves the

majority of Island County, had a franchise to serve the area. The subsequent annexation by Oak Harbor automatically cancelled the franchise, but under state law, the city has to allow the hauler to contin-ue service for at least seven years.

Oak Harbor Public Works Director Cathy Rosen report-ed that the law also makes clear that waste haulers with cancelled franchises due to

annexation may have cause for “measurable damages.”

An additional three years, for a total of 10, was an agreed settlement of any claim for damages the hauler may have, she said. Once the 10 years is up, the area would then be served by the city.

The city council approved the proposed franchise unani-mously.

Island Disposal strikes Goldie with franchise

By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

A 12-year-old Oak Harbor boy is in trouble for starting a fire that spread from a port-a-potty to a former conces-sion stand at a 4-H facility on North Whidbey.

Ray Merrill, the training officer for North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, said the blaze occurred at the Island County WSU Extension

horse arena on Green Valley Road Tuesday evening, Sept. 6.

Merrill said the boy was apparently playing with a lighter and lit the toilet paper in the portable toilet at the arena. The fire was fed by a bottle of flammable hand san-itizer and quickly consumed the vacant lavatory.

The conflagration soon spread to a nearby building

that once served as a conces-sion stand but had been used as storage in recent years.

Merrill said the North Whidbey firefighters, aided by firefighters from the Navy base, quickly extinguished the fire. The portable potty was completely destroyed and the front side of the build-ing was burned.

Tim Lawrence, direc-tor of Island County WSU

Extension, said the agency was planning on tearing down the building, so it wasn’t a big loss. He said there were some odds and ends stored in the building that sustained water damage.

Merrill said the boy was arrested. A prosecutor reported that she was famil-iar with the case, but hasn’t yet received a police report on the incident.

Flaming toilet paper spreads, boy arrested

By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

Fireman Ray Merrill hopes that a five-acre brush fire on North Whidbey will remind people that there’s a burn ban in the county, even if it has been a cold and wet sum-mer until recently.

Merrill, the training offi-cer for North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, said the fire was reported at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday in brush and grass near the intersection of Hastie Lake and Zylstra roads.

It took firefighters from North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, with assistance from the Oak Harbor Fire Department, about three hours to extinguish the stub-born flames. Merrill said it was difficult work for fire-fighters who had to navigate

through thorny blackberry bushes with hoses and shov-els.

Merrill said the fire started when a resident was burn-ing boxes in his backyard, which he’s not supposed to be doing.

A burn ban went into effect in Island County Aug. 8. Outdoor fires are banned, except for those in fire pits, barbecues or camp stoves.

Summer finally arrived in September. Last week the high at Crockett Lake was 82 degrees, while on the water at West Beach it was 72 degrees, according to WSU Extenstion. Both sites have recorded in excess of 2 more inches of rain than at the same time last year. This year’s total stands at 13.58 inches at Crockett Lake and 14.14 inches at West Beach.

Weather warms up, brush catches fire

Port of Coupeville: ●Wednesday, Sept. 13, 10:30 a.m., Coupeville Public Library.

Island County Commis- ●sioners: Monday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m., Commissioners’ Hearing Room, County Annex Building.

Coupeville School Board: ●

Monday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m. Coupeville Elementary School library.

Oak Harbor City Council: ●Tuesday, Sept. 20, 6 p.m., City Hall, 865 SE Bar-rington Dr.

Oak Harbor School ●Board: Monday, Sept. 26, 6:30 p.m., Administrative

Service Center, 350 S. Oak Harbor St.

Coupeville Town Council: ●Tuesday, Sept. 27, 6:30 p.m., Commissioners’ Hearing Room County Annex Building.

Oak Harbor Planning ●Commission: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Dr.

Coupeville Planning Com- ●

mission: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 6:30 p.m., Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Court-house Annex Building.

Oak Harbor Public ●Works and Utilities Standing Committee: Thursday, Oct. 6, 7 a.m., Public Works building, 1400 NE 16th Ave.

Oak Harbor Arts Com- ●mission: Monday, Oct. 10, 6 p.m., City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Dr.

YOUR GOVERNMENT

The following items were selected from re-ports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department

SUNDAY, SEPT. 11At 4:48 p.m., a SW

Rosario Place resident reported he heard a loud pop and realized a potato hit his house.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10At 11:42 p.m., a caller

reported a man lit some-thing on fire and was wav-ing it around.

At 6:32 p.m., a caller reported a person wear-ing a trench coat had a shopping cart filled with unpaid food at a Highway 20 location.

At 2:42 a.m., a caller reported two women yell-ing and crying in a N. Oak Harbor Street parking lot.

At 2:17 a.m., a caller re-ported a man unconscious at a SE Bayshore Drive location.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 9At 8:48 p.m., a caller

reported a man possibly overdosed on mushrooms at a SE Pasek Street loca-tion.

At 6:34 p.m., a caller reported one woman and three men tried to get inside a vacant apartment on S. Oak Harbor Street.

At 5:18 p.m., a caller reported a burglary at a NW Ensign Drive home.

At 1:08 p.m., a caller reported a car and truck collided in a parking lot on SE Barrington Drive.

At 11:48 a.m., a NE Ernst Street resident reported someone stole pain medications.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7At 6:50 p.m., a caller

reported hearing a woman at a NW Redwing Drive location talking about a man “being on a short leash.”

At 1:36 p.m., a caller reported a man holding a birthday cake was sit-

ting under a tree at a SE City Beach Street loca-tion. The caller thought it was suspicious because the man wasn’t eating the birthday cake.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 6At 1:10 p.m., a caller

reported a large box of wood screws dumped on the roadway at a Highway 20 location.

At 12:35 a.m., a caller reported her elderly aunt was assaulted at a SE Bay-shore Drive location.

At 12:07 p.m., a caller reported a dog was left in-side a hot car at a SE Bar-rington Drive location.

MONDAY, SEPT. 5At 8:05 p.m., a caller re-

ported a pit bull attacked a dog near the intersection of NW Columbia Drive and NW Calista Court.

At 12:43 a.m., a caller reported five or six people fighting in the street in front of a SE Midway Bou-levard location.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 4At 3:10 p.m., a caller re-

ported calling for a taxi at a Highway 20 location and an unmarked car showed up.

At 11:05 a.m., a caller reported a dog has been “screaming” from a NE Ernst Street apartment.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 3At 9:42 p.m., a caller

reported a man hitting a woman at a SW Scenic Heights Street location.

At 7:07 a.m., a caller re-ported two people dump-ster diving at a SE Fourth Avenue location.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 2At 1:39 p.m., a caller re-

ported a pit bull was tied up near the entrance to the thrift store on SE Bar-rington Drive. The caller was concerned for the safety of customers.

At 9:38 a.m., a SE Castle Park Court resident re-ported chickens were roaming the neighborhood and digging up the flower beds.

ISLAND SCANNER

admitted to kissing Jones and touching her breast, but said he immediately stopped when she pushed him away. He claimed he then thanked Jones for refusing him because he loves his wife.

Badley, a 75-year-old former attorney and lobby-ist, appeared frail in court until he took the stand. He was feisty and occasionally funny under unrelenting questioning by Breen, who sarcastically grilled Badley

about his drinking, his apology email to Jones and whether he considers him-self “a dirty old man.”

