By Nathan WhalenStaff Reporter

Noting concerns about financial state-ments from Greenbank Farm Management Group, a prominent Whidbey Island accoun-tant resigned as a volunteer examining the op-erations of the publicly owned farm.

Georgia Gardner, a Coupeville accountant who is a former state representative and cur-rent Whidbey General Hospital commission-er, resigned in early October after she wrote a letter to the management group’s board of

trustees about her con-cerns.

“I hereby notify you that, in my professional opinion, there are er-rors, omissions and/or inconsistencies in your federal and state tax returns, federal forms 990 and 990T and in schedules purporting to be financial statements issued by the GFMG,”

Gardner wrote in a letter to the Management Group Board of Trustees.

“I believe there are also omissions with regard to Island County taxes. I believe these errors have sufficient impact that you should seek legal counsel about the remedies,” she wrote.

When called Monday asking for elabora-tion about her opinion, she refused to provide details.

“It would be inappropriate to comment on it,” Gardner said, arguing that the letter was a private correspondence.

A reporter obtained a copy of Gardner’s letter through a public records request to the Port of Coupeville, which owns the Green-bank Farm.

In a written statement, Michael Stansbury, president of the Greenbank Farm Manage-ment Group, said, “We think it important to note that we cannot at this point know with any certainty what her concerns were.”

Stansbury said he has contacted Gardner seeking more details so they can be addressed with the executive planning group and the Port of Coupeville.

“Our board is mystified by her reference to unspecified financial and tax issues, especially

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Autumn treasure hunt

Kasia Pierzga photo

Lauren Haskins, 1, whose family recently moved to Hawaii from Oak Harbor, searches for the perfect pumpkin at Sherman’s Pioneer Farm outside Coupeville. The farm’s pumpkin patch is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday until Halloween.

Accountantresigns fromGreenbank Farm post

See GREENBANK, page 12

Megan Hansen has been named editor of The Whidbey Examiner and The Whidbey News-Times.

Hansen spent the past four years as as-sistant editor of the Nisqually Valley News in

Yelm.“I’m excited to have

Megan join our team,” said Kasia Pierzga, publisher of the News-Times, the Examiner and The South Whid-bey Record.

“She brings not only her experience in news reporting and editing, but also a commitment

to being involved with the community.”Hansen said she’s looking forward to ex-

ploring North and Central Whidbey, and get-ting to know the people in both communities.

“I believe that community is what shapes a newspaper. And in order to effectively cover the news, we need to know the people,” Han-sen said. “I look forward to getting to know

Hansen hired as new Examiner editorthe communities that help shape Whidbey Island.”

Hansen’s background includes more than five years with the Nisqually Valley News. Originally from Bonney Lake, she holds a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from Central Washington University.

Hansen will be based in the main news-room in Coupeville.

As Hansen begins her new job, Supervis-ing Editor Jim Larsen, who has been in charge of editorial content for the News-Times and Record, will shift into a more focused role as editor of The South Whidbey Record. Larsen has been editor of the South Whidbey Record for most of the past 30 years.

The change in newsroom leadership coin-cides with the return of the Record office to South Whidbey. Record staff will move into a new office in Langley next month.

The Record office will be housed at 211 Second St., Suite 8, in the building that previ-ously housed a retail shop called Chic Debris.

“My aim is to make sure Whidbey Island’s community newspapers are engaged and connected with the communities they cover,” Pierzga said. “Bringing on a new editor for the News-Times and Examiner and returning the Record to its home community in South Whidbey are a step toward achieving that goal.”

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012 VOL. 18, NO. 11

Georgia Gardner

Megan Hansen

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Fiber artists will be available throughout the event to talk with customers about their designs and techniques.

The weavers guild em-braces all fiber crafts that use “interlacement” techniques, Sheffield said.

“We’re offering hand-spun yarns, dyed spinning fibers, rugs, braided or felted jewelry, baskets, clothing and housewares,” Smith said. “In addition we’ll have silk paint-ing and batik as examples of surface design, and woven Japanese temari balls.”

The guild also offers nu-merous educational oppor-tunities to the community throughout the year. Guild meetings, which are open to the public, are held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the first Thurs-day each month at Pacific NorthWest Art School, 15 NW Birch St., Coupeville.

“We have incredible ‘show and tell’ at our meetings,” said LaMay, who acknowl-edges the generosity of fel-low weavers in sharing their crafts.

“We represent a wealth of cumulative weaving knowl-edge and there are several gracious mentors among the membership,” said LaMay.

“The guild is collabora-tive rather than competitive,” Sheffield said. “Our purpose is to educate the public about fiber arts.”

Guild members partici-pated in several “Sheep to Shawl” demonstrations at the Tilth Sunday Markets over the summer, which started with sheep-shearing and end-ed with the creation of three shawls from the spun wool.

A tri-fold educational board about the Sheep to Shawl project will be on

display at the Uncommon Threads event.

Fiber artists will realize 75 percent of the sale price of their items sold. Twenty-five percent of sales will go to the nonprofit weavers guild to fund community outreach and demonstrations of fiber arts, such as Sheep to Shawl, the Whidbey Island Fair, classes at local libraries and Boys and Girls clubs.

Another big educational event is the annual “Spin-In” at Oak Harbor High School in early April.

Uncommon Threads will be open Friday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. to coincide with First Friday evening ac-tivities at Greenbank Farm. Saturday hours for the show are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, go to whidbey-weaversguild.org.

Guild weaves Uncommon Threads together

Mahmoud Abdel-Monem Fran Abel David & Karen Anderson William Applegate Basil Badley David Baumchen Shirley Bennett Donna Beuthiere Paul Bigelow Barry & Lisa Bjork Robert Boehm Dan & Suzanne Bond Bill & Cheryl Bradkin Barbara Brock Catherine Budbill Gina Bull Robert & Penny Cabot Tom & Sally Cahill Sharon Callaghan Margarethe Cammermeyer Ann & Tom Campbell Jerry & Judith Case Jane Cassady Bill & Brenda Cheaqui Ria Claassen Bob & Marilyn Clay Candace Culver & Neil Colburn Nancy Conard Hedy Couret Joanna Snow Cruse John Dean Cris Schrecengost & Dick Deposit Mary Dettrich Diane Dicke Wendy Dion Sharon Dunn Carla Egerton Dean Enell Jack & Velva Eskenazi Thomas Ewell Jeff & Barbara Ewing Sharon Eyer Pamela Fick Mary Fisher Coleen Fox Leslie & Kirk Francis Robert & Sue Frause Marti Anamosa & Duane Fulgham Georgia Gardner Randy Hudson & Georgia Gerber Marshall Goldberg Sally Goodwin Mary Goolsby Ann Medlock & John Graham Stephen Guss Penelope Harger Ota Harris Frank Harshfield Darlene & William Hartley Senator Mary Margaret Haugen Kathy Haugen-Heitt Lynn Hays Sharen Heath Grant & Jody Heiken Commissioner Angie & Jerry Homola Molly Hughes Patty & Loren Imes Charles Ingraham Island County Democratic Party Sidney Iverson Donald Ivie Georgene & Bob Jacobs Jane & Kurt Jaehning Cyhthia Jaffe Susan Jarvis Carl Johansen Dave Johnson Floyd Jones Candace Jordan John Joynt Artie & Joann Kane Donna Keeler Kelly & Janie Keilwitz Nels & Helmi Kelstrom Diane Kendy Phyllis Kind Jim & Carolyn Klein Gloria & William Koll Bruce Kortebein Julie Landau Congressman Rick Larsen Joyce & Don Leak Janet C. Lewis William Lippens Local Union #191-Int’l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Leanne Long Jack Lynch Brian & Janice Martin Dave & Diane Mattens Julie Mayer Dr. Fred & Shannon McCarthy Jean McIntosh Doug & Linda McKee Kathleen McLaughlin McCabe Michael McVay Charles & Sue Millonzi Clyde Monma Michael & Jane Monson Jennifer Haase Morris & Paul Morris Joe Mosolino Roger Myers Wendy Nash-Moon National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington Carla Naymik Matt Nichols Carlos & AnaMaria Nuñez Eric & Inge Nussbaum Don O’Connor Janice & Mike O’Mahony John & Yvonne Palka Joe Patrick Craig Pedlar Tom & Vicki Perry Frankie Petitclerc Gary Piaxxon Muriel Pickard Roberta Piercy Dave Pinkham LaVerne Power Louise & Dan Prewitt Charleton Price Thea Price Carol & Elwood Rice Sarah Richards Rich Reimers Linda & Gregg Ridder Gregory Ridley Heather A. Riggs Vicky Ringen Melody Risner

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5 pm Saturday, Oct. 27 in downtown Coupeville

Prizes for Best Costumes in Child, Adult and group categories!

Candy Bags at the End of the Route!

Free Flashlights to the � rst 300 children ages 10 & under.

Costumed participants will march from Cook’s Corner at N. Main St. & 9th St, then head to Front St. , Island Transit will

provide a “One-Way” lift to CES Fall Carnival following the parade!

HalloweenTorchlight Parade

Sponsored by the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association, Central Whidbey Fire & Rescue, Front Street Realty, The Honey Bear, Island Transit, Coupeville Chamber of Commerce,

Island County Historical Museum and the Whidbey Examiner.

By Betty FreemanStaff Reporter

“I just love walking into the Uncommon Threads event on the first day,” said weaver Linda LaMay of Clinton.

“Uncommon Threads” is Whidbey Weavers Guild annual event that will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3 at Greenbank Farm’s big red barn.

According to guild orga-nizers, this annual showcase of fiber artist talent represents “millions of hours of work.”

“It’s mind-boggling to see all these artists together and see all the incredible work they’ve done,” said Whidbey Weavers Guild president Ann Smith of Coupeville.

“It’s a labor of love for us all,” said guild member Lynn Sheffield, who owns Olympic Mist Alpacas in Freeland.

The entire Whidbey Weavers Guild participates in staging the Uncommon Threads event, which attracts fiber art enthusiasts from all over Whidbey as well as off-Island. In addition to offering handmade items for sale, the guild also presents hands-on, interactive educational activities covering an array of fiber arts including Japa-nese Kumihimo braiding, loom weaving and spinning.

Linda LaMay photo

Linda LaMay weaves an alpaca and silk scarf on her 24-shaft AVL loom.

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WNT PROOFBy Betty FreemanStaff Reporter

Whidbey Island’s only storefront medical-marijua-na cooperative opened five months ago, and business has been steadily increasing.

Now serving about 400 patients, the founder of this nonprofit cooperative says it provides socially responsible and legal access to medicinal cannabis for patients suffer-ing from terminal or debili-tating medical conditions.

Founder Lucas Jushinski, 35, is an Iraq war veteran who turned to medical marijuana after painkillers prescribed to help treat injuries he sus-tained in an explosion left him feeling “like a zombie.”

“Many Whidbey Island-ers benefit from the use of medicinal cannabis to treat illnesses such as cancer, HIV, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, and other medical condi-tions that significantly impact quality of life, and in most cases cause severe and con-stant pain,” he said. “Until now, these patients have had to travel to Seattle to obtain this legal medication that is vital to their day-to-day abil-ity to function and survive.”

Jushinski opted for a storefront in unincorporated Island County – Freeland, to be exact – after he was un-able to gain approval for his operation within Langley city limits last spring.

Even though he had the support of many Langley residents as well as members of the Langley City Council,

Betty Freeman photo

Lucas Jushinski takes a break in the reception area of Island Alternative Medicine, the medi-cal marijuana cooperative he opened last June in Freeland.

Freeland medical pot shop sees growing demand

the city decided to play it safe and wait until the medical-marijuana issue is resolved at the state and federal level.

With the help of support-ers and volunteers, Jushinski prepared the new Freeland retail space for qualified medical marijuana patients. A partition with a security window and a locked door di-vides the reception area from the medication room.

A security system has been installed, as well as a sturdy safe and refrigeration for cannabis food products, also known as “medibles.”

Since opening last June, Jushinski has added more products, including marijua-

na breads, butters and olive oil, as well as paraphernalia such as glass pipes.

“We’re already growing, and learning more all the time about patient needs,” said Jushinski. “We’re going to add another medication room in the near future so we can serve more than one cli-ent at a time.”

Jushinski also has cloned plant starts for qualified pa-tients, who under the law are authorized to grow their own medication.

