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Island Life, A10

BY BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

Langley expects to launch a com-petitive search for a city attorney later this month, but inking a final deal may take more than two months, according to city officials.

City leaders stepped back ear-lier this month from a proposed automatic extension to the existing contract with the city’s current legal counsel — the Snohomish-based law firm of Weed, Graafstra & Benson, Inc. — after questions arose over the firm’s mishandling of ordinances sent to them for review.

At the council meeting Dec. 5, a new contract for Weed, Graafstra & Benson, Inc. was abruptly pulled from the agenda following a Record story that recounted how lawyers at the firm failed to review at least 15 ordinances that were sent to the council for approval.

Though the Langley Municipal Code requires that ordinances be reviewed by the city attorney before the council takes a final vote on the legislation, public records show that didn’t happen for an extended period of time in 2008-2009.

City Attorney Grant Weed later approved the missed ordinances all at once when the oversight was discovered, according to city

Man missing after leap from ferry CathlametClinton route shut down after incident

BY BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

CLINTON — Two days after a man jumped from the stern of the ferry M/V Cathlamet during the 10 p.m. sailing Sunday, investigators are still trying to sort out who the man was and why he apparently leapt to his death in the frigid waters of Puget Sound.

Officials from Washington State Ferries said a walk-on passenger

boarded the Cathlamet in Mukilteo on Dec. 11 and jumped off the back end of the ship as it was halfway to Whidbey Island.

The crew of the vessel immediate-ly contacted the Coast Guard after the man went overboard, and ferry service on the Clinton-Mukilteo route was suspended for more than one hour as the Cathlamet helped search for the missing man.

Although the man apparently left a shoulder bag aboard the ferry, investigators said they had not yet identified the man.

Detective Don Cunningham with the Washington State Patrol said

anyone who may have information on missing persons in the area should contact authorities.

“We really don’t have a lot right now. If the public is aware of someone who is missing and may have been in the area, that’s the kind of help we are looking for,” Cunningham said.

Rescue crews continued to search for the missing man in the waters off Whidbey Island earlier this week.

At the start, a 45-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Seattle was brought in, and a MH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Port Angeles, to help

with the search late Sunday. Island County Fire District 3

also launched a marine vessel from Possession Point to assist with the search. Deputy Chief Mike Cotton was on the rigid-hull inflatable with two other FD3 firefighters in the waters near the Clinton Ferry Terminal by 10:20 p.m. Sunday.

Cotton said they searched until 2 a.m., until the fog crept across Puget Sound and the tide shifted north.

“With weather and resources we pulled out,” Cotton said.

The water temperature was mea-sured at 48 degrees Fahrenheit,

and authorities said hypothermia can be fatal in as little as one hour at 50 degrees. The outlook was grim as the search continued.

“We’re not necessarily looking for a person at this point, let me put it that way,” Cotton said Monday morning.

The Seattle crew was relieved by the Coast Guard Cutter Wahoo, a coastal patrol boat homeported in Port Angeles, which arrived in the waters off Whidbey Island at approximately 3 a.m. Monday.

Tom Niemeyer was on board the

SEE ATTORNEY, A6

Search for attorney to take monthsBY BRIAN KELLY

South Whidbey Record

USELESS BAY — It’s good news mixed with bad news.

We’re all getting older together.New numbers from the 2010 Census

provide a glimpse of what’s to come for local service providers, Cheryn Weiser told a rapt audience during a broad overview of the future of Senior Services of Island County.

Weiser, the agency’s executive director, outlined the changing times and challenges that Senior Services faces in providing essen-tial services to seniors in Island County at a special presentation late last week at the Useless Bay Country Club.

Senior Services is partway through a strategic planning process, and the private nonprofit hopes to spur networking and partnership opportunities in the community, greater volunteerism, additional local invest-ments and new ways to guarantee access to needed services.

“We’re in this together. We’re all here on this island,” Weiser said before diving into new numbers that detailed the graying of Island County.

“We are living in challenging times,” she said, adding that Senior Services itself is facing a variety of factors that will test the organization in the coming years.

The bleak assessment: People are living longer, their financial status isn’t as strong as those seen in earlier generations, the econ-omy remains uncertain and access to vital services are changing as funding streams dry up.

Weiser ran through the demographics from the recently released 2010 profile of Island County, and added that with every

challenge, comes opportunity.The county has a population of 78,506,

according to the 2010 Census, Weiser said, and “41 percent of those people who live here are over 50.”

By 2025, it’s estimated that 54 percent of the county’s population will be over 50.

“There’s no question we’re going to be seeing a lot of growth in the next three decades. We’re really just moving in this direction, and it doesn’t slow down a whole lot,” she said.

