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Ice cream for a causeChief to start in January

Tax on garbage decrease

By Anna V. SmithJournal reporter

January brings a new year, and for San Juan Island this year it also brings a new Emergency Medical Services Chief. After months of reviewing applications and conducting interviews, San Juan Island EMS has chosen Jerry Martin to be the new chief, start-ing Jan. 1, 2016.

“San Juan EMS and MedEvac has a long history of great people providing exceptional service to the community,” Martin said. “It is an honor to be selected as its next chief. My plan for the department is to maintain the level of excel-lence the community has come to expect from its EMS providers.”

Martin currently lives in Blaine, Wash., north of Bellingham located on the coast and near the Canadian border.

“My wife Karin and I are look-ing forward to being part of the San Juan community,” Martin said. “We currently live south of Birch Bay, west of Ferndale. It’s small, with the bay just three rock throws away. Very similar to San Juan Island, just without the ferry.”

Martin added he is currently working on a SWOT analysis, a strategy to determine strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. He is also beginning to work on a 100 day plan that will focus on getting to know the current EMS system, the island’s responders and develop-ing relationships with emergency response organizations and com-munity groups, associations and individuals.

“My passion is patient care,” Martin said. “As the island’s new EMS chief, I have the opportunity to combine my passion with years of preparation to become a chief. After all, it’s all about excellent patient care for those we have the privilege to serve.”

He also said that getting to com-municate with the community is a priority, and getting to know their

Elementary school students raised funds for diabetes research and education, and were rewarded with an ice cream party

By Heather SpauldingJournal reporter

During their Dec. 9 meeting, the San Juan County Council voted to decrease the solid waste tax by 1.5 percent on Orcas and San Juan.

A slow tax decrease was part of the original 2012 solid waste financing plan, as the county worked its way out of debt.

Three years ago, some might recall, solid waste operations hit crises mode after tests showed the transfer station on San Juan Island was in need of work. After years of multiple studies and highly con-troversial proposals to move the transfer station from Sutton Road, the county came to a realization that the trash situation was seri-ously in the red, by approximately $100,000.

Solid waste staff was forced to reevaluate their strategy. After countless meetings and input from the public two choices emerged before the voters. One option kept

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Contributed photos/Sara ParsonsTop left, Henry Jensen gets excited about ice cream, bottom, volunteers serve up ice cream at the elementary school.

“This is 28 carbs,” Sara Jensen said, handing an ice cream cone to her son Henry as he pulled his blood sugar test kit out of a silver iridescent fanny pack. You don’t often hear parents talking to their kids about watching their carb count, unless they’re a parent like Jensen with a child who has diabetes.

After a finger poke and a reading, Henry shouts his numbers across the room. His mom gives him the thumbs up and he digs into his mint chip ice cream cone. The rest of the kids waiting in line eagerly dis-cuss which flavors they want – birthday cake! Vanilla! Chocolate! Strawberry!

Lopez Island Creamery donated around 40 gal-lons ice of cream to the students at Friday Harbor Elementary School on Dec. 8 after the school raised $798 towards diabetes foundation Beyond Type 1, almost $300 over their goal. Yo! Friday Harbor and Roche Harbor Resort also donated to the event.

Henry Jensen, age 8, brought the idea to raise the money to the FHES student council, with the initial goal of raising $500 to contribute to Beyond Type 1’s overall fundraising goal of $1 million to go towards

Type 1 diabetes research and education. Henry was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2013 at age 5.

Henry’s mother Sara is the creative director and helped design and brand Beyond Type 1, founded this February, along with other founders Sam Talbot, Sarah Lucas and Juliet De Baubigny and Nick Jonas (yes, the famous one).

“I wanted to work with an organization that brought the focus to people with diabetes as indi-viduals, instead of defining them by their disease,” Jensen said.

According to Jensen, all operational and fundrais-ing expenses are covered by a group of “founding friends” that fund the group. This allows for all the donations to go straight into efforts of diabetes Type 1 education, advocating and researching a cure.

Henry, who is featured on the Beyond Type 1 web-site, presented the idea of a fundraiser to the school’s student council with his sister.

“He has regularly made a point of donating parts of his Christmas and birthday money to charity, so it made sense for him to share that spirit of giving with the school,” Jensen said.

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By Elizabeth CooneyWSG Communications Fellow, Washington Sea Grant

Though they’re less glamorous than oysters, mussels dominate rocky coastlines and support aquaculture world-wide. Now Washington Sea Grant-supported researchers at University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs are inves-tigating potential climate-related threats to the amazingly tough mussel threads that anchor them to wave-pounded rocks and docks.

The unassuming but commercially valuable mussel dom-inates temperate seas worldwide, clinging to rocks and docks by a cluster of thread-like anchors called the bys-sus or “the beard.” The byssus’s unique protein matrix gives each thread extraordinary strength, even in salt water. But will byssal threads still hold fast as the seas become warmer and more acidic? Supported by Washington Sea Grant, UW biology professor Emily Carrington is trying to answer that question and determine whether food supply and spawning may also affect byssal strength. The answers she’s finding aren’t simple, but they’re sometimes surprising.

Carrington and her colleagues have found that impacts vary depending on mussel species. When temperature rises, the West Coast’s native Pacific blue mussel (Mytilus trossu-lus) grows fewer threads, but the naturalized Mediterranean mussel (M. galloprovincialis) grows more. The native California mussel (M. californianus) shows no change as waters warm, but is more sensitive to low pH and less resilient in low salinity. These results suggest that Mediterranean mussels may outcompete the native species as the ocean becomes warmer and more acidic.

Measuring byssal strength is a straightforward process; the researchers yank mussels from the rocks with a force gauge or stretch individual threads in a tensometer to determine extension and breaking point. Working with Carrington, graduate student Laura Newcomb has inves-tigated byssal strength in laboratory experiments and field assessments. She found that byssal strength and elasticity decline when seawater pH drops below 7.6. Since pH ranges from just above 7.0 to well above 8.0 in the bays where the mussels grow, this threshold presents a real danger. Fortunately, 66°C, the temperature at which byssal strength drops off, is still well above the average temperatures in Puget Sound.

The picture gets more complicated: pH and temperature seem to make less difference when mussels spawn, appar-ently because they’re already shifting energy to producing sperm and eggs rather than byssus. But for the mussels themselves the imperative is always simple: hold tight or die. That’s gotten the attention of Ian Jefferds, the general man-ager of the Penn Cove Shellfish Company on Washington’s Whidbey Island, where Carrington and Newcomb conduct their fieldwork. Jefferd’s operation remains healthy and seems sustainable, but he doesn’t take things for granted: “We don’t want a situation. Why wait for one to happen?”

The effects of warming, acidifying waters on byssal strength have “important implications for a major global industry,” notes Carrington. Many countries, including China, Canada and Spain, grow even more mussels than the United States, and Carrington hopes her lab’s work will also benefit them. “What we’re learning here in Washington will be transferable to other industries.”

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– Submitted by Islands Community Church

Islands Community Church welcomed Pastor Carlos Barrios Gonzalez to San Juan Island this sum-mer. Pastor Barrios and his family, shown above, moved from the North Chicago area where he had been working towards a Masters of Divinity degree for two years. He holds a bachelor of arts in Christian Ministry from Trinity International University and is a candi-date for a masters of arts in Christian Studies at the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Pastor Barrios has also had the opportuni-ty to take classes towards a Doctorate in Ministry degree through Knox Theological Seminary.