“Is it fair to say you’re grounded at first and going for second base?” Breen asked while questioning Badley about his aggres-sive behavior toward Jones. Ek objected to the question and the judge sustained the objection.

Yet later, Badley admit-ted that his actions were wrong.

“I was married to Mary Margaret and I shouldn’t have been kissing someone else,” Badley said.

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Genevieve Van Voorthuysen

Genevieve Van Voorthuysen, longtime South Whidbey resident, passed away Aug. 28, 2011 in Seattle, where she had lived for the past 10 years. She was 93 years old.

The second of five children born to Daniel and Ethel Bailey, Genevieve (Gennie to those who knew her) was born in Dooley, Mont., in 1918. She greatly enjoyed growing up in Havre, Mont., where her father served as a U.S. Customs Agent. In her teens, she moved with her family to El Paso, Texas, where her father was the U.S. Customs Agent in charge of the entire southern U.S. bor-der. She graduated from El Paso High School.

In the mid-1930s, the family moved again, this time to Langley and the home on Edgecliff Drive which Gennie’s father had purchased for his parents. Gennie attended Bible school and held several jobs while living with her sister, LaBerta, in Seattle. During World War II, while Gennie’s

two brothers were in the Army, they brought a buddy, PFC Fred Van Voorthuysen, home to Langley with them on a furlough. He and Gennie were married on March 3, 1942.

After Fred was honorably discharged from his military duties, he and Gennie moved to Langley where they raised five children and remained for the rest of their mar-ried life. During her 70-plus years in Langley and later in Freeland, Gennie absorbed much of the history of the area. Fred’s parents lived in Oak Harbor, and his knowl-edge of the north end of Whidbey Island combined with Mom’s awareness of the south end strengthened their sense that the island was their home sweet home and they came to consider themselves among the “old-timers” in Langley.

Through the years, Gennie focused her energy on all of the things that go with raising children. She was a great homemaker; she canned the garden produce grown by Fred. With him, she hosted amazing dinners for her extended family at Thanksgiving, Christmas and other times of the year. She was fascinated by and loved God’s creation. She was interested in history and

followed the news avidly.Underpinning everything

else, and undoubtedly the most defining aspect of her life, was Gennie’s Christian faith. She was saved as a youngster in Montana, and her faith grew, providing joy, comfort, strength and wisdom throughout her life. She conducted devotions with her children every morning before school and instilled an awareness of God’s love, his provision, and his presence in their lives. One of her great joys came in the years when her chicks had almost all left the nest. She joined with several other women from the area in an Aglow prayer group which frequently met in her home. In addition to long-time friends from her neigh-borhood and church, the many friendships she made in the Aglow group and the fellowship she shared with them were happy topics of conversation long after she moved from Langley to Seattle in 2001. During the years following that move, she always loved to hear the news about Langley and her friends there.

Gennie was preceded in death by her mother and father, all of her siblings, her husband, and her grand-daughter, Sarah Joy Van

Voorthuysen.Surviving her are her five

children: Virginia Steiner (spouse, Hal); Lucinda Moyer (spouse, John); Daniel Van Voorthuysen (spouse, Joy); Vicki Schepman (spouse, Stuart); and Anne (Heidi) Tschider. Also surviving her are her six grandchildren: Jacob Moyer (spouse, Stephanie Bessire) and Clinton Moyer (spouse, Leann Pace); Lindsay Marquiss and Madelyn Van Dyke (spouse, Kail); and Schuyler and Gabriel Schepman; and her three great-grandchildren: Lauren Valentine (of Leona Valley, Calif.); Asher Moyer (of Seattle); and Clementine Pace (of Winston-Salem, N.C.).

Genevieve was able to remain at her Seattle home until her death, the result of complications of kidney failure. A memorial service will be held at the Visser Funeral Home Chapel in Langley on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 3 p.m. The family requests that gifts be made in Genevieve’s memory to Swedish Hospice Services in Seattle or a favorite Christian charity. Friends and fam-ily may leave condolences at www.visser funeralhome.com.

Michael A. Smith

Michael “Mike” Smith was born Dec. 14, 1960 in Mount Vernon, Wash. He died Nov. 6, 2010.

He was preceded in death by his father, George, “Johnny” Smith and his wife, Colleen.

He proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years, followed by working for the state of Arizona for 10 years. He is survived by his mother, Nell Brackett Smith, by his son, Brandon Smith and granddaughter, Bailey of Phoenix. He is also sur-vived by his two sisters, Pam Smith Bowling of Carnation and Michele Smith Hirata of Everett. Mike is also sur-vived by many aunts, uncles and cousins from his father’s side in Texas.

A military service will be held at Sunnyside Cemetery in Coupeville at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23. Following the service there will be a coffee reception at the home of Loann Gulick, at 1034 Pennington Circle, Coupeville. Rest in peace, Mike. You are dearly loved.

OBITUARIES

A furry or feathery friend can run for office in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County second annu-al Mayor of Whidbey Island pet election campaign.

To nominate a pet, submit a nomination form and a $10 filing fee to Big Brothers Big Sisters. Fees are waived for Little Brothers and Sisters.

Nomination forms are at www.bbbsislandcounty.org or the Oak Harbor office, 913 E. Whidbey Ave.

The filing fee provides each candidate with a flyer featuring his or her mayoral attributes and a color photo, created by Big Brothers Big Sisters. Participants, or campaign managers, should distribute campaign flyers and collect votes by Tuesday, Nov. 8; one vote equals $1.

All funds raised will ben-efit the Big Brothers Big Sisters mission of matching children in need with caring adult mentors.

For information visit www.bbbsislandcounty.org or call 279-0644.

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GAME OF THE WEEK Coupeville High School opens its home volleyball season with King’s Thursday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m.

SPORTSWhidbey

By JIM WALLERSports editor

Grab a thesaurus and look up “incredible.”The words listed won’t be adjective enough

to describe Oak Harbor’s improbable 30-27 win over Glacier Peak at Snohomish’s War Veterans Stadium Friday, Sept. 9.

The Wildcats scored three touchdowns in the final five minutes to stun the Grizzlies.

It was only fitting that Brent Ryan was the one to score the go-ahead touchdown with 18 seconds left.

In a game of many heroes at the end, Ryan was the one consistent threat for the Wildcats as the offense sputtered at times. The 220-pound running back toted the ball 27 body-jarring times, all into the teeth of the Grizzly defense, for 132 yards and three scores.

He also caused a fumble (recovered by Dakota Sinchak) that set up the winning drive.

Oak Harbor scored first when Peter Franssen lined through a 31-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter. The kick was set up by quarterback Ian Kolste’s 51-yard bomb to Mike Washington.

Glacier Peak drove 80 yards to go up 7-3 at the half.

The Wildcats began the second half with a 68-yard TD drive ended by Ryan’s three-yard run. Franssen added the PAT.

The lead lasted two plays when Glacier Peak’s David Linney hooked up with Evan Nelson on a 74-yard TD throw.

Early in the fourth quarter, a short Oak Harbor punt gave Glacier Peak the ball at the Wildcat 48. Two minutes later, GP scored to go up 21-10 with 8:35 left.