SEE OVERBOARD, A2

Aging population presents a challenging future

SEE AGING, A2

KEY DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES: At a glance

Year 2025: 54% of Island County is over age 50.

Baby Boomers: Two-thirds of Baby Boomers have not accumulated enough savings to support their lifestyles as they age.

Life expectancy in Island County: Men: 79.8 years

Women: 83.1 years

Sources: 2010 Census, Senior Services of Island County

Life expectancy is also growing, Weiser said.

Nationwide, life expectancy has grown from 69.8 years in 1960 to 78.2 years in 2010.

In Washington state, the trend has followed a similar path, grow-ing from 69.9 years in 1960 to 79.6 in 2010.

Men in Island County have a longer life expectancy than their counterparts in any other county in the state. The county ranks first in Washington for men, at 79.8 years, and number two for women, at 83.1 years. (Jefferson County ranks second in life expec-tancy for men, while King County is first for women.)

“There’s a reason why we live

here,” Weiser said.The aging tide of Baby Boomers

will face a future unfamiliar to those who have come before, however.

Weiser said two-thirds of the Baby Boomer generation have not set aside enough savings to sup-port their lifestyles as they grow old, and they’ve also seen the value of their homes and investments plummet along with the economy in recent years.

“We all know, I think, that Baby

Boomers maybe haven’t saved as much as they need to, and they have spent more than they wanted to or wished they had,” she said.

Weiser said as boomers age amid an increasingly global economy, there will be an increase of part-time workers and a popula-tion of highly skilled people who will be looking to supplement their incomes as they postpone full retirement.

“The existing, traditional human

services-delivery models are no longer sustainable in this economic environment,” Weiser said.

“Our safety net is being shred-ded. It’s really pretty stunning.”

The model for long-term care is also changing, from institutional settings to people who want to “age in place” by staying in their own homes.

Eligibility requirements are also getting tighter for some programs, and access to in-home assistance

will continue to decline.For Senior Services — which

provides programs such as Meals on Wheels, adult day services, information and other assistance — work needs to begin now to mobilize people to become self-suf-ficient, Weiser said, while finding ways to sustain the safety net that an aging population will need.

“We all sort of have to lock arms around this,” she said.

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Cathlamet during the emergency. He and his girlfriend were coming home from a spaghetti dinner at his uncle’s house in Ballard and were in the last car to get on the ferry.

He said he often catches the 10 p.m. ferry, but this sailing soon took a twist.

“About halfway across, we heard the ding-ding-ding, ding-ding-ding,” Niemeyer recalled.

He expected a drill announce-ment to come over the ship’s inter-com, but none did. A few minutes later, several crew members came rushing past his truck on the way to the back of the ferry.

Five minutes after the alarm sounded, as the ferry was almost to Clinton, the ship started to turn around and the ship’s captain came on the intercom.

“He said, ladies and gentlemen, we have a possible passenger over-board situation. We ask that at this time that anybody who can and will — we need everybody to go to the side of the ferry and look over-board,” Niemeyer said.

“I jumped out of my truck and went over to the side and started looking into the water.

“Everybody was out of their cars.

Everybody jumped right to it,” he added. “It was crazy. We didn’t even think twice about it, we just started looking.”

Ferry riders started grabbing flashlights and went to the sides of the ship. Any place you’d look, he said, there was someone standing, looking into the dark waves.

Niemeyer grabbed his own flash-light and went to the port side of the ship. The man who was parked in front of him got out and asked, “Is this a drill?”

“I said, no, we should be looking for somebody,” he said.

The man went back to his car and pulled out a powerful flashlight, and the pair began looking together. There were 20 to 30 other ferry passengers on the same side of the ship, also looking out into the waves.

The ferry turned and started back toward Mukilteo, with the ship’s big searchlights fanning across the water.

About halfway across, the ship’s captain announced they were at the spot where the passenger may have been lost; he asked everyone on board to “keep a super sharp look-out” as the ship slowed down.

The Cathalmet crew put their small craft in the water and went out to search, Niemeyer said, and added that he didn’t see any other

rescue ships arrive for at least 45 minutes into the sailing.

“We thought it was really odd. It was like, ‘Aren’t we going to get some help here?’” Niemeyer recalled.

There was a somewhat helpless feeling, he added.

“You’re looking at pitch-black water with a couple of flashlights.”

The ferry eventually began to make its way south of the Clinton terminal. Like others, Niemeyer remained at the rail of the ship, hop-ing to see the missing man.

Niemeyer said he was impressed by his fellow travelers, that they con-tinued to stand along the sides of the ship, despite the cold. Niemeyer himself was wearing just a light din-ner jacket.

“It was a collective, serious situa-tion. Everybody did what they could under the circumstances.”

