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By Megan HansenCo-Editor

The Coupeville School District’s capital facilities levy was passing with a strong lead Tuesday night, much to the delight of district officials.

The first count showed that 55 percent of the voters cast ballots in favor of the $5-mil-lion levy.

Some board members and district staff were present at the elections office for the initial count.

“We’re so grateful,” said school board member Glenda Merwin. “We so love our Coupeville supporters.”

The Island County Auditor’s Office sent out more than 7,200 ballots with 3,400 turned in for the initial count Tuesday, land-ing voter turnout at about 47 percent.

“It’s a good turnout for a special elec-tion of this size,” said Island County Audi-

tor Sheila Crider. “It’s an indication of the strong community support Coupeville has.”

The levy will cost a homeowner with a $200,000 home about $180 a year in property taxes, according to the school district.

The $5-million levy will be collected over three years and will be used to complete cap-ital improvement projects within the school district.

Projects are planned in three phases and include replacing the middle school roof, replacing heating and ventilation systems in the elementary and middle school and mak-ing needed repairs to the district’s aging ath-letic infrastructure.

“I’m especially thrilled for the opportu-nity we’ll have to complete these projects we have phased and presented,” said Superin-tendent Jim Shank. “And we appreciate the support of the Friends of Coupeville schools and all they’ve done for us. And for all of those who support Coupeville Schools.”

The first phase will involve remodeling the elementary school restroom; repairing a wall; updating the middle school heating and ventilation system; replacing the track; replacing gym bleachers; and adding addi-tional bleachers at the football field.

Replacing the track is one of the largest expenses at an estimated cost of $727,000.

The first construction projects won’t take place until the summer of 2016.

The district must collect the tax dollars for one year first, Shank said.

However, the district did take out a loan to replace broken bleachers in the gym and will pay that debt once levy funds comes in.

The auditor’s office will count additional ballots late Wednesday afternoon, with ad-ditional results expected between 4-5 p.m.

Any valid ballots received after that count will be included in the results on Tues-day, May 12, when the election is certified.

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Madrona Way project expected to start June 7By Megan HansenCo-Editor

Town of Coupeville is hoping to break ground this summer on a road and utility project on Madrona Way.

Town Council approved a budget and timeline for the project Tuesday with hopes of starting phase one of the project June 7.

Residents living on Madrona Way will be impacted by the project, which is being completed primarily from Broadway to Vine streets with some water line extension going down toward Captain Whidbey Inn.

“It’s about six months of disruption,” said Mayor Nancy Conard. “Local people will still be able to get into their driveways.”

However, there will be times when a resident’s driveway may be blocked for sev-eral hours.

Conard said plenty of notice will be given during those times.

The nearly $2 million project has been years in the making and was broken into two phases, which include installation of

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District cuts principal due to enrollmentBy Ron NewberryStaff Reporter

It’s the sort of announcement a school superintendent never wants to make.

Jim Shank, superintendent of the Coupeville School District, said at Monday night’s school board meeting that contin-ued declining enrollment would result in the reduction of 4.5 staff positions begin-ning in the fall.

Retirements and relocations would ac-count for all of those positions except for one.

Shank revealed Tuesday that Larry Walsh would not be retained as principal of the high school and middle school.

Instead, Shank will assume those ad-ministrative duties in the fall to go along with his role as superintendent.

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By Janis ReidStaff Reporter

A citizens’ group that filed a lawsuit in 2013 has filed an additional action to force the Navy to stop flying the EA-18G Growlers over Coupeville.

The Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve, or COER, filed a motion Monday in Federal Court asking a judge to rule that the aircraft be forced to stop using Outlying Field Coupeville until the Navy completes an Environmental Impact Statement.

“The EIS isn’t going to be done until 2017,” said COER board member and attor-ney Ken Pickard Tuesday. “We’re being irreparably injured every time they fly. We’re not going to wait.”

The Navy cannot com-ment on ongoing litigation, said Mike Welding, the base’s public information officer.

The Motion for Prelimi-nary Injunction was filed in the United States District Court, Western District in Seattle. While Growlers fly at both the Navy’s main Ault Field and OLF Coupe-ville, the citizen group’s main complaint is with the Field Carrier Operations, or touch-and-go practices, in Coupeville.

COER members said they are concerned about homes, businesses and orga-nizations that lie in the flight path of OLF Coupeville.

“While the Navy will as-sert that FCLP training at the OLF is in the public in-terest, invoking national se-curity, the use of Ault Field serves the public interest far better than use of OLF Coupeville,” according to the motion.

“Use of OLF Coupeville

compromises the visual and auditory integrity of a na-tional historic reserve and the tranquility and safety of an entire community with homes, schools, parks, and important public and private facilities, including a hospi-tal, local government, law enforcement and commer-cial development.”

While the Navy is always looking to balance real-life training with simulation and other locations, ceasing use of OLF is “unrealistic,” said Butch Bailey, former Wing 10 commander and president of the local Navy League.

“From a national security standpoint, right now that has to be done,” Bailey said. “OLF is uniquely set up in order to provide that kind of training.”

Bailey said that, during his command during Desert Storm, the Navy exceeded 30,000 operations annu-ally at OLF but has since brought that number down to 6,120 annually in 2005.

The Navy exceeded this operational cap in 2011-13, however.

“The Navy has been a good partner and a good citizen over the years, and the idea that the Navy would go away and not use Coupe-ville, it’s unrealistic,” Bailey said.

In a press release Mon-

day, COER responded to Navy “personnel and re-tirees who have frequently called those affected citizens unpatriotic.”

“It’s quite the opposite,” Pickard said. “We all care deeply.”

In recent years, COER has expanded its original mission to close OLF and has stated its larger goal is to get the Growler removed from the Pacific Northwest.

Pickard said Monday’s motion was simply one of many fronts on which the group is fighting.