On the first play after the kickoff, Oak Harbor fumbled and Glacier Peak recovered at the 19. After two plays it was 27-10 with 7:09 left and the Wildcats were in deep trouble.

Oak Harbor coach Jay Turner admitted at that point that things looked bleak. He said, “Our kids had their heads between their tails,” and that he and his staff attempted to fire them up. From there, Josiah Miller provided the spark that ignited the comeback inferno.

The senior speedster collected a short pass from Kolste and finished with an electric 30-yard gain to the Glacier Peak 30.

Nine-yard runs by Ryan and Miller took the ball to the one. Ryan scored with 5:01 left and Oak Harbor trailed 27-17.

Glacier Peak elected to go for it on fourth-and-three at midfield and gained 2.9 yards.

The Wildcats took over with 3:06 left in the game. Kolste fired to Franssen for a 41-yard TD with 2:48 left and Oak Harbor was back in it. The PAT was blocked, making it 27-23.

The Grizzlies recovered the on-side kick at the Oak Harbor 49. After giving up nine yards on the first play, the Oak Harbor defense

stuffed GP for a four-yard loss; that was fol-lowed by Ryan’s big hit that caused a fumble with 1:08 left.

Starting at the 49, Miller corralled a Kolste pass and turned it into a 43-yard gain. Oak Harbor was at the six with 46 seconds left.

Ryan ran for one yard, Miller caught a short pass and a face-mask penalty moved the ball to inside the two. On third down, Ryan and the offensive line did their bullish thing, Franssen kicked the extra point and it was 30-27 with 18 seconds left.

Glacier Peak had time for three plays but didn’t threaten.

Turner lauded his team’s effort and said, “This is a testament to our kids.”

Kolste finished the game with 211 yards passing after hitting nine of 23. Oak Harbor piled up 435 yards, the Grizzlies 331.

Miller topped the defense with nine tackles, Cody Hernkind added eight, including a sack, and Nick Farrell had seven. Sinchak had an interception along with the fumble recovery.

Oak Harbor (2-0) now faces Shorewood (1-1) at home Friday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m.

The win lifted Oak Harbor to 10th in the Seattle Times state 3A poll. Turner noted that it is a long season and now his club can’t afford a let down after the thrilling win. He said, “This (the Glacier Peak win) could be huge for us, but only if we take care of busi-ness the rest of the way.”

Incredible: absurd, far-fetched, implausible, impossible, incogitable, inconceivable…none will do; you had to be there.

Dakota Sinchak (5) pulls down an in-terception for Oak Harbor. Sinchak also recovered a fumble in the Wildcats’ win.

For more detailed ac-counts of these events, visit whidbeynewstimes.com/sports.

Missed chances haunt-ed the Coupeville High School football team in its 41-14 loss to King’s at Mickey Clark Field Friday, Sept. 9.

The Wolves forced three King’s turnovers but “just didn’t take advantage of our opportunities,” according to coach Jay Silver.

The game was marred by 28 penalties, including eight personal fouls (six on the Wolves).

Silver said his team moved the ball, but “a penalty here or a dropped pass there, and we stopped ourselves.”

Behind Billy Green’s passing, the Knights (2-0) jumped to a 34-0 halftime lead.

Coupeville finally broke through in the third quarter when sophomore quarterback Jake Tumblin hooked up with Dalton Engle on a 10-yard TD.

In the fourth period,

Mitch Pelroy added a 45-yard run to the score-board; Engle ran in the PAT.

Tumblin took over the QB duties the second half and hit four of five passes for 22 yards.

Pelroy finished with 98 yards rushing on 10 at-tempts.

Coupeville collected 148 total yards; King’s netted 360.

Silver said, “We made them look a lot better than they were. We had a great game plan and just didn’t do a very good job executing.”

The Wolves (1-1) host Lakewood (2-0) Friday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m.

Both Shoreline schools blanked the Oak Harbor tennis team over the past week.

Host Shorecrest (2-2) won 7-0 Friday, Sept. 9, and visiting Shorewood (4-0) won 7-0 Monday, Sept. 12.

Oak Harbor (1-3) entertains Everett (3-1) today, Sept. 14, at 3:45 p.m.

The Oak Harbor vol-leyball team tied for first in its pool at the 32-team SunDome Tournament in Yakima Saturday, Sept. 10.

The Wildcats defeated Riverside Christian of Yakima 25-14, 25-14 and Pasco 25-16, 25-17 and split with Grandview 22-25, 26-24 in pool play.

Both Oak Harbor and Grandview finished with 5-1 game records, and the Greyhounds received the No.1 seed into the cham-pionship round by nipping the Wildcats by one in the point-differential tie-breaker.

In the opening round of the playoffs for the eight No. 2 seeds, the Wild-cats defeated Hockinson of Brush Prairie 22-25, 25-15, 15-7. Oak Harbor then fell to Kennewick 17-25, 23-25.

Oak Harbor (1-1) goes to Lake Stevens (0-1) Thursday, Sept.15, at 7 p.m.

The Oak Harbor boys placed second and the girls fifth in the 30-team Sehome Invitational cross country meet at Belling-ham’s Civic Stadium Sat-

urday, Sept. 10.Host Sehome finished

first in both races, which featured several of the state’s top teams.

The Sehome boys, ranked second in the state in the 2A preseason coaches’ poll, earned 53 points; Oak Harbor had 67.

The state’s top-ranked Sehome girls had 27 points, Oak Harbor 76.

The two-mile races were scored differently than most meets. Points were awarded for the top runner from each school in each grade, plus the next two best finishes.

In the senior boys race, Oak Harbor’s Matt Reith placed third, 11th overall (10:38.55).

John Rodeheffer grabbed the Wildcats’ only race win by taking the freshman boys con-test (10:56.69).

Sophomore Caley Pow-ers (11th, 11:40.68) and junior John Kaltenbach (30th, 11:23.53) were the other class leaders.

Among the girls, Chris-tina Wicker was sixth overall and third in the junior race (12:24.39). Freshman Jonalynn Horn (11th, 14:02.03), sopho-more Alexandra Laiblin (11th, 13:37.49) and senior Heather Dale (ninth,

13:15.55) led the Wildcats in their classes.

Oak Harbor will join Stanwood at Arlington Thursday, Sept. 15, at 3:45 for the first regular meet.

The short-handed Oak Harbor High School swim team opened the season with a pair of losses in a double-dual meet Mon-day, Sept. 12, at John Vanderzicht Pool.

The Wildcats fell to Glacier Peak 96-90 and Snohomish 105-78. Sno-homish topped Glacier Peak 96-89.

Eight of Oak Harbor’s 24 swimmers were miss-ing, including some key athletes, because of inju-ries or not enough prac-tices, according to coach Amy Merkley.

Merkley said “without a doubt” her team would have won if it was at full strength.

Ciara Hu picked up Oak Harbor’s only in-dividual win, taking the 100-meter butterfly in 1:09.41.

She also joined Karina Concepcion, Therese Desquitado and Irysh Concepcion to win the 200 freestyle relay (2:03.51).

PREP ROUNDUPThe annual Turkey Shoot, spon-

sored by the Central Whidbey Sportsman’s Association, is slated for Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the CWSA range.

For information, call 678-0960.

Registration for the next Kidz Love Soccer clinic, sponsored by the NW Park Rec District, is now being accepted.

