Islands' Sounder, August 01, 2012

by MEREDITH M. GRIFFITHSounder contributor

County residents will decide how much to shake up the current county council structure in this November’s election with a vote on three propositions devised by the Charter Review Commission.

“Decisions are twice as hard to make with six compared with three [council members]. This has been costly,” said Commission Chairman Gordon Peterson in a public presentation facilitated by the Eagle Forum on July 26.

The propositions would cut the council from six part-time members to three full-time mem-bers; replace the executive coun-ty administrator position with a county manager; and mandate that all county council meetings are open to the public.

Approved by majority vote by the 21-member commission, the propositions were developed through a series of meetings that included testimony from county officials, former freeholders, and others with a goal to facilitate a more effective governance struc-ture. The propositions do not overturn Home Rule, adopted in 2005.

Proposition OneThe CRC said having a six-

member Council has resulted in

deadlocked votes, wasted time, and overall cost increases due to a greater load on county support staff and higher overhead, saying three is a more efficient number for decision-making.

Each Council Member is cur-rently elected by voters in his or her own district; under Proposition One, all three would be elected by voters county-wide. While the three Council Members would still come from and represent three main geographical districts, candidates could be more likely to campaign - and address voter concerns - county-wide. The com-mission says this will provide for greater voter representation.

Of 39 Washington state coun-ties, 34 operate with councils of three.

Peterson said a three-member leadership body has “140 years of success in San Juan County.”

Proposition TwoThe commission states that

the current county administrator, appointed by the council, is too powerful and unaccountable to the people of San Juan County.

“We don’t elect that guy [the county administrator]; he’s very powerful; he’s working with staff to come up with legislation,” said

Major changes ahead for county gov’t?

See CRC, Page 6

by STEVE WEHRLY Journal reporter

Orcas Recycling, operator of the Exchange at the Orcas Island transfer station, put on a full-court press to save its bid to operate the county-owned, but soon to be privatized, tip-ping floor and self-haul facility.

Pete Moe, Michael Greenberg, Mark DeTray, Errol Speed, Jared Lovejoy and as many as 60 Orcas volunteers did some old-fashioned, grass-roots lobbying – telephone calls, letters and a petition – to stymie approval by the San Juan County Council of the Vendor Selection Committee’s recommendation that Cimarron Trucking of Anacortes be selected to operate the facility.

County Council Chairwoman Patty Miller guided the July 24 council meeting away from

approving the recommendation.Instead, Miller and the council agreed that both bidders have three weeks to address “deficiencies” and “limi-tations” in their proposals before the council takes further action. A new decision date has not been set.

A major deficiency was how and whether the Exchange would be included in future facility operations, a point made at the meeting by both council members and selection commit-tee members. The Exchange, which is located at the transfer station, is an organization run by Orcas Recycling Services that allows islanders to both donate and pick up reusable items.

Although Miller stood by the selection com-mittee’s “unanimous” recommendation, she did not want to enter into negotiations with

Council asks for more from potential solid waste vendors

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There is only one winner per state.

And Orcas Islander Arla Sutton is one of them.

More than 1,200 junior chefs ages nine through 12 answered the call to enter their favorite recipes in the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. Only one young cook from each state won a trip to the White House to attend the “Kids’ State Dinner” hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama on Aug. 20.

The judges were White House Assistant Chef Sam Kass; Chef Jose Andres; Marshall and Alex Reid, authors of “Portion Size Me;” Epicurious Editor-in-Chief Tanya Steel; and representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education.

On July 24, Arla learned that she was winner for the state of Washington with her recipe for salad noodle wraps.

“Your recipe was particularly impressive, as it was creative, tasted great, and most impor-tantly was healthy,” said Jennifer Goanach with Epicurious.com and Gourmet Live in her congrat-

ulatory email to Arla. “So that’s why we picked yours as the best from your state.”

Sutton is a two-time winner of the Farm to Cafeteria/OISD Student Chef Competition event: the first year for her favorite orange-almond granola, and the second year when she teamed up with her friend, Millie Kau,

for the now famous salad noodle wraps.

“Arla is in an excited state of shock,” said her mother, Kate Long. “I don’t think she really thought she would win.”

A list of all the winners and particulars about the state din-ner are at www.recipechallenge.epicurious.com.

Student to dine with first lady

contributed photoArla Sutton and her mom finding out that Arla won the competition.

Young Orcas chef wins state-wide competition

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contributed photoUSDA Rural Development came to Friday Harbor for a presentation of the Economic Development Council’s grant of $49,378. It will support Tri-County Rural Job Skills Training and Business Education, created by Skagit, San Juan & Island counties.

EDC receives ‘big check’Orcas resident Rena Patty

embarked last week on the journey of lifetime: a bicy-cle ride across America.

Patty, with traveling com-panion Pamela Senzee from Phoenix, Ariz., expects to take 90 days to reach New York City.

Both women are Action Group Team Leaders for the nonprofit Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.

They say their journey is “dedicated to all who have died and suffered loss on account of 9/11.”

“Our mission is to edu-cate the public about the scientific forensic evidence of the destruction of the three World Trade Center high-rises on 9/11 and to introduce people to the experts at AE911Truth,”

they said. Patty and Senzee will be

distributing a new docu-mentary, “9/11: Experts Speak Out.”

The idea of a bike ride arose two months ago as they brainstormed ideas to bring attention to this issue.

Anticipating traveling 40 to 80 miles per day, the women began their journey by water taxi from the Olga dock.

To learn more and follow their journey, visit their blog at www.911journeyfortruth.org.

Islander bikes across America

contributed photoRena Patty plans to arrive in New York in October.

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Last year, shoppers made nearly 1.8 million trips, many of them repeat visits, to Washington’s 160 farmers markets, according to the Department of Agriculture.

On Orcas Island this summer, Jennifer Pietsch, the farmers’ market man-ager, said vendors have increased by 25 percent and the diversity of offerings has also grown with new foods, farmers, crafters and dem-onstrations.

“We have been able to offer a special presentation program every week rang-ing from farming, cooking, knitting and even CPR,” she added. “There is something for everyone to learn, do or experience.”

To celebrate this bounty, the Orcas Farmers’ Market is holding a special night mar-ket, Aug. 8, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m., at the Village Green to join and salute markets across the state during National Farmer’s Market Week.

The market will have live-ly tunes by the Dustbunnies from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. and the majority of vendors that fre-quent the regular Saturday market will have their goods and wares for sale. There will also be a scavenger hunt for kids.

This national week of agricultural observance, Aug. 5 - 11, was made offi-cial by the Department of Agriculture in 2000 and cel-ebrates these markets that play a “key role in devel-oping local and regional food systems that support the sustainability of family farms, revitalizes communi-ties, provided opportunities for farmers and consumers to interact.”

“The Orcas Island Farmers’ Market is a critical

factor in making Orcas a greener community in both health and sustainability. Orcas Island has a strong commitment to a healthy local food system,” Pietsch said. “Where all of us resi-dents and visitors have access to healthy, fresh fruits and vegetables.”

For Pietsch, the Orcas Farmers’ Market creates more viable regional econ-omies, increased access to fresh, nutritious food and stronger social networks

that help keep communities healthy.

“During National Farmers’ Market Week, we invite you to join the farm-ers and crafters of the Orcas Island Farmers Market in celebrating the healthy food, economic value and com-munity importance of Orcas Island’s Farmers Market,” Pietsch said.