“I stayed out there the whole two hours we were doing circles,” he said. “Leaning over, looking over the water, looking.”

When the ferry arrived in Clinton, the captain made an announcement, asking the person who had wit-nessed the man going overboard to stay on the ship after it docked. The captain also asked other witnesses to step forward.

Niemeyer said before they pulled up, a ferry worker leaned in and

asked each traveler if they had seen anything.

The missing man had walked aboard the Cathlamet in Mukilteo, said a spokeswoman from Washington State Ferries, and was carrying a shoulder bag. The bag was later found and given to the Washington State Patrol, which is leading the investigation.

When told the missing man was seen carrying a shoulder bag, Niemeyer instantly recalled an out-of-sorts-looking fellow who had walked aboard the vessel, but was standing on one of the auto ramps to the second level, “just looking at cars as they got on,” as Niemeyer drove aboard.

It was strange enough to men-tion, Niemeyer said, recalling that he and his girlfriend both wondered aloud about the man.

“What’s that guy doing?” he said they asked each other.

He wasn’t making his way up toward the passenger galley, but just stood there. He would have been in the way, Niemeyer added, if any vehicles were sent up the ramp to the upper deck.

“He had a strange look on his face, kind of vacant,” Niemeyer said, and noted he made eye contact with the man as he drove past.

Niemeyer described the man as in his late 40s. He was wearing an

orange jacket and Niemeyer’s girl-friend thought he had a mustache.

When the couple got home, they were still thinking about the miss-ing man. They decided to go out and walk along the beach.

“As strange as it sounds, the way the tides and the currents are, we were thinking, gosh, it might be a candidate for something that might end up on our beach,” he said.

He and his girlfriend bundled up, found flashlights and began to walk along the surf near their Glendale home. The tide was out, and they walked about a quarter mile each way from their home, looking. A helicopter with searchlights flew back and forth overhead.

They returned home at 4 a.m. and said they could see the search continuing out over the water.

The man-overboard incident left travelers stranded on both sides of the route for more than one hour Sunday night.

The 10:30 and 11 p.m. sailings on the route were canceled, said WSF spokeswoman Susan Harris-Huether. The Coast Guard released the Cathlamet from the search at 11:30 p.m. after nothing was found, and three final sailings made the crossing overnight.

Record writer Ben Watanabe contributed to this report.

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BY BEN WATANABESouth Whidbey Record

Highly-publicized national abuse allegations have led South Whidbey School District directors to look at adopting a policy governing student and staff boundaries.

The school board will get its first in-depth look at the policy during the board meeting tonight.

“We don’t have a current pol-icy that deals with this issue,” said School Board Member Jill Engstrom, also the policy represen-tative. “And there’s just been a lot of this all over the country and in our state.”

“It just better defines what’s appropriate and what’s not,” she

said. South Whidbey will begin with

the template from Washington State School Directors’ Association. The base policy on the school district’s website lists 14 examples of “inap-propriate boundary invasions.” Some are the more direct forms such as inappropriate physical con-tact and socializing where students are consuming alcohol, drugs or tobacco.

Others are more particular, such as unnecessarily invading a stu-dent’s privacy “(e.g. walking in on the student in the bathroom).”

Though the policy may be new to the district, the expectation of pro-fessional relationships has existed.

“There’s always been the under-standing that if boundaries such as those outlined in this policy are crossed it’s grounds for dismissal,” said School Board Chairman Steve Scoles.

“There are guidelines for coach-ing and teaching that cover some of this.”

“We want to fill in a blank here that may not be clear enough, espe-cially with some of the stories we’re hearing about the coaches in col-lege football and so on.”

This is the first student/staff policy to be officially reviewed by the district. Wednesday will be the directors’ first look at the policy, which will be a first reading.

“It’s a good opportunity for peo-ple to have input and ask those questions,” Scoles said.

There have been no allegations of inappropriate contact in the school district. Adopting this three-page policy was important to stay current with the state’s recommendations, officials said.

“I’m trying to keep us moving to update our policies as new informa-tion comes to us,” Engstrom said. “These policies help us govern our district.”

The boundaries procedure also states examples of “appearances of impropriety.”

Some of the activities were being alone with a student out of the view

of others, visiting students at home and social networking with students for non-educational purposes.

“Without guidelines and proce-dures, how do you know if you’re acting within the realm of what’s appropriate or not?” Engstrom asked.

The board will not vote on the policy tonight. A second reading is possible if the board and school administrators want to further dis-cuss the guidelines.

“If the administrators feel this is a pretty solid policy, there probably won’t be many adjustments made,” Engstrom said. “If there’s a lot of dis-cussion, we’ll probably have another workshop at another meeting.”

