Islands' Weekly, January 08, 2013

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There are two new trails on Lopez this year and they have interesting stories. First, when “Six,” a resident of Hamlet House, wanted to visit the Lopez Island Medical Clinic, he got his walker and oxygen bottle and hiked down Village Road, sharing the roadway with trucks, SUVs and fast drivers. Lopez Community Trails Network was con-cerned about this danger-ous situation.

County Public Works Department had no plans or funds to solve this problem, so LCTN volunteered to pay for and build a trail from the Hamlet to the clinic.

Today there is a trail along Village Road, on either side of the entrance to Lopez Village Market, within the road right of way. Funds and labor were donated. LCTN was helped by many employ-ees of Public Works, Aaron Dye of LVM, the Hamlet, Lopez Sand and Gravel and the Hancocks whose prop-erty adjoins the trail. There are plans to extend it all the

way to Washburn Place.The second trail is actually

the “first” trail for LCTN as it was this idea that sparked the organization of Lopez Community Trails Network three years ago. Eric Hall had the idea of connecting Hummel Lake with Spencer Spit with a walking route by building a trail from Port Stanley Road to Bakerview Road. That way you could walk from the Hummel Lake Reserve at Center Road all the way to Spencer Spit.

Public Works, who owns the old landfill site on Point Stanley Road, generously agreed to give an easement for a trail along the south border of the landfill site. Partnering with San Juan County Land Bank, LCTN planned, designed and has almost completed the first part of that connection. It’s a public trail, so give it a try. It’s just south of the entrance to the landfill site.

There will be a “Love Your Trail” work party at the Landfill Trail on Jan. 12 at 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. We’ll

be removing some fenc-ing and cleaning up debris. Bring warm clothes, gloves and old clothes.

There will be a public meeting at Woodman Hall on Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. when LCTN will present the results of the survey about trails that was conducted last May. A trail policy statement will be developed from the dis-cussion. Just like San Juan Island Trails Committee and Orcas Pathways, we will submit that policy state-ment to the San Juan County Council to be adopted as a resolution.

A trail building clinic, taught by profession-als from the Washington Trails Association with help from the Bureau of Land Management and San Juan County Land Bank, is being planned for the spring. It will be open to anyone,

especially trails groups and other stakeholders in trails throughout San Juan County, like Parks, Public Works, and conservation organiza-tions. It will be a three-day

event and cover planning, design, construction and maintenance of trails. Stay tuned for announcements.

LCTN meets bi-monthly. There’s a website with more

information: LopezTrails.org. LCTN has sponsored trail building classes, National Trails Day events, as well as planning, design-ing and constructing trails.

The tales trails can tell

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Bob Walker of LCTN with a group of Burlington student volunteers at the Landfill Trail site.

SYMPHONY OF THE SOILSunday, January 13th, 4:00 pm

Lopez Community CenterPotluck ~ Film ~ Discussion

Bring your own plate and utensilsFor more information call Michele 468-3618

Lopez Locavores Film Series – www.LopezLocavores.org

Lobo Basketball Home Games

1/12 Girls 11:30 Boys 1:30

San Juan County Parks is continuing its “residents only” opportunity to pre-reserve campsites at county parks in 2013.

This year, the county parks program offers local residents a chance to make prime-time summer camp-ing reservations between Jan. 14 and Feb. 28. The

offer is available for camp-ing at county managed parks on San Juan, Lopez (Odlin), and Shaw islands, and at the county fairgrounds R.V. campsites.

Camping reservations for the general public will begin March 1.

All three county camp-grounds are located in water-

front parks with spectacular views, beautiful beaches, and small craft boat launch-es. The fairgrounds offer R.V. camping with water and electrical hook-ups, close proximity to downtown Friday Harbor and a public beach (Jackson Beach).

Scheduled campground renovation and road con-struction at Odlin County Park on Lopez Island during the summer season, May 1 through July 31, may impact

campers. Camping rates will be discounted 20 percent at Odlin during construction.

Proof of residency is required for the residents-only early reservation pro-gram. Info is available on the county parks website: sanjuanco.com/Parks/camping.aspx.

Local residents can email ([email protected]) or call the Parks Department, 378-8420, for a reservation form.

