By Cali BagbyCharles Dalton plants blueber-

ries, hazelnuts, apples and pears because perennials are easier to maintain.

The plants have not been a problem – permits, the county and wetlands are what Dalton says have been making his dream farm a nightmare.

Dalton shares a four-acre property with another islander on Orcas Island, and said his troubles started because he made a mistake when he built a barn and a shed without a permit.

Since that time, he has faced citizen complaints and county enforcement action over possible construction in wetlands on the property.

Dalton, owner of the Kitchen restaurant in Eastsound, recently appeared in a film produced by the Citizen Action Network, entitled “San Juan County regu-lations are not friendly towards a small organic farmer,” in which he details the last two years and his frustrations with the Friends of the San Juans organization, San Juan County and the state Department of Ecology.

As of Monday, the video had been viewed by 2,560 people on YouTube.

One comment on the Youtube site, written by a “Mr. Avocats,” claims Dalton’s buildings are not getting permitted because “his neighbor (a New York financier or some such on a multimil-lion dollar waterfront parcel) has ‘friends’ in high places, and so the war goes on.”

He goes on to accuse Friends of the San Juans of “protecting the 1 percent, not the 99 per-cent,” a reference to the Occupy

movement.Dalton said he was reported to

the county by Friends about two years ago for not having proper permits for his buildings.

But the issue, according to Friends, is not about farming as the video suggests, but about fol-lowing the rules and getting con-struction permits before devel-oping.

Friends last week released a statement saying that its execu-tive director, Stephanie Buffum, filed a complaint with the county after receiving calls concerned about the construction of a freshwater well in a stream, with muddy water entering into the East Sound bay, and that three structures – a house, barn and

Heated wetland dispute goes viral

Journal photo / Cali BagbySan Juan County Sheriff Rob Nou surveys the scene at Watmough Head Road, Lopez Island in August, when over 30 demonstrators showed up in protest of the county paving a portion of the road.

By Colleen Armstrrong Islands’ Sounder editor

The County Council has back-peddled on cuts it made in December to law and justice despite voicing serious financial concern.

On Feb. 7, the council voted 6-0 to reinstate $60,000 to the sheriff ’s department and $21,000 to the prosecuting attorney’s office after a tentative budget agreement reduced funding to those departments.

Council chairwoman Patty Miller said the move was “delay-ing the inevitable,” as the county

faces major financial troubles in the next six years.

“I am voting for this, but with the expectation that your starting point for 2013 is the original bud-get,” Miller told Sheriff Rob Nou and Prosecuting Attorney Randy Gaylord, who both spoke to the council prior to its decision.

Council’s discussionThe council originally approved

taking out $30,600 from the pros-ecutor’s budget. That number was later reduced to $26,206. The sheriff was looking at a $74,939 cut.

County administrator Pete Rose outlined the council’s options for finding savings in other areas: employees’ benefits plans (around $20,000) and using an extra $22,000 currently in the cash balance, or reserves.

Councilman Howie Rosenfeld

was adamant that both depart-ments remain intact for as long as possible.

“We can afford to keep us rela-tively whole for the rest of year,” Rosenfeld said. “At this point, we have a choice. And I want to fund these positions … In the priority of things, this rises to the top. If we have to take this from the cash balance, so be it.”

Nou told the council about recent savings in his department and said he could continue to look for reductions. Despite boat repairs and a lengthy homicide investigation on San Juan Island, the department came in $44,500 under budget. A deputy on Orcas quit last November and the posi-tion has yet to be filled, which is a savings around $6,000 a month. He hopes to fill that vacancy by April 1.

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Derelict Vessel program is back

San Juan County has reinstated its Derelict Vessel program, which was put on the shelf in 2009 because of lack of funds The pro-gram’s budget is $10,000, with $5,000 paid by a local citizen group.

That group includes Friday Harbor Power Squadron, Roche Harbor

Resort, the San Juan Island Yacht Club, the Port of Friday Harbor, the Marine Resources Committee, Jensen Shipyard, Island Marine Center on Lopez, the Common Sense Alliance, and the Friends of the San Juans.

Joanruth Baumann, who managed the program as a County Public Works employee, was hired as a contractor, and started the

process to remove a long-term derelict from Deer Harbor. The vessel sank and became a re-float and destroy removal project.

This week, the county received a $25,710.20 reim-bursement for the project, and gets credit for “in-kind” services, which included donated use of Cayou Quay Marina’s boat ramp, IOSA volunteers, and 24 hours worth of time from Deer Harbor Boatworks, which made the total reimburse-ment $27,567.20. Of that,

90 percent was reimbursed by DNR. Net county out-of-pocket expenditures were $899.72, and half of that will be reimbursed by the citizen group. Net cost to the coun-ty was less than $450.

Baumann has also man-aged four other projects, and assisted DNR with managing two other vessels too large for the county to handle. One was removed and destroyed, largely at the cost of the owner. One is close to disposal. Two oth-ers are pending removal.

Flu has arrivedCases of influenza type

“B” have been confirmed on San Juan Island and type “A” has appeared on Lopez. Health department officials say the flu vaccine is effec-tive against both strains.

Get your shot now, cover your cough, wash your hands often, and, if you’re feeling sick, stay home, said the county’s Personal Health Services Manager Susan Leff said.

For more info, visit www.co.san-juan.wa.us/health/.

Nou said Vierthaler is at the “tippy top” of the pay scale, so his replacement will also bring the depart-ment some savings. It’s the same scenario with a soon-to-be retired undersheriff on San Juan and a deputy on Lopez.

“The bottom line is that I need about $60,000 (rein-stated),” Nou said. “That is based on the three-quarters that are left of this year and if the retirements go as expected.”

Councilman Richard Fralick said Nou’s request put the council in an “awk-ward” spot, as it’s still wait-ing to hear what cuts could be coming down from Olympia. The legislative ses-sion ends in early March.

Prosecuting Attorney Randy Gaylord asked the council for $21,000 to go back into his budget.

Councilman Jamie Stephens said he was “hav-ing a hard time” because he felt the prosecuting attor-ney’s office has not made cuts like other departments have in the last few years.

“I don’t feel that the pros-ecutor’s office has shared the pain,” he said.

Miller agreed with Stephens but felt the coun-cil’s recent budget retreat “resonated” with Nou and Gaylord. She said they are projecting $1.3 million in reductions over the next six years unless there is a voter-approved levy lid lift or sales tax increase of .1 to .3 per-cent to pay for public safety.

“There will be more pain next year,” she said. “The sheriff ’s department is the single-largest fund that we pay locally, so it’s expected to take cuts.”

Fralick added, “We have a serious financial problem. This is going to make it worse. We have to look at long-term financial sustain-ability. I want citizens to know that by us making this decision, it means making cuts in other departments.”

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Business briefs

Nichols joins Islanders PT & Rehab

Susan “Susie” Nichols is joining Islanders Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation as a full-time occupational therapist.

Nichols has experience with geriatric, pediatrics, cardiology, work hardening, work conditioning, school based therapy and outpa-tient general practice. She is working to become a certi-fied hand therapist and has

completed extensive con-tinuing education. At work, Nichols said she is inspired by her patients and their stories of recovery.

Nichols lives in Friday Harbor with her husband, George, and family dog, Sweetpea, and enjoys gar-dening, watercolor painting, computers, dogs, kayaking, hiking, skiing and snow shoeing.

Occupational therapy helps people through the use of massage, exercise, activities, teaching, comput-ers, ultrasound and lasers.

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Carrion top nurse at SJI’s Life Care

Mercedes Carrion has been appointed director of nursing for Life Care Center of the San Juan Islands.

Carrion is a former direc-tor of nursing for Life Care

Center’s health care facility in Federal Way and brings a decade of experience as a nursing director to the company’s San Juan Island center. Prior to her appoint-ment at Federal Way, Carrion, a certified demen-tia practitioner, was director of nursing at Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest in Seattle.

“Mercedes brings many years of experience to the table,” San Juan’s Life Care Center Director Aaron Marson said in announc-ing Carrion’s appointment. “And I’m confident she will prove to be a tremendous asset to the facility and community.”

Originally of St. Crois, U.S. Virgin Islands, Carrion, a registered nurse for 21 years, resides on San Juan Island.

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Senate bill to simplify marine area projects

The state Senate last week passed legislation expected to remove regulatory barri-ers to investment in marine-based economies without lowering ecological stan-dards.

Sponsored by Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, Senate Bill 6170 is intended to establish a streamlined process of review for proj-ects in the categories of marine area redevelopment or restoration.

“This bill reaffirms Washington’s commitment to working waterfronts and

vibrant marine economies,” Ranker said in a prepared statement. “This bill meets a pressing need by simplify-ing the permit process for marine area projects while incentivizing responsible stewardship of our natural resources.”

Under the legislation, a project would have to meet several criteria to qualify. Projects would have to involve reuse of degraded shorelines and improve shoreline ecological func-tions, be located in a marine area with commercial and industrial use, and create 10 ongoing jobs.

The proposal is one piece of a reform agenda rolled out by Senate Democrats in early January.

“This legislation stimu-lates economic develop-ment through government reform,” Ranker said. “It’s is a win-win for our work-ing waterfronts, for the jobs they maintain and for the health of our marine resources.”

The bill passed in the Senate with near unanimous support, 45-2. It must also have approval by the state House of Representatives for the streamlined review to become law.

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shed – were built near a wet-land or a stream. The single-family residence built by the property’s other owner was properly permitted.

A stream, which contin-ues onto other properties, may have been tampered with on Dalton’s property, according to Friends.

