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BY BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

It’s time to get to work.That’s the promise, the focus and

the charge of Larry Kwarsick, who was set to be sworn in this week as Langley’s 26th mayor.

“I’m not just a person coming in that’s a chief executive officer. I’m a worker person,” he said.

“I’ve produced things. I help other people produce things,” Kwarsick said. “At a time like this, I think I’m the right person at the right time to help Langley.”

Kwarsick, who takes office Jan. 1, recently sat down with the Record to talk about what Langley — and the greater community — can expect once he becomes the next mayor in the South End’s only incorporated city.

Having a city that invests in itself and encourages private investment, creating an atmosphere of trust and confidence in city hall, and empower-ing city employees top the list.

“I look at the council, the mayor and the staff as a team. We all have talents and we all have ambitions and our own initiatives, and that’s the way I want to operate: as a team,” he explained.

“We are a little community and everybody there has a lot to offer,” he added. “Not every council member will want to do that. But those that want to … they can stand with me and we can work together.”

Kwarsick, 64, is no stranger to the city. He has lived in Island County and has called Langley home since 1987.

He’s not an outsider at city hall, either. Kwarsick became the city’s planning director after the departure of Larry Cort at the end of 2010.

The changeover was quick.“Larry Cort left me a little note that

said, ‘Good luck.’ That was the extent of that transition,” Kwarsick laughed.

Kwarsick, however, has lived a life of public service, starting as an Army infantry officer in 1969, after he gradu-ated from Michigan State University.

He landed a job in the Island County Public Works Department the year after he got out of the Army, and was

a devel-o p m e n t coordina-tor until he was named ass is tant c o u n t y engineer in 1984. He also served as the c o u n t y ’ s solid waste d i r e c t o r and led the county planning department before becom-ing Island County’s first public works director in 1994.

Kwarsick announced his candida-cy for Langley mayor in early June, and said he gave an early head’s-up to Mayor Paul Samuelson, who Kwarsick said was surprised by the news but immediately added that he wouldn’t seek a second term. (Samuelson announced a few days later that after “much soul searching and with enormous sadness,” he had reached a crossroad and was taking a hiatus from public service.)

One of the inspirations for running for the mayor’s post, Kwarsick said, was Proposition 1, the proposal that would have eliminated the position of an elected mayor in the Village by the Sea.

Prop. 1 landed on the August pri-mary ballot by a citizens’ petition drive, largely pushed by residents who were upset over the city council’s approval of the controversial Langley Passage housing project.

The initiative almost left Kwarsick without a job before the vote for mayor ever made it to the November ballot.

Kwarsick said the initiative came at a time of discord at city hall, with tension between the mayor and the council rising amid criticism over the city’s handling of the controversial Langley Passage subdivision.

“There was just some people who thought the best way to relieve

Langley’s new mayor outlines his top priorities

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Larry Kwarsick

BY PATRICIA DUFF, BEN WATANABE

AND BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

South Whidbey is beset with immeasurable shock and sad-ness over the tragic Christmas Day death of a precious 9-year-old girl in a freak accident Sunday.

Tobiah Zippy Leonard, a fourth-grader at South Whidbey Elementary School, died Sunday afternoon when a tree fell on her family’s Ford Explorer as the Langley fam-ily was on its way to a holiday gathering.

The loss has devastated many across the island.

“Zippy was a beautiful, cre-ative and smart little girl who was so very full of life and fun,” said Pam Muncey, her teacher at South Whidbey Elementary School. “We will miss her deeply. I am so very sad for all of us who knew her, and am devastated for her family.”

“There is a pall in town,” said Gretchen Cole of Langley.

“Not a day goes by when I don’t see Tim and those girls,” Cole said Monday.

“Zippy always had a remark-able quality. She’s like an angel on earth. Whenever I saw that girl I could not take my eyes off her. She has just such a spirit — it was tangible.”

Zippy’s father, metal artist Tim Leonard, was also injured in the accident and underwent surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was airlifted to the hospital with possible head and neck injuries late Sunday. A spokeswoman at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle said Leonard was out of the ICU and in satisfactory con-dition Tuesday.

Officials with the South Whidbey School District con-tacted the families of Zippy’s classmates Monday. Teachers and other school staff were also told of the death in phone calls that started Sunday night.

“It’s a tragic loss,” said Superintendent Jo Moccia. “We are all mourning at this point.”

“There are no words to express how horrific it is,” she said.

Zippy was a student in Muncey’s fourth-grade class at South Whidbey Elementary School. A special gathering for students and their parents of her classmates was scheduled for Tuesday night at the school.

A separate meeting for Zippy’s former classmates in Susan Milan’s kindergarten/first-grade class and Kathy Stanley’s second-/third-grade class was scheduled for Tuesday evening, as well.

A pair of counselors will be there for support as students grieved, wrote letters to the fam-ily and shared memories.

“There are children at all lev-els that are impacted,” Moccia said.

Students from SWES are on winter break — classes resume Jan. 2 — but the school will be open so counselors can be available to students and their families.

A link has been set up on the district’s website, at www.sw.wednet.edu/sw/site/default.asp, for resources about coping with grief and counseling refer-rals, including ways to contact the district’s six counselors.

Dayle Gray, one of the district’s counselors, is also offering individual and family support. She can be reached at 360-730-8158 and dgray@sw.wednet.edu.

News of the horrible accident spread late Sunday across the South End.

Facebook quickly filled with messages of grief and condo-lences for Zippy and concerns for Tim Leonard.

Clyde Theatre owners Lynn and Blake Willeford reached out to the family, as many commu-nity members did, on Facebook: “When something this horrific happens, your friends and “fam-ily” in the community can be a great solace. Please ask any of us for anything you think you need. So many are waiting to help when you are ready. If we

LANGLEY GIRL DIES IN TRAGIC ACCIDENTCommunity mourns loss of

9-year-old in Christmas windstorm

Facebook photo

Zippy Leonard was killed in a tragic accident Sunday when a tree fell on her family’s Ford Explorer SUV on Bailey Road near Clinton.

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Photo courtesy of Sue Steele

Libby McCauley and Andy Campbell hold a check which represents the $1,000 “Random Acts of Kindness” donation.

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best door contestGood Cheer Food Bank

came away the big winner at Langley Holiday Giveaway Sunday.

Not only was the nonprof-it the recipient of more than $2,200 from Langley Main Street’s Deck the Door’s pro-motion, the winning ticket drawn in the Chamber’s $1,000 giveaway had the organization’s name written on it.

Overall, Good Cheer took home $3,208 in community donations. And they did it with a cheering crowd gath-ered at Boy & Dog Park.

Several hundred people gathered with tickets in hand at the park to watch the big announcement.

Langley Chamber of Commerce director Marc Esterly said there were more than 7,000 tickets collected. When tallied, those tickets roughly represent between $140,000 and $235,000 in sales by businesses partici-

pating in the Holiday Cheer Giveaway. He said that 40 percent of the tickets were designated for chari-ties.

The Good Cheer ticket pulled was earmarked for the food bank by a Star Store shopper.

The giveaway money of $1,000 was donated by Whidbey Island Bank.

In the Deck the Doors contest hosted by Langley Main Street Association, 65 businesses participated and raised $2,208 in “Plum Puddin’ Pennies” for Good Cheer.

The winning door, decided by numbers of pen-nies, was Coldwell Banker Langley. The business raised $949.

“I believe there is a mul-tiplier for Good Cheer. For every dollar they receive, they can purchase around nine times that amount,” said Janet Ploof, the presi-dent of Langley Main Street Association and a volunteer at Good Cheer. “If that’s right, Good Cheer can pur-

chase close to $20,000 worth of food.”

“Langley Main Street was truly happy to be part of

such a fun and important pennies drive,” Ploof added. “We’re thankful for our gen-erous community.”

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Photos courtesy of Sherry Jennings

Janet Ploof, Langley Main Street Association president, and Langley Chamber of Commerce president Mary Ann Mansfield present a check to Gail Thomas, center, of Good Cheer Food Bank after the giveaway drawing and Deck the Doors announcement.

Once again the Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion donated $1,000 to the local community by passing out $50 to deserving family members in front of the Bayview Good Cheer on Dec. 23.

Libby McCauley, representing the Auxiliary, and Andy Campbell representing the Sons of the American Legion, had the pleasure of pre-senting unsuspecting patrons of Good Cheer with a holiday bonus of $50.

This is the second year in a row that the SALS and the Auxiliary have gotten together to spread good cheer at Good Cheer.

Quilter gets invited back to JapanMarianne Burr of Coupeville has been

invited to exhibit her hand-stitched art quilt titled “At the Circus” in the juried Quilt Nihon in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibi-tion opens at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in April and travels to other locations in Japan, as well as to France and other countries.

The total number of entries for Quilt Nihon were 377 from 15 countries and from those, 75 quilts were chosen for the exhibition.

“At the Circus” was awarded one of the top prizes, including the Founder’s/Seto Award. The prize includes a week-long trip to Tokyo to present a workshop and a lecture. This award is similar to the Quilt Japan Award which is given at the two most prestigious art quilt venues in this country, Quilt National and Quilt Visions.

Burr said she is especially pleased to have her work chosen in Japan, a country known for its fine handwork in textile media.

More of Burr’s work can be seen at http://marianneburr.com.

For more information about Quilt Nihon, visit http://www.jhia.org/english.

Photo courtesy of M. Burr

Artist Marianne Burr’s “At the Circus” quilt can be viewed in full on her website at marianneburr.com.

A crowd forms on First Street in downtown Langley during the giveaway drawing and Deck the Doors announcement.

said prayers, you’d be in them. With our deepest sym-pathy, Lynn and Blake.”