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sat, jan 10

meeting: Lopez Island Garden Club, 9:30 -11:30 a.m., Woodman Hall. The Lopez Island Garden Club meets again on January 10, with our guest speaker Stephen Robbins, Owner/Founder of Pelindaba Lavender Farm on San Juan Island. Pelindaba Lavender is a premier grower of lavender plants, distiller of lavender essen-

tial oils and handcrafter of lavender products. Coffee and goodies 9:30 a.m., the meeting begins at 10 a.m. Please come – everyone is welcome.

sat, jan 12

meeting: SalmonAtion, 5:30 - 8 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Annual report to the community on the results

of research by the Lopez Community Salmon Team. Fabulous local food, wine and music!

sun, jan 13

film&food: Film screen-ing of “Symphony of the Soil,” Potluck starts 4 p.m., film starts at 4:30 p.m. Discussion following film (optional). The new feature film is by Deborah Koons Garcia, and is presented by Lopez Locavores, and co-sponsors including Lopez Community Land Trust, Transition/Thrive Lopez, Food Masters Orcas Island and WSU Extension Friday Harbor. Celebrate GMO Free San Juan Islands victory

and the power of grassroots energy. Bring tableware. $5 and/or potluck dish sug-gested donation.

thurs, jan 17

event: Arts and crafts, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Come and join us at Woodmen Hall, and bring your own craft along, or learn how to quill, or do origami, or make cards. There will be cookies. coffee and tea.

sat, jan 19

film: Agrarian Film Festival, 6 - 8 p.m., library. Saturdays, beginning Jan. 12 through March 30, beginning with “Green Fire” a documentary about Aldo Leopold.

mon, jan 21

workshop: Getting Started with your iPad, 2-5 p.m., Lopez Library. Learn to activate your new iPad (if needed), manage your iTunes account, access and download apps, and pick up tips and tricks to make the most effective use of your iPad. Participants must have an iPad 2 or later and an iTunes account. Bring or borrow a laptop from LIFRC. Instructor: Susan Young. Fee $25 if paid before 1/14. $30 after 1/14. Pre-registration required. Call LIFRC at 468-4117 or visit www.lifrc.org.

workshop: Using your Ipad-

At Home & Away, 6-9 p.m., Lopez Library. While not a full replacement for a laptop, a lot can be doneo with this mobile device. Get your iPad ready for daily use including tips and tricks for using iOS 5 or later, as well as downloading and using apps that satisfy a variety of needs from lifestyle to productivity to travel. Basic familiarity with using your iPad, an iTunes account and an iPad2 or later req’d. Instructor: Susan Young. Fee $25 if paid before 1/14. $30 after 1/14. Pre-registration required. For more details call LIFRC at 468-4117 or visit www.lifrc.org.

CommunityCalendar

Support for ByersWhen we first discovered

the San Juan Islands, we – like many others – were primar-ily attracted to their natural beauty. But after living here for over 12 years, what keeps

us so attached to this beauti-ful place has more to do with the dynamic sense of commu-nity that thrives here. This is why we are supporting Lisa Byers for San Juan County Council. Under Lisa’s lead-ership, OPAL Community Land Trust has epitomized an approach that says, “not only can we do it, but we can do it better.” As Executive Director of OPAL Lisa has repeatedly demonstrated the success of a reasoned and multi-dimensional approach to accomplish goals that are in the best interest of the entire community. As a mem-ber of the county council we believe that Lisa will listen to all voices and attempt to make judgments that will not

only benefit the majority of today’s county residents, but preserve what is best about this place for the future.

harold lentzner and elsie Pamuk

orcas island

We islanders sometimes boast that having no bridges makes these real islands. We kind of like that. But there’s one case where bridges are good. It’s the collaborative kind we need between non-profits and businesses, and between islanders of diver-gent interests.

