Islands' Weekly, June 16, 2015

By Scott RasmussenJournal editor

Gary Weiss has wit-nessed first-hand how hav-ing friends in high places can help further an impor-tant cause.

And that’s a big reason why the photographs of two Southern resident killer whales are likely tacked up on a wall somewhere in the White House by now, or per-haps on the refrigerator.

The daughters of the First Family of the United States, Malia and Sasha Obama, recently became united with two members of J-pod through the Friday Harbor Whale Museum’s Orca Adoption Program. Dr. Weiss presented a pair of adoption certificates and accompanying memorabilia to the president as gifts for his daughters at a May 27 roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C.

The gifts are intended to help raise the profile of the plight of the Southern

residents and underscore how breaching four dams on the Lower Snake River is the swiftest course of action to provide the endangered population with a greater abundance of food, Chinook salmon in particular, Weiss said.

“I wouldn’t say it had really been on his radar before,” he said of the president’s famil-iarity with issues related to salmon and the Snake River dams. “But he did seem very interested and there is a sense that it’s something he might be able to do through an executive order.”

Customized and enhanced by local orca whale advo-cate Monika Wieland, the “adoption papers” are tailor-

made for both girls. The two adoptees, both females, share the same birth year with each girl, respectively. Seventeen-year-old Malia’s adoptive killer whale is J-35, born in 1998, and 14-year-old Sasha’s is J-17, born in 2001.

A neurologist by profes-sion, father of a marine mam-mal researcher, himself a former Whale Museum intern, and a cousin of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., Weiss also made a pitch to the president as to why those four dams should

be breached. He was one of 25 participants at the round-table and, in addition to pro-viding the president with a 13-page packet summing up the reasons why the dams should be dismantled, he was first to raise his hand and be called upon to state his case.

“[Obama] said that he couldn’t really guarantee any results but that he would give the issue a seri-ous look and see what he might be able to do,” Weiss said.

Listed endangered under

the federal law in 2005, the Southern residents con-sisted at that time of 88 animals. Made up of three closely related clans, J, K and L pods, the population totals 80 whales today. It hit a 30-year low late last year after a two-plus year drought of newborns, fol-lowed more recently by three births over the winter months.

Under a federally man-dated recovery plan, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tasked with implementing the Endangered Species Act, lists lack of prey (salmon), pollution and disturbance by vessels as the three great-est threats to the Southern residents’ survival. The

population earned a recent distinction by becoming one of seven other ESA-listed marine species considered by NOAA to be the most “imperiled of the imperiled.”

The idea of presenting the president with orca adoptions took flight at a marine mammal conference last year in Baja, Mexico, where Weiss met up with supporters of the locally based Southern Resident Killer Whales Chinook Salmon Initiative. The group has collected thousands of signatures in a few short months on a petition call-ing for the dismantling of the four Lower Snake River dams, a course of action meant to boost the imper-iled orcas primary food source, chinook salmon.

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SAT, ONGOINGCLASS: Ancestry.com Tutorials One-on-One by appoint-ment. Are you interested in learning more about the Ancestry.com tools avail-able on the Lopez Island Library’s Digital Hub? Learn how to navigate Ancestry’s website, save information, access their tip sheets and tutorials. Call Lopez Island Library to schedule your appointment at 468-2265.

EVENT: Lopez Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., May-Sept. Support food, arts and market busi-nesses. For info, visit www.lopezfarmersmarket.com.

WEDS, JUNE 17EVENT: Seaweed Ramble, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., private residence. Join Dr. Ryan Drum on a seaweed and sea life expedition on one of the lowest tide days of the year. Learn to identify seaweeds along with their medicinal, food and eth-nobotanical uses, $35, $40. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

THURS, JUNE 18EVENT: Lopez Bookshop welcomes Ruth Ozeki for an evening of conversation, 7 p.m. at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Ozeki is a novelist, film-maker and Zen Buddhist priest whose award-winning books are witty, intelligent and passionate. Her most recent novel, “A Tale for the Time-Being,” tells the story of a myste-rious diary which washes

up on a beach on the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada in the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Free admis-sion. For information call Lopez Bookshop at 468-2132.

EVENT: Friends of Lopez Island Pool Board, 4 p.m., Lopez Library Community Room. The public is invited to hear updates on pool facility design and plans for summer public events, including the July 25 SPLASH on the pool property.

