Islands' Weekly, December 04, 2012

INSIDE Senior Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Investigation continuesinto death of Orcas woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5Orcas delisted? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6

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ladies’ christmas teasaturday, december 8th 10 a.m. in the fellowhip hall

Please bring wrapped baked goods sized fora family for the Family Resource Center

Questions? Contact Susan Herrera, 468-2592

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By Russel Barsh and Madrona MurphySpecial to the Weekly

As descendants of sun loving, fruit-eating primates whose worst enemies were the large cats, humans have long feared the night.

And ever since humans first discovered how to make

and manage fire, hundreds of thousands of years ago, we have pushed back the dark-ness.

Today our city lights can be seen from space, and even here on Lopez, our nighttime skies have a soft red glow punctuated by glare from cars, yellow outdoor bulbs and the flickering of televi-sion screens.

The benefits of artificial lighting seem obvious to most people, but what does it cost?

A great deal of electric-ity, for one thing, which in most states means burning fossil fuels. Most electricity in Washington is hydroelec-tric, although that also has

impacts on our environment (think dams and salmon).

As our population grows, moreover, we must either reduce per capita energy con-sumption, or increase produc-tion – which in the short term means using fossil fuels.

There is an aesthetic and some would say spiritual dimension, insofar as lighting obscures the stars and plan-ets, and with them, unmistak-able evidence of the immen-sity of the universe.

The proportion of our spe-cies that can see the Milky Way from their homes con-tinues to diminish.

But darkness is also an important factor in human health. Our bodies’ molecular

Circadian (literally: “daily”) clock is set by the light falling on our eyes, in particular the shorter blue wavelengths.

We can become disorient-ed if actual day length is a lot longer or shorter than our internal clock says it should be: jet lag, for example, or the effects of working long hours in artificial light. Even low levels of artificial light at night interrupt sleep as well, and loss of sleep in turn can cause depression and even learning disorders.

Artificial light also appears to disrupt the body’s Circadian-regulated DNA repair cycle, resulting in higher mutation rates and greater cancer risk. During the day, humans and other animals metabolize food, pro-ducing free radicals that dam-age molecules within cells. Cells repair the damage at night. Darkness activates the repair function.

Plants also experience this repair problem and they can-not shut the blinds at night. Furthermore, plants use day length or night length to decide when to grow, flower, or die back and go into dor-mancy.

The pupae of moths and butterflies use day length to decide when to metamor-phose and emerge as adults. Many birds use day length to decide when to migrate. Indeed, many birds, fish, and sea turtles also navigate by the moon or stars. Artificial lighting can disrupt life cycles and migrations throughout the food web.

Nocturnal animals are los-ing the darkness they use to cloak themselves as hunters, or to avoid being detected and hunted. Bats have eyes but use sonar to find insects and navigate around barriers. Bright lights confuse bats, causing crash landings and missed meals!

Moths attracted to lights are more likely to be eaten by visual predators such as amphibians and small mam-mals. Here, too, artificial lighting alters food webs.

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meeting: Fireworks Committee General Meeting, 9 a.m., Lopez Golf Course.

movie: Saturday Matinee, 2-4 p.m., Lopez Library.

santa: Santa Claus is coming to town, 10 a.m. - noon, school library dur-ing the annual Thrift Shop Christmas Sale. Santa will be visiting Lopez for your annual Christmas photo-graphs with your kids, your pets (or even YOU). All proceeds will benefit the Lopez Children’s Center.

fair: Lopez Islander Resort Annual Craft Fair,

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Lopez Islander Resort. Needing to buy gifts for the Holiday Season? Support your local community and buy local hand crafted items at our Annual Craft Fair. Also runs on Dec. 2.

music: Tidings of Joy, 6 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, Adults $10 and students of all ages free. Islands A Cappella, directed by Angel Michaels, presents a festival of songs for the holidays.

mon, dec 3

workshop: Developing a Social Media Strategy

for your Business, 2-5 p.m., Lopez Library. Social networking allows you to establish your business online. Explore Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and develop a social media plan. It’s more than just setting up accounts. Start developing an effective plan to promote your business now with instructor Susan Young. For more details call LIFRC. At 468-4117 or visit www.lifrc.org. Fee $30. Pre-registration required.workshop: Intermediate Facebook for Business, 6-9 p.m., Lopez Library. This hands-on workshop will explore features like Timeline, Events, Photos, & Groups to help promote your business. Students must have a FB page and business page. Laptops avail-able for use or bring your own along with questions for

instructor Susan Young. For more details call LIFRC. At 468-4117 or visit www.lifrc.org. Fee $30. Pre-registration required.