“We think the Growler is a very poor fit for Northwest Washington,” Pickard said. “It’s one of the many things we’re doing. And it’s a major one. It’s what got our group started.”

In its motion, COER claims the jet noise is damag-ing the physical and mental health of those working and living under the flight path.

The anti-noise group has also collected a number of first-person “declarations” on its website from people who describe the jets’ effects.

“We are extremely dis-appointed with our elected officials who won’t speak out on behalf of those they purport to represent,” said COER board member Mary-on Attwood.

Navy Admiral Bill Gort-ney, in his official capacity as the commander, Fleet Forces Command, and Commander Mike Nortier, in his official capacity as commander of Whidbey Is-land Naval Air Station, are identified as defendants in the lawsuit.

COER files additional lawsuit to stop OLF use

By Janis ReidStaff Reporter

Noise emitting from a Navy base is inevitable.

And the Navy says it takes careful note of each resident complaint and does what it can to mitigate the effect of its aircraft noise on its residents.

“We take the noise com-plaint process seriously, but we cannot promise you won’t hear noise,” said Operations Officer Cmdr. Chip Gaber of Whidbey Is-land Naval Air Station.

RESIDENTS CAN log a complaint with the Navy via phone or email. From there, Gaber says, each communication is entered into a database so the Navy can track trends and follow up on anything that ap-pears unusual.

In most cases, com-plaints can be correlated with known operations, Gaber said.

A common complaint is that aircraft are flying too low in areas they shouldn’t.

Gaber said pilots who fly at unauthorized alti-tudes or in locations would be reprimanded.

“There’s very little for making it up as you go,” Gaber said. “It doesn’t hap-pen here. If we had a pilot that was breaking the rules, that would be very bad for him.”

Air traffic control moni-tors all operations as well, Gaber said. If the Navy receives complaints that an aircraft is flying too low or in an unusual location, they go back and review record-ed radar readings.

GABER SAID the Navy received 825 com-plaints in 2013 made by 289 individual callers and 797 calls made by 283 individu-als during 2014.

“What you will see is that a lot of callers are call-

ing more than once,” Gaber said. Approximately 145 of those calls came from one person in 2014.

“There’s a handful of fre-quent callers,” Gaber said.

In those cases, they still log the call but are less likely to follow up unless specifically asked.

“In all cases, the highest leadership has got eyeballs on the process and who’s calling about the noise,” Gaber said.

In some cases, there are instances where the aircraft has to make an emergen-cy maneuver or needs to change its route according to weather.

“There’s always a reason people hear noise,” Gaber said.

“We don’t call everyone back, but we try to find the ones that seem to be some-thing different.”

IN SOME instances, the noise doesn’t come from the Navy at all, Gaber said.

There have been times when a noise complaint has come in and the runway was closed. In those cases, Gaber said it could be a pri-vate airplane, a commercial aircraft or a Canadian mili-tary operation.

Both the Navy and Congressman Rick Larsen expressed their desire to somehow decrease the impacts of jet noise on the area’s residents.

Installation of a “hush house” was kicked around, but it would only partially mitigate the on-ground engine “run-ups” and wouldn’t impact the in-air noise, Navy officials said.

The majority of com-plaints are in reference to in-air operations, Gaber said.

DURING A recent town hall meeting, Larsen mentioned the possibil-ity of installing chevrons on the engines to decrease the noise. But testing con-

ducted by the Navy found that chevrons are costly and wear out, according to “Currents Magazine,” pub-lished by the Navy’s depart-ment of Energy, Environ-ment and Climate Change.

The most recent change requires that pilots keep landing gear retracted during touch-and-go op-erations at Ault Field until they are away from the San Juans and over water.

“If there are potential mitigations, we’ll look at that,” said Mike Welding, public affairs officer for the base. “It takes time, but we don’t ignore it.”

CITING A lack of trust for the Navy’s public in-put hotline, the anti-noise group Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve created its own complaint hotline in Janu-ary 2014. COER represen-tatives said they would track complaints and for-ward them to the Navy.

“We have had approxi-mately 460 calls since we set it up a little over a year ago,” said COER spokes-person Cate Andrews. “I have personally called back each person who asked, and I have heard a tre-mendous amount of anger, sadness and shock at the fact that this is allowed to happen.”

According to COER’s count, Andrews said, 70 percent of the complaints come from Coupeville residents, with the rest peppered through the San Juans Islands, Port Townsend and North Whidbey.

Another hotline, the San Juan County Jet Air-craft Noise Reporting Group, was also created, Andrews said. This group claims it received 350 calls just in January with com-plaints coming from Friday Harbor, Lopez, Orcas and Victoria, British Columbia.

What happens to noise complaints

“We’re being irreparably

injured every time they fly. We’re not waiting.”

Ken Pickard, board member Citizen’s of Ebey’s Reserve

By Jessie StenslandCo-Editor

Wanna buy a gazebo?Island Transit may

soon be selling two of the wooden structures as well as a tractor to anyone with the best offer.

The agency may have to pay back as much as $140,000 of a federal grant that were spent on extras that didn’t qualify for fed-eral taxpayer funds.

At the top of the list of items inappropriately pur-chased are the gazebos, though the structures ac-count for just $7,000 of the alleged misspent funds.

Ken Graska, the inter-im director, and Oak Har-bor City Councilman Rick Almberg, the chairman of the transit board, said Friday that they hope to recoup some of the money by selling the picturesque gazebos, noting they would be perfect compli-ments to a wedding.

“We would be very in-terested in having a local winery purchase them,” Almberg said, adding that eBay may also be an op-tion.

Graska said he and the new financial analyst have had to reconstruct budgets and other information re-lated to the construction of the facility in the wake of a scathing audit, which identified possible mis-spent grant money, among other issues.