SUN, JUNE 21EVENT: 3Vs Father’s Day Golf Tournament, 1-5 p.m., Lopez Island Golf Club. $120 per golfer or $200 for father/child. The 3Vs annual Father’s Day golf tourna-ment needs to raise money for summer camp oppor-tunities for Lopez youth. Lunch provided. Call Isaac Berg at 468-2522 for ques-tions or registration.

JUNE 22-25CLASS: Toddler and Me Swimming - Session 2: 2:15-2:45 p.m. Adults, with instructor, join their child in the Islander pool. Learn water safety skills to be comfortable in the water. Ages 6 months to 3 years old. $30 if paid one week in advance of class start date, $35 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

JUNE 23-26CLASS: Co-ed Skateboard Camps, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Lopez Skateboard Park. If you want to learn new tricks or are trying skate-boarding for the first time, this camp is great for boys and girls of all skill levels. Skateboards, helmets and other pro-tective gear will be provided to those who do not have their own. Let us know at time of registration, $60, $70. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

CLASS: Skate Like A Girl, 1-3 p.m., Lopez Skateboard Park. Girls-only skateboard camp. Participants will learn skateboarding basics in a safe, fun and supportive environment. Skateboards, helmets and other protec-tive gear will be provided. Let us know at time of registration. $60 if paid by June 15, $70 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

JUNE 24-26CLASS: Learn to Sew, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m., school art room. Learn the basics of sewing by hand and with a machine by complet-ing the project of your choice, and leave with the confidence to take on sew-ing projects. Supplies and sewing machines provided. $55 if paid by June 16, $65 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit lifrc.org.

FRI, JUNE 26EVENT: LIFRC Literary Fundraiser Event, 6:30 p.m., Lopez Center for

Community and the Arts. There are so many reasons you will not forget this evening … a chance to mingle over wine, then sit and savor an exquisite meal prepared by local chefs, followed by time with our exciting guest, author Peter Mountford. Tickets are $60 and will go fast! To purchase tickets, stop by the LIFRC office or call 468-4117. For info, visitli-frc.org.

JUNE 29-JULY 2CLASS: Toddler and Me Swimming - Session 3: 12-12:30 p.m. Adults, with instructor, join their child in the Islander pool. Learn water safety skills to be comfortable in the water. Ages 6 months to 3 years old. $30 if paid one week in advance of class start date, $35 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit lifrc.org.

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Leave no traceLast fall I went to a com-

munity workshop in the village called “Leave No Trace.” I was very taken with the trainers and the program that promotes making good decisions to protect the environment.

When I learned that the Lopez School did not know

about the program, I decid-ed to offer classes to a small group of interested elemen-tary students. I ordered a Promoting Environmental Awareness (PEAK) in Kids lesson plan pack and con-ducted a 6-week session with 13 kids in grades 1-5 at the Lopez Island Library.

The library grounds became an outdoor class-room as we observed black-tail deer and birds, allowing the kids to practice the prin-ciple of “Respect Wildlife” by keeping their distance and staying quiet.

This was just one of many fun and interactive experi-ences on the seven Leave No Trace principles. The program culminated in a field trip to Odlin County Park where students, a par-

ent and another adult volun-teer practiced the principles by evaluating campsites and trails and recreating responsibly. Most of all, they enjoyed the outdoors and gained a greater aware-ness of our stunning island environment.

I highly recommend the Leave No Trace program for all ages. The excellent training team will be return-ing to the San Juan Islands on June 17-18 this year. For more information on Leave No Trace and PEAK, visit www.lnt.org.

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We should demand a similar study for San Juan Island National Park and the Bureau of Land Management land in our County.

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“I always had too much on my mind,” Liz Taylor muses about her career years in Seattle.

“I couldn’t concentrate enough to read – too many worries about trying to pay the mortgage.” Leisure activities like artwork were out of the question. Today, a wall of pencil sketches in black and white and color testifies how Liz has wel-comed a new Muse into her life. But below that wall sits a table piled high with manila folders. Liz is a woman still very much on a mission.

In 1972, fresh from the University of Washington, Liz became an investiga-tor for the Federal Trade Commission at its region-al office in Seattle. Four years later, Commissioner Elizabeth Dole appointed her director of a nationwide investigation of the nurs-

ing home industry, the first non-attorney to lead such a study.

“I had an amazing time, traveling around the coun-try, finding out what a cor-rupt industry it was,” Liz says, adding,

“I would never have been able to do this job if I’d been married with a family. I worked 16-17 hours a day.”

Nursing homes were so fascinating, Liz never left that field. “What I realized was that this industry has a very ignorant consumer,” she says. Liz’s report advo-cated teaching consum-ers how to plan for aging. But disillusion with reform efforts soon followed. “Bureaucrats tend to not want change,” Liz declares. So she moved to the pri-vate sector, first at Group Health, then starting her own consulting business, ElderCare Resouces, Inc., one of the first private care management businesses in the Pacific Northwest, and publishing the first direc-tory of Adult Family Homes in King and Snohomish Counties.

Making a living in this much-needed field proved

challenging, because most elder-care placement agen-cies are free. “But there’s no requirement that the free advisors you hire know what they’re doing…and they’re all over the countr y, unregulated.” Some are good, Liz con-cedes, but most agencies consult over the phone, whereas she provides in-person assessments, and she knows the track records of the providers she recommends.

One of the problems, Liz thinks, is that govern-mental elder-care policies work from a poverty-based Medicaid model, ignoring development of a larger range of services that could be paid for out-of-pocket. “But if people don’t want to pay taxes,” Liz says, “it’s gonna be a war.” When the Baby Boomers age, “They’re going to demand services,” and the infra-structure of those services, she worries, is not in place.

This worry has kept Liz immersed. In 2000, living on Bainbridge Island, she started Aging Deliberately, a company that educates the public on planning for their aging. For the past 14 years, Liz has worked with thousands of families to find high quality housing and care; taught hundreds of workshops on aging issues, regionally and nationally; and consulted with public television sta-tion KCTS-TV – all while writing a weekly column on aging for the Seattle Times.

Lopez was supposed to mean retirement.

Bainbridge Island’s elder services she found general-ly “dreadful.” So, armed with her expertise, Liz searched the northwest for the best options for aging. Friends Ed Gutowski and Martha Sharon introduced her to Lopez and The Hamlet. “I was so impressed that a community would build sup-portive housing” – a com-munity, she emphasizes, not

a corporation. She moved here two years ago, arriving with “horrible bronchitis, but even then, I absolutely loved it.”

Finally, Liz gave herself permission to do something besides work. Yoga, read-ing, and art followed…and her Muse. Taking drawing classes with Sylvia Smith, Liz reports, with modest


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Spotlight on LopeziansLiz Taylor,

Lopez Island

By Gretchen Wing

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Center: Liz Taylor now. Right: Liz Taylor in Seattle in the 1970s.

awe, “I discovered I was good!”

Vivid figures and land-scapes bursting with color now crowd her walls.

But that Muse might have to wait her turn. Liz’s mis-sion still burns: Make Lopez One of the Best Places to Grow Old In. That’s the title of her project, as a recent graduate of Leadership San Juan Islands. Lopez’s com-munity is wonderful, “but it doesn’t have a system to

age in.” Hence, her propos-al, full of statistics, which is ultimately a four-step call to action: 1. Inventory elder-care providers. 2. Create a website listing them all (“perhaps modeled after Angie’s List or Yelp”). 3. Identify gaps – i.e., demen-tia care is a huge need. 4. Educate the public on their choices and how to select the right ones. Liz also men-tions the win-win benefits of training local unemployed people to provide that care and to become para-profes-sionals in such specialties as physical therapy. The ultimate vision: “little pods

of caregiving,” she says, noting that a critical compo-nent must be to honor and value caregivers, a cultural shift that could begin on Lopez.

Liz is not waiting for government to make that shift: she’s offering it to indi-viduals through her web-site www.agingdeliberately.com and its free newsletter. She’s also planning more workshops. At this rate, Liz’s manila-folder piles might outpace her nascent art portfolio, but meanwhile the San Juans will become an even better place to age.

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Local trails and public land organizations cele-brated National Trails Day with two hikes on Lopez Island and lots of talk and camaraderie at the Farmers’ Market. Bureau of Land Management, Lopez Island Conservation Corps, Washington State Parks and Lopez Community Trails Network shared space at the Saturday Market to spread the word supporting trails and inviting participants on two guided hikes through Chadwick Hill, Watmough Bay, and Point Colville.

National Trails Day is

a national event with hun-dreds of venues around the country offering all sorts of trails activities.

Here on Lopez we opted for hiking the south end of the island and schmooz-ing at the Market. BLM, the Land Bank and LCTN cosponsored two hikes across Monument and Land Bank public lands on trails portions of which were built by Lopez Island Conservation Corps. Participating in one of the hikes led by Tim Clark, the local Land Bank manager, was a group from San Juan Island. Only two hikers we sunburned (really, that is

news these days). A high-light for Lopez Community Trails Network was enlisting it’s 300th member. LCTN is going strong, promoting trail building to make all our island hike-able. This year’s Lopez Walkabout, a hike from the north end of Lopez to south end over one weekend, will be on September 19th and is open to members of LCTN. Look at LopezTrails.org if you are interested in joining. Also this year LCTN is intro-ducing a new concept. We hope to offer “trail trials” periodically to allow public participation in experiments of trail development.

The annual National Trails Day observation offers the public an oppor-tunity to intermingle, com-municate and canoodle with major partners in trail devel-opment on Lopez. Look forward to National Trails Day each year on the first Saturday in June.


HAZARDOUS WASTE ROUND-UPORCAS ISLAND — Saturday, June 27

10 am - 2 pmOrcas Recycling Center, 3398 Orcas Road

LOPEZ ISLAND — Sunday, June 2811 am - 2 pm

Lopez Solid Waste, 2419 Fisherman Bay Road

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Protect drinking water, health, and the environment.Never put hazardous waste in the trash or pour it out anywhere.

BRING • pesticides & poisons• gasoline, waste fuels • wood preservatives, oil-based paints & stains• solvents, thinners, resins• polishes, degreasers, cleaning products

DO NOT BRING • medications, flares, explosives [contact Sheriff’s office]

FIND A BETTER WAY• latex paint [best to dry & put it in the garbage]

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Thirteen islanders have successful-ly completed their five-month course with Leadership San Juan Islands. They graduated on May 29.

This year, Cohort XI participants set up service-day projects on their home islands. On Lopez Island the team organized the first “Lopez Talks” event, bringing in more than 80 people to discuss various community and world issues; the San Juan Island team performed Earth Day cleanup activi-ties at Lime Kiln Park; and the Orcas Island team helped at Orcas Montessori, enlarging the children’s garden and tidy-ing up the outdoor areas.

The 2015 graduates are Kim Bryan, Jodi Spitalli, Daniel Vekved and Katie

Wilkins (Orcas Team); Becki Day, Erin Corra, Bella French, Gregory Maynard and Annette McCullough (San Juan Team); and Bob O’Connell, Dave Sather, Liz Taylor and Sara Waugh (the Lopez Team). All have plans to continue in some form of leadership service within their com-munities. Since LSJI’s beginnings in 2004, more than 140 islanders have graduated from this program.

LSJI fosters leadership skills, such as facilitation and collaborative problem

solving, and gives county residents the opportunity to better understand local systems and how they interconnect with: governance, economics, social services, history and culture, educa-tion and the environment. Participants learn within a cohort setting through a series of challenge days and retreats. Applications for Cohort XII will be available starting in August with open houses planned on each island in early fall. For more info on LSJI, visit www.lsji.org.


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OPALCO, clean up this mess

Thank you OPALCO for placing a huge strain on some of us and destroying the trust in “our” co-op for many of us. I sometimes feel Enron didn’t die, it has returned as a Phoenix rising out of the Salish Sea.

First off, I find the compari-son with our electrical rates with buying a car misleading.

One buys a car based on options, whether it’s new, used, the type, the price of car and whether it will be paid by cash or loan. Furthermore the loan rate is fixed for the term of the loan. With OPALCO one has NO options and NO control (it is a monopoly and we are stuck with its way of doing business).

Several years ago we were told conservation and person-al generation were important. Now, because of conserva-tion and personal energy generation, the co-op is los-ing money, which facilitates a massive change in the por-tion of our bill on which we have absolutely no control. A tiered rate was not consid-ered which, I think in real-ity increases more conser-vation thereby less income for OPALCO. This sounds as if there is either massive deception and/or poor man-agement.

We are told we have the lowest rate in the country. Again, more deception as the base charge is omitted from the comment. Seattle City Light has a floating base with a typical charge of $4.35 per month Houston Texas has a fixed base of $4.95 per month.

One can readily see our rates are off the charts com-pared to other parts of the

country.Despite the researched

and reasonable questions posed by some especially Chom Greacen OPALCO has yet to reply.

OPALCO simply does not care. This only adds to the charge of lack of transpar-ency by this co-op.

As far as the PAL program goes, the huge increase in the rate has placed an undue burden on us.

Giving to the PAL pro-gram, in our eyes, provides a release mechanism for the co-op thereby reducing the pressure on it. They created this mess, they should clean it up!

JACK PEDIGOLopez Island

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LOPEZ ISLANDCHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCH, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10:00 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at www.ctkonline.com/lopez. Email:[email protected] Phone: 888-421-4CTK ext. 819.

COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings. Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth-3 yrs) and Jr. Church (4-12 yrs) provided during worship service. Small groups meet throughout the week. 91 Lopez Rd., in the village. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. www.ourlicc.org.

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, welcomes you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane. 468-3477. Everyone welcome!

LOPEZ QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Please join us Sunday mornings, 10 a.m., at Sunny� eld Farm, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2406. Email: [email protected].

LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA) Please join us for worship and children’s Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road. Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Beth Purdum, 370-0023.

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

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Sally Reeve, a local resi-dent from Lopez Island, trav-eled to Washington, D.C. last week to highlight how the San Juan Islands benefited from national monuments,

and their valuable role in pro-tecting American history, as part of a coordinated national fly-in to urge Congress to oppose any effort to weaken conservation tools.

This effort is supported by more than 180 organizations from 25 states who support the use of the Antiquities Act in helping Americans appre-ciate our nation’s history and cultural diversity.

With the departure of Bill Evans from the Library Board of Trustees after many years of service, the library is in need of another trustee to step up to serve. Send a letter of interest to: [email protected] or send a printed letter to Lopez Library, PO Box 770, Lopez Island, WA 98261 or drop it by the library. The current vacated position’s term is until Aug. 31, 2017 with reappointment a pos-sibility.

The Lopez Library Board of Trustees is comprised of five voting members appointed by the county

commissioners for five-year terms. Library Director Lou Pray prepares budgetary information for the board, provides news of county, state and national library issues, and attends all meetings as a non-voting board member.

Trustees set the direction of the library by creating policies and long-range plans, assuring compliance with laws and overseeing the library bud-get. The board hires the director and takes responsibility and liability for the library, while leaving daily operational management to the director.

Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 12 p.m. in the Library Community Room and are open to the public, as is the annual fall budget meeting.

Minimum qualifications: must have the time and interest to do the work of a library trustee; must be willing and able to attend all board meetings and special meetings.

Works with: other trustees, the library director and members of the Lopez Island community.

For more information, visit: lopezli-brary.org/board-of-trustees/.

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This is an Lopez Island- based, full-time, bargaining unit position. Position is open until filled. To apply, please download and submit an OPALCO employment application along with your professional resume, cover letter and references to Bev Madan, 183 Mt Bak- er Road, Eastsound WA 98245 or

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San Juan Countyis seeking a Part-Time

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For a detailed job description and application

materials, visitwww.sanjuanco.comor call 360-370-7402.

Closes 6/17/2015. EOE.

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Member Services Rep OPALCO is seeking a dependable and friendly team player with good people, computer, and office systems skills and the ability to learn quickly. Primary function is customer care, billing, and accounts receivable activities for members, and administrative tasks in support of all other OPALCO departments. Applicant must be well organized with attention to detail and superior in- terpersonal skills. Must be skillful in creative and logical problem solving with the ability to work well in a team environment. High school diplo- ma or equivalent is required; must have at least two years of rele- vant experience in a business environment.

This is a Friday Harbor- based, bargaining unit, full-time position. Salary and benefits are competitive. Applicants may obtain a detailed job description and employment application online at www.opalco.com. Please submit your cover letter, professional resume, employment application and references to

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A PETITION

TO FORM A WATER DISTRICTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council

will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on a Petition filed by the MacKaye Harbor Water Company to form a Water District in accordance with Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Title 57. The public hearing will be held at the Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA, on Monday, June 29, 2015, beginning at 9:15 AM. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be desired by the Council without additional written notice.

Summary: MacKaye Harbor Water Company is currently an investor owned water system. The proposed Petition seeks approval for the establishment of a water district for the purpose of construction, maintenance, operation, development and regulation of the water system.

At the hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the proposed Petition.

All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend. Written comments may be submitted in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person. Please deliver all written comments to the San Juan County Council Office at 55 Second St, Friday Harbor or mail to P.O. Box 350 Court Street, #1, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250. The petition is on file at the office of Health & Community Services, 145 Rhone Street, Friday Harbor, WA, and may be inspected and copies obtained Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

The Petition may also be viewed 24 hours a day at the County website at www.sanjuanco.com/Council/PendingOrdinances.aspx. A copy of the proposed Petition will be mailed without charge upon request. For more information please contact Kyle Dodd at 360-370-7524 or by email at [email protected].

New library trustee sought on Lopez

Reeve in Washington D.C. Join us Saturday June 27 for the second annual Energy Fair

and Solar Home Tour. The Fair runs from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Lopez Community Center and the Solar Home Tour starts at 1 p.m. Sign-ups are recommended – space is limited and this was a popular event last year. The Energy Fair is a family-friendly event that has something for everyone, from energy efficiency giveaways and electric car rides for adults, to solar crafts and activities for kids. Highlights include a solar home tour, electric car displays, and hands-on energy saving activities.

Here is an opportunity to view three different Lopez Island homes and speak with homeowners about their experi-ences with their solar electric systems. Share in conversations around the environment, reducing your carbon footprint and energy efficiency measures. Call the conservation district at 378-6621 or email [email protected] to reserve your spot.

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The Lopez Island Family Resource Center would like to announce their Seventh Annual Fundraiser Literary Event, featuring acclaimed Seattle author, Peter Mountford. The event will take place on Friday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.

This event will be an unforgettable eve-ning. You will have the opportunity to min-gle over wine, sit and savor an exquisite meal prepared by local chefs and learn about and support the Lopez Island Family Resource Center. This will be followed by time with

our guest, author Peter Mountford. Kip Greenthal, a member of the Resource

Center’s board, has seen Mountford speak in Seattle and describes him as a “newly dis-covered writer.” In addition, she states, “He is an engaging speaker and a craftsman with words. He writes about the difficult topic of money and people’s financial relationships in a way that is compelling. He brings comic relief to this world, as well as depth to the characters who are trying to find their way through it.”

Mountford’s debut novel, “A Young

Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism,” won the 2012 Washington State Book Award in fic-tion and was a finalist in the 2012 VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize. According to The Seattle Times, “Debut novels don’t come much savvier, punchier, or more entertaining … the work of an extraordi-nary talent.” His second novel, “The Dismal Science” was named a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Since graduating from the University of Washington’s MFA program in 2006, Mountford’s work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times

Magazine, Granta, Best New American Voices 2008, Conjunctions, Salon, Southern Review, Slate, and Boston Review, where he won second place in the 2007 contest judged by George Saunders. He’s currently the events curator at Hugo House, Seattle’s writing center, where he also teaches. To learn more about Mountford and his books, please visit petermountford.com.

Tickets are $60 and are going fast! Stop by the Resource Center office to purchase tickets or call 360-468-4117. Visit the LIFRC website for more details: www.lifrc.org.

By Gary AlexanderSpecial to the Weekly

The third annual trip around Lopez Island in the 100-foot Mystic Sea promises to be the best yet. Departing Spencer’s Landing Marina at noon on Saturday, June 27, History Afloat 3 will head for the historic fishing waters off the south end of Lopez and San Juan Islands. This fish-ing theme is in harmony with the Lopez Island Historical Museum’s new exhibit, “Salmon was King,” which begins with fish traps in the early-1900s, then explores the massive flotilla of boats that fished off Lopez Island in the high fishing seasons of the 1930s through the 1970s.

The first History Afloat in 2013 featured the com-mentary of Captain Monte Hughes, a long-time fisher-man on Lopez Island and skipper of the 100-foot Mystic Sea, our host ship for all three cruises around Lopez. After that cruise, one long-time Lopez resident told us, “I have been on the island for 53 years, and I learned so many new things. Monte does a stellar job, with just the right sense of humor.”

Then, in 2014, the second cruise around the island enlisted commentary on mammal life on Lopez with guest commentator, Dr. Jim Kenagy, Professor of Biology, emeritus at the University

of Washington and Curator of Mammals at the Burke Museum in Seattle. The second tour also featured commentary on the reli-gious commune of Thomas Gourley near Hunter Bay from 1911 to 1919, along with the early names given to our local bays and islands by the Charles Wilkes expedition of 1841.

The third tour around Lopez will be different in two ways. The first two sailings circumnavigated the island in a clockwise direction, start-ing with Port Stanley and

Swift Bay and focusing main-ly on stories of Lopez Island’s east side and south end. This year’s event will travel coun-ter-clockwise, so that we can focus on the prime fishing waters around Lopez Island, and off San Juan Island near

Cattle Point. Three great island fishing families will be represented by guest com-mentators Jack Giard, Ralph Bladt, Bob Hughes and Captain Monte Hughes. The tour runs from noon to 4 p.m. on June 27. There is

only room for 60 passengers, and more than half of those places are already reserved. Please contact the Historical Society (468-2049) or drop by during museum hours (12-4 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday) to see the exhibit and reserve your spot on History Afloat 3.


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SAN JUAN DONORSRon Krebs honoring Barbra PluffGregory Maynard honoring all womenDavid Champlin Juan Lopez honoring Heidi LopezGregory GerhardsteinMichael Buettell honoring Sue BuettellPeter Goddu honoring Margaret LanglieCourt Bell honoring Ann BellChad PetermanMark CunninghamDavid Anderson honoring Linnea & Avaline AndersonKarl KuetzingDavid Dehlendorf honoring Susan DehlendorfScott Van Buskirk honoring Ann Van BuskirkRon Lehman honoring Trish LehmanTom Ruggles honoring Gayle IsbellPeter Kilpatrick honoring Madeline KilpatrickKent Sooter honoring CherylTom Doenges honoring Tami DoengesTim Barrette honoring Laurie PaulDuncan Wilson

Kirk FuhrmeisterRobert Shultz honoring Marjorie, Susie, Sarah, & ColletteRichard Meenan honoring Karen, Natalie, & OliviaBob Reily honoring Linda ButlerDoug Hunt honoring wife Christine & sister FranRobert Low honoring the women in his lifeKyle LoringDon Bryan honoring Kim BryanJohn Moalli honoring Allison MoalliBill Weissinger honoring Rudi Ann WeissingerDavid Shaw honoring Connie ShawTom Nolan honoring Deborah NolanThomas White honoring Janet GrayTed Strutz honoring Ashley StrutzRichard Low honoring Jessica BryanRichard Ledford honoring Jenny LedfordJW Chessell honoring Catherine Clowers and Mary Chessell StoshitchThe Men of Green Man Landscape & Design (9 men) honoring the women in their livesTim Collins honoring Necia Quast

Jerry MillerRon CarlsonTerry WhalenAnonymous (16)

ORCAS DONORSKen Katz honoring Serena BurmanChristopher Sanders honoring his wife and his daughtersRick Hughes honoring Marlace HughesRon Claus honoring Stephanie ClausBathan Shaner honoring Victoria and Cora ShanerKim Smith honoring Michele SmithMatt Minnis honoring Colleen Smith ArmstrongDavid ShinstromBob Gamble honoring Winnie AdamsJason LinnesGrant Heitman honoring Duchess HeitmanErick Crowe honoring Lisa and HaileyCharles Binford honoring Valarie BinfordHenry Parsons honoring my wife Marcia Rigel and In Memory of Iola Parsons

Toby ShanerTodd Shaner honoring all womenKeith Whitaker honoring his daughtersRobert Dash honoring Ranna McNeilCraig Sanders honoring his wife Lynda and his mother BettieMatt Haeuser honoring Syd ExtonRJ Meyer honoring Ali BoeAnonymous (4)

LOPEZ DONORSBrian Kvistad honoring Jennell KvistadRichard McCoy honoring Marge McCoyLawnie Bailey honoring CherylJack Pedigo honoring Marilyn MedinaMichael Karp honoring his wife, daughter, daughter in-law, and grand-daughterEd Sheridan honoring Diana SheridanAnonymous (1)

SHAW DONORSSteve Mason honoring Wife Terri, Daughters Stephanie, Rebecca, & Chloe And LaRen Gevaart Rossie

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Islands' Weekly, June 16, 2015