Participants can register at the pool or by calling 675-7665. The fee is $47.

Classes will meet Monday after-noons from Sept. 19 through Oct. 24 at Volunteer Park next to the pool. Lessons are available for par-ent/child through 10 years of age.

Curtis Vieke, founder of Charity Runners, is forming a running club and is inviting interested persons to the club’s first two meetings.

The group will meet Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 24, at 8 a.m. at Whidbey Cof-fee on Highway 20 in Oak Harbor.

Membership is free and the club welcomes walkers and runners and is stroller and pet friendly.

For more information, contact Vieke at charityrunners@aol.com.

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The Island County Muse-um is HONORING WAL-LIE FUNK with a dinner Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge. The for-mer co-owner of the Whid-bey News-Times headed a drive to build the museum in 1991 and still works to support it today. Tickets are $50. Call 678-3310 or stop by the museum in Coupeville.

Author TRUDY SUN-DBERG will appear at Re-gency on Whidbey, Thursday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. speaking about the hero of her book, “O’Bannon,” dealing with the Barbary Wars. Ridley Scott’s next movie for 20th Century Fox will be an his-torical drama “Tripoli.” Call 279-0933.

An artist’s reception at Bayview Senior Center for BARBARA FISLER’S wa-tercolors will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. A long-time Freeland resident, she is known for her paint-ings of florals and animals.

The first annual FALL DECOY SHOW will be held Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Best Western in Oak Harbor. Call Gary Fisher at 678-4868.

The Whidbey Island Woodworkers Guild’s eighth annual WOODPALOOZA, featuring the creative works of 21 of its most talented members, continues through Oct. 3. The exhibition is free and is open at the Bayview Cash Store between noon and 6 p.m. daily except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when it is closed. Visit www.whidbeywoodworkers.com.

SEASON TICKETS for the 2011-2012 Whidbey Playhouse performances are on sale now. Season tickets for seniors and youth are $68 and season tickets for all other adults are $73. The packages include all five season productions. Call the playhouse at 679-2237 for more information.

Whidbey Children’s The-ater in Langley announces auditions for LITTLE WOMEN, the musical based on the novel by Louise May Alcott, on Monday, Sept. 19, from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. Call 360-221-8707 for details.

The WHIDBEY COM-MUNITY CHORUS begins practice Sunday, Sept. 18, at 5:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland St., Oak Harbor, for its Christmas concerts. Call Kay at 678-4148.

Ceremony brings back memories

Kaitlyn and Hailey Holbrook pet Dale Turner’s patriotic dog at the Sept. 11 ceremony. Their mother was called to war after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

A parachutist glides in from the sky, dangling an American Flag, near the end of Sunday’s 9/11 memorial service.

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Have say in pool’s future: The North Whidbey Park and Recreation District is holding a meeting to discuss contingency plans should an operations levy, which accounts for more than half of the district’s budget, fail. The meeting takes place at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 15 at the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool, 85 SE Jerome St., Oak Harbor.ACTIVITIES

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The goal for the Sno-Isle Oak Harbor Library’s Summer Reading Program was 10 books but for six-year-old Holden Jesus, that wasn’t enough.

Jesus surpassed the goal by reading 320 books.

For every additional 10 books read, children were entered into a drawing for a grand prize. This year’s win-ner, Jesus, won a life-size post-er of himself and a “cookie as big as his head,” Managing Librarian Mary Campbell said in a press release.

More than 1,000 children participated in the program and won prizes donated by the Friends of the Oak Harbor Library, the Officers Spouses Club of Whidbey Island and Island Thrift.

Studies have shown that summer reading programs help children maintain and improve reading skills so that they will be well-prepared to begin school in the fall, Campbell said.

Young Jesus wins reading prize

Holden Jesus won the Oak Harbor Library’s Summer Reading Program by reading 320 books.

DISCUSS DUST BOWL BOOK

Join the Coupeville Book Group at 6:15 p.m. Sept. 14 to discuss “The Worst Hard Time” by Timothy Egan at the Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St. This nonfiction book addresses the untold story of those who survived the Great American Dust Bowl. Call 678-4911 or visit www.sno-isle.org.

HAVE YOUR SAY ON POOL LEVY

The North Whidbey Park and Recreation District is holding a meeting to discuss contingency plans should an operations levy fail again in November.

That levy accounts for more than half of the dis-trict’s budget. The meeting takes place at 6 p.m. Sept. 15, at the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool, 85 SE Je-rome St., Oak Harbor.

OPPORTUNITY BOARD IN OAK HARBOR

The Opportunity Council board of directors will meet at 4 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Oak Harbor office, 1791 NE First Ave. For more infor-mation, contact Martha Bor-der, 360-734-5121, ext. 304.

DINE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS

“Dinner with Our County Commissioners,” sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island, will begin at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Captain Whidbey Inn on Madrona Way. Cost is $13; make reservations no later than Sept. 15 by calling 678-4433. Join the League for a salad buffet with des-sert and an address by the three commissioners on “the state of the county.” Questions and answers to follow.

‘PROPHETS WITH POWER’ STUDIED

Coffee Break Bible Study will begin the fall season with a 10-week study of “Elijah and Elisha - Prophets with Power.” The study will meet weekly at the Oak Harbor Christian Reformed Church, 1411 Wieldraayer Rd., off Swantown Road, each Thursday beginning Sept. 15, from 10 to 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break is a non-

denominational small group Bible study open to all women in the community. Childcare may be provided upon request. To receive study material or for more information, call Launa at 675-4707 or the church of-fice at 657-2881.

CREATE A MASK WITH OTHER KIDS

Creative Kid’s Club’s Cre-ate a Mask Night, sponsored by North Whidbey Parks and Recreation, will be held Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eagles Nest building at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church, 1253 NW Second Ave. All supplies are provided, for $6.75 for families or $3 per person. Sign up by calling 360-914-2597.

WATER PEOPLE HEAR ARSENIC SPEAKER

The Whidbey Island Water Systems Association will hold its general mem-bership meeting Sept. 15 at the Race Road Fire Station from 6 to 8 p.m. Guest speaker will be Carl Garri-son from Garrison Engineer-ing who is doing extensive testing of Island County ground water in regards to arsenic treatment and will give a presentation on this and other water treatment. Call Joe Waldrup, president, at 675-7900.

DOGS COMPETE AT WINDJAMMER

Bell Vernon Kennel Club is holding its annual Dog Agility Competition this weekend at Windjammer Park in Oak Harbor. Watch the dogs and their own-ers race through obstacle courses. Admission is free. The action begins at 1 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and will continue through mid-late afternoon. Contact 678-4589 or jean-wells@live.com.

ADULTS LEARN TO STAY ACTIVE

The Staying Active and In-dependent for Life program is designed to assess motor, sensory and cognitive sys-tems that affect balance. Whidbey General Hospi-tal staff will provide free screenings and a series of programs designed to help adults decrease their chance of falling and increase their ability to lead active, inde-pendent lives. Learn about exercises at 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St. Call 678-4911.

GARAGE SALE HELPS THE HOMELESS

Interfaith Coalition of Whidbey Island will be holding a garage sale with proceeds to go toward help-ing the homeless on Whid-bey. It will be held Sept. 17 in Oak Harbor at the old Berg Ford parking lot on Highway 20, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Usable donations can be dropped off at the same location on Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monetary donations also accepted. To learn more visit www.icowi.org.