“It seems clear to me that there were things that were not eligible for the grant dollars but still were purchased,” he said.

Problems arose at the transit agency last year, under the watch of former director Martha Rose and the former finance direc-

tor. Rose is under investi-gation by the Washington State Patrol, as the request of the county prosecutor.

Graska said the $140,000 figure for possi-ble misspent grants dollars is a “rough estimate” and that the transit agency has until June 30 to respond to the federal government about the issue.

Refunding the money would put a significant dent in the agency’s tight budget, but money has been budgeted for the pay-back, he said.

In addition to the two gazebos, more than $20,000 of grant funds were used to purchase a tractor. The rest of the grant spending questioned by auditors consist of “in-kind staff labor that went over budget,” Graska said.

The gazebos were meant as shelters for smokers but weren’t part of the original architectur-al plans.

Nonetheless, he’s never seen anyone in either ga-zebo until Friday.

Ironically, Island Tran-sit critic Gayle Zachaukirk may have been one of the first people to use one of the gazebos for its intend-ed purpose. She lit up a cigarette before attending the board meeting Friday morning.

She said she would be in favor of selling the gazebos if the federal government decides that purchasing them violat-ed the terms of the grant funding.

As for the tractor, Graska said it is a useful piece of equipment to have

but not an absolute neces-sity. It’s used for mowing and has a front loader for moving dirt or snow.

Both he and Almberg said they would like to see it sold if a reason-able amount of money can be recovered, which seems likely. Likewise, Island County Commis-sioner Rick Hannold, also a member of the transit

board, said he’s in favor of selling anything that’s excess.

Critics of Island Tran-sit have also complained about other lavish features in the new facility, from fancy artwork to an even fancier kitchen. There have been no allegations, however, that money was misspent on any of these items.

By Jessie StenslandCo-Editor

A man suspected of shooting a laser at Whidbey General Hospital staff mem-ber is wanted on a $10,000 arrest warrant, according to court documents.

Prosecutors charged 45-year-old Bryan T. Smith of Oak Harbor in Island County Superior Court with felony harassment last month.

Coupeville Marshal Rick Norrie investigated the in-cident that occurred on the night of Dec. 14, 2014.

The hospital security of-ficer reported that Smith and his stepson had been disor-derly at the hospital earlier in the night, but returned in a car about an hour later; the stepson got out of the vehicle and started “flipping off” the security officer and yelling, prompting the security offi-cer to lock the doors and ask staff to press their “personal safety devices,” Norrie wrote.

One of the staff members was standing at the glass slid-ing doors when she noticed a laser light. The red light moved up her chest and to-ward her head.

“Not knowing if it was a gun or, just a laser pointer, he yelled at her to move and take

cover,” Norrie wrote.The woman ran and hid

in fear. She later told Nor-rie that the laser appeared to have originated from the men’s vehicle.

Smith and his stepson ran up to the locked doors and yelled obscenities. The younger man punched the glass doors several times, the report states.

The security officer re-ported that it took a deputy with the Island County Sher-iff’s Office and a trooper with the State Patrol about 20 to 25 minutes to respond.

While the officers were interviewing a witness, Smith allegedly called the hospital and asked to speak with the security officer. Smith used a racial slur and threatened to kill him and his family, Nor-rie wrote.

In an interview with Nor-ris, Smith said he became angry because the security guard prevented his daughter from leaving the hospital, but he denied making a threat, the report states.

He also denied using or owning a laser pointer.

If convicted of the charge, Smith could face more than four years in prison under the standard sentencing range.

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Inspired by recent Examiner editorials on transparencyEditor,

I’ve been impressed and inspired by the content and writing quality of your recent opinion pieces. Two cases in point are the end-of-year editorial “Hope for more transparency in new year” and “Transparency matters for all taxing districts” Jan. 21.

You properly named names in citing Island Transit, Whidbey General Hospital and the Port of Coupeville as blatant offenders.

Additionally, you gave examples, such as commissioners conducting business in private, delaying responding to public record requests, replacing board members without public in-put, scheduling public meetings at poor times and publishing sparse meeting agendas.

The implosion of Island Transit simply would not have happened had there been proper transparency of its business opera-tions.

Next up is Whidbey General. At its April board meeting, Coupeville’s Dr. Richard Wagner asked that the topic of greater trans-parency be put on the May agenda, so we’ll soon see if it happens. We hope for another big turnout, though the meeting is at 7 a.m.

In the meantime, thanks to the editorial team of Jessie and Megan for their on-point and inspiring views. As you said about trans-parency, “It’s an idea that’s vital to our democ-racy.”

Rob Born Greenbank

Response was rudeand unnecessaryEditor,

I believe that every American has the right to his or her own opinion. However their opin-ions are not facts. I’ve been doing research, looking for facts about jet noise. COER post-ed a public meeting advertising.

“The medical and scientific evidence is clear and undisputed: Noise damages health and well-being. Military jet noise is particu-larly harmful.

A lot of misinformation is floating around on this issue. Attend this meeting and get the facts for yourself. COER is sponsoring this informational meeting. A presentation with visuals and information derived from health and noise experts will be followed by a ques-tion-and-answer period.”

COER always gives its opinion but offers no facts. I wanted to attend their pubic meet-ing to find out the facts behind their anger.

I was recently at Congressman Rick Larsen’s hometown meeting in Coupeville

and I was appalled at COER’s disruptive be-havior as you can hear on the COER video. The COER temper tantrums are worse than a 3-year-old’s. I was shocked to see adults act like this in public.

I asked for more information about the meeting.

