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By Steve WehrlyJournal reporter
At almost the same time on Thursday, August 29, Island Hospital backed away from affiliating with PeaceHealth medical system and the San Juan Hospital Commission par-ried questions and com-
ments from islanders con-cerned that Peace Island Hospital services were being circumscribed by Catholic moral strictures expressed in the Bishops’ Ethical and Religious Directives for Health Care Services.
Just hours earlier,
PeaceHealth announced a reduction in force of 500 jobs as the three-state health care system struggled with revenue shortfalls of $130 million in its Washington operations.
At a meeting in Mount Vernon, the commission-ers of the public hospital
district governing Island Hospital, which operates the Orcas Medical Center in Eastsound, voted not to join Skagit Regional Health Hospital and Cascade Valley Hospital in signing a “let-ter of intent” to affiliate with the PeaceHealth hos-pital system, which oper-ates hospitals and clinics in Bellingham and Friday Harbor.
Details of the letter of intent to negotiate a con-tract were not immediately available, nor was an expla-nation of the University of Washington health care system’s participation in the new alliance. UW Medicine and PeaceHealth are nego-tiating a proposed collabo-ration involving referrals between the two systems and provision of medical
By Cali BagbyWeekly editor
On a first date over the winter, he asked me, “So do you have any plants?”
I said yes, and then he asked, “are they alive?”I wasn’t sure how to answer. Some of my plants appeared
to be more brown than green while others had what some call a “wilted look.”
I had two problems. I didn’t want to leave the heat on in my house, which was a hazard for the banana plant trying to survive in my living room. The other problem was that my deck, which housed my herbs and veggies, was not getting enough sun.
So I told my date, “yes, my plants are alive.”But the conversation made me wonder, what do plants
say about a person?Now that I live in an apartment located in a sunnier area,
my once straggly looking plants in pots have truly blos-somed, making me look like I may have a green thumb hidden somewhere way beneath the skin.
So I thought I would reach out to Weekly readers and see what advice they would have on growing a potted garden.
Lopez resident Becki Maxson lives in a condo in town with a small yard that has motivated her to “get creative.”
She said going vertical can help to utilize a small space and railings on a deck can make a perfect opportunity
for boxes to grow vegetables like lettuce that have short roots. She also has a row of white buckets with holes on the bottom that allow her plants to suck up water from a trough below. She fills the water below at least once a week.
“Everything is an experi-ment,” she says as she gives me a tour of her garden.
She also recommends Guerrilla gardening, mean-ing you find someone with property that has room and see if you can borrow some space.
Other pointers for a con-tainer garden:
A plus of having a potted garden, like mine, is that it keeps the soil nice and warm. Some of the plants that seem extra happy in containers are oregano, thyme, kale, spicy basil, swiss chard, chives, parsley, peas and tomatoes.
You have to really watch your watering because soil in smaller containers dry out much more quickly.
Make sure the container has drain holes on the bottom or is filled almost halfway with rocks to drain the excess water.
You do have to start worrying about bringing pots indoors when winter comes around because they will freeze and crack.
Throughout my gardening experiences I have also learned that you have to be creative, persistent and patient.
So, if you’re looking for a long-lasting relationship, it turns out that asking about plants on a first date may make
perfect sense.For more info about gardening, visit the Master
Gardeners’ Program’s Information Table set up from 10 a.m-12 p.m. on Sept. 7 at Sunset Builders to answer your gardening questions. Bring samples in a sealed plastic bag of unknown plants, plant problems or pests for identification and recommendations.
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PeaceHealth clinics are joining a growing list of hospi-tals and clinics using electronic health records to record, retrieve and store patient health care records.
PeaceHealth’s Peace Island Medical Center in Friday Harbor will transition to Epic, a widely-used system, begin-ning Sept. 1.
“Timely information is critical to high quality patient care,” said Jim Barnhart, chief administrative officer for PIMC. “Our new EHR system is a more powerful tool to effectively help PeaceHealth clinicians better manage their patients’ care.”
PeaceHealth points out in a press release that Epic EHR is used by many health care facilities across the Pacific Northwest and nationwide, including University of Washington Health Care, Group Health and Swedish Hospital.
According to Barnhart, this makes it especially conve-nient for patients who travel and may need care outside of our community. Doctors from other health systems that use Epic EHR across the country can use Epic to easily look up notes from recent visits, as well as aller-gies, medications or other information for a patient who received care at PeaceHealth.
“Epic EHR supports better overall patient assessment and treatment decisions,” said Barnhart.
SJ man gets 60 days for cocaine sales
A San Juan Island man who twice sold cocaine to an informant working with
local law enforcement about a year ago in late autumn will serve 60 days in jail for a trio of drug-related felonies.
On Aug. 16, Trevor Kent Easterbrook, 27, was ordered to serve 60 days in jail and pay $2,830 in fines and fees as part of a sentence handed down in San Juan County Superior Court. Three weeks earlier, Easterbrook pleaded guilty in superior court to two counts of delivery of
cocaine, a Class B felony, and to one count of attempt-ed possession of cocaine, a Class C felony.
Easterbrook was taken into custody at his Friday Harbor home in mid-Febru-ary after a team of officers, armed with a search warrant, confronted the 26-year-old on the doorstep of his residence in Sunshine Alley, at about 11 p.m. Four people were inside the home, in addition
to Easterbrook, at the time. According to court docu-
ments, officers reportedly seized nearly a half-dozen electronic scales and 46 grams of cocaine - one-tenth of a pound, with an estimat-ed “street value” of roughly $4,000. An island resident of about 10 years, Easterbrook became the target of an under-cover investigation a year ago in early September after he reportedly sold several grams of cocaine on three separate occasions -- totaling $680 -- to an informant recruited by the Sheriff’s Department.
A Class B felony, delivery of a controlled substance car-ries maximum penalties of 10 years in prison, a $20,000 fine, or both; however, the standard range of sentenc-ing set by the state is 12-20 months in prison. As a first-time offender, Easterbrook qualified for a sentence below the state standard.
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weds, sept 4sports: Business League Golf, Build your own DREAM TEAM and play a fun 9-hole competition after work at Lopez Island Golf Course. Members: $5; Non-members $15. Registration 5 p.m. Tee off 5:30 p.m. Contact Esa Turunen for more informa-tion at 468-3603 or [email protected].
fri, sept 6art: Lopez Artist Guild Show Opening for Mary Bywater Cross, 5 - 7 p.m., The Hamlet in Lopez
Village. Mary Bywater Cross opens her show of fine woolen quilts, which will be on display until October 31.
sat, sept 7info: The Master Gardeners’ Program Information Table, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Sunset Builders. Bring questions, samples in a sealed plastic bag of unknown plants, plant problems or pests for identification and recom-mendations.
thurs, sept 12 meeting: Lopez Garden Club meeting, Coffee and goodies at 9:30 a.m., meeting starts at 10 a.m. Madrona Murphy will be speaking on “Exploring the Mushrooms of Lopez Island - An exploration of the riotous diversity of mushrooms on Lopez, including information on mushroom ecology, their cultivation, mycoreme-diation, edible and toxic mushrooms, the use of mushroom dyes in fiber arts, and incorporating fungi into your garden.”
sat, sept 14event: Home Tour, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. This year’s Home Tour will feature eight distinctly different homes. Tickets on sale now at the Farmer’s Market. Tickets
will also be available at the Center on the morning of the tour. Lunches for sale at the Center and selected homes on the day of the tour/$5. Tickets in advance: adult $30. Available from: Community Center office, and online. Tickets at Door: Adult $3.
art: Chimera Gallery presents “Surrounded by Beauty,” 5 - 7 p.m., Chimera Gallery. Featured artists include Patie Savage (Menageria) and Summer Moon Scriver (Photography). Join us for an evening of photography, paintings & more at our opening reception from 5pm-7pm. Show runs September 14 – October 11, 2013.
thurs, sept 19meeting: OPALCO meet-
ing, OPALCO Board of Directors regularly sched-uled meeting at Woodmen Hall, 4102 Fisherman Bay Road, Lopez Island, 8:15 a.m. Members are welcome to attend. For more infor-mation, contact Bev Madan at 376-3549.
weds, sept 25music: Beppe Gambetta in Concert, 7 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.
fri, sept 27meeting: BLM Hosts San Juan Islands National Monument Public Meeting, 6-8 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Public discussion of the newly established San Juan Islands National Monument.
sat, sept 28hike: Yellow Aster Butte,
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sat, ongoingmarket: Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., The Market is next to the Community Center. Runs until Sept. 14.
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Death NoticeRon Meng, founder and owner of Islands Marine
Center on Lopez Island, passed away peacefully on Aug. 22 after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 59.
Meng started IMC 40 years ago from the trunk of his car, servicing what was then a sizable fishing fleet on Lopez. Gradually, he and his wife Jennifer purchased waterfront property, developed a full service marina and shifted their emphasis to recreational boaters. IMC and Ocean Sport Boats will continue on into the future.
PeaceHealth installs electronic record system
By Steve WehrlyJournal reporter
Business owners oust-ed from the now-charred waterfront building that housed Downriggers res-taurant asked for assur-ances at a special meeting of the Friday Harbor Port Commission that they will be permitted to reopen in the same location, whether in a rebuilt or completely new building.
Debbie Rishel, owner of Downriggers, and her long-time manager Mary Ann Ragsdale were both direct. Rishel said she thought the commissioners should say now that Downriggers can reopen, while Ragsdale reminded them and Port Director Marilyn O’Connor what Downriggers means to Friday Harbor and how much it has done for the community.
A dozen frequent cus-tomers voiced support for Rishel, one of them say-ing he hoped Downriggers could reopen before his mother’s 93rd birthday din-ner, “next April.”
The crowd murmured and nodded agreement with one speaker who said, “We don’t want Anthony’s in Friday Harbor.”
Four businesses were displaced after fire swept through Downriggers res-taurant in the early morn-ing hours of Aug. 17, leav-ing a summertime crew of roughly 50 restaurant
workers without a job, and three businesses based on the ground floor of the port-owned building, Friday Harbor Marine, San Juan Excursions and San Juan Safaris, without a home.
Albert Hall reminded the crowd that the bulkhead along the whole waterfront was failing and probably in violation of Shoreline Management Act rules. The Port is already in the early planning stages for rebuild-ing the bulkhead and put-ting a boardwalk along the waterside.
Both the bulkhead and the possibility of oil contamina-tion in the area from former storage tanks will have to be addressed before construc-tion permits can be issued.
Port commissioners Barbara Marrett and Mike Arhenius were sympathetic but non-committal in their responses to the business owners and an overflow crowd of about 100 people that packed San Juan Island Yacht Club on Wednesday, Aug. 21.
“We’re doing everything we can to help the busi-nesses, but it’s just too soon to say what we’ll do or when it will be done,” Ahrenius said. “We know how impor-tant the location is to the town and to all of you here and we will move on this as fast as possible.”
Marrett was even more forthcoming. “I have a defi-nite bias in your favor,” she
said. “My heart is with you. The port’s policy favors local businesses and local people.”
Friday Harbor Town Administrator Duncan Wilson assured everyone that the town would contin-ue doing “everything possi-ble” to expedite studies and permits necessary to begin rebuilding, but urged that business owners and citi-zens “be patient” so that the complex task could be com-pleted “in the right way.”
“The town will not be an impediment to getting things done, but we have to follow the law,” he said.
Wilson confirmed that the state Department of Ecology would have to be satisfied that the site was compliant with shoreline development rules before building permits could be issued.
After the meeting, some of the departing crowd walked in front of the burned-out restaurant, where five forensic fire investigators and engineers, their faces shielded by double-sided fil-ter masks, were engaged in what one of them termed “a layer-by-layer archaeologi-cal dig” in accordance with NFPA 921, the forensic fire investigator’s “bible”.
By Friday noon, investiga-tors had finished their work, characterized as a “normal investigation” with “no sur-prises” by several people familiar with the investiga-tion. These sources, who were not investigators, inde-pendently confirmed that a preliminary report was expected to be released on Monday.
The most sobering con-clusion was offered by Mike Close, owner of Friday Harbor Marine, as he left the room. Close said that he of course wants to get back into full operation as soon as possible, “but, realistically, were talking about a two-year timetable.”
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and educational services by UW Medicine.
“Our board of commis-sioners has worked very hard to make the best deci-sion for this community to retain and grow quality health-care services for our patients,” said Vince Oliver, Island Hospital CEO. The press release did not elabo-rate any reasons the hos-pital district commission-ers and hospital executives decided not to join the affili-ation negotiations.
On San Juan Island, mean-while, hospital district com-missioners responded cau-tiously to the recent opinion of the Washington Attorney General on provision of reproductive services by public hospital districts.
None of the five commis-sioners would say what they thought the AG opinion requires of hospital districts in general or Peace Island Hospital specifically.
Commissioner Rosanna O’Donnell said the issue “comes down to interpreta-tion” of the opinion, con-cluding later that “I need to be told by our attorney what to do.” Chairwoman Lenore Bayuk said that attorney Bradley Berg, who had rep-resented the district in the negotiations creating Peace Island Hospital, was prepar-ing an analysis of the opin-ion for the hospital district association which the San Juan County commission
would be guided by.Commissioner Michael
Edwards insisted he and the hospital district would hold Peace Island accountable for the services required by state law. “When we obtain an opinion, we will act,” he said.
Under the fifty-year con-tract between the hospital district and the PeaceHealth system, about $1 million dollars in property tax rev-enues are provided to Peace Island Medical Center for health care services to islanders.
A standing-room-only group of islanders urged the commission to advocate for the islanders who elect the commissioners and pay the taxes. Charles Richardson told the commission, “I need you to represent me with Peace Health.”
Monica Harrington told the commission that the opinion, state law and the state constitution were clear that religious directives from the Catholic bishops “must not restrict access to health care services.”
Susan Dehlendorf (“Be open to doing something different”), Barbara Cox (“The death with dignity option must be available here”), Gay Wilmerding and a half-dozen other islanders expressed concern with the hospital commission’s poli-cies and actions.
All agreed with Harrington, who said “this is a bigger issue than wom-en’s reproductive services. We need to be assertive about patient rights.”
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The Department of Justice announced its priori-ties on Aug. 29 for marijuana-related conduct in light of the recent initiatives in the states of Colorado and Washington that legalize some possession and use of marijuana by adults.
The new priorities will not preempt the new Washington law, provided the laws are implemented and enforced in a way that protects the public.
“I share the priorities announced by the Department of Justice and these will also be my priorities when mak-ing decisions about marijuana cases in San Juan County,” said Prosecuting Attorney Randall K. Gaylord. “I am pleased that the policy statement recognizes the role of local police and prosecutors in helping achieving these policies.”
The Department of Justice policies include prevent-ing the promotion or distribution of marijuana to minors
under age 21, preventing revenue from the sale of marijuana to fund criminal enterprises or gang activities, preventing the smuggling or importation of marijuana to other states, and using marijuana as a front for trafficking in other drugs.
“These priorities recognize the need for a strong partnership between local and federal authorities,” Gaylord said. “Citizens must remember, only some mari-juana activities have been legalized. It remains illegal for minors to possess or consume marijuana and for adults to provide marijuana to minors. In addition, it remains illegal to drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of any drug.”
Gaylord said a big challenge for the Washington State Liquor Control Board will be to come up with a strong and effective regulatory and enforcement system.
Department of Justice issues priorities about marijuana
By Cali BagbyIslands’ Weekly editor
From red octopus to giant clam worms to bay ghost shrimp the waters around our islands are home to fascinat-ing creatures.
For Amy K. Henry, a doctoral candidate from the University of Chicago, these salty waters have enticed her to study two well-known – yet mysterious – species.
Over the summer, she has been looking at how eel grass and sand dollars compete for space and influence the ecosys-tem of Crescent Beach. This is her first time working with Friday Harbor Labs and conducting research in East Sound.
“It has been so great to work here,” she said during a talk on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at the Orcas Library, organized by the Indian Island Marine Health Observatory.
Eel grass and sand dollars are part of Henry’s desire to delve into the world of ecosystem engineers, which are animals that modify the environment by making it more beneficial to themselves or for other species. Beavers are known as great engineers because they reduce forests and increase ponds.
In East Sound, eel grass and sand dollars are the perfect subject for Henry’s research because they both drastically change their surroundings.
OverviewEelgrass is not an algae, but a grass that has re-evolved
to live in salt water, says Henry. This makes it a unique spe-cies, as this does not occur in nature often.
The grass is found worldwide, prevents erosion, creates habitat for sea life and creates a safe nursery for baby rock-
fish and crabs. The grass is not a food item for sea life in this region. But manatee and other herbivores eat eelgrass in warmer waters.
“Very few species eat the eelgrass,” said Henry. “It’s not very tasty.”
There is also an invasive Japanese eelgrass in East Sound that looks similar to the native sea grass, but is quite smaller. Henry said that the Japanese eelgrass was possibly introduced in the 1930s during oyster importing.
Sand dollars are basically flattened out sea urchins, said Henry. They can feed on particles in the sand or floating through the water. They oxygenate the sediment, but not much diversity of sea life is found around a group of sand dollars.
The good news about sand dollars is there is an abundant population stretching out on coastlines from Baja, Calif., to Alaska.
“I’ve found up to 600 sand dollars at Crescent Beach,” she said.
The population may be growing in Puget Sound, said Henry, East Sound is the only area where a large population of sand dollars exists in the San Juan Island Archipelago.
Local researchers have said that other areas in the San Juans were known for sand dollars in the 60s. Henry said it’s unclear why East Sound is currently the only home to sand dollars. It is possible that the heat and stress from low tides may cause sickness and there is data to show that sea urchin are susceptible to disease when found in large numbers. Gulls and crabs, which eat sand dollars, may have contributed to the loss of the species in certain areas.
CompetitionAt a high density, eelgrass will prevent sand dollars mov-
ing into an area because they will not easily be able to move through the sea floor. On the other hand sand dollars have the potential ability to uproot the sea grass.
Henry is currently setting up areas at Crescent Beach to observe which sea creature will prevail. In some areas she has removed the sand dollars and put in grass. In other areas she has transplanted the sea urchins where eel grass once lived. Over the next few years Henry plans to visit the eight different plots and check on the two species.
“Basically we’ll see who will reclaim its turf,” she said.
San Juan County will award grants and loans totaling up to $25,000 in 2013 for projects that help make housing available to local residents of very low income.
The Low Income Housing Fund, created by the state legislature in 2002, is funded by a surcharge on documents recorded by the county auditors office. Funds may be used for construction, operation or maintenance of projects that serve families or indi-viduals earning less than 50 percent of the areas median income.
For a family of four, 50 percent of median income in San Juan County is $32,450.
Funding is available to non-profits and developers, either as grants or loans for eligible projects in San Juan County. Funding is not avail-able for individual home purchases or home remodel or rehabilitation.
The county allocates 5 percent of its low-income
housing funds directly to the Town of Friday Harbor and 5 percent into a reserve account. The funds are administered by the county Housing Bank Commission.
The deadline to apply for funding is Sept. 30. A link to the application form is at http://sanjuanco.com (under notices) or contact
Melanie Rollinsfor applica-tion forms or more informa-tion at 370-7526 or [email protected]
The direct link to the application form in PDF format is: http://san-juanco.com/docs/health/f o r m s / 2 0 6 0 _ F u n d s _Application_2013.pdf
A MS Word version can
be downloaded at: http://s a n j u a n c o . c o m / d o c s /health/forms/2060_Funds_Application_2013.doc
Apply for low-income housing grants
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San Juan County is re-launching its popular Transportation Voucher Program in September and will be operating through June of 2015. While the first round of the Transportation Voucher Program closed this past June, the program is now accepting applications again.
The first phase of the cprogram saw significant use by its participants over its first nine months; every month averaged 160 taxi rides, 35-45 ferry fares, and repairing and making safer six to eight vehicles. It served more than 180 of the community’s most transpor-
tation-vulnerable residents, equal to about 1.5 percent of the county’s population.
The program represents a unique public-private part-nership of transportation providers, and local social services to provide commu-nity access for participants. It offers taxi service and ferry fare assistance on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez and auto repair and parts services on Orcas and San Juan. Ferry fares are acquired through partnership with the Family Resource Centers.
Applications are avail-able online at http://w w w. s a n j u a n c o . c o m /P u b l i c T r a n s p o r t /CTPrograms.aspx or through local senior and family resource centers.
Applications and addi-tional information are also available through San Juan County’s Mobility Coordinator Christopher Aiken at 370-7512 or [email protected].