According to the Washington State Patrol, the family was heading east on Bailey Road toward Cultus Bay Road at about 12:46 p.m. Sunday when high winds snapped a fir tree and it fell on the family’s Ford Explorer as it passed by.

Julie Janeshefskie, Zippy’s mother, was driving the SUV as a section of the fir tree, about a foot-and-a-half in diameter and about 20 feet long, landed on the vehicle. The weight of the falling tree shattered the passenger side window and crushed the roof from one side of the Ford to the other. The weight of the tree was so much that it pushed the Explorer into the pavement, where it left scrape marks.

Zippy, the youngest of three girls in the family, was in the back seat of the Explorer with her older sis-ters Wren Leoshefskie, 12, and Tamara Leonard, 18.

Zippy was sitting in the right rear passenger seat, on the side of the vehicle that took the brunt of the impact of the falling tree, next to Wren in the middle of the back seat.

Janeshefskie drove for a short distance and pulled over to the side of the road.

Responders from the Maxwelton Fire Station, at

the intersection of French and Bailey roads less than two miles from the accident site, were first stalled by the downed tree on Bailey Road.

They were unaware it was the very tree that hit the Explorer, and had to cut through the fallen tree before making it to the SUV.

EMTs from the Clinton station arrived from the other side to assist the vic-tims, and emergency work-ers performed CPR on Zippy but could not revive her.

Once units from Whidbey General Hospital arrived, Fire District 3 Assistant Fire Chief Paul Busch said the hospital’s medics began “further, more advanced life-saving measures” without success.

Tim Leonard was taken to Whidbey General Hospital and later airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, and the other occupants of the vehicle were treated at the Coupeville hospital and released.

The family is well-known across South Whidbey. Tim Leonard is an estab-lished metal artist with a résumé thick with familiar ironworks. He crafted the expansive garden railings outside Useless Bay Coffee Company and helped con-struct its outdoor perfor-mance pavilion, as well as the now-iconic WICA letters that grace the outside of Langley’s performing arts center, and has done proj-ects for the Choochokam Arts festival and the Inn at

Langley.Leonard has also been a

crowd favorite at the annual Soup Box Derby in Langley, returning to race each year with his custom-built No. 13 speedster, which usually featured Zippy Leonard as the rear-seat co-pilot. Others in town remember Zippy as one of the orphans in “Oliver, The Musical,” a part she played in a Whidbey Island Center for the Arts produc-tion last December.

A Facebook page titled “Tim & Julie’s Extended (Community) Family” is busy with community traffic.

Lists of folks who wish to deliver meals to the family and help clean their home are being made, and people were already busy cleaning up the family’s home and grounds early Tuesday. Donations are being chan-neled into various funds to help with expenses, includ-ing “The Tim Leonard Family Fund” at Whidbey Island Bank.

Donations will be used for funeral costs, medical expenses not covered by insurance, and household expenses while Leonard recovers from his neck injuries.

Janeshefskie’s roller derby team, Camaro Harem, of the Jet City Rollergirls orga-nization has also set up a PayPal Account. It has raised $11,000 to date.

And even folks who don’t know the family have been compelled to help them, as Gloria Mahar did.

“I’ve only lived on the

island for six months, but looking at that sweet face is heartbreaking,” said Gloria Mahar, mother of an island business owner.

“I love being part of a community that pulls togeth-er in the face of tragedy,” she said.

She knows of the family because Tim Leonard did the metal work on the hand-blown glass light fixtures that were recently installed in her daughter’s Island Girls Nail Salon in Clinton. The salon will be donating 10 percent of all services for the month of January to the Leonard family fund.

Cole, a friend of the Leonards, said she and Sherry Jennings are busy organizing support for the family and friends. Meal delivery and cleaning crew lists are growing on “Tim and Julie’s” Facebook page, where Jennings said info about an upcoming fund-raiser will also be posted.

“There is not a nicer person on earth than Tim Leonard and my heart just breaks for him and Juliet,” Cole said.

The tragedy happened in the middle of a Christmas Day windstorm that hit Puget Sound and left thou-sands in the region without power.

High winds swept South Whidbey throughout the day, but the strongest gusts were reported shortly after 11:30 a.m.

The maximum windspeed was clocked at 25.3 mph at 11:38 a.m. Sunday, and fol-

lowed the strongest gust of the day — measured at 41.4 mph — at 11:37 a.m., according to the weather site www.whidbeyweather.com.

A Mutiny Bay resident recorded wind gusts of 57 mph several times between 11:30 a.m. and noon on Christmas Day.

Scattered power outages were also reported across the area. Allison Stanford, a PSE spokeswoman, said 19,000 customers in six counties were left in the dark.

Sunday’s windstorm-related fatality is the first in recent memory for Busch, who has worked with the South Whidbey fire depart-ment for more than 30 years.

“We’ve had trees fall on cars parked in driveways with no one in them. We’ve never had one like this,” he said.

On Tuesday morning, a roadside memorial straddled

the fence by the site of the accident. Candles, two pot-ted poinsettias, a Christmas wreath, more than a dozen bouquets of flowers, four teddy bears, cards, a hand-bell, a photo, a bean bag liz-ard, a snow globe, an origa-mi crane, a small package of Junior Mints, a belt, a dream catcher and letters lay on the ground, spread among twigs and pine needles. One hand-written letter was in a protec-tive plastic sheet and read, “Sweet Dreams Little Zippy — you will sure be missed — your spunk and enthusi-asm will never be beat — fly away with the angel and help bring peace to your family! With great love, Meghan and Emily.”

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Commissionertalks to chamber

Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson will give an update on the cur-rent happenings in the county at the next Clinton Chamber of Commerce meeting.

The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 at Anchor Books & Coffee. The cost for dinner is $12 with several options from Whidbey Rice Catering and the general public is welcome; to info@discoverclintonwa.com.

Sound Watersreturns to SWHS

Sound Waters, the one-day university for learning about everything relating to our Salish Sea environ-ment, returns to South

Whidbey High School on Saturday, Feb. 4.

The annual event, pre-sented by the WSU Island County Beach Watchers, features more than 60 sessions and is now in its 17th year.

Registration opens in early January. For more information and to join the mailing list, go to www.beachwatchers.net/soundwaters.

Workshop may cover legal work

Langley officials are considering holding a workshop next week, and a potential topic of discus-sion includes the forma-tion of a panel to review applicants for the job of city attorney.

The city is currently accepting new propos-als for city legal services through Jan. 13.

At their meeting last week, city council members unanimously approved the plan to issue a request for pro-posals to find a new city

attorney. The current contract

with Snohomish-based law firm Weed, Graafstra & Benson, Inc. is expiring at the end of the year, and the firm’s performance under the contract has drawn concern over the past two years. Most recently, news reports have recounted that the city’s lawyers failed to review more than 15 ordinances that were approved by the city council.

City officials have pre-viously raised concerns about mounting legal fees from Weed, Graafstra & Benson and the lawyers handling of the mayor’s salary and Langley Passage controversies.

According to the ini-tial plan set out by the city, new proposals for city legal services will be accepted through Jan. 13, and candidates for the city attorney position are expected to be inter-viewed in late January. The council would vote on the new hire on Feb. 6, with the expected start date for the city attorney no later than March 1.

Mayor-Elect Larry Kwarsick has proposed a special workshop for Wednesday, Jan. 4 at city

hall. Topics include the formation of a legal ser-vices review panel, and also the management of the legal services budget.

Sketch shows break-in suspect

The Island County Sheriff’s Office has released a sketch of the man who broke into a home on Kolia Place and assaulted a homeowner during a burglary last week.

A police sketch artist met with the crime vic-tims of the daylight break-in to create a drawing of the burglar.

An initial report described the prowler as a thin white man, with long reddish hair in a ponytail, who was wearing a khaki-colored shirt, Dockers-style pants and a blue baseball cap at the time of the break-in.

The burglar assaulted a resident who discovered the prowler in his home near South Whidbey State Park just after 10:30 a.m. Dec. 21.

The prowler, who told the homeowner his name was “Jeff,” escaped from the home after hitting the homeowner in the face and then ran off into the nearby woods.

A police search for the intruder came up empty.

Anyone with informa-tion on the burglary can contact Detective Mark Plumberg via the ICOM dispatch center at 360-679-9567.

Council seeks new members

Island County is seeking citizens interested in serv-ing on the Law & Justice Council.

The current openings are for three representa-tives, one from each of the commissioners dis-tricts, with terms through Feb. 28, 2014. Applicants must reside within the

area they are represent-ing.

The Law & Justice Council consists of members represent-ing the various law and justice offices of the county and cities, school districts, mental health providers, Department of Corrections and Public Defenders Association. In addition, there are two citizen member repre-sentatives from each of the three county commis-sioner districts.

Members are appointed by the board of county commissioners for two-year terms, which may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The Law & Justice Council meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at noon; meetings normally run for one hour. Service on the Law & Justice Council is without pay. Interested individuals should provide a letter of interest and statement of qualifica-tions by mail, email or fax to Island County Board of Commissioners, Attn: Pam Dill, Re: Law & Justice Council, PO Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239. The fax number is 360-679-7381 and email applica-tions should be sent to pamd@co.island.wa.us

The deadline for appli-cation materials is 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25. For more informa-tion, call 360-679-7354 or e-mail the above address.

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Thank you

To the editor:I would like to express my gratitude to

some of the young men of our town who were very helpful in our time of need.

My husband and I were taking a walk in our neighborhood when he developed a medical issue. The drivers of two passing vehicles observed this and stopped to assist. One was driven by an off-duty EMT, the other by two young men. They all helped us in getting safely home, where first responders were called; they are a blessing to the island.

This attitude of caring and getting involved is refreshing in contrast to the negative press one sees in the media today. Many thanks again and for restoring our faith in today’s youngsters.