This is the rude response I received from Michael Monson:

“Isabella, feel free to not attend. This is a public meeting. Your attendance is not a requirement. All our facts are readily avail-able on our website. Please go to the links and files page, under the JGL sound study and the health study. Please go to www.citizen sofebeysreserve.com then to the links and files page, all the questions are answered there. And, if you choose to attend, please be a cour-teous guest. Why don’t you organize your own meeting, rather than demand we do what you want? This is our meeting, not yours. When and where will your presentation be held? I’m sure that the claimed 30,000 people who will lose their jobs if the base were to close will at-tend your meeting. 30,000? Where do you get those facts?”

COER member Brian Walker also re-sponded to Mr. Monson, saying, “Michael, just post the meeting agenda. This is what smart people call a faux controversy created by lack of disclosure.”

My reply: “Your hostility-filled answer is not necessary. Asking for information about a public meeting is not out of line.”

Isabella ScottsFreeland

COER placing greedover flier safetyEditor,

I just read the blasphemous COER filing of an injunction against OLF Coupeville.

This injunction puts into stark relief that the reality of reasoning with COER is impos-sible. The only solution COER will accept to subsidize their choice to encroach on OLF is the closure of OLF Coupeville regardless of the consequences.

Back in 2013, Island County Commission-er Helen Price Johnson took Central Whidbey surveys. According to the survey Ken Pickard filled out, he thought there was a “termina-tion of our four-generational life on Ebey’s Prairie.”

I sure don’t see any termination in 2015. But I sure get that Pickard thinks it’d be good to “lose the oozing of pork grease at NAS Whidbey on paydays twice a month” as “The NAS base keeps the island dysfunctional” as per emails to Price Johnson on COER’s behalf with COER spokespeople standing be-hind that venom.

Also, I’ve researched COER members’ property values as well above $350,000.

However, your newspaper wrote on April 22, “This seller’s market is particularly evident in the $200,000 and less homes coveted by

first-time homebuyers and military person-nel.” This affirms my belief COER has anti-Navy greed.

Ultimately, now that COER places greed over the safety of Navy service members, nothing COER can say will make even me listen.

Joe Kunzler,Sedro-Woolley

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I don’t know about you, but if I’m putting a lot of ef-fort into the care and main-tenance of a shrub, let alone the financial investment at the time of purchase, I want a reasonable payoff. This is doubly true when it comes to deciduous shrubs.

It’s bad enough having to watch their leaves drop in the fall. Now there’s the added insult of having to go out and rake them all up and then stare at a bunch of bare branches till spring.

It’s easy to forgive a maple or an oak for littering your lawn and then standing proudly naked in the winter time. They exude a kind of

majesty that demands re-spect and offers plenty of as-surance you’ll be back in the shade by mid-summer.

A barberry, on the other hand, demands a lot of faith on a gardener’s part that something good will eventu-ally come out of that win-ter witch’s brew of grayish branches and rapier-sharp thorns.

What keeps many local gardeners from tossing them over a bluff into Admiralty Inlet after backing into one while weeding is their splen-did foliage. That and the fact they’re hardy and pretty carefree and don’t need a lot of water once established. They also can take a bit of shade and deer aren’t that interested in them once they mature and are “fully armed.”

When they eventually do leaf out again in spring, Jap-anese barberries, or Berberis thungergii, can produce some very striking foliage that morphs through a series

of different colors as spring turns into fall.

For example, Rose Glow has purple foliage, but newer leaves start out rosy pink with some splotches of bronze. Orange Rocket starts out with salmon-colored leaves that turn to bright red in the fall, while Aurea has yellow leaves that turn greenish yellow in the fall.

Most barberries reach from three to five feet in height and produce yellow flowers that become red berries. If the berries remain in the winter, they can soften the appearance of those bare, spiny branches I men-tioned earlier.

The berries will also at-tract birds to your winter garden, which is a big plus for native wildlife as well as for nature lovers.

It does need to be said that since its introduction from Asia in the mid-19th century as an ornamental, barberries have taken pretty

well to the climate and ter-rain in the U.S. In fact, in much of the Northeast, it’s thrived to the point of be-coming an invasive pest. I’ve yet to find a patch of bar-berries that have run amok around here, but we’d do well to keep our eyes peeled just in case. Remember what happened with innocent looking Scotch broom?

If the thought of spar-ring with prickly branches doesn’t appeal to you, there are many deciduous shrubs that also offer spectacular foliage but without the pain.

One of my favorites is spirea, or Spiraea spp. Not only do they not have thorns, they provide a dou-ble whammy of great-look-ing foliage in green, yellow and orange along with fabu-lous blooms that range in color from white to pink, red to purple and even blue.

I did mention they don’t have thorns, didn’t I? None at all. I promise.

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Wednesday, May 6Bingo, first Wednesdays, called by Mayor Nancy Conard.

Wednesday, May 13Cranberry Bog Band music, by Ken Merrell and friends. Ken will play blue grass and contemporary music to tap your feet and dance to.

Friday, May 15Falls and Injury Prevention exercise class first and third Fridays led by Mary Waters. Help prevent falls and injury. Gentle seated exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve flexibility and movement.

Wednesday, May 20Pot-a-Plants and Gardeners’ Hand Scrub, Crafts by Sue. Get your green thumbs out of winter storage. Pot a small flower-ing plant to brighten any spot and mix up a jar of the best gardeners’ hand scrub around.

Wednesday, May 27Senior Abuse Issues, by CADA (Citizens Against Domestic Abuse). Possible senior abuse, physically, financially and emo-tionally, will be discussed. Also, tips on how to help stressed-out caregivers.

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Whidbey Island Naval Air Station is inviting the public to review and com-ment on the current and proposed Secu-rity Enhancement Projects at Outlying Field Coupeville.

Detailed project information for public review can be found online at http://go.usa.gov/3a7TR Comments will be accepted until the Section 106 pro-

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All personally identifiable informa-tion of individuals who provide com-ments will be kept confidential, unless otherwise specifically indicated by the commenter or as required by law.

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Hailey Hammer says she loves softball.