Working as Director of OPAL Community Land Trust, or on such commit-tees as her recent role on the solid waste committee, Lisa

Byers has a proven record of using her skills and experi-ence to achieve healthy dis-cussion and outcome. If you don’t know much about her yet, please look into what she would bring to county council in the District 2 position. She has my vote. We need her on the council.

sandy rabinowitzFriday harbor

I want to thank Lisa Byers for running for county coun-cil. Having served with her on the EPRC (Eastsound Planning Review Committee) for a number of years, I know first hand how she can be a thoughtful and diligent leader. Lisa is dedicated to the truly helpful things that are needed on Orcas and in the County. She is a remark-able manager, and her work with OPAL for almost two decades shows her ability to work through complex finan-cial and regulatory matters. I hope you’ll join me in sup-porting Lisa Byers for county council.

joyce burghardtorcas island

For the past six and a half years, I have served on the board of OPAL Community Land Trust, the organiza-tion for which Lisa Byers has been executive director for 17 years. Based on those years of working with Lisa, I enthusiastically urge you to vote for her for county council. Frankly, we will miss her at OPAL, but she is so remarkably good that the whole county deserves her. Here are my reasons:

First, Lisa is – hands down – the most competent person I have ever worked with or for. She is thorough, works quickly but accurately, and has a gift for numbers (including budgets) and for making complex issues clear. She is always thoroughly pre-pared for any meeting, always comes ready to provide more background information should it be needed, and fol-lows up with all decisions or questions immediately and completely. She is also remarkably creative in find-ing novel solutions to com-plex problems. If this sounds like an impossibly positive set of qualities, I can only assure you that this written descrip-tion is less impressive than the actuality.

Second, Lisa is a terrific listener. If you disagree with her, she doesn’t get defensive or insist on her own position; she hears you out, searches for points of agreement, asks good questions, and finds a way to reach consensus.

Third, Lisa Byers has a deep and enduring commit-ment to the health of our community. As evidence of that commitment, she has participated in – and often chaired – innumerable com-mittees and forums on Orcas

and throughout the county. She understands the county’s strengths and weaknesses, and because of her broad involvement, she has a wide network of county residents on whom she can call for answers to questions or for assistance.

San Juan County has a full array of tough problems to be solved. Lisa Byers is, above all, a supremely good problem solver. She will be a wonderful county counci person.

helen bee orcas island

Concerns over coalWe have many problems

demanding our attention, but ocean acidification is one which could forever change our islands.

Since the dawn of the industrial age, ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide have been released into the atmosphere, not only warm-ing the planet but increas-ing ocean CO2 content by 30 percent. For years scientists have been reporting that CO2 absorption is causing seawa-ter to be more acidic; this change is already destroying coral reefs and threatens the

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CorrectionIn the “Top Stories of 2012,” Weekly edition, Jan., 2, an

islander at the Lopez meeting expressed health concerns about possible radiation from radio frequency, which is the mode of communication for wireless technology. The correct terminology that she was referring to is microwave frequency not radio.

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By Bill EvansSuperintendent of Lopez Island School District

My heart is broken as I reflect upon the tragic events of Dec. 14, at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton, Conn. That such innocent lives could so quickly and brutally be ripped from the tight fabric of that community and that school, is unimagi-nable to me.

Early in my career I taught kindergarten and other pri-mary grades and was an ele-mentary principal for many years. I feel a heightened sense of grief as I remember the close and loving relation-ship I shared with the young children and their teachers and staff in the schools in which I served. To imagine such an event happening in any of the schools in which I worked, literally drops me to my knees in horror.

It is tempting, and indeed was likely every administra-tor’s first reaction, to want to build an impenetrable wall around our schools to seal our children and staff from any and all real or imagined threats to their safety and well being. Any of us would do anything to protect our students and staff.

Certainly we will all be looking carefully at our school security procedures and renewing our commit-ment to lock down drills and the like.

We will take a much need-ed look at enhancing our security systems, from com-munications to door locks, and everything in between, and for those of us planning new construction, architec-tural drawings, to best secure

the safety of our students and staff.

However, if there is any-thing we can learn from the horror of that December day at Sandy Hook Elementary, it is that even the best security systems will not guarantee protection from danger.

Building thicker walls and higher fences, or arming the gatekeepers to the teeth, will not address the real issues and the real dangers that per-vade our society and threaten the innocent.

It is in the embrace of strangers that we will find our greatest protection and deter-rent to danger. Strangers are the disenfranchised among us – those who are intention-ally or unintentionally disen-franchised from the embrace of others, be it community, school, family, social servic-es, politics, or the family of man.

The stranger may look and be very much like us, and actually be daily among us, but anyone estranged by real or imagined differences imposed by self or others, may be a stranger to us. In address of Sandy Hook Elementary and other trag-edies, I challenge us to find ways to embrace the strang-ers within our communities, our schools, our world. Let us reach out to the bully, the mentally ill, the disenfran-chised immigrant alien, the poor, the victims, the abus-ers, the strangers within our-selves.