Carlos came to the U.S. from Cuba in 1980; his wife Marysol, originally from Colombia, lived in New York before mov-ing to Miami. Carlos and Marysol met in Miami and were married in 1993. Their oldest daughter Pattris was

born in Florida; their three other children were born in Texas. All six family mem-bers are now living here on the island. Their oldest son Jonathan is working to save up money to finish college and his younger brother Jordan is working on finish-ing his high school through Griffin Bay. Valerie, the youngest, is a junior at Friday Harbor High School and part of their varsity girls’ soccer team. In Texas, Pastor Carlos served in church planting and started three Hispanic churches in the Southern Dallas area while he was attending the Criswell Bible College. In 2001, they moved closer to their families and Carlos had the opportunity to be co-pastor and youth pas-tor in Miami Lakes, Florida, where he was later ordained as pastor. Pastor Carlos understood the call; after all, his grandfather spent eight years in a Cuban prison because the Castro Regime saw all church lead-ers as enemies of the state.

This has always served as motivation for the Gonzalez family to boldly speak about their personal faith in Jesus Christ and led the men in the family to follow their grandfather’s footsteps. Currently Pastor Carlos’ uncle serves as a pas-tor in Cape Coral and his younger brother serves in Miami. The Barrios family is enjoying living in Friday Harbor and feels blessed to be serving in such a beauti-ful place. They would love the opportunity to meet you and would love for you to pay them a visit at Islands Community Church, Sundays at 10 a.m. Pastor Carlos feels very encour-aged about the opportunity

to teach and share Gods’ biblical truths with us. “This is the reason I am here;” he says. “I want others to come to know the truths of Gods’ Word and to begin to live by them. Knowing God has had such an amazing impact on my life and has made such a difference in my family, I want others to come to know Him too.”

In addition to being very passionate about his min-istry opportunity, Pastor Carlos also enjoys physical activities like hiking and exploring. No, he won’t be able to play pond hockey like he did in Chicago. However, he will find more than enough to keep him busy.

Contributed photoDr. Emily Carrington explains byssal effects to Gov. Jay Inslee.

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County contract with Cascadia pulled from agendaBy Anna V. SmithJournal reporter

A contract proposed by Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc. that included San Juan County Manager Mike Thomas’s wife Jennifer Thomas did not move forward on its sched-

uled date Dec. 7 in front of San Juan County Council. The county contracted Cascadia Consulting to update the county’s Parks Trails and Natural Areas Plan. According to Cascadia Consulting Principal Ruth Bell, Cascadia chose

Jennifer Thomas to work as a sub consultant, and the county council and county manager were in no way involved in the selection process. As required by state code, county manager Mike Thomas disclosed to the council and prosecut-ing attorney’s office that he had a “remote interest in the contract due to inclu-sion of a family member as a sub-consultant,” according to a press release from the county.

According to Cascadia

Consulting and confirmed by Dona Wuthnow, direc-tor at parks and recreation, Jennifer Thomas is no lon-ger on the contract. Thomas was listed as an island liai-son to San Juan Island at $115 an hour, as much as some of the key staff mem-bers on the project and sig-nificantly higher than liai-sons on Shaw, Orcas and Lopez who were listed at hourly rates of $40, $65 and $40 respectively.

According to Bell, con-sultant rates are determined

and submitted by the indi-vidual selected and are based on their professional qualifications.

“Jennifer Thomas is a highly experienced envi-ronmental professional with a great reputation throughout the Puget Sound region,” said senior associate Gretchen Muller to the Journal in an email. “We identified highly quali-fied residents for each of the ferry served islands to serve in the community liaison capacity.”

Muller said the liai-son position for Jennifer Thomas was a “minor role” in the overall project, and she would have worked approximately 10 hours under the contract.

A new contract will be presented to the county council by Wuthnow Dec. 15. The revised contract is available on the county’s website as an attachment on the agenda. The contract lists the new San Juan Island liaison is “to be decided.”

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A long-time DSHS employee, Reyes is known for her leadership, manage-ment and organizational skills. She has served as acting assistant secretary since August. Reyes served with the Economic Services Administration’s Community Services Division as Chief of Programs and Policy, Regional Administrator and other duties throughout her career.

Most recently, Reyes served as Executive Director of Planning and Performance, leading DSHS-wide strategic planning and Gov. Jay Inslee’s Results Washington DSHS initiatives.

In this capacity Reyes also led the work to develop and implement DSHS’ plan to respond to the Trueblood federal court decision for behavioral health.

“Carla has served masterfully in that role on an acting basis and I am grate-ful and relieved that she has agreed to officially accept this role,” said DSHS Secretary Kevin W. Quigley, in announcing the appointment.

“Our behavioral health system is tremendously challenged right now,” Reyes said. “Workforce challenges and lack of capacity continue to plague us across the continuum of care. I am committed to adding my skills to those of the dedicated teammates at the Behavioral Health Administration. We will work together to transform

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“Our state’s behavioral health system and its many partners face tremen-dous challenges and I am convinced that Carla’s leadership will bring about the fresh perspective needed to effec-tively restructure the system,” added Quigley. “She has already undertak-en steps within our state psychiatric hospitals to improve the quality of care and increase safety for staff and patients. This is only the beginning of what she will bring to this effort.”

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needs.Martin’s first experience

with emergency response was when he answered an ad for “live-in firefight-ers” for Grant County Fire District #8 while attend-ing Big Bend Community College’s Aviation Program. The experience piqued his interest, and after two years of college he transferred to Western Washington University and joined Whatcom County Fire District #17 and attended an EMT class.

After becoming an EMT, Martin volun-teered for King County Fire District #10. In 1983, Martin enrolled at Tacoma Community College’s para-medic program. He then took a job at Boeing Fire Department until 1990,

when he joined Bellingham Fire Department.

In 2007, after two years instructing paramed-ic training, Martin was hired as a Division Chief of Emergency Medical Services/Medical Services Officer for Whatcom County Fire District #7 where he was given the mis-sion to train firefighters as paramedics and develop a paramedic program.

“Assisted by some very talented firefighters, fire departments, elected offi-cials and the medical com-munity, we met our goals and objectives and now today, Whatcom County Fire District #7’s paramed-ics are part of Whatcom County’s emergency ser-vices,” Martin said.

Over that time period he also developed several programs for the county, including a prevention pro-gram and a teenage heart

screening program in high schools.

Martin said that some notable differences between Whatcom County and San Juan County is the logis-tics of transportation. Compared to the ease of driving to a health care facility that can perform the work required, the islands provide a more complicated arrangement at times. In addition, calling in outside agencies for assistance can be difficult since it’s such an isolated area.

Martin said he recog-nized he is an “outsider coming in” to the commu-nity, and while he’s eager to get started, he isn’t plan-ning on making big changes from the get-go. Instead, he said he plans on becom-ing acquainted with the area and then making small changes after understand-ing the system.

“I’m coming into this

wide-eyed, and I’m looking at this for me personally as growth. I don’t think there’s going to be a whole lot of changes or blazing guns

when I get in there,” Martin said. “We’re going to answer the calls and do what we’re caste to do.”

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things mostly the same, the other included creating essentially three different solid waste entities; one for San Juan Island, another for Orcas, and a third for Lopez. San Juan and Orcas Islands became privatized, while the Lopez station became a

nonprofit. To assist paying off the debt, the solid waste tax was raised, with the idea that it would decrease as the debt was paid off. Voters approved the more complex plan.

As of today, roughly three quarters of the debt, $74,000, has been paid off.

“It was important to us that the public started to see some relief,” Councilman

Rick Hughes said, and so the first reduction of 1.5 percent begins. He also wanted to make sure peo-ple understood that Lopez Island residents will not be impacted, however, as their nonprofit facility was not part of the original tax increase.

The debt payoff is about on schedule, although some of the county bonds have

been paid off sooner than expected.

“Going forward, I would like to see us focus on hazardous waste,” Hughes added.

Hazardous items includes paints, aerosols, adhesives, chemical products, anti-freeze and contaminated motor oil, just to name a few items. Currently San Juan County has very infrequent

hazardous waste collection, approximately once a year.

The San Juan County Council has kept their promise. Whether you still bring your trash to transfer station, or have your trash picked up, you should be able to feel the impacts of this tax decrease beginning Jan. 1.

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Contributed PhotoJerry Martin currently works in Whatcom County and will begin as San Juan County’s new EMS Chief in January 2016.