There’s a good chance if we could peek into her athletic heart, we would see some passion for volleyball and basketball as well.

The Coupeville High School senior is a member of a rare breed — one that is becoming more scarce each year — the three-sport athlete.

As her high school career comes to a close this spring, she will join an even rarer species — 12-time varsity let-ter winner.

Hammer acknowledged that when she began her CHS career, she expected to be on the junior varsity teams because that’s where most freshmen land.

“But if a spot is open (on varsity), it’s open to every-one,” she said. “My goal was to get my skills up to varsity level in the week of tryouts.”

In the fall of 2011, Toni Crebbin, who coached var-sity volleyball at the time, recognized Hammer’s abili-ties and selected her for the team. That began Hammer’s run of varsity competition in every sport, every year.

“I had my eye on Hailey since teaching her in P.E. back in sixth grade,” Creb-bin said. “I admired her toughness as she always volunteered to be the goalie in both indoor and outdoor soccer, never hesitating to face even the boys. In fact, I think she welcomed the chal-lenge.”

As a freshman, Hammer showed poise, even around upperclassmen, Crebbin said, and that is “what clenched her a spot” on varsity.

“She fit in well,” Crebbin

said. “She didn’t talk much, but she listened and was coachable.”

Hammer said her success was built upon the desire to do “everything to my best abilities.”

She was willing, she said, to recognize her weak points, ask for help to improve them and then spend time after practice to sharpen those skills.

It’s like school, she said. It’s OK to get “C’s,” “but I want either an ‘A’ or a ‘B.’”

Attention to detail is an-other component of her suc-cess, Hammer said.

“I can do several things at once and not just focus on one thing,” which is criti-cal in sports because of the constant motion of athletics, she said.

The help of others also contributed to her accom-plishments. The support of her parents, Mark and Lin-da, the direction of coaches Amy and David King (who coached Hammer from Little League through high school) and the friendship of team-

mates Bessie Walstad and Breeanna Messner molded her into a successful athlete, she said.

“Her knowledge of the game and willingness to put the team over individual stuff is great,” David King said. “When she is on the court or field, I, as a coach, had con-fidence that she would make the proper play and make our teams better.

“She did a lot of the little things that most fans wouldn’t recognize during the games that would help our team’s performance.”

First-year softball coach Deanna Rafferty, who took over the program when the Kings stepped down last year, likes Hammer’s “posi-tive attitude in tough game situations.”

“We have had games in which the score was not fa-vorable for Coupeville, and I have never seen her drop her head in defeat,” she added.

While Hammer also ex-cels in volleyball and basket-ball, softball is her favorite sport: “I just love the game. I

love to hit.”“I grew up on softball,”

she added. “I know the most about softball.”

Hammer enjoys hitting, and she likes the-game-with-in-the-game that comes with defense: “Fielding is like a race, beat the runner. I love games, so I break it into a game between the runner and myself.”

Her fondest memory of her career is hitting her first home run as a freshman. (“I didn’t know I had it in me.”)

The hard work and

sacrifice led to Hammer’s proudest moment, receiving a scholarship to play soft-ball for Everett Community College. (“I never though I would make it that far.”)

In addition to play-ing three sports, Hammer works at the Keystone Cafe full time during the summer and on weekends during the school year.

Toss in year-round se-lect softball (which she has played since eighth grade), open gyms and studying, and that doesn’t leave much time

for socializing.“Sometimes I feel like I

missed out on social gather-ings, but at the same time, no, because I had my (team-mates) with me,” Hammer said.

She does, however, wish she had more time to spend with friends who do not play sports.

Those friends are going to have to wait a little longer. Hammer’s wrapping up her softball season and her final varsity letter.

A woman for all seasons

Hammer letters in three sports

Photos by John Fisken

Hailey Hammer scores on a left-handed layup. While Hammer plays basketball and volleyball, her first love is softball.

Hailey Hammer fires to first base for an out in a recent game.

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Coupeville Lions Club An-nual White Cane Days are Thursday, Friday and Satur-day, April 30, May 1 and 2. The goal is to help blind children and adults regain their sight and self-reliance. Look for Lions at Prairie Center Red Apple and Whidbey Island Bank to make your donation. For more information, contact Joe Walck at 360-678-4105.

FridayMay 1

The American Associa-tion of University Women (AAUW) Annual Showcase of the Arts, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 1-2, at the Coupeville Library. This all-island juried high school art show is pro-fessionally judged, and cash prizes will be awarded to stu-dent exhibitors in the catego-ries of wall art, photography, sculpture, pottery and jewelry.

Knead & Feed Gala Open-ing, 6 p.m., May 1, at Knead & Feed. All proceeds to benefit Community Foundation for Coupeville Public Schools. Tickets available at Branch Business services or by call-ing 360-678-5567. Special menu features 3 Sisters Beef Yankee pot roast or cedar planked wild salmon and fa-mous Knead & Feed peach or marionberry cobbler. Space is limited. Tickets are $40.

Whidbey Community Cho-rus “Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales” concerts, 7 p.m. May 1 and 4 p.m. May 3, at the First United Method-ist Church, Oak Harbor. The concerts, under the direction of Chet Hansen, will include a rendition of “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” and a medley from the recently released movie “Into the Woods.” Admission is free, but donations are wel-come. 360-678-4148.

Spring Garden Cleanup at the Museum, at the Island County Historical Museum, Coupeville. The drought-toler-ant garden at the museum is in great need of some spring spiffing up. Drop by anytime that suits your schedule, and just go for it. They will keep some large garbage bags behind the trash can on the front porch. There’s also a clipboard there. Tell them who helped, and for how long so they can track total volun-teer hours. When you’re done, just leave the bags where you were working.