A look at recent tragic examples of horror involv-ing shootings at schools and elsewhere, by and large reveals the transgressors to be strangers in their commu-

nities, estranged by illness, anger, frustration, bullying, loneliness, or other manifes-tations of exclusion.

At what point did our schools or other communi-ties fail to embrace these strangers within? At what point did each of us fail to wrap our figurative or literal arms around the strangers among us? At what point did we fail to reach out to the disenfranchised with an offer of help, solace, welcome, or invitation? What more can/could we do to build com-munities of hope, care, and compassion, to take in the strangers among us?

Let us be as pro-active in our efforts to build caring communities as we are re-active in building walls and arming the gatekeepers.

As an educator, dedicated to creating a better world through the meaningful education of young people, I believe it starts at school. I urge our schools to become even better at developing car-ing and compassionate envi-ronments and educational programs for all students and

create the skills in each of our students to recognize and embrace the strangers within. Let us renew our com-mitment to do what we do best – teach ... for life, for compassion, for tolerance, for equity and justice. Let us spend as much time teaching social skills and community-building, as we do other basic skills.

Let us worry less about assessing basic academic performance levels and focus as much upon assessing car-ing, kindness, and commu-nity-building skills, to better inform our instruction. Let us include tolerance and inclu-sivity in our required com-mon core curriculums, as we teach to the whole child. Let us strive to create a gen-eration that will model for the rest of us, a true democracy of care and community.

It is the embrace of strang-ers, and the consequent con-version to membership of caring community, that will be our salvation from des-perate acts of horror. Such embrace will be infinitely more powerful and protec-tive than the strongest gates, highest walls, or most heavily armed fortresses we can ever create.

So, while we are review-ing our security measures and procedures, let us also review our curriculums and programs that promote care and compassion. Won’t you join me?

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All-islands ski bus debutsLike a phoenix rising from the ashes, the

Mt. Baker Winter Ride Bus has been reborn and is offering rides to the winter wonderland of Mt. Baker for all ages, from all islands.

The ski bus has run separately for years as an extra-curricular activity of the Orcas and San Juan Island school districts. This year, however, the program is being administered by the newly formed Orcas Island Park and Recreation District.

More than 25 schools from around the region participate in Mt. Baker’s Winter Ride Program, which offers greatly discounted lessons, rentals and lift tickets. In the past, stu-dents from each island boarded their respec-tive districts school buses in the ferry line and rode the sometimes partially filled bus there

and back.This year, however, will be different. With

the collaboration of both Orcas and San Juan Island groups, the cost (to Orcas participants) has been reduced and the program has been saved.

“Without this collaboration, neither Orcas nor the Friday Harbor groups would have been able to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. It’s a great example of islanders coming together to provide a service to our islands’ families and residents,” said John Pachuta, Friday Harbor coordinator.

This year, participants will walk on their respective ferries, rather than board a local bus. On the other side, a charter bus will be

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By Steve WehrlyJournal reporter

Before Frank Mulcahy came to San Juan Island to be director of Public Works, he managed and planned mili-tary and civilian public works facilities as a U.S. Navy com-mander in Kosovo and Iraq.

He had been to Friday Harbor several times while stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station — his wife grew up in Mount Vernon — and he didn’t hesitate to apply when he heard the director’s job was open.

“I knew there would be problems,” Mulcahy said recently, reflecting on his first 15 months as manager of the largest department of county government, “but so far none of them have involved live ammunition or explosions.”

“The work and people aren’t that much different from the Navy,” Mulcahy says. “I learned early on to respect the people I worked for and the people that worked for me, and I think that has served me well since I arrived here.”

He started at Public Works in mid-October, 2011. Public Works is the county’s largest department, with 65 full-time employees and an annual budget of about $13 million. In addition to maintaining county owned roads, public works operates stormwater and solid waste utilities, coor-dinates engineering for pub-lic projects, maintains county owned buildings and prop-erty, and buys and maintains the county’s fleet of cars, trucks, heavy equipment and boats.