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They then put change jars in each classroom to see who could bring in the most money. The winning class, Henry’s second grade class, won a pizza party, but since the whole school par-ticipated, an ice cream party was also in order.

“They were really kind and brought us all ice cream,” said Ella Raichlen, in fourth grade. Ella is the student council treasurer at FHES and assisted in deliv-ering the raised funds to the bank to be sorted and counted. Jensen said Ella was wide-eyed when told that the organization was going to try and raise $1 million total. “Who’s going to count all that change?” Ella pondered.

“We’ve been living in this community for six years now and we’re continually awed by the incredible level of togetherness this island displays,” Jensen said. “Not only were the donations generous, but many stu-dents took the opportunity to learn about type 1 dia-betes.” Visit Beyond Type 1 online at beyondtype1.org for information on living with Type 1, essays, food and travel guides.

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By Heather SpauldingJournal reporter

In a celebration of local business the San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce handed out Awards of Excellence on Dec. 9. About 50 members attended the event at the Grange. Wine and appetizers were avail-able, contributing to a festive mood. Executive Director Becki Day opened by updat-ing the crowd about changes in the chamber during 2015, Duncan Wilson, Town Administrator gave an over-view of the towns plans for 2016, and Debrah Hopkins from the Visitors Bureau provided stats on tourism, state of our local economy, and unemployment.

Winners of the Award of Excellence went to:

Services- Printonyx; Kris Brown

Retail- Griffin Bay Bookstore; Laura Norris

Non-profit- Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor

Arts/Galleries/Artists- Island Museum of Art

Lodging - Harrison House and Tucker House; David Pass and Anna Maria De Freitas

Dining- a tie between Cask and Schooner; GM and John Hamilton, and Vinny’s Ristorante; Julie Strang and Becki Day

Activities, Boating, Whale Watching, Charters- San Juan Island Whale and Wildlife Tours; Hobbes Buchannan.


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Deb Langhans, owner of Wholistic Health Options, has just become a Certified Grief Specialist in “The Grief Recovery Method,” a comprehensive method of grief recovery created 35 years ago by the interna-tionally-respected Grief Recovery Institute. This cer-tification allows Langhans to work with groups and individuals to help them recover from all kinds of personal loss. 8-week work-shops and 7-week one-on-one sessions provide time-tested curriculum to help

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The Islands’ Sounder and Journal of the San Juan are launching a poll to gather informa-tion about how you read your news and use media. The survey will be up for about month and can be found at www.sanjuanjournal.com. Results of the poll will be posted online and in our print edition in January. For any questions email editor Cali Bagby at [email protected].

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Contributed photoCask and Schooner chef Israel and manager John Hamilton.

Hurrah for our library

I would like to say thank you to our library for all its many wonderful offerings and its warm and compas-sionate staff.

It is now possible to come in to the library with our technology questions and problems each Tuesday from 10 until 11:30. I’ve come several times with my laptop computer and my questions and confusion, and the help I receive feels like a beautiful gift. I know many others feel the same. If you are skilled at tech-nology and would like to volunteer to be one of the

helpers, talk to Beth at the library.

We are all so lucky to have this library on the island and to be able to par-take of its fine offering of books and CDs, as well as a wide array of creative and imaginative workshops, art displays,lectures and films and readings that it pro-vides. In countless ways it enriches our lives.

JUDITH AZRAELSan Juan Island

Land and seaI am frustrated that, in

the year 2015, we can have a person in charge of land use planning at the county who apparently does not recognize that there are connections between land and sea. The Friday Harbor Labs expressed alarm about proposed changes to the SMP uplands designations around its biological pre-serves at Argyle and False Bay; Linda Kuller was reported to have responded that because the universi-ty owns and protects the tidelands, “no significant impacts to the environment are anticipated with the pro-posed change”. If land use had no effects on marine shorelines and water qual-ity, the Salish Sea and other estuaries around the world

would probably be in fine shape. Will the council lis-ten to this “everything is fine” opinion, or to the buckets of science that say otherwise?

MEGAN DETHIERFriday Harbor

Student feedbackThe semester is soon

coming to an end and stu-dents have been working diligently all semester to complete their projects. On Wednesday Jan. 13, 2016 (5:30 – 7 p.m.), students will be giving presenta-tions demonstrating all that they have accomplished and learned this term. We need community members to come and give valuable feedback to our students about their projects. It will truly be an exciting evening to learn about so many great projects such as: acquiring new equipment for our local boxing gym, complet-ing trail impact surveys on our island, raising aware-ness and providing sup-plies for children in Papua New Guinea and Romania, publishing a coloring book about orcas in captivity, painting our Turnbull Gym, encouraging recycling at school, teaching arts and crafts to students of all ages, building cat posts for our

local animal shelter, just to name a few! We had a total of twenty-seven different projects going this semes-ter!”

Please respond by email a t : j e n ny w i l s on @ s j i s d .wednet.edu if you can eval-uate. Also, please contact friends that you think could help us in January. We need quite few evaluators this time around!

JENNY WILSONTeacher, FHHS

Council failureDear council mem-

bers: I am writing to ask that you finally take action to appoint a citizen from Lopez to fill the Planning Commission seat that has been empty for two years.

Rob Thesman, an emi-nently qualified Lopezian, with particular experi-ence in affordable housing issues, applied for the empty position almost two years ago, in February 2014. No other applicant has filed. Yet council has failed to appoint anyone to that seat, despite the important topics that have come before the

Planning Commission.The Planning

Commission itself has asked council to fill that seat.

Under the charter, each of you now represents the entire county, and failure to act to fill the seat could suggest partisan or personal animus, neither of which is appropriate.

PEG MANNINGOrcas Island

CenturyLink’s landlines not operational

During the several recent OPALCO power outag-es caused by falling trees and errant drivers, our and other Orcas residents’ CenturyLink landlines have lost dial tone for all or the majority of the electrical outage.

This should not occur, as all telephone companies nationwide are required to have sufficient backup (bat-tery and/or generator-pow-ered) UPS -Uninterruptible Power Supplies- to power their central office switches and the phone lines them-

selves, during electrical power outages.

All phone company cus-tomers pay for that capabil-ity via the service and taxes amounts we pay monthly. However, CenturyLink is not providing the dial tone during electrical outages that we are paying them for.

Our public officials and other community mem-bers who are landline and internet customers of CenturyLink need to join me in asking CenturyLink why this is happening, what they are doing to correct the situation, and, most impor-tantly, when they will have this problem fixed.

It is especially important in our community, since the cell service is so spotty, that during power outages the CenturyLink landline ser-vice has a reliable dial tone. It is a severe public safety hazard when that is not the case, as has happened way too often recently.

TERRY O’SULLIVANOrcas Island


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Letters to the Editor

■ Marine Resources Committee Meeting, Dec. 16, 8:30 a.m. at Islander’s Bank Annex. ■ Board of Health Monthly Meeting, Dec. 16, 11:30 a.m. at Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street. ■ Agricultural Resources Committee Meeting, Dec. 16, 4 p.m. at Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Public Libraries via videoconference. ■ San Juan Island School District Board of Directors Meeting, Dec. 16, 5 p.m. at Friday Harbor High School Library. ■ San Juan County Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting, Dec. 17, 8:40 a.m. at 849A Argyle Ave. ■ Hearing Examiner Meeting, Dec. 17, 10:30 a.m. at Key Bank, Garden Room, 95 Second Street. ■ Building Advisory Council Monthly Meeting, Dec. 17, 11:45 a.m. at Fire District #3, 1011 Mullis Street.

PUBLIC MEETINGS


Editorial Guest column

Upcoming school levy for techJournal welcomes reporter/ manager – Submitted by San Juan Island School

DistrictThe San Juan Island School District

will be asking for voter support this coming February 9, 2016 in a spe-cial election for reauthorization of the Capital and Technology levy for the years 2017-2020. The Capital and Technology levy provides funding for capital improvements, major facility repairs, and technology equipment, implementation, and support.