ELKE BLOOMLangley

To the editor:We don’t often say “thank you” enough

to our public servants, by my thanks and compliments go to the Langley Police Department and Chief Randy Heston regard-ing the support given to us on the morning of Thanksgiving Day.

That morning, a homeless man joined our services at St. Hubert Catholic Church. He asked for help and clearly had been homeless for some time. While we worked to find shel-ter through several organizations, I called the non-emergency police number to ask for help, not knowing just what that help might be.

The dispatcher was knowledgeable and sympathetic. She immediately got Chief Heston, who was on-call that morning.

Chief Heston arrived and we were able to arrange temporary shelter. Chief Heston indicated that the department was familiar with this man and he was able to transport the man to a local shelter. Chief Heston even accompanied us as we purchased several days worth of food for the man.

I was impressed by Chief Heston’s kind-ness toward the gentleman. He talked to him with concern that brought out the best in the man, who could have easily become aggressive. (He admitted to mental health problems.)

I also appreciate that Chief Heston and the other police department personnel often deal with situations that are not very nice and can create disappointment in an element of humanity that is either dysfunctional or

criminal. But Chief Heston did not act that way. He acted with professionalism, respect and sympathy.

Chief Heston, the dispatcher and the rest of the department deserve our appreciation and earned it again on Thanksgiving Day.

If this is any indication of talent and attitude, Langley has chosen well to appoint Randy Heston as chief of police.

MARGARET ANDERSENLangley

To the editor:My wife and I recently lost one of our cher-

ished pet cats, named Silky. In 1996 we rescued him as a fully grown

tomcat from a feral colony to save him from being euthanized by the anti-cat police that seem to be present in every community. We then spent many years earning his complete trust. We eventually did and he became a lov-ing member of our home.

However, he was traumatized whenever we

had to put him into a cage for transport. So, in order to avoid destroying the trust we had spent years building, we did not take him to see a veterinarian — the veterinarian had to be willing to come to our home to see Silky.

Not all veterinarians we have encountered over the years have been willing to do so. Many did not work weekends and many even refused to see our pets for emergency care after normal working hours.

As many pet owners know, finding a veteri-narian who cares about animals first, and the bottom line second, is sometimes difficult.

Enter Dr. Eric Patrin of the South Whidbey Animal Clinic, in Clinton. Dr. Patrin is a rela-tive newcomer to the South End, but he is a welcome and much-needed addition to the community.

Dr. Patrin is not only professionally com-petent, but he cares deeply about both the animals in his charge and their owners. After hours emergency care — no problem; week-end care — no problem; home visits — no problem. Dr. Patrin is there for his patients, not the other way around.

Dr. Patrin has provided excellent care to all of our pets for more than a year now, includ-ing the end-of-life care for our beloved Silky. He visited Silky at our home and worked with us to keep Silky as comfortable as possible before the final visit for euthanasia needed to be made. On three occasions we sched-uled that final visit only to cancel at the last moment due to a resurgence in Silky’s energy. Dr. Patrin was completely supportive of our care plan and willingly made room in his busy schedule on short notice for Silky. Instead of being upset by the last-minute cancellations, Dr. Patrin was delighted that we would have additional quality time to spend with Silky.

Inevitably Silky succumbed to his illness. When he did so, thanks to Dr. Patrin he was in the comfort of his home and in the loving arms of my wife with both of us gently strok-ing him and telling him how much he was loved.

This world needs more caring, compassion-ate veterinarians like Dr. Eric Patrin.

NELS KELSTROMClinton

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that tension was to change the form of government, rath-er than dealing with whatever problems there were straight up,” he said.

Most of the struggle was behind the scenes, but soured relationships were brought into full light when former deputy mayor Robert Gilman resigned from the council in August.

“The government, at that time, frankly, wasn’t working. But it wasn’t because of the form of the government,” said Kwarsick, who was work-ing at city hall under contract as the part-time head of the

planning department. “We just had some unnecessary tension going on, and I think it was exacerbated by the community struggles with the Langley Passage develop-ment.”

In the weeks leading up to the Primary Election, Kwarsick became an ener-getic opponent of the mea-sure and spoke against Prop. 1 at community forums.

“I felt very strongly that the manager-council form of government wasn’t right for this small of a community,” he said.

Langley voters resound-ingly rejected the proposal.

Kwarsick said he wants to rebuild relationships inside and outside city hall. And though some have ques-tioned his plan to serve as a “part-time” mayor, and not warm a seat at city hall every day of the week, Kwarsick has tried to allay concerns by stressing that the city’s department heads will be asked to do more and be given greater responsibility.

“I’m big on empowering people,” he said.

Kwarsick said he’ll rely on Challis Stringer, the city’s public works director, to serve as an assistant when he needs help. Last week, the city council approved a bump-up in pay for Stringer, to roughly $70,000, to com-pensate for the extra duty.

Kwarsick said he will focus on big-picture issues, and not the day-to-day details of city government.

“I want to support our existing local businesses but I also want to attract service to Langley.

“We’re missing the ser-vice component of a small town,” he said, pointing to the loss in recent years of the Langley Clinic and Linds, once one of the town’s main retail anchors.

“I want to find ways to try to attract services back to the community,” he said.

Kwarsick said he wants to earmark funds, though they may be modest, in the city budget that could be used for economic development. The

city can’t wait to ride the coat-tails of a national economic recovery.

“I do believe that the road to economic recovery starts locally. I don’t think the national movements are going to make it all the way out to little old Langley or Coupeville,” he said. “That’s why I am big at looking for ways that we can invest in ourselves, to encourage other people to invest.”

“I want to focus mostly on what I can do for the city in the next four years to help the city through economic hard times, to what we can do in terms of promoting afford-able, livable homes for people — how we can attract families back into the community.

“We’re losing families. We’re losing kids. We need to turn that around,” he said. “I’m going to be looking at ways to attract families into the community.”

In his short time as Langley’s planning director, Kwarsick helped push the successful effort to lower building fees and loosen

development regulations.Fears of rampant growth

that were spread in the com-munity in recent years are wrong and unfounded, he said, and Langley certainly didn’t put its best foot for-ward when it vociferously opposed proposed develop-ment near the marina a few years back or, more recently, Langley Passage.

“Langley’s population is 1,045. [In] 2013 we will be 100 years old. It will take us 30 years, I believe, if we continue to grow at our his-toric pace, to get to the size of Coupeville.

“The fears of becoming a Lynnwood, those types of things that I know were shown at some of the com-munity meetings on this, were nonsense. Absolutely nonsense.

“Langley, with or without growth management, over the last 100 years, has grown at a pretty steady pace.

“I don’t see that pace changing at all. But I think it is important for the vital-ity of Langley, the vitality of

the school district, the vital-ity of the business owners and operators, that we accept our fair share of growth and development,” he said.

Kwarsick’s immediate work plans started to take shape this week, as he called for a special council work-shop on Jan. 4.

Agenda items include leg-islative committees for the city council, setting project and program priorities for 2012 and beyond, a discus-sion of council, mayor and staff communications, and the city’s legal services bud-get. Kwarsick also wants to talk about advanced notice of agenda items.

“I am a worker person. I have always been,” Kwarsick said. “When I was a county planning director, or a county public works direc-tor, or an infantry lieutenant. Just because I was in charge didn’t mean that my only goal was directing the work of oth-ers.”

“I’m not big on talking about things. I am big on doing things.”

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Falcon winter sports get little rest during Winter BreakBY BEN WATANABE

South Whidbey Record

The season is getting shorter, and so is the Falcon boys basketball roster.

The boys team is just one of the three South Whidbey winter sports squads that had a long December of more losses than wins.

But the team is facing other challenges, too, with the departure of two players who quit. No one has been brought up from the junior varsity squad.

“We’re running with nine,” said Falcon boys basketball head coach Henry Pope.

“I told the boys basket-ball’s like everything else; if you’re not willing to put in the work you’re going to have a hard time. Basketball’s one of those sports that teaches you life skills.”

Though the high school is on its winter break, all three Falcon teams — boys basket-ball, girls basketball and the wrestling squad — held prac-tices, which is tough stuff considering the distractions of the yuletide season.

“It’s the holiday break, they’ve got relatives in town and everybody’s out of school,” Pope said. “It’s kind of hard for teenage kids to focus on basketball.”

The sudden departure of two forwards leaves the Falcons with nine players on varsity. Pope took some of the blame for losing the two play-ers. Playing a full-court pres-sure defense requires plenty of stamina and discipline, both characteristics Pope is

trying to indoctrinate in the boys basketball program.

“Principles I’m preaching, offensively and defensively, are making basketball not fun to play,” Pope said.

A reduced roster hits the Falcons as they try to turn around a 3-5 overall record, with two victories coming from the Seaside Holiday Classic against prep teams from Oregon.

“We still need to work on controlling the ball on offense,” Pope said. “Our man-to-man defense is still not where it should be. Because of that, we’re forced to work through the holiday break. We have no choice.”

After the boys team returned to South Whidbey from its Oregon adventure,

the Falcons had one day off. One day of rest was well-deserved after playing three games in three days, includ-ing an overtime victory against Central Linn.

Then it was back to the gym for two days, where Pope saw lackluster effort and energy in the two-hour practices.

“I thought that maybe they weren’t going at it because they were tired from Seaside,” Pope said.

The day after Christmas, the boys hoops squad was back in the gym at 8 a.m. for two-hour practices. Players’ efforts remained subpar for the coaching staff.

“We came back today to refocus,” Pope continued, “today’s practice wasn’t great

either.”South Whidbey had an

early test of its short-staffed squad on Tuesday. The Falcons had three practices between the Seaside tour-nament and a cross-district game at Lynden. The Lynden Lions are 5-0 overall and aver-age 62 points per game with two games of more than 70 points.