“Activities that happen upstream, including divert-ing water or changing sedi-ment patterns, can cause harmful impacts to neigh-bors and critters down-stream,” the Friends state-ment says. “The Wild Fish Conservancy found fish

downstream on the adjacent property.”

Friends made numerous complaints, according to Dalton, some that he says aren’t true.

When he did mainte-nance work on the well on his property, he said Buffum complained to the county that he was drilling a new one.

“They are clearly against me and have attacked me through county channels,” Dalton said.

Wetlands at issueThe county issued a stop-

work order in 2010, and Dalton said that he imme-diately went into compli-ance to permit the build-ings. He didn’t know then that anyone would consider the ditches and pond on his property to be part of a wetland. Two years later, he’s still not sure exactly what the county defines as a wetland.

As defined by county code, wetlands are an area not necessarily wet year-

round, but wet enough to allow a prevalence of veg-etation typically adapted to life in saturated soil condi-tions. This does not include man-made ponds.

County Prosecuting Attorney Randy Gaylord said islanders can contact the county to view a “wet-land inventory map” and if a wetland is shown on your property, and you disagree, it’s up to you to disprove it.

Dalton said in December 2010 he paid $3,600 for his first wetland report, which was done by local consultants. They found that a building had been constructed within both a wetland buffer and a stream zone. The county accepted that report and its findings.

A mitigation plan required Dalton to plant specific buf-fer shrubbery and build deer fences, which he said he did. But when the county wanted him to remove the building — his shed — he said he dragged his feet.

“The shed had a func-

tion,” he said.So he got a lawyer, and

then a second wetlands report in 2011. The second report was done by Duvall-based SNR, which said there is no wetland on Dalton’s property.

“Not wetlands, artificial surficial drainage, not natu-ral or wetland-like about it,” Ed Kilduff, a hydrogeolo-gist and engineering geolo-gist, who has done work for SNR as an independent consulting geologist, said in the Citizen Action Network video.

The second, more exten-sive wetlands report, which Dalton said would have cost $20,000, was done at no charge.

Because the two reports were contradictory, the county asked the state Department of Ecology to evaluate both reports. DOE’s experts did not agree with the findings of the second report. The county did not send the first report to DOE. Gaylord said he’s unsure why DOE was not asked to be involved ini-

tially.“Now I’m in limbo,” said

Dalton, who is applying for after-the-fact permits. “But I feel like I am part of a big-ger thing.”

Dalton said he’s con-cerned about the pending update of the county’s criti-cal areas ordinance because potential wetland buffer zones may require property owners to build not just 25- 50 feet from the zone, but “more like a football field length.”

The county’s critical areas are environmentally sensi-tive natural resources that have been designated for protection and manage-ment in accordance with the requirements of the state Growth Management Act. The county is currently in the process of updating the CAO.

A learning experienceDalton said the whole

process has been a learning experience to not jump in blind into building or creat-

ing a garden.“I’m very hopeful things

will work out,” he said.Gaylord said at this point

Dalton faces enforcement action for having an unper-mitted agricultural build-ing, and a building near a wetland that must be moved or demolished.

If Dalton does not get a permit and remove the second building he will be taken to court, but Gaylord said there’s no reason why he wouldn’t be approved for an after-the-fact permit for the barn. Dalton has yet to apply for a permit, he said.

If Dalton would have found out in advance that wetlands were on his prop-erty, Gaylord said, he could have built the shed some-where else and the problem would have been avoided.

— To watch the YouTube video, visit www.sanjuanjour-nal.com and go to “Wetland dispute prompts viral video,” a link to the video is at the end of the story.

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The unveiling of the draft wetlands amendments is another step toward com-pleting the state-required update of the county’s critical area protection regula-tions.

Draft wetland section of CAO onlineWetlandsContinued from page 1

Peterson hosts town hallCouncilman Rich

Peterson will host a public discussion for resident of the second legislative dis-trict and others intereset-

ed in issues affecting the county. The discussion is Saturday, Feb. 18, 10 a.m. to noon, at Roche Harbor Resort’s McMillian Dining Room.

Peterson will offer his views on issues that the council will consider this year and discuss recent decisions of the council, and field questions from those in attendance.

The celebration proved timely, but short-lived.

Three days after claiming a victory in its first home playoff game in nearly a decade, the Friday Harbor boys basketball team fell 55-49 on the road to Life Christian Academy in the first round of the Tri-District tournament.

The Wolverines suffered a blow on the offensive end as sophomore Otis Cooper-West was limited to just over three minutes of play by an ankle injury.

Junior Collin Williamson scored a team-high 16

points against his former teammates and guard C.J. Woods contributed 12.

The Wolverines, who trailed by 10 at the half, nar-rowed the deficit to just two points by outscoring the Eagles (14-7) in the third period.

But they had few answers for the Eagles’ Jordan Taylor on the defensive end. Taylor, who knocked down three buckets from beyond the three-point arc, scored a game-high 26 points to go

along with five rebounds and three steals.

Taylor and company out-scored Friday Harbor 20-16 in the final period to seal the win.

With a loss in the “los-er-out” playoff contest, the Wolverines season came to a screeching halt. They finished the 2011/12 sea-

son in second place in the Northwest 1A/2B standings, at 11-3, and at 16-6 overall.

They end the season with six wins over their final eight games, includ-ing a 61-43 victory over Nooksack Valley in the 1A regional playoffs.

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Journal file photoSenior Willy Dunn scores a take down in an early season exhibi-tionmatch against Tacoma Baptist’s William Edge.

Dunn claims fourth Mat Classic bid

The Wolverines six-game winning streak came to an abrupt end in a season-end-ing 47-23 loss to Kings last week in the opening round of post-season play.

Friday Harbor, which claimed its second league championship in three years with a late-season surge, was held to its second-low-est scoring total of the sea-son by the Knights, who, at 19-2, hosted the Feb. 9 District 1 "loser out" tour-nament game as the top-seeded team of the Cascade Conference.

Led by Joclyn Kirton, who tallied 10, a dozen play-ers put points on the board for Kings, who led 28-10 at the break and outscored the Wolverines 19-13 in the second half.

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By Scott RasmussenFriday Harbor heavy-

weight Willy Dunn is head-ed through the front door this time around.

Dunn, a senior, wasted little time in claiming the heavyweight crown at the 1A regional tournament, hosted Saturday by Bellevue Christian, and clinched a fourth consecutive appear-ance at the state's premier post-season wrestling tour-nament, the Mat Classic.

He faced two opponents and pinned them both in the first round.

"I barely snuck in last year," said Dunn, who secured a bid to the Classic a year ago with a sweep of the consolation bracket and a third-place finish at regionals. “I really had to claw my way in.”

With those back-to-back victories, Dunn added another achievement to dis-tinguished prep career.

And he barely broke a

sweat.He captured his first-ever

regional title, adding a first-place medal to go along with those he earned at three pre-vious regional tournaments, a second, third and a fourth place.

While Dunn is the only one of eight Friday Harbor wrestlers to secure a slot in the Mat Classic brackets, he won’t make the trip to the Tacoma Dome alone.

Tate Brumsickle (152) won two out of four match-es, including 21-6 decision over teammate Eli Baker, to finish fourth at the regional tournament, qualifying for a possible Classic berth as an “alternate”. He would com-pete in the Classic if any of the 16 wrestlers in the 152-

pound division withdraw. The XXII Mat Classic, a

two-day tournament featur-ing wrestlers from across the state competing simul-taneously in the various school-size classifications, gets under way Friday at the Tacoma Dome.

Dunn will hit the mat on Saturday, the second day of the Classic.

Like before, he will be one of 16 wrestlers competing for the state 1A heavyweight title.

“I’ve definitely gotten bet-ter over the years but you’re pretty much faced with the same thing every year at the Classic. The level of com-petition is different,” Dunn said. “I got my work cut out for me, that’s for sure.”

Friday Harbor’s senior wins regional 1A heavyweight title, earns fourth straight appearance at State

Profiteers reign; paradise lost

I too have noticed a change on the island lately.

That old island ambience and goodwill seems to be a relic of the past. Indeed, there are a few pockets of that traditional compas-sion and empathy for fel-low “rock-bounds”. But you have to know what it is, to see it, to feel it, to be what kind of islanders we used to be known for.

A lot of people are escap-ing the messes in their for-mer nest, which constant and steady population increase contributed to. Along with themselves and their big fancy, ugly houses, and their four card per fam-ily, and their fear, yes, their fears of other humans.

You can tell easily the city mo: “Don’t think of anyone but yourself, unless they’re in the same social strata.”

They bring money for some, profit is the key word for some of the people who make a living pimping the beauty that once was shared.

Anyway, I miss San Juan Island as it was not too long ago, and it’s sad to know that everyone loses. Well, some do profit immensely, but the ones that come from the metro areas have never known what we really had at one time, and they could care less.

I love this island, and love the old islanders as a people. And I must keep in mind,

they suffer for this invasion of city bred wealth, and all the deficits it brings.

And I really must express my extreme distaste and sorrow accordingly.

Danny StoughSan Juan Island

‘Friends’ evolves, invests, protects

In 1979, a handful of far-sighted islanders founded Friends of the San Juans to protect the islands from the harmful impact of unplanned growth.

Since then, Friends work has evolved to include edu-cation, marine research, habitat restoration, envi-ronmental advocacy, and endangered species protec-tion. Friends has invested decades of work in preserv-ing wetlands, forests, and shorelines to support clean water, farmland, fish, and wildlife.

We provide information to island residents, realtors and builders. We believe that we can protect the envi-ronment, support farming, and develop in a responsible way.