Those who have a quali-fying condition should first contact their own health-care providers to receive authori-zation, Jushinski said. Island Alternative Medicine can provide a list of health-care professionals who are not averse to writing prescrip-tions for medical marijuana.

Authorizations for medi-cal cannabis are good for one year.

Another local resource for medical marijuana authoriza-tion is Living Green, a health food and alternative medicine business in Langley, where a doctor visits once a month to evaluate patients for medical marijuana authorization.

Safety firstAt Island Alternative

Medicine, patients are not al-lowed beyond the reception area without photo ID and a medical cannabis authori-zation statement on tam-per-proof paper issued by a health-care professional.

Only one patient at a time can enter the locked medi-cation room. Patients can choose from marijuana vari-ties specific to their condi-

tion, and make a “donation” for the product.

Use of medication on the premises is prohibited.

“All medicinal cannabis treatments we offer are or-ganically and locally grown and tested at a Seattle lab for pesticides, mold and mildew,” Jushinski said.

“As a military veteran who has benefitted from me-dicinal cannabis, I saw an op-portunity to not only provide safe access to this treatment for other Whidbey Island community members, but to support the local community through reinvestment of reve-nues into other charitable or-ganizations and job creation as we expand our services,” he said. “This is my way of giving back to a community I love and believe in.”

Washington is among 16 states and the District of Co-lumbia that have legalized the medical use of marijuana – although the use of marijua-na remains in a kind of legal and enforcement limbo.

In the Medical Canna-bis law (RCW 69.51) passed by the Washington State Legislature in 1998, lawmak-ers gave counties, cities and towns authority to adopt and enforce zoning, business licensing, health and safety

and business tax require-ments for licensed dispensers.

However, state law can-not modify federal laws that make it a crime to grow, dis-tribute or possess marijuana. And federal authorities con-tinue to enforce the prohibi-tion against marijuana, with some recent warnings to dis-pensaries and a a number of prosecutions.

On the General Election ballot in November is Initia-tive 502, which proposes to legalize, regulate and tax sales at state-licensed medi-cal-marijuana stores.

Jushinski said he fully intends to comply with state law.

“Island Alternative Medi-cine is licensed, fully insured, and an RCW 69.51-compli-ant cooperative committed to safe and legal access, local sustainability and green culti-vation,” he said.

The ADA-accessible co-operative at 5565 Vanbarr Place in Freeland is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tues-day through Saturday. For a qualified patient who can-not come to the cooperative, Island Alternative Medicine offers delivery services.

Learn more about the co-operative at islandalternative-medicine.com.

Births Kaleb Drake Rogers, a

boy, born Aug. 23 to Dillon Rogers and Tiffany Hagood of Freeland.

David Glennon Bryant a boy, born Sept. 2 to Brittani Reeves of Greenbank.

Adrienne Elizabeth Soto, a girl, born Sept. 12 to Cory

Soto and Daisy Kent of Coupeville.

Lucianna Joon Hui Schisel, a girl, born Oct. 2 to Jessica and Jordan Schisel of Freeland.

Sophia Leann Burley, a girl, born Oct. 9 to Alina Lavier and Charles Burley of Coupeville.

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viewpoints

Haugen listens to the concerns of the people

I have known Sen. Mary Margaret Hau-gen for 37 years. We have worked together on education issues during all these years. I have gone to Mary Margaret for support for educa-tion bills and laws many times. She has always stepped up to the plate to support the local school district and its students.

I am serving my 20th year on the Coupe-ville School District Board of Directors and I spent 15 years serving on the Washington State Board of Education – two as president.

Mary Margaret, like all others who serve our communities on boards and commissions, has had to make votes that she did not want to in order to achieve the greater good for our students.

When the money is not to be had, you have to make cuts – the hardest votes that any of us ever have to cast. To take those votes out of context of the big picture amounts to a lie to me. To question Mary Margaret’s support of education based on votes that had to be made is making false accusations.

Mary Margaret is very knowledgeable about the 10th District – the schools, the com-munities, the farms and our transportation needs. She listens to our concerns, hears our requests, makes decisions and casts votes that serve the people of this district.

Those votes cannot always be what we want, but there are so many more facts at play in all legislative decisions than we at home can possibly know or understand. We elect persons to represent us individually and col-lectively in Olympia. Mary Margaret has done just that. I trust Mary Margaret, I respect her, and I will be voting for her.

– Kathleen AndersonCoupeville

We need a change in our commissioners

I have read glowing editorials and letters to the editor in the South Whidbey Record, the Whidbey Examiner, and the Whidbey News Times about our current Island County com-missioners.

One element of their tenure as commis-sioners that is not mentioned in these opinions is the fact that, through their actions, our cur-rent commissioners have not represented the See LETTERS, page 5

Keep Price Johnson, Homola on county board

With both Democratic commissioners up for re-election – and the other seat on the three-member Island County Board of Commissioners occupied by a tea party Repub-lican who is bent on dismantling government – local voters are faced with an election de-cision that is sure to have a big impact on the future of Island County.

District 1 Commissioner Helen Price Johnson and District 2 Commissioner Angie Homola have spent the past four years working hard to keep the county afloat through the worst economic recession since the Great Depression.

Because tea party Republican Commissioner Kelly Emerson isn’t pulling her weight on the board, the heavy lifting has been foisted on the two hardworking Democrats.

In the District 1 race, Price Johnson is being challenged by another tea party Repub-lican, Jeff Lauderdale, who has a narrow focus on issues such as property rights. He says his top priorities include beefing up law enforcement, even if it’s at the expense of other critical county programs – some of which are required by the state.

He advocates ignoring state mandates when the cost of complying with such require-ments would affect the amount of money the county can spend on law enforcement. It’s hard to understand why a candidate who says he wants to save taxpayer dollars would opt to put the county in a position that leaves it open to lawsuits and penalties.

On Whidbey and Camano islands, which with the exception of Oak Harbor depend on an underground aquifer for fresh water, everything that people do with their land can have an impact on the water supply. Yet Lauderdale would do away county investment in stormwater and drainage, instead hoping that individual property owners will volun-tarily pay to address problems that affect their neighborhoods.

Price Johnson puts the values and needs of Island County first, and deserves another term on the board.

In the District 2 race, incumbent Homola and her challenger, Republican Jill John-son, both are invested in their communities and committed to pursuing public policies that benefit the county.

Homola has been an advocate for critical social programs and conservation efforts that protect the islands’ quality of life. Johnson’s focus has largely been on advocating for more spending on law enforcement, along with policies that encourage development in North Whidbey.

Johnson’s primary argument for her election is that she wants to change the “tone” of the board of commissioners. While some people find Homola to be brusque and im-patient at times, Johnson during her time at the helm of the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce also has made enemies.

But running for county commissioner is not just a popularity contest. It’s about mak-ing good decisions and pursuing public policies that support the community as a whole.

Homola is a dedicated public servant and deserves to be re-elected to the board.

No on charter schoolsOn the statewide ballot is Initiative 1240, which would allow the creation of up to 40

charter schools over a five-year period.State funding for these schools would come from the same pot of money that pays for

public schools. Anticipated implementation costs could reach more than $3 million, yet the financial impact on public schools has been deemed “indeterminate.”

Supporters of I-1240 say the measure would finally give parents and students a choice in public education, and would be a step toward making improvements in a public school system they describe as inadequate. But critics of the measure say it would divert investment away from existing schools, hurting the quality of education for children who remain in the mainstream public education system.

Why not take the $3 million in anticipated start-up costs and invest that into our cur-rent school system? Voters should reject I-1240 and instead demand that our state’s elect-ed leaders find ways to improve the public school system for all students, not just those lucky enough to enroll in special charter schools.

Yes on marijuana regulationVoters also must make a decision on Initiative 502, which would authorize the licens-

ing and regulation of marijuana production, distribution and possession for people over the age of 21.

The proposed measure would decriminalize marijuana-related offenses and establish a taxing system and earmark marijuana-related revenue.

I-502 offers stringent regulation and licensing, allowing marijuana sales to move out of the back alley, away from criminalization and into a mainstream, tax revenue-gener-ating operation. Voters should vote to approve I-502.

– Publisher Kasia Pierzga

land owners/property-tax payers. These folks are the majority of their constituents.

I, for one, find this difficult to understand. We need commissioners who are willing to

be more conscious of the hands that pay the taxes.

I have heard three different presentations in the last six months concerning county taxes. Each presentation represented a com-pletely different view of how much money is collected related to population and property owners.

This tax picture, related to other counties in Washington, seems to change depending on the interpretation of the individual speaker. We need straight talk on this issue to help vot-ers better understand the real issues.

I am voting for Jill Johnson and Jeff Lau-derdale in November. They possess the skills to keep decisionmaking balanced for us all and will preserve the cultural and economic environment of our wonderful community.

– Robert HunterFreeland

Top-down control will destroy our society

At a recent candidate forum, Island Coun-ty Commissioner Price Johnson remarked that the Clean Water Utility tax had been crafted to mitigate previous cuts to the Law and Justice budget. The taxing utility was enacted administratively without a consent-ing vote by the citizens under the authority of RCW 36.89.080. That law dealt with storm water control, and monies could be “used only for” control measures.

Storm water can be more than rainwater running off roofs and roads. The water must go somewhere. The tax supplanted funds that went to control drainage, but it also followed the storm water into other areas – surface water monitoring, critical areas enforcement, low-impact development, and watershed plan-ning. It followed the surface water as it seeped into groundwater. It mandated septic tank inspections because the water might pick up sewage. The runoff runs into waters where the salmon and shellfish play, so the ordinance swept up their regulation. These renewed and expanded programs were floated on the new tax, and the previous funds were flushed into other programs (although I don’t recall seeing any more deputies on the road).

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But why stop there? Cows drink the water, so the tax could cover Public Health monitoring of milk and the stores that sell it. People drink the water, so all of the Public Health budget could be supplanted.

What is the proper ambit of government “manage-ment” of everyone’s life? Like storm water seeping into ground water, top-down con-trol seeps into the aquifer of private decision-making that supplies community life. The apparent benefits of govern-ment regulation are coun-teracted by the unseen costs of unregulated government seepage. The dike around proper government may be erected arbitrarily, but it must be erected if society is not to drown in the rising flood of top-down control.

Vote for Jeff Lauderdale to begin building that dike.

–Meldon AchesonFreeland

Restoration plan is risky

Angie Homola’s Swan Lake Preservation Group wants to use Island County’s Shoreline “Restoration” plan to turn Boss/Swan Lake into a body of salt water, thus moving Puget Sound inland and seriously risking salt water intrusion into the fresh water wells of residents living in the vicinity of West Beach, including the area just south of where the Navy has just started drawing fresh water from wells to water the Navy Golf Course.

On one hand, Commis-sioner Homola, Commission-er Helen Price Johnson and the Whidbey Environmental Action Network have vocifer-ously fought Urban Growth Area expansion westward from Oak Harbor on the premise that the area around Boss/Swan Lake is environ-mentally sensitive.

Contrarily, this same trio

Letters: From page 4has now apparently taken the stance that, while additional storm water running into Boss/Swan Lake would be problematic, flooding that area with twice-daily tidal salt water at taxpayer expense would be peachy keen.

Never mind that doing so would create a potentially serious risk of salt water in-trusion into surrounding well water. That would mean that members of the newly formed Whidbey West Water As-sociation would either have to purchase reverse-osmosis systems to desalinate sea wa-ter or spend about $1 million to connect to the Navy pipes recently installed along Golf Course Road. Even associa-tion President Jerry Pitsch is on record at public forums es-pousing the “importance” of Boss/Swan Lake for salmon “restoration.” I am hoping some real change comes this November election season.

– William BurnettOak Harbor

Keep Haugen at the helm

That Sen. Mary Marga-ret Haugen laid the wood to those Marine Union mem-bers whom she felt were chis-eling the public is a tribute to the honesty and impartiality of this conscientious public servant.

Capt. Haugen has run a tight ship for 20 years. Keep her at the helm.

That these mutineers have sought refuge int he shoals of her challenger’s bailiwick is an act of simple spite. Un-known for harboring union-

ism, Rep. Barbara Bailey is known for supporting the propaganda of her handlers and, ever a detriment to the welfare of the public, the cor-porate healthcare industry.

Scuttle these miscreants! Vote Haugen for State Sena-tor.