“Basic education funding” provided by the State of Washington is not sufficient to fully fund school dis-trict capital facility improvements and technology. The district’s general fund, funded through state basic education

dollars and the local maintenance and operations (M&O) levy, pays for the daily operating expenses and minor repairs of our facilities.

“Capital and Technology funds” are necessary to handle major repairs, sys-tem replacements, and improvement of facilities as well as educational and support systems provided through technology. The current, expiring levy rate is $0.33 per $1,000.00 assessed value.

The district is asking voters to approve a four-year levy of $0.46 per $1,000.00 assessed value, an approxi-mate annual cost of $227.00 for a home assessed at $500,000.00.

Approval of this levy ensures the continuing excellence of our school facilities and sustains the delivery of a first rate education supported by a strategic replacement schedule for technology systems and devices.

Further, this capital and technology levy continues to assure that a greater portion of the general fund is directed to sustaining high quality instruction and reasonable class sizes.

The full list of district capital and technology needs can be found on our website at www.sjisd.wednet.edu

If you have questions, call Superintendent Danna Diaz at the dis-trict office at 378-4133.

OPALCO distributes capital credits – Submitted by OPALCO

Were you a member of OPALCO in 1990? If so, you may be among the 4,343 people who will get a check from OPALCO later this month as capital credits are distributed. This is something that make an electric co‐op unique: it is truly member owned and operated and we each have a “stake” in the utility. Because of budgetary constraints, the capital credits checks distributed this year will represent 50 percent of the total margin allocated in 1990. The balance of that margin will be distributed to members in future years, as finances permit.

The total amount being distributed this year is $433,016 with check amounts ranging from $5 to thousands of dol-lars (large users like schools and grocery stores). The major-ity of the checks are in the range of $100 ‐ $250.

What are capital credits? Because OPALCO is a not‐for‐profit cooperative, it does not retain profits. Instead, any revenues above the cost of doing business are considered “margins.” These margins are allocated to members as capi-tal credits at the end of the year. We all receive a statement in our bill each summer showing the amount of capital credits allocated for the previous year. This member capital allows our co‐op to finance operations and some construc-tion projects, with the intent that this capital will be repaid to us in later years. The amount of capital credits members earn in a given year is based upon the amount of capital each of us contribute to the cooperative through payment

of our monthly bills in a formula that compares each mem-ber’s ratio of usage to the rest of the co‐op. The more elec-tric service a member buys, the greater their capital credits allocation. The decision to distribute capital credits is made annually by the board after a thorough examination of the co‐op’s financial position.

This year, the board chose to pay out 50 percent of the 1990 margins in order to prepare for the financially inten-sive submarine cable replacement project, from Lopez to San Juan Island. “It’s not uncommon for co‐ops to postpone or spread out the distribution of capital credits during peri-ods of major capital projects,” said Jim Lett, board president. “We expect to catch up on this year’s partial distribution and return to our regular pattern of returning capital credits on a 25‐year cycle within a year or two of completing our submarine cable replacement project.”

Because OPALCO distributes capital credits on a 25‐year cycle, it’s important to keep OPALCO updated with your current address – even if you’ve left the area and are no longer a member. The capital credits of a deceased member may be paid, on a discounted basis, upon approval of the board.

For more info, on capital credits and OPALCO’s policy (Member Service Policy #11), see the documents online in our Resource Library (Find Documents / Membership Info…). If you have questions about your capital credits, call member services at 376‐3500.

The Journal is happy to announce that Heather Spaulding is joining the Journal as a part-time reporter and office man-ager.

Spaulding was born in Bellingham, but she became an island girl when she moved to Friday Harbor with her family, at the age of six.

She graduated from Friday Harbor High School in 1990, and like most of her classmates, she was often heard exclaiming how she couldn’t wait to leave, how boring the island life was.

She attended Evergreen State University in Olympia, Wash., with most of her credits being in history and literature. Evergreen is a somewhat alternative college, and does not hand out letter grades, and does not make students declare majors and minors.

To her surprise, by the time she received her bach-elor of arts, she found she missed her home, island life, and found herself moving back in 1994.

Always an animal and wildlife lover, her first job was with Friends of the San Juans as a public outreach coordinator. If she was going to make this place her home, she wanted to do what she could to protect it.

Protecting it meant the people in it as well the environment, so she became an active volunteer for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services, as well as joining Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor. She has held an array of jobs over the years, and is owner of Tiger Eye Legal Services.

She has always loved to write, and journalism combines her love of investigating with her passion for words. Heather is excited to join the team at the Journal of the San Juans!

To contact her about news stories, community events or any questions you can call 378-5696 or email [email protected].

By Emily MetcalfSpecial to the Journal

We have an epidemic in our country. This epidemic is prevent-able. We must rise in awareness and compassion to confront it. We must see ourselves and our friends, loved ones and commu-nity members through different eyes. Mental health is the term we currently use, and I wish to change awareness of the nature within; the essence of what is being dis-cussed.

We have had many deaths in our community on Lopez. My friend’s son was sent to prison and did not receive the mental health assistance necessary. (Read more on page 8.) He died of dehydra-tion at the age of 25. He was a gifted writer and a young phi-losopher. A friend was suffering from alcoholism to treat her Post Traumatic Stress. It killed her and

her body and spirit gave up. She was a nurse and a healer, again, a sensitive. A highly penetrat-ing man in his mid-forties, who loved nature, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head into a diving tank, which resulted in a great explosion and the burn-ing of his home and body. It was discovered that this was suicide. My friend’s husband died in a ter-rible car crash, seeking thrill and escape, leaving behind his baby and wife who are missing him greatly, and a chasm in their hearts unimaginable. A young lad in his early twenties suffering with men-tal illness drowned himself into a coma by drinking too much water. Later he passed away. Another young man died of hypothermia in a vehicle.

I speak of all of these folks in familiarity, and they were gifted sufferers. I suffer from schizoaf-

fective disorder, a.k.a bipolar dis-order with psychosis, and I have a personal relationship with chemi-cal imbalance and the life journey one must embark upon to fit into a world that seems to refuse to understand.

Hope lies in our children; chil-dren grow up to be adults. All of our addicts, homeless, and schizo-phrenics are the children of some-body. When one is suffering from mental illness and/or addiction, what they need first and foremost is hope. The synchronicity of this truth is that they are our hope as well. Seen as a burden on society, some are unable to work and some are on disability. Many are home-less, and most are in prisons. We refuse to accept and look at the truth of what is happening to us, to our children. All of these folks have a gift.

There are countless moments

throughout our day when we can make a difference. We may be down, but there is always someone more down and out than we are. We are so focused on looking up, on stepping to the next rung, on reaching the person ahead of us. We are going the wrong direction. What if we started looking down? What if we made it our one very largest desire to step down a rung and help the person underneath us?

There is a post, covered in cat-erpillars. All of the little green wormish creatures crawl on and over each other, centered on reaching the top of the post. The caterpillar on the top of the post has nowhere to crawl, but that doesn’t matter, he defends his position. One day, a single cater-pillar becomes tired. He thinks ‘what if I just walked away?’ He climbs down the post and finds

a bush, curls up into a cocoon and becomes a butterfly. If every person on the planet, stopped and changed their direction, made it their sole purpose to help out the person below them, or simply walked away from the rat race, where do you think we would be? It could take a matter of days to see a major global turn around.

I am that caterpillar. I was forced to walk away from my life and deal with my mental illness. What I would have given to be climbing on that post once again. Little did I know, my change in course would result in complete transformation. Our autistic children, our schizo-phrenic adults, our homeless and our addicts are just examples of little caterpillars that have walked away. All are simply are await-ing transformation. Fed the right ingredients, God only knows what is possible.

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By Diana HefleyEverett Herald, the Journal’s sister paper, writer

The family of a man who died of dehydration and malnutrition in the Island County Jail has reached a $4 million settlement with three counties.