For more info, visit www.orcasislandfarmersmarket.org.

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Night marketFarmers’ market to hold new event in honor of National Farmers Week

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When the Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program won a $3,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant to purchase vegetables from island farms for the 2011 Fifth Season event, Jim Wilde, human Resources man-ager at the Bellingham Lowe’s, came to help students and staff slice, dice and store more than 500 pounds of fresh local produce.

During his visit, he spoke of an additional grant through the Lowe’s Charitable and Education Foundation to replace old and rapidly dying equipment in the school caf-eteria as it was “exactly the type of project the foundation sought to support.”

In November, a grant application for $50,000 was submitted by the Orcas Island School District together with the Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria Program to upgrade the school kitchen and home eco-nomics room equipment as well as build a root cellar on the school property. In June, the Orcas Island Farm to Cafeteria received a phone call that they had won the grant and last week, a check was received from Lowe’s Charitable and Education Foundation for $50,000.

“We are ecstatic!” says Superintendent Barbara Kline and Elementary Principal Kyle Freeman. “It will make the lives of our cafeteria staff so much easier.”

Echoing their enthusiasm, Madie Murray, Farm to Cafeteria chairwoman said, “Debbie, Zach and Bing have been making amazing school lunches from scratch while refrigerators, freezers and warmers were failing right in the middle of lunch, and the steamers actually have holes in them. It’s nice to know they won’t have to deal with this any more.”

Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 pub-lic education and community improvement projects. The company’s signature educa-tion grant program, Lowe’s Toolbox for Education, has donated nearly $5 million in grants to K-12 public schools every year since its inception in 2006. In addition, Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers (some of whom will be helping with the Orcas Island project) support local community projects and its nonprofit partners such as Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross.

In 2011, Lowe’s and the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation together con-tributed more than $32 million to support communities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. To learn more, visit Lowes.com/SocialResponsibility.

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There is a variety of food from the “Food Shack” and on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7 to 11 a.m. there is a pancake breakfast served across the road at the Eastsound Fire Station. The event is sponsored by EAA Chapter 937.

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Fun times ahead at the county fair Thanks for welcoming

Japanese visitorsOur heartfelt gratitude to all

who welcomed our Japanese visi-tors dancers Tokiko Oyama and Koji Ogushi; makeup artist Mitsue Nakashio, and translator, Yayoi Akabane, and supported their per-formance July 18 at the Oddfellows Hall in Eastsound.

They were so moved by our com-munity’s support after the earth-quake and tsunami last year, and by all the kindness and love shown to them during their visit. All of the artists donated their perfor-mance, and Ms. Oyama requested that the proceeds be given to a local organization that supports children and families. $1,200 was collected at the door for our food bank. We would especially like to thank the following: Dick Staub and the Orcas Island Community Church for hosting the benefit last year, and for helping us hold the funds until we could deliver them to Japan; Kandis Susol and Gwen Stamm for an exquisite welcoming tea cere-mony; Orcas Island Oddfellows for use of the hall; Jay Kimball, for help setting up and for playing Lakotah flute; Nancy Rumbel for accompa-nying the dancers; Maureen Freehill from Whidbey Island for donating her performance; Nile Reed and Deborah Sparks for help setting up; and Michelle Reed and Suzanne Heyd for providing refreshments at intermission.

This is yet another Orcas Island event that could not happen with-out many, many helping hearts and hands. Arigato Goziemashita!

Susan Osborn and David DensmoreOrcas Island

Thank you for helping softball team

On behalf of the Sandlot Squad, we would like to convey our deep-est heartfelt gratitude at the over-whelming support this community has provided us with throughout our fundraising efforts to travel to Montana. We went to compete in one of the nations largest softball

tournaments in the western region of the United States.

As being raised on Orcas and nurtured throughout our growth, we each acknowledge the impor-tance of growing up in a supportive community. We carry this sense of community to each tournament we participate in, and while some may think the game may be trivial, all must acknowledge that our bond is not.

That being said, the Sandlot wishes to thank our devoted fans and sponsors who have so duti-fully supported us throughout our endeavors. Our boys took home a second place out of 46 teams!

Zak EverlySandlot Squad

Other ways to deal with county budget

Here we go again. Have you seen this movie before? When times are good the county spends like mad and adds useless programs that are far better handled by others in the private sector. Then, when times are bad they whine and moan about having to cut “necessary services” unless we increase the tax rate.

How about cutting out all the useless and inefficient services? For example – eliminate 99 percent of public works. Everything they do can be done for far less and more efficiently by the private sector. The people now working for Public Works can go to work for the local excavation contractors. Instead of all that expensive equipment and properties being supported by the tax base, the former employees and

the sale of those properties would be contributing to the tax base. Then, when times are bad, only necessary maintenance and proj-ects would be contracted.

I would also submit that the Building Department would be far more efficient if their services (really?) would be contracted to the private sector. And I’m sure there are other examples but privatizing just one or both or these would make a significant decrease to the county budget.

We don’t need a new tax increase. We need Council members with imagination and good business sense.

Robert WaunchOrcas

Time to reduce county government

The Charter Review Commission recommendations might seem confusing. Simply put, as a voter you need to decide if you want the size and lack of accountability of county government to grow or if you want to reduce the size and cost of county government and make it more accountable to the people of the county.

The CRC is recommending we reduce the size and cost of coun-ty government and make it more accountable to the people. Our county government spends between $40 million and $50 million of tax payer dollars every year and the present council is looking at ways to reduce services and raise taxes. We

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Elephant ears. Carnival rides. Corn dogs. Rabbit races.

Yes, August has indeed arrived and with a quick look at the calendar we’re reminded that opening day of the San Juan

County Fair is just two weeks away.

Its four-day run begins Aug. 15 at the fairgrounds in Friday Harbor.

The theme of the 2012 County Fair is simply put. It sums up what this annual showcase of the best of what the San Juans has to of-fer fairly well: “Food. Fun. Fair.”

Of course, there’s much more to it than that. In fact, we’ll venture that most fair-goers carry home in their gift bag of memories something more than a day’s worth of enjoyment of the endear-ing spectacle of activity, entertainment and exhibits.

That something is a sense of community. Plain and simple.

The fair offers each of us an opportunity to discover and admire the creativity, passion and enterprise of our neighbors. It’s a time when we play together, compete against one another, cheer each other on, and celebrate the achievements of friends, neighbors and islanders that we have yet to meet. This annual county-wide event grounds us in a way that no other occasion does.

It’s a pretty good bargain, too.

Adults can purchase a season pass for $22, which equates to $5.50 per day for admission; seniors get a $4 discount, and the cost of a season pass for children ages 5-16 is just $10. On “Kids Day,” children can climb aboard as many amusement rides as they can stomach, from noon to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday, for $22.

Islanders are not alone in their appreciation of the fair. While it remains a community event at heart and soul, the San Juan County Fair has become increasingly popular with visitors as well. According to fair officials, of the 20,000 or so people who attended the 2011 festivities, 10 percent live outside the county and, of those, 1,000 came specifically for the fair. That interest grows year after year.

So we’ll see you in a few weeks, wandering through the fair booths, fingers sticky from cotton candy and hay stuck to the soles of our shoes.

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by F. MILENE HENLEYSJC auditor

In my first year as auditor, the first time I went out on a limb to project revenue, it was to say that sales tax revenue that year would not meet budget.