thurs, dec 6

meeting: Scoping Comment Writing Party/workshop, 3 p.m., Lopez Island Library meeting room. Come, research, brainstorm, and learn how to craft effective prose about the impacts of the proposed coal terminal at Cherry Point and coal ship-ping through our waters.

fri, dec 7

art: Lopez Artist Guild is featuring the Photograph of Steve Horn, “Gratitude for the Gift of Sight,” Photography Across the Years, 5 - 6:30 p.m., The Gathering Place, Lopez Hamlet.

sat, dec 8

crafts fair: Stress Free

Holiday Shopping, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Port Stanley School on 2970 Port Stanley Rd. The fair features 11 local crafters.

event: Annual Christmas Tea, 10 - 11:30 a.m., Church Fellowship Hall. Lopez Island Community Church invites the women of Lopez to our Annual Christmas Tea. Bring a plate of wrapped baked goods (sized for a family) to be donated to the Family Resource Center’s Holiday Baskets. Questions? Contact Susan Herrera, 468-2592.

music: Community Performance Night, 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. By donation. See more on page 8.

art: Opening Reception: The Dramatic Conclusion of the Silent Auction and the Art Scholarship Raffle Drawing,

5- 7 p.m., Chimera Gallery. A New show will be in place Dec. 9 with holiday gift items “Lopez Style”, runs through Jan. 11.

sun, dec 9

open house: Lopez Center Open House and Annual Meeting, 5 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Free dinner.

sat, dec 15

music: Polecats – Modern Americana Bluegrass, 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.

holiday event: Christmas Cookie Walk and Bake Sale, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Woodmen Hall. The place for your holi-day baking fix! Cookies of all kinds are $6/pound. Cakes, Pies, Candy, Bread at individ-ual prices. Have a cup of cof-fee or tea while you’re trying to make up your mind!

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Setting the record straight about school bullying incident

It is with regret and con-cern that I write this letter to you. We had an unfortunate and serious bullying issue take place at our school, and many rumors are flying in our small

and concerned community. Earlier this week, we

received a phone call alert-ing us to a bullying incident that had occurred at school. We immediately took action with an investigation and gave full due process to those involved. The investigation did result in consequences, per our policies, with suspen-sions from school and athlet-ics. We are also taking action to support students involved through counseling, in the ways appropriate for them, as we move forward following the incident.

While I cannot disclose the confidential information of those involved or details of our school investigation, I know there are many rumors floating with incorrect infor-mation. Facts I can give to dispel the rumors are this: this incident occurred among middle school boys only; there were no sexual crimes committed.

As a fellow parent of a stu-dent and as the principal in this great school, I understand the emotion and concerns about student safety. Please know that we are taking action to address student safety, physically and emotionally, as we process and deal with this

incident. We are doing the fol-lowing to keep students safe at school:

• Increased staff supervi-sion in the hallways, locker rooms, and playground/play-ing fields during lunch.

• Increased staff awareness and diligence in not allowing physical horseplay or games that allow tackling of students when out on the playing field or playground.

• Continuing ongoing bul-lying/bystander/reporting education among all students, using researched based cur-riculum, small group and indi-vidual counseling (with both school counselors and con-tracted therapists, as appropri-ate), and role playing through our experiential based off island overnight trips.

• Increasing small group bullying education among middle school students through literacy based units.

• Continuing and increas-ing parent communication about bullying or harassing behaviors among students.

• Increasing the communi-cation, visibility and role mod-eling of our student leader-ship groups (Natural Helpers, Student Council) for peer support and education around bullying.

Lopez community, we need your help. The education around bullying behaviors and how to deal with bully-

ing behaviors will always be ongoing. This is not a problem unique to Lopez School. We need to keep in perspective that we have good kids, good families, and a strong support-ive community that demands high expectations of respect for and among our diverse collection of individual mem-bers. This stands true for our school community, as well as our larger Lopez community. This incident demands that we remain partners in education of our children to teach the importance of respect and to talk to our youth about report-ing bullying, and what behav-ior and language crosses the line into teasing, harassment and bullying.

The developmental age of middle school students is a crucial time to instill exactly what behavior is appropriate and what is not. This educa-tion is an on-going, and con-stant process. They need us more than ever as they navi-gate the complicated social norms, and continue the path to be the citizens we all want them to be.