As part of the settlement, Island County has agreed that a corrections expert hired to evaluate the lock-up’s operations will moni-

tor the jail for the next 18 months. Phil Stanley made a series of recommenda-tions in October to improve medical care for inmates, including more attention to those with mental illness and serious health condi-tions.

Island County Sheriff Mark Brown said several improvements have been made and more are under way, based on Stanley’s rec-

ommendations.“The family acknowl-

edges that Island County has taken measures and has promised more. We hope now that the civil part is over that we can even work together with them to ensure that it becomes a model jail and there is appropriate care for the humans housed there,” Fred Farris said Thursday.

His son, Keaton Farris,

25, was shuffled among three jails before being booked into the Coupeville lockup. He was in the throes of mental health crisis when he was taken into custody March 20 in Lynnwood. He missed court that day, and a San Juan County judge issued a $10,000 warrant. Farris was charged with identity theft for forging a $355 check in San Juan County.

He was housed in the jails in Snohomish and Skagit counties before being moved to Coupeville in Island County, which pro-vides jail services under contract with San Juan County.

The settlement was reached Monday with Island, San Juan and Skagit counties. Fred Farris and Tiffany Ferrians filed a claim in August, alleging corrections officers neglect-ed their son and withheld basic needs. They were rep-resented by Seattle attor-neys Becky Roe and Kathy Goater.

Farris was found dead in his cell around 12:40 a.m., April 8. Corrections officers hadn’t checked on him for hours, and the water to his cell had been turned off. The coroner estimated that Farris died around 7:30 p.m. on April 7.

The police investigation revealed that during the course of the 12 days in the Island County Jail, Farris’ fluid intake was at best 185 ounces of water — less than a quarter of the amount considered minimum for survival. He’d also lost about 20 pounds.

Under terms of the settle-ment, Island County also agreed that the family’s own expert will review the rec-ommendations and work provided by Stanley, and the county will make a good faith effort to incorporate any suggestions.

The jail monitoring was a critical piece of the set-tlement, Fred Farris said. Family members didn’t want those efforts delayed by taking the case to trial. They also were concerned

that a jury wouldn’t impose monitoring.

“We really feel like the review touched on how far behind the times and inad-equate procedures there are at the jail,” Fred Farris said. “We’re concerned about the people who are in jail now and didn’t want to wait two years.”

Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson said the county is investing $700,000 into the jail, including more correc-tions officers and medical staff. It also is looking into the national Stepping Up Initiative, aimed at prevent-ing people living with men-tal illness from ending up in jail.

“I was heartbroken and outraged by what hap-pened,” Price Johnson said. “I think we’ve worked very quickly with the sheriff to make improvements.”

Brown, who oversees the jail, said significant steps have been taken to remedy some of the problems that led to Farris’ death.

The county has hired a nurse practitioner and a new jail chief. There is now a mental health professional who works 20 hours a week in the jail.

Corrections officers have received additional crisis intervention training aimed at helping them work with mentally ill inmates. Brown said there is more coordi-nation between corrections staff, human services and the jail’s new nurse. They are meeting weekly to dis-cuss inmates.

“Obviously we will con-tinue to monitor the recom-mendations, and certainly the ones that were relevant in Keaton’s death are being addressed,” Brown said.

Sheriff ’s detective Ed Wallace investigated the death. His 700-page report said that corrections offi-cers didn’t regularly check on Farris or offer him water. They also failed to take any action when Farris repeat-edly refused water.

The family spoke with corrections staff and explained that Farris had

bipolar disorder and like-ly needed his medication. When he was arrested in Lynnwood, he had a pre-scription in his pocket for an anti-anxiety medication.Farris never received any medication at the Island County Jail.

His parents were assured that Farris was being seen by a nurse. Corrections offi-cers didn’t ask the jail nurse to evaluate Farris until the day before he died.

The nurse, Nancy Barker, admitted that she didn’t go into Farris’ cell or do an adequate medical screening. She said she had been told that Farris was dangerous.

Barker resigned from her job in the middle of an investigation by her employer, Island County Public Health. The state Department of Health launched an investiga-tion in July, about a week after it was contacted by The Herald about the sta-tus of Barker’s license. A department spokeswoman declined to say anything more about that investiga-tion.

Wallace’s report docu-mented that two corrections officers allegedly falsified records after Farris’ death. They resigned after being put on leave. Brown fired the jail lieutenant, and the jail chief retired.

The case remains under investigation by the Whatcom County Prosecutor’s Office for possible criminal charges against those involved.

“The family is holding on to hope that the crimi-nal justice system will hold those individuals account-able for their role in Keaton’s death,” Fred Farris said.

He and his family will focus efforts now on the criminal case. They also will focus on remembering their son, brother, grandson and nephew.

Farris grew up on Lopez Island, where he helped bring home state champi-onships in high school bas-ketball and track.

He’d been a storyteller since childhood and aspired to be a writer.

“Keaton’s great love lives through us in our hearts and through his writings and in the loving memories of his family, friends and community,” his parents said.

Family of jailed man who died settles with three counties

Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Dee Riedman (Haner), passed away on November 28, 2015 at the age of 86 in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California. Dee was born on July 10, 1929 in San Francisco, California, and lived a truly remarkable and full life. Born in the first year of the Great Depression, she nonetheless grew up with abundant love and experienced simple yet happy times with her family and friends. Dee and her parents lived in California, as well as Arizona and Utah, when she was growing up. Dee graduated from the University of Redlands, California in 1952, where she met her first husband Fred Riedman. Married in 1952, they lived in Long Beach, California for many years and had four children. After moving to Long Beach, Dee taught elementary school and then spent her time raising her family and volunteer-ing extensively with the Junior League of Long Beach. Dee later earned her master’s degree in library science at USC, and for many years she served as librarian and media center director at Weaver Elementary School in Los Alamitos, California, where she passed on her love of learning and literature, espe-cially children’s books, to hundreds of children who adored her. Due to her innovative teaching programs, in 1977 her school district won the American Library Association award for best library program in the country. In 1978 she married Ted Haner in Long Beach. They moved to Friday Harbor, Washington, where Dee lived for over 30 years. She loved the beau-ty of the San Juan Islands and made

many dear friends there. Dee had the courage to start her life anew at the age of 81, leaving her second husband and becoming a newly single independent woman living in downtown Friday Harbor-all the while continuing to battle the cancer she had been diagnosed with in 2007. While living downtown, she adopted an ador-able rescue dog named “Ruthie,” who gave her much happiness. In 2014 Dee moved to Cardiff in south-ern California, just south of Oceanside where her parents were married, to be in close proximity to her two daughters and two of her grandchildren. Dee is survived by her son, Fred, her daughter-in-law Benjean, her daugh-ters Lynn and Marianne, her grandson Wesley, her granddaughters Madelyn, Natilee, Katie, and Sammie, her great-granddaughter Emma Dee, and her younger sister Carol. She was pre-ceded in death by her daughter Holly. Dee was cherished and deeply loved by her family and friends, and she will be greatly missed by all of us. Her kindness and love, her beauty, strength and grace will be forever etched within our hearts. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor, P.O. Box 1355, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

ObituaryDee RiedmanSaturday, November 28, 2015


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We’re currently managing hundreds of construction projects countywide. Here are some of the groups we’ve been working with to date:

Current Group Projects: Matia View on Orcas Island Morning Light on Orcas Island Suncrest on Orcas Island Whiskey Hill on Lopez Island Cape San Juan on San Juan Island Mineral Point on San Juan Island Spring Point on Orcas Island Mineral Heights on San Juan Island The Highlands on San Juan Island

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Monthly Open Fiber Meeting:Join us this month our general information session. All are welcome!

Next Meeting: January 6, 2016 – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Monthly Group Organizer Meeting: Learn more about organizing your group at this session.

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Both meetings held on Orcas Island this October (meetings will rotate islands every month). Join us at: rockisland.com

FIBER UPDATE

MONTHLY FIBER MEETUPS

— San Juan Island Grange #966 and 3rd Saturday Contra Dance

A Solstice Celebration at the Grange Hall on Satur-day, Dec. 19, as a fundraiser for the Grange. The dance will start at 4:30 and the din-ner at 6:30 p.m.

The band Continental Drift and caller Bob Nicholson, fresh from con-ducting traditional dances

in Seattle, will be donating their talents for the evening.

Bob Nicholson has earned a reputation for call-ing wonderful dances for both beginners and expe-rienced dancers, making everyone feel at home and part of the dance communi-ty. Continental Drift is com-prised of Eric Anderson of Seattle and Eileen Nicholson of Syracuse, N.Y. One lis-

tener at a recent show asked: “Do you believe only two people are making all that music?” Eileen Nicholson grew up contra danc-ing along the East Coast, from Pennsylvania to New England, so knows how to keep feet moving. Anderson leads a busy schedule, tak-ing the piano stool for such bands as Bandemonium, Fiddle Rats, Celticladda and Triangularity.

He even played in a Friday Harbor band called Island Time. “But that was a long time ago,” Anderson said.

Liz Francis, Third

Saturday Contra Dance organizer, said, “This band is remarkable. I can’t wait!”

The dance will start at 4:30 p.m. Folks can dish up from the array of potluck offerings in the kitchen starting at 6:30 p.m.

After dinner, the band and caller will teach the fundamentals of contra dancing to those who have never danced.

A suggested donation for adults of $10-20, for stu-dents $5-10 will be asked at the door. And of course, potluck means bring a dish to share.

Solstice celebration and dance at the Grange Hall

Wednesday, December 16Local Barter Faire, San Juan Island Grange, set up is at 4:30 p.m., tables are pro-vided. Actual event starts at 5 p.m., goes until 7:30 p.m. For info call Francie Hansen at 378-2731.

Coping With Change, San Juan Island Library Community Room, 6 p.m., free. Hospice of San Juan’s Coping with Change series offers monthly sessions to help people manage often challenging changes that occur toward the end of life for self, friends, family and neighbors.

Christmas Jazz at the Library, San Juan Island Library, 7 p.m., free. Come join us for an evening of jazz with music from the San Juan Jazz Quintet (minus one!). What better way to celebrate?

Thursday, December 17San Juan County Parks & Recreation Commission meeting, 849A Argyle Street,

8:40 a.m., free. Regular monthly meeting of the San Juan County Parks and Recreation Commission. All these meetings are open to the public.

Mended Hearts Support Group meeting, Peace Island Medical Center, 10 a.m., free. Monthly meeting of the Mended Hearts sup-porting heart patient from diagnosis through recovery and beyond.

Community Wellness, Lavendera Massage, 6:30 p.m., free. Join us at Lavendera Massage and explore a myriad of healing therapies through free 15 minute clothed treatments including massage, energy work, and intuitive reading.

Literary Salon with Laurie Orton, San Juan Island Library, 7 p.m., free. Unlike a book club, you choose what you read, but we join togeth-er to share impressions. Join us for refreshments and refreshing talk!

Saturday, December 19Holiday Puppet Show, San Juan Island Library, 2 p.m., free. Join Chocolate Moose Theater for a 30 minute pup-

pet show. Light refreshments courtesy of the Friends of the San Juan Island Library.

Dreamcatchers, San Juan Island Library meeting room, free. Using natural fibers, cre-ate beautiful dreamcatchers to catch your dreams this winter solstice. Alice Hibberd will instruct. This free pro-gram is appropriate for older children, teens and adults. All materials provided.

Tragedy of the Commons Documentaries: The Pathology of the Super Rich, San Juan Island Library, free. Join host Ken Crawbuck for the film its discussion of the inherited elitism and entitlement of the rich. Does this ‘pathology’ lead to dehumanism, a lack of empathy and decadence? A lively discussion is sure to follow. Refreshments cour-tesy of the Friends of the Library. Opinions expressed represent the viewpoint of the filmmakers and not the opinions of the Library.

Sunday, December 20Frozen Sing-Along, San Juan Community Theatre, 2 p.m. Join your Island friends as you experience Disney’s popular animated

film; and sing along to its hit soundtrack, including the Oscar-winning Let It Go. $5 Adults; $3 Students Free pop-corn & Soda!

Monday, December 21Listen Up! Stories for Grownups, Mullis Community Senior Center Lounge, 1:15 p.m., free. Participants don’t just sit quietly. We all share our reac-tions to what we read, and may discuss other books we’ve read that pertain to the librarian’s selection.

Free Contra Dance, San Juan Island Grange, 7:30 p.m., free. All dances taught. Singles or Couples, you’ll dance with everybody to live old time music. New band members welcome.

Tuesdays, December 22Get Technology Help, San Juan Island Library, 10 a.m., free. Drop by the Library on Tuesday mornings to get instruction, trouble-shooting or help with your technol-ogy questions. You will learn by doing and get personal-ized attention for your tech needs.

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Stacey Rude, the Wolverines cheerleading coach, is looking forward to a great season.

The official tally of cheerleaders includes three seniors, six juniors, and one sopho-more. Many are first time cheerleaders, but the returning ladies have great leadership skills and the personalities to get everyone rallied for the games.

The team consists of seniors captain Megan Ruesch, Cassie Rude, Julia Smith, juniors co-captain Sis Baker, co-captain Nayaleah Tucker-Belt, Sara Rist, Jessie Pachuta, Patricia Dietz, Iella Parker, and sophomore Rachel Scott.

With experience on the volleyball team, wrestling team, and other physical activi-ties, the cheerleaders will accompany the basketball teams to all away games and anticipate post-season cheering as well.

“My goal is to set out and empower these young ladies, making strong women scholastically and physically,” said Rude. “The confidence that trickles down when

the different ages are mingling together is amazing.”

With four of the ten ladies having never cheered before, the upper classmen will take on the responsibility to lead. The cap-tains are chosen because they are returning cheerleaders, good teachers and are not afraid to get in front of everyone and get people excited at the games.

“I want them to strive to be better in aca-demics and get encouragement from upper classmen,” said Rude. It seems that being in sports, including cheerleading, offers the opportunity to learn time management skills and have fun.

This is Rude’s second season as the cheer-leading coach. She has prior experience assisting with football and coaching the girls’ 7 to 14 year old Tigers team for six years.

The 2015-16 season started Dec. 4-5 with the Friday Harbor Tip-off Classic, followed by Shoreline Christian Dec. 8 and Concrete Dec. 11. Each and every game will position the team closer and closer to post-season play.

Staff photo/ Anna V. SmithBack row left to right: Co-captain Sis Baker, Iella Parker, co-captain Nayaleah Tucker-Belt, Cassie Rude, Julia Smith, coach Stacey Rude. Front row left to right: Patricia Dietz, Captain Megan Ruesch, Jessie Pachuta, Rachel Scott.

Cheerleaders look forward to a great seasonBy Kathyrn BarnardSpecial to the Journal

WOLVERINES


Ace Hardware of Friday Harbor

All Seasons AutomotiveAlvarado Marine, Inc. Anthony Vivenzio,

Attorney at LawBe Chic Boutique

Bo TurnageBrowne’s Home Center

Chicago Title CompanyColdwell Banker (sanjuanislands.com)

Diesel America WestFriday Harbor Dentistry

Friday Harbor DrugFriday Harbor Electric

Haley’s Bait Shop & GrillHarbor Rental & Saw Shop

Island Automotive, Inc. (NAPA)

Island BicyclesIsland Petroleum Service

Island StudiosIsland TowingIslanders Bank

Islanders InsuranceJ&J Detailing & Car Audio

Wolverines committed to go further this seasonThis year the Wolverines

come together with 11 var-sity young men, all who have played together in the past, giving the team a strong core of returning kids from last year. With lightning speed and height, the Friday Harbor boys’ basketball team will be hard to beat.

Coach Rod Turnbull says “we’re expecting a lot from last year’s group.” These guys will have chemistry again this year, vying to get that league title.

Though some good play-ers graduated, seniors Luke Stromberg, Kyle Jangard, Danil Sonjaya, and juniors Eli Cooper-West, John Gustafson, all have experi-ence on the court together on varsity last year. New to the varsity team are Jake

Lowe, junior, and sopho-mores Simon Vincent, Calfin Taufuk, Stanley Patrick, Isaac Mayer, and Joe Stewart.

With seniors Kyle Jangard at 6 feet and 6 inches, and John Gustafson at 6 feet 2 inches, and sophomore Simon Vincent as posts, the team has some height in the paint.

The team also has speed and good ball-handling skills in senior Danil Sonjaya and junior Eli Cooper-West at point. Overall, the Wolverines have pretty good movement down the court and under the basket.

Some new faces and posi-tions might need some time to get used to. These guys have played together in the off season and are pretty focused right now. They have worked pretty hard to

get where they are at.When talking about the

team dynamic, Turnbull says that the Wolverines act like there is “more than a single guy out there, and that’s what we are looking for.”

Last year, the Wolverines tied for the league title and were in the top 16. The returning kids will have their chance to get there again and are looking for the opportunity to go fur-ther this season.

The teams to beat are La Conner and Orcas, tough teams with great programs and players. Mt. Vernon Christian always makes the Wolverines work hard league title as well.

The Wolverines have some size they want to make sure they use when needed and most kids are committed to the over-all program, almost every kid plays at least one other sport together. Coach Rod Turnbull, after 13 years as the Wolverines coach, says that he is expecting a lot

from last year’s group. They will have to come togeth-er, with players filling new roles on the court.

“The level we got to last year, hopefully got them hungry. Our goal this year is go one level higher and make that happen,” said

Turnbull.With 12 more guys on

JV this year, the Wolverines have a great chance to compete under the new JV coach Dan Williams. As a longtime coach, Williams is a “big asset to the program,” said Turnbull.

The Wolverines don’t have to win alone this year. After a year without any cheerleaders, Friday Harbor has a squad of 10 young ladies that are excited to cheer for some great ath-letes on both the boys and girls basketball teams.

Staff photo/ Anna V. SmithFront, left to right: Jordan Davis, Danil Sonjaya, Stanley Patrick, Eli Cooper West, Luke Stromberg, Joe Stewart. Back Row, Left to Right: Isaac Mayer, Kyle Jangard, Simon Vincent, John Gustafson.

By Kathyrn BarnardSpecial to the Journal

2015-16 Wolverines BOYS BASKETBALL

Sat., Dec. 19 South Whidbey 1:30 p.m. Mon., Dec. 28 Blaine 7 p.m. Blaine Holiday InviteTue., Dec. 29 Blaine Holiday Invite Blaine (Host) 6 p.m. Blaine Holiday Invite TBDSat., Jan. 2 Auburn Adventist TBD Tue., Jan. 5 Orcas Island 4 p.m. Fri., Jan. 8 Mount Vernon Christian 6 p.m.Tue., Jan. 12 Cedar Park Chr. (MLT) 5:30 p.m.Fri., Jan. 15 La Conner 6 p.m. Mon., Jan. 18 Shoreline Christian 4 PM Thu., Jan. 21 Concrete 5 PM Sat., Jan. 23 Darrington 1:30 p.m.Tue., Jan. 26 Orcas Island 2:30 p.m.Fri., Jan. 29 Mount Vernon Christian 4 p.m.Tue., Feb. 2 Cedar Park Chr. (MLT) 4:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 5 La Conner 5:30 p.m.

Home games in bold Date Opponent Time 13 lucky for wrestling team


The number thirteen might be unlucky for some, but the thirteen-member Wolverine wrestling team at Friday Harbor High School have high hopes of making it to state at the Tacoma Dome again this year for the 2015-2016 season. The squad sent three of their teammates James Guard (120), Sara Rist (155) and Haley Pyle (145) to the 2014-2015 champion-ships.

“We’re taking quality over quantity

this year,” said head coach Taine Pyle. “It takes a special type of kid to be a wrestler, can you imagine stepping onto a mat to wrestle in front of a whole school?”

Coach Pyle, now in his third year as wrestling coach, is accompanied by Time Hoke and longtime wrestling coach Neil MacDiarmid.

The team’s thirteen wrestlers include four that are new to competing in wrestling, though they certainly aren’t new to athletics.

New to the team is Jocelyn Roberts (138), sophomore, who helped the

Anacortes swim team place third over-all in state championships this year, placing in the top ten in her event. Wade Swirtz (145), sophomore, played quarterback in the 2015 football sea-son, as well as Caleb Delazerda (170), who played offensive line and outside linebacker in the 2015 football sea-son. Also new to the team is Isaac Brumsickle (160), whose brother Tate Brumsickle placed first in his weight division in Iron Sharpens Iron 2011 tournament and played on the team

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Last year, the Wolverine ladies made it to states, but only one team will get out of regionals this year. Following a fairly success-ful season, new coach Fred Woods has a lot to live up to.

The Friday Harbor girls’

basketball team competes at the 2B level, making every game important. Other teams in the league including Mount Vernon Christian, La Conner and Shoreline Christian may have lost some big play-ers to graduation, but the Wolverines have plenty of competition against teams

including Orcas Island and Darrington.

The strength shown in last year’s team returns with all five starters intact and looking really good. Seniors Lili Wood, Allie Galt, Taylor Turnbull, and Madi Kincaid “are all great leaders and basketball players,” Woods said.

Senior Taylor Turnbull takes the point position and leads the plays, using her extensive experience from the last two years on var-sity. Allie Galt at 6 feet and Lili Wood at 5 feet 8 inches are really athletic and have skills in the paint. Even the wing positions have height in Hayden Mayer at 5 feet and 11 inches and Madi Kincaid.

The teams to beat this year include La Conner, the team is strong and well coached. Every league game will be important, but the Wolverines will have to beat La Conner to make it to states again.

It won’t be easy, but these ladies have been playing

together for almost their whole lives. Some played volleyball this fall, finishing in fifth place in the 2B state tournament. This is the first time since 1997 that the vol-leyball team has made it to the state tournament.

“We’re pretty excited about the season, and the first week of practice has been fun, the girls have been working hard and are buying into a system that they haven’t had in the past. Looking forward to what

they can do,” said Woods.The other juniors and

upcoming sophomores are also overall good players, with the seniors to lead them, they will be impor-tant off the bench in back-up roles.

The 2015-16 season start-ed Dec. 4-5 with the Friday

Harbor Tip-off Classic. To see scores of the games go to page 15.

Fred Woods is a first year coach at Friday Harbor, coaching in Wyoming and Idaho, before moving to Friday Harbor in 2007.

Staff photo/ Anna V. SmithBack, left to right: Ella Hu, Lili Wood, Madi Kincaid, Allie Galt, Hayden Mayer, Kiana Woods. Front row left to right: Savannah Hoffman, Alexa Mora, Taylor Turnbull, Ciera Bailey, Hannah Hopkins.

2015-16 Wolverines GIRLS BASKETBALL

Tue., Dec. 22 Lynden 5:45 p.m.Sat., Jan. 2 Auburn Adventist TBDTue., Jan. 5 Orcas Island 5:30 p.m.Fri., Jan. 8 Mount Vernon Christian 4:30 p.m.Tue., Jan. 12 Cedar Park Chr. (MLT) 4 p.m.Fri., Jan. 15 La Conner 4:30 p.m.Mon., Jan. 18 Shoreline Christian 5:30 p.m.Thu., Jan. 21 Concrete 3:30 p.m.Sat., Jan. 23 Darrington 12 p.m.Tue., Jan. 26 Orcas Island 6 p.m. Fri., Jan. 29 Mount Vernon Christian 5:30 p.m. Tue., Feb. 2 Cedar Park Chr. (MLT) 3 p.m. Fri., Feb. 5 La Conner 4 p.m.