Having no experience in forecasting, I was way out of my comfort zone in saying that. I was relieved the next week to see the local paper reporting the same thing: that sales tax revenue would fall short that year. When I read the article, however, I was chagrined to see that the paper’s source for that projection was me.

I’ve come a ways since then. I’ve developed tools for reviewing revenue, and I have a few years of good historical data to build on. Nonetheless, forecasting revenue, particularly sales tax, remains a challenge.

Sales tax is a critical rev-enue to San Juan County. Before the levy lift, it rep-resented about one-third of the county’s general fund revenue. With the levy lift, it’s still about 26 percent, second only to property tax. Because sales are typically concentrated in incorpo-rated areas, and San Juan County has only one incor-porated area, sales tax rev-enue is more significant for San Juan County than for most counties. Even in San Juan County, about 29 per-cent of county-wide sales subject to sale tax take place in Friday Harbor.

The problem with sales tax is that it is highly vari-able with the economy. Sales tax grew more than 10 percent from 2005 to 2006. The following year, it grew only .3 percent. Since then, it has increased twice and decreased twice. This year, based on results through June, it looks like sales tax will fall again.

The good news is that revenue is up in other areas. Planning and permitting revenue, in particular, is up by about the same dollar amount sales tax revenue is down. With that, it looks like there will be no need for a mid-year budget correc-tion this year, the first time in four years.

Expenditures are also on track to finish 2012 within budget. The departure of administrative staff resulted in some unexpected costs related to leave payout, but those expenditures should be largely manageable with-in budgeted contingency funds.

Despite favorable results this year, we’re still not out of the woods. Status quo expenditures continue to outpace status quo revenues, and the council continues to look for structural and

operational ways to contain costs. Unfortunately, in an environment in which one of our major revenue sourc-es has fallen significantly in recent years, it is unlikely that we can maintain our current levels of service without some increases in revenue, as well.

For now, I’m taking sales tax revenue forecasting into my own hands, and I invite you, as concerned citizens, to do your part. Invite your relatives to visit. Invite your business associ-ates. Tell them to stay in hotels, eat in restaurants, and buy stuff to take home for the kids. Better yet, tell them to buy a house, or at least a boat. With your help, maybe someday soon I will be able to accurately project an increase in county sales tax revenue.

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Do your part to boost sales tax revenuehave a professional admin-

istrator with two assistants who are not elected by the voters and not accountable to the voters or the county council. (The wall of sepa-ration). The CRC proposed propositions will reduce the council from six to three and eliminate the profes-sional administrator to be replaced by a county man-ager directly accountable to the county council and therefore to the voters.

When you vote in November ask do you want to grow government or reduce government and make it more accountable to the people? We cannot afford the huge county budget nor do we need a top heavy unaccountable administration.

A yes vote on Proposition 1 and 2 is a yes vote for reducing government.

Ralph GutschmidtCharter Review

Commissioner

Sad day for our community

How sad. The school board voted to strike a sec-tion of a policy in the ath-letic handbook that would have had consequences for teens being in attendance where alcohol or other drugs were being used. The board had the opportunity to raise the community norm by encouraging the healthy and safe behavior of young people. They chose not to recognize positive efforts to keep teens safe and encour-

age legal, rather than illegal behavior. Clearly the board was willing to be hijacked by a group of well organized parents who think it is okay to be present where illegal activity is happening. It is not okay. It is not healthy. It is not safe. It violates all health and safety curricu-lum taught in Washington schools.

Athlete or not, why would any parent or guardian of a young person, give their teen the “job” of policing other young people engaged in illegal and unsafe behav-ior, with the responsibility of “rescuing” another teen? By their very presence at a place where illegal behavior is happening, a teen is giv-ing credence to inappropri-ate and unsafe choices made by other teens.

Instead, a teen who refus-es to attend an event where alcohol and other drugs might be present sends a positive message to other teens that it is not okay, it is not healthy or safe, and the behavior is illegal.

How sad for our com-munity.

Why not support the pro-tective factor that encourag-es teens to say “no, I will not attend because there may be alcohol or other drugs at a particular location”? We ought to be encouraging this sort of response, rather than putting young people, inappropriately, in charge of the behavior or other teens.

Young people, school administration, teachers, coaching staff and the com-munity all lose with this decision. It can carry grave consequences for the future. This decision by the board says something loud and clear about expectations for our young people.

Mari GardnerOrcas Island

Overreaching CAO buffer restrictions

Did you know that CAO provisions on Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas and Wetlands pending before the county council would declare our entire shoreline to be a “critical” area, and turn shoreline setbacks into “buffers”? Setbacks and buffers are NOT the same. Setbacks govern where structures can be placed, but buffers govern what you are allowed to do on your land.

The new restrictions are not limited to shorelines, but also extend buffers around “streams” and wetlands, and will enable the county to regulate almost everything we do in areas of our land declared to be “buffers.”

Why should you need county permission to use your property to: Walk your dog or ride your horse? Picnic near the shore or by a stream? Play softball or Frisbee during a family gathering? (“Hiking” and “birdwatching” are OK.) Fly a kite or radio controlled airplane?

Rather than prohibit-ing only specific activities that are proven harmful to habitat, the proposed CAO allows structures, uses and activities in buffers only if they are specifically listed and approved. Any activ-ity that is not listed and approved in the regula-tions is prohibited, unless the owner secures a pro-visional/conditional use permit or variance, subject to additional requirements imposed by the County. (See Table 3.10 in the FWHCA Section and Table 3.8 of the Wetland Section (current draft at http://bit.ly/OUNN6C). It may be true that you will be allowed to “keep doing what you’re already doing,” if you can prove, to the satisfaction of the planning department, that you have used the area for the specific activity prior to the CAO, that you haven’t abandoned the activity, and the “degree of nonconfor-mity is not increased.”

It is not too late to stop this unwarranted over-reaching in the guise of environmental protection. If you value the use of your land and the rural character of our community, call your county council representa-tives and attend the Hearing on Aug. 21.

Tim BlanchardOrcas

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Cristine ChandlerIt is with great sorrow

that we announce the pass-ing of Dr. Cristine Chandler on Thursday, July 26.

A memorial service and celebration of Cristine's life will be held in the sanctuary of Emmanuel Episcopal Church at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 11. A reception will follow in the new parish hall. All in the community are welcome.

Since Cristine deeply cared about mental health care and affordable housing on the island, if you wish to make a contribution to honor Cristine's memory, please send your contri-bution to the Orcas Island Community Foundation, in memory of Cristine Chandler, at P.O. Box 1496, Eastsound, WA 98245.

Cimarron until they address “how they will work with the Exchange.” Miller said she “wants them [Cimarron and Orcas Exchange] to work together … this is a great opportunity for both par-ties to be part of the overall strategy on reuse and recy-cling” on Orcas Island.

Speaking by video con-ference from Orcas, Lisa Byers and Jeffrey Struthers, the two Orcas residents on the selection commit-tee, agreed with Miller. Both urged the council to work with Cimarron and Orcas Recycling, though Byers said Cimarron should continue its present role of transporting garbage off-island and Struthers added

that Cimarron was “better prepared to start on day one.”

Councilman Richard Fralick, also an Orcas resi-dent, encouraged the two parties to get together. Fralick said, “Both parties should move forward in negotiations and both sides should be able to respond to a list of questions.”