– Cyril L. GreigOak Harbor

Voter tired of political “dirt”

Political dirt poured out of my Whidbey Island mail-box last weekend, in the form of hit pieces denouncing State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen from something called the “Good Government Leader-ship Council” in Centralia. Candidate Barbara Bailey has to bear responsibility for these disgusting attack flyers that are so clearly disrespect-ful, no matter what party you claim as yours. There are no issues here, just attacks. Aren’t we tired of this? This is trash mail from the state Sen-ate Republican PAC!

Sen. Haugen is a longtime target of often-false mail-ings by people who hide their identities. Four years ago, anti-Haugen mailings bore the name of “Citizens Actions Group.” The Building Indus-try Association of Washing-ton once used three different type fonts – all with the same Mount Vernon P.O. Box – to attack her.

The latest attacks take a familiar path, saying that Mary Margaret has for 30 years been “our voice in Olympia” but has “changed.”

“Our voice?”The return address is in

Centralia, 85 miles as the

crow flies from the 10th Dis-trict. The “Good Govern-ment Leadership Council” has just one contributor, something called The Lead-ership Council.

What is The Good Gov-ernment Leadership Coun-cil? It is the soft-money politi-cal action committee of state Senate Republicans. Has Sen. Haugen been their voice in Olympia, who has “lately changed?” Obviously Mary Margaret has not represent-ed Senate Republicans – she’s a moderate-to-conservative Democrat who chairs the Senate Transportation Com-mittee and the Agriculture Committee (important to us here in Central Whidbey). She has done a great job representing all our interests here on Whidbey Island and can be counted on to speak her own mind, not the party lingo.

– Maryon AttwoodCoupeville

Voter excited about Johnson

I am so excited to put in writing my support for Jill Johnson. Having been a part of the local business commu-nity for over 30 years, I have had the opportunity to expe-rience many positive changes and visions for our commu-nity. I’ve seen Jill’s leadership, energy, knowledge, experi-ence and passion while work-ing with the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce. I know she will use these won-derful qualities toward mak-ing a difference as an Island County Commissioner.

– Carla DozierCoupeville

Math a challenge for Lauderdale

So Jeff Lauderdale’s campaign website states that “logic and science must be applied to all of the challeng-es” we’re facing. Apparently, Lauderdale’s version of “logic and science” doesn’t include facts and elementary math.

At the candidates fo-rum last July, Lauderdale criticized the Conservation Futures Fund. Conserva-tion Futures has helped with the purchase of conserva-tion lands throughout the county such as Double Bluff, Ala Spit, the Davis Slough Heron Rookery and develop-ment rights on farmland. It costs the owner of a $250,000 house less than $13 per year.

Lauderdale expressed concern that “the county would end up owning ‘every square inch’ of Whidbey and Camano islands” (SWR, July 25).

How realistic is his con-cern? 2006 Island County As-sessor’s Office data shows the total value of all taxable land and buildings in Island Coun-ty at about $9.8 billion.

I don’t have the figure for 2006, but in 2011 Conserva-tion Futures was projected to bring in about $666,000. So,

at this rate how many years would it take for Conser-vation Futures to “end up owning ‘every square inch’ of Whidbey and Camano islands?” $9,800.000,000 / $666,000 = 14,714.7 years.

So at current rates, all of Whidbey and Camano Islands will have been pur-chased by the Conservation Futures Fund in about 15,000 years.

What is it with these tea party and wanna-be politi-cians? Kelly Emerson’s big issue is celebrating the War of 1812 and Jeff Lauderdale is worried about 15,000 years in the future.

Personally, I’d rather have commissioners like Angie Homola and Helen Price Johnson who take care of the here and now – while also looking out for the future.

–Steve EricksonLangley

CorrectionA story on page 1 of the

Oct. 18 issue titled “Bailey aims to dislodge Haugen” provided incorrect informa-tion about Referendum 74. If voters approve R-74, the ballot measure would keep in place the law allowing same-sex marriage.

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Angie Homola

Age: 52Family: Married, two

childrenTime on Whidbey: 15

yearsCareer: Licensed archi-

tect, plans examiner, project manager

Education: B.S. from Washington State University; architec-tural studies at London Central Polytechnic

Political experience: Current county com-missioner; citizen activist; community volunteer

Jill Johnson

Age: 41Family: Married, no

childrenTime on Whidbey:

Nearly 30 years, Oak Harbor High School grad

Career: Chamber of Commerce director; political campaign manager

Education: B.A. from Central Washington University

Political experience: Campaign manager in several states and in local races; member of Oak Harbor Planning Commission

By Jessie StenslandStaff Reporter

The tension between the two candidates vying to represent North Whidbey residents on the Board of Is-land County Commissioners started before either of them ran for public office.

The city of Oak Harbor was considering a measure that would have lead to a large development on the south end of the city.

Angie Homola, a found-ing member of the Swan Lake Preservation Group, spoke out against the proposal as being harmful urban sprawl; Jill Johnson, the Oak Harbor chamber director, spoke at am Oak Harbor City Council meeting, saying that the ma-jority of chamber members were in favor of the idea.

A confrontation later

ensued in which Homola claimed Johnson misrepre-sented the facts and was rude.

Johnson claimed that Ho-mola was a bully and acted as if she had the right to de-mand documents from the private business-networking organization that receives some public funding from tax revenue distributed by gov-ernment.

The disagreement illus-trates the differences between the two candidates, their vision for the future of the county and just how strongly they hold their positions.

“We have to throw out the old playbook model of grow-ing as fast as we can,” Ho-mola said. “We can no longer rely on growth to to fund the budget. We were seeing our taxes go up and our quality of life go down.”

Johnson said well-planned growth and development is sometimes necessary and she’s in favor of expand-ing the city of Oak Harbor’s boundaries, which Homola helped to partially block.

Johnson claims Homola is

simply against growth.“If you are truly con-

cerned about the environ-ment, putting homes in urban areas is much more prefer-able,” she said.

Homola is running for re-election after one term in of-fice that has been marked by historic budget shortfalls.

She is extremely hard-working and involved in countless committees and groups, which can also make it hard for citizens to get in contact with her.

Homola is a trained archi-tect who previously worked for the county planning de-partment until she was fired for reasons that are remain in dispute.

Johnson is the executive director of the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce. She started her career in politics and managed campaigns in Washington, Texas and Colo-rado.

She was an important voice in the successful cam-paigns to remodel Oak Har-bor High School and build the stadium.

The two candidates have different views on a wide range of issues. One only has to turn to the recently adopt-ed Island County budget to see a good illustration.

Budget differencesAfter years of budget

cutting, the commissioners finally were in the position to restore some of positions and programs that have been eliminated during the eco-nomic downturn. Homola voted to fund a new long-range planner, as well as a corrections deputy, in the 2013 budget.

Johnson argued that Ho-mola is out of touch for plac-ing the planning position at such a high priority.

“The sheriff’s office is underfunded. That’s what people are talking about, not another planner,” she said.

“What people want is a safe place to live,” she added.

Instead of a planner, Johnson said she would have returned more funding to law-and-justice departments, such as a deputy, prosecutor or patrol car.

But Homola argues that people are truly concerned about their quality of life, which in Island County is directly connected to their environment and, therefore, planning. She said thought-ful planning can also spur the economy by luring business with things like business-friendly zoning, the protec-tion of resources and an ad-

equate transportation system. Plus, she said, not ade-

quately funding the planning department could lead to ex-pensive lawsuits if state-man-dated plans aren’t updated.

She said the county cur-rently has the lowest staffed planning department in the state on a per-capita basis.

Priorities differHomola has an ambitious

list of goals for the next four years. She wants to bring

the Oak Harbor and Island County planning depart-ments together to do joint long-range planning, though she said city leadership has been reluctant so far.

Homola wants to see new ordinances on tree reten-tion, low-income housing and renewable energy. She wants curbside recycling in the county and a consolidated county motor pool.

See DISTRICT 2, page 9

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Who to choose?Political newcomer Jeff

Lauderdale or incumbent Island County Commis-sioner Helen Price Johnson couldn’t be more different in their views about how Island County government should be run.

Lauderdale, a Repub-lican, believes the board’s priorities are askew, that in a time when revenue is scarce, law and justice needs should be satisfied above all else.

Price Johnson, a Demo-crat, argues a more balanced approach is needed, that departments such as public health, planning and public works also play vital roles and cannot be left to wither.

The Coupeville Repub-lican advocates for property rights and sniggers at notions of global warming and sea level rise.

The longtime Democrat from Clinton defends the value of public beach access and has supported revenue generating environmental programs, such as the Clean Water Utility.

He believes in limited government; she views it as an essential tool that can help those who cannot help them-selves and foster a healthy economy.

Lauderdale is a retired Navy officer who’s seen the world; Price Johnson is a small-business owner who has lived a lifetime on Whid-bey.

Indeed, voters have a lot to consider between now and Nov. 6, when the election out-come will be decided.

But like the battle for the District 2 position between Republican Jill Johnson and incumbent Democrat Angie Homola, the outcome will de-cide more than the results of a single race.

Because tea party Repub-lican Kelly Emerson is not up

for election for another two years, the unseating of either incumbent will shift the bal-ance of power from a board led by Democrats to one led by Republicans.

In a big way, voters won’t be deciding on single races, but on Island County’s over-all direction for years to come.

Police or planners?For Lauderdale, the

choice is simple: programs and agencies that protect citi-zens should be funded first, namely the Sheriff’s Office and other law and justice de-partments.

“The number one prior-ity of Island County must be public safety,” said Lauder-

Jeff Lauderdale

Age: 62Family: Married, no

children.Time on Whidbey: 11

years in allCareer: 26 years in U.S.

NavyEducation: B.S. in me-

chanical engineering, University of Idaho; Nuclear Engineering Officer Certifica-tion, Naval Reactors, U.S Department of Engineering; A.Ss in computer network engineering, Central Piedmonnt College

Political experience: None

Organizations: None

Helen Price Johnson

Age: 54Family: Married, four

childrenTime on Whidbey: Since

second gradeCareer: Formerly owned

and operated Jones Department Store; started Price Johnson Construction.

Education: B.A. in ad-ministration and legal processes from Mill College

Political experience: Seven years on South Whidbey School board; four years as Island County commissioner

Organizations: League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island; United Methodist Church

District 1 candidates reveal a study in contrastsdale, in a recently published voter guide.

That statement has be-come a mantra for Repub-lican commissioner candi-dates, both in the primary and now general election, and the topic itself has largely be-come the central issue of their campaigns.

Over the past four years, declining revenues have forced the board to chop mil-lions from the general fund and the relatively even-hand-ed budget cutting approach that was adopted has been a source of wide-spread criti-cism.

Many, such as Lauder-dale, believe law-and-justice funding should not have been cut so deeply. Money to bal-ance the books could have come from other big-budget departments, he said.

And, if elected, that’s just where he will look in an ef-fort to begin restoring public safety funding to past levels.

“It’s going to have to come out of sections of gov-ernment where the money resides,” said Lauderdale, at recent league forum in Freeland. “That’s in the plan-ning department, the health department and public works department.”

But Price Johnson be-lieves the approach taken was the right one and disputes claims that public safety has not been a priority for the board. Law and justice fund-ing is, and always has, made up the majority of the general fund – currently about 57 percent.

The board demonstrated that priority again last month when it adopted the budget, giving the sheriff’s office a bigger increase than any oth-er department, she said. And

there were who many asked, and needed, more money.

Also, deciding where money goes isn’t as simple as it sounds. State mandates require Island County to pro-vide a range of services; the board can’t just abandon one department for another.

And even if it did, that would leave a gap in other county services. Emergency police calls are often related to other problems, said Price Johnson, such as mental health or housing problems.

“Local government doesn’t have the luxury of having just one priority,” Price Johnson said.

“My job is to look out for the whole community and not just one department,” she said.

Lauderdale disagrees, especially when it come to the topic of state mandates. That’s a flag that’s been waved too broadly, he said. A range of services do have to be provided, but the board decides at what level. State law “doesn’t say you have to gut the sheriff’s office.”

“We need to spend less time on mandates of state government and more time funding our public safety is-sues,” he said.

Price Johnson questions the wisdom of such a move.

“I’m not sure he appreci-ates the liability that he would be putting the citizens in by doing that,” Price Johnson said. “Lawsuits are expen-sive. If what he wants to do is understate state mandates, maybe he should be running for the state legislature.”

What would change?Price Johnson said she ran

in 2008 because she felt it was important to have a commis- See DISTRICT 1, page 9

sioner in office who under-stands the needs of Island County’s small businesses and families.