Defensively, the Lions sty-mie their opponents to less than 34 points per game, including a 72-38 victory against Mount Baker. The Mountaineers defeated the Falcons 80-46 at SWHS.

The Falcons, however, struggled thus far on offense. Turnovers limited their scores to 47 points per game (played in Washington) while

allowing 57.4.“It’s going to be epic for

us,” Pope said. “We’re not going up there to lose but it’s going to be a tough game.”

The wrestling squad hit the mat room almost daily during the break, except the Friday before Christmas Eve and the Monday after Christmas. The South Whidbey School District began winter break Dec. 19.

“You have to keep practic-ing, because you will lose a lot of what you were working for if not,” said head coach Jim Thompson.

While other students slept in, the Falcon wrestlers were at the gym by 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. The coaches run the grapplers through condition-ing drills and scrimmage wrestling.

Evan Thompson, a former Falcon wrestler, helps the head coach (also his dad) during the school breaks. He said practicing during winter break was important because it allowed more individual time with coaches, which led to better critique and tech-nique.

South Whidbey’s grap-plers sweat while having fun at practice, too. The team played a variety of games in the mat room, from war ball to fetch, for about 30 min-utes every practice. Fetch is like king of the mountain, but with a ball, and a dozen people trying to tackle the person in the center ring.

War ball is similar to dodgeball — though played with volleyballs instead of foam balls — but without a

center line. “The games that we play

in the mat room, they’re get-ting conditioning also,” Jim Thompson said. “When the games are done, they’re sweating profusely.”

The break provided ample time for the wrestlers this year, because they last com-peted on Saturday, Dec. 17 and won’t have another match until Jan. 6, a stretch of nearly three weeks. It also brought back former Falcon wrestlers who competed in college to teach different moves.

“We had like four differ-ent kids in here showing them new stuff,” Thompson said. “Some of it is new stuff, some of it is the same stuff explained differently.”

While the boys sports struggled in their conference matches, the girls basketball team has defied a coaches’ preseason poll that picked them to finish second-to-last. The Falcon girls are 3-0 in Cascade Conference games.

They also traveled to Seaside for the basketball tournament, but lost their first two games to finish in seventh place.

Falcon girls head coach Andy Davis gave the team last week off, though he said plenty of the players went to the gym anyway.

The Falcons have 16 days between their previous game (at Seaside) and their next bout.

The wait will be worth it for South Whidbey, as it hosts the island-rival Coupeville teams in a varsity double-header Jan. 3.

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Falcon head wrestling coach Jim Thompson demonstrates a hook maneuver on Tyler Russell during a recent practice.

BY BEN WATANABESouth Whidbey Record

South Whidbey’s wrestling team was at the high school parking lot, waiting to be picked up by one of the school district’s buses.

It never showed. In head coach Jim Thompson’s

10 years as the head coach, it was the first time the Falcons missed a meet because of a clerical error.

“It was just a disappointment because you prepare for that match, you prepare your kids,” Thompson said. “They all get out of bed, and it’s not easy to get some of these 14- and 15-year-olds to show up here at 4:30, 5 in the morning.”

All 24 wrestlers and the three coaches waited from 5 a.m. until

about 6:30 before they realized their ride wasn’t going to show. Besides, by then the Falcons would have missed the 7:15 a.m. ferry from Coupeville to Port Townsend, which would have made them miss the 8:30 weigh-in.

“At that point, nothing could’ve been done,” Thompson said.

Turns out, the Falcons had a ride waiting, just not where they had hoped to find it. Less than one mile away on Maxwelton Road, vans were waiting to be driven from the district’s transportation and maintenance hub.

Originally, the transportation department received a request for three eight-passenger vans to be used by the wrestling team on

Saturday, Dec. 10.“They had requested vans and

we had two vans ready to go,” said Kevin Lungren, the school district’s transportation supervisor. “Apparently they made a change and that didn’t get communicated to us.”

The week of the meet, Thompson changed the order for a bus and sent it to the athletic office at the high school. He needed the bus because he wanted to take the entire wrestling team to the tourna-ment, not just the varsity wrestlers.

South Whidbey athletic direc-tor Scott Mauk took the blame for stranding the squad.

“There were vans ready for pick-up when a bus was expected

to show up in the morning,” Mauk said. “I take full responsibility.”

The tournament registration fees, estimated at $150, were likely to be refunded. Thompson called the Port Townsend tournament organizers and told them his team would not be there.

“They said, ‘Hey, sorry. Your guys are more than welcome back next year,’” Thompson said.

Mauk said he apologized as soon as he learned of the botched road trip.

Mauk, who is in his first year as the school’s athletic director and assistant principal, said he’ll double check in the future to make sure the proper paperwork is sent to the transportation office.

“After I figured out what went wrong, I apologized and am trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Mauk said.

Thompson said the missed tournament will hurt the younger athletes more than the team’s seasoned wrestlers. Eight of the Falcons are first-time wrestlers this season, and the schedule is lim-ited to eight tournaments and five Cascade Conference dual meets.

“This was a tournament where the varsity kids weren’t going to suffer the loss that much,” Thompson said. “But some of these younger kids, you took something away from them.”

Miscommunication causes Falcon wrestlers to miss tournament

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Here we are, only three more days away from the beginning of a brand new year, and I think it’s fair to say that most of us have

serious doubts that 2012 will be a vast improve-ment over 2011.

This tired, dis-appoint-ing old year

ends, however, with scenes of soldiers, thousands of them, returning home from Iraq, and that alone is suffi-cient cause for huge celebra-tion.

Unfortunately, the last troops hadn’t been gone three days before a barrage of bombs tore apart part of Baghdad, killing at least 69 people, apparently an attack by al-Quaida related Sunnis on Shiites. In other words, 10 years, more than 4,000 dead and billions of dollars later, it appears little has changed, and it’s difficult to hope for things to improve in 2012. Sectarian hatred and violence seem to be a way

of life there, and it took very little time for a resumption of that mode to occur.

I can’t help wonder-ing what our troops in Afghanistan must be think-ing as they watch, as I’m sure they are on whatever tech devices they have avail-able, the homecomings and now the resumed violence. One war, we hope, now ended, but theirs is ongoing; will it, too, be over, perhaps by this time next year? Will there ever again be a time when we can celebrate a new year without a war? Hope springs eternal, as they say.

That’s what New Year cel-ebrations are mostly about,

hope. Poet Ogden Nash, who had a way of quickly putting a point across with whacky, witty little poems, put it this way:

Man is a victim of dopeIn the incurable form of

hope. We’re hooked on hope,

can’t help hoping, especially as one year ends and a new one rolls in, that “things will be different next year,” or “things will surely be better next year.” We wish each other health, happiness and “may all your hopes for the New Year come true.”

And no matter how much our hopes are dashed as the

year progresses, we still, somehow, feel uplifted and hopeful as we prepare for a new year.

Some of us make resolu-tions, in the hope it will change whatever is giving us ongoing trouble in our lives. We’re determined to change something, perhaps only one thing (more often than not it’s something about losing weight and working out), but at least something, in our life “next year.” I have to confess, I’m among the guilty when it comes to failed resolutions.

I’ve had one resolution that I recycle and use every year. I can do that because

I’ve yet to make that par-ticular resolution last longer than a week or two. I’m mak-ing it again this year, more determined than ever and filled with hope that 2012 will be the year that

I WILL NOT BUY ONE MORE COOKBOOK BUT WILL USE INSTEAD THE SEVERAL HUNDRED I ALREADY HAVE!

Frankly, my hope factor is low for 2012, but check with me this time next year and I “hope” I’ll be eating those words. Meanwhile Happy New Year to all our readers and my

WHIDBEY RECIPES

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Here’s hoping we’ll actually have a ‘Happy New Year’

Margaret Bendet will lead “The Art of the Mini Memoir,” a series of classes that will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 10 to Jan. 31, at the Bayview Senior Center.

Bendet is a professional writer and editor who has put togeth-er her own mini memoirs as a lifelong hobby. Students will get a good start in the art of mem-oir writing, and should bring a notebook and pen or a laptop and be ready to write.

The cost is $70; $60 for senior

center members. For information and to regis-

ter, call 321-1600 or 678-3373.

A community gathering will be held Friday to remember the three young men who died in a car crash near Clinton on Nov. 11.

Individual memorial services have already been held for Charles “Mack” Porter III, Marcel “Mick” Poynter and Robert Knight, and organizers said the upcoming event will be held to

celebrate their lives of all three.The celebration of life is

7 p.m. Dec. 30 at Bayview Community Hall.

Friends of the trio are encour-aged to bring their favorite pho-tos or write a few words about a best memory to share with the families of the three.

A fingerfood and chip-and-dip potluck is also planned.

For more information, email gpoynter@whidbey.com.

The Whidbey Island Almanac, published annually by the South Whidbey Record and the Whidbey News-Times, will be dis-tributed early next year.

To have your club or orga-

nization listed in the 2012 version of the Almanac, email your meeting dates and con-tact information to jlarsen@whidbeynewsgroup.com. If you are satisfied with your listing in the 2011 Almanac, no action is required.

The Almanac is a popular compilation of Whidbey Island information useful to newcom-ers, island residents and their guests. For information on advertising, contact advertis-ing manager Le Anne Mozes at lmozes@soundpublising.com.

Women singers of all ages are welcome to join Chanteuse Women’s Choir, which begins a

12-week session in January.New and returning sing-

ers are invited to join director Cheryl Veblen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 in the Fireside Room at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland.

This session’s theme will be “Songs of Faith” and includes the lovely “Ave Maria”, “Let There Be Peace On Earth” and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Pie Jesu.”

There are no auditions required to join, just a voice placement at the first meeting. Music reading is a plus, but not required.