ARTS, FASHIONS BENEFIT HEALTH CAREAn arts and fashion show

benefit for Friends of Home Healthcare & Hospice of Whidbey General Hospi-tal will be held Sept. 17 at 11:30 a.m. at Useless Bay Golf & Country Club on South Whidbey. Tickets are $35 per person and will be available at the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Book Bay in Freeland, Sweet Mona’s Chocolates in Lan-gley and the Home Health-care & Hospice office in Coupeville. Call the hospice at 678-7605 or 321-6659.

MAMMOTHS HAVE THEIR OWN DAY

Island County Historical Museum presents its sev-enth annual Mammoth Day Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., honoring the woolly creatures that once inhab-ited the Northwest. Experts will be on hand to share their knowledge and some of their personal collections, and will help attendees iden-tify their latest discoveries of “the mammoth type.” This family-friendly event also features games, crafts, and other activities for the children, a fossil “dig,” the opportunity to get your photo taken as “Itchy, the Mammoth,” and mammoth-related gifts. Family of 3, $6 (additional family $1 each); general admission $3; active military, students, seniors $2.50; while kids 3 and under are free. Call 678-3310.

FIND YOUR NEXT BOOK

The Coupeville Library will sell used books at the Coupeville Farmers Mar-ket from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 17. Proceeds benefit the Friends of Coupeville Library.

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7 7 1 3 . 2 1 4 6 1 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank National As- sociation Grantee: Kambou- zia Kiani-Anaraki, who also appears of title as Kambou- zia Kiani, as his separate estate Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4130158 Tax Par- c e l I D N o . : S8116-00-00010-0/750477 Abbreviated Legal: Lot 10, Plat of Scenic Vista, Divi- sion No. 1 Notice of Trus- tee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washing- ton 61.24, et seq. I . On September 23, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main en t r ance o f t he I s l and County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any con- d i t ions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following de- scribed real property “Prop- e r t y ” , s i t u a t e d i n t h e County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Lot 10, Plat of Scenic Vista, Division No. 1, as per Plat recorded in Volume 13 of Plats, Pag- es 150 and 151, Records of Island County, Washington. Situate in the County of Is- land, State of Washington. Commonly known as: 2474 Southwest Freund Street Oak Harbor, WA 98277 which is subject to that cer- tain Deed of Trust dated 03 /29 /05 , r eco rded on 04/04/05, under Auditor’s File No. 4130158, records of Island County, Washing- ton, from Kambouzia Kiani- Anaraki, a married man, as Grantor, to Land Title Com- pany, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electron- ic Registration Systems,

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Inc., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- tems, Inc. to U.S. Bank Na- tional Association, under an Assignment/Successive As- signments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 4296552. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided sole- ly to comply with the re- cording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 06/17/2011 Month- ly Payments $29,230.19 Late Charges $1,154.34 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts $136.00 Total Arrearage $30,520.53 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $725.00 Title Re- por t $993.51 Sta tu tor y Mailings $34.16 Recording Cos ts $28 .00 Pos t ings $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $1,850.67 Total Amount Due: $32,371.20 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Princi- pal Balance of $318,094.76, together with interest as provided in the note or oth- er instrument evidencing t h e O b l i g a t i o n f r o m 07/01/10, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as pro- vided by statute. The sale will be made without repre- sentation or warranty, ex- press or implied regarding title, possession, encum- brances or condition of the Property on September 23, 2011. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 09/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 09/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- minated any t ime a f te r 09/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Kam- bouzia Kiani-Anaraki 2474 Southwest Freund Street Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Un- known Spouse and/or Do- mestic Partner of Kambou- z i a K i an i -Anarak i 2474 Southwest Freund Street Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Kambouzia Kiani-Anaraki P.O. Box 1165 Oak Harbor, W A 9 8 2 7 7 U n k n o w n Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Kambouzia Kiani- Anaraki P.O. Box 1165 Oak

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Harbor, WA 98277 Kam- bouzia Kiani-Anaraki 945 North Oak Harbor Street Apartment J104 Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Kambouzia Kiani- Anaraki 945 North Oak Har- bor Street Apartment J104 Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Kambouzia Kiani-Anaraki c/o Peter H. Arkison, Trus- tee 103 East Holly Street # 5 0 2 B e l l i n g h a m , W A 98225-4728 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt request- ed on 04/28/11, proof of which is in the possession o f the Trus tee ; and on 04/28/11 Grantor and Bor- rower we re pe rsona l l y served with said written no- tice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, wil l provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and a l l those who ho ld by, through or under the Gran- tor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objec- t ion to the sa le on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 0 6 / 1 7 / 2 0 1 1 N o r t h w e s t Trus tee Ser v i ces , Inc . , Trustee Authorized Signa- ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: V o n n i e M c E l l i g o t t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7713.21461) 1002.191862- FEILEGAL NO. 323199Published: Whidbey News T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record, August 24, Sep- tember 14, 2011

7 7 1 3 . 2 1 4 6 3 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank, National As- sociation Grantee: Robert N. Walker and the Heirs and Devisees of Caron Marie Walker, deceased Ref to D O T A u d i t o r F i l e N o . : 4203782 Tax Parcel ID No.: S7632-00-00023 / 805593 Abbreviated Legal: Lot 23, Plat of Pacific Crest Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On September 23, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main entrance of the Island

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County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any con- d i t ions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following de- scribed real property “Prop- e r t y ” , s i t u a t e d i n t h e County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Lot 23, Plat of Pacific Crest, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Volume 13 of Plats, Pag- e s 2 5 7 , 2 5 8 a n d 2 5 9 , records of Island County, Washington. Commonly known as: 1356 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 05/31/07, re- corded on 06/05/07, under Auditor’s File No. 4203782, records of Island County, Washington, from Robert N. Walker and Caron M. Walker, husband & wife, as Grantor, to First American Title of Island County, as Trustee, to secure an obli- gation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Reg- istration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was as- signed by Mortgage Elec- tronic Registrat ion Sys- tems, Inc. to U.S. Bank, Na- tional Association, under an Assignment/Successive As- signments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 4289539. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided sole- ly to comply with the re- cording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 06/19/11 Monthly Payments $21,157.18 Late Charges $919.60 Lender’s Fees & Costs $146.00 Total Arrearage $22,222.78 Trus- tee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $775.00 Title Report $876.12 Statutory Mailings $87.84 Recording Cos ts $28 .00 Pos t ings $75.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $1,841.96 Total Amount Due: $24,064.74 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Princi- pal Balance of $257,880.63, together with interest as provided in the note or oth- er instrument evidencing t h e O b l i g a t i o n f r o m 07/01/10, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as pro- vided by statute. The sale will be made without repre- sentation or warranty, ex- press or implied regarding title, possession, encum- brances or condition of the Property on September 23, 2011. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 09/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 09/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with