SaturdayMay 2

Whidbey Island Theologi-cal Studies (WITS) “Third

Person Theology: Doc-trine of the Holy Spirit,” 8:45 a.m. to noon, May 2, at the Coupeville Rec Hall. There is no charge and light refresh-ments will be served. Instruc-tor will be Dr. Marty Folsom, chancellor of Washington Seminary and executive di-rector of Pacific Association for Theological Studies. Fol-som will discuss the church’s earliest understanding of the Trinity as well as its historical and Biblical development in the Old Testament beginning at Genesis. 360-221-8365, [email protected]

Veterans Resource Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 2, at the American Legion, Oak Har-bor. Veterans and their fami-lies are welcome to attend and meet with local service providers and veteran orga-nizations. Th general public is also invited to learn about what resources are available to veterans. Call Monica Lo-pez 360-679-6577, ext. 136 for more information.

Sunday May 3

2015 Master Gardener Education Series, 1-2:30 p.m., May 3, at Greenbank Farm. Learn how to manage diseases, fertilizers, chal-lenges of soil quality, light, water, etc. Also, learning how to propagate your favorite rhododendron will be ex-plained.The presenter is Bill Stipe. Stipe is president of the Whidbey Island chapter of American Rhododendron So-ciety and the past president of Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens.

Whidbey Community Cho-rus “Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales” concert, 4 p.m., May 3, at the First United Methodist Church, Oak Har-bor. The concerts, under the direction of Chet Hansen, will include a rendition of “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” and a med-ley from the recently released movie “Into the Woods.” Ad-mission is free, but donations are welcome. 360-678-4148.

Monday May 4

The Purposeful Photogra-pher, 5:30-7:30 p.m., May 4, at the Coupeville Library. This class is designed to expose participants to new ways to think about and experience photography and to allow them to examine their reasons for creating images.

Tuesday May 5

National Geographic Photographer Sam Abell Lecture and Presenta-

tion, 7-9 p.m., May 5, at the Pacific Northwest Art School, Coupeville. Sam Abell, leg-endary National Geographic Photographer and renowned instructor, will be here again teaching for the 15th year in a row. This event is free and open to the public. www.paci ficnorthwestartschool.org

Wednesday May 6

Sixty-third Annual Nation-al Day Youth Prayer Rally, 7-8:30 p.m., May 7, at Living Word. National Prayer Day is May 7.

ThursdayMay 7

Sixty-third Annual Na-tional Day, May 7, events at different times and locations. Prayer Gathering, 10-10:30 a.m., at Concordia Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor. Com-munity Prayer Rally, 12:15-1 p.m., at the Island County Courthouse, Coupeville. Community Prayer Rally, 5:30-6:30 p.m., at Windjam-mer Park Gazebo. Jacque Hildreth at [email protected]

Coupeville Garden Club Guest Speakers, 9:30-11 a.m., May 7, at the Coupeville Rec Hall. Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson, the proprietors of Far Reaches Farm in Port Townsend, will be the guest speakers. Milliken and Dod-son are recognized nationally as rare plant specialists and by their own description are “passionate and obsessed” about plants. This passion for plants has taken them around the world, where they seek out new plants and return to their nursery to propagate plants and share their results with the gardening commu-nity. The meeting is open to the public at no charge with a plant sale from the Far Reaches nursery followed by the presentation.

Pacific Rim Institute 2015 Prairie Open House, May 7-9. Naturalist tours of the prairie at 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., bonfire by the Historic Owl Barn at 8 p.m. May 7; naturalist tours of the prairie at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. May 8; and naturalist tours of the prairie at 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., dedication and celebration at 3 p.m. May 9. The dedica-tion and celebration will be a time to celebrate the recent purchase of the campus and pray for the future of Pacific Rim Institute. All events are free and family friendly. Tours last about an hour and include less than a mile of flat trails. If you have physical limitations and would like to schedule a special driving tour, call 360-678-5586.

Coupeville Lions Club Blood Drive, 11 a.m. to 5

p.m., May 7, at the Coupeville United Methodist Church. One pint of blood can save three lives. To donate, drop in or schedule an appointment by emailing [email protected] For more informa-tion, call Paddy Roberts at 360-678-8746 or 360-678-4105.

2015 Salmon Recovery Project Presentations and Open House, 2:30-6 p.m., May 7, at the Heller Road Fire Station. The public will have an opportunity to learn about projects being proposed for 2015 Salmon Recovery Fund-ing Board (SRFB) funding, which includes state and fed-eral funding sources, in Island County. The Water Resources Advisory Committee (WRAC) is hosting the event. Project sponsors will be presenting their projects to the WRAC 2:30-4:30. An open house will follow 4:30-6:00. This time will provide residents with a chance to review actions be-ing considered with project sponsors and to provide com-ments to project sponsors and project reviewers. Island County Salmon Recovery and Natural Resources staff will be in attendance to discuss the proposed activities. www.islandcountyeh.org

Whidbey Playhouse Short Plays Collection, 7 p.m., May 7-9, Whidbey Playhouse, Oak Harbor. A collection of short plays written by local playwrights and directed by local talent. Plays will be per-formed on the main stage. Admission is by donation. 360-679-2237, email [email protected] or visit www.whidbeyplayhouse.com

Whidbey Weavers Guild Meeting, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 7, at Pacific Northwest Art School. Karen Selk has been a textile designer and artist since 1972. Her primary focus has been weaving and fusing felt with silk. She has exhibited throughout North America and has won awards for her work. Her work in de-signing and developing new yarns, fibers, kits and color palettes has helped to ex-pand her confidence and understanding of fibers and color. She is the author of nu-merous magazine articles, an educational poster about the life cycle of the silkworm and a silk fusion video.

SaturdayMay 9

The American Associa-tion of University Women (AAUW) Whidbey Island Meeting, 10 a.m., May 9, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Free-land. Mary Jo Strain of the Toastmasters Club will speak on the topic “Your Brilliant Life: You + Your Organization Can Change the World!” The public is welcome.