The choir will perform two concerts at the end of March.

The session cost is $75, which includes the sheet music. For more information, call 360-678-1240.

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BY BEN WATANABESouth Whidbey Record

LANGLEY — The tears were real. The money was, too.

Recently, Brenda Fox met with Lori Cavender, executive director of Ryan’s House for Youth. She was there for a pleasant occasion; Fox donated $500 to the planned teen homeless shelter on South Whidbey, and the donation marked a moment from a user of home-less services for both her and her son David Rogers, to someone who chose to return the kindness.

“It’s a euphoric high to give some-body money,” Fox said.

Cavender is waiting on permits to begin construction of the South End’s first homeless youth shelter. While she waits, she is seeking donations and grants to fund the program on a long-term basis.

Private dona-tions like Fox’s had special mean-ing to Cavender, who knows Fox’s story well.

“This donation is huge,” Cavender said. “The fact that you’re giving this donation — there are no words that can express my gratitude.”

Fox’s 17-year-old son lived in a shelter in Everett while his mom was homeless. She stayed with friends for a while, but never per-manent. Rather than have Rogers live with her from house to house or in her car, she sent him to the youth shelter.

“I did not know where to stay,” Fox said. “I couldn’t even have shel-ter for me. That was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life.”

Rogers met Cavender while working at the Island County Fair. He asked her about the nonprofit and shared his story of living in a homeless shel-ter on the mainland because there wasn’t a place for him on South Whidbey.

“Living on the island, we don’t have the shelters, we

don’t have the walk-ins,” Cavender explained, adding that youths such as Rogers are just the kind of kids who will benefit from Ryan’s House.

“David is such a wonderful boy,” Cavender said.

They spoke about the need for a homeless youth shelter on Whidbey Island. Rogers told Cavender he would have loved to stay on the South End, instead of living in Snohomish County. After all, he grew up on South Whidbey until

he was in mid-dle school. The transition from his South End home to a new city, then becom-ing homeless, Rogers regrets not having a youth shel-ter to return to on South Whidbey.

“Then maybe they would have been able to help me more,” Rogers said.

A windfall of money helped the mother and son relocate to a new residence in Snohomish County.

Fox recently started a flower deliv-ery business and was able to donate money to Ryan’s House. Rogers,

a senior at a techni-cal school, moved in with her at her new place over town. The pair hope their sup-port of the South End’s future shelter will inspire oth-ers to pitch in.

“I made it my goal to donate to Ryan’s House,” Fox said. “I, as a single mom, encourage everyone to give money to Ryan’s House.”

Ben Watanabe can be reached at 221-5300.

Contact information: Call Executive Director Lori Cavender at 206-356-2405, or email cavender.lori@gmail.com. The nonprofit youth homeless shelter is raising funds to build the Scatchet Head location. To donate, visit www.ryanshouseforyouth.org.

sincere hope is that 2012 will in fact be a very good year for each and every one of you.

RECIPESI really hate seeing each

year end because they seem to fly by too quickly, but I love the parties that go with it, so I guess it’s a trade-off. Almost my favor-ite way to eat is “grazing” at a buffet table laden with appetizers, finger foods, hors de oeuvre, whatever you choose to call them. Many plates full of different small bites of good eats. You eat what you want, as much or as little as you wish, during an evening of friendship as you ring in the New Year. So today it’s all about the finger food, appetizers, or as my Aunt Thelma always said, “the hooey dooeys.”

There are several ver-sions of Eggs Mimosa, mostly different only in the herbs used, but basically this is just a kicked up way to serve “deviled” eggs. This is one I like because it incorporates avocados.

EGGS MIMOSA12 eggs, hard boiled2 ripe avocados, halved

and pitted1 clove garlic, crushed or

put through a garlic pressTabasco sauce, to taste1 T. quality olive oilSalt and freshly ground

black pepper, to taste20 leaves of small crisp

romaine, Belgian endive, or lettuce

Basil leaves, for garnish Set aside 2 eggs. Halve

the remaining eggs and put the yolks in a mixing bowl. Blend or beat the yolks with the avocados, garlic, Tabasco sauce, oil and salt and pepper. Check and adjust the seasoning to taste. Pipe or spoon this mixture into the halved egg whites.

Sieve the remaining two egg whites and sprinkle over the filled egg halves. Sieve the yolks on top. Arrange each half egg on whichever green leaf you’ve chosen and place them on a serving platter. Sprinkle shredded basil over the egg halves before serving. Makes 20 Mimosas.

What could be more mouth watering than a crispy bite of Gorgonzola cheese and walnuts, espe-cially if you can make these easily yourself and they don’t need a spread or a dip? Just pop them in your mouth.

GORGONZOLA WALNUT BITES

1½ cups flour2-3 t. cracked black pep-

per (fresh coarsely ground black pepper)

8 oz. Gorgonzola cheese (if Gorgonzola is too heavy for you, use blue cheese)

¼ cup butter

1 cup chopped walnuts2 egg yolks, slightly

beaten In a med. bowl, combine

flour and black pepper. Using a pastry blender, cut in cheese and butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in walnuts and egg yolks. Form the mix-ture into a ball and knead until well combined, but don’t overwork.

Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a 9-inch long roll; wrap in plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hrs.

Cut rolls into ¼-inch slic-es and place slices 1-inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 425-degree oven for 8-10 min., or until bot-toms and edges are golden brown. Transfer to wire racks. Serve warm or at room temp. Store, tightly covered, in the refrigerator, if not serving immediately. Makes about 72.

There are so many “snack mix” appetizer recipes around, it’s almost silly to give you another one; however, this one is not your everyday mix and you can make it as hot or not as you please. And it’s easy. Double it if you’re having a big party; it does go fast because it’s one of those “I’ll just have a nibble or two” bowls that are sud-

denly empty.

SOUTHWEST SNACK MIX

8 cups popped popcorn1 T. taco seasoning mix

(regular or hot, to your taste)

2 cups peanuts1½ cups corn chips (your

preference)1 cup golden raisins¾ to 1 cup toasted pump-

kin seeds Remove any unpopped

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ObituariesDorothy L. (Horton) McDonald

Dorothy L. McDonald, 88, passed away peacefully Nov 26, 2011 at her daugh-ter’s home in Pahrump, Nev.

Born Dec. 16, 1922 in Spokane, she was preceded in death by all of her siblings and her first husband Virgil Horton, the father of her chil-dren: Kathy (Gary) Stelzner, Sue (Chuck) Frye, Jean Hagen and Chris Horton.

She married Neil McDonald who also preced-ed her in death. They loved to camp and travel in their motorhome. Their favorite place was Grandy Creek, Wash.

She was a volunteer at the Community Thrift Store for

years and when she spoke they all listened.

Remembrances may be made to her church, Trinity Lutheran in Freeland, or Nathan Adelson Hospice (1401 S Highway 160, Pahrump, NV 89048) who took excellent care of her in Nevada.

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BY PATRICIA DUFFSouth Whidbey Record

CLINTON — With open arms, Fara Wexler draws one in to the bright and cheerful expanse of her art-filled home with the energy of someone newly in love.

Considering the ardent manner in which she speaks of her late husband, artist Lee Jesse Wexler, one would think the couple were recent newlyweds. They had, in fact, been married almost 59 years before Lee died of Lymphoma in June 2010.

He will be honored next month when “Lee Wexler, A Retrospective” opens Jan. 7 at Brackenwood Gallery in Langley.

In the house that the couple shared in Clinton for 20 years overlooking the water and sur-rounded by the prolific gardens she planted, Fara described a love-at-first encounter the two artists experienced when she met him at the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1950s.

“Lee and I met as art students. He was a returning GI and I was a 17-year-old overachiever,” she said with a laugh.

Lee Jesse (as Fara often calls him) would go on to receive his master of fine arts degree in design at University of Southern California, and became a fine art-ist, designer, muralist and later a professor at California State University, Los Angeles for 28 years. He was a professor emeri-tus there at the time of his death.

The works for sale in the exhibit are culled from his family’s collec-tion and are among the best of Wexler’s watercolor, egg tempera and pastel paintings.

Fara said Lee believed that his work needed to be out in the world after he died.

“He did everything he could with his gifts from teaching about art to designing contempo-rary things, to murals, portraits, landscape paintings, to design-ing museums,” Fara Wexler said of her husband. He designed both the Frontier Museum in Temecula, Calif. and the refur-bished bunk house of the South Whidbey Historical Museum.

Showing some of Wexler’s early lithographs he had done while they were still young students, Fara was impressed by her hus-band’s talents all over again.

“His gifts were just incredible. What can I say? Not only did I think he was the most handsome hunk I’d ever seen, but he was the most talented man,” Fara said.

In the 1960s and ’70s, while continuing to paint and exhibit, Wexler opened a design firm in California and added murals to his list of accomplishments. His murals can be seen in both the Sunkist and the International Paper Co. headquarters in Los Angeles. Wexler was also a sig-nature member of the National Watercolor Society and over the years served as the vice-president and president of the society.

The couple shared a pole build-ing on their property that is split into “his and hers” art studios, his portion still alive with the prolific variety of his work and life.

A poem the artist had written for his wife hangs on the wall near the studio door and champi-ons their lives together working in their studios in concentrated silence, “alone yet together.”

Fara tears up a bit recalling the sentiments.

“I have to be grateful of the time we had and I’m not going to wail and whine,” she said.

“I’m going to honor him with his work and remember all the marvelous things. As Winston Churchill said, ‘Stay calm, and carry on,’” she added, laughing heartily.

Over time Lee’s work became increasingly personal and Fara said that he would not take a commission or paint anything that didn’t mean something to him. He was a very generous spirit, she said, and if anybody asked him for anything, he’d give. His kindness was extensive.