To that end, she is proud of the past four years, cit-ing the hard choices made to balance the budget to the advancements made in acces-sible government, such as vid-eotaping and posting board meetings on the county’s website.

If elected to another four years, Price Johnson plans to focus on implementing gov-ernment efficiencies, starting with the planning depart-ment. A performance audit conducted earlier this year showed a range of problems, she said.

Investments in staff train-ing, rebuilding a middle-management team and refin-ing the permitting process will go a long way toward preparing the department for a housing market, which she said is beginning to stir.

“What I see is a very small investment that will have a positive impact in our econo-my,” Price Johnson said.

Similarly, she hopes to help sooth at least some of the sheriff’s office’s staffing woes by helping to foster growth of citizen patrols and neighbor-hood watch groups. Granted, they can’t take the place of commissioned police officers but they can help, she said.

“These are the types of things we need to do in order to do more with less,” Price Johnson said.

She’s not averse to a law-and-justice sales tax either, though she voted against a proposal for one earlier this year. Pitched in July, Price Johnson said it didn’t get her

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By Jim WallerStaff Reporter

The Coupeville High School soccer team began district tournament play yesterday, hoping to wash away some of the tough times from the regular season.

The Wolves lost their final three league matches: 6-0 at Archbishop Murphy Tuesday, Oct. 16; 5-0 to Granite Falls Thursday; and 6-0 at King’s Monday.

Those three loses dropped Coupeville’s re-cord to 1-15 (1-13 in conference), but the post-season provides a new beginning.

The Wolves, the No. 8 seed, played at Lyn-den Christian (9-6-1), the No. 1, seed yesterday in a loser-out match. If Coupeville won, it will play Friday at a place and time to be deter-mined.

“I watched them (Lynden Christian) play recently,” Coupeville coach Dan d’Almeida said. “I like some of our match-ups and our defensive energy has been tremendous the sec-ond half of the season. LC is disciplined and I’m sure it will be a hard fought match.”

“These girls have worked hard every day with great team spirit,” he added. “I am opti-mistic that we will move on this year.”

To move on the Wolves will need to claim their first playoff win in school history, ac-cording to d’Almeida.

In the losses to Granite Falls (9-6) and King’s (14-3), d’Almeida said the Wolves came out flat and their opponents jumped on them early.

The loss to Archbishop was the worst on

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The Wolves came out in a defensive forma-tion and blanked Murphy with their “stron-gest 25 minutes of team defense so far this season,” according to d’Almeida.

D’Almeida said his team “tired a bit” and gave up three goals in a five-minute span that led to a 3-0 halftime deficit.

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For the King’s football team, Green means go.

Behind quarterback Billy Green, the No. 1-ranked Knights flew by Coupeville 51-7 Friday, Oct. 19, at Mick-ey Clark Field.

Green, who will play for Brigham Young Univer-sity next year, passed for 313 yards and four touchdowns (58, 5, 40 and 24 yards).

Caleb Taylor hauled in four of Green’s throws for 117 yards and two touchdowns.

Maggio was impressed by the Knights: “They are the No. 1 team in the state for a reason.”

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By Jim WallerStaff Reporter

Senior Night was a happy night for the Coupeville vol-leyball team as the Wolves eked out a 3-2 win over visit-ing Granite Falls Thursday, Oct. 18.

The win helped ease some of the sting of a 3-1 loss at Archbishop Murphy Tuesday, Oct. 16.

The Wolves defeated Granite Falls 25-19, 23-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-11.

Coach Toni Crebbin had mixed emotions about the game. She liked the win and sending out the seniors on a strong note, but said her club “got too comfortable” after winning games one and three which led to poor starts in games two and four.

She said her team “lacked communication on the floor” and didn’t make enough offensive adjust-ments

“We kept hitting to the same spot,” she said.

The Wolves raced to a 13-4 lead on the way to win-ning the opening set. The good start was matched by a poor start in game two as they fell behind 12-4.

Coupeville eventually recovered and went up 23-22 before the Tigers closed out with three straight points.

The third game was close early, with no team taking more than a two-point lead until the Wolves went up 18-15. From there, Coupeville finished on an 8-3 run.

The Tigers (3-10) went up 8-1 in game three. The Wolves narrowed it to 10-8 but a 5-1 Granite run put the Tigers back in control.

Game five was tied at 8, then two kills each from Madeline Strasburg and Ha-ley Hammer helped Coupe-ville wrap up the match.

Senior Night becomes happy night for Wolves

Jim Waller photo

The Wolves’ Bree Messner serves in Coupeville’s Senior Night win over Granite Falls.

Hammer finished with 10 kills, Megan Oakes 23 assists and Bessie Walstad 29 digs.

Before the match, Coupe-ville honored seniors Wal-stad, Katie Kiel, Lauren Escalle, Rhiannon Ellsworth and Iris Ryckeart.

Against Archbishop Murphy (7-5, 6-6), the Wolves won the first set 25-22, but then dropped the next three 18-25, 17-25, 18-25.

“We played pretty well,” Crebbin said. She was par-ticularly pleased with her team’s serving, hitting 96 percent of its serves after a season-worst 84 percent when the two teams met early this fall.

Hammer connected

on all 25 of her serves, and Amanda Fabrizi was 18-for-18 with three aces.

Crebbin lauded her defense for making “a lot of great saves” and “great hustle.”

The offense was led by Walstad with 12 kills; she also had three stuff blocks.

Strasburg “played her best match ever” and “played really smart” while adding six kills, Crebbin said.

The Wolves (3-10, 4-10) finished the regular season at undefeated King’s (13-0) Tuesday. The district tour-nament begins at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at Lynden Christian.

Jim Waller photo

Coupeville’s Jen Spark, left, battles for pos-session of the ball against Granite Falls.

Wolves look to playoff run

No. 2-ranked 2A team, Lyn-den, which fell to King’s 42-39 earlier this season. That same Lynden team thumped the state’s fourth-ranked 3A team Ferndale 49-14 Friday.

King’s came into the Coupeville contest averag-ing 48 points per game, and Lynden was the only team to score more than 15 against the Knight’s.

Coupeville stung King’s with a 73-yard pass from Josh Bayne to Jake Tumb-lin in the second quarter to make it 21-7, but that was all the Wolves could muster on the scoreboard, although they stalled-out twice in the red zone according to coach Tony Maggio.

The Knight’s led 36-7 at the break.

Maggio said the Wolves had their worst offense night of the season, but it was be-cause of the Knights’ talent

and not from lack of effort on his club’s part.

“We missed a few blocks, but a lot of it was out of frus-tration,” Maggio said. “They were just that much better than we were.”

“Their line was more physical,” Maggio said, “and it doesn’t hurt to have Mason Friedline (a Yale recruit).”

Maggio liked his defense’s effort. The Wolves sacked Green twice and had him hemmed in several other times but he used his physical gifts to escape.

The Wolves (2-6) close out the regular season at 7 p.m. at Sultan (3-5) Friday, Oct. 26, and then take part in a mini-game format Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the first step of the playoffs. The site and oppo-nent for Tuesday will not be determined until the North-west Conference finishes up play this week.

Green leads Kings to down Wolves

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In addition, she wants to improve the county’s cyber technology so that people can apply for permits or pay for dog licenses online. She also wants tax adjustments to be completed earlier.

Johnson, on the other hand, has priorities on a more philosophical level. She said she wants to change the way the county approaches property owners and busi-ness, particularly small busi-nesses.

“I think there is govern-ment overreach that makes it hard for small business to get going,” she said. “I’ve heard from small business owners who feel like county govern-ment really wasn’t on their side.”

As an example, Johnson points to “simple things” like the county sign code, which she said considers aesthetics over business interests.

In addition, she said the permitting process should be streamlined and quicker.

Johnson said the commis-sioners should consider the impact on small businesses when they create new taxes, such as the Clean Water Util-ity, or raise fees.

Most of all, Johnson said her priority is to represent the people of the district.

“District 2 hasn’t been well represented over the last

four years,” she said. “My op-ponent only represents a very narrow range of interests.”

A change in tone?An issue that Johnson has

emphasized on the campaign trail is “tone.”

She said she can end the constant in-fighting on the board, which she describes as unprofessional, counter-productive and hard on em-ployee morale. She faults all the commissioners – Homola, Kelly Emerson and Helen Price Johnson – for petty bickering.

“You’re going to end up with the same contentious board of commissioners if you don’t make any changes,” she warned.

Johnson also pointed out that fellow elected officials refused to participate in a roundtable budget discussion with the commissioners.

“That speaks volumes about the relationship the board has with the other elected officials,” she said.

Johnson said she has ex-perience dealing with people who have very different points of view and can bring a new level of decorum to the board.

Homola counters that Johnson has rarely been to county meetings, so is not well informed about the is-

sues facing the county.“I can count the number

of meetings my opponent has been to on one hand,” she said.

Homola points out that she won a state award for bipartisanship and is known on state boards for cooperat-ing with people on all sides of an issue.

Homola puts the cause of discord on the board squarely on tea party Commissioner Kelly Emerson’s shoulders.

“It’s very challenging when you have a partner who has a very different point of view – and is unwilling to consider other points of view,” she said, claiming that Emerson is unyielding and bases her opinions on faux facts.

Homola also argues that Johnson is the one who lacks decorum and used her posi-tion as chamber director to thwart Homola in the past.

She claimed Johnson made it very difficult for her to address the chamber and told the chamber members that Homola “bullied her way in” to talk about Proposi-tion 1, a failed effort to gain support for a property-tax increase to pay for county services.

“A level of diplomacy and bipartisanship are strengths in my camp,” Homola said.

support largely because too many details were uncertain and she didn’t believe there was enough time to ade-quately sell it to the public.

If the objective is clear, the public knows exactly what is being proposed and what benefits it will bring, and it contains a sunset clause, Price Johnson said she would be willing to have that con-versation again.

Although Lauderdale is adamantly against returning county government to former levels and bristles at the idea of new taxes, a law-and-jus-tice sales tax is something he says he could get behind.

“It’s coming,” Lauderdale said. “It’s probably two years late.”

He admits that there may not be enough money in other departments to fulfill the staffing hopes of the sher-iff – about $1.4 million would be needed – so that would necessitate going back to the taxpayers, he said.

He agrees it must have a sunset clause and be “ex-tremely targeted.”

But he said he is against supplanting – taking existing money out of law-and-justice budgets and putting it back into the general fund.

Legally, a law and justice sales tax would have to be put on a ballot for voters to decide.

But even if the law didn’t require that, Lauderdale said he would fight to ensure it went before the people.

“I think that’s a courtesy government owes all of us, every time,” Lauderdale said.

To that effect, one of his first actions if elected would be to begin a long process of repealing the Clean Water Utility, which he said is a “tax created without the vote of the people.”

Adopted by the board in 2010, the measure seeks to address water quantity and quality concerns through the collection of fees from prop-erty owners to fund specific surface water and ground wa-ter programs.

Lauderdale criticizes the utility, saying it has noth-ing to do “with our drinking water.” Rather, the major-ity of revenues are being put toward drainage projects, which should be funded by individual communities, he said.

“It’s not government’s re-sponsibility,” he said.

Likewise, Lauderdale wants to reexamine the coun-

ty’s septic system rules. They cannot be simply removed, as they are required by state law, but he hopes to make them more user-friendly.

Primarily, requirements need to be more flexible and allow other people, not just homeowners, to perform in-spections. That would allow neighbors, for example, to do an inspection for an elderly friend.

Finally, Lauderdale wants to address the “tone” of the board. Partisan bickering among the commissioners has made more than a few headlines over the past two years and many believe it’s out of control.

Lauderdale isn’t pinning the problem on any one com-missioner, but does hope to fix the problem.

“I can’t blame any one of the three of them and I can’t exonerate any one of the three of them,” he said.

Price Johnson, however, isn’t so reluctant to place blame. She said she was “dis-mayed to have a commis-sioner that works so hard to underline her differences with us and is unwilling to look for common ground.”

“I see it as a very one-sid-ed argument,” she said.

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Caregiver Conference, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland. Provides resources for caregivers. Free. Regis-ter early: 360-321-1600 ext. 2900.

Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, through Oct. 28, Whidbey Children’s Theater, Langley. Performances are Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets: $8 students, $10 se-niors, $12 adults. All tickets at the Oct. 27 family show are $8. Call for tickets: 360-221-2282.