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any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 09/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Rob- ert N. Walker 1356 North- west Falls Creek Loop Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Un- known Spouse and/or Dom- stic Partner of Robert N. Walker 1356 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Caron Marie Walker 1356 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Heirs and Devisees of Caron Marie Walker 1356 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Estate of Caron Marie Walker 1356 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Robert N. Walker 624 Black Oak Way Lodi, CA 95242 Unknown Spouse and/or Domstic Partner of Robert N. Walker 624 Black Oak Way Lodi, CA 95242 Caron Marie Walker 624 Black Oak Way Lodi, CA 95242 Heirs and Devisees of Caron Ma- rie Walker 624 Black Oak Way Lodi, CA 95242 Estate of Caron Marie Walker 624 Black Oak Way Lodi, CA 95242 Melinda R. Sullwold 1432 Deauville Place Costa M e s a , C A 9 2 6 2 6 - 2 6 2 8 Wynter Walker 231 Belmont A v e n u e A P R 1 5 L o n g Beach, CA 90803 Alexander Huber-Walker 624 Black Oak Way Lodi, CA 95242 Rober t N . Walker 1342 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Un- known Spouse and/or Dom- stic Partner of Robert N. Walker 1342 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Caron Marie Walker 1342 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Heirs and Devisees of Caron Marie Walker 1342 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Estate of Caron Marie Walker 1342 Northwest Falls Creek Loop Oak Harbor, WA 98277 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt requested on 05/19/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 05/19/11 Grantor and Borrower were person- ally served with said written notice of default or the writ- ten notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone reques t ing i t a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Gran- tor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, ti- tle and interest in the Prop- erty. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X.

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NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 06/19/11 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Au- thorized Signature P.O. BOX 9 9 7 B e l l e v u e , W A 98009-0997 Contact: Von- n i e M c E l l i g o t t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7713.21463) 1002.193792- FEILEGAL NO. 323201Published: Whidbey News T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record, August 24, Sep- tember 14, 2011

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7 2 6 1 . 2 7 7 8 0 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank National As- sociation, as Trustee for the C-BASS Mortgage Loan As- set-Backed Certificates, Se- r ies 2006-MH1 Grantee: Debbie A Anderson, as her separate estate Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4139713 Original NTS Auditor File No. 4272084 Tax Parcel ID No.: R23318-222-2620 Ab- breviated Legal: PTN. SEC. 18, TWP. 33, R 2 EWM, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 Amended No- tice of Trustee’s Sale Pur- suant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq . I . On October 14 , 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main entrance of the Is- land County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memori- al at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Washington, the Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the fol lowing described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: The East 132 feet of the South half of the Northeast quar- ter of the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of

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Section 18, Township 33, Range 2 East of the Willa- mette Meridian. Situated in Island County, Washington. Commonly known as: 196 Blazer Court Oak Harbor, WA 98277 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 06/23/05 and record- ed on 07/06/05, under Au- ditor’s File No. 4139713, records of Island County, Washington, from Wade D Anderson and Debbie A An- derson, husband and wife, as Grantor, to First Ameri- can Title, as Trustee, to se- cure an obligation “Obliga- tion” in favor of Ameriquest Mor tgage Company, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was as- signed by Ameriquest Mort- gage Company to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the C-BASS M o r t g a g e L o a n A s s e t - Backed Certificates, Series 2006-MH1, under an As- signment/Successive As- signments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 4200914. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided sole- ly to comply with the re- cording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 08/23/2011 Month- ly Payments $25,917.54 Late Charges $1,337.60 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts $4,984.57 Total Arrearage $32,239.71 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $472.50 Title Re- port $0.00 Statutory Mail- ings $0.00 Recording Costs $62.00 Postings $0.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $534.50 Total Amount Due: $32,774.21 Other known defaults are as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obli- gation is: Principal Balance of $144,931.19, together with interest as provided in the note or other instru- ment evidencing the Obliga- t ion from 10/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obli- gation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Ob- ligation as provided by stat- ute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or im- plied regarding title, pos- session, encumbrances or condition of the Property on October 14, 2011. The de- fault(s) referred to in para- graph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontin- uance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time be- fore the close of the Trus- tee’s business on 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, to- gether with any subsequent payments, late charges, ad- vances , costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 10/03/11 (11 days be- fore the sale date), and be- fore the sale by the Borrow- er, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any record- ed junior lien or encum- brance paying the entire balance of principal and in- terest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made

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pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Gran- tor at the fol lowing ad- dress(es): NAME AND AD- DRESS Debbie A. Anderson 196 Blazer Court Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt request- ed on 03/03/10, proof of which is in the possession o f the Trus tee ; and on 03/03/10 Grantor and Bor- rower we re pe rsona l l y served with said written no- tice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will pro- vide in writing to anyone re- questing it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor, and a l l those who ho ld by, through or under the Gran- tor, of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any ob- jection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d www.USA-Foreclosure.com EFFECTIVE: 08/23/2011 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contac t : Wins ton Khan ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . 1002.202331-FEILEGAL NO. 327920Published: Whidbey News- T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record. September 14, Oc- tober 5, 2011

7 7 6 3 . 2 6 1 8 8 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for WAMU Mortgage Pass T h r o u g h C e r t i f i c a t e s , WAMU 2004-AR10 Grantee: Charles A. Cook, as his sep- arate estate Ref to DOT Au- ditor File No.: 4101773 Tax P a r c e l I D N o . : S7355-00-05014-0 Abbre- viated Legal: Lots 14 and 15, Block 5, Plat of Ledge- wood Beach, Division No. 1 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On October 14, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main entrance of the Is- land County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memori- al at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Washington, the under- signed Trustee (subject to

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any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at pub- lic auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following descr ibed rea l property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Lot 14 and 15, Block 5, Plat of Ledge- wood Beach, Division No. 1, as per plat recorded in Vol- ume 4 of Plats, Pages 77 through 79, records of Is- land County, Washington. Situate in the County of Is- land, State of Washington. Commonly known as: 1988 Pinecrest Avenue Coupe- ville, WA 98239 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 05/19/04, re- corded on 05/28/04, under Auditor’s File No. 4101773, records of Island County, Washington, from Charles Cook, an unmarried individ- ual, as Grantor, to Land Ti- tle Co of Island County, a Washington corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obli- gation “Obligation” in favor o f Wa s h i n g t o n M u t u a l Bank, a Washington corpo- ration, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Asso- ciation, as purchaser of the loans and other assets of Washington Mutual Bank, formerly known as Wash- ington Mutual Bank, FA (the “Savings Bank”) from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, acting as re- ceiver for the Savings Bank, and pursuant to its author- ity under the Federal De- posi t Insurance Act , 12 U.S.C. degrees 1821(d) to Deutsche Bank Nat ional Trust Company as Trustee for WAMU Mortgage Pass T h r o u g h C e r t i f i c a t e s , WAMU 2004-AR10, under an Assignment/Successive Assignments recorded un- d e r A u d i t o r ’s F i l e N o . 4269091. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are pro- vided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supple- ment, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 07/08/2011 Month- ly Payments $87,914.50 Late Charges $3,568.80 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts $3,788.96 Total Arrearage $95,272.26 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $472.50 Title Re- port $0.00 Statutory Mail- ings $0.00 Recording Costs $0.00 Postings $0.00 Sale Costs $32.61 Total Costs $505.11 Total Amount Due: $95,777.37 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obliga- tion is: Principal Balance of $568,581.35, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 06/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by stat- ute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regard- ing title, possession, en- cumbrances or condition of the Property on October 14, 2011. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees

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thereafter due, must be cured by 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): N A M E A N D A D D R E S S Charles Cook 1988 Pine- crest Avenue Coupeville, W A 9 8 2 3 9 U n k n o w n Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Charles Cook 1988 P inecres t Avenue Coupeville, WA 98239 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt requested on 02/10/10, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 02/11/10 Grantor and Borrower were person- ally served with said written notice of default or the writ- ten notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone reques t ing i t a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Gran- tor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, ti- tle and interest in the Prop- erty. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 0 7 / 0 8 / 2 0 1 1 N o r t h w e s t Trus tee Ser v i ces , Inc . , Trustee Authorized Signa-

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ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: C h r i s A s h c r a f t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . 1002.146473-FEILEGAL NO. 327922Published: Whidbey News- T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record. September 14, Oc- tober 5, 2011

7 7 1 7 . 2 1 2 2 8 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Central Mortgage Com- pany Grantee: Kaaren A. Nichols, as her separate es- tate Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4138828 Tax Parcel ID No.: R330051543030 542 Abbreviated Legal: Section 5, Township 30, Range 3; PTN. Gov’t Lot 3 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Wash- ington 61.24, et seq. I. On October 14, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main en- trance of the Island County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any con- d i t ions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following de- scribed real property “Prop- e r t y ” , s i t u a t e d i n t h e County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: The North 100 feet of the South 243 feet of Government Lot 3, Sect ion 5, Township 30 North, Range 3 East of the Willamette Meridian. TO- GETHER WITH tidelands of the second class as con- veyed by the State of Wash- ington, Situate in front of, ad jacent to or abut t ing thereon. EXCEPT that por- t ion conveyed to Is land County by Instrument re- corded May 11, 1915, un- d e r A u d i t o r ’s F i l e N o . 14661, records of Island County, Washington. Situ- ate in Island County, Wash- ington. Commonly known as: 2688 South Camano Drive Camano Island, WA 98282 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 06/17/05, recorded on 06/27/05, under Audi- tor ’s F i le No. 4138828, records of Island County, Washington, from Kaaren A. Nichols, a single woman, as Grantor, to First Ameri- can Title Insurance Compa- ny, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in fa- vor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. s o l e l y a s n o m i n e e f o r American Mortgage Net- work, Inc., A Delaware Cor- poration, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- tems, Inc. solely as nomi- nee for American Mortgage Network, Inc., A Delaware Corpora t i on to Cen t ra l Mortgage Company, under an Assignment/Successive Assignments recorded un- d e r A u d i t o r ’s F i l e N o . 4297675. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are pro- vided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supple- ment, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 07/12/2011 Month- ly Payments $33,816.20 L a t e C h a r g e s $ 7 2 3 . 5 0 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts $ 0 . 0 0 To t a l A r r e a r a g e $34,539.70 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $675.00 Title Re- port $1,384.84 Statutory

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Mailings $19.52 Recording Cos ts $28 .00 Pos t ings $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $2,177.36 Total Amount Due: $36,717.06 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Princi- pal Balance of $514,500.00, together with interest as provided in the note or oth- er instrument evidencing t h e O b l i g a t i o n f r o m 08/01/10, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as pro- vided by statute. The sale will be made without repre- sentation or warranty, ex- press or implied regarding title, possession, encum- brances or condition of the Property on October 14, 2011. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Kaar- en A. Nichols 2688 South Camano Drive Camano Is- land, WA 98282 Kaaren A. Nichols 3218 Franklin Ave- n u e E a s t S e a t t l e , W A 9 8 1 0 2 - 3 8 5 6 U n k n o w n Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Kaaren A. Nich- ols 2688 South Camano Drive Camano Island, WA 98282 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Kaaren A. Nichols 3218 Franklin Avenue East Seat- t le , WA 98102-3856 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt requested on 04/26/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 04/26/11 Grantor and Borrower were person- ally served with said written notice of default or the writ- ten notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone reques t ing i t a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Gran- tor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their right, ti- tle and interest in the Prop- erty. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any

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proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 0 7 / 1 2 / 2 0 1 1 N o r t h w e s t Trus tee Ser v i ces , Inc . , Trustee Authorized Signa- ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: N a n c i L a m b e r t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . 1002.191550-FEILEGAL NO. 327923Published: Whidbey News- T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record. September 14, Oc- tober 5, 2011

7 0 2 3 . 9 4 8 5 5 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Grantee: William L. Pavao and Debra A. Pavao, hus- band and wife Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4077669 loan modified 6/23/2010 T a x P a r c e l I D N o . : S6265-02-00075-0 Abbre- viated Legal: LT. 75, CAMA- NO LAGUNA VISTA DIV. 2 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On October 14, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main entrance of the Is- land County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memori- al at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Washington, the under- signed Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at pub- lic auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following descr ibed rea l property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Lot 75, Plat of Camano Laguna Vista, Division No. 2, according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Volume 10 of Plats, Pages 41 and 42, Records of Is- land County, Washington. Commonly known as: 340 Melissa Street Camano Is- land, WA 98282 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 09/25/03, re- corded on 10/03/03, under Auditor’s File No. 4077669 loan modified 6/23/2010, records of Island County, Washington, from William L. Pavao and Debra A. Pa- vao, husband and wife, as Grantor, to Chicago Title Company Island Division, as Trustee, to secure an ob- ligation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Reg- i s t ra t ion Sys tems, Inc . “MERS” as nominee o f Lender, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- tems, Inc. “MERS” as nomi- nee of Lender, its succes- sors and assigns to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., under an Assignment/Successive As- signments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 4273968. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided sole- ly to comply with the re- cording statutes and are not intended to supplement,

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amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 7/11/2011 Monthly Payments $6,666.42 Late Charges $193.65 Lender’s Fees & Costs $40.00 Total Arrearage $6,900.07 Trus- tee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $775.00 Title Report $737.00 Statutory Mailings $39.04 Recording C o s t s $ 0 . 0 0 P o s t i n g s $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $1,621.04 Total Amount Due: $8,521.11 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Princi- pal Balance of $177,442.57, together with interest as provided in the note or oth- er instrument evidencing t h e O b l i g a t i o n f r o m 01/01/11, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as pro- vided by statute. The sale will be made without repre- sentation or warranty, ex- press or implied regarding title, possession, encum- brances or condition of the Property on October 14, 2011. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Wil- liam L. Pavao 340 Melissa Street Camano Island, WA 98282 William L. Pavao 255 We s t B a k e r v i e w R o a d Apartment 304 Bellingham, WA 98226-8174 Debra A. Pavao 340 Melissa Street Camano Island, WA 98282 Debra A. Pavao 255 West Bakerview Road Apartment 3 0 4 B e l l i n g h a m , W A 98226-8174 William L. Pa- vao 224 Finks Heidaway Road #8 Monroe, LA 71203 William L. Pavao 938 Sud- den Valley Bellingham, WA 98229-4825 Debra A. Pa- vao 224 Finks Heidaway Road #8 Monroe, LA 71203 Debra A. Pavao 938 Sudden Va l l ey Be l l i ngham, WA 98229-4825 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt request- ed on 06/10/11, proof of which is in the possession o f the Trus tee ; and on 06/10/11 Grantor and Bor- rower we re pe rsona l l y served with said written no-