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Why does United Way of San Juan County fund Lopez Island Conservation Corps? Our local United Way’s focus is to help meet vital needs in San Juan County, and one of the most important issues fac-ing children and youth is how to build positive life skills, avoid risky behaviors, and find positive role models and growth experiences in our community. Molly Kohring, age 17, talks about her expe-
riences with the Lopez Island Conservation Corps.
“At the end of the summer I feel so proud of the work I have done. I learned so much from the LICC. I learned all about trail building, using tools, and all the secrets to sustainable trails. I learned tons about Washington’s native plants and about the non-native ones too!”
“Most importantly though, I became a leader in my
community and helped to make a difference. I would not trade that knowledge for anything!”
LICC’s Youth Summer Crew provides young adults opportunities for personal development, exposure to natural resource protec-tion, peer bonding, envi-ronmental education, and safety training. Since 2007, LICC has become a nation-ally recognized program in
the field of youth develop-ment and public land stew-ardship, and has provided local youth with education and skills they need for college, work and success-ful lives.
Programs like SJICC need and deserve our sup-port. United Way invests in LICC and 27 other vital programs countywide, with the focus of meeting vital needs in our community to provide the building blocks of a good life. Funded pro-grams provide resources for children and youth, education and prevention programs, resources for families, and services for elderly and disabled resi-dents.
Every donation to United Way of San Juan County makes a huge difference to these small programs. 98% of donated funds stay local. For a full list of all 28 United Way of San Juan
County funded programs and to contribute, please
visit www.unitedway-san-juancounty.org.
United Way helps to beautify the islands
Contributed photo
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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 island Community ChurCh, 91 Lopez Road. Sunday School: pre-school through adult 9:30 a.m.; Worship at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877.
lutheran ChurCh in the san juans. Join us 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 Emmanuel. Pastor Anne Hall, 468-3025.
QuaKer Worship group Meetings will be Sundays at 10 a.m. at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2129. Email: [email protected]
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By Kate Yturri, Judy Winer and Gwen StammWSU Master Gardeners
Tansy ragwort is a winter annual, biennial or short-lived perennial that can grow up to six feet tall. It
is easily recognized by its bright yellow flower heads, with each flower bearing about 13 petals (ray florets), and by its soft, deeply lobed leaves. It is easy to spot when it is in bloom around this time of year. You can also see smaller plants setting up for next year’s bloom.
Tansy is toxic to horses and cattle whether fresh or dry, causing irreversible liver damage. It spreads
aggressively and seeds pro-lifically with seeds remain-ing viable in the soil for 10 years. Also, bees collect the pollen from tansy flow-ers. The honey that is made from these flowers can have an off taste. Milk collected from tansy-browsing-cows can also have an off flavor.
When dealing with the plant, be sure to wear pro-tective gloves and consider a face mask if you are sensi-tive to tansy ragwort’s aller-gens.
Small patches or isolated plants can be hand-pulled or dug with a shovel. Before bloom they can be dis-carded in the trash or left on the ground to decom-
pose. However, if plant is in bloom, the flowers and seed heads need to be bagged and taken to the solid waste facility for no charge.
Mowing is not recom-mended, as plants will just re-flower at a height shorter than the mower blade. In addition, cut plants will re-sprout in the following sea-son with even more vigor-ous and multiple stalks.
For large infestations, selective herbicides can be effective. Contact the County Noxious Weed Program for specific her-bicide information at 376-3499.
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$987,500 PENINSULA HOMECustom designed home w/ deck on no-bank sandy beach. Soaring cathedral ceilings w/ exposed beams & gourmet kitchen. 2 master suites. Studio above detached garage. #529778
$264,500 HUNTER BAY HOME3BR/2BA manufactured home nestled in the woods w/ large decks & over height garage for your boat. Community water system. Adjacent lot included & old water system. #530115
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Tralnes Family Reunion101 Years on Lopez Island
A Potluck CelebrationSeptember 14th, 2 p.m. - ?80 Flint Rd. - Iceberg Pt.
Woodmen Hallrental info; 468-3092
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Rodolfo Alonso took this shot of an owl while heading to the Lopez ferry terminal.
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Noxious weed alert: tansy ragwort
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Tansy ragwort in bloom. A smaller plant setting up for next years bloom.
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