“Budgeting and funding are critical in both military and civilian settings,” he said. “Funding shortages and past problems meant we had to deal with current problems rather than planning for the future,” he says about his 15 months as director of Public Works for San Juan County.

“Since I came here I’ve had to challenge assumptions and adjust to changing condi-tions,” Mulcahy said.

One way Mulcahy adjust-ed was to communicate, both within Public Works and with

the county council and the public.

“I even write and send out communications myself, and people say they appreciate hearing directly from me,” he said.

Emphasizing communica-tions and respect have result-ed in what Councilman Rich Peterson calls “rave reviews and no complaints” from the council.

“He’s corrected historic problems at Public Works and restored public confi-dence,” Peterson says.

Councilwoman Lovel Pratt liked the way “he’s stepped up to and dealt with the challenges he faced,” and Councilman Howie Rosenfeld praised Mulcahy as “a man of integrity.”

Mulcahy said he manages operations with four result-oriented ideas in mind: pro-

ductivity, quality, morale and safety.

“Productivity is not just working harder,” he says, “it’s working smarter, thinking of the future so you don’t have to re-do something you’ve already completed. Quality means doing the project bet-ter, thinking of what you’re doing as an investment.”

Morale and safety are work-place necessities, he says. “You won’t get the productivi-ty you want or the quality you expect if the people doing the work don’t feel good about their jobs or their boss, or are worried about their safety on the job,” Mulcahy says.

Mulcahy thinks the 2012 big issue – solid waste collec-tion and disposal, including transfer station operations – is “going well.”

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Across1. Short, horse-

riding whips 6. Coffee break

snack11. Resolve (2 wds)13. Genus of

tropical plants with ornamental, brightly colored leaves

15. Do museum work

16. A hole drilled in the earth from which petroleum flows

17. "Dig in!"18. Disturb the order

of 20. ___ grecque

(in the Greek manner)

21. Barber's motion23. First stomach of

cattle 24. Jam25. Break off27. "Dear" one28. Expenditure29. Having finished

one's active working life

31. Clean32. Boris Godunov,

for one33. Atomizer output34. Projecting sharp

points 36. Principles and

practices of the National Socialist Workers' party

39. Part of a simple bouquet

40. Anita Brookner's "Hotel du ___"

41. Creeper43. Carve in stone44. Daybreak46. Expert47. Dracula, at times48. Mosaic piece

50. Decline51. Not common53. Adolescent55. Tallest land

animal 56. Steams up57. Prehistoric

axelike tools 58. Force units

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delay 3. ___ grass4. Egg on5. More likely6. Condescend7. Eye8. "___ what?"9. Discover10. Cultivation of land 11. Salad green

12. One who reads or examines with great care

13. Blunder14. "Remember the

___!"19. During22. Ill-tempered 24. Sharply

penetrating 26. Hazardous28. Desert sight30. 2004 film of

rhythm and blues musician

31. Show ___33. Large, heavy

knife with a broad blade

34. Extremely evil 35. Visualize 36. Badgers37. Link

38. Optical phenomenons that create the illusion of water

39. Fix, in a way40. Fine thread42. Racing sleds for

1 or 2 people44. Flips (through)45. Current48. Cluster of

elongated strands attached at the base

49. Ethereal52. "Do the Right

Thing" pizzeria owner

54. Masefield play "The Tragedy of ___"

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On Saturday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. the third annual Salish Sea Early Music Festival begins on Lopez Island at Grace Church with The Little Evening Concerts for Louis XIV, which will recreate the regular eve-ning performances given for Louis XIV by the illustrious members of his Musique de la Chambre.

Last spring in Paris Jeffrey Cohan found an elaborate and unknown manuscript of 770 pages entitled

“Suite des Symphonies: For the lit-tle evening concerts given for His Majesty (Louis XIV)” which was meticulously prepared in 1713 for the aging Louis XIV. It will be pre-miered by Cohan on the one-keyed flute, Joanna Blendulf of Eugene, Ore. on viola da gamba, Christine Wilkinsen on baroque violin and Steven Creswell on baroque viola.

These works are to be heard for the first time since the 18th century

at the very low pitch of Louis’ court more than two tones below today’s pitch on instruments with which the king was familiar.

The 2013 festival will present five performances on Lopez, and also in Eastsound and Friday Harbor, from January through June with some of the most accomplished perform-ers on period instruments from Germany, Montreal, Eugene, Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest.