Whidbey Island Arts Coun-cil, 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, Pacific NorthWest Art School, 15 NW Birch St., Coupeville. All current members and peo-ple wishing to become mem-bers are invited to attend.

Whidbey Island Community Orchestra rehearsal, 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, Langley Methodist Church, Third and Anthes, Langley. Players of all ages and abilities needed. Call: 360-321-4221.

Fabulous Fabric Cranes, Noon Friday, Oct. 26, Coupe-ville Library, 788 NW Alexan-

der St. For teens. Preregister online at sno-isle.org.

Saratoga Community Hous-ing Meeting, 6-8 p.m. Thurs-day, Oct. 25, Wifire,1651 Main St., Freeland. Learn about ac-complishments – and what’s next. saratogacommunity-housing.org.

Lego Block Party, 1 p.m. Fri-day, Oct. 26, Coupeville Ele-mentary School Multipurpose Room, 6 S. Main St. Early re-lease day program. 360-678-4911; sno-isle.org.

Earthquake Video Show-ing, 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 and Oct. 27, Pacific Rim Institute, Coupeville. 4-HD Video Club shows their documentary about earthquake prepared-ness. Free.

Zombies Needed, dark, Fri-day, Oct. 26-Saturday, Oct. 27, Island Greens golf course, Clinton. The zombie virus has hit Whidbey – and it’s up to you to save the survivors. mzuercher_7@msn.com.

Medicare Demystified, 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Whid-bey General Hospital, 101 N. Main St., Coupeville. The 2013 rates for advantage and supplemental plans will be covered as well as the drug plan options. If you need help finding or reviewing your drug plan bring a complete list (in-cluding dosage) of your medi-cations. Free. 360-678-8328.

Dahlia Dig It!, 11 a.m.-noon

Saturday, Oct. 27, Meerkerk Gardens, 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. Learn how to properly divide and store tubers. $5 per person. Reser-vations required. Register at jwillson@whidbey.net or 360-678-1912. meerkerkgardens.org.

Be Safe, Be Seen on Hal-loween, noon to 6 p.m. Sat-urday, Oct. 27, Walmart, Oak Harbor. The Impaired Driving Impact Panel Island County and Wal-Mart team up to of-fer reflective trick-or-treat bags and stickers plus candy. idipic.org.

Sno-Isle 50th Anniversary Open House, 1 p.m. Satur-day, Oct. 27, Freeland Library, 5495 Harbor Ave., Freeland. Music, poetry, refreshments, commemorative bookmarks for all. 360-332-7323; sno-isle.org.

Magic Shows, 2-3 p.m. And 7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. JR Russell Magic, Mark Paul-son and Jim Earnshaw raise funds to benefit Playhouse facelift. Admission to first show: $6 adults, $5 youth and $4 children 4-11. Admission to second show: $10 adults and $5 youth. 360-679-2237.

Saturday Salon, 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Ryan and Friends, Coupeville. M. Denis Hill talks about photography in the digital era. 360-678-2222.

Halloween Torchlight Pa-rade, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Cook’s Corner Park, Coupeville. Dress up, bring trick-or-treat bags for sur-prises from local merchants. 360-678-3310.

Coupeville Elementary School/PTA Fall Festival, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, Coupeville Elementary School Multipurpose Building, 6 S. Main St. Games, prizes, food, hayrides, silent auction. Free to attend; game tickets 4 for $1. 360-632-7153.

Women in Jazz Series Con-tinues, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, 88 Keys Piano Studio and Performance Space, 5024

Saratoga Road, Langley. Kar-in Kajita and Emily McIntosh perform. Reservations: $25. 360-221-0362; maureengi-rard.com.

Halloween Mystery, History and Jazz, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, Coupeville High School. Comedy variety radio show. Tickets: $16 in advance and at the door. Info: penncovepro-ductions@gmail.com.

Halloween Costume Con-test and Dance, 9 p.m. Satur-day, Oct. 27, American Legion Post 141, 14096 State Route 525, Langley. Prizes for best costumes, live music by AKA. Free. RSVP: 360-321-5696.

Halloween Party, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, Tilth Farmers Market. Food, music, children’s events, pumpkin decorating, bake sale, bon-fire, free worm composting workshop. Baked good dona-tions needed. 360-579-3735; 360-321-2729.

Archaeology Day, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, Island Coun-ty Museum, 908 NW Alexan-der St., Coupeville, and a slide show at the Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St., from 7-9 p.m. Bring in beachcomb-ing finds or backyard discov-eries to have them identified. Free. 360-678-3310.

Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, First United Methodist Church, 1050 SE Ireland St., Oak Harbor. Help save lives. O and A positive, O and B negative blood donors in are in critical need. Treats supplied for donors.

Naas Preserve Prairie Planting, slots available Oct. 29 through Nov. 3 with slots available from 9 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Sign up: 360-222-3310; jessica@wclt.org.

Librarians as Information Guides, 1:30 p.m. Mon-day, Oct. 29, Coupeville Li-brary, 788 NW Alexander St., Coupeville. Learn how to trace your family’s roots with Ancestry library edition. Pre-register: sno-isle.org or 360-678-4911.

Job Club, 1-2:30 p.m. Mon-day, Oct. 29, Oak Harbor Li-brary, 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Topic: Basics to interviewing. Free. 360-675-5115; sno-isle.org.

Clinton Halloween Commu-nity Trick or Treat, 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 from downtown Clinton to Ken’s

Korner. Free. Businesses pro-vide candy to costumed chil-dren for safe Halloween fun.

Coupeville Garden Club, 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, Coupe-ville Recreation Hall, 920 NW Alexander St., Coupeville. Speaker: Douglas Kirk

Central Whidbey Lions Club, noon Thursday, Nov. 1, Tyee Restaurant, 405 S. Main, Coupeville. Regular semi-monthly meeting. 360-678-3263.

Disabled American Vet-erans Chapter 47, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, Oak Har-bor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Drive, Oak Harbor. Regular monthly meeting. 360-257-4801.

Uncommon Threads, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3, Green-bank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. Whidbey Weav-ers Guild presents its annual show and sale. whidbeyweav-ersguild.org.

IDIPIC Hosts Prevention Panel, 12:45 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 3, Trinity Lutheran Church’s Grigware Hall, 18341 State Route 525, Free-land. Free. Required by driv-ing instructors for students and parents. 360-672-8219; idipic.org.

Saratoga Orchestra Con-cert, 2:30 p.m Sunday, Nov. 4, South Whidbey High School, Langley. Gloria Ferry-Brennan will solo. Tickets: $20 adults, $18 senior/military, under age 18 free; purchase at Anchor Books, Moonraker Books, Vino Amore, Bayleaf, Click Music or brownpapertickets.com. sowhidbey.com.

Divorce Workshop, 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, Skagit Val-ley College, Oak Hall room 306, 1900 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor. Volunteer Lawyer Program attorneys present information and legal proce-dures for filing for a divorce. $10 donation. 360-671-6079.

Star Party, at dark, Friday, Nov. 9, Fort Nugent Park, 2075 SW Fort Nugent Road, Oak Harbor. Sponsored by Island County Astronomical Society. Free. Cloudy weather cancels event. 360-679-7664; icaspub@juno.com; icas-wa.webs.com.

Dugualla Planting Party, 9 a.m-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, Dugualla heights, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. One step in a series of restoration ac-tivities; 1,500 seedlings will be

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Autumn on Whidbey Wine and Art Tour, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 and Sunday, Nov. 11, various wineries around Whidbey Island. Advance tickets: $20 at brownpapertickets.com/event/273163, otherwise $25. Includes souvenir glass and complimentary wine tasting at each venue. 360-321-0515; whidbeyislandvintners.org.

IDIPIC DUI/Underage Pre-vention Panel, 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, Oak Harbor Library conference room 137, 1000 SE Regatta Drive, Oak Harbor. Required for drivers education student and parent. 360-672-8219; idipic.org.

Alzheimer’s Candle Light-ing Ceremony, 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 10, HomePlace Special Care Center, 171 SW Sixth Ave., Oak Harbor. Free. 360-279-2555.

Senior Affairs Series, 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, Cam-Bey Apartments, 50 N. Main St., Coupeville. Fire department representatives talk about accident prevention. 360-678-8800.

Ongoing activitiesAlcoholics Anonymous, every day, noon & 8 p.m., women’s meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday, 432 2nd St., Lan-gley. If a friend or relative has a problem with alcohol you can find solutions for yourself at Al-Anon. 360-221-2070.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Board Room, Whidbey Gen-eral Hospital, 101 N Main, Coupeville. 360-678-7656, 360-321-7656 ext 4005.

Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group, 10 a.m.-noon first Tuesday, Bayview Senior Center, 14594 Hwy. 525, Langley. 360-321-1600.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 2:30-4:30 p.m. first Thursday, HomePlace Special Care, 171 S.W. 6th Ave., Oak Harbor. 360-279-2555.

Aviation History Center, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, Building 12, Si-mard Hall, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor. Displays honor-ing the crews, squadrons and aircraft that flew out of NAS Whidbey Island since WWII. Gates are open to visitors. Admission by donation. Will - whidbeypby@aol.com

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By George HaglundFor the Examiner

A quick slide into fall and winter started on Oct. 13. We knew it was coming, but most of us were surprised it took so long to arrive.

Starting July 24, Coupe-ville experienced drought conditions with only about 0.2 inches of rain – the same amount we received on the day the drought ended.

The weather on Oct. 20 really sealed the arrival of fall. A heavy rain shower in the morning delayed my trip to Coupeville to run some errands. The raindrops were really big, which my wife calls “fat rain.” As I later ventured toward Coupeville, I was sur-prised to see white roads and rooftops from a hail shower. The hail appeared to be heaviest around the Prairie Center area. The fat rain near Crockett Lake was the result of slightly warmer tempera-tures and melted hail.

The real excitement oc-curred at about 4 p.m.,

Contributed photo

Sharon Wandler, who lives just outside Langley, shot this photo of a waterspout from her home above Saratoga Passage at about 4 p.m. Saturday. The waterspout seemed to appear first on the water’s surface, she said, before it rose up and dissipated about five minutes later.

Long dry spell ends with hail and funnel cloud

however, when many people reported seeing a waterspout between south Whidbey Is-land and Everett, near Hat Island. A waterspout is a tor-

nado that occurs over water. In this case the waterspout dissipated before reaching land so did no damage.

For such a dramatic shift

in the weather you would expect that a fundamental change had occurred. That change is directly related to the location of the upper-level

jet stream. During our 80-day dry period the jet stream was far to the north, and during the rainy period of Oct. 13-19, the jet stream was directly overhead.

It’s now shifted further south to northern California, which allows a large mass of cold air to flow in our direc-tion.

The cold air aloft makes for unstable conditions, which produces lots of cu-mulus clouds (the cotton-ball type), showers, hail, and pos-sible lightning and thunder, and yes, even a waterspout. Fortunately, tornadoes and waterspouts are rare in Wash-ington, with only one or two a year.

A look back at our sum-mer is worthwhile as it was so pleasant and memorable. I spent some time checking the Coupeville monthly weather records recorded by the Engle family at the website of the National Climatic Data Cen-ter. The 80-day dry period turns out to be historic.

There is only the year

1942 that even comes close to matching this dry spell. The rainfall total in 1942 over the 80-day period from July 24 to October 11 was 0.38 inches with rain on eight days.

A normal amount of rain over that period would be 2.8 inches. This year I measured only 0.22 inches of rain on 5 days. The WSU AgWeather Coupeville data is similar with 0.19 inches of rain on six days. It is normal for us to have a dry spell during the summer, but 2012 proved to be a one-of-a-kind summer.

With the arrival of colder weather we should be think-ing about winterizing our homes. The average date of first freeze in Coupeville is Oct. 30. By Nov. 11 the prob-ability of first freeze is up to 80 percent.

A glance in the direction of the Olympic Mountains when they are visible shows new snow on the peaks and even on the foothills as low as 3,000 feet elevation.

Ready or not, here comes winter!

The Island County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to fill a term on the Island County Housing Authority Board that expires on Dec. 6.

The Board of County Commissioners appoints HAB members for five-year terms. Resident commission-er terms are two years. The Housing Authority’s purpose is to promote adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity and a suitable

living environment free from discrimination; to serve the citizens of Island County by assisting low income house-holds with safe, decent and affordable housing opportu-nities; and to maximize social and economic opportunities for low-income households to assist them in achieving self-sufficiency by forming effec-tive partnerships.