This is evidenced from the long list of letters and notes Fara Wexler received from friends, stu-dents and associates of her hus-band. One former student of Lee’s wrote:

The years I spent learning from Lee were incredible years. I was unsure of myself as an artist since my background was architecture and Lee’s approach truly expanded my horizons as a person as well as an artist. I have patterned much of myself around his approach to people and life. When I teach, I catch myself thinking of how Lee … would handle the ‘crowd.’

Another one was written to the Wexler’s son, Mark, from a fel-low member of the Northwest Watercolor Society:

We were all so saddened to hear of your father’s death. I got to know Lee when he first came to the Northwest Watercolor Society and will never forget the presentation he made at a members’ meeting when he showed his series on the Japanese location camps. What a moving and powerful collection. Lee also was very helpful to me in l997, ‘98 and ‘99 when we were planning the NWWS 60th anni-versary which culminated in the exhibition at the Frye Art Museum. I also worked with Lee in getting the NWWS Foundation started. He did such a great job heading up the foundation for many years. We are all indebted to him for his vision and dedication.

Fara Wexler said she heard from many people after Lee’s death and still does so more than a year later.

“Of course, all along the way people and social justice were very important issues and themes

for him,” she said, adding that water, too, was an ongoing theme because he was raised on the coast in Venice Beach, Calif.

“My work deals with the human condition. I try to capture that which is deeply personal,” Lee Wexler once wrote of his work.

A good example of such work is the “Manzanar Japanese Relocation Camp” series, a 21-painting series that is part of Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum’s permanent collection and deals with the American internment of the Japanese during World War II.

“He picked things that were interesting to him such as the Japanese internment series and a series of portraits of Holocaust survivors,” Fara said, explaining further that for her husband art

was not an intellectual exercise, but an emotional one.

“Lee said, ‘It’s not what you think, it’s what you feel.’”

Also, included in Brackenwood’s retrospective are examples from a variety of series by the artist, including the “Bus Stop,” “Island,” “Survivors” and “Water and Light.”

Her husband, whom she praised also as a “marvelous dancer” and who was an all-star athlete in his younger days, was always busy.

“This was Lee — interested in everything all the time,” Wexler

Photo courtesy of Brackenwood Gallery

Lee Wexler’s “Short Summer” is one of many portraits the artist painted of his wife, Fara Wexler, over his lifetime. “He was always doing portraits, constantly doing portraits,” Fara Wexler said.

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recalled. “He was very curious

and he had the vigor and the energy to follow through. You haven’t even seen the teahouse he built. Oh boy, are you kidding? I called him ‘Flash.’ He was here one second and gone the next,” she said with another hearty laugh.

When the Wexlers visited the Pacific Northwest for the first time, Lee fell in love with the light and beauty of the area.

At that time, Fara Wexler had a busy job as an arts administrator for the 687 schools of the Los Angeles Unified School District and wasn’t sure, at first, that she could leave her important life in the big city.

“My life was very busy. I loved it; it was a marvelous experience,” she said.

“But there was a part of me that I never knew existed and which has come out here because of Lee and the art.”

After the couple decided to move to Whidbey Island in 1992, Lee became well inte-grated into the Northwest art

community and Fara Wexler has blossomed into a profes-sional artist in her own right.

She said her husband truly lived in the moment and that there were so many things he still wanted to do. Cancer took his life within six months of his diagnosis.

“He has always given me so much in my life,” she said.

“I hope that I was able to give something back to him.

I just admired him and the work he did.”

An opening reception of “Lee Wexler, A Retrospective” is from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7. The show will con-tinue through Jan. 30.

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Patricia Duff can be reached at 877-316-7276 or pduff@whidbeynewsgroup.com.

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Above is a detail of Lee Wexler’s “Holocaust Couple” and at left is his “Gold Star Mother,” a portrait he did of his “Aunt Bea.” Both paintings are part of the retrospec-tive of the artist’s work opening Saturday, Jan. 7 at Brackenwood Gallery in Langley which will show several series he painted including” Bus Stop,” “Island,” “Survivors” and “Water and Light.”

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Sno-Isle Libraries will host an additional screening and public discussion of the new PBS documentary, “Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness,” in December. The screening is part of Sno-Isle Libraries’ “Issues that Matter” series of programs that encourage community dialogue.

A local screening of the film is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29 at Langley Library.

“Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness” tells the story of resi-dents of a Long Island village taking action after a local immi-grant is killed in a hate crime attack by seven teenagers.

While starkly revealing the trauma of hate, the film pro-vides a blueprint for people who want to do something before intolerance turns to vio-lence.

The hour-long documentary, narrated by Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard, will be followed by a discussion about what local residents can do to stop hate in their community. Communities across the country use the film to initiate dialogue about intolerance and anti-immigrant violence.

The South Whidbey American Legion Post 141 is ringing in the New Year with a membership drive and live band perfor-mance. The public is welcome to enjoy the Stranded Dogs of Oak Harbor play some excit-ing music starting at 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.

Information will be available for anyone eligible to join the Post, Auxiliary or Sons of the American Legion. A recom-mended $10 donation will be accepted at the door and an assortment of snacks will be available to munch on through-out the evening.

The South Whidbey Polar Bear Dive will return to Double

Bluff Beach on New Year’s Day.Registration begins at

10:30 a.m. and the jump is at noon. The cost is $15 per person with $5 off for Polar Bears who bring a bag of canned food for Good Cheer.

A “First Day Hike” will be held on New Year’s Day at Deception Pass State Park.

The park is one of four Washington state parks that will be open for guided tours on the holiday as part of the America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initia-tive.

The hikes offer individuals and families an opportunity to celebrate New Year’s Day by connecting with the outdoors while supporting healthy life-style habits in the natural set-tings of Washington.

The other hikes will be in Fields Spring State Park in Anatone; Lake Sylvia State Park in Montesano; and Squilchuck State Park in Wenatchee.

At Deception Pass Park, the mile-and-a-half hike will begin at 11 a.m. at the Bowman Bay parking area. The trail is moder-ate, and children must be 5 years and older to participate.

Hot chocolate will be pro-vided after the hike. It is recom-mended that participants bring water.

More information about First Day Hikes in Washington is available online at www.parks.

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Come join Ryan’s House For Youth as they draw the win-ning ticket to find out who is the lucky winner of two Alaska Airline Tickets. A drawing party is 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, with the drawing at 1 p.m., at the Paint Escape in Freeland.

The Paint Escape is located at 1664 Main St.

Interested in learning to med-itate? Already meditating and interested in deepening your practice?

Come learn mindfulness/awareness meditation and join others in practice at a medita-tion open house from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3 in the Sanctuary at the Whidbey Institute.

Meditation instruction is offered free of charge by instructor Howard M. Aposhyan, and will introduce the practices of Shamatha (“calm-abiding”) and Vipashyana (“Insight”) meditation. Aposhyan is a senior student of the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, a Tibetan teacher and meditation master. A practitioner for 23 years, he has taught meditation at the Naropa University in Boulder, Colo.

No appointment is necessary. A goodwill donation for sup-port of the facilities is welcome, but not required. Call 321-4284 or visit www.nalandabodhi.org for more information.

Tom Trimbath will lead a class on modern self-publishing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 at the Bell house in Freeland (call for directions).

Trimbath, the author of sev-eral self-published books, will describe the changing and enabling technology that is modern self-publishing. Laser printers and e-books are doing to publishing what digital audio and video are doing to music and movies, and the class will explain what it takes to get your creation into a reader’s hands. The cost is $40.

For more information, call 221-2201 or 425-765-6295 or email tetrimbath@whidbey.com.

Stephan A. Schwartz will lead “Opening to the Infinite: Science, Shamanism, and the Hidden Self,” a three-day work-shop that will guide participants in learning and experiencing techniques for accessing the non-local self, Jan. 6-8 at the Sears House in Bayview.

Using paths grounded in

science, as well as shamanic and spiritual traditions, the workshop will include the direct experience of techniques for accessing the non-local self.

Schwartz is one of the acknowledged founders of Remote Viewing, a “modern mental yoga” and a scientific approach to experiencing the non-local.

For 40 years he has been studying the nature of con-sciousness, particularly that aspect independent of space and time. He is also the Senior Samueli Fellow for Brain, Mind and Healing at the Samueli Institute, a research associ-ate of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory of the Laboratories for Fundamental Research, and the author of 50 technical papers and reports.

To register, contact Craig Weiner at 331-5565 or drcraig@chirozone.net.

The American Association of University Women Whidbey Island Branch will join the League of Women Voters legis-lative brunch at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Whidbey Golf and Country Club, 2430 SW Fairway Lane, Oak Harbor.

Reservations must be made by Dec. 30; contact Teri Jones at 360-678-4197 or email terbear@cablesped.com. The cost is $20, and attendees can also pay at the door.

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Choochokam Arts is proud to announce its Cabin Fever Series, starting Tuesday, Jan. 10 at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley with a night of jazz with Seattle’s Bahia and the Atman Quartet. The show is at 7:30 p.m. and tickets cost $15 and are available at the Langley chamber office at 208 Anthes Ave. or by calling 221-6765. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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10:27 a.m. — A man said someone cut a tree on his vacant property at the end of Shore Meadow Road.

10:29 a.m. — Vandalism was reported to the portable toilets at Freeland Park.

11:14 a.m. — Two large dogs were loose on Mutiny Bay Road.

11:25 a.m. — A two-car accident involving a van and an SUV was reported on Highway 525 near Donahey Road.

11:58 a.m. — A burglary was reported on Deer Lake Road. A propane heater, tank, hose and drill motor were taken from a guest house during the night.

TUESDAY, DEC. 139:24 a.m. — A man said

items were taken from his vehicle that was parked at the Clinton Park-and-Ride, and he also had a flat tire.