Home games in bold Date Opponent Time

throughout his high school career.

Team members Dakota Gabler-Brown (195), Angela Hoke (145), Jesse Payne (120), Hunter Rustad (180), Thomas Synoground

(145) and Ben Ware (138) all have at least one year of wrestling under their belts.

This year’s team doesn’t have a heavyweight, and

the team is generally pared down compared to the 22 wrestlers on the 2013 team and 19 on the 2014 team.

The team will play four tournaments this year. See page 15 for the latest scores.

Staff photo/ Anna V. SmithBack row left to right: Coach Neil MacDiarmid, Hunter Rustad, Ben Ware, Dakota Gabler-Brown, Isaac Brumsickle, Jocelyn Roberts, Caleb Delazerda, Coach Taine Pyle, Coach Tim Hoke. Front row left to right: Wade Swirtz, Jesse Payne, Thomas Synoground, Haley Pyle, James Guard, Sara Rist.

2015-16 Wolverines

Date Opponent Time

Wrestling

Wed., Dec. 16 Darrington 4 p.m. Thu., Dec. 17 Burlington-Edison-JV 4 p.m. Thu., Dec. 17 Sedro-Woolley-JV 4 p.m. Tue., Dec. 22 Mt Baker Wrestling Invite 9:30 a.m.Wed., Jan. 6 La Conner 4 p.m. Sat., Jan. 9 Sky Valley Invitational 9:45 p.m.Wed., Jan. 13 Concrete 4 p.m. Sat., Jan. 16 King of the Mountain 8 a.m.Wed., Jan. 20 Darrington 4 p . m . Wed., Jan. 27 La Conner 4 p.m.

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San Juan Community Theatre celebrates the season with presentations of two holi-day classics and a family-friendly opera on the big screen in December.

FrozenOn Sunday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m., the sing-

along version of Disney’s “Frozen” will have kids of all ages humming “Let it go, let it go…” throughout the holidays. The ani-mated hit features fearless optimist Anna setting off on an epic journey to find her sister Else, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.

The NutcrackerThe winter theme continues on Monday,

Dec. 21 at 7 p.m., with “The Nutcracker,” presented by “Bolshoi Ballet Only in Cinemas.” The ballet encore (recorded live in December 2014) has a unique and beautiful sense of romance and philosophy, danced by the heroic Denis Rodkin as the courageous Prince and the magical Anna Nikulina as Marie.

The Magic FluteOn Sunday, Dec. 27 at 2 p.m., The Met:

Live in HD celebrates its tenth anniver-sary season, with the encore screening of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” – the ground breaking presentation that launched the series to theaters around the world. Adults and children alike were enchanted (and will be again) by the whimsical humor and breathtaking puppetry of Julie Taymor’s hit production, presented in a shortened English-language version.

Free holiday treats and drinks will be available at each event.

Tickets for “Frozen” are $3 for students and $5 for adults. Admission to “The Nutcracker” and “The Magic Flute” is $10 for students and $20 for adults for each event. Tickets are available on-line at www.sjctheatre.org or via the SJCT Box Office (378-3210).

Family holiday events at San Juan Community TheatreContributed photo/ Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Nathan Gunn as Papageno in a scene from Act II of Mozarts “Die Zauberflaute.”

San Juan Island Blood Drive takes place Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the Mullis Community Senior Center. To make an appointment to donate whole blood, please contact Bruce: 572-7263 or [email protected]. To make an appointment to donate platelets, visit: www.psbc.org/programs or email [email protected] or call 1-800-398-7888.

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Everyone can vote for the People’s Choice Award win-ners at the SJIMA’s Artists’ Registry show.

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Museum of art celebrates one year anniversary

The Friday Harbor Arts Commission is seeking one new member for a three-year term commencing Jan. 1, 2016. The person filling this unpaid, volunteer posi-tion is expected to represent

the interests of the town, community and local art-ists as they advise the town council on the cultivation, selection, acquisition and placement of public art.

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in February of this year with Mayor Carrie Lacher’s appointment of eight com-missioners, including one non-voting youth member. Meetings are held the sec-ond Tuesday of the month.

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On Thursday, Dec. 10, San Juan Island Museum of Art celebrated its one-year anniversary.

Artists, members and the community with spe-cial guest, Senator Kevin

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director of the San Juan Islands Museum of Art gave big thanks to “Kevin Ranker’s heroic support of the arts – and to you and

fellow members for all of your support.”

Ranker posted on his Facebook page that it “was an absolute honor to be invited to speak at the first anniversary of the San Juan

Island Museum of Art last week. I’m pleased I was able to play a small part in help-ing this incredible institu-tion become a reality.”

The museum promotes the arts of the Pacific Northwest and Southwest British Columbia. They offer rotating exhibitions through our three galler-ies, with approximately 8-10 exhibitions per year, as well as a lecture series titled Art as a Voice.

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WrestlingThe wrestling team

competed in the Iron Sharpens Iron tournament in Bellevue on Dec. 12. James Guard, a junior, placed second at the 120 weight class. Ben Ware, a

senior, placed third at the 138 weight class. Jesse Payne, a junior, placed fourth at the 120 weight class.

Thomas Synoground, a senior, placed fourth at the 145. Hunter Rustad, a junior, placed third at the 182 weight class.

Girls basketballThe girls varsity traveled

to Shoreline Christian this week on Dec. 8 and scored

an amazing 60 points in a 60-8 game on Tuesday.

On Friday, Dec. 11 the girls hosted Concrete and had another dominating game, beating Concrete 49-20.

The girls junior varsity team played Concrete Friday, Dec. 11 and won 63-21. The girls led the whole game.

Boys BasketballThe boys varsity team

played at Shoreline Christian on Tuesday, Dec. 8 and closed out a 72-59 win. On Friday, The Boys beat Concrete 61-18. The boys junior varsity team played Shoreline Christian on Tuesday, Dec. 8 and won 59-17. The JV played Concrete Friday, Dec. 11 and beat them 60-18.Staff photo/Anna V. Smith

Caleb Delazerda pins his opponent in a match against Darrington on Dec. 9.

Wolverine sports update: basketball, wrestling

Good morning. Might I interest you in a set of encyclopedias? How about a vacuum cleaner? Perhaps some Girl Scout cookies? What I’d really like to do is find a way into your heart.

My name is Rosie and I’ve just arrived in Friday Harbor after a very long journey, from a life that wasn’t very good.

My previous owners used me to make puppies. Lots of puppies. Thankfully, I’ve retired from that job and hope to find a position in the field of lap-warming or dog treat testing. I’m only about five years old and have the gentlest, sweetest soul ever. I’m very lady-like and quiet and just wait until you feel my fur! It’s like vel-vet! Here at the animal shel-ter they tell me

I’m a pug-chihuahua mix, if that matters to you. All I know is that

I’m hoping you’ll come to meet me soon!

Call the animal shelter at (360) 378-2158 to meet me.

Pet of the week

– Submitted by Rotary Club members

Rotary Club of San Juan Island continues its annual tradition of presenting dic-tionaries to the third, fourth, and fifth grade classes at Friday Harbor Elementary.

“Having a tangible and personal resource book has brought excitement to the classroom” according to Barbara Fagan, Literacy

Chairman. Rotary believes that acquiring knowledge thru reading sparks imagi-nation. Thesauruses were also presented to fourth and fifth graders. Rotary presents all third grades county wide with dictionar-ies. Dictionaries were also presented to Paideia School Stillpoint student

Contributed credit/ Ted StrutzRotary member, Cyndy Gilason and happy children.

Rotary presents dictionaries to kids

20—Wednesday, December 16, 2015 The Journal of the San Juan Islands | SanJuanJournal.com

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