We have restored acres of coastal lagoons, marshes, and surf smelt and sand lance spawning habitat. Our volunteers, members and staff have cleaned up miles of shoreline, defended agri-cultural lands, advocated against the conversion of agricultural resource lands, challenged the Georgia Strait Crossing pipeline and have provided comments on hundreds of county ordi-nances, local permits and state bills, including a big coal company that wants

to ship millions of tons of coal per year through Cherry Point Terminal in Bellingham to Asia, spew-ing toxic coal dust, and put-ting our waters in risk of oil spill.

An oil spill from one of the 487 tanker ships pro-jected to cross through Haro and Rosario straits would be devastating to our way of life. Our Chinook salmon depend on Cherry Point herring. An oil spill will decimate our herring, our salmon, birds, orca and our tourist-based economy… the reason that people rec-reate, work and retire here.

We work with busi-nesses, schools, other non-profit organizations and concerned islanders when issues threaten our quality of life in the islands.

We believe that everyone (big coal, county govern-ment, and property owners) should play by the same rules with the same expectations. We support building in the right place and believe that development should protect clean water, shoreline and wetland habitat for all of our island neighbors, fish and wildlife. When develop-ment threatens these values, we get involved. We want you to be informed and stay involved.

I hope you will join us for a free “Wetlands and You” forum Feb. 21, at the Mullis Center, 3-5 p.m., to discuss wetlands, agriculture, con-struction and critical areas.

For more information on all of our work, please visit www.sanjuans.org.

Stephanie BuffumShaw Island

Editor’s note — Stephanie

Buffum is executive director of Friends of the San Juans

CAO: puts ‘Big Brother’ in charge

George Orwell likely wrote 1984 without knowing of the San Juan Islands, but his world of “Big Brother” is coming closer with the latest County Council plan for amending the existing critical areas ordinance.

Like many people, I didn’t pay attention because this effort was described as envi-ronmental preservation. I later learned that we already have a CAO in effect and that these amendments would fundamentally alter the relationship of proper-ty owner and government with respect to whether we

are “innocent until proven guilty” and who has the “burden of proof ”.

For example, critical areas’ section “D” would amend the existing language permitting an exemption, “If the application of this section would result in the denial of all reasonable use of a property”, and instead requires that it would “deprive the land owner of all economic or beneficial use of a property…” and the owner has the “burden of proof ”.

Should you want to main-tain a garden or plant a tree, you may need to provide the government with a detailed “planting plan”, a mitigation plan (written by a “profes-sional”), a cost estimate for implementing and monitor-ing it, and a financial guar-antee to pay not only the

original implementation and monitoring, but up to an additional 115 percent of that cost.

So, if you can afford an army of lawyers and “pro-fessional scientists” you may be able to build anything you want, but the rest of us will be hard put just to take care of our existing prop-erty.

I initially assumed that efforts to amend the CAO would follow the direc-tion of amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which were designed to guarantee that the rights of citizens to vote, to free speech, and to other per-sonal freedoms would be applied equally to all citi-zens.

The proposed CAO

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Editorial

Your time well spentWe’re keeping fingers crossed that vot-

ers will see the wisdom of investing in San Juan Island’s public schools

and vote to renew the district’s capital and tech-nology levy.

Though nearly twice the previous four-year cap-and-tech levy, the timing on this one is right.

Many of the facilities are in sore need of repair or improvement. And spending $1 million over the next four years to upgrade computers in the classrooms and in vocational programs, and at district headquarters, should pay dividends down the road for all.

Still, your personal support for our public schools need not end at the ballot box. In fact, we’re of mind that one of the best contributions you can make to help a student succeed is with the gift of time — yours, that is.

In that arena, opportunities abound. Here’s one that deserves strong consideration.

Juniors enrolled in Friday Harbor High School’s Community Service Class first select and then work to complete a project they feel would be an asset to their community. The greenhouse that recently sprang up across the street from the high school is a prime example.

Students enrolled in this class, about 30 this semester, typically undertake, refine and then bring their project to fruition with the help and guidance of an adult mentor who brings a degree of real-world knowledge to each particular endeavor.

Projects from last semester included build-ing nests for ducks in Beaverton Marsh, raising awareness about the benefits of dental hygiene and rejuvenating the dugouts at the softball field.

However, according to Jenny Wilson, Community Service Class instructor, a number of students have yet to latch onto a mentor so far this semester and would benefit by having a dedicated adult to help shepherd their project along its way.

But even if you don’t have the time to be mentor, there’s yet another way to contribute. Consider becoming one of a dozen or so vol-unteers who will take on the all-important task of critiquing, evaluating and providing feed-back to the students about their projects. The Community Service presentations take place near the end of each semester.

To find out more about becoming a mentor or an evaluator, contact Jenny Wilson, by email, jwilson@sjisd.wednet.edu, or by calling the high school office, 378-5125.

In providing our children with the tools they need to succeed, there really is no substitute for our time.

As I See It

CAO: setting the record straight

By Janet AldertonMisinformation is alarming many people in our com-

munity. Compared to most counties and cities in our state, our

critical areas ordinance update is very property-rights ori-ented. Talk to your County Council representative about your specific concerns. I’ll address some common miscon-ceptions below.

“No one has shown that our current CAO rules do not ade-quately protect the functions and values of our critical areas.” — Peg Manning Jan. 6, 2012

Correction: “The number of species listed as threat-ened or endangered or which are candidates for listing in the Salish Sea almost doubled in just two years.” The SeaDoc Society: http://www.seadocsociety.org/species-of-concern-2011

“A substantial number of the privately owned parcels in the county (I have heard estimates approaching 50 percent) are undeveloped. The proposed changes, which do not ‘water down’ the existing CAO but substantially increase its burdens, would keep many, if not most, of them from being ‘developed’ (i.e., hav-ing a home built on them).” — Peg Manning Jan. 6, 2012

Correction: The Reasonable Use Exception will allow development of property in critical areas.

The RUE adopted by our County Council allows up to one-half an acre of development per parcel. This half-acre maximum is much larger than permitted by other counties. Our RUE permits lawns and gardens in critical areas and their buffers, but lawns and gardens are prohibited under other counties CAO Reasonable Use Exceptions.

Under our RUE, the first 2,500 square feet of develop-ment does not require mitigation. This allows owners without a lot of money to build on a parcel encumbered by a critical area or its buffer.

The county has no qualified people to help a homeowner assess critical areas on their parcel.

Correction: A grant has been funded to hire a wetlands expert to help proper-ty owners locate wetlands on their land and classify their importance.

Non-conforming is being made more restrictive.

Correction: The non-conforming provisions are being made less restric-tive.

Currently, if a house is destroyed more than 75 percent, it can only be rebuilt in a location that conforms to the existing codes. Under the new regulation, your house could be destroyed 100 percent (or less) and still be rebuilt in its original location. Non-conforming uses can continue and even be changed.

“...if you disturb the soil, cut brush you need the county’s permission.” — John Evans, Letter to the Editor, Feb. 1, 2012, The Journal.

Correction: On Jan. 24, 2012, council members Patty Miller, Richard Fralick, Rich Peterson, and Jamie Stephens voted to add “or replacement of existing uses” to the activi-ties that are exempt from CAO regulations. “Exemptions to critical area regulations are necessary to ensure reasonable and cost effective administration of the regulations.”

No permit would be required to replace an existing use with a new use as long as, “...soil erosion is controlled, disturbed areas are stabilized, and that actions do not have an additional adverse effect on critical area functions and values;”

The phrases quoted above are from the general section of the CAO update. The property owner decides when to seek planning permission.

— Orcas Island’s Janet Alderton, a retired biologist who closely follows the CAO update process, regularly attends meet-ings of the County Council and Planning Commission related to critical areas.

Janet Alderton

Reasonable regulatory reforms are muddied by misinformation

String of feeble decisions, poorly made As I See It

By Alex MacLeodAnyone who has watched the six-

member County Council since its cre-ation in 2006 has probably been struck by how inept it has been in its leader-ship of the county.

While the charter’s creation of a professional administrator has, at least in theory, been an improvement in the county’s ability to manage its day-to-day responsibilities, the expansion of the council has undone any improve-ments voters expected in approving the charter.

The council’s endless dithering on solid waste, ultimately sent to voters to resolve, is one example. It’s meddling in the long and valued tradition of citizen-volunteer advisory boards — the Fair Board and the Ferry Advisory Committee are but two outstanding examples —is another. And its con-

tinuing failure to attend in any mean-ingful way to the issue most central to the county’s economy and quality of life — ferry service — would be embarrassing were it not also so criti-cal.

Now, it is about to demonstrate its counterproductive expertise by approving a “critical areas” ordinance that will blanket the county with new land-use regulations, most of which are incidental to protecting our natural environment yet create a regulatory maze for property owners.

For example, prior to approving the CAO’s 40-page “General Section” Council Chairwoman Patty Miller asked the county’s CAO expert if a property owner, under these new rules, would need to get county permission before building an 8-by-10 foot garden shed, something that under current rules requires no permit or approval, even if the shed were more than 200 feet back from the shoreline, and 300 feet from an identified wetland.

The answer, after a good deal of head scratching to figure out what the rules actually mean, was ‘yes,’ even if the landowner just wanted to make a

garden plot, not build a shed. It would “just” require a trip to the planning office in Friday Harbor to accomplish.

Despite the rather astonishing answer, Miller and four other council members voted to approve the rules as written. So, what gives?

Having watched government agen-cies and elective bodies rather closely for several decades, I see this council falling into the common failing of being captured by highly paid consul-tants (well over a million dollars has gone their way already in this pro-cess), friendly bureaucrats and aggres-sive special interests and finding itself operating in the reality that’s been cre-ated for it, in the process losing sight of how real life is lived by the citizen taxpayers they are paid to represent.

The ultimate failure of this multi-year process has been its inability to demonstrate real environmental dam-age occurring under existing land-use rules.

Had it, even these extreme regula-tions would be wildly cheered and would have occurred years ago at the

County Council’s record of ineptitude rises with overreach of CAO

See REcORd, Page 8

Our beloved mother and grand-mother Camilla Woodbury of Friday Harbor Washington passed away on Jan. 25 after a short but brave battle with lung cancer.

She was born in Tecumseh Mich., to Lyle and Dorothy Grigg. She gradu-ated from Tecumseh High School in 1961 and Eastern Michigan University in 1966.

Camilla was a strong and feisty woman, a true pioneer with a good heart. She was the only girl “paperboy” in Tecumseh and the only woman in her college calculus class.

She drove a truck and trailer, 86,000 pounds, for Borden Chemical Company, working 12 to 16 hour days, for 24 years. She performed this gruel-ing job as a single mother, putting her two children through college.

When Borden closed she moved

to Friday Harbor to be near her daughter’s fam-ily. In semi-retire-ment, she drove a dump truck for Island Concrete and Black Family Enterprises.

Since retir-ing, she could be found working at the San Juan

Island Library, sitting on the Friends of the Library board and volunteering for several human rights organiza-tions. She could also be found having lunch or puzzling at the senior cen-ter, competing at cards or scrabble at Criminal Coffee, beading at the library or potlucking with PFLAG.

One of her greatest joys was her

grandchildren and great grandchil-dren. Every Saturday she could be found knitting on the sidelines of her grandsons’ baseball or soccer games.

She is survived by her children, Michelle Herko of Friday Harbor and Scott Woodbury of Portland, Ore., and her adopted daughter, Leslye O’Shaughnessy of Bellingham, Wash., as well as grandchildren Kai and Nick Herko, Jackson and Berkeley Woodbury, Marcus and Jeremiah Asher, and great grandchildren Wyatt and Kaleb Asher. She also leaves broth-ers Norm and Marvin Grigg, and sister Judy McConnell in Michigan.

She will be dearly missed by her family, and by her many friends and admirers.

A potluck memorial will be held at the Mullis Senior Center, Feb. 19, 2012 at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Friends of the Library in Camilla’s name.

— Family of Camilla Woodbury

Camilla Woodbury

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Final Shows!Celebrations

2012 Islands Playwrights FestivalFri.-Sat., Feb. 17-18, 7:30 pm • San Juan Community Theatre

Martha Van Horn: 1918 — 2012Martha Victoria (Eherenman) Van

Horn — born Nov. 11, 1918 passed away Thursday Feb. 2, 2012 on San Juan Island, surrounded by family and friends.

She touched countless people through her kindness and compassion. She devoted much of her life working in the medical field as a professional nurse heading up cardiac and surgical inten-sive care units, working as a nursing supervisor and was instrumental in the opening of an emergency room.

She adored the natural beauty of trees, clouds, mountains, and water and was able to paint and draw with that passion. She loved opera, poetry, and played violin and piano and loved birds and animals, especially cats (thanks Otis).

Her life was enriched by those many who loved her, and her appreciation ran very deep. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years and is survived by a son and his wife, daughter and her husband, four grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

She will be missed so much by all the lives she has touched over the years, and may she be at peace.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Hospice of San Juan, P.O. Box 1434, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

— Family of Martha Van Horn“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without

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Camilla Woodbury: 1943 — 2012

insistence of the county’s citizens.

Perhaps if enough of us speak up now the council will be reacquainted with reality outside the rat hole into which it’s fallen and step back from this overwrought, unnecessary and burden-some ordinance. Once that’s happened, we can work to reduce the council back to three members and hope for better outcomes.

— Alex MacLeod has been a Shaw Island property owner since the early 1980s and coun-ty resident for nearly a decade. He was chairman of the Ferry Advisory Committee for four years before being voted off the committee by the council.

record: from page 7

amendments, however, move in the opposite direc-tion, taking away the rights

of citizens and putting “Big Brother” in charge.

I recommend that the council make only the minimal changes necessary to become compliant with state legislation and let the

original CAO do its job.Phil JohnsonSan Juan Island

Toxins kill; buffers a proven defense

I am a conservative. And I want to protect some valu-able resources.

I don’t want a private indi-vidual invading my prop-erty. The nearshore marine community is mine, along

with other Americans. Why am I concerned?

There is a lot of smoke and Tea Party kind of noise obscuring some fairly simple facts regarding the protec-tion of my — our — prop-erty. As an example, let’s take the need for setbacks, and other buffers for criti-cal habitats. Humans create toxic stuff as a by-product of their existence. Many of these toxins are called non-toxic, but usually this refers to humans, dogs, cats, etc.

For example, detergents, common in domestic prod-ucts, are very toxic to aquat-ic animals. And detergent toxins are not even identi-fied as active ingredients in most garden products.

But by looking at a situ-ation, we can note the de

facto presence of toxins: roads, driveways, car parks, dripping detergents, copper. Lawns, especially if they are a gorgeous green: weed killers, fertilizers, insecti-cides. Homes: pest control chemicals, moss killer (very potent) car wash, rose spray and other garden chemi-cals.

Sampling can be expen-sive and tricky (sometimes the toxins come in a big pulse, like during rain or after lawn treatment) but when done right has veri-fied their presence and tox-

icity. The animals get killed, whether it is a little at a time, or a lot every once in a while. All this stuff slides right into the nearshore, by way of stormwater. The only way to remove these poi-sons is by natural process-ing through soil microbes. Cultivated soil (lawns, gar-dens) is very weak in this regard compared to natural soils and plant communi-ties.

Without a natural pro-tective boundary, nearshore marine communities (nurs-ery areas — do you hear that salmon fishers?) are vulner-able and are being killed.

I can’t understand why someone would go to all the trouble to live here, and then act in a way that would degrade this beautiful place

Mike Kaill Friday Harbor

LettersContinued from page 6

By Cali Bagby

O ne night, while camping, Joe Shultz felt some-thing brush

the side of his tent. In the morning he learned that the campsite’s midnight visitor had been a hyena.

“It was amazing,” he said about this experience and others on his trip to Tanzania. “You could hear lions cough-ing a hundred feet away as you were sleeping.”

Close encounters with wildlife were just the begin-ning of several life-chang-ing events that Schultz experienced last summer on a trip to Africa. One of those moments was meet-ing Sadock Johnson, who Shultz describes as the most remarkable man he has ever met.

“I was with him for three weeks,” he said. “He lives and breathes what he is doing.”

Johnson, a safari guide from Tanzania, Africa has spent five years help-ing orphans, runaways and other poor children in Moshi, an impoverished vil-lage in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

He will speak at the Mullis Center, 589 Nash Street, Thursday, Feb. 23, 7-9 p.m., and share pictures and stories.

Shultz, of Friday Harbor, went to Tanzania because his friend was leading a stu-

dent group from the Drew School in San Francisco with an organization called Foot2Afrika, co-founded by Johnson, and focused on placing volunteers from the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia into local African groups in need of help.

Foot2Afrika also provides advice and financial sup-port to a network for more than 15 orphanages, homes for street youth, schools, women’s centers and envi-

ronmental organizations. The organization is sup-ported by income from Johnson’s safari business and the hostel he operates for volunteers. So Shultz found himself

with eight kids, and three teachers — all helping to renovate a school in Moshi, planting more than 100 mango and various shade trees and reading books with children at an orphan-age.

At the school, Shultz learned that at least 50 per-cent of all children had lost one parent to AIDS.

One day, the whole group visited the 12 poorest fami-

lies in the area. They hauled 20 pounds of rice, mosquito nets, lamps and foam mat-tresses up small dirt roads to small, remote huts.

“It blew me out of the water,” said Shultz about that experience. “Things can seem hard here, but we really have no idea … it was just overwhelming.”

‘Poverty and what can I do about it’

Johnson earned a bach-elor’s degree in science and then conducted research on mountain gorillas in Uganda, adolescent male elephants in Tanzania’s national parks and other endangered species.

Later he became a safari driver, first in Kenya, then in Tanzania. With his train-ing in wildlife biology and animal behavior, he ulti-mately became the head guide trainer for a major eco-tourism operator.

His work brought into contact with impoverished communities in Tanzania. And during safaris, tour-ists would often ask ques-tions about kids begging for money or food and water. When tourists asked, why are the kids so poor, Johnson had no answer.

And he started thinking, why is there so much pov-

Wednesday, Feb. 15n TREC After School Program, 3 - 5:30 p.m., high school tech build-ing, $2. For more info, call 378-4953 or visit www.islandrec.org.

n Badminton and Ping Pong, 8 - 10 p.m.,

Turnbull Gym, $2. For more info, see above.

n Learn Spanish with LiveMocha, 7 p.m., library meeting room, free. Learn Spanish and how to use the library’s online database LiveMocha. Call 378-2798 to register.

Thursday, Feb. 16n Literary Salon, 7 p.m., in front of the fireplace

library, free. Drop in to visit with Margie Harrison, the library director, and other avid readers.

n Indoor Soccer, 6:30 p.m., San Juan County Fairgrounds - Main Building, $5. For more info, see above.

Friday, Feb. 17-18n 2012 Playwright’s Festival, 7:30 p.m.,

Gubelman Theatre. Tickets: $17 adults; $9 student reserved; $5 stu-dent RUSH. For info, call 378-3210 or visit www.sjctheatre.org.

Friday, Feb. 17n Grief and Loss Support Group, 9- 10:30 a.m., TBA. Sign up with Lenore at 360-378-3636, ext. 1 or call Madelyn Busse 360-375-6052 with any questions.

Saturday, Feb. 18n Island Rec Scooter and Trike Time, 6-7 p.m., Fair Building, $2. . For more info, call 378-4953 or visit www.islandrec.org.

n Music by 907 Britt, 7 p.m., Rumor Mill. For more info, visit http://907Britt.com.

Saturday, Feb. 18n Night of Chocolate

Friendzy, 7-9 p.m., library., suggested dona-tion $5. This is a Friends of the Library fundraiser. Call 370-5256 for more info.

Wednesday, Feb. 22n Learn Spanish with LiveMocha, 7 p.m., library meeting room, free.

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island scene

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IMA leads a field trip to Seattle Art MuseumDocent guided tour, March 14pAge 10

What’s Happening!

See CALENdAR, Page 10

safaris to public service

A Friday Harbor resident travels to Tanzania and meets a man, who opens his eyes to another world

Contributed photosSadock Johnson, shown in Tansania, is described as a most remarkable man.Children in Moshi hold the starts of mango and shade trees that will be planted in their schoolyard.

From

See SAFARIS, Page 20

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On Wednesday, March 14, the Islands Museum of Art and Sculpture Park is sponsoring a docent guided tour of the Gauguin Exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum, the only site for this exhibit in the United States.

Interested parties can walk on the 8:05 a.m. ferry, meet a chartered bus in Anacortes, and arrive for an

11:30 a.m. guided tour of the Gaugin exhibit.

There will be free time from 12:30-3 p.m.

Then board the bus at 3 p.m., walk on the 6 p.m. ferry, and arrive in Friday Harbor at 7:05 p.m. The trip costs $100 ($45 tax deduction).

For reservations, call 370-5694.

IMA leads field trip to Seattle Museum of ArtContributed

photo

The IMA is leading a field trip to the Gauguin Exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum.

CalendarContinued from page 9

To buy tickets on-line and for details on these and upcoming events, check our website:

www.sjctheatre.orgSJCT Box Of� ce: 378-3210

FINAL SHOWS! Fri.-Sat., February 17-18 • 7:30 pm

2012 Islands Playwrights Festival

CELEBRATIONSSix, lighthearted, 12-minute plays written

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shows left of the 2012 Islands Playwrights Festival, Celebrations at San Juan Community Theatre, this Friday and Saturday, February 17 and 18, 7:30 p.m. inside the Gubelman Theatre.

The six, lighthearted 12-minute plays written and performed by the islands’ own have been delighting audienc-es since February 3.

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Thursday, Feb. 23n San Juan Island Anti-Tweakers and Thieves Meeting, 1 p.m., Mullis Center. For more info, call 317-4807.

Saturday, Feb. 25n “Proof,” 7:30 p.m., San Juan Community Theatre.

n “All about orchids,” 1-3 p.m., library, free. There will

be orchids to view, info on watering, repotting, light exposure, pests and more. Bring your questions and photos of orchids you may have at home.

Monday, Feb. 27n Conscientious Projector Film Series, 7 p.m., library, free. This film series is hosted by Rob Simpson and is co-sponsored by the public library and the Friends of the Library.

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You’ll find a perfect setting on San Juan Island for whatever type of wedding you might have in mind.

The island is also home to numerous businesses and sea-soned professionals — florists, photographers, caterers, musi-cians, inns and lodges — that specialize in making every aspect of your special occasion complete.

Whether you prefer an out-door location, or a charming, historic church or chapel for your wedding ceremony, San Juan Island offers a long list of ideal venues as well.

Then again, you might con-sider exchanging vows out on the water, in a kayak with glorious sunset as a romantic backdrop.

Situated closer to Canada than mainland U.S.A., San Juan Island is the last stop in the San Juans for the numerous ferri-ers that leave the terminal in Anacortes. It’s home to Friday Harbor, the only incorporated town in San Juan county and one of the last remaining 19th-century wooden fishing villages in Puget Sound. The town boasts a year-round population of just over 2,000 residents that seemingly quadruples with a steady stream of visitors and part-time

residents on any given summer day. Stunning scenery is one reason why San

Juan Island is such a sought after place for a summer vacation, or for a wedding. In fact, the San Juans were named one of the top 10 best summer vacations spots by National Geographic Traveler magazine in 2011.

And there’s no shortage of activities to keep your guests occupied and entertained during your special occasion. Hiking, bicy-cling, horseback riding, golfing, wine tasting and kayaking are just a few of San Juan Island’s celebrat-ed pastimes.

Friday Harbor is home to numerous art galleries, an assortment of outdoor parks, a movie theater, an art museum, a historical museum, a military muse-um, a whale museum and a popular farmers’ mar-ket as well. Whether it’s a quick bite or an evening of fine-dinning, there’s an abundance of quality restaurants and first-class cafes that can satisfy the palate and the pocketbook of just about anyone.

The town is also home to the Port of Friday Harbor, caretaker of one of the most charming and liveliest marinas in all of north Puget Sound.

Here you can soak up the sunshine while strolling the docks or kick back in the shade

for a change of pace and enjoy live music and a view of the harbor at the port’s Jack Fairweather Park.

Speaking of sunshine, San Juan Island lies directly in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains and that phenomenon (basically it forces a rain-swollen weather system to dump its load) produces 247 days of sunshine a year, on average. So, don’t forget the sun-screen.

The coveted westside of San Juan Island is no more than a 15-min-ute drive from Friday Harbor. It’s there you’ll find the dazzling sunsets, sweeping vistas and stun-ning views of snow-capped peaks and waterways that the island is famous for. Here you’ll find a state park, a historic lighthouse, a picnic area, a park devoted to land-based whale watching, a campground with mooring and a boat ramp, a national park and mile after mile after mile of hiking trails.

Roche Harbor Resort lies at the tip of the island’s northwest side. From its roots as a blue-collar com-pany town, founded on the pro-duction of lime, Roche Harbor has evolved into a full-fledged resort and seaside village, and one of the

Northwest’s premier vacation and wedding destinations. It boasts a thriving marina, an airstrip, a 19-acre sculpture park, numerous

hiking trails, a disc-golf course and an outdoor amphitheater, where a local production company performs Shakespearean and other classic theater. And its picturesque and charming wedding chapel is a magnet for soon-to-be newlyweds.

With its natural beauty and romantic ambience, San Juan Island is the per-fect place to create special memories that will last a

lifetime. For more information and maps of

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Newlyweds Bill and Joy Dubay of Vashon Island were married at San Juan Island’s Lime Kiln State Park in the afternoon and then kicked off their wedding night with a visit to the San Juan County Fair. Journal photo / Scott Rasmussen

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September 11 is remem-bered in different ways by different people.

For Mark and Toni Desdier, it’s now a joyous occa-sion, a day of love and celebra-tion, the day that the two were wed.

The Desdiers exchange vows onboard Washington State Ferries’ Hyak, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, in a ceremony presided over by Bart Christie, who, like Mark, works for state ferry system. Christie also happens to be an ordained minister.

The ceremony took many of the Hayak’s passengers by sur-prise, and then by delight, as what began as a small but festive occa-sion quickly turned into a full-blown community event.

“It just grew and grew until we had around 800 guests,” Christie said. “They were standing all around us and filled up both sides of the walls.”

Two violin players, bound for Friday Harbor for a wedding per-formance later that day, provided impromp-tu musical accompaniment as well.

Toni Desdier, who works in the boat’s gal-ley, said the couple chose Sept. 11 for their wedding date by design.

“Because of all the 9/11 sorrow and stuff, we wanted to have a celebration of happi-

ness,” she said. Mark added, “It’s time to move on.”But there’s more.Earlier in the day, the Hyak and its crew

also participated in a pre-planned memo-rial service, in which a woman said farewell to her deceased husband, a life-long diving enthusiast, as part of a brief ceremony con-

ducted in Peavine Pass, near Orcas Island.The couple were married 58 years.

While the events of Sept. 11, 2011, may sound like extraordinary for the Hyak and its crew, according to Mark Desdier, it’s pretty much just another day at the office.

“All in a day’s work,” he said

Portrait: A ‘ferry tale’ wedding

Accompanied by members of their wedding party, groom Mark Desdier, second from right, and bride Toni Desdier, next to Mark, pose for a photo on the deck of the Hyak after exchanging vows on Sept. 11, 2011. Journal photo / Scott Rasmussen

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Activities for guestsThe Orcas ferry landing hosts a gourmet

grocery and deli, post office, a few small shops, a public dock, boat rentals, whale

watching, water taxi, car and moped rent-als, and a taxi and shuttle service. To the east lies a woodsy residential area along Killebrew Lake Road; to the northwest, Orcas Road winds through grassy meadows toward the island’s center, Eastsound.

Eastsound is home to an array of charm-ing shops, restaurants and specialty bou-tiques. You’ll find a public library, a his-torical museum, grocery stores, a pharmacy, restaurants and more. Along its north and south shorelines are three public parks, and Buck Park has a playground and soccer fields. Orcas Center hosts a lively variety of musical, theatre and artistic offerings.

On the southwestern prong of Orcas Island, West Sound features a cafe, a pub-lic dock and a marina, while sunny Deer Harbor offers lodging, a restaurant, and two marinas where kayak, boat and whale watching tours embark.

Southeast of Eastsound, Olga Road leads to 5,200-acre Moran State Park. Drive, hike or cycle to the top of 2,400-foot Mount Constitution, where you can take in breath-taking 360-degree views of the outlying islands and the Cascade Mountain range. Trails provide easy walks or rigorous, hilly climbs. Afterward, you might enjoy picnick-ing at Cascade Lake’s sun-warmed swim-ming area, with a playground, barbecues

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With its gently rolling hills, bucolic farmlands, and easily accessible parks and seashores, Lopez Island is

the perfect wedding venue … if you like peaceful, beautiful settings and a place known for being the “Friendly Isle.”

Lopez is a top destination for visitors to the San Juans. Don’t be surprised if fellow motorists wave — it’s the island way. Lopez is also the closest of the ferry-served islands to Anacortes, making it a quick and convenient trip.

Most of the island’s businesses are located in Lopez Village. On Saturday mornings in the summer, you’ll find shoppers perusing fresh vegetables at the Farmers Market, and children playing in Lopez Village Park.

Although Lopez Island’s population is small, around 2,400 people, it has a wide variety of music concerts, art shows, cul-tural events. You’ll find talented wedding photographers and an eclectic group of musicians for your ceremony.

Wedding venues:The island offers a selection of poten-

tial ceremony venues like the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts with its wood floors, large windows and out-door performance pavilion; Lopez Island Vineyards offers beautifully landscaped winery gardens for an intimate outdoor wedding location; Lopez Islander Resort is located on charming Fisherman Bay and includes waterfront hotel rooms and

restaurant; The Galley truly offers a fam-ily-friendly environment on Fisherman Bay, the Edenwild Inn with premium accommodations nestled in the heart of Lopez Village, of Woodman Hall. There are also several churches for tying the knot including, Center Church and Grace Episcopal Church.

Activities for guests:What makes Lopez such a romantic

setting is its vast expanses of spectacular beaches, vistas and stunning wildlife. It’s common to see eagles, great blue herons, and osprey fly into the distance behind you. Take a trip to Odlin County Park and Spencer Spit State Park and your wedding guests may also catch a killer whale sighting.

The Lopez Village, which has a gro-cery stores, two coffee shops, several boutiques, restaurants, a bookstore, and a bakery, provides the essentials and any last minute items during for your time on the island.

If you’re guests need a place to stay there are plenty of accommodations on the island including a motel, bed and breakfasts, vacation home rentals and three campgrounds.

A wedding on Lopez not only gives you breathtaking scenery, but a place of rustic charm and friendly people. For more info, contact the Lopez Chamber of Commerce at 468-4664 or visit http://www.lopezisland.com.

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Of all the historic structures on Lopez Island, not many build-ings are more beautiful or beloved than Center Church.

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Stephanie Daigle dances with her father, Bruce Williams, at her wedding reception on the Williams’ Lopez Island property. Photo / Steve Horn

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Jerry Henderson and Robert Pauls received San Juan Island Fire Department’s highest awards when the department celebrated 2011 contribu-tions at the University of Washington dining hall, Feb. 4.

In front of 85 attendees, the fire-fighters and support members were honored for their dedicated service. Pauls received the award for firefight-er of the year, and Henderson was named officer of the year.

Other awards included: Rookie of the Year — Ian Paterson, and Support Volunteer of the Year – Karen Marler.

Station awards were given to Station 30 (Downtown) – Jenny Benedict, Station 31(Mullis St.) – Matthew Dobbs, Station 32 (Cape San Juan) – Dan Tracy, Station 33 (Little Mountain) – Harry See, Station 34 (Sunset Point) – Michael Hartzell, Station 35 (Roche Harbor) – Robert Pauls, Station 36 (Eagle Crest) – Jeremiah Lord

Plaques were given to retiring fire-fighters Rick Prescott (1988-2011),

Lunnette Higdon-Hertel (1989-2011), Francis Smith (1995-2011) and Rebecca Smith (1995-2011).

Chris Wisniewski was recognized for 15 years of service; Joe Cooper, Mark Tompkins and Dan Tracy for 10 years of service; and Ken Clark for five years of service.

The Orcas Fire Department provid-ed five firefighters to cover an initial

response in case of a call during the banquet.

San Juan County officially recog-nized San Juan County Fire District 3 as a fire district on October 6, 1958. The fire district covers about 55 square miles, which includes all of San Juan Island, as well as Brown and Pearl Islands.

San Juan Island Fire Department 2011 award win-ners: left to right, Michael Hartzell, Harry See, Ian Paterson, Jeremiah Lord, Lunnette Higdon-Hertel, Jerry Henderson, and Rebecca and Francis Smith.

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Saturday, March 3n Author Talk with Sam Buck, 7 p.m., library, free. Griffin Bay Bookstore, free. San Juan Island’s own, author of “Believe Your Experience,” talks about his new book at the book-store on Spring Street. This event is co-sponsored by the San Juan Island Library.

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UNIQUE HOME ON 5 secluded park-like acres with pond. 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Pole barn/shop, art studio, new chicken coup/wood shed (10 cord capacity). Hot tub. Sweat lodge. Very large vegetable garden plus 75 mature blueberry plants. $321,500. Call or email to set up appoint- ment: (360)378-1198 zachandtara@yahoo.com

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COMMERCIAL building and shop with live in apartment, Kimberly, Idaho. 4,000s.f., Walk to bank, postal, grocery and restaurants. Very Secure compound, $265,000 owner financ- ing (208) 420-4129

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ARIZONA HOME FOR sale in Verrado commu- nity. www.verrado.com. Bill Pulte design, “Mag- nolia” Model home. Brick & Stucco single story, 2200 SqFt home. 3 bed- room with large closets, 2 full baths. Beautiful cherrywood and black granite throughout kitch- en with cherrywood cen- ter island, all new GE appliances, breakfast nook and creative work station. Formal dining room. 3 car garage. Pri- vate courtyard, small back yard. Safe, secure community with Olympic size pool and gym, 18 hole golf course, restau- rant and pro shop. Short walk to all conveniences. $250,000. (206)567- 0600

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Real Estate for RentSan Juan County

Friday Harbor

1 BR, 1 BA1 block from FH High- school. Walking distance to all town ammenities. Woodstove, washer & dryer, covered parking, large yard, dishwasher, dsl & cable TV avail. $575 month, 1st, last de- posit required. Go to:

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FRIDAY HARBOR

CONVENIENT, sunny, 2 bedroom, 1 bath apart- ment with large deck in town. $850 month in- cludes Friday Harbor utilities. No smoking. Contact 360-378-8873 or farfelu@rockis- land.com

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FRIDAY HARBORFURNISHED IN TOWN Condo. 2 BR, 1.75 BA. Kitchen, living & dining rooms. Fireplace, wash- er & dryer. No pets/ smoking. $1,050/ month, $1,050/ deposit. Call 360-378-4864 after 5pm.

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Friday HarborIn Town, 3 bedroom newer home with laun- dry rm, garage, office & garden. F,L,S NS/PN. $1350**************************In Town, 3 bedroom + 1 bedroom guest house w/garage, fenced yd, F,L,S NS/PN. Laundry $1150 + $600**************************Hangar Near Roche Harbor, next to airport. F,L,S, NS $300**************************

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RESIDENTIALS FOR RENT:

LOPEZ ISLAND

High-bank Furnished waterfront home facing west with amazing views, beautiful sunsets and wildlife in your front yard. Path to a beauti- ful, secluded beach, 120 feet of waterfront and 2 acres of privacy. 2 BR, 2 BA, hot tub, 2 fireplac- es, large open daylight basement. Yard care in- cluded, well and septic. W/D, F/L/S, N/S, pets negot. $1450, 1 yr lease

Call Carol Gorton(360)468-3177

or email gortons@rockisland.com

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ORCAS ISLAND

Highlands home 2 BR 1 BA home with large deck. Lots of windows. Fenced garden area. Propane/electric heat. W/D, F/L/S pets nego- tiable $1,100.

Higlands Home with ex- pansive view. 3 BR 2 BA home with attached garage. Partially fun- ished. Large deck. Large kitchen. W/D, DW, F/L/S. No pets $1200.

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ORCAS ISLAND

Spacious view home close to Eastsound on 4.5 acres. Approx. 4700 sq.ft. 2 BR 3.75 BA, of- fice, game rooms, dining room, library and gour- met kitchen. Views from every window. Multiple decks, attached 2 car garage. N/S, W/D, D/W. $1800, includes pro- pane. Possible lease op- tion.

Large Shop 1500 sf heated shop with separ- ate office. Close to East- sound. Shop has 12 ft ceilings and oversize ac- cess doors, 220 wiring. Spacious office space with lots of windows. In- cludes utilities. $1500

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SAN JUAN ISLAND

Home in Town – 2 BR, 2 BA home with fire- place, D/W, W/D, large deck. F/L/S, N/S $950

Friday Harbor home with beautiful harbor views. 2 BR, 2 BA with one great open floor plan. Finished daylight basement. Enjoy three decks; two facing har- bor. D/W, N/S, pets ne- got. F/L/S. $950

Private Cottage in the woods with 2 BR, 2 BA. Very cozy and charming, large deck, propane stove, partially fenced yard, low maintenance landscaping, W/D, F/L/S, N/S, Pets negot $975

Cannery Village Condo – Two BR, 2 BA with a view of the Port. Fire- place, W/D, D/W, N/S, N/P, F/L/S. Includes sewer, water, garbage. $1100

In-Town Condo – Two BR, 2 BA, ground floor unit with deck and views of the harbor. W/D, D/W, N/S F/L/S. $950

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FRIDAY HARBOR

BEAUTIFUL 1 and 1+ bedroom condos. Prices start at $895 month! Long term. Walk to town. References required. 360-734-2222

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Eastsound

2 BR, 2 BA Condo on Orcas Island / East- sound (upstairs bright corner unit in lower sec- tion) keyless digital eent- ry, wood floors, all kitch- en applianaces and window coverings. Walk to town. No smoke / no pets. $875/month with EPD, first & security. Ask about discount. 1 year lease minimum, ref- erences required. Alan 714-271-1215 nordicstr@aol.com

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The Madrona Court Large 1 BR with stor- age. Quiet, mature resi- dents. Cat okay, no dogs. $735, Call for de- tails, 360-378-1320

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ROCHE HARBOR1 BR, 1 BA DUPLEX with den/ office, washer, dryer & large deck. Up- stairs unit in quiet, sunny & wooded setting. Small pet (with deposit). In- cludes water. $600/ month. First, deposit & electricity. Reference re- quired. No smoking. 360-378-6510.