11:16 a.m. — A caller reported fraudulent charges on a credit card.

3:34 p.m. — A caller said someone was harassing and making threats on Bayview Road.

5:19 p.m. — Mail from several homes was found on the side of the roadway on Saratoga Road.

6:13 p.m. — A resident on Bush Point Road complained of a smelly burn and said it might be garbage.

6:26 p.m. — Mail was reported stolen on Pioneer Park Place.

7:08 p.m. — A woman said her nephew was beat-ing up her son with a two-by-four on Cultus Bay Road. Both men were in their 30s.

7:24 p.m. — A man said his daughter was being ver-bally abusive. It’s an ongoing problem.

7:35 p.m. — A woman was getting upsetting emails

from her grown son’s ex-girlfriend.

9:01 p.m. — An injured deer was seen near Sills Road.

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barking and howling on Wilson Place.

5:47 a.m. — A driver in a dark colored sports car was passing people recklessly on Highway 525 near Bayview Road.

7:59 a.m. — A resident on Bush Point Road reported ongoing problems with a neighbor who was burning garbage.

8:31 a.m. — A caller found a pit bull at Freeland Park and called the owner on the dog’s tags. The caller said the man sounded very intoxicated and wasn’t mak-ing any sense.

9:44 a.m. — A possible illegal burn was reported on

Coles Road.10:38 a.m. — A car was

prowled while it was parked on Main Street.

11:02 a.m. — A woman was at a store on Main Street and said her husband had dementia and she couldn’t find him.

1:36 p.m. — A caller reported a handgun that was either lost or stolen somewhere between Freeland and Texas.

5:32 p.m. — A driver in a Chevrolet Astro van was tailgating an aid unit on Highway 525 near Bayview Road.

7:45 p.m. — A caller said a man in an older model, beat-up Mazda was casing houses on Blakely Avenue. The driver was seen headed toward Swede Hill Road.

7:52 p.m. — A driver hit a deer on Bayview Road.

THURSDAY, DEC. 157:53 a.m. — A driver in

a red Cadillac was going

extremely slow on Highway 525 and a long line of cars was backed up behind the vehicle.

9:52 a.m. — A woman said her husband took her car keys and she wanted to know about her rights.

12:23 a.m. — A woman found two big piles of items on her property on Old County Road.

1:37 p.m. — A caller said people were hanging out at a place on San Juan Avenue and no one was supposed to be there. The power had been turned off for several weeks.

1:53 p.m. — A man want-ed to share information on a roommate who was being stalked.

2:52 p.m. — Firewood was stolen on Bayview Road.

3:25 p.m. — A man said a GMC Safari van pulled in front of him on Highway 525 near Bayview Road and almost caused an acci-dent. The other driver then wouldn’t go faster than

35 mph.

FRIDAY, DEC. 168:20 a.m. — A lockbox

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3:14 p.m. — A caller said an infant was left unat-tended in a Honda Civic parked in the primary school parking lot.

4:38 p.m. — Someone heard a high-powered rifle in the woods on Midvale Road.

5:19 p.m. — A man said his family was threatened by the father of his daugh-ter’s friend, and said that if anything happened to his daughter while she was with the caller’s daughter that he would kill her family.

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9:34 p.m. — A vehi-cle was in the ditch at Maxwelton and Rivendell roads. The driver did not need medical assistance.

10:36 p.m. — A Bronco-type truck was flipped over on its roof at Hong Kong Gardens.

SATURDAY, DEC. 177:31 a.m. — A woman

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10:06 a.m. — A mailbox was stolen on Smugglers Cove Road.

10:53 a.m. — A man on Classic Road said a pot- bellied pig was running crazy on his property and had run through his camp.

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7 7 1 3 . 2 1 8 1 8 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank National As- sociation Grantee: Kenneth A. Alldritt and Donna R. All- dritt, husband and wife Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4171658 Tax Parcel ID No.: S7262-00-00011-0 Abbre- viated Legal: Lot 11, Kath- wood PRD Notice of Trus- tee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washing- ton 61.24, et seq. I. On Jan- uary 27, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main en- trance of the Island County

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Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any con- d i t ions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following de- scribed real property “Prop- e r t y ” , s i t u a t e d i n t h e County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Lot 11, Kathwood Planned Resi- dential Development, ac- cording to the Plat thereof, recorded in Volume 1 of Planned Residential Devel- opments, pages 72, 73 and 7 4 , R e c o r d s o f I s l a n d County, Washington. Situ- a t ed i n I s l and Coun ty, Washington. Commonly known as: 1378 Jordan Cour t Oak Ha rbo r, WA 98277 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 05/24/06, recorded on 05/26/06, under Audi- tor ’s F i le No. 4171658, records of Island County, Washington, from Kenneth A. Alldritt and Donna R. All- dritt, husband and wife, as Grantor, to Chicago Title In- surance Company, as Trus- tee, to secure an obligation “Obl igat ion” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Regis- t r a t i o n S y s t e m s , I n c . “MERS” as nominee o f Lender, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- tems, Inc. “MERS” as nomi- nee of Lender, its succes- sors and assigns to U.S. Bank National Association, under an Assignment/Suc- cessive Assignments re- corded under Auditor’s File No. 4303273. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Ab- breviated Legal Description are provided solely to com- ply with the recording stat- utes and are not intended to supplement, amend or su- persede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action com- menced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Cour t by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s de- fault on the Obligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges de- fault of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the follow- ing amounts now in arrears a n d / o r o t h e r d e f a u l t s : Amount due to reinstate by 10/24/2011 Monthly Pay- ments $12,294.81 Late Charges $531.54 Lender’s Fees & Costs $1,904.11 To- tal Arrearage $14,730.46 Trustee’s Expenses (Item- i z a t i o n ) Tr u s t e e ’s F e e $ 7 7 5 . 0 0 T i t l e R e p o r t $724.00 Statutory Mailings $19.52 Recording Costs $28.00 Postings $70.00 Sa le Costs $0 .00 Tota l C o s t s $ 1 , 6 1 6 . 5 2 To t a l Amount Due: $16,346.98 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Princi- pal Balance of $182,209.58, together with interest as provided in the note or oth- er instrument evidencing t h e O b l i g a t i o n f r o m 01/01/11, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as pro- vided by statute. The sale will be made without repre- sentation or warranty, ex- press or implied regarding title, possession, encum- brances or condition of the Property on January 27, 2012. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be

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discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Ken- neth A. Alldritt 1378 Jordan Cour t Oak Ha rbo r, WA 98277 Kenneth A. Alldritt 902 Northeast Scheffiera P l a c e C o u p e v i l l e , W A 98239-3561 Donna R. All- dritt 1378 Jordan Court Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Donna R. Alldritt 902 Northeast Scheffiera Place Coupeville, WA 98239-3561 by both first class and either certi- fied mail, return receipt re- quested on 07/21/11, proof of which is in the posses- sion of the Trustee; and on 07/21/11 Grantor and Bor- rower we re pe rsona l l y served with said written no- tice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, wil l provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and a l l those who ho ld by, through or under the Gran- tor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objec- t ion to the sa le on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 1 0 / 2 4 / 2 0 1 1 N o r t h w e s t Trus tee Ser v i ces , Inc . , Trustee Authorized Signa- ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue,

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WA 98009-0997 Contact: V o n n i e M c E l l i g o t t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7713.21818) 1002.200244- FEILEGAL NO. 347026Published: Whidbey News T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Reco rd , December 28 , 2011, January 18, 2012.

7 0 3 7 . 0 5 4 1 1 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, suc- cessor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC Grantee: Steven Ross and Deann Ross, husband and wife Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4239062 Tax Parcel ID No.: S 6 1 6 3 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 5 - 0 / 626040 Abbreviated Legal: Lo t 5 , B renden Woods Planned Residential Devel- opment Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Re- vised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On January 27, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. out- side the main entrance of the Island County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (sub- ject to any conditions im- posed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the

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fol lowing described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Lot 5, Brenden Woods, according to the plan thereof, record- ed in Volume 1 of Planned Residential Developments, Page 1, records of Island County, Washington. Situ- a t ed i n I s l and Coun ty, Washington. More accu- rately described as: Lot 5, Brenden Woods Planned Residential Development, according to Site Plan re- corded in Vo lume 1 o f Planned Residential Devel- opments, Page 1, as Audi- tor’s File No. 88001178, records of Island County, Washington. Commonly known as: 3939 Brenden Circle Clinton, WA 98236 which is subject to that cer- tain Deed of Trust dated 10 /24 /08 , r eco rded on 10/29/08, under Auditor’s File No. 4239062, records of Island County, Washing- ton, from Steven Ross and Deann Ross, husband and wife, as Grantor, to Chicago Title Island County, as Trus- tee, to secure an obligation “Obl igat ion” in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank , N.A., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to Chase Home Finance LLC, under an Assignment/Successive Assignments recorded un- d e r A u d i t o r ’s F i l e N o . 4271486. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Description are pro- vided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supple- ment, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 10/19/2011 Month- ly Payments $62,219.85 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts $4,581.01 Total Arrearage $66,800.86 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee ’s Fee $472.50 Sa le Costs $32.61 Total Costs $505.11 Total Amount Due: $67,305.97 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obliga- tion is: Principal Balance of $413,919.51, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 11/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by stat- ute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regard- ing title, possession, en- cumbrances or condition of the Property on January 27, 2012. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), and before

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the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS STE- VEN D. ROSS 3939 BREN- DEN CIR CLINTON, WA 98236 Deann Ross 3939 Brenden Cir Clinton, WA 98236 STEVEN D. ROSS PO Box 389 Clinton, WA 98236 Deann Ross PO Box 389 Clinton, WA 98236 by both first class and either certi- fied mail, return receipt re- quested on 03/26/10, proof of which is in the posses- sion of the Trustee; and on 03/26/10 Grantor and Bor- rower we re pe rsona l l y served with said written no- tice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, wil l provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and a l l those who ho ld by, through or under the Gran- tor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objec- t ion to the sa le on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 1 0 / 1 9 / 2 0 1 1 N o r t h w e s t Trus tee Ser v i ces , Inc . , Trustee Authorized Signa- ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: B e c k y B a k e r ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7037.05411) 1002.150944- FEILEGAL NO. 347028Published: Whidbey News T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Reco rd , December 28 , 2011, January 18, 2012.