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tice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, wil l provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and a l l those who ho ld by, through or under the Gran- tor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objec- t ion to the sa le on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 7/11/2011 Northwest Trus- tee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Be l l evue , WA 98009-0997 Contact: Von- n i e M c E l l i g o t t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . 1002.195787-FEILEGAL NO. 327925Published: Whidbey News- T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record. September 14, Oc- tober 5, 2011

7 3 0 1 . 2 7 0 5 9 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc . C i t iMor tgage , Inc . Grantee: Thomas W. Wells, Jr., as his separate property Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4192123 Tax Parcel ID No.: R22923-041-2810/57128 Abbreviated Legal: Section 23, Township 29, Range 3; Ptn. Gov’t Lot 3 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Wash- ington 61.24, et seq. I. On October 14, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main en- trance of the Island County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any con- d i t ions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following de- scribed real property “Prop- e r t y ” , s i t u a t e d i n t h e County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: That portion of Government Lot 3, Sec- tion 23, Township 29 North, Range 2, E.W.M., described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said Government Lot 3, 371.93 feet North 0 degrees 26’50” West from the South quarter corner of said sec- tion; thence South 71 de- grees 14’15” East 288.81 feet to the line of high tide; thence North 25 degrees

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45’45” East 200.74 feet along the line of high tide; thence North 71 degrees 14’15” West 288.81 feet; thence South 25 degrees 45 ’45” Wes t 100 f ee t ; thence North 71 degrees 14’15” West 45.08 feet to the West line of said Lot 3; thence South 0 degrees 25’50” East 105.90 feet to the point of beginning. Situ- ate in the County of Island, State of Washington. Com- mon ly known as : 6374 Double Bluff Road Freeland, WA 98249 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 01/12/07, recorded on 01/19/07, under Audi- tor ’s F i le No. 4192123, records of Island County, Washington, from Thomas W. Wells, Jr., as his separ- ate property, as Grantor, to Transnation Land America Title and Escrow, as Trus- tee, to secure an obligation “Obl igat ion” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Regis- tration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Primary Residential Mortgage Inc., and its successors and as- signs, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- tems, Inc. to CitiMortgage, Inc . , under an Ass ign- ment/Successive Assign- ments recorded under Audi- tor ’s F i le No. 4266667. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided sole- ly to comply with the re- cording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 07/06/2011 Month- ly Payments $108,611.72 Late Charges $3,944.97 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts $159.50 Total Arrearage $112,716.19 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $607.50 Title Re- port $1,423.97 Statutory Mailings $34.16 Recording Cos ts $14 .00 Pos t ings $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $2,149.63 Total Amount Due: $114,865.82 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Princi- pal Balance of $539,499.04, together with interest as provided in the note or oth- er instrument evidencing t h e O b l i g a t i o n f r o m 03/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as pro- vided by statute. The sale will be made without repre- sentation or warranty, ex- press or implied regarding title, possession, encum- brances or condition of the Property on October 14, 2011. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter-

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minated any t ime a f te r 10/03/11 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): N A M E A N D A D D R E S S Thomas W. Wel ls 6374 Double Bluff Road Freeland, WA 9 8 2 4 9 T h o m a s W. We l l s 1 1 3 2 4 M u k i l t e o Speedway Ste 1 Mukilteo, W A 9 8 2 7 5 U n k n o w n Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Thomas W. Wells 6374 Double Bluff Road Freeland, WA 98249 Un- known Spouse and/or Do- mestic Partner of Thomas W. Wells 11324 Mukilteo Speedway Ste 1 Mukilteo, WA 9 8 2 7 5 T h o m a s W. Wells C/O Christopher C. Meleney, Attny 12811 8th Ave W Ste A203 Everett, WA 9 8 2 0 4 T h o m a s W. Wells C/O Dennis Lee Bur- man, Trustee 1103 9th St. M a r y s v i l l e , WA 9 8 2 7 0 Thomas W. Wells C/O Den- nis Lee Burman, Trustee PO Box 1620 Marysville, WA 98270 by both first class and either certified mail, re- turn receipt requested on 05/27/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 06/01/11 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicu- ous place on the real prop- erty described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writ- ing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclo- sure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of al l their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds what- soever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a wa iver o f any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN- ANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the prop- erty on the 20th day follow- ing the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and any- one having an interest jun- ior to the deed of trust, in- cluding occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary pro- ceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-oc- cupied property, the pur- chaser shall provide a ten- ant with written notice in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h R C W 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be ac- cessed at www.northwest- trustee.com and are incor- porated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwest- trustee.com and www.USA- Foreclosure.com. EFFEC- TIVE: 07/06/2011 North- west Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signa-

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OAK HARBOR GIVEAWAY DAY

A free community cloth-ing swap will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 17 at the Whitehead-Muz-zall VFW Post Community Hall on Goldie Road in Oak Harbor. Bring clean, wear-able items of clothing and accessories to donate and swap them for new-to-you outfits. Find Community Clothing Swap (The Great Oak Harbor Giveaway Day) on Facebook for more infor-mation.

FALL FOR DECOYS AT BEST WESTERN

The First Annual Fall Decoy Show will be held Sept. 17 at the Best West-ern Harbor Plaza Confer-ence Center, 33175 Highway 20, north of Oak Harbor. The decoy show is open to the public and admission is free. There will be a free raffle and a silent auction. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Gary Fisher at 678-4868 for details.

ELKS WELCOME PUBLIC TO SALE

There will be a rummage and bake sale at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge, 155 NE Ernst St., Sept. 17 from 9 to 11 a.m. It will be open to the public and lunch will be available.

SCHWAB SUPPORTS MEALS ON WHEELS

A spaghetti feed to ben-efit Meals on Wheels and sponsored by Les Schwab

will be held Sept. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Oak Harbor Senior Center. The meal in-cludes salads, spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread, ice cream, coffee, tea, milk and water. There will also be door prizes. Cost is $10 for adults and $4 for children 10 years and younger.

BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN RIDE

The Island County Chap-ter of the Back Country Horsemen will host their annual Russell Maugans Me-morial Raffle Ride and Chili Cook-Off Sept. 17 at Edge-wood Farm, 2936 Keller Rd., Langley. Riders and walkers may depart the farm any-time between 9 and 10:30 a.m. Entry fee is $10 and in-cludes five free raffle tickets and one poker hand. The entry fee for the chili cook-off is $10, with judging at 1 p.m. Contact Mary Casey at 425-315-1160 or Kerry Graves at 360-544-8406.

CHORUS PRACTICES FOR CHRISTMAS

The Whidbey Community Chorus, beginning its 10th year under the direction of Chet Hansen, invites singers to join the chorus in prepar-ing for its annual Christmas concerts. Registration and the first practice will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18, at the First United Method-ist Church, 1050 SE Ireland Street, Oak Harbor. Call Kay at 678-4148 or visit whidbeycommchorus.org.

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SEPT. 18SUN.

40 years goes byThe Oak Harbor High School Class of 1971 held a three-day event to cel-ebrate its 40th class reunion July 29 through July 31. Many of the attend-ees gathered for a class picture wear-ing the “purple and gold” of their high school and demonstrating that once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat.