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An excavator with Island County Public Works is used Monday to break up and load material during a project to remove a former Navy rake station at the Keystone Spit in Coupeville. Also removed unintentionally was a ferry landing ramp that is believed to be about a century old.
history reduced to rubble
Hughes to seek bid for mayorBy Megan HansenCo-Editor
Coupeville Town Councilwoman Mol-ly Hughes announced this week that she will run for mayor.
Hughes, who is serving her 12th year on the council, announced that last month that she would not run for her council seat again.
That same week Mayor Nancy Conard said she would not seek reelection after 20 years in office.
“It’s a big job being the mayor and the people who would do it successfully need to care about the community,” Conard said, “and Molly has demonstrated she has a big heart for Coupeville.”
Hughes said she isn’t looking to make See MAYOR, page 20
Lawsuit says landslide is county’s fault
See LAWSUIT, page 2
By Jessie StenslandCo-Editor
Residents of a Central Whidbey neigh-borhood struck by a massive landslide two years ago have filed lawsuits against Island County.
The residents are claiming that the county was negligent and contributed to the landslide. They also say the county failed to properly maintain a public road.
Seattle attorney Karen Willie filed two lawsuits against the county in connec-tion with the March 27, 2013 landslide at Ledgewood, south of Coupeville.
The two lawsuits were filed in both Snohomish County and Island County superior courts last month; Willie said she wants the case to be heard solely in Sno-homish County while the Island County’s attorney said he will likely argue to have it here, though he hasn’t made a final deter-mination.
The lawsuits ask for unspecified dam-ages and court orders forcing the county to own and maintain two roads that provide access to homes near the landslide area.
Willie, who said she’s known affection-ately as “the water witch,” specializing in
By Ron NewberryStaff Reporter
A historic ferry landing ramp in Coupe-ville was inadvertently reduced to rubble this week during a demolition project designed to remove an aging structure that rested on top of it.
Island County Public Works spent Mon-day demolishing a small World War II-era rake station once used by the Navy at its county-owned Driftwood Park along the Key-stone Spit.
What the county was unaware of was that the structure was constructed atop a concrete ramp believed to be about a century old that once served as the terminus of the Coupeville-Port Townsend ferry route before the present-day Keystone Harbor landing started being used in 1948.
Crews used heavy machinery to dismantle the building, its foundation and the ramp be-neath it, loading the rubble on to trucks before filling in the area with rock and dirt.
But when the dust settled, a problem emerged.
“Nobody mentioned this historic ferry landing,” said Bill Oakes, Island County Pub-lic Works director.
The project went through the proper coun-ty permitting process, Oakes said, and was re-viewed by an advisory committee through the Historic Preservation Commission.
None of those channels revealed the exis-tence or significance of the former ferry termi-nal ramp that was visible above ground in an area frequented by beach walkers and salmon anglers.
Fishers referred to the structure as the “pump house.” More than a half century ago, it was a naval “rake station” where observers would track the accuracy of bomb drops in Greenbank during training exercises.
What it rested on dated back much further.“When we were approving it we were look-
ing at the building and thinking it was on a heavy foundation,” said Sarah Steen, preser-vation coordinator with Ebey’s Landing Na-tional Historical Reserve who served on the advisory committee. “It just got missed.”
Steen said that neither the military building nor ramp underneath it existed in the reserve’s historic structures inventory, which might’ve otherwise avoided the ramp’s demolition.
See RUBBLE, page 2
County demos early ferry ramp by accident
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both bringing lawsuits and defending against lawsuits involving damage caused by landslides. She said her firm is representing six families struck by the 2014 Oso land-slide, including three that lost loved ones.
The lawsuits allege fault against county officials for not dealing with drainage issues properly in the well-known landslide area, but also asserts that county work-ers did nothing after seeing dirt and trees fall from the bluff — allegedly “the start of the slide” — the day before the massive slide occurred.
“The Island County work-ers fled without notifying the residents,” the lawsuit states, “and took no steps thereafter to alert the residents of Bon Air and Ledgewood of the potential hazards.”
Mark Johnsen, a Seattle attorney representing the county, said the county de-nies liability for causing the landslide.
“We don’t believe the landslide was caused by any-thing the county did,” he said.
“We don’t see any indica-tion it was caused by surface water from county roads. It
was primarily a groundwater event,” he added.
Johnsen said a geotechni-cal firm has been monitoring ground movement in the area to see if it would be safe to re-build Driftwood Way, which was partially destroyed in the slide. He said it looks as if the county may be able to rebuild the road — if funding is avail-able — but that it would have to go through an extensive design process.
He said he doesn’t know the status of a small emer-gency access road that the county built after the slide.
One of the lawsuits is a class-action complaint that names nine individuals as well as “all others similarly situated,” Bon Air Commu-nity Club and Ledgewood Beach Water District as plaintiffs.
The other lawsuit names four plaintiffs — Teddi Ka-chi, Graham Lind, Janice Roberts and David Watts — whose three homes were “red tagged” or “yellow tagged” by the county following the landslide. Red-tagged homes are deemed unsafe to enter while yellow tags mean peo-ple can’t stay overnight.
The slide awakened resi-dents of the neighborhood at about 4 a.m. as 5.3 million cubic feet of earth, one house
and a small patch of woods was displaced in a matter of moments, according to a Department of Natural Re-sources report. The slide de-stroyed part of the Driftwood Way roadway beneath it and affected many other homes, but nobody was injured.
Roberts’ home, which subsequently was red-tagged, was later vandalized, looted and then destroyed by arson, the lawsuit states.
“It’s heartbreaking,” Wil-lie said. “For most people, their primary asset they have in their lives is their homes. To come back from some-thing like this is very dif-ficult.”
Homeowners’ insurance doesn’t cover landslides un-less a homeowner purchases “a rider” covering landslides, which can be very expensive or impossible to get, she said.
The lawsuits state that the county was aware of the instability of the landmass above Driftwood Way in 1991 and was warned by geolo-gist Gerald Thorsen against the “potentially destabiliz-ing effect of adding fill to the road.” Golder Associates also concluded in 1997 that the county’s continual placement of fill on the road “decreased the stability of the area,” the lawsuit states.
Nevertheless, lawsuits claims, the county “worsened the situation on Driftwood
Way by adding and compact-ing fill on the roadway.”
The lawsuits alleges that the county recognized groundwater was likely the cause of ground movement in the area but did not take steps to mitigate the problem.
The lawsuits claim that the county was aware in 2012 and 2013 that a cross-cul-vert was blocked and wasn’t conveying water underneath Driftwood Way, but did nothing to fix it.
“These things are not that mysterious,” Willie said. “Common sense and pre-ventative measures may have prevented this.”
In addition, the law-suits claim that the county breached its duties by refus-ing to accept ownership or maintenance responsibility for an access road built to link the south end of Drift-wood Way to Fircrest Av-enue. The road doesn’t allow access to all of the residents’ requirements, including com-plete emergency services, the lawsuits states.
A 2013 report that Geo-Engineers, Inc. compiled for the county, however, didn’t identify the blocked culvert or fill as contributing factors in the landslide.
The report pointed to high seasonal and cumula-tive groundwater; built-up groundwater and hydrostatic pressure from previous slide material impeding seepage; pre-existing slide planes; and erosion at the toe of the slide area as likely triggers.
The building needed to be removed because it was starting to pose a safety concern, Oakes said.
“I spend a lot of time here,” said Oak Harbor’s Patrick Dyer, who was walking his dog around the site Tuesday morning.
“I’m glad it’s gone. It was kind of an eyesore.”
Steve Kobylk, an Ad-mirals Cove resident and state parks volunteer who is considered a local expert on nearby Fort Casey, had trouble understanding how the mistake could have oc-curred.
“It sounds like they didn’t know the difference between a rake station and a ferry ramp,” he said.
Kobylk said he had in-formed the reserve about the historic ferry ramp about 10 years ago and noticed with keen interest when the county posted a notice of application on a
fence next to the building a few months ago.
He felt the ferry landing ramp would be safe because the notice called for re-moval of a “non-contribut-ing structure within Ebey’s Landing National Histori-cal Reserve.”
“When I saw Ebey’s Landing Historical Re-serve, I thought, ‘Oh every-one’s seen it. Everything’s fine.’”
He found out otherwise Monday, watching a histor-ic landing crumble away.
The ramp used to serve as a one-lane entry to Coupeville for ferry-goers.
The concrete pilings re-main just offshore.
“Any little piece like that might seem insignifi-cant as it stands by itself,” said Rick Castellano, exec-utive director of the Island County Historic Society Museum, “but it’s all part of the historical landscape here. When something like that goes away, it’s gone forever.”
RUBBLE: County accidently demolishes historic ferry terminalFrom page 1
LAWSUIT: Residents claim county at faultFrom page 1
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Ballots go into the mail Friday for Coupeville School District’s proposed $5-million capital facilities levy.
Votes must be post-marked by Tuesday, April 28 or filed that day by 8 p.m.
If approved, the new levy will collect $5 million in property tax revenue over three years, starting in 2016.
The levy would cost a homeowner with a $200,000 home about $180 a year in property taxes, according to the school district.
Funds from the levy would be go toward up-grades and repairs to school facilities, including to a roof, heating and ventilation sys-tems and other aging infra-structure.
Ian Somes, who serves as campaign chair for the levy, has five children going through Coupeville Schools. Four of his children at-tend the elementary school, which has bathrooms that need to be upgraded. There are also holes in the walls at the school.
“Kids put into school what they feel they get,” Somes said. “I feel kids should be able to go to school and not have to deal with things like holes and heat.
“Kids should be able to focus on learning and not being cold.”
The school district’s plan is to break projects into three phases and pay for the construction as taxes are collected, said school Super-intendent Jim Shank.
The first phase would involve remodeling the el-ementary school rest room; repairing a wall; updating the middle school heating and ventilation system; re-placing the track; replacing gym bleachers; and adding additional bleachers at the football field.
Replacing the track is one of the largest expens-es at an estimated cost of $727,000.
The track was installed in 1984.
“It was never intended to last 30 years,” Shank said. “We got such a great return on investment on that track — it’s phenomenal.”
The district currently cannot host meets because it’s not regulation. It’s track is only six lanes — regula-tion is eight — and it’s a quarter mile track measured in yards, not meters.
The district hoped to use the gym bleachers for the re-mainder of the school year, however a section of them has failed.
Shank said the mo-tor died and, because the bleachers are so old, a re-placement motor cannot be found.
The district plans to manually pull out the
bleachers one more time for graduation and is in the pro-cess of seeking a loan from the state to replace them.
The hope is to pay that additional debt with levy funds.
Phase two, which would occur in 2017, also includes replacing the middle school roof and floors, replacing the elementary school heat-ing and ventilation system, completing Engle Field, re-placing track equipment and resurfacing the tennis court.
Phase three, to be com-pleted in 2018, includes one of the largest expenditures with an addition at the el-ementary school estimating to cost $1 million.
A committee that worked for a year reviewing district facilities suggested building a new cafeteria space at the elementary school, connect-ing the multipurpose room, and repairing the existing gym space.
That phase also includes sound and lighting for the performing arts center, replacing middle school win-dows and creating restroom and concessions at the ath-letic fields.
Most of the costs are based on hard estimates and the addition includes antici-pated engineering services, Shank said.
“We’re excited to move forward,” Shank said. “These are projects that need to be done. We appre-
ciate all the support from the community on getting these things done.”
Construction on levy projects would start in the spring of 2016; much of the first phase would take place during the summer, when school is out.
Some of the projects would require cutting holes in the roof and could be disruptive if school were in session.
The district is already working on getting permits in place so if the levy passes, the district can ensure it stays on schedule, Shank said.
“It’s time to get them done.”
Some community mem-bers asked why the regular operations and maintenance levy can’t be used for those needs.
“The M&O Levy is used for common repairs,” Shank said. “There’s not much ex-tra there.”
For example, he said, it cost the district $23,000 last year to repair the elevator at the high school.
Campaign supporters will be hitting the streets starting next week, waiving signs and delivering door hangers to residents, Somes said.
Primary sign waiving ar-eas will be at the intersection of State Highway 20 and South Main Street, and in the Greenbank area.
School district seeks approval on $5-million facilities levy
The Coupeville Mar-shal’s Office responded to the following calls:
Monday, March 23
10:49 a.m., a caller reported a panhandler was standing at a stop sign on South Main Street.
4:07 p.m., a caller reported seeing a group of kids on Southwest Terry Road and believes there is use of a con-trolled substance occurring.
Tuesday, March 24
1:40 p.m., a caller on North-west Front Street reported two females who attempted to shoplift were being de-tained.
Wednesday, March 25
10:35 a.m., an officer report-ed an open back door while conducting a vacation check on a home on Northwest Krueger Street.
Thursday, March 26
5:40 p.m., a caller on South-west Terry Road reported a roommate moved out and stole property including a Playstation, Sega and a CB radio.
Friday, March 27
7:28 p.m., a caller on South Main Street reported her 28-year-old daughter had not returned home.
11:20 p.m., a caller on North Main Street made a noise complaint.
Sunday, March 29
12:57 p.m., a caller on South Main Street reporter a door
to a room above her garage appeared to have been kicked in.
Tuesday, March 31
1:11 a.m., a caller on North-east Perkins Street reported a car alarm went off in his driveway and when he went to check, his hood was popped up a bit, but the car was locked and no windows were broken.
1:30 p.m., a caller reported a restaurant on North Main Street had a sign that said “will return at 11,” but the door was open and no one was inside.
9:25 p.m., a caller on South Main Street reported a per-son at her house was refus-ing to leave and took another beer from her fridge.
Wednesday, April 1
9:45 p.m., a caller reported a suspicious man on South Main Street wearing a green coat and a beard.
Thursday, April 2
8:01 a.m., a caller reported a suspicious male trying to get into locked cars in a South Main Street parking lot. The man told the caller they were “picking up gold.”
9:46 a.m., a caller on South Main Street reported a male crawling around on the ground in a hospital gown.
1:11 p.m., a caller reported a man wandered by on North Main Street and was “talk-ing crazy.” He was wearing a digital camo hat and a hospi-tal bracelet.
Callers report odd behavior
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Levy focus is clean,warm classroomsEditor,
The members of the board of the Community Foundation for Coupeville Public Schools want to encourage you to vote for the current levy proposal by the Coupeville School District. As citizens who work to support Coupeville stu-dents, we understand the importance of this levy to the district.
This levy is focused on making sure our students have a safe, clean, warm and dry place to go to school and facili-ties the community can point to with pride. After these projects are all done, you will be able to see tangible changes that benefit students and the community.
Coupeville is a great place to live, work and raise children. This is in no small part due to the support the com-munity shows to families. Help to con-tinue that support by sending in your yes vote right away.
Chic MerwineDiane EelkemaCindy Van Dyk
Doug KroonRick WiddisonKathy Harada
Mendy McLean-StoneMolly McPherson
Karen Koschak
Thankful for having aBoys and Girls ClubEditor,
I would like to thank the Boys & Girls Club for all they do for Coupeville youth. We are so fortunate to live in this community, and I am grateful every day to raise a family here on Whidbey Island.
While none of my children attend Boys & Girls Club on a daily basis, we are so thankful for the basketball pro-gram in which my daughter partici-pates. Basketball is such a great outlet for our youth as it teaches discipline, en-durance, fitness, drive and teaches kids to get out there and do their very best. It teaches our children that while we can’t always win, we can always strive to be the best we can be.
I love that the Boys & Girls Club gives back to our community, even for those who don’t attend local schools, but rather choose to home school like our family. I also love that they offer basketball for even the tiniest of bud-ding athletes. The skills learned at even the pre-school level are helpful in build-ing up these little people and help shape them for their future.
It’s not easy, and sometimes people don’t understand what it takes to make a program like this work. I appreciate the Club and all they bring to our com-
munity. My thanks to them for all they do.
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Plant for the Planeta rousing successEditor,
Our first Plant for the Planet: Whid-bey academy on Saturday, March 28 was a great success. We certified 15 Climate Justice Ambassadors who join 300 in the USA and 340,000 worldwide. The chil-dren had an exciting day. They learned about the Climate/Ocean crisis, climate justice, how to speak in public, provide positive feedback to their peers and work together. The weather was wonderful.
We planted 11 Garry oaks in the lus-cious, dark chocolate earth, found lots of worms, a gorgeous garter snake, the bones of a deer, met and petted the resi-dent baby goats. We even celebrated a birthday! We now have the nucleus for a club and will be meeting monthly to strategize how best to get our message to the community and for another academy in the Fall.
We want to thank our donors and volunteers: The Goose and PC Red Apple grocery stores for our delicious healthy food, Pacific Rim Institute for
See Letters, page 5
School levy is an investment in community
This week, voters in the Coupeville School District will receive ballots asking them to approve a $5-million capital facilities levy.
If approved, the levy will collect $5 million in prop-erty tax revenue over three years, starting in 2016.
The levy would cost a homeowner with a $200,000 home about $180 a year in property taxes, according to the school district.
The levy will fund upgrades and repairs to school facilities, including replacing heating and ventilation units in the middle and elementary schools, replacing the middle school roof and flooring as well as updates and repairs to the district athletic facilities.
Campaign chairman Ian Somes said it best this week, breaking down the importance of the levy in one sen-tence.
“Kids should be able to focus on learning and not be-ing cold.”
Coupeville students are getting a great education with caring, compassionate teachers, but they’re getting that education in an elementary school with dated bathrooms and holes in the walls.
Middle schoolers have an aging roof, cracked floors and a dying heating system.
School officials say they’ve gotten a lot of use out of the facilities. The track, for example, that was installed in 1984 and gym bleachers have been there since the 1970s.
The district hoped to use the gym bleachers for the re-mainder of the school year, but a section has failed.
The motor died and, because the bleachers are so old, a replacement motor cannot be found.
The district plans to manually pull out the bleach-ers one more time for graduation and is in the process of seeking a loan from the state to replace them.
The hope is to pay that additional debt with levy funds.
It’s time to reinvest into school district infrastructure.The school district facilities aren’t just used for stu-
dents. The district plays host to community events and offers activities like school plays and other performances.
During large tourism events, visitors seek parking at the schools and groups host activities in the athletic fa-cilities.
Investing in school infrastructure is not only invest-ing in student learning, it’s investing in the community as a whole.
We hope voters mark that “yes” box when their bal-lots come this week.
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Island CountyHearing RoomApril 14, 2015
6:30 pmCALL TO ORDERPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCECHANGES AND APPROVAL OF AGENDAAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - Council Meeting of March 24, 2015MAYOR’S REPORTAUDIENCE INPUT - See NOTEPUBLIC HEARING1. Ordinance No. 719 establishing the salary for the Mayor and Repealing Ordinance No. 624.NEW BUSINESS1. Authorization for the Town to apply for a USDA loan in the amount of $800,000, to fund the utility portion of the upcoming Madrona Way Project2. Approval of SSDP-012-15, A Shoreline Substantial Development Permit for Madrona Way Improvements3. Resolution #15-04 Regarding CUP-008-15, Bed & Breakfast Inn for Ralph McCloud and Eleanor Weston located at 5 NE Ninth.AUDIENCE INPUT - See NOTEEXECUTIVE SESSION– To discuss the acquisition of real es-tate related to the Madrona Way Project.4. Approve Administra-tive Offer Summary for Right of Way for Madrona Way Improvement Project, consistent with the summary discussed in executive session.ADJOURNNOTE: Audience Input - This is time set aside for members of the public to speak to the Council about subjects of concern or inter-est, or items not already set aside for a public hearing. Questions presented may not be answered immediately if all information is not avail-able, but will be responded to as soon as possible. To ensure your comments are re-corded properly, you need to state your name and address clearly into the microphone. Please limit your comments to 5 minutes. Input requiring more lengthy comment is best submitted in writing.NOTE: Persons with disabili-ties requiring elevator access to the Hearing Room, please call twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled event to Clerk-Treasurer (360) 678-4461, ext 7.
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Beverly AllenBeverly Allen of Coupeville,
Washington passed away April 11, 2014.
A remembrance of her life will be held at Fort Ebey State Park in Coupeville at the Beach Group Picnic Area on April 11, 2015. A picnic lunch will be served.
All of Beverly’s friends and acquaintances are invited to come and visit with her fam-ily at this gathering.
Please come at anytime between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to share your sto-ries and remembrances of our Mom.
the venue and trees, Craig and Joy Johnson for books and DVDs, Drews-list, Branch Business Services, the Weaver’s School, Anne Taverne, Seth and Jess who guided the planting ad-venture and of course the great parents of these amazing children. You can see images of the event on the CRE-ATe and Climate Change for Families websites.
The goals of PFTP are to:n Certify 1 million ambassadorsn Plant 1 trillion trees n Keep fossil fuels in the groundn Promote global justice and equal-
ity Why so many trees? Trees absorb
CO2. Scientists at NASA have deter-mined this is the number of trees need-ed to stabilize the climate. A trillion trees may seem like a lot. It amounts to150/ person on the planet, huge, but that is where we are. Even that is insuf-ficient to get where we need to be. We must also decrease CO2 pollution by 6 percent per year. Economists agree that the best way to do that is to tax pol-luters, i.e. the coal, oil and natural gas industries and provide that money to people so they can make wise choices. So, let’s all “Stop Talking and Start Planting!” and get our legislators to
pass a carbon tax like those that make the economies of Germany and British Columbia so strong.
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Had great time working with GipsonEditor,
I am writing as a citizen of the Whidbey community, and as a recently retired Registered Nurse. I worked 15 joyous years in the Whidbey Family Birthplace at Whidbey General Hos-pital.
I was there before Dr. Linda Gipson arrived, and was privileged to be a part of the nursing staff during these last few years with her as Chief Nursing Officer.
In my 33 years as an R.N. I have never before worked with a more com-petent, experienced and compassionate colleague. I watched as she almost sin-gle-handedly improved service to our patients in the Emergency Department, the Operating Suite and the hospital in general.
She changed the culture from “we’ve always done it this way,” to a Florence-Nightingale-based culture of
compassionate and expert care of our very special community. She did this by first working alongside the staff in each department, assessing the prob-lems, weeding out the dead wood and introducing leaders and protocol that greatly improved each department.
The work she does is not appreci-ated by everyone, of course.
Those who are hostile to change, those who support cliques and discord, those who love the paycheck more than the patient,and those with a political agenda, have been obstacles to growth.
In spite of this backlash, she has brought forth the change needed to bet-ter serve, care for, and love our patients.
She is a gift to our community; a true nurse who not only has compas-sion and love for the service, but who has gathered throughout her life the education, experience, and courage to make the best leader for our hospital.
I personally have observed count-less kind and caring interactions she has had with patients, have witnessed many things she has done to help her R.N. staff in their daily lives. I am thankful she chose to come to our hos-pital as chief nursing officer and am grateful for every day she has served this community.
Barbara ReadLangley
Letters: Former nurse liked working for GipsonFrom page 4
All activities begin at 1 p.m. at the Coupeville United Methodist Church on Main Street. Lunch is served every Wednesday at noon. For more information, contact Glenda Cantrell at [email protected] or 360-720-2955.
Wednesday, April 15
Safety Tips at Home and your Car, Marshall Rick Norrie. The Coupe-ville Marshall will present ways to be Aware and Safe. Also question and answer period.
Friday, April 17
Falls and Injury Prevention exer-cise class first and third Fridays Led by Mary Waters. Gentle seated exercises designed to strengthen muscles, improve flex-ibility and movement.
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Senior Property Tax Exemption and Deferral by Kristina Mayhew, Island County Assessor. Learn what Senior Property Tax Ex-emption is and how to apply.
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It was the best of times and the worst of times for the Coupeville High School ath-letic teams last week.
The Wolves’ baseball team played one of its best all-around games in recent years in a 10-2 win at Cedar-crest Thursday, April 2. That came just two days after a sloppy 7-6 loss in 10 innings to visiting Lynden Christian.
The best of times also applied to the track team, which continued to post some of the state’s top 1A marks when it competed in a four-team meet at South Whidbey Thursday, April 2.
On the negative side, the softball team lost 21-6 to visiting Lynden Christian Wednesday, April 1.
The softball game at South Whidbey and the ten-nis match at Friday Harbor scheduled for Friday, April 3, were rained out.
Baseball team has Jekyll-Hyde week
The Lynden Christian game was a 10-inning thriller, but it wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t a win for the Coupe-ville.
A blown lead was bal-
anced by a nice comeback, but poor base running, de-fensive miscues, questionable calls, a lack of timely hits and a fit of wildness produced an ugly finish for the Wolves.
The final inning typified the day for Coupeville.
An error and three walks resulted in the winning run for the Lyncs in the top of the 10th inning.
Coupeville countered by getting its leadoff hitter on in the bottom half of the 10th, but two base-running errors on the same play resulted in a “unique double play” that ended the threat, Coupeville coach Willie Smith said.
The game got off to a promising start for the Wolves, who jumped ahead 3-0.
Then “the wheels fell off,” Smith said, and Coupeville trailed 6-3 before tying the game in the sixth inning.
The game wasn’t all bad for the Wolves. Aaron Curtin finished 4-for-6 with a double, run and RBI. He also pitched the final five innings, striking out seven and allowing only one run.
Kyle Bodamer went 2-for-4 with a run batted in, and Carson Risner and Clay Reilly had RBI singles.
Coupeville handed Ce-darcrest its second loss in seven games in what assistant coach Chris Chan called the most complete game by the Wolves in several years, thanks to timely hitting, strong pitching and stellar
defense.C.J. Smith pitched a com-
plete-game, four-hitter.“He was in total com-
mand working the corners and keeping them in check by mixing his pitches ex-tremely well,” coach Smith said. “Carson did a great job behind the plate calling the game and keeping C.J. locked
in and focused.”Offensively, Curtin
finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and three runs; Bodamer was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI; Risner went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI; and Cole Payne was 2-for-4 with a double, three runs and an RBI.
In all, Coupeville rapped out 14 hits, including five doubles.
Coupeville (3-4) will now play four straight home games, opening with La Con-ner (3-3) at 4 p.m. Friday, April 10.
Individual marks lead track team
Both Coupeville track teams finished fourth in the four-team meet, but the Wolves recorded impressive marks while winning two individual events and two relays.
Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt, Lauren Grove and Marisa Etzell won the girls 4x200 with the state’s second-best 1A time this season, 1:49.75. (Cascade Christian leads with 1:47.97.)
The Coupeville quartet also won the 4x100 in 52.17, the state’s fourth-best 1A time.
Stone added a win in the
200, clocking a 27.11, the eighth-best time.
Finishing second were Skyler Lawrence (shot put, 27-06), Lauren Bayne (1,600, 6:13.26) and Grove (long jump, 13-05).
For the boys, Mitchell Carroll led a 1-2 finish by Coupeville in the triple jump, going 35-09.5, followed by Connor Thompson at 34-06.5.
Thompson added two other second places, leaping 5-04 in the high jump and teaming with Lathom Kelley, Carroll and Jacob Smith in the 4x100 (49.91).
Coupeville will take part in the Cashmere Invitational at noon Saturday, April 11.
Softball team’s offense picks up
Coupeville had one of its best offense days of the young season, but six runs were not nearly enough in the 21-6 loss.
The Lyncs (1-3) led by only three, 7-4 after two in-nings, then scored 11 runs over the next two innings to take control.
The Wolves stayed in the game early with a four-run second inning, which was set up by six LC walks (Coupe-ville received 12 in the game) and a sharp base hit by Lau-ren Rose.
Monica Vidoni and Tif-fany Briscoe also rapped singles in the game for the Wolves (1-4).
For the second consecu-tive game, the Coupeville offense was hampered by the absence of hard-hitting Hailey Hammer. Hammer, who is injured, is expected to return for the next game, according to coach Deanna Rafferty.
La Conner (3-2) visits at 4 p.m. Friday, April 10.
Coming up...After a week off, the CHS
tennis and soccer teams get back into action this week.
The tennis team goes to Charles Wright at 3:30 p.m., and the soccer team travels to Vashon Island for a 2 p .m. match.
Up and down week for Coupeville sports team
John Fisken photo
Coupeville’s Lauren Rose hits a single down the right field line against Lynden Christian.
The 14th annual Whidbey Island Marathon is slated for April 19.
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LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR ISLAND COUNTY
IN PROBATEIn the Matter of the Es- tate ofLAWRENCE GILBERT LINGBLOOM,
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Deceased. NO. 14-4-00221-3NOTICE TO CREDI- TORSThe personal repre- sentative named below has been appointed and has qualif ied as personal representa- tive of this estate. Per- sons hav ing c la ims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any other- wise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the man- ne r as p rov ided i n RCW 11 .40 .070 by serving on or mailing to the personal represen- tative or the attorneys of record at the ad- dress stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the cour t, The claim must be pre- sented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal represen- tative served or mailed the notice to the credi- tor as provided in RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the not ice. I f the claim is not presented within this time frame, the c la im is forever barred, except as oth- e rw i se p rov i ded i n RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the dece- den t ’s p roba te and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUB- LICATION: March 26,
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2015/s/Larry LingbloomLARRY LINGBLOOM, Personal Representa- tiveMcPHERSON & McPHERSON, P.L.L.P.By:/s/Molly M. McPher- son MOLLY M. MCPHER- SON, WSBA #23027 Resident Agent and At- torney for Personal RepresentativeADDRESS FOR MAIL- I N G O R S E RV I C E : P.O. Box 1617 One NW Front StreetCoupeville, Washing- ton 98239Legal No. WEX622287 Published: The Whid- bey ExaminerMarch 26, April 2, 9, 2015.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COUPEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL
Notice is hereby given tha t the Coupev i l le Town Council will hold a publ ic hear ing on Tu e s d ay A p r i l 1 4 , 2015, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon as possible t h e r e a f t e r , i n t h e Commissioner’s Hear- ing Room, 1 NE Sixth Street, Coupeville, WA, to consider the follow- ing action:Ordinance No. 719 - AN ORDINANCE of the Town Counci l of the Town of Coupe-
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ville, establishing the salary for the mayor and repeal ing Ordi - nance No. 624Copies of the proposal are available at Town Hall. The public is cor- dially invited to attend this hearing and pro- vide comments in per- son, or to submit writ- ten comments in ad- vance of the publ ic hearing. Written com- ments should be sent to the Coupeville Town Ha l l , P.O. Box 725, Coupeville, WA, 98239 by 1:00 p.m. on April 14th, 2015. If you have quest ions about the proposals or review process, please con- tact Kelly Beech, Town C le r k Treasure r, a t Town Hall, 678-4461.Legal No. WEX625114 Published: The Whid- bey ExaminerApril 9, 2015.
Town of Coupevi l le, Nancy Conard , PO Box 725 Coupevi l le, WA 98239, is seeking coverage under the Washington State De- partment of Ecology’s Construction Stormwa- ter NPDES and State Waste Discharge Gen- eral Permit. The proposed project, Madrona Way, is locat- ed at Madrona Way f rom NW Broadway Ave, west and south to the Town Limits in Is- land County. This project involves 1.67 acres of soil dis- turbance for Highway or Road, Utilities con- struction activities. The receiving water is Roadside Ditch. Any persons desiring to present their views t o t h e Wa s h i n g t o n State Depar tment of Ecology regarding this application, or interest- ed in Ecology’s action on th is app l ica t ion, may notify Ecology in writing no later than 30 days of the last date of publication of this no- tice. Ecology reviews public comments and considers whether dis-
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charges from this pro- jec t wou ld cause a measurable change in receiving water quality, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest accord- ing to Tier II antidegra- dat ion requirements u n d e r W A C 173-201A-320. Comments can be sub- mitted to:Department of EcologyAt tn : Water Qua l i t y Program, Construction StormwaterP.O. Box 47696, Olym- pia, WA 98504-7696Legal No. WEX624427 Published: The Whid- bey ExaminerApril 9, 16, 2015.
TOWN OF COUPEVILLE
PUBLIC NOTICE - DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE
Notice is given under the State Environmen- tal Policy Act (SEPA), RCW 43.21C.080, that the Town of Coupe- v i l le, in accordance with WAC 197-11-355, did on April 9, 2015 is- sue a Determination of Non-signi f icance on the following proposal: Description of Propo- sa l : Proposa l : The project includes ap- proximately 1,100 line- ar feet of 8 inch water main to be instal led a long the souther ly road shoulder.Details of the propo- sals are available upon request and are re- viewable at Town Hall - 4 NE Seventh, Coupe- villeProponent: Town of Coupeville/Greg Cane, PE, Town EngineerLocation of proposal: Along Madrona Way from its intersect ion with Sherman Road, easterly to the Town of Coupeville Limits.Lead Agency: Town of Coupeville, WAThe lead agency for this proposal has de- termined that it does not have a probable significant adverse im- pact on the environ- ment. An environmen- tal impact statement is no t requ i red under
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R C W 4 3 . 2 1 . C . 0 3 0 (2)(c). The decision was made after review of a completed envi- ronmenta l check l is t and other information on fi le with the lead agency. This informa- tion is available to the public on request.__X__ This DNS is is- s u e d u n d e r 1 9 7 - 1 1 - 3 5 5 . T h e 15-day public comment period expired on April 3, 2015. An appeal of this Threshold Deter- mination must be sub- m i t ted by Apr i l 24 , 2015 to the address below.Responsible Official: Br idget Smith, Town PlannerAddress: PO Box 725, Coupeville, WA 98239Descr iption of docu- ment: Environmental Check l i s t pe r WAC 197-11 State Environ- mental Policy Act. SEPA Threshold Deci- sion Issued on: April 9, 2015Legal No. WEX625101 Published: The Whid- bey ExaminerApril 9, 2015.
T S N o WA 0 6 0 0 0 1 6 9 - 1 4 - 1 A P N 2 7 1 0 2 0 / S7130-00-00015-0 TO No 8481382 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAP- TER 61.24 ET. SEQ. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Apr i l 17, 2015, 10:00 AM, at the main entrance to the City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 , MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, the un- dersigned Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cash- ier’s check or certified checks from federally o r S ta te cha r t e red banks, at the time of sale the following de- scribed real property, situated in the County o f I s l and , S ta te o f Wash ing ton , to -w i t : LOT 15, HIGHLAND T R AC E D I V. N O. 1 , ACCORDING TO THE
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PLAT THEREOF RE- CORDED IN VOLUME 12 OF PLATS, PAGES 2 8 A N D 2 9 , R E C O R D S O F I S - L A N D C O U N T Y, WASHINGTON. SITU- ATE IN COUNTY OF ISLAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON. APN: 2 7 1 0 2 0 / S 7 1 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 5 - 0 More commonly known a s 1 9 1 4 O LY M P I A WAY, Oak Harbor , WA 98277-8122 which is subject to that cer- tain Deed of Trust dat- ed as of April 22, 2013, executed by JAMES E. REEVES, JR . AND T H E R E S A K . REEVES, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Trus- tor(s), to secure obliga- tions in favor of MORT- GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS- TEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for NEW DAY FINAN- CIAL, LLC, Beneficiary of the security instru- ment, its successors and assigns, recorded April 29, 2013 as In- strument No. 4338620 and the beneficial in- terest was assigned to Planet Home Lending, L L C a n d r e c o r d e d June 24, 2014 as In- s t r u m e n t N u m b e r 4361354 o f o f f i c ia l records in the Office of the Recorder of Island County, Washington. I I . N o a c t i o n c o m - m e n c e d by P l a n e t Home Lending, LLC, the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obli- gation in any Court by reason of the Borrow- ers’ or Grantors’ de- fault on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mor tgage. Cur- rent Beneficiary: Planet Home Lending, LLC Con tac t Phone No: (866) 882-8187 Ad- dress: 321 Research Pa r kway, S te . 303 , Meriden, CT 06450 III. T h e d e fa u l t ( s ) f o r which this foreclosure is made is/are as fol- l ow s : FA I L U R E TO PAY WHEN DUE THE F O L L O W I N G A M O U N T S W H I C H A R E N OW I N A R -
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R E A R S : D E L I N - QUENT PAYMENT IN- F O R M AT I O N Fr o m February 1, 2014 To D e c e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 Number of Payments 5 M o n t h l y P a y m e n t $1,446.76 6 $1,490.09 Total $16,174.34 LATE CHARGE INFORMA- TION February 1, 2014 D e c e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 4 $231.48 PROMISSO- RY NOTE INFORMA- TION Note Dated: April 22, 2013 Note Amount: $264,239.00 Interest Paid To: January 1, 2014 Next Due Date: February 1, 2014 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $261,020.10, together with interest as provid- ed in the Note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation se- cured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without war- ranty, expressed or im- plied, regarding title, possession or encum- brances on April 17, 2015. The defaults re- ferred to in Paragraph III must be cured by April 6, 2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a d iscont inu- ance of the sale. The sale will be discontin- ued and terminated if at any time before April 6, 2015 (11 days be- fore the sale) the de- fault as set forth in Par- agraph III is cured and the Trustees’ fees and costs are paid. Pay- ment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or cer- t i f ied checks from a State or federally char- tered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the April 6, 2015 (11 days before the sale date) and be- fore the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any re- corded junior l ien or
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encumbrance by pay- ing the principal and in- terest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmit- ted by the current Ben- eficiary, Planet Home Lending, LLC or Trus- tee to the Borrower and Grantor at the fol- lowing address(es) : ADDRESS Theresa K Reeves 1914 OLYM- PIA WAY, Oak Harbor , WA 9 8 2 7 7 - 8 1 2 2 T h e r e s a K R e eve s 1914 OLYMPIA WAY, O a k H a r b o r , WA 9 8 2 7 7 J a m e s E R e e v e s J r 1 9 1 4 OLYMPIA WAY, Oak H a r b o r , W A 98277-8122 James E R e e v e s J r 1 9 1 4 OLYMPIA WAY, Oak Harbor , WA 98277 by both first class and cer- tified mail on October 29 , 2014 , p roo f o f which is in the posses- s ion of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personal- ly served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicu- ous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or post- ing. VII. The Trustee whose name and ad- dress are set forth be- low will provide in writ- ing to anyone request- ing it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to de- prive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their in- terest in the above de- scr ibed proper ty. IX. Anyone having any ob- jections to this sale on any grounds whatsoev- er will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pur- s u a n t t o R C W 61.24.130. Failure to br ing such a lawsuit
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may result in a waiver of any proper grounds fo r i nva l ida t ing the Trustees’ Sale. X. I f the Borrower received a let ter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NO- TICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE F O R E C L O S U R E S A L E O F Y O U R HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the re- cording date on this notice to pursue medi- a t ion. DO NOT DE- L AY. C O N TA C T A HOUSING COUNSE- LOR OR AN ATTOR- NEY L ICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situa- tion and refer you to mediation if you might eligible and it may help you save your home. See be low fo r sa fe sources of help. SEEK- I N G A S S I S TA N C E Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at lit- tle or no cost to you. If you would like assis- tance in determining your rights and oppor- tunities to keep your house, you may con- tact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing c o u n s e l o r s r e c o m - mended by the Hous- ing Finance Commis- s i o n : Te l e p h o n e : ( 8 7 7 ) 8 9 4 - 4 6 6 3 o r (800) 606-4819 Web- s i te: www.wshfc.org The United States De- par tment of Housing and Urban Develop- m e n t : Te l e p h o n e : (800) 569-4287 Web- site: www.hud.gov The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other hous ing counse lors and attorneys: Tele- phone: (800) 606-4819 W e b s i t e : w w w. h o - meownership.wa.gov NOTICE TO OCCU- PANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is enti- tled to possession of the proper ty on the 20th day following the sale, as against the G r a n t o r u n d e r t h e Deed o f Tr us t ( t he owner ) and anyone having an interest jun-
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i o r t o t he Deed o f Trust, including occu- pants who are not ten- ants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under the Unlawful De- ta iner Act , Chapter 59.12 RCW. For ten- ant-occupied property, the purchaser sha l l provide a tenant with written notice in accor- d a n c e w i t h R C W 61.24.060; Dated: De- cember 10, 2014 MTC F i n a n c i a l I n c . d b a Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Tr u s t e e B y : J e a n Greagor, Author ized Signatory MTC Finan- cial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 1700 Seventh Avenue, Sui te 2100 S e a t t l e WA 9 8 1 0 1 Phone: (800) 409-7530 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC F inanc ia l Inc . DBA Trus tee Cor ps TRUSTEE’S SALE IN- FORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.insourcelog- i c . c o m . O r d e r N o . WA14-000406-2, Pub D a t e s 0 3 / 1 9 / 2 0 1 5 , 04/09/2015Legal No. WEX618685Published: The Whid- bey ExaminerMarch 19 , Ap r i l 9 , 2015.
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10th LD Democrats April meeting, 9 a.m. at San Remo Grill. Helen Price Johnson, District One Island County Commissioner, will be pres-ent. If you have topics you’d like Helen to address, please send them to Sue Tingstad: [email protected] RS-VP’s to Sue would be appre-ciated.
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Whidbey Reads Film Night: “Invictus,” 5:30 p.m. at Coupeville Library. Newly elected President Mandela (Morgan Freeman) believes the country’s underdog rugby team can bring his racially and economically divided people together in post-apartheid South Africa. Popcorn pro-vided by the Friends of the Coupeville Library. Rated PG-13. [email protected]
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Seattle Opera Preview: “Ariadne auf Naxos,” 2-4 p.m. at Coupeville Library. Join Seattle Opera educator Robert McClung for an en-gaging hour-long multimedia presentation that covers the basics of history, music and stagecraft of “Ariadne auf Naxos” by Richard Strauss.
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Council member for the past 12 years, I feel I will have a jump on learning the new responsibilities of being mayor,” she said Monday. “I am very proud of the work we have done over the last decade and would like the opportunity to continue that good work and keep Coupe-ville moving in a positive direction.”
In the immediate future, Hughes said there are two big items the town needs to ac-complish.
She said updating the town’s comprehensive plan is a major project that requires staff and community involve-
ment. The town will start work on that update in the near future.
She also said the long-run-ning Madrona Way project should be completed in the next two years.
“It’s just a really big job for a town our size,” Hughes said. “We’re trying to accom-plish so many things at once.”
Her other priorities, Hughes said, are the smaller projects and items the town has had to shelve. She brought up the Community Green Plan and how it’s been sitting on the sidelines.
“It has a great design, but after it just kind of got put aside,” she said. “Can we af-ford it? Can we phase it out? That’s the cool thing about Coupeville, that we can talk
about it as a community.”The Coupeville Town
Council is taking steps to transition the duties of the mayor position. Conard cur-rently serves as the mayor and town administrator, a role that was created to fit her skill set. The town is making adjustments to have other de-partments and staff assume some of those responsibilities and in the future the town clerk may assume the admin-istrator position.
Hughes said that she would like the chance to work with town staff more closely.
“I believe I have a good work ethic and a lot of com-mon sense,” she said. “I lead by example and it’s impor-tant to me that those I work with feel included in decision
making and valued for their contributions.”
Hughes is active in the community, serving in a va-riety of nonprofit programs and groups.
She said her involvement has given her experience she thinks will help her serve in the position as mayor.
“As the president of Gifts from the Heart Food Bank, a board member of the Coupe-ville Lions and an Ebey’s Landing Trust Board mem-ber, I am familiar and com-fortable with financial reports and budgets,” Hughes said. “As a Town Council Member, I am very comfortable with the town’s past financial pri-orities and would continue to manage the town’s resources in a conservative, sustainable
manner.”Hughes is a 20-year resi-
dent of Coupeville and has raised two sons in the com-munity.
She also owns one of the Reserve’s historic buildings and is involved with the busi-ness community.
“I understand what a very
special and unique place our little waterfront town is,” she said. “I would always work hard to determine priorities and manage resources for the betterment of all. Long term, intentional, thoughtful, plan-ning and goal setting is criti-cal to the future of Coupe-ville.”
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Molly Hughes, left, announced her intent to run for mayor this week.