7 0 2 1 . 2 6 7 8 1 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank National As- sociation, as Trustee for the Specialty Underwriting and Residential FinanceTrust M o r t g a g e L o a n A s s e t - Backed Certificates Series 2006-BC1 Grantee: Zachary J. Walen and Heather L. Walen, husband and wife

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Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4143193 Tax Parcel ID No.: S6250-20-36006-0 Abbre- viated Legal: Lt. 6, Blk. 36, Camano Country Club No. 20 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On January 27, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main entrance of the Is- land County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memori- al at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Washington, the under- signed Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at pub- lic auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following descr ibed rea l property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Island, State o f Wash ington : LOT 6 , BLOCK 36, OF PLAT OF CA- MANO ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB, ADDITION NO. 20, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN V O L U M E 9 O F P L AT S , PAGE 81, RECORDS OF IS- LAND COUNTY, WASHING- TON. SITUATE IN ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON. Commonly known as: 1876 Elhardt Street Camano Is- land, WA 98282 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 08/03/05, re- corded on 08/05/05, under Auditor’s File No. 4143193, records of Island County, Washington, from Heather Walen and Zachary Walen, husband and wife, as Gran- tor, to Chicago, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Ob- ligation” in favor of Mort- gage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. sole ly as nominee for MortgageIt, Inc., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- tems, Inc. to U.S. Bank Na- tional Association, as Trus- tee for the Specialty Under- writing and Residential Fi- nanceTrust Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2006-BC1, under an Assignment/Successive As- signments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 4264419. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided sole- ly to comply with the re- cording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 10/21/2011 Month- ly Payments $37,158.87 Late Charges $1,895.40 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts $1,563.18 Total Arrearage $40,617.45 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $450.00 Statutory Mailings $99.72 Recording Costs $127.00 Post ings $ 8 7 3 . 5 2 S a l e C o s t s $ 1 , 5 1 2 . 1 0 To t a l C o s t s $3,062.34 Total Amount Due : $43 ,679 .79 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Bal- ance of $157,500.00, to- gether with interest as pro- vided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 04/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are pro- vided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to sat- isfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representa- tion or warranty, express or

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implied regarding title, pos- session, encumbrances or condition of the Property on January 27, 2012. The de- fault(s) referred to in para- graph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontin- uance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time be- fore the close of the Trus- tee’s business on 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, to- gether with any subsequent payments, late charges, ad- vances , costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 01/16/12 (11 days be- fore the sale date), and be- fore the sale by the Borrow- er, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any record- ed junior lien or encum- brance paying the entire balance of principal and in- terest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Gran- tor at the fol lowing ad- dress(es): NAME AND AD- DRESS Heather Walen 1876 Elhardt Street Camano Is- land, WA 98282 Zachary Walen 1876 Elhardt Street Camano Island, WA 98282 by both first class and ei- ther certified mail, return r e c e i p t r e q u e s t e d o n 11/20/09, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 11/20/09 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicu- ous place on the real prop- erty described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writ- ing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclo- sure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of al l their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds what- soever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a wa iver o f any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN- ANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the prop- erty on the 20th day follow- ing the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and any- one having an interest jun- ior to the deed of trust, in- cluding occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary pro- ceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-oc- cupied property, the pur- chaser shall provide a ten- ant with written notice in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h R C W 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be ac- cessed at www.northwest- trustee.com and are incor- porated by this reference. You may also access sale

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status at www.northwest- trustee.com and www.USA- Foreclosure.com. EFFEC- TIVE: 10/21/2011 North- west Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signa- ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: W i n s t o n K h a n ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7021.26781) 1002.169684- FEILEGAL NO. 347029 Published: Whidbey News T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Reco rd , December 28 , 2011, January 18, 2012.

7 1 0 4 . 1 2 5 8 5 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank National As- sociation, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities C o r p o r a t i o n M o r t g a g e Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-BC4 Grantee: W. Leigh Yeilding, as his separate estate Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4208315 Original NTS Auditor File No. 4297446 Tax Parcel ID N o . : S 8 0 8 5 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 8 - 4 (673792) Abbreviated Le- gal: Lot 1, Island County S h o r t P l a t N o . 78/90.S8085.00.00008.1, V o l . 2 P g . 3 6 4 , R e c . 92011291 Amended Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On January 27, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main en t r ance o f t he I s l and County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the high- est and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the follow- ing described real property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Lot 1 of Is- land County Short Plat No. 78/90-12.S8085.00.00008. 1 as approved June 18, 1992, and recorded June 18, 1992, in Volume 2 of Short Plats, page 364, un- d e r A u d i t o r ’s F i l e N o . 92011291, records of Is- land County, Washington; being a portion of Lot A of S h o r t P l a t N o . 84/05-233019.58085-8, re- corded in Vo lume 2 o f Short Plats, page 11, under A u d i t o r ’ s F i l e N o . 86001370, records of Is- land County, Washington. Situated in Island County, Washington. Commonly known as: 3745 Amble Rd

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Langley, WA 98260 which is subject to that certain D e e d o f Tr u s t d a t e d 07/26/07 and recorded on 07/31/07, under Auditor’s File No. 4208315, records of Island County, Washing- ton, from W. Leigh Yeilding, as his separate estate, as Grantor, to First American Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an ob- ligation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Reg- istration Systems, Inc. sole- l y as nominee for BNC Mortgage, Inc., as Benefici- ary, the beneficial interest in which was ass igned by Mortgage Electronic Regis- trat ion Systems, Inc. to U.S. Bank National Associa- tion, as Trustee for Struc- tured Asset Securities Cor- poration Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2007-BC4, under an As- signment/Successive As- signments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 4250066. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided sole- ly to comply with the re- cording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal de- scription provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by rea- son of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other de- faults: Amount due to rein- state by 12/07/2011 Month- ly Payments $216,775.74 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts ($1,701.64) Total Arrearage $215,074.10 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee ’s Fee $472.50 Sa le Costs $32.61 Total Costs $505.11 Total Amount Due: $215,579.21 Other known defaults are as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obli- gation is: Principal Balance of $819,740.22, together with interest as provided in the note or other instru- ment evidencing the Obliga- t ion from 02/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obli- gation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Ob- ligation as provided by stat- ute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or im- plied regarding title, pos- session, encumbrances or condition of the Property on January 27, 2012. The de- fault(s) referred to in para- graph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontin- uance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time be- fore the close of the Trus- tee’s business on 01/16/12 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, to- gether with any subsequent payments, late charges, ad- vances , costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 01/16/12 (11 days be- fore the sale date), and be- fore the sale by the Borrow- er, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any record- ed junior lien or encum- brance paying the entire balance of principal and in- terest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Gran-

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tor at the fol lowing ad- dress(es): NAME AND AD- DRESS W. Leigh Yeilding 3745 Amble Rd Langley, W A 9 8 2 6 0 U n k n o w n Spouse or Domestic Part- ner of W. Leigh Yeilding 3745 Amble Rd Langley, WA 98260 by both f i rst class and either certified mail, return receipt request- ed on 04/21/09, proof of which is in the possession o f the Trus tee ; and on Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicu- ous place on the real prop- erty described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Gran- tor, and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor, of all their right, ti- tle and interest in the Prop- erty. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objec- tions if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d www.USA-Foreclosure.com EFFECTIVE: 12/07/2011 Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 C o n t a c t : B e c k y B a k e r ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7104.12585) 1002.118517- FEILEGAL NO. 347031 Published: Whidbey News T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Reco rd , December 28 , 2011, January 18, 2012.

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BY BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

Port of South Whidbey officials will hold a special meeting Wednesday to vote on a lease agreement with AT&T so the telecommu-nications company can put up a cell tower on the port’s Possession Point property.

The proposed cell tower has been bitterly opposed

by neighbors, who have previously offered to buy the land, and others who use the popular Dorothy Cleveland Trail that crosses the prop-erty. The cell tower has been supported by emergency responders, however, and port officials who have said the port should not be financing upland parks.

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been talked about since 2009. This past summer, port commissioners agreed to restart talks with AT&T and sent a draft lease to the company after efforts to sell the 14-acre property came up short.

Port Finance Manager Ron Rhinehart said the pro-posed lease would run for five years, and be renewable

for a total of 20 years.Payments would start at

$1,100 per month — the original lease carried a pro-posed rent of $750 a month — and includes a 3-percent increase in later years.

The benefits to the port are mostly financial.

“We get a reliable revenue stream that will help us with the maintenance of the

property and will lessen our reliance on property tax rev-enues,” Rhinehart said.

The lease amount will also increase if AT&T shares the tower with other telecommu-nications companies.

Rhinehart said ICOM, the 911 dispatch center, would have access to the tower without charge.

“That should have a sub-stantial impact on their abil-ity to service the south end of the island,” he said.

The lease would cover a 40--by-40-foot area, and the use of the property for a cell

tower would not impede access to the Dorothy Cleveland Trail, Rhinehart said.

The proposed lease was not available for public review early this week. Port Clerk Molly MacLeod-Roberts said copies of the contract would be available at the meeting.

The meeting is 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28 in the conference room at the port office at 1804 Scott Road, Freeland.

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