Listed below are ways that community members can also help us educate our children about bullying. It will take all of us. We can all help by:

• Talking with children about what is happening at school.

• Communicating with

school staff when students share incidences of harass-ment and bullying; please do not assume students will tell us, or that we know.

• Talking with children often about how to treat oth-ers with respect and how to solve conflict.

• Talk with parents in our community.

• Be clear with children about what disrespectful behaviors are.

• Transparent, honest and clear communication with children.

• Talk openly about what is bullying and how to speak up if you are a bystander or hear of bullying incidences; this takes incredible courage for students and is very difficult at this developmental age.

• Communicate openly and frequently with school staff.

• Pay attention to the good behaviors when we see them and let kids know that is the expectation.

Contact us with any ques-tions or concerns. You can reach us at 468-2202. Lisa is at extension 2250, Jeanna at extension 2214, and Bill at extension 2350.

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The man most Lopezians know as “Grampa” actually is one – to 21 grandkids, and 27 great-grandkids.

But John Severa wears other hats: unofficial care-taker of Hummel Lake, loyal fixture at the Take It or Leave It, Halloween “treater” for kids (40 pounds of candy last year).

John’s most important hat, though, is the cap on his head, which states: “Fishing is not a matter of life and death – it’s much more important than that.”

That cap doesn’t lie. John caught his first fish at age nine, in the coastal town of Crocket, Calif.

“Sand shark, six feet long,” he says. “My dad helped me … I’ve been fishing close to every day of my life.”

His dad, a welder, later operated a party boat as a business, and John and his brother lived in a stilt-house on the water. That life left its mark. Today, you can find John out at Hummel Lake any day of the year.

Need a boat and life jacket? John will set you up.

Forgot your fishing gear? John can equip you.

Catch a fish? John will take your picture.

Perhaps your luck was bad or you have no time to fish; you’re welcome to any that John has caught.

“I don’t eat fish,” he laughs.

But he gives away sever-al pounds each week, both to locals and to the Sisters at St. Mary-on-the-Lake in Bellevue, Wash., thanks to the delivery service of Sister Judy Tralnes.

John came to Lopez from Seattle six years ago, to join granddaughter Samantha Taylor and great-grand-kids Damien, Dalton, and Patience.

The “Lopez Wave” took him by surprise, but now, “I wave at everybody.”

A familiar figure at Neil’s Mall, “Grampa” is often mis-taken by tourists as a man-ager.

“I’ve had people come up to me, ‘I want this shirt, how much?’” he laughs.

His home is now filled with treasures from the Dump: a dozen fantastic clocks; danc-ing toy hamsters, and a new collection of talking “Furbies” (after he sold his old collec-tion for $600).

Lopez weather suits John

fine, after years in California’s high Sierra.

“Hell, when it snowed there,” he remembers, “I couldn’t even find my car.”

Rainy days don’t bother him a bit. His fishing line in the lake, John watches DVDs in “Ol’ Bessie,” his 1980 Chevy Malibu.

A brief first marriage gave John two kids, but he doesn’t like to talk about that. His real love, Jan, he met in Marysville, Calif., while repossessing her car – sup-posedly. John made the pay-ment so Jan could keep the car.

“She was gorgeous,” he says with a smile. John babysat Jan’s two daughters while the couple got to know each other, and after a Las Vegas wedding, they became his as well. Later, he and

Jan took in the three kids of friends killed in a plane crash. Hence the 21 grandchildren.

John spent years travel-ing as a maintenance man-ager for a motel management company, while Jan did the books.

“They would buy a motel, and they would send me in to find out why it wasn’t in A-1 shape,” he explains.

St. Joseph, Missouri; Troy, Kansas; Tampa Bay and Panama City, Florida; Houston; Dallas … wherever he was posted, John found a place to fish, even if only

in pay-to-fish ponds. Florida was the best: “There, within a half-hour, you’re on your way home with 20 pounds of fish.”

But he hated the influx of rowdy college kids at Spring Break.

When the children reached school age, John and Jan requested a job near a school. They were sent to

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Above, young John in California at age four, with a shark twice his size.Right, John at Hummel Lake, showing off another trout to be given to someone who needs it.

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LOPEZ IsLandChrist the King Community ChurCh, Now meeting at 10:00 AM at the Lopez Elementary School in the multi-purpose room. Find us on the web: www.CTKonline.com/lopez or email [email protected]

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Kwiáht scientists are plan-ning to measure light levels around Fisherman Bay to learn more about sources of nighttime glow and glare.