The board meets from 10 a.m. to noon the second Tues-day of each month, except in

December, when an annual meeting is held at 10 a.m. on the first Tuesday.

Send a letter of interest and statement of qualifica-tions to Island County Board of Commissioners, Attn: Pam Dill, Re: Housing Author-ity Board of Commission-ers Vacancy, P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239; fax 360-679-7381; email pamd@co.island.wa.us. Applications are due 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Applicants needed for Housing Authority Board

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in light of an IRS audit of our 2008 filings, completed in the fall of 2011, which confirmed that we had no tax due for that year,” Stansbury said in his letter.

Stansbury did not return a phone call seeking elabora-tion to his statement.

Gardner addressed her letter to the Greenbank Farm Management Group Board of Trustees.

She also sent copies to Marshall Bronson, Benye Weber and Laura Blanken-ship, the three members of the Port of Coupeville Board of Commissioners.

The remaining eight mem-bers of the executive planning group also received copies of the letter. They include Rick Abraham, Kyle Water-man, Val Hillers, Gordon McMillan, Janet Burchfield, Fran Einterz, Jim Phay and Robert Pelant.

“It surprised us because it’s an area that we haven’t looked at,” said Jim Patton, executive director for the Port of Coupeville, referring to Gardner’s letter.

He noted that the man-agement group is a lessee to

the Port of Coupeville. The port pays the group

about $50,000 a year to over-see the agricultural, recre-ational and environmentally sensitive properties located at the 500-acre Greenbank Farm. The current agreement goes from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2014.

The Greenbank Farm Management Group also oversees the commercial ar-eas at the Greenbank Farm.

The group has the right to sublease the commercial spaces, and manage events throughout the year while the port is responsible for approving tenants as well as maintenance of the infra-structure and buildings at the publicly owned farm.

Under this arrangement, the management group doesn’t pay any rent to the port for their oversight of the leased areas at the farm.

Patton said he performs monthly audits on how the Greenbank Farm Man-agement Group spends the $49,950 fee to manage the non-commercial lands. The Port also receives quarterly fi-nancial information from the

management group that out-lines its expenditures and rev-enues as well as a comprehen-sive annual report. He said that information provided by the Greenbank Farm Man-agement Group didn’t raise any red flags.

Because the management group’s arrangement with the Port of Coupeville ends in early 2014, port leaders are looking at how to continue operating the farm after that date.

The port commissioners in May 2012 appointed nine residents to a committee to examine the operations of the Greenbank Farm Manage-ment Group.

That group is to come up with a recommendation about whether to continue working with the manage-ment group, find a nonprofit or a for-profit entity to man-age the property, or have the port directly oversee opera-tions at the farm.

Rick Abraham, who took over for Gardner after she re-signed, noted the difficulties facing the group in forming a recommendation.

“This has proven to be a

difficult and time-consuming process for our members,” Abraham said during a Port of Coupeville meeting earlier in October.

He said there were differ-ences of opinion on the board and a lack of clear direction.

After interviewing port officials, he mentioned that two port commissioners and the executive director wanted the volunteer group to exam-ine the management group’s finances while a third com-missioner thought the group was over-reaching.

Following the meeting, it was determined the group will continue its look into the group’s finances.

Abraham said the volun-teer group is committed to seeing this process through and the group will advise the port as soon as they can tar-get a date for completion.

While the volunteer group continues its work, Patton said the management group will try to meet with Gard-ner to get specifics about her concerns. The management group has sent a letter to Gardner asking her for more details about her concerns.

Greenbank: Taxes an issue; from page 1

Recent reports from the Coupeville Town Marshal’s Office:

Monday, Oct. 1At 9:54 a.m., a caller re-

ported being threatened at Coupeville High School.

At 6:34 p.m., a woman on S. Ebey says someone is refusing to leave her home.

Tuesday, Oct. 2At 2:33 p.m., a caller

reported a semi-truck jack-knifed at the intersection of SR 20 and Libbey.

Wednesday, Oct. 3At 1:25 p.m., a caller

reported someone used a knife to attempt to assault a nurse at a location on NE Third.

At 9:09 p.m., a S. Main Street resident reported a “rough crowd” was stand-ing outside the door to his room.

Thursday, Oct. 5At 1:29 p.m., a caller re-

ported some Parker Road residents were ignoring the burn ban.

At 8:50 p.m., a caller re-ported someone was camp-ing at Coupeville Town

Park. The camper had a campfire burning.

Sunday, Oct. 7At 1:30 a.m., a trans-

former blew near Coupeville High School.

Wednesday, Sept. 12At 5:22 p.m., two pickup

trucks reported racing southbound on SR 20.

Thursday, Sept. 13At 11:15 a.m., a caller

reported a “road rage” in-cident at a N. Main Street parking lot.

Friday, Sept. 14At 8:17 a.m., a caller re-

ported a car on its side on SR 20 near the Island Coun-ty Transfer Station.

At 1:19 p.m., a caller re-ported a man was refusing to leave a NW Alexander Street location.

At 246 p.m., a caller re-ported someone busted out the front windshield of a cruiser on S. Main.

Sunday, Sept. 16At 10:08 a.m., a caller re-

ported a man is waking peo-ple up at a N. Main Street apartment complex while using a hedge trimmer.

Road rage and an annoying weed eater

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LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

INOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under- signed Bishop, White, Marsha l l & We ibe l , P.S. will on November 26, 2012 at 10:00 am at the main entrance to City Hall, 865 SE Bar- r ington Drive, in the City of Oak Harbor lo- cated at Island County, State of Washington, sell at public auction to the h ighes t b idder, payable, in the form of c a s h , o r c a s h i e r ’s c h e c k o r c e r t i f i e d 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, s i t u a t e d i n I s l a n d County, State of Wash- ington, to-wit;THE NORTH 68 FEET OF LOT 7 AND THE SOUTH 22 FEET OF LOT 8 , BLOCK 11 , PLAT OF PATTON’S HILLCREST VILLAGE, DIVISION NO.2, AS PER PLAT RECORD- ED IN VOLUME 6 OF P L AT S , PA G E 3 0 , R E C O R D S O F I S - LAND COUNTY. SITU- ATE IN THE COUNTY OF ISLAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON.which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated December 20, 2006, recorded De- cember 21, 2006, un- der Auditor’s File No. 4189753 records of Is- land County, Washing- t on , f r om Shawn J Merriman, as Grantor, to Stewart Title of Is- land County, as Trus- tee, to secure an obli- gation in favor of Navy Federal Credit Union as benef ic ia r y. The sale will be made with- out any warranty con- cerning the title to, or the cond i t i on o f the property.

IINo action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obli- gation in any Court by reason ofthe Grantor’s default on the obliga- t ion secured by the Deed of Trust.

IIIT h e d e fa u l t ( s ) f o r which this foreclosure is made is/are as fol- lows:

i) Failure to pay the fol- lowing amounts, now in arrears:

Delinquent Monthly Payments Due from 2/1/2012through 8/1/2012:

7 payment(s) at $1461.24

Total: $10,228.68

Late Charges:

7 late charge(s) at

LEGAL NOTICES

$51.93 for each month- ly payment not made within 15 days of its due date

Total Late Charges:$363.51Accrued Late Charges:$207.72Lender’s Other Fee:$30.00TOTAL DEFAULT:$10,829.91

IVThe sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: $199,121.96, together with interest from Jan- uary 1, 2012 as provid- ed in the note or other instrument, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument se- cured, and as are pro- vided by statute.

VThe above described real proper ty wil l be sold to satisfy the ex- pense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, ex- press or implied, re- garding title, posses- sion, or encumbrances o n N o v e m b e r 2 6 , 2012. The payments, late charges, or other defaults must be cured by November 15, 2012 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and ter- minated if at any time on or before November 15, 2012 (11 days be- fore the sale date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph I I I , to- gether with any subse- quent payments, late charges, or other de- faults, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Pay- ment must be in cash or with cashier’s or cer- t i f ied checks from a State or federally char- tered bank. The sale may be terminated any t ime after November 15, 2012 (11 days be- fore the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the hold- er of any recorded jun- i o r l i e n o r e n c u m - brance paying the en- tire principal and inter- es t secured by the Deed of Trust , p lus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any, made pursuant to the terms ofthe obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and cur- ing all other defaults.

VIA written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrow- er and Grantor at the following address(es):

Shawn J. Merriman2569 Airline WayO a k H a r b o r , W A 98277

Jane DoeUnknown Spouse of Shawn J. Merriman2569 Airline WayO a k H a r b o r , W A 98277

Shawn J. Merriman4490 Lyon Rd

LEGAL NOTICES

O a k H a r b o r , W A 98277

Jane DoeUnknown Spouse of Shawn J. Merriman4490 Lyon RdO a k H a r b o r , W A 98277

by both first class and certified mail on July 11 , 2012 , p roo f o f which is in the posses- s ion of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personal- ly served on July 12, 2012, with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted in a con- spicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or post- ing.

VIIThe Tr us tee whose name and address are set forth will provide in writing to anyone re- questing it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIIIThe effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described prop- erty.

IXAnyone 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 may result in a waiver of any proper grounds fo r i nva l ida t ing the Trustee’s sale.

XNOTICE TO

OCCUPANTS 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 of trust (the own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occu- pied property, the pur- chaser shall provide a tenant with written no- tice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If the Trustee’s Sale is set aside for any reason, the submitted bid will be for thwith returned without interest and the b idder wi l l have no right to purchase the property. Recovery of the bid amount without interest constitutes the limit of the bidder’s re- cou rse aga ins t t he Tr us tee and /o r t he Beneficiary.

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XINOTICE TO ALL PER- SONS AND PARTIES WHO ARE GUARAN- TORS OF THE OBLI- GATIONS SECURED BY THIS DEED OF TRUST: (1) The Guar- antor may be liable for a deficiency judgment to the extent the sale price obtained at the Trustee’s Sale is less than the debt secured by the Deed of Trust; (2) The Guarantor has the same rights to rein- state the debt, cure the default, or repay the debt as is given to the g ran to r i n o rder to avo id the t r us tee ’s sale; (3) The Guaran- tor will have no right to redeem the proper ty a f t e r t h e Tr u s t e e ’s Sale; (4) Subject to such longer periods as are prov ided in the Washington Deed of Tr us t Ac t , Chap t e r 61.24 RCW, any action brought to enforce a guaranty must be com- menced w i th in one year after the Trustee’s Sale, or the last Trus- tee’s Sale under any deed of trust granted to secure the same debt; and (5) In any action for a deficiency, the Guarantor will have the right to establish the fair value of the proper- ty as of the date of the Trustee’s Sale, less prior liens and encum- brances, and to limit its liability for a deficiency to the difference be- tween the debt and the greater of such fair val- ue or the sale pr ice paid at the Trustee’s Sale, plus interest and costs.

E F F E C T I V E DAT E : August 20, 2012

B I S H O P, W H I T E , MARSHALL & WEI- BEL, P.S.,Successor Trustee

/s/ William L. Bishop, Jr.William L. Bishop, Jr.720 Olive Way, Suite 1201Seattle, WA 98101(206)622-7527

State of Washingtonss.County of KingOn this 17th day of Au- gust, 2012, before me, the undersigned, a No- tary Public in and for the State of Washing- t o n , d u l y c o m m i s - sioned and sworn, per- sonally appeared Wil- liam L. Bishop, Jr., to me known to be an Of- ficer of Bishop, White, Marsha l l & We ibe l , P.S., the corporation that executed the fore- going instrument and acknowledged the said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said cor- poration, for the uses and purposes therein men t i oned , and on oath states that they are authorized to exe- cute the said instru- ment.

WITNESS my hand and official seal hereto af f ixed the day and year first above written.

/s/ Emily L. DohertyEmily L. Doherty

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NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Washington at K ing CountyMy Appt. Exp: 2/25/15

LEGAL NO. 415613Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerOctober 25, November 15, 2012.

BOARD OF ISLAND COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS Public Hearing

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Island County Com- missioners will hold a public hearing in the Commissioners Hear- ing Room, Coupeville, Washington, on No- vember 5 , 2012 a t 10:20 a.m. to consider Resolution C-125-12 [PLG-007-12] in the matter of updating and adopting amendments to the Island County Shoreline Master Pro- gram Element of the Comprehensive Plan and adoption of Chap- ter 17.05A to replace the existing Chapters 16 .21 and Chap te r 17.05 ICC in their en- tirety with a new Chap- ter 17.05A ICC, to be known as the Shore- l ine Master Program Regulations and Pro- cedures.