The suggested donation for the upcoming show is $15, $20 or $25 for all concerts. Youth 18 and under are free, and the suggested donation for all other students is $5.

For more info, call 468-3477 or visit www.salishseafestival.org.

Little evening concerts from King Louis XIV’s court

Contributed photo

Joanna Blendul of Eugene, Ore. on viola da gamba.


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]

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, welcomes

you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00

. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane.

468-3477. Everyone welcome!

LOPEZ ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH, 91 Lopez

Road. Sunday School: pre-school through adult 9:30

Worship at 10:30 Pastor Jeff Smith

LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS, Sundays

at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in

Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at

1:15 p.m. in Emmanual. Pastor Anne Hall, 468-3025.

QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Meetings will be Sundays

at 10 am at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman

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Every one of us has a relationship with the magi-cal stuff underfoot whether we know it or not -- some call it dirt, some call it soil. Mostly, unless we consider ourselves farmers or garden-ers, we don’t think of it much at all. And yet, the condition of soil and how it is treated, globally and locally, is highly influential in determining the

quality of the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and even the rate at which climate change will impact our lives.

This humble substance known as soil has been aptly called “the foundation of civilization” and is the sub-ject of a new feature-length film “Symphony of the Soil” by Deborah Koons Garcia.

Drawing from ancient knowl-edge and current scientific understanding, the film is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance of soil and why it is important to life on earth.

This 104-minute documen-tary is ultimately the story of community; it describes in fascinating detail the hid-den world that helps define

our existence as it supports the systems in nature upon which we rely.

This subject is timely as we enter the new year, and as we are increasingly aware of the challenges and opportunities of this millen-nium. The power of commu-nity is a theme that is gaining energy and finding expres-sion through the victory of GMO-Free San Juans and the SWAP initiatives. These grass roots movements have become institutions of our islands, and such efforts are

gaining momentum.The films co-sponsors

include more than twenty enti-ties: citizen-initiative groups, nonprofit and county orga-nizations, businesses, farms, and individuals; all coming together to participate in this event to strengthen ties and combine efforts on behalf of the islands’ interest in sus-tainability and resilience.

“The Symphony of the Soil” is a film that lifts the spirits and provides inspira-tion, through magnificent cin-ematography, lucid scientific understanding and heartfelt story telling.

As the message of the film unfolds, it brings into focus a powerful tool for use in our local community and beyond – awareness on a deeper level, of a resource that is pre-

cious, mysterious and potent. Its power lies, in part, in the model it represents – thriv-ing, effective and sustainable community in action.

Still wondering why should anyone want to see a film about soil?

Find out for yourself: bring a potluck dish, your own utensils, and be ready to celebrate GMO Free San Juans and SWAP on Jan. 13 at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Potluck starts at 4 p.m., film starts at 4:45 p.m., optional discussion fol-lows. Presented by Lopez Locavores film series.

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waiting. Half-day lift ticket prices will be provided to all participants, regardless of age and arrival time (which is usually about 11:30 a.m., an hour earlier than the normal half day price time). In addi-tion, the bus ride is available to any participant from any island, regardless of age.

Cost for the six-ride pro-gram (bus ride only) is $180. One-time riders can sign up for $50. The bus will depart from the Anacortes Ferry terminal at 9:15 a.m. and return at 8 p.m. on these Saturdays: 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9 and 3/2. Currently 35 riders are paid and signed up, so there are 10 seats left for each trip, on a first-come, first-served basis. Other stops will be made on the return trip, which may include Bellis Fair Mall, Bellingham and Anacortes Pools and the Anacortes Bowling Lanes (costs not included.)

Sign up at www.orcas-parkandrec.org or visit San Juan Island Fitness, Island Body in the Lopez Village or the Orcas Island Park and Recreation District office. You may also call coordina-tors Marcia West at 376-7275 or John Pachuta at 378-0886.

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entire marine food chain. According to the Journal

Nature Geoscience, Pteropods, small snail-like sea creatures important to many fish including pink salmon, are experiencing thinning and dissolution of their shells

resulting in increasing mor-tality. This is occurring at current pH levels, which is a level initially not expected to be reached until 2038. Any marine organism dependent on calcium carbonate for a shell or body parts is now at risk from acidification. Fish eggs and a host of organ-isms at the very base of the ocean’s food web are likewise threatened.