Growing Healthy Children: A STARS Training: Socks Rock!, 10 a.m. to noon, May 9, at the Coupeville Library. Discover how you can easily incorporate sock puppets into your circle time to reinforce early literacy skills. Each par-ticipant will turn an ordinary sock into an extraordinary puppet. Space is limited; reg-istration is required.

Island County Master Gar-dener Plant Sale, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 9, at Greenbank Farm. Have your choice of pe-rennials, native plants, shrubs and veggies. There will also be a master gardener plant clinic. Come with your plant questions. Or bring a piece of the plant that is giving you problems for the experts to help you out. There will also be personal shoppers to as-sist you in purchasing the right plant for your environ-ment.

Relay for Life Fundraiser — Carwash and Barbe-cue Hot dogs, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 9, Whidbey Island Bank, Bayshore Drive, Oak Harbor. Whidbey Island Bank is hosting a Car Wash/Bar-becue Hotdog fundraiser for Relay Life. Come get your car washed and enjoy a hot dog lunch. All proceeds raised will go to the American Cancer Society.

NRA Refuse To Be A Victim Seminar, 1-5 p.m., May 9, at North Whidbey Sportsmens Association. Team taught by two women NRA-certified in-structors. Learn the personal safety tips and techniques you need to avoid dangerous situations and avoid becom-ing a victim. The cost of the seminar is $20 and includes a student packet. For ques-tions, call NRA Instructor John Hellmann at 360-675-8397 or email [email protected] Register online at www.nrainstructors.org where you can select the course and search and it will come up in the search results. Additional information can be found at www.northwhidbeysports men.org

Cantabile of Skagit Val-ley Spring Concert, Soul Rising, 7:30 p.m., May 9, at the First Reformed Church, Oak Harbor. The concert cel-ebrates life, love and rebirth and will feature Fauré Re-quiem, with the Starry Night Orchestra and Seattle solo-ist Ryan Bede; love songs by Stroope, with Stephanie Bethea on flute; and The Little Jazz Mass by Chilcott, with instrumental jazz ensemble. Suggested donation $15.

Sunday May 10

Mother’s Day Concert, 12-4 p.m., May 10, at Meerkerk Gardens. Come and hear Harper Tasche perform on

his antique instruments play-ing folk music, specializing in the harp. This will be his 22nd year performing at Meerkerk Gardens. Bring your blanket, wine, cheese and lunch. Cost is $10. www.meerkerkgar dens.org

Monday May 11

Light Work Photography Class, 5:30-7:30 p.m., May 11, at the Coupeville Library. Light is what makes it happen. Learning to manipulate and control light, understanding the characteristics and types of light, and learning to “find” the light will allow the photog-rapher to create photos with more depth and visual appeal. Free.

Tuesday May 12

Ready Readers: Toddler Storytime, 9:30-10:15 a.m., May 12 and 19, Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Sto-ries, music and movements that nurture the desire to read in toddlers. Playtime or craft may follow. For ages 2 to 3 years. Caregiver required. Free. www.sno-isle.org

Growing Healthy Children: A STARS Training: Beyond the Spoken Word, 6:30-8:30 p.m., May 12, at the Oak Harbor Library. Explore the use of American Sign Lan-guage with songs and stories. Participants will have an op-portunity to learn and prac-tice simple signs that can be incorporated into day-to-day communication with small children. Space is limited; registration is required

Friday May 15

Whidbey Island Commu-nity Orchestra concert, 7-8 p.m., May 15, at Coupe-ville High School Performing Arts Center. Works featuring Strauss, Sibelius, Queen, the Beatles and music from Downton Abbey. James Hinkley, solo cellist, will be featured. Light refreshments afterward, with a chance to meet the musicians. Free. www.whidbeyorchestras.org

Saturday May 16

Birds in Spring: a fun, hands-on educational pro-gram, 10-11:30 a.m., May 16, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Attendees will enjoy a short educational pre-sentation then participate in a hands-on art project all about birds. www.wclt.org or www.whidbeyaudubon.org



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Coupeville this school year, but the school board ulti-mately decided to make the reduction in administration rather than make a staffing decision that would adversely affect the classroom.

Coupeville’s latest en-rollment projections led the school board to take action Monday night to align the district’s staffing model more closely with state funding.

The board decided to cut three certified staff positions, one administrative position and a part-time classified staff position.

All but the administrative positions would be handled through attrition and reorga-nization.

“Kids in the classroom are our No. 1 priority,” school board member Kathleen An-derson said.

The Coupeville School

District’s enrollment has been declining since the 2004-05 school year when the district had 1,128 students.

Enrollment is projected to be at 840 students in the fall. That number is based on a trend in the past three years with enrollment dipping about 100 students since the 2011-12 school year.

Current enrollment is 858, Shank said.

Walsh’s last day at Coupe-ville will be June 30 when his contract ends.

All principals have one-year contracts, Shank said.

Although he was only in Coupeville a year, Walsh has led critical staff discussions about a new school schedule that will increase student op-tions beginning next school year.

“It’s been a privilege and rewarding experience to serve at CMS/HS,” Walsh wrote in an email. “I will miss the extraordinary staff, students and families I have come to know this year.”

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CUTS: District makes cuts to administration

The Coupeville Ferry will be shut down this week-end, May 2-3, in order to complete needed repairs to the Coupeville terminal.

The closure is planned and dates were approved by community leaders.

Repairs will be made to the transfer span, or ramp, which broke last fall and a temporary fix was put in place until now.

“You may remember the emergency closure at

the Coupeville terminal on Sept. 25, 2014,” said Lynne Griffith, with Washing-ton State Department of Transportation in a pre-pared statement. “We sus-pended service on the Port Townsend/Coupeville route for several hours to make temporary repairs to a worn-out transfer span hinge that was discovered by a crew-member during routine ferry operations.