Amendments to the Shoreline Element of the Comprehens ive Plan include: revised goals and policies, re- vised shoreline envi- ronment designations, and a restoration plan. Documents available at: http://www.island- c o u n t y . n e t / p l a n - ning/shorelines.htm ALL PERSONS or au- thor ized representa- tives interested in or desir ing to speak on t h e a b ove m a t t e r s should be present at the t ime and p lace above spec i f ied , or should file written com- ments with the Island County Department of Planning and Commu- nity Development be- fore the above date.

If more time is needed to complete the public hearing, this matter will be continued to No- vember 19, 2012 at 10:20 a.m. for further discussion. November 26, 2012 at 2:20 p.m. h a s a l s o b e e n r e - served should addition- al time be necessary.

FURTHER INFORMA- TION may be obtained by contacting the De- pa r tmen t o f I s l and County Planning and Community Develop- ment, P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville, Washing- t o n 9 8 2 3 9 - 5 0 0 0 , 679-7339 (North Whid- bey), 321-5111 (South Whidbey), or 629-4522 (Camano Island). Per- sons requiring auxiliary aids/services should call Island County Hu- m a n R e s o u r c e s a t

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679-7372, at least 24 h o u r s p r i o r t o t h e event.

LEGAL NO. 433087Published: TheWhidbey Examiner, October 25, 2012

LEGAL NOTICECALL FOR BIDSISLAND COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Sealed bids will be re- ceived by the Island County Auditor in the Cour thouse Adminis- tration Building, atten- tion Michele Tefft, at 1 N.E. Seventh Street, ( P. O . B o x 5 0 0 0 ) , Coupeville, Washing- ton 98239, until 12:30 P.M., November 15, 2012 for the follow- ing:

2012 UPS INSTALLATION &

LEFT-TURN PHASING

MODIFICATIONSWHIDBEY &

CAMANO ISLANDSCRP 11-01/JO #00972-0003

Federal Aid Project No. HSIP-000S(279)

Project Description:This project will install uninterruptable power s u p p l y s y s t e m s a t three signalized inter- sections; two on Whid- bey Island and one on Camano I s l a n d a n d modify the left turn traf- f ic signal phasing at one intersection on Whidbey Island as part of the County Road Safety Improvements Program.

ENGINEER’S ESTI- MATE $40,000 - $55,000

FEDERAL AID PRO- JECTIsland County, in ac- cordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal R e g - ulations, Department of Transportation subtitle A, Office of the Secre- tary, Part 21, nondis- crimination in federally assisted programs of the D e p a r t m e n t o f Transportation issued pursuant to the such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affir- matively insure that in any contract e n t e r e d into pursuant to this advertisement, disad- vantaged business en- terprises, as defined at 49 CFR Part 26, will be afforded full opportu- nity to submit bids in response to this invita- tion and will not be dis- criminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin or sex in c o n s i d e r a - tion for an award.

Bids received after the date and hour stated above will not receive considera- tion.

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Proposals will then be publicly opened and read a loud in Meeting Room 116, County Administra- tion Building, 1 NE 7th Street , Coupe- ville, Washington, at 1:00 P.M., November 15, 2012. Bids shall be submitted on the forms attached with the bid documents. All en- velopes shall be clearly marked “BID PROPO- SAL - 2012 UPS IN- STALLATION & LEFT- T U R N P H A S I N G M O D I F I C AT I O N S , WHIDBEY & CAMANO ISLANDS, FEDERAL A I D N O HSIP-000S(279).” No o r a l , t e l e p h o n e o r faxed bids or modifica- t ions wil l be consid- ered. Plans and specif ica- tions may be obtained from the Island County Engineer in the Court- house Annex, 1 N.E. 6 th St reet , PO Box 5000), Coupeville, WA, 9 8 2 3 9 , t e l e p h o n e (360) 679-7331, upon payment of a nonre- fundable fee of $25.00 per set.

Informational copies of maps, plans, and spec- ifications are on file for inspection only at the following locations:

Is land County Engi- neer1 N.E. Sixth St. C o u p e v i l l e W A 98239

Island County Camano Annex121 N. East Camano DriveCamano Island WA 98282

WCR Plan Center2 2 1 5 M i d w a y L n Suite 208 B e l l i n g h a m WA 98226

Builders Exchange of Washington2607 Wetmore Avenue1219 E v e r e t t WA 98201

Daily Journal of Com- merce83 Columbia StSeattle WA 98104

Valley Plan Center10002 Aurora Avenue N #36 PMB 3334Seattle WA 98133

All proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposa l depos i t in cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond in an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount of such bid proposal. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such con- tract and furnish satis- factory performance bond within the time stated in the specifica- tions, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeit- ed to Island County. Island County reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive all informalities in the bidding.

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LEGAL NO. 430637Published: The Whidbey ExaminerOctober 25, November 1, 2012

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

Island County has re- ceived the fol lowing applications for review. This may be the only time to comment.

File Number: 2 6 1 / 1 2 SHE & 268/12 VAR Applicant: Ena B la t t - man Proposal: Request for a variance on the road setback to replace mo- bile home. Project is in o r near : MFWHCA, shoreline jurisdiction, feeder bluff, flood haz- ard area, steep slopes, geo hazardous area, A ICUZ, Ebey ’s Re- serve, & vicinity of cul- tural resources. Location: 1451 Fossil Lane, Coupeville Staff Contact: J a s o n J o h n s o n , j a . j o h n - son@co.island.wa.us

F ILES AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW: The appl icat ion f i les are available for inspection and copies will be pro- vided at the cost of re- production in a timely manner.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Novem- ber 8, 2012 mail to Island County Commu- nity Development, P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239; deliver to 6 th & Ma in S t ree t , Coupev i l le , WA be- tween 8:00 a.m. and 4 : 3 0 p . m . M o n d ay through Thursday; by FA X t o ( 3 6 0 ) 6 7 9 - 7306.

To request notice of hearings, or receive a copy of the decision or appea l p rocedures, mail your written re- quest to the before mentioned address.

LEGAL NO. 433195Published: TheWhidbey Examiner, October 25, 2012.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COUPEVILLE PLANNING COMM-

MISSION Notice is hereby given tha t the Coupev i l le Planning Commission will hold a public hear- ing on Tuesday, No- vember 6, 2012 at 6:30 p . m . , i n t h e Commissioner’s Hear- i n g R o o m , I s l a n d County Annex Build- ing, 1 NE Sixth Street, Coupev i l l e , WA, t o consider the following proposal:Notice is hereby given

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t h a t t h e To w n o f Coupeville has submit- ted an application for a conditional use permit to construct a storm-

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water remediation facil- ity south of the Captain Coupe Park and the Town’s Waste Water treatment plant along NW 9th Street.C a s e N o . : CUP 12-01P r o p o n e n t : Town of CoupevilleA p p l i c a t i o n D a t e : September 17, 2012Notice of Complete Application: Septem- ber 20, 2012L o c a t i o n : Assessor ’s Parce l R13234-321-0230 - south of the Captain Coupe Park and the Town’s Waste Water treatment plant at 507 NE 9th StreetZ o n i n g : T h e p r o p e r t y i s zoned RM 9600 – Me- dium Density Resi- dentialEnvironmental Re- v i e w ( S E P A ) : A Determination of Non-significance is Likely.D e s c r i p t i o n : The Town of Coupe- ville, along with its project partners, will design and construct a 1.2 acre stormwater park that will serve as the final stage of t r e a t m e n t a t t h e downstream end of a 90-acre residential watershed basin in the Town of Coupe- ville, WA. The design will inves- tigate the capacity of subsur face grave l wetlands to filter and remove pol lu tants from stormwater be- fore it is discharged into Penn Cove, while also providing usable public open space. This project may be p h a s e d . T h e c o n - struction documents are being prepared to reflect a main bid and an a l ternate . The main bid will include three out of a total of five subsurface wet- land cells. The bid al- ternate will construct the remaining two cells. If the funds are ava i l a b l e , a l l f i v e ce l ls w i l l be con- structed.P e r m i t s : Conditional Use Per- mit and Design Re- view.S t u d i e s : Preliminary Archaeol- ogy Site Review; Pre- liminary Stormwater Analysis, Topograph- ic Site Survey, and Limited Geotechnical EvaluationThis is a predecision public hearing before the Planning Commis- sion. The Town may o n l y a c c e p t p u b l i c comment up until the t ime that the publ ic comment period closes during the predecision hea r i ng be fo re t he Planning Commission. Subsequently a public meeting wil l be held before the Town Coun- cil. The Council’s deci- sion on the project, as

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fore the Planning Com- mission. All informa- tion related to this ap- plication is on file at Town Hall. Written comments on the application should be sent to the Coupe- ville Planning Depart- ment, P.O. Box 725, Coupeville, WA, 98239 on or before November 5, 2012. If you have questions about this p r o p o s e d a c t i o n , please contact Larry Kwarsick, Town Plan- n e r, a t Tow n H a l l , 678-4461. LEGAL NO. 432597 Published: TheWhidbey Examiner,October 25, 2012.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COUPEVILLE PLANNING COMM-

MISSION Notice is hereby given tha t the Coupev i l le Planning Commission will hold a public hear- ing on Tuesday, No- vember 6, 2012 at 6:30 p . m . , i n t h e Commissioner’s Hear- i n g R o o m , I s l a n d County Annex Build- ing, 1 NE Sixth Street, Coupev i l l e , WA, t o consider the following proposal:Notice is hereby given that Sue and Mar ty McDaniel, doing busi- n e s s a s t h e B l u e Goose Inn, have sub- mitted an application for a conditional use permit to convert a por- tion of the existing Bed and Breakfast Inn to a hotel . No addi t ional rooms are p lanned. The conversion is re- quired since the owner operator will not reside a t 704 No r th Ma in Street.C a s e N o . : CUP 12-03P r o p o n e n t : Sue and Marty McDa- nielApplication Date: October 9, 2012Comp le t i on No t i ce : October 11, 2012L o c a t i o n : 704 North Main StreetAssessor’s Parcel #: R13233-315-3890D e s c r i p t i o n : The site currently is oc- cupied by a histor ic single family home cur- rently operated as a Bed and Breakfast Inn together with an ad- joining historic struc- ture.P e r m i t s : Conditional Use PermitThis is a predecision public hearing before the Planning Commis- sion. The Town may o n l y a c c e p t p u b l i c comment up until the t ime that the publ ic comment period closes during the predecision hea r i ng be fo re t he Planning Commission. Subsequently a public meeting wil l be held before the Town Coun- cil. The Council’s deci- sion on the project, as recommended by the Planning Commission, shall be based upon the record created be-

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plication is on file at Town Hall. Written comments on the application should be sent to the Coupe- ville Planning Depart- ment, P.O. Box 725, Coupeville, WA, 98239 on or before November 5, 2012. If you have questions about this p r o p o s e d a c t i o n , please contact Larry Kwarsick, Town Plan- n e r, a t Tow n H a l l , 678-4461.

LEGAL NO. 432593Published: TheWhidbey Examiner,October 25, 2012.

Superior Court of Washington

County of ISLAND

In The Matter of the Estate of:ANNA MAY JOBSON,Deceased.NO. 12-4-00226-8PRO BATE N OTICE TOCREDITORSR.C.W. 11.40.030

The personal repre- sentative named below has been appointed as personal representa- tive of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the c la im would be barred by any other- wise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the maimer as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mail ing to the personal representa- t ive or the personal representative’s attor- ney a t the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the or iginal of the claim with the court in which the probate proceed- ings were commenced. 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 under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publi- cation of the notice. If the claim is not pre- sented within this time frame, the claim is for- ever barred, except as otherwise provided in 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: October 18, 2012.