Councilman Howie Rosenfeld spoke in favor of Orcas Recycling: “If the community rises up and wants to take this on, that means a lot to me.”

After the meeting, DeTray and Greenberg didn’t declare victory, but did acknowledge satisfac-tion that the council wanted both bidders to clarify iden-tified problems and inad-

equacies in their respective proposals.

“We got the opportunity we wanted to address the perception that we weren’t ready to operate the trans-fer station,” said Greenberg, treasurer of Orcas Recycling. “We’re prepared to address the perceived limitations in our proposal, and we appre-ciate the council’s response and look forward to working with them in the future.”

Blair Estenson, president of Cimarron Trucking, said in a statement, “We will answer all questions and concerns in the coming sev-eral weeks. We know the Exchange is there and will be there in the future, and we think they’re doing an excellent job. We’re pre-pared to work closely with

the Exchange and the Orcas community on reuse and recycling questions.”

Orcas Recycling held an informational meeting on July 27 in Eastsound. DeTray answered questions and explained that this pro-cess isn’t the end of the road for the Exchange. ORS will continue to offer programs regardless of who wins the bid. He made it clear that while it’s not a “win-lose situation,” local control is ideal.

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Peterson. “The cake is being baked behind the scenes.”

While the charter prohib-its the council from inter-fering with the administra-tor’s job, the council holds hire/fire authority, creating what the commission con-cluded is a murky authority structure lacking in direct accountability to voters.

“What the freeholders tried to do [in the 2005 charter] was mandate that the county hire an adminis-trator … and have the exec-utive and legislative powers separate; but what we heard is that it wasn’t really work-ing,” Moana Kutsche, com-mission member, told the Sounder. “People felt that the administrator wasn’t very responsive to the needs of people in the county.”

Proposition Three places executive and administra-tive powers not held by other elected officials firmly with the council, removing the county administrator as a separate executive power and replacing the position with a county manager directly accountable to the

council, “recombining both executive and legislative powers under people who are directly accountable to the voters,” Kutsche said.

Proposition ThreeAt present, it is legal for

up to three county council members to meet privately as a council sub-commitee. The commission said this prevents transparency.

“Three can’t pass anything but they can block every-thing actually producing a ‘no’ vote,” reads the com-mission’s frequently asked questions. “In our opinion everything should be out in the open.”

Proposition Three would amend the county charter to state that all meetings of the county council and

its committees be open to the public except when an executive, or closed, session is allowed by law.

“All the people’s business will be in open meetings,” said Peterson.

Each proposition stands alone, and can pass or fail depending on voter approv-al.

The event was the first in a series of upcoming infor-mational meetings the CRC plans to conduct on Orcas, with events concentrated after the August primary.

“Whatever the outcome … if people are more aware of how the government works, it’s a huge win,” Kutsche said.

by RANDALL GAYLORDSJC Prosecutor

Critics have written that spending for legal services are out of line with other counties. State auditor reports show your county council spends less on legal services than comparable counties, when measured as a percentage of the county budget.

Measuring spending in a prosecutor’s office as

a percentage of the budget is useful because it reflects differences in county size and workload. More dollars spent means more contracts and people doing the work – people like police officers who send cases to the pros-ecutor.

There are nine compara-ble prosecutor offices that do criminal, coroner and civil work. In 2010 these nine counties spent between 4 and 11 percent of the general fund on legal services, with an average of 7.6 percent. In San Juan County, just 5.5 percent of the general fund was spent on legal services. Only Douglas County with a big city population was lower.

Using this same method for the total county budget shows prosecutor spending ranged between 1.7 and 4.6 percent, with an average of 3.1 percent. In San Juan

County, just 1.7 percent of the total budget was spent on legal services – the lowest in the state.

The people in this county rely heavily upon our legal system to resolve civil con-flicts, and the prosecutor participates when required by law. Since 1995, adminis-trative agencies reported 127 decisions in San Juan cases compared to 36 in Pacific and 23 in Douglas.

In criminal cases, deputy prosecutors handle more than 2,000 hearings a year, including all of the work generated from the Town of Friday Harbor. Our supe-rior court is a district unto itself with a full workload, compared to Pacific County, which is in a three-county district with just 45 percent of a full workload. Your county council is right to protect funding for legal ser-vices.

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by Blair EstEnson Cimarron president

Cimarron is an experi-enced solid waste and recy-clable materials handling company that has been serving the citizens of San Juan County for over 15 years.

Our goal is to provide the essential service of solid waste facility opera-tion which includes receiv-ing recyclable materials and solid waste both from the Certificated Hauler, San Juan Sanitation and self haul while working closely with the Exchange. Through our proposal we offer the com-munity a lower cost and greater flexibility in recy-cling and disposal of solid waste.

It is important to note that if Cimarron is awarded the operation of the Orcas Solid Waste Facility the Exchange will receive support from Cimarron in their efforts to reduce, reuse, recycle and retain. We have, from the beginning, communi-cated that we understand the goals and practices of The Exchange and San Juan Sanitation, and need to make it clear that we are not interested in limiting their operation but believe that through cooperation we can enhance the Exchange’s and San Juan Sanitation's operations.

Cimarron offers the low-est, guaranteed rate to the citizens through an exclu-sive agreement with San Juan Sanitation at $154 per ton verses the Exchange’s proposed rate of $200 per ton. San Juan Sanitation will not use the Orcas facility at $200 per ton. Additionally Cimarron offers a guaran-teed reduced rate of $260 to the self haul customers. Cimarron has the equip-ment, the established part-

nerships and proven abil-ity to operate a facility year after year successfully.

Cimarron’s proposal includes the installation of a recycle sort line and baler unless there are more than anticipated changes in the waste stream due to the new curbside collection of recyclable materials. The addition of the pick line is real recycling and will bring more local jobs to the com-munity and increase the amount of material retained on Island thus reducing the amount of waste sent to the landfill. Having the proven knowledge and experience to implement this is a real benefit to the communi-ty. Again, with Cimarron operating the Orcas Solid Waste Facility the Exchange

continues to operate as it has but with greater flex-ibility, a true win-win.

For clarification, if Cimarron is selected to operate the solid waste facility, the Exchange will continue to operate and the citizens of San Juan County will pay less for solid waste disposal and recycling. The request for proposal does not give Cimarron author-ity over the Exchange.

If Cimarron is selected it does give the citizens of San Juan County the best of both worlds, the low-est rates guaranteed by an experienced solid waste and recyclable handling company and an advocate in the continuation of the Exchange’s reduce, reuse, recycle and retain.

Don’t miss theOrcas Island Artists’3 Day Studio Tour.

This is your chance to visit the working studios of 35 premier Orcas Island Artists. See first hand how and where their special techniques are being mastered, meet the artists

and purchase their most recent work. Watercolors, stone cutting, woodwork,blacksmithing, encaustics, ceramics, fiber arts, sculpture, photography, jewelry,

print making, paintings and more.

Friday August 17, 11am to 5pmSaturday August 18, 11am to 5pmSunday August 19, 11am to 5pm

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by orCas rECYClinGsErViCEs

Orcas Recycling Services, the local nonprofit best known for The Exchange, recently submitted a pro-posal to the county to oper-ate the Orcas Island solid waste transfer station. We submitted this proposal on behalf of our island com-munity.