“The weekend closure on

May 2-3 will permanently re-place the damaged transfer span hinge, helping to ensure years of reliable service.”

During the closure, crews contracted with Wash-ington State Ferries will replace a worn-out, 28,000 pound hinge; and a 21-foot-long, 15-foot-wide move-able bridge used to con-nect docked ferries to the terminal.

Customers wishing to take the Port Townsend/

Coupeville ferry will be de-toured around the route clo-sure via the Mukilteo/Clin-ton and Edmonds/Kingston ferry routes. Detour maps and travel directions will be posted at www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries, on the vessels and at terminals.

Coupeville ferry closed this weekend for repairs

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By KATE DANIEL South Whidbey Record

Niki Greene, age 14, is brimming with excitement as she talks about her upcoming performance with the Island Dance Performing Team.

Greene has been with the school since the age of five; this is her first year on the team, an opportunity she’s had her sights on for over two years.

“Everything fell into place,” she said.

Greene will be join-ing fellow Island Dance Performing Team members and guests at the upcoming annual Other Moves dance showcase, which features a variety of dance styles rang-ing from hip hop to lyrical, jazz and contemporary.

Performances will take place at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 at the South Whidbey High School Auditorium Theater.

In addition to it being a venue for community members and Island Dance performers to take to the stage to demonstrate their artistry, the showcase is a major fundraiser for the per-forming team.

Funds raised from the

event will be used to offset the costs of competitions throughout the year. They include travel expenses, entrance fees and costumes.

Jamee Pitts, artistic director and choreographer, stressed that the team is less focused on winning competitions and more upon building the dancers’ skill sets and showcasing their teamwork, tenacity and passion.

“We aren’t going there and saying, ‘I’m going to win first place; I’m going to win double-platinum,’ ” Pitts said. “We’re going and saying, ‘I’m going to share my gift and my love for dance; and I’m going to share my story with the audience; and I can’t wait to get the judges’ critique to better myself.’ ”

The team was created by Susan Vanderwood as a means for intermediate dancers who were not quite ready to join the profession-al Whidbey Island Dance Theater company to get a lit-tle more out of the school, a sort of “next edge,” towards a dance career.

Competition was never really the focus, which Pitts says is somewhat unique to Island Dance due to it being home to a school, profession-

al dance company and per-formance team rather than one of these alone.

Pitts has been dancing since age three, and has been the director of the per-formance team for five years.

Her teaching style and philosophy are indicative of her emphasis upon educa-tion and artistry, as is her bond with the girls.

“She’s not like any ordi-nary teacher,” said Chyler White, age 11. White explained that Pitts’ patience and sense of humor are two

of the qualities which make her a good teacher.

White has been dancing with the school since age three, and joined the team two years ago.

Thus far, she estimates she’s been in about seven competitions, including nationals in 2014.

“It was really exciting, and really fun,” she said of the nationals competition. “We got to go to California, and I got to share that experience with the whole team.”

It was the first time Pitts

had taken the team to a national competition.

“It was definitely an expe-rience,” said Pitts, explaining that if she is to take the team to a future national event, she will likely choose one less competition centric, a more educational and “con-vention-based” event.

Tickets cost $12 in advance and $15 at the door and can be purchased in advance at Island Dance and Gymnastics by calling 360-341-1282 or at the office at 714 Camano Ave.

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Other Moves to showcase dancers’ talent

Kate Daniel / The Record

Dancers of the Island Dance Performing Team practice a number during a recent

class. The team will be performing in Other Moves, a showcase and fundraiser, on

Saturday, Feb. 21 at the South Whidbey High School auditorium.

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new water and sewer mains and construction of a sewer lift station.

Phase two includes road reconstruction, installation of a storm drain system and bioswales, and installation of a pedestrian path.

Drivers in the area will experience detours onto Vine and Sherman roads during

the project.Conard said the town will

post signs that also inform visitors that businesses in the area are still open during the construction.

The town applied for grant and loan funding from the USDA in the hope of funding the $1.12 million util-ity portion of the project.

If not, the town has al-ready made preliminary con-

tact with local banks and has options for long-term fund-ing, Conard said.

There is also about $800,000 in the water and sewer capital fund that can be used.

The town also has about $790,000 in funds from sell-ing easement rights to its Keystone Hill property, but Conard said the town would prefer to use those funds on

some other projects.“We are currently devel-

oping various scenarios for fi-nancing and will have a more definitive proposal when we hear from USDA and open the bids,” she said.

The road portion of the project is anticipated to cost roughly $732,000. More than $630,000 of that is already covered by a grant from the state Department of Trans-

portation and $65,000 from the Transportation Improve-ment Board. The town will be responsible for about $33,000 of the road phase of the project.

“We will be going out to bid as soon as possible after the final bid documents are approved by all the funding agencies,” Conard said.

With an anticipated start date of June 7 for the utility portion, town officials hope it will be completed by Sept. 15. The road portion of the proj-ect will overlap with an Aug. 1 start date and completion by Oct. 1.

Town staff has been work-ing on the Madrona Way project for several years. There are many working parts to the project, includ-ing acquiring small parcels of property for right-of-way and

assessing the area’s archeo-logical integrity.

Also Tuesday night, the council approved an agree-ment with Equinox Research and Consulting Internation-al, Inc. to monitor the project after shell midden deposits were found near the intersec-tion of Sherman Road and Madrona.

Midden is a mound or deposit containing shells, ani-mal bones and other refuse that indicates the site of a hu-man settlement.

Conard said the state De-partment of Archaeology and Historic Preservation recom-mended the town monitor construction near the area and that she anticipated it would also be a condition of the town’s shoreline develop-ment permit.

The cost of that contract is about $8,200.

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