PERSONAL REPRE- SENTATIVE: Daniel Goldsmith

/s/ Terry L. SmithTerry L. Smith, WSBA #27014Attorney for the Per- sonal Representative of The Estate of Anna May Jobson

LEGAL NO. 430679Published: TheWhidbey Examiner.October 18, 25, No- vember 1, 2012

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH

COUNTY

In Re the Estate of:HERMAN J. BOUR- GEOISandS Y LV I A S . B O U R - GEOIS,Husband and Wife,Deceased.No.: 12 4 01316 6P RO B AT E N OT I C E TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.030

The personal repre- sentative named below has been appointed as personal representa- tive of these estates. Any person having a claim against the dece- dents must, before the time the claim would be barred by any other applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as p r o v i d e d i n R C W 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to to the personal representa- t ive or the personal representative’s attor- ney a t the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the or iginal of the claim with the cour t. The claim must be present- ed within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representa- tive served or mailed the notice to the credi- tor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publi- cation of the notice. If the claim is not pre- sented within this time frame, the claim is for- ever barred, except as otherwise provided in 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 Publica- tion:October 11, 2012

/s/ JAMES PENNISON BOURGEOISJAMES PENNISON BOURGEOISPersonal Representa- tive

Attorney for Personal Representative:Deane W. MinorT U O H Y M I N O R KRUSE PLLC2821 Wetmore Ave- neueEverett, WA 98201- 3517

LEGAL NO. 428892Published: TheWhidbey Examiner. October 11, 18, 25, 2012.

Trustee’s Sale No: 01- CK-114689 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to R.C.W. Chapter 61.24, et seq. and 62A.9A-604(a)(2) et seq. I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trus- t e e , R E G I O N A L TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION, wil l on November 2, 2012, at the hour of 10:00 A M , a t AT T H E FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE OAK HAR- BOR CITY HALL, 865 S E B A R R I N G T O N

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DRI VE , OAK HAR- BOR, WA, sell at pub- lic auction to the high- est and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following de- scribed real and per- sonal property (here- after referred to collec- tively as the “Proper- ty”) , s i tuated in the Coun ty o f ISLAND, State of Washington: LOT 127, PLAT OF PAT T O N ’ S H I L L - CREST VILLAGE, DI- VISION NO.4, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN V O L U M E 1 2 O F P L AT S, PAG E S 1 4 AND 15, RECORDS OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITU- AT E I N I S L A N D COUNTY, WASHING- TON Tax Parcel No: S7685-04-00127-0/345 102, commonly known a s 2 4 3 9 O LY M P I C DR I VE , OAK HAR- BOR, WA. The Proper- ty is subject to that cer- tain Deed of Trust dat- ed 12/11/2008, record- ed 12/26/2008, under Audi tor ’s/Recorder ’s No. 4241821, rerecord- ed under Auditor’s/Re- corders’ No. 4259467, reco rds o f ISLAND County, Washington, from LEONA D HAY- DEN, as Grantor, to OLD REPUBLIC NA- TIONAL TITLE INSU- RANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, in favor of TAY L O R , B E A N & W H I TA K E R M O RT- GAGE CORP., as Ben- eficiary, the beneficial in terest in which is presently held by UR- B A N F I N A N C I A L G R O U P, I N C . , A N OKLAHOMA CORPO- RATION. II No action commenced by the B e n e f i c i a r y o f t h e Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satis- faction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor ’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III The default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made are as fol- l ow s : FA I L U R E TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE WHICH BE- C A M E D U E O N 4/26/11, DUE TO THE CONDITIONS ON THE NOTE REFERENCED AS PARAGRAPH 7 ( B ) ( I ) , TO G E T H E R WITH ACCRUED AND ACCRUING INTER- E S T, C H A R G E S , FEES AND COSTS AS SET FORTH. Failure to pay when due the f o l l o w i n g a m o u n t s which are now in ar- rears: Amount due as of August 3, 2012 Un- p a i d P r i n c i p a l $ 217,966.30 Interest $ 17 ,702 .52 Acc r ued Late Charges $ 0.00 Beneficiary Advances: $ 15,249.65 Suspense Credit: $ 0.00 TOTAL: $ 250,918.47 IV The sum owing on the obli- gation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Prin- cipal of $217,966.30, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument se- cured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument se- cured, and as are pro- vided by statute. V The above described real

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property will be sold to satisfy the expenses of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without war- ranty, express or im- pl ied regarding t i t le, possession, or encum- brances on November 2, 2012. The sale will be discontinued and terminated i f at any time on or before the sale, the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Tr us tee ’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminat- ed at any time before the sale, by the Bor- rower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the hold- er of any recorded jun- i o r l i e n o r e n c u m - brance paying the en- tire principal and inter- es t secured by the Deed of Trust , p lus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust . VI A written Notice of De- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrow- er and Grantor at the fol lowing addresses: BRIAN HAYDEN, 2439 O LY M P I C D R I V E , OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 BRIAN HAY- DEN, 357 HILLSBORO WAY, GOLETEA, CA, 93117 JACK M. HAY- DEN, 2439 OLYMPIC DR I VE , OAK HAR- BOR, WA, 98277 LEO- NA D HAYDEN, 2439 O LY M P I C D R I V E , OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 SPOUSE OF JACK M. HAYDEN, 2 4 3 9 O L Y M P I C DR I VE , OAK HAR- B O R , W A , 9 8 2 7 7 SPOUSE OF LEONA D H AY D E N , 2 4 3 9 O LY M P I C D R I V E , OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 by both f i rs t class and certified mail on 6/27/2012, proof of which is in the posses- s ion of the Trustee; and on 6/27/2012, the Borrower and Grantor were personally served 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 pos- sess ion o f p roof o f such service or post- ing. VII The Trustee’s Sale will be held in ac- c o r d a n c e w i t h C h . 61.24 RCW and any- one wishing to bid at the sa le wi l l be re- q u i r e d t o h a v e i n his/her possession at the t ime the bidding c o m m e n c e s , c a s h , cashier’s check, or cer- t i f i ed check i n t he amount of at least one dollar over the Benefi- ciary’s opening bid. In addition, the success- ful bidder will be re- quired to pay the full amount of his/her bid i n c a s h , c a s h i e r ’s c h e ck , o r c e r t i f i e d check within one hour of the making of the b i d . T h e Tr u s t e e whose name and ad- dress are set forth be- low will provide in writ- ing to anyone request- ing it, a statement of all

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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 of their interest in the above- described property. IX Anyone having any ob- jection to the 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 same p u r s u a n t t o R C W 61.24.130. Failure to br ing such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds fo r i nva l ida t ing the Trustee’s Sale. X NO- T I C E T O O C C U - 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- i o r t o t he Deed o f Trust, including occu- pants and tenants. Af- ter the 20th day follow- ing the sale the pur- chaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by summary proceeding under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. XI Notwithstanding the use of the term “rein- statement”, this obliga- tion is fully mature and the entire principal bal- ance is due and pay- able, together with in- terest, costs, fees and advances as set forth above. DATED: August 1 , 2012 REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION Trus- tee By: LISA HACK- NEY, AUTHORIZED AGENT Address: 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500 Sea t t l e , WA 98104 S a l e I n f o r m a t i o n : w w w. r t r u s t e e . c o m P 9 7 2 4 2 0 1 0 / 4 , 10/25/2012

LEGAL NO. 425877Published: TheWhidbey Examiner. October 4, 25, 2012.

The meeting room is accessible and is open to the public. For more information, please call (360) 678-7771.

LEGAL NO. 432681Published: TheWhidbey Examiner, October 25, November 8, 15, 2012.

PORT DISTRICT OF COUPEVILLENOTICE OF

ACCEPTANCE OF REQUESTS

FOR INCLUSION ON THE DISTRICT’S SMALL WORKS

ROSTER

Notice is hereby given that the Port District of Coupeville is accepting requests for inclusion in the District’s Small Works Roster. All con- t ractors, bui lders or other parties seeking to perform work for the Port District, or wishing to be notified of project bidding for projects un- der $300,000 in value, should submit a letter or email requesting in- clusion in the Small Works Roster. An ap- plication will be sent in response to requests. Mail requests for appli- c a t i o n t o : Po r t o f Coupevil le, P.O. Box 577, Coupevil le, WA 9 8 2 3 9 , o r f a x t o (360) 678 7424. Email address is : execut i - ve d i r e c t o r @ p o r t o f - coupeville.org

LEGAL NO. 432667Published: The Wh idbey Examiner. October 25, 2012.

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recommended by the Planning Commission, shall be based upon the record created be-

ISLAND TRANSIT PUBLIC HEARING &

BOARD MEETING

A public hearing shall be held to receive pub- l ic input on the pro- posed Island Transit 2013 Budget on Fr i- day, November 16 , 2 0 1 2 , a t 9 : 3 0 A M , Room 131 of the Law & Justice Building, lo- cated at 101 NE 6th Street, Coupeville, WA. Please call Barb Sa- vary, Administration & Finance Manager at (360) 678-7771 if you would l ike a copy of t he p roposed 2013 Budget. The Regularly Schedu led Mon th l y Business Meeting of t h e I s l a n d Tr a n s i t Board of Directors will begin at the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Accommodations will b e m a d e ava i l a b l e upon ten (10) day ad- vance request for sign language interpreters.

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Page 16 The Whidbey Examiner • Thursday, October 25, 2012

ABOVE: The secret identities of Batman and Robin were revealed at the annual Mutt Strut at Bayview Corner on Saturday. Stephen Gutierrez, 4, and his pooch, Ponch, flew from Las Vegas, Nev., to fight crime on Whidbey – and visit family. Ponch won top honors as Best Ce-lebrity Dog. ABOVE RIGHT: Thumbing their noses at the autumn chill, the Sillars family of Langley strutted their finest summer beach attire. Rowan, 6, dad Doug, Grace, 8, mom Kath-erine and Abigail, 3, (not pictured) walked with their dog, Max, in search of a place to swim – and won a prize for their themed attire. RIGHT: The tasty trio of Rylie Patching, 6, mom Les-lie Patching and dog, Ruby, of Langley won Best Owner and Dog Costume Combo. The only thing missing: chips and a drink! BELOW: The day’s activities included Apple Day, hosted by Bayview Farm and Garden and the Bayview Farmers Market. Livy Barlow, Gabby Barlow, and Juliana Larson-Wickman, all of Clinton, tried their skills in an apple-stacking competi-tion. Livy stacked a pile of seven apples before they tumbled.

Mutts strut their stuff in Bayview

Mystery, history, jazz

The Penn Cove Players promise to make the frighten-ing exciting at the upcoming production of Postcards from Whidbey Island.

“Halloween Mystery, History and Jazz” will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center.

The comedy, variety, radio-theater show, directed by Elizabeth Herbert, will be

broadcast later on KWPAra-dio.org, Whidbey Island’s community radio station.

The show will feature a mystery radio play from the 1940s, a local history skit, a new radio serial, audience participation, live sound ef-fects and live music by DB Jazz, featuring guest vocalist Anastasia Brencick.

Tickets cost $16 and are available at Local Grown (coffee shop) and Lind’s Drug in Coupeville, Bayleaf in Oak Harbor and Anchor Books and Coffee in Clinton. Tick-ets will also be available at the door.

Refreshments will be available at intermission.

For information, email penncoveproductions@gmail.com or call Herbert at 360-320-7010.

Haunted house opens Friday

Those brave enough to enter the Frightville Haunted House at the Roller Barn should beware: Mr. Giggles the Clown hides somewhere within and he’s so kind he may even help you to your car – while you scream.

But it’s for a good cause;

all money raised benefits the Oak Harbor Boys and Girls Club.

The haunted house is open 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26; 7 p.m. to midnight Sat-urday, Oct. 27 with lights-off witching hour from 11 p.m. to midnight. Next week, the haunted house is open from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29; 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30; and 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 with witching hour from 9 to 10 p.m.

Admission is $10. Volunteers are still need-

ed; for more information, call 360-240-9273 or stop by the

Roller Barn, located at 98 NE Barron Drive, Oak Harbor.

Archaeology Day is Sunday

Island County Historical Museum will host Archae-ology Day from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at the mu-seum, 908 NW Alexander St., Coupeville and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Coupeville Li-brary, 788 NW Alexander St.

“Bring in your beach-combing finds or backyard discoveries to have them identified,” said Museum Di-rector Rick Castellano.

Certified Archaeologist Gary Wessen and Swinom-ish Tribal Historian Larry Campbell will be on hand to answer questions and identify items at the museum.

A slide show from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Coupeville Li-brary will highlight some of Wessen’s more interesting digs and showing examples of significant finds from our region.

Archaeology Day is being held in conjunction with Na-tional Archaeology Month.

Admission to both events is free. For information, call 360-678-3310.

Elisabeth Murray photos