In past epochs, mass extinctions occurred when the oceans became similarly acidic. However, because the chemical changes occurred over many centuries, the ancestors of today’s sea

creatures were able to adapt. The present rapid chemi-cal changes may not allow marine organisms to develop survival strategies.

If we value the present oceanic biodiversity and food species, it would seem illogi-cal to promote the use of a fuel associated with physi-cal and economic damages linked to atmospheric and oceanic changes.

We have until Jan. 21 to express our concerns about the transportation and burn-ing of coal overseas. Lowering our planetary CO2 and other green house gas emissions could help save the biology, culture, and economy of our islands. See the Lopez or Orcas NO COALition, or the FRIENDS, web-sites for scop-ing comment assistance.

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knowing there had been problems,” he said.

He says he tried to map out a strategy whether or not the council-proposed parcel fee to fund solid waste operations passed.

“Whatever the vote, I knew that solid waste opera-tions would have to change,” Mulcahy said.

Failure of the property tax

increase meant shifting gears and, at the council’s direction, moving to contract with pri-vate operators for the Orcas and San Juan stations.

“The success of the Lopez community in setting up their own solid waste opera-tion showed what local initia-tive can do,” Mulcahy said, helping convince the county council that locally-based Orcas Recycling Services could put together a workable plan for operating the Orcas transfer station. Mulcahy

thinks Operations Manager Russ Harvey will conclude negotiations with ORS and Lautenbach Industries (the operating partner for San Juan Island) so that both the Orcas and San Juan island stations should be in private operation before April.

That will leave Mulcahy free to focus on the future, which includes finding “sub-stantial funding” for the road and storm water utility proj-ects.

“To get that money, we’ve got to plan projects now, and make them shovel ready when federal and state infra-structure money becomes available,” he says.

“We’ll need to find two to three million dollars per year for the next six years to fund new road and storm water projects,” Mulcahy said. “But the good news is that 85 per-cent of the money will come from federal and state grant sources and I’m not afraid to ask the council and the voters to fund that other 15 percent.”

“We need to think of future spending as investments in the county’s future, not just as taxes, taxes, taxes,” he added as he talked about future planning with Russ Harvey,

his Operations Manager, and Rachel Dietzmann, the coun-ty’s recently-appointed Chief Engineer.

One of those investments he wants to start planning for is a county-wide network of bike paths and hiking trails. Getting bikes and runners off the road is not a new idea, said Trails Committee chair-woman Tracy Roberson, referring to an extensive 2006 plan produced by the com-mittee. But it’s an idea that

Roberson, Peterson, Pratt and Rosenfeld enthusiasti-cally endorsed, even as each council member recognized it as an expensive idea.

“I’m confident that the vari-ous Public Works managers are running their divisions well,” said Mulcahy, “so now we can start working on things people once thought were impossible here.”

“It’s all good,” Mulcahy concludes, using one of his favorite can-do expressions.

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Public Works Director Frank Mulcahy, right, discusses plans for upcoming project on Lopez Island.

By Colleen Smith ArmstrongEditor/Publisher of the Sounder

The day before Christmas eve, jeweler Vance Stephens received a very unwelcome surprise. His shop Shinola on North Beach Road was bro-ken into and robbed.

“It’s very disappointing,” he said. “Like most people who live here, we have the illusion we live in a bubble of safety – away from the nasti-

ness we see on television. But alas, it is not so.”

A rock was thrown through the store’s front window and numerous hand-made jew-elry pieces were stolen.

Stephens says he and other island shop keepers have taken steps to upgrade their security. The Shinola break-in was one of six incidents in Eastsound over the last six weeks, according to Sheriff Rob Nou.

Both homes and business-es have been burglarized. Items stolen included alco-hol, ammunition, household items, computers, flat screen televisions, kayaks and jew-elry.

“All of these were forced entry,” Nou said.

Nou would not comment on any leads, but said it is an active investigation.

He speculates the recent Orcas incidents are not tied

to the holiday season. Nou said burglaries are

an “odd cyclical thing” that happen in clusters. In many cases, the police arrest one person in relation to the crimes.

If anyone has information about the burglaries, call the Sheriff’s Office at 378-4151

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