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Investigation continues on the death of orcas Island womanBy Cali BagbyWeekly editor

The body of an Orcas Island woman was discovered on Nov. 22 after she was reported missing the day before.

Orcas Island Fire and Rescue worked with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Department to find Maria Massey, 26, of Deer Harbor, who went missing in the early morning hours of Nov. 21 after her vehicle, a 2010 Hyundai Accent, was found crashed into a tree in the 2600 block of Crow Valley Road. She was not found at the site of the accident.

Massey, according to the Sheriff’s Department, had reportedly left her house sometime around midnight and had not been seen or heard from since.

The Fire Department organized a search party on Nov. 21 and 22 with more than 40 volunteers along with trackers and two dog teams from Kitsap and Snohomish Counties. Her body was found at 9:05 a.m. close to a pump house in a wooded area near the edge of the forest close to the 2300 block of Crow

Valley Road.“Investigation into her disappearance and

cause of death continues,” said Sheriff Rob Nou in a press release.

A completed autopsy showed she did not sustain injuries from the car accident that would have led to her death, according to County Coroner Randy Gaylord. A pend-ing toxicology report could reveal more information.

Massey was active in the theater commu-nity on Orcas Island and was known for her beautiful voice.

An outpouring of loving messages have flooded Massey’s Facebook page with words like, “We will always remember you Maria!” and “I’ll miss you and your headstrong smile.”

She was described by many as sweet, beautiful, dynamic, passionate, unique and creative.

Flowers and a sign adorned with a draw-ing of the “tragedy and comedy” masks of theater and the words “Maria J. Massey – rest in peace” have been placed at the site of the accident.

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Prompted by a petition by the Pacific Legal Foundation, federal officials will take another look to determine whether the killer whales of Puget Sound deserve pro-tection as an endangered species.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, parent agency of the National Marine Fisheries Service, a petition filed by the California-based Pacific Legal Foundation in August pres-ents information published in scientific journals that address killer whale genetics and how

closely related the southern resident killer whales are to other populations, and that meets the agency’s criteria for review of the population’s sta-tus as a federally endangered species.

Listed as endangered in 2005, the Southern residents consists of three closely related clans, J, K and L pods, and the population totals 86 animals with the addition of a newborn, J-49, in early August. It consisted of 88 animals when the population was declared endangered in 2005.

“The petition asserts that the southern resident killer whales are actually part of a much larger population and are, therefore, not in danger of extinction,” NOAA noted in a Nov. 26 press release announcing it would conduct a review.

In qualifying as endangered under the federal law, the southern residents were deter-mined to be a “distinct popula-tion segment” of killer whales, with a unique dialect, a unique genetic line and the only orca population to feed extensively on salmon. Acceptance of the

petition does not suggest that a proposal to delist will follow, according to NOAA.

The petition was filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of the Center for Environmental Science Accuracy and Reliability and two California farms, Empresas Del Bosque and Coburn Ranch.

The Southern residents are a “major” focus of the environ-mental assessment now under-way for the Gateway Terminal Project proposed at Cherry Point, near Bellingham, which, if constructed, would

serve as as a export facility for bulk shipments of coal travel-ing through San Juan Islands waterways en route to mar-kets in Asia.

The Fisheries Service will have a year from receiving the petition to make a decision on whether delisting is war-ranted. Any formal proposal to delist would be followed by a public comment period and

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'hood50. Supernatural

force in a person or sacred object

51. Joint pain 57. Bond, for one59. Worthy of respect 60. Quark-plus-

antiquark particle61. Beanery sign62. Enlarge, as a hole63. Money in the

bank, say64. Rear65. Big show

Down1. "B.C." cartoonist2. ___ vera3. Bowl over4. Duck's home5. Main dish of a

meal 6. Cliffside dwelling7. Swindle (British

slang)8. Artificial language

based on many European languages

9. "The ___ Daba Honeymoon"

10. Donnybrook11. Beyond the legal

power of a person or corporation (2 wds)

12. Most slim 13. Listening devices18. British soldier who

served in North Africa (2 wds)

21. Arid25. Netherlands'

second-largest city 26. Catalogs27. Groups following

and attending to important people

28. Condition of inclemency

29. Caribbean, e.g.

30. 1,000 kilograms32. Cantankerous34. The rope that

controls the angle of a sail

39. "Give it ___!" (2 wds)

42. 2:00 or 3:0046. Starve48. Birchbark49. Rams50. Mother52. Biblical birthright

seller53. Container weight54. Surefooted goat55. High-five, e.g.56. Exec's note58. Atlanta-based

station

Crossword Puzzle

Answers to today's puzzle on page 8

Endangered no more? Petition prompts review of killer whale listing

Cali Bagby/ Weekly photo

A southern resident killer whale off the coast of San Juan Island.