The aim of our propos-al is to serve and energize the social, economic and environmental well-being of the Orcas community. It is designed to be account-

able to you, the citizens, and sustainable over time. We will reduce and re-purpose our solid waste, treating the stream as a resource to uti-lize, rather than a liability to be shipped at great cost to a landfill in southern Oregon. We propose to transition back to source-separated recycling (rather than com-mingled), transforming recyclables from an expense into an asset. Waste disposal will be increasingly afford-able and convenient as we convert a costly, wasteful system into a cost-effective system that meets county

and state requirements and returns significant benefits to our community.

Seamless continuity of service is a priority. The expertise of county staff with 20-plus years’ experi-ence on site will be retained, and half a dozen full and part-time local positions will be created. Local com-panies such as Orcas Island Freight Lines will be hired in place of off-island com-panies.

For 30 years, through The Exchange, ORS has served the interests of our island community. Together we will expand on a successful track record of service and affordability, local account-ability, and our many other tangible community ben-efits. The business commu-

nity and the entire public will be involved and pro-vide the tools necessary for a successful transition to a more productive and effec-tive system for managing our solid waste/transfer sta-tion. Please talk with our board members, and review documents online and at

the library, and share your thoughts with all our county council members soon.

This is not about Orcas Recycling Services versus Cimarron. This is about the opportunity for our island community to realize the greatest social, economic and environmental poten-

tial and benefit from our solid waste transfer station.

Orcas Recycling Services: Pete Moe, ORS chair, and Board members Michael Greenberg, Ian Harlow, Jared Lovejoy, Jeff Ludwig, Susan Malins, Errol Speed and Executive Director Mark DeTray.

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Dog days ofsummerCheck out the winners of our short story contest plus other

tales of island dogs

by MEREDITH M. GRIFFITHSounder contributor

When 10-year-old “Rusty” was adopted by Sandy

Playa and Carl Burger, the golden retriever was mor-bidly obese, tipping the scales at 103 pounds. The Orcas couple immediately started him on a diet, but weren’t exactly sure what to do about exercise when Rusty came up with his own plan.

Carl was leading a morn-ing kayak tour from their home at Spring Bay, near Obstruction Pass, when he looked back to see a rotund, furry face bobbing in the sea behind him.

“At first I thought it was a

harbor seal,” Carl laughs. It was Rusty’s first

plunge into water aero-bics. Saltwater would prove the perfect remedy to help restore the dog to shape.

“After that, we took him on morning swims,” says Carl. “We’d let him follow us for the first 100 yards or so, then guide him back in. It was good physical therapy.”

Rusty was just one of a long line of lucky second-chance canines Sandy and Carl have adopted to live out the rest of their lives surrounded by acres of hilly forest, a quiet bay and frisky squirrels.

And tennis balls. Lots of them.

Retired park rangers

from California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, Carl and Sandy operated the five-bedroom Spring Bay Inn as a bed and breakfast from 1993 to 2008. From the beginning, guests fell in love with the inn’s resident goldens, start-ing with Carson, a retired guide dog.

“They just kinda became part of the Spring Bay fam-ily,” says Sandy. “A lot of people came back on the strength of the retrievers. Carson even got his own Christmas cards.”

One couple who worked near a tennis court would mail him cardboard boxes full of tennis balls, which Carson liked to peel and carry around.

“In 2,000 years when archaeologists are looking over Orcas Island, they’re going to figure there must have been a tennis court around here someplace,” laughs Carl, adding, “Most

of our dogs have been gold-en ‘retainers.’”

Some dogs were rescued from shelters; others were “career change” or retired guide dogs who had led lives of service for the blind or others in need of a helping paw. Sandy raised a guide puppy as a child in 4H, and was thrilled to be given the dog back when a minor health problem made him unsuitable for the work.

“You get to take your dog places that dogs don’t nor-mally get to go, so we would go to the movies with our dog,” she grins mischievous-ly. “I highly recommend it.”

Guide-dogging is a rigor-ous profession, and after six or seven years of duty the dogs are retired to rest and lead a dog’s life.

Others don’t make it past training.

“They get dropped for small, obscure reasons – a skin rash, reaction to loud

noises,” said Michelle Davis with Guide Dogs for the Blind. “So they’re 99 percent good, but you have to have 100 percent dog. We donate a lot of our dogs for the deaf, diabetics … The coo-coo ones who just want the ball and are really driven are good for search and rescue and for law enforcement.”

Radcliff, another Spring Bay adoptee, was a “der-matalogical nightmare,” adopted out because he was horrendously allergic to everything under the sun, including human dander. Jennings retired from work-ing in Japan; Ulma was from England.

And then came Stretch, a three-year-old, 80 pound

golden/Labrador cross who is Sandy and Carl’s latest addition.

“He worked for a minute and 45 seconds as a guide dog and then they said ‘OMG, this dog has ADD; let’s get this dog out of here before he kills someone,’” says Carl. “We thought maybe his real name was Heel Dammit.”

Full of boundless energy, Stretch also has the uncanny ability to disembowel a ten-nis ball in two seconds flat.

“Really, to adopt a dog makes so much more sense than to buy one – there are just so many dogs that need homes,” says Sandy. “They’re super-duper special dogs.”

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Short story contest winners Run dog, run

by MIGUEL VILLARREALOne rainy day in June,

I came home to find a dog tied to an alder in my yard. His lead was wrapped around the tree with very little slack. He was wet, trembling and looked quite pitiful. A note on the door read, “Here’s the dog you ordered, he’s a border/heel-er. Buena suerte. Don.”

I had mentioned to him several months before, that I was considering another dog, as a companion for my present dog, a ten-year-old border collie named Tilly. Wish and ye shall receive, I said to her. She answered back by raising one eyebrow in disapproval.

As I approached he began wagging his tail, sat up straight and lifted a paw. Tilly’s eyebrows switched positions, then back.

She was not impressed. Slipping his collar off to free him, I said, “It’s okay. Tilly, he seems like a good...” sud-denly, like a flash he was gone. Running through the woods he chased everything that moved. Standing there with leash in hand, I looked over to see Tilly’s eyebrows sending another message: told yah.

At this point I would like to mention, that unless you consider pet turtles, four legs will always out run two, especially mine. It is sense-less to even try. In fact, it encourages the chase. Do not attempt.

So I chased this dog, yell-ing HEEL!! STAY!! SIT!! STOP!! I threw in a few GEES! and HAAS! just to show him I parley herd dog. All to no avail. I paused

to rethink my strategy, and tried to remember more dogology. Hmm, what would Cesar Millan [the dog whisperer] do? Then out of the brush came a big dog at full speed. He went by dodging me as I fell

back, both of us tried to avoid a collision. Wow, that was close, I thought, getting to my feet. Just in time for the dog, coming through

in hot pursuit, which took me out at the knees, send-ing him and me tumbling down a slope … into a nettle patch! He recovered to con-tinue the chase, looking at me momentarily as if to say, you idiot!

If you’re familiar with nettle, then you know it’s high in fiber and vitamin C – and IT BURNS! This is about the time I started to bestow the first of many names that Don’s dog would have in its life.

Anyhow, I finally caught up with Good Ole Demon Dog of the Chupacabras, or Don’s Dog for short, and I can see he had neatly placed no less than a dozen chickens and two cats up in some trees. With his tongue hanging out drooling, he lay there poised like an Egyptian Sphinx – on top of the neighbor’s car.

That was nine years ago, and other than the names my neighbors have for him, Don’s Dog now goes by the name of Bufford, my dog. And despite some calami-ties, he’s turned into a great dog. Thank you Don Tompkins. It’s all about channeling their energy – and having great neighbors.

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#1A dog, an island and a whistle

by YVONNE ASHENHURSTShe hated the boat. Her

long body and short legs made it hard for her to jump in or out of the Sea Sport. But Samantha was willing to do it if it meant she would be with us.

It took her a while to get used to the new place on Crane Island. At first she refused to come into the house and stood on the deck looking in the window, trying to understand what it all meant.

At about 30 pounds, Samantha (pictured above) was a beauty of a mutt; long black wavy fur with white markings, a narrow snout and floppy ears, and the sweet easy going personal-ity of her corgi, border collie and chow plus mix. She was rather refined for a dog, a delicate eater and a wor-rier. She worried about loud noises, getting tripped over, and of course the boat.

After she accepted the move she quickly grew to love Crane. She consid-ered herself the queen of the island, ruling from her perch at the top of the path, but she felt no need to wan-der or look for trouble. She was happy to walk us to the dock, relieved if she didn’t have to climb on the boat, and after I told her not to worry, she was content

to walk back through the meadow to the front porch where she would sit patient-ly awaiting our return. She was vigilant with the deer, never allowing them to get too close to the fenced gar-den and had a running feud with the resident raccoon, chasing him up a tree every

so often.A few times we

approached the house in the boat calling and whistling to her to come to the dock

and meet us. We could see her racing along the shore-line, down the rocks, across the neighbor’s beach to the dock as we crossed through Pole Pass. She would greet us with the touch of a wet nose at the ankle, herding us home. She didn’t need a leash when we walked Circle Road and if she got too far ahead I’d give her special whistle and back she would fly as fast as her short legs could carry her.

After four years on Crane she slowed down as age overtook her. Samantha was fifteen years old when she died in my arms one summer evening. I stroked her fur and told her not to worry, that she had been a good dog, and she could go.

These days when we walk Circle Road I occasionally whistle into the air and can see her on the road ahead as her ears perk up, her head turns and she wheels around to run back to my side.

The hopping puppy

by JANET BROwNELL“He’s not like the other

puppies,” she told us.Lance and I had picked out

a male six-week-old beagle puppy. Now the breeder was telling us, “We’re not sure what’s wrong with him. He’s having a hard time walking. He may never be able to manage stairs. It’s possible that this is a symptom of a degen-erative brain disease and he may not live out the first year. Would you like to pick out another puppy?”

We didn’t. So she offered to give us the puppy, but I insisted we pay full price. We wouldn’t take a marked down dog. How would that affect his self-esteem?

We named the puppy Bix.

When Bix walked, he dragged his paws; standing in place he looked pigeon-toed. But it was his attempt to run that really had us scratching our heads. Bix had figured out a way to coordinate his two front paws: he hopped. Like a bunny.

At first, we did all we could to help him motor around. We built a ramp so Bix could avoid steps. When he jumped off the ramp, and bunny-hopped the stairs, we decided he would do just fine in his own way. At six months, I was still worried about leaving him alone, so when ski season rolled around we took him to Whistler with us.

Bix was a trooper stay-ing in a hotel room, full of scents he couldn’t iden-tify. After a day of skiing, I thought it might be fun

to walk him through town. Give him a big adventure. Unfortunately, the “big adventure” conflicted with the start of an NBA game. While Lance and I discussed the merits of a long walk, Bix ate a small towel. We went into town.

Inwardly, I didn’t know if Bix could make it from one end of Whistler to the other without tiring out. Hopping

is exhausting. Selfless to the core, I came up with a plan to give Bix and Lance plenty of time to rest on the walk – I’d go shop-ping.

After the first store, I came out to find Lance sur-rounded by five gorgeous women: all enchanted by the little puppy. Both my men were in their glory. I allowed them 30 additional seconds of revelry, and then yanked Lance away. As we continued to walk through town, salesgirls literally left their stores unattended to meet the world’s cutest hop-ping beagle. Bix was a rock star and Lance his manager. I was Yoko Ono. It took us two hours to make it from one end of Whistler to the other.

The next day, Lance want-ed to skip skiing and sug-gested a long walk for Bix. This time through town.

It was that ski trip that made me stop worrying. The puppy I thought was going to struggle was a superstar. Today, Bix is ten years old. The breeder was wrong about his yearlong life span. But she was right about one thing: Bix wasn’t like the other puppies. And we are so grateful!

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There were Labradors, golden retrievers and even a Great Dane parading through the green grass at the Lopez Center’s out-door pavilion last July.

“There really were all kinds of dogs,” said Michelle McDarmont about the 50-plus dogs that participated in last year’s event.

And it’s happening again this year. The Second Annual Lopez Island Canine Promenade is Saturday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. at Lopez Center.

McDarmont, one of the organizers, said this year’s event will be similar to last year’s canine promenade. There will be light-hearted categories to enter like longest and shortest tail, dog and owner costumes and a peanut butter eating contest.

Dr. Barbara Swahlen of Community Animal Health, Paws on the Rocks Dog

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ThurS.,�Aug.�2BLOOD DRIVE: From noon to 6 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station.

Aug.�3�Thru�5FLY-IN: Annual Orcas Fly-In, Port of Orcas. Variety of food from the “Food Shack” and on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7 to 11 a.m. there is a pancake breakfast served across the road at the Eastsound Fire Station.

FrIdAy,�Aug.�3LAST OPERA OF SUMMER: Nathaniel Merrill’s production of Strauss’ comic masterpiece of love and intrigue “Der Rosenkavalier” will air at 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center.

SAT.,�Aug.�4CAR SHOW: 12th Annual Drive-In with cars, trucks, motorcycles and more, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Eastsound Airport, $10 admission benefits the food bank and booster club.

MondAy,�Aug.�6FREE T’AI CHI CHIH: Introductory class at 11 a.m. at the Orcas Senior Center’s Lundeen Room.

WedS.,�Aug.�8BROWN BAG CONCERT: At Emmanuel Episcopal Parish, featuring Turtleback Brass., noon.

ThurS.�–�ongoIngAL-ANON: Old Emmanuel Parish Hall, 5:30 p.m. ORCAS MEET-UP GROUP: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Waterfront Park on Main Street. STORYTIME: For kids, 10-10:30 a.m., Orcas Library.

FrI.,�ongoIngALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: ‘Back to Basics,’ Orcas Community Church, noon to 1 p.m. ‘As Bill Sees It,’ 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall. LGBT and F, 7 to 8 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall.

SAT.�–�ongoIngTHE PEOPLE’S CAFE: 4 to 6 p.m. at the Eastsound fire hall. STORYTIME: Orcas Library children’s storytime at the Farmers’ Market in the Village Green, 11:30 a.m. to noon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Steps 3, 7 and 11, 8 to 9 a.m. and Saturday Sober Meeting, 7-8 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall.

Sun.,�ongoIngALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Open meeting, 5:50 to

6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish Hall.

Mon.–�ongoIngBIRTH WORKS CLASS: First Monday, 6 p.m. potluck, presentation 6:30-8:30 p.m., Children’s House.AL-ANON: Old Emmanuel Parish Hall, 7 p.m.DUPLICATE BRIDGE: Mondays, 6:45 p.m. at the Longhouse.