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FRIDAY HARBOR

PRIVATE Furnished Room, walk to Friday Harbor. Utilities and cable included. Kitch- en available. First, last & dep. Refs. No pets. $475. 360-378-2565

WA Misc. RentalsStorage/Garage

Friday HarborGARAGE FOR RENT near downtown Friday Harbor. $149 per month. Call: 360-734-2222

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COMMERCIAL/OFFICE SPACE

SAN JUAN ISLAND

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EmploymentGeneral

San Juan County Public Works

seeks a temporary Assistant

Park Manager to work on Lopez Is- land. The position will work 40 hours per week from approx. 3/9 – 9/21/12. This may in- clude evening and week- end work. $20.95/hr, no benefits. For application and job description visit

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SAN JUAN ISLANDSCHOOLDISTRICT

High School Girls Soccer Head Coach

Fall Sports Season, Sti- pend $3000. Prior coaching experience and knowledge of soccer skills required.

Please submit a SJISD co-curricular application (available online or at the district office) to

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Friday Harbor, WA 98250

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EmploymentGeneral

Town of Friday HarborPosition Available:

Water Treatment / Distribution

System Worker

The Town of Friday Harbor is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the position of certified Water Treatment/Distri- bution System worker at the Town Water Depart- ment. Beginning pay range $19.02 / hr to $21.07 / hr depending on experience. Full job description and employ- ment applications are available at Town Hall, 60 Second Street or on the Town website at www.fridayharbor.org.

Applicants should sub- mit a Town of Friday Harbor Employment Ap- plication and resume by February 29, 2012 to:

Town of Friday HarborAttn: C. King Fitch, Town Administrator

PO Box 21960 Second StreetFriday Harbor, WA

98250

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That’s when he got the idea to create a program where Westerners can visit Tanzania as safari tourists and volunteers for impover-ished villages.

He said problems in Africa boil down to two

issues; money and lack of education. When he was a boy living in a village he thought he might never leave that area, but a mis-sionary family from Norway visited his school one day and they kept in touch with Johnson over the years.

The family pushed Johnson to get an education and paid for his extended education. Now he wants to help other youths achieve

the same goal.Johnson’s motivation

to visit the U.S. is to raise $48,000 to buy property to use for a Trade School in Moshi. His itinerary includes New York, Boston, San Francisco and Friday Harbor.

This is his first visit and within a few days of his trip he raised over $1,500, in part by selling crafts made by the women and children

in Moshi.He said it’s important

to raise funds because his only income comes from his safari guide work. He’s also looking for potential volunteers and people to fundraise. But above all he wants to make a personal connection with people in the U.S.

Shultz hopes that the upcoming event at the Mullis Center will inspire

others to take a “volunteer” vacation to Tanzania.

His wife, Marjorie Fielding, is going on the same trip with the Drew School this summer. Shultz would go again, but some-one has to stay home to run the couple’s truffle farm.

“Johnson opened up Tanzania in a way that I would never have gotten from someone else,” Shultz said. “It was like blossoms

on the vine. He’s a nicer guy than you could ever meet in your life. We need more guys like that.”

Volunteers to Tanzania have to pay airfare, a volun-teer permit for $200 and $12 to $15 per night at Johnson’s hostel, which includes breakfast and dinner.

For more info, visit foot2afrika.com or call Joe Shultz at 378-2929.

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Dogs

GREAT DANE

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Garage/Moving SalesSan Juan County

Friday HarborGARAGE SALE - #7 Churchill Square, above the ferry landing. Satur- day 2/18 & Sunday 2/19, 9am-5pm.

MarinePower

1965 RESTORED 31’ Pembroke Sedan Cruis- er, possible live aboard. Mahogany lapstrake hull on oak frames, full keel with bronze skeg, rudder & cutlass strut; deck & coach roofs covered with glass cloth; Perkins die- sel, Borg Warner Velvet Drive transmission & bronze prop. 100 gal fuel tankage, 80 gal water tankage. Pressure hot & cold water for shower, wash basin & sink. Elec- tric Head, diesel range, ac/dc refrigerator, micro- wave. VHF, depth sounder, autopilot, spot- light, battery charger, ac to dc converter, 2 bilge pumps. Inflatable dingy, 2 anchors with rode, boat hooks, fenders, & mooring lines. Sleeps 2 in large V-berth, dinette converts to small double berth. Illness forces sale. Boat lying in Port Or- chard. $4,000 or best of- fer by 3/23/12! No rea- sonable offer refused. 360-638-1749 or email jimvanvalkenburg@myway.comjimvanvalkenburg@myway.com

1981 24.5’ TANZER. Shoal keel, main, jib, spinner. Two burner al- cohol Stove, Sink, Ice box. Drop down table. forward “V” berth, Porta- potty, 8 HP 4 cycle Hon- da outboard. PFDs, ex- tra fuel tank. New seat covers. Inflatable raft. Very stable boat under sail. Easy to handle! $4,000. Oak Harbor. John 360-240-8332; john.acton@comcast.net

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1997 21’ DUCKWORTH Silverwing Semi Hard- top. “The #1 Custom Welded Aluminum Boat”. V Hull. Shock absorber captains chairs, bench seats and fish seats. Pole holders. Stereo. Dual batteries and more. 2001 Honda 130 Out- board and Merc 15 HP kicker. Priced to sell at $19,995. More Info Available. 360-472-0895 Friday Harbor

AutomobilesCadillac

2011 CADILLAC DTS, only 2,200 miles! Red, 4 door, sunroof. Standard Cadillac Premium Care Maintenance includes scheduled oil changes, tire rotations, replace- ment of engine and cab- in air filters and multi- point vehicle inspections for 4yrs or 50,000 miles. OnStar with improved voice recognition capa- bilities. Fully loaded. Ab- solutely stunning. $32,000. 360-299-3842, 360-220-5350

AutomobilesChevrolet

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PUBLIC HEARING

Notice of Joint Public Hearing of Planning Commission and County

Council on Proposed Amendments to the San Juan

County Code Regarding Wireless Communication Facilities

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Council and the Planning Commission will con-

duct a joint public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on a proposed Ordinance amending San Juan County Code provisions for wireless communication facilities & updating & clarifying existing terms &

requirements. The joint public hearing will be held in the Council Hearing Room at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Wash- ington on Monday, February 27, 2012 beginning at 9:00 am. At the

hearing, members of the public will be invited to speak and/or provide written statements regarding the pro- posed Ordinance. At the conclu- sion of the public testimony portion of the hearing the County Council

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -- 23The Journal of the San Juan Islands I SanJuanJournal.com www.nw-ads.comwill recess its hearing and the Plan- ning Commission will proceed to de- liberate on this subject so that it may submit a report and recommendation to the County Council. The hearing may be continued from time to time and place to place as may be de- sired by the Council and/or the Plan- ning Commission without additional written notice. A summary of the proposed Ordi- nance follows although all persons are encouraged to read the ordi- nance. The proposed ordinance amends and adds definitions to SJCC 18.20 including a definition for joint use wireless facilities; modifies the land use tables 3.1, 3.2 and makes joint use wireless facilities an allowable use in certain districts and changes the types of review in other districts, amends the use table for the Deer Harbor Hamlet amends Al- lowable Uses & Land Use Permit Requirements in Orcas Village Activ- ity Center (SJCC 18.30.430 & Table 3.10); adds a new section to SJCC 18.40 entitled “Regulations for Per- sonal Wireless Service Facilities” with exemptions for temporary wire- less facility, some amateur radio and certain joint use wireless facilities; amends permit procedures for dis- cretionary uses (SJCC 18.80.090); updates terms & clarifies existing procedures and requirements in the above sections and makes other changes for consistency and clarity. All persons wishing to be heard on this matter are encouraged to attend. Written comments may be submitted in advance of the hearing by mail or at the hearing by delivery in person. Delivery of written comments in ad- vance of the hearing is strongly en- couraged by providing 21 copies to the Clerk of the San Juan County Council at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor or mail to 355 Court Street#1, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. The Ordi- nance/Resolution is filed at the Of- fice of the County Council, 55 Sec- ond Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 and may be inspected and copies obtained at the Council offic- es during each business day be-

tween the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Copies of the ordinance are avail- able from the County web site at www.sanjuanco.com. A copy of the proposed Ordinance/Resolution will be mailed without charge upon re- quest. For more information please contact the Ingrid Gabriel, Clerk of the County Council at 360-370-7470; ingridg@sanjuanco.com and/or Shi- reene Hale, Planning Coordinator at shireeneh@sanjuanco.com. LEGAL NO.: SJ4271 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder February 15, 2012

PUBLIC HEARING

Notice of Public Hearing on an Ordinance Regarding Regulations

for Wetland Critical Areas; Amending Section 18.10.040, Chapter 18.20, and Sections

18.30.150 and 18.60.170 of the San Juan County Code and Repealing

Appendices A-C of SJCC 18.30.150

Notice is hereby given that the San Juan County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on an ordinance amending the Wetland Critical Area provisions of the San Juan County Code. These amend- ments are proposed to fulfill the peri- odic update requirements of RCW 36.70A.130. For Wetland Critical Areas, the pro- posed ordinance: adds, changes, and removes definitions of terms; adds to the list of official maps; modi- fies the minimum size of regulated wetlands; classifies wetlands and as- signs water quality and habitat sensi- tivity ratings; removes the prescrip- tive buffer width protocol and estab- lishes a site-specific sizing proce- dure for determining required buffer widths; removes the list of regulated activities and clarifies the activities allowed within wetlands and their buffers; allows for the reduction of buffer width for areas downslope of wetlands; removes sections on buf- fer averaging, decreasing, and in-

creasing; adds reference to the offi- cial manual to be used for wetland delineations; clarifies the required contents of and expiration for wet- land reports; removes the sections regarding mitigation (which have been relocated to the General sec- tion, SJCC 18.30.110); and repeals Appendices A (San Juan County Wetlands Rating System), B (Mitiga- tion/Enhancement Plan Contents), and C (Bonding). The proposed ordi- nance also adds language to the County’s lighting requirements. The hearing will begin at or after 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at the San Juan Island Grange, 152 First Street, Friday Harbor. Interest- ed parties are encouraged to attend & submit comments. Written com- ments received by Community De- velopment & Planning (CD&P) on or before March 4, 2012 will be provid- ed to the Planning Commission prior to the hearing. Comments received after this date must be submitted in person at the hearing (please bring 14 copies). Project documents are available on the CAO website at: http://www.san- juanco.com/cao/default.aspx. For more information, or to submit com- ments, contact Janice Biletnikoff, AICP, San Juan County CD&P, PO Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250, (360) 370-7572, or janiceb@sanju- anco.com. LEGAL NO.: SJ4270 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder February 15, 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO OB- TAIN CUSTODY.

Per RCW 79.100, San Juan County intends to take custody of the derelict vessels “(unnamed cement sailboat)”, with registration # WN9961LE, on February 26,2012 and “Yknot”, with registration number WN5303RM, on February 26, 2012. The vessels are being held in Friday Harbor, San Juan County. After tak-

ing custody, San Juan County may use or dispose of them without fur- ther notice. To retain custody of either of these vessels before the Custody Date, the owner must: 1) obtain authorization to moor or anchor the vessel in its current location, or 2) move it to a moorage facility that has authorized the vessel, or 3) remove the vessel from the water. To redeem the vessel once San Juan County has taken custody, per RCW 53.08.320 (5) (b), the owner must commence a lawsuit to contest San Juan County’s decision to obtain custody of the vessel, or the amount of reimbursement owed, in the su- perior court of the county in which the vessel was located. The written request can be submitted immediate- ly but cannot be filed any later than the tenth day after the date of custo- dy, which will be March 7, 2012 for both the unnamed cement sailboat and for “Yknot”. The right to a hearing is deemed waived if a request is submitted late, and the owner is liable for any costs owed to San Juan County. These costs may include all administrative costs incurred by San Juan County, removal and disposal costs, and costs associated with environmental damages directly or indirectly caused by the vessel. In the event of litigation, the pre- vailing party is entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. San Juan County reserves the right to pursue any other remedies available under law. For more information, contact Joanruth Baumann, representing San Juan County, at 206-999-0547 or Baumann@rockisland.com. LEGAL NO.: SJ4272 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder February 15, 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Solid Waste Advisory Commit- tee will meet Thursday, February 23, 2012 starting at 11:30AM in the Council Chambers at the Legislative

Building (55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA). The public is welcome to attend. LEGAL NO. SJ4268 Published: The Journal of the San Juans, The Islands’ Sounder. February 15, 22, 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF ADOPTIONOF ORDINANCES

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 the San Juan County Council enacted the fol- lowing ordinance(s): ORDINANCE No. 1 -2012: Repeal- ing San Juan County Precincts in San Juan County Code Chapter 1.08 and Adopting Nineteen New Voting Precincts The Ordinance adopted new pre- cincts for San Juan County consis- tent with 2010 census data and the new Council Districts adopted by Or- dinance 23-2011. The ordinance is filed at the office of the County Council, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA. The ordi- nance may be inspected and copies obtained 24 hours a day at the County website at http://www.sanju- anco.com/council/ordinances.aspx or at the Council offices during each business day between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. For more information please contact the Clerk of the County Council at (360) 370- 7470. This notice of adoption serves as the notice of publication required by RCW 36.70A.290(2). LEGAL NO. SJ4269 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Islands’ Sounder February 15, 2012

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PUBLIC NOTICE

ROAD CLOSURE

The private roads at Cape San Juan will be closed to the public for

twenty-four (24) hours on Sunday, February 26, 2012. Cape San Juan Homeowners As- sociation 541 Cape Drive, Friday Harbor, WA 98250

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MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL NOTICES

PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE TOWN COUNCIL

REGARDING A SHORELINE SUBSTANTIAL

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

The Town of Friday Harbor has received an application from the Cannery Village Marina Association for a Shoreline Substantial Develop- ment Permit (SSDP No. 91) for the removal of approximately 3,700 sq ft of wooden docks and to replace with low environmental impact aluminum floats. No additional floats or slips will be considered with this proposal. PROPONENT: Cannery Village Marina Association Authorized Agent: Jim Guy, North- west Docks P O Box 2101 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 LOCATION: Cannery Village Mari- na Association, Tax Parcel No. 351349051-76 within the designated shoreline of the Town of Friday Har- bor. TIME & DATE: The Town Council will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to re-

view this SHORELINE SUBSTAN- TIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT ap- plication at 5:35 PM, THURSDAY, February 16, 2012 in the Council Chamber at Town Hall, 60 Second Street, Friday Harbor, Washington, 98250. Additional information about the proposal is available for public review online at www.fridayhar- bor.org or by request by contacting Mike Bertrand at the Town’s Com- munity Development Department. LEGAL NO. FH1527 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands February 8, 15, 2012

PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE FRIDAY HARBOR

TOWN COUNCILCONCERNING A

CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

On January 5, 2012 the Town of Friday Harbor received Conditional Use Permit Application No. 67 from Coldwell Banker and Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center re-

questing that a wall within the Town right of way be designated for com- memorative ceramic tiles. The wall is adjacent to the ramp next to the Coldwell Banker building located on the corner of Spring Street and First Street. LOCATION OF PROPOSAL: The location of the commemora- tive tile wall is adjacent to tax parcel no. 351350201 and can be seen from Spring Street, First Street and other prominent public right of ways. PROPONENT: Coldwell Banker / Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center P O Box 391 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 HEARING DATE & LOCATION: The Town Council will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider this Conditional Use Permit Application on February 16, 2012 at 5:55 PM in the Town Council Chambers located at 60 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. Additional information about the proposal is available for public review online at www.friday- harbor.org or by contacting Mike Bertrand of the Town of Friday Har- bor’s Community Development De- partment at the above address. LEGAL NO. FH1528

Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands February 8, 15, 2012

MEETING NOTICE

AGENDA - TOWN COUNCILTown Council Chambers -

60 Second StreetFebruary 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM

12:00 PM Call to Order / Roll Call / Flag Salute / Public Access 12:05 PM Proclamation - Eagles Day 12:10 PM Council discussion re- garding letter of support for state- wide ban on single-use plastic bags 12:15 PM Resolution No. 1887 - Accepting the project known as the Wastewater Treatment Plant Odor Control Project 12:20 PM Resolution No. 1888 - Accepting the project known as the Spruce Street Storm Drainage Im- provement Project Administrator’s Report Payment of Claims Approval of Minutes Future Agenda Items Citizen Response Adjourn

February 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM

Town Council Chambers - 60 Second Street

5:30 PM Call to Order / Roll Call / Flag Salute / Public Access 5:35 PM PUBLIC HEARING - To consider a request for a Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Ap- plication (SSDP No. 91) for the re- moval of approximately 3,700 square feet of wooden docks and to replace with low environmental impact alumi- num floats located on Warbass Way commonly known as Cannery Village Marina 5:55 PM PUBLIC HEARING - To consider a request for Conditional Use Permit Application No. 67 for in- stallation of a mural within the First Street right-of-way located at 105 Spring Street commonly known as the Coldwell Banker building. County Council Update Future Agenda Items Citizen Response Adjourn LEGAL NO. FH1530 Published: The Journal of the San Juan Islands February 15, 2012

TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR LEGAL NOTICES

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Frank Wilson Derby, Week 1

Carter Whalen won first place and a $50 gift certifi-cate from King’s Marine for his 11.18-pound catch for

the first week of the Frank Wilson Memorial Winter Blackmouth Derby.

Pat Nash took second place for a 10.6-pound catch and Matt Chevalier landed in third for a 8.28-pound

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Meet new chief of Soundwatch

The Whale Museum’s lec-ture series features the new coordinator of Soundwatch, Eric Eisenhardt, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 4:30 p.m. at the Whale Museum.

Eisenhardt is a long-time islander, who holds a mas-ter’s of science from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s from Stanford. With over 15 years of experience, he has held positions with SeaDoc, Beam Reach, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife – and The Whale Museum, where he worked

on marine bird surveys, the bottom fish recovery program, necropsies, and SeaSound.

Eisenhardt joined The Whale Museum team in January and is working on plans for the 2012 season.He will share his ideas for Soundwatch and discuss the role of volunteers and sup-porters. For info, call 378-4710, ext. 30.

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