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FIRE DISTRICTFINANCIAL OFFICER

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www.ChimeraGallery.com; (360) 468-3265

Lopez Artists’ Cooperative

OpeningReception:December 8th, 5-7 pm Show dates: 12/8-1/11

Dec. 8th Reception for Group Show ANDThe Dramatic

Conclusionof the Silent Auction &

Scholarship Raffle Drawing

(don’t miss it!)

The Lopez Center is hosting the last community performance night of the year this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.

The evening will feature Cali Bagby, Ginni Keith, Grace McCune.

Cali Bagby, the Islands’ Weekly editor, will sing a mix of classical music and

modern tunes with accom-panist Grace McCune on piano.

Bagby is an operatical-ly trained soprano, who studied music and jour-nalism at the University of Oregon, She sang in the Eugene Symphony Chorus and the Eugene Opera Company before moving to the San Juans and becoming the editor of the Weekly.

“I am excited because it is a chance for me to share one of my passions with the community and meet more Lopezians,” Bagby said.

Grace McCune will also be singing a few numbers from her newest project, called “From the Direct Box of the Soul.” She cur-rently lives, performs and teaches music in the San Juan Islands. Her record-ings consist of two studio albums titled “Grace” and “Enchantment.” Her song-writing is deeply person-

al and explores her life’s journey with its triumphs, undoing’s and quest for meaning.

Ginni Keith has done vocal solo work in major concerts with the Orcas Island Choral Society, the San Juan Singers and Victoria Chamber Orchestra, and the Island Sinfonia. She is also a founding member of the Five Bells Brass Quintet, and a regular member of the Grace Church music staff. Ever since moving to Lopez, 12 years ago, Keith has immersed herself in sound, even adding a few instruments to her reper-toire.

“Now I just can’t get enough,” she said. “I prac-tice eight hours a day and if I get sick of playing one instrument I just move on to the next.”

As with all commu-nity performance nights, entrance is by donation.

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Clockwise from top left, Cali Bagby, Grace McCune and Ginni Keith.

Sea-Tac, which worked well. Both daughters got mar-

ried early and moved on, but life got tougher due to health problems. John “retired” into full-time care of Jan, whose diabetes was affecting her kidneys. He had to check the motor of her monitoring machine every hour, day and night. After about six months, at age 54, Jan died in her sleep, next to her husband.

“It took me five years to sleep more than five hours,”

John says, “’cause I kept waking up every hour.” They had been married 20 years.

Afterwards John carried on, but realistic dreams of Jan affected him so badly, he moved north to start over. Fifteen years later, after living in Everett and Seattle, he came to Lopez.

John’s greatest joy is help-ing others to fish – locals, tourists, or the middle school class teacher Greg Ewert brought out to the lake a few years ago.

In 2008, the Lopez Lions presented John with their Community Service Award. The award states,

“John Severa has shared his angling experience and skills with the island young-sters … John’s service is much appreciated by the whole Lopez community.”

Asked for words of wis-dom, John immediately responds, “Teach your kids how to fish. They’ll stay out of trouble.”

Perhaps someday some-one will print those words on a cap.

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The Lopez Center for Community and the Arts will be holding their annual mem-bership meeting this Sunday, Dec. 9, from 5-7 p.m. at the Lopez Center. All residents of Lopez are automatically mem-bers and all are welcome.

There will be a presenta-tion about the past year at the center, slideshow, information about upcoming events, vote on proposed bylaw amend-ments and slate of new board members.

The board of trustees of the LCCA recommends the following individuals be elected to serve three year

terms on the board of trust-ees: Georgeana Cook, Todd Twigg, Keersten Brown, Lexi Taylor and Karen Barringer.

This will provide a chance to meet the LCCA staff and board and talk about the community center.

The LCCA will be serving a free pizza dinner (Pizza’s by LVM), with salad and desserts made by our board members.

There will be a no-host bar as well.

For more information or to review our bylaw amend-ments please visit www.lopez-center.org.

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