TueS.–�ongoIngALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Women’s meeting from 5:50 to 6:30 p.m., men’s meeting 7-8 p.m., Emmanuel Hall.KIWANIS CLUB: 12:30 p.m., upstairs at Orcas Homegrown. Different speaker each week. FOOD BANK: 12:30 to 2 p.m., next to Community Church. Also Thursdays, 5:30-6:30. CAMERA CLUB: First Tuesday of the month, Orcas Senior Center, 7 to 9 p.m.

WedS.�–�ongoIngALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 5:50-6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Parish. Hall.LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch and meeting, 11:45 a.m., Legion. ISLESHARE TIMEBANK: Third Wednesday, 4-5 p.m., SJC libraries, video confer-enced.DROP IN YOUTH RUNNING CLUB: At Funhouse Commons, 4 p.m. free, through the summer months.

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The Antiques Evaluation Fair, a fundraiser for the Orcas Island Historical Museum, has been post-poned from Aug. 5 to Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Orcas Grange at 1 p.m.

Residents are encour-aged to bring in their items to have them evaluated by a team of professional appraisers.

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“Toward the Luminous Land,” a show of new oil paintings by David Densmore, will be fea-tured at the Orcas Island Artworks through the month of August.

Densmore was a member

of the Artworks cooperative gallery from 1988 to 1998, showing wood and copper sculptures and jewelry. He is now best known for his plein-air landscape paint-ings, many of which are done by moonlight. His new paintings focus on the fleet-ing atmospheric effects that change the landscape we think we know into some-thing magical and lumi-nous. The Artworks is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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The Brown Bag concert on Wednesday, Aug. 8 at noon will feature the new Turtleback Brass.

This is a new name for a group of old friends who have played music together, in various combinations and ensembles, for several years. The all-Orcas quintet con-sists of Dimitri Stankevich on tuba, Molly Johnson on trombone, Craig Canine on alto horn, and Pat Muffett and Steve Alboucq on trumpets. They enjoy playing a wide variety of brass quintet arrangements, from medieval motets to jazz-and pop-influ-

enced contemporary pieces. Their program reflects this variety, as well as the group’s passion for small-ensemble playing – and maybe even a little sense of humor.

Bring your friends and a brown bag lunch to Emmanuel Episcopal Parish for a delightful half-hour of entertainment, say organizers.

There is no charge for the concert but donations are appreciated to help fund scholarships to send promising music students from Orcas to music camp in Bellingham.

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What better way to spend the summer than with a flock of friendly sheep? Perhaps a clutch of newly hatched chicks? A little uku-lele?

Salmonberry School has reached the halfway mark of its summer program offerings. One glance at the calendar tells the story:

Traditional Woodworking: full. Chickens 101: full. Music and Storytelling: full. Arts Around Orcas: full. Sheep 101: full.

Salmonberry’s summer classes introduce kids ages three to 12 to a wide range of traditional arts and craft has captured the imagina-tion of island parents and children alike.

Next week, Salmonberry’s art teacher Andrea Cohen will take students on a plein-air journey around the island. Students will take sketch books into the

forest, easels into farms and fields and even try a little found-object en plein-air collage. They will also visit local artists’ studios to see professionals plying their craft using a wide range of media.

A few classes are still open for enrollment this summer. Check Salmonberry School’s website for details: www.salmonberryschool.org/summer-programs-2012.

Limited spaces are still available at most age lev-els for the regular academic year as well.

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Grace McCune will play a concert at the Stage on the Green as part of the Music in the Park series on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m.

An expressive performer with a wide vocal range, she combines with it her lyrical piano playing and soulful songwriting for a dynamic performance. McCune will be joined by violinist Joel Gamble, Andrew Moore on drums, Armando Nunes on bass and guitarist Bruce Harvie.

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contributed photoA Salmonberry student enjoys Chickens 101.

A free workshop at the San Juan County Fairgrounds teaches you how to learn how to build a three-bin composting sys-tem, Saturday, Aug. 4, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The work-shop is sponsored by San Juan County Public Works, WSU Extension and Ag Program, San Juan Islands Conservation District, and the Department of Ecology.

This workshop includes building a three-bin com-posting system (used to manage larger amounts of yard/green waste) and cre-ating a healthier garden and yard. The bins will be used as a demonstration at this year’s fair. Composting is nature’s recycling sys-tem that will make plants healthier and improve soil’s

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SUNDAYS: Holy Eucharist1st Sunday in month - 10:00 a.m. Other Sundays - 8:00 & 10:00 a.m.

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7:00 p.m. Testimony MeetingFirst Wed. of the month

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11:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 1:15 p.m. St. David’s Church Center Church Emmanuel Church 760 Park St. 312 Davis Bay Rd. 242 Main St. Friday Harbor Lopez Island Eastsound

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Late last summer, Orcas Island Fire and Rescue brought back an artifact from the World Trade Center that was destroyed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It was decided at that time that a permanent monument would be con-structed to house the 700-pound steel beam and give honor to those you died.

The next event will be an “Old Fashioned Chicken Dinner” on Aug. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Eastsound fire hall. Dinner will include choice of baked or barbeque chick-en, cornbread, corn on the cob, salad, dessert, lemonade and coffee. Dinner is $15 for adults and $8 for 12 years old and under. All profits will go to the monument project.

A concept for the memorial has been decided upon and the location, pending an assessment from an engineer. The goal is to raise enough funds to construct the first phase of the project by Sept. 11 of this year.

August EventsAugust EventsWednesday, August 8: National Farmers Market Week Celebration Yes, Wednesday! Join the Orcas Island Farmers Market in celebrating National Farmers Market week. Live music featuring the Dustbunnies, a farmers market scavenger hunt for the kids and all of your favorite farmer, crafter and food vendors. An afternoon with the Market, 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm. What could be finer?

Saturday, August 11: Library FairWe are looking forward to sharing all the excitement of the Library Fair. Please join us as we take the Market to the street. We won’t be hard to find: on Northbeach Road on your way to the Library Fair. More to see, more to do.

Saturday, August 18: Eastsound Edibles WalkaboutBack by popular demand! Join James from Bullocks Permaculture for a tour of Eastsound you won’t forget. Learn what great and unexpected things you can eat in your own backyard. Join James at the Bullocks booth at 11:00 and 1:00.

Saturday, August 25:Historical Fruit Tree PreservationDid you know that Orcas Island used to be one of the number one fruit produc-ing areas in the country? Come join Madrona Murphy from KWIAHT and learn about her new project focusing on identifying, documenting and preserv-ing historic tree-fruit varieties here on Orcas. Madrona will be on hand at the Market Canopy all day to share her passion.

For more info, call Jennifer Pietsch, Market Manager, at 317-8342.

Fundraiser for 9/11 monument

The Met: Live In HD’s final opera of the sum-mer Encore Series is “Der Rosenkavalier” by Richard Strauss. It airs at Orcas Center on Aug. 3 at 7:30 pm. Nathaniel Merrill’s pro-duction of Strauss’ comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming (pictured at left) as the aris-tocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trou-ser role of her young lover.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $11 for students at www.orcascenter.org or 376-2281.

Final opera of the summer series

Kaleidescope Preschool and Child Care Center is accepting donations for its yard sale on Aug. 11. No Christmas items, electron-ics, tapes, appliances, exer-cise equipment or books are accepted. Donations can be left at the storage container across from Kaleidescope at 1292 North Beach Road.

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VINTAGE STORY and Clark walnut spinnet piano with unique, matching seat and heel mat. Al- ways kept tuned but needs to be tuned again. In very good condition. $450. Call: 360-376- 3128 Orcas Island

Tools

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pets/animals

Cats

BENGAL KITTENS, Gorgeously Rosetted! Consider a bit of the “Wild” for your home. Like adventure? This may be the pet for you! www.seattlebengals.com then click on “Kittens” to see what’s available with pricing starting at $900. Championship Breeder, TICA Outstanding Cat- tery, TIBCS Breeder of Distinction. Shots, Health Guarantee. Tere- sa, 206-422-4370.

Dogs

AKC Red Doberman Puppies. Born 6/15, service quality, parents on site, tails and claws. Ex- cellent family and guard dogs. 6 weeks old on 7/27/12. Starting at $700. Call today to reserve your pup. 253- 359-3802

BICHON FRISE puppies. AKC Registered. Taking deposits. For companion only! Will be vet checked and have first shots and be de- wormed. Call for information: 360-874-7771, 360-621-8096 or go to website to see our adorable puppies!

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BORN 06-10-12; 3/4 Great Pyrenees, 1/4 English Mastiff Puppies! Ideal as pet and guard dog. Large, intelligent protectors of you, your family and livestock. Last years puppies have already saved children! 7 puppies left. Great health and strength. Shots and wormed. $700 each. Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island. 253- 3 4 7 - 1 8 3 5 . [email protected]

CARLIN PINSCHER Puppies!! Two males; 12 weeks old: ready for their forever home! First and second shots. Home raised. Solid color $400 and black/ rust $600. 360-929-1451. Oak Har- bor.

Dogs

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AKC GREAT DANE Puppies. Now offering Full-Euro’s, Half-Euro’s & Standard Great Danes. Males & females. Every color but Fawns, $500 & up. Health guarantee. Li- censed since 2002. Dreyersdanes is Oregon state’s largest breeder of Great Danes. Also; sell- ing Standard Poodles. www.dreyersdanes.comCall 503-556-4190.

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wheelsMarine

Miscellaneous

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1978 25’ BAYLINER SARATOGA Boat with trailer. Perfect first boat! Runs well & good cond! Chevy V8 motor, fresh water cooled. Full cabin! Full canvas, marine radio & depth finder. New interior & marine toilet. $2,500 obo. Langley, Whidbey Island. Call 425-754-3794.

26’ CALKINS Bartender boat, 1976. Complete re- fit in 1997. Yanmar 4LH- DTE diesel with trolling gear. 115 hours. Com- plete electronics. In- cludes trailer. $12,000 or offer. 360-378-3074 Fri- day Harbor.

GREAT INTER-ISLAND Boat. 27’ Monk designed hull. Perkins 4-107 diesel, Foruno radar, GPS, VHF, sounder, charger, stereo, Red Dot heater. Forward cabin with bunk, sink and head. Spotlight, chart table and 2 bunks in main cabin. Maxwell windlass 10.5 x 8’ open cockpit with stainless steel bows and covers. 360-317-4281


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1976 33’ RANGER; ONE owner boat & always well maintained! New; 25 HP Universal Diesel, 22 gallon fuel tank, 2 batteries, prop, electric marine toilet, Dodger, interior cushions, sailing electronics. Standing rig- ging & life lines replaced 2007. Refrigeration, Dickinson fireplace, propane cook stove/ oven. Last haul out October 2011. She’s ready for summer cruising! $28,500. San Juan Is- land. Call 360-378-5111.

1981 24.5’ TANZER. Shoal keel, main, jib, spinner. Includes 8 HP, 4 cycle Honda outboard. PFD’s, extra fuel tank. New seat covers, two burner alcohol stove, sink, ice box & drop down table. Forward “V” berth, Porta-potty. In- flatable raft. Very stable boat under sail! Easy to handle! $3,800. Oak Harbor. John 360-240- 8332. Or email today;[email protected]

AutomobilesChevrolet

1993 CHEVY Corvette. Original Owner. 44,000 miles - always garaged. Color is Black on Black. Automatic Transmission. Excellent condition. $14,000 or best offer. Call Don at 360-588- 1611

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AutomobilesHyundai

2008 HYUNDAI Accent GS Hatchback. Light blue, 33,500 + miles, 5 speed manual, 28 MPG. Good condition! $7,250. Orcas Island. 360-376- 1465.

AutomobilesJeep

1996 CHEVY Marquet 120,000 miles. Very comfortable ride, like sit- ting on your couch! Great around town car, 20 MPG. Power windows & locks. Good condition! $2,995 obo. Oak Harbor, Whidbey. Call Debbie 360-969-0248.

AutomobilesMercedes-Benz

1984 MERCEDES 280SL European model driven off assembly line by original owner! Beau- tiful car! Gorgeous blue paint! Smooth gently cared for grey leather interior. 110,000 miles with new tires! Well maintained; cared for by professionals! Both tops, order/ purchase records & repair manuals included. Asking just $13,500. Sweet deal! Call Peter (360)222-3556. Clinton, Whidbey Island [email protected]

AutomobilesToyota

1999 TOYOTA CAMRY, 4 door. Great starter, family or commuter car! Sleek bronze with beige interior. AT, new tires & 100,000 miles. Radio, power windows & spacious trunk. Good condition! Well maintained! All records incl. $4,800. Freeland, Whidbey Is- land. 360-321-4371.

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Pickup TrucksFord

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TRUCK & CAMPER COMBO; perfect for va- cations and hunting! 2011 Arctic Fox model 811, full galley, dinette, comfortable queen bed, slide out, awning, AM/FM/CD player, large heated tanks, adequate storage, many more ex- tras! 2006 Ford F250, Extended cab, 4WD, Diesel, long bed, over- load air bags, satellite radio, Operator’s manuals and maintenance records, excellent condition! Great Road Ma- chine! Whidbey Island. $55,000. 360-678-6651 or 360-969-3223.

Tires & Wheels

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Motorcycles

2006 HARLEY Low Rid- er. Fuel Injection Twin Cam 88, 6 speed, 35.7k miles, well maintained. Very low seat height for short or tall riders. Har- ley’s special “Profile” chrome laced wheels. Kuryakyn “Switch Blade” folding-heel-support forward control foot rests, and Kuryakyn Panacea LED taillight. $9,650 obo. diversifiedinte- [email protected] or 253-473-5326 South Ta- coma.

Motorhomes

29’ FOURWINDS Class C Motorhome, 1995. Ap- prox. 54,000 miles. On Ford Chassis. Sleeps 5-6 comfortably. Full kitchen with microwave. Bath with shower. Air conditioned. Located In Oak Harbor. $8,500. Call “Spud” at 360-840-8950 with questions or to view. Or call Jim at 360- 941-3645.

Tents & Travel Trailers

2002 26’ PROWLER Travel Trailer. Seldom used! Ready to roll! Per- fect for your summer trip. Sleeps 6; queen bed and couch into dou- ble bed. AC, awning, stereo & new batteries. Excellent condition! Stored inside. Includes silverware & dishes. Ful- ly self contained. Only $8,450. Call Jack 360- 579-1507. Clinton, Whid- bey Island.

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