Boundaries being defined for students, staff in South Whidbey School District

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Board to vote on LMS closure

South Whidbey School Board directors will vote on a memorandum to rescind the closure of Langley Middle School at tonight’s meeting.

Board Chairman Steve

Scoles said last week he expected the new mea-sure to pass. The board is also voting on an adjust-ment to the 2011-2012 school calendar.

During the business meeting, the board will also hear public com-ments prior to voting.

Prior to the business meeting, the board will meet in a workshop on a handful of policies.

Included for review are director election, staff/stu-dent boundaries, uncol-lected non-tax revenue, infection control program and pesticide notification policies.

At the end of the meet-ings, the board will recess for an executive session concerning “potential litigation” before adjourn-ing.

Toilet set ablaze at Freeland Park

A single portable toilet at Freeland Park was set on fire in the early morn-ing hours Saturday, Dec. 10.

Firefighters from Fire District 3 extinguished the fire in about 30 minutes with a single engine. The damage was estimated at $1,200.

No other property at the park was damaged in the fire.

The park at the south-ern end of Holmes Harbor has been the frequent target of vandals over the years. This past weekend, street signs around the park were also pulled out and knocked over.

Habitat Store to open this week

The Habitat Store in Freeland will officially open Friday, Dec. 16.

The new shop, the sec-ond on Whidbey Island for Habitat for Humanity, is located in the old Skagit

Farmer’s Supply building at 1592 Main St. Shoppers can browse for furniture, home appliances and building supplies, all of which are donated. Money from the sales goes toward Habitat for Humanity of Island County.

For the store’s trial run, it will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.

Hours are expected to expand after the grand opening sometime in mid-Janaury.

Election coming soon for district

The Whidbey Island Conservation District will hold an election for a seat on its board of commis-sioners on Jan. 31.

The position is currently held by Antonia Palkovic.

The filing deadline for candidates is Jan. 3.

Candidates must be reg-istered voters residing on Whidbey Island and may be required to own land or operate a farm.

Elections and appoint-ment procedures are available at the district office and at www.scc.wa.gov. Interested indi-viduals can call the district at 360-678-4708 or visit www.whidbeycd.org for information on how to file as a candidate.

Polls will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 31 at the district office at 1 NE Fourth St. in Coupeville. Registered voters residing on Whidbey Island are eli-gible to vote.

Mail-in ballots are available upon request; requests must be made by 4:30 p.m. Jan. 25 by e-mail to [email protected] or call 360-678-4708. Ballots must be returned to the district by 6 p.m. Jan. 31.

An appointed position, currently held by Fran Einterz, will also be open in 2012. The filing dead-line is March 31.

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In response

To the editor:First, from Rob Knight’s family, we want to

thank all of you in the South Whidbey com-munity for the support, love and thoughtful-ness that you have shown us as we grieve the loss of our son.

This community, and those special individu-als who have been clearing a path to help us find our way through this tragedy, will always be deeply rooted in our hearts.

Second, since many of you have been con-tacting us and asking how you can participate in carrying Rob’s life forward, we want to provide you the details regarding the annual Robert Knight Scholarship. We are over-whelmed at the response we have received so far, and we hope to be able to establish an additional annual scholarship in Rob’s name at Bayview School as well.

The annual Robert Knight Scholarship at South Whidbey High School has three objec-tives:

First, each year memorialize our son and his personal achievements — many of which were as a result of his involvement in high school athletics.

Second, recognize a deserving student-athlete who has grown and made personal achievements as a result of his or her participa-tion in high school athletics. This scholarship is for that student-athlete who perhaps has had to overcome personal challenges, and for whom sports provided the motivational envi-ronment to build self-confidence, a solid work ethic and the discipline required to meet and beat life’s challenges. It is not necessarily for the “star athlete” — there are already scholar-ships established for them, as there should be. Nor is it targeted for the high academic achievers — there are many scholarships for them as well, as there should be. Rather, this is for the student who chose to participate in athletics and found themselves and gained the tools necessary to grow, overcome or achieve something they may have not been able to accomplish before their experience. Teachers, coaches and fellow students see it happen all the time. Robert’s scholarship

recognizes and rewards that student-athlete for their special journey — much the same as the path he took.

Third, and perhaps most importantly, each year when the scholarships are awarded at the end of May — just before graduation and the “summer of fun” — act as a poignant reminder to every student about the trag-edy of 11-11-11 and the three vibrant, loving and lovable young men who perished that day, whose families were destroyed and the community that was brought to its knees. Remembering that day each year could just prevent the senseless loss of another cher-ished young person.

Robert’s scholarship fund is currently being managed through Trinity Lutheran Church in Freeland, but once the trust has been final-ized, the fund’s management will be trans-ferred to Chase Bank in Freeland. Thank you to those who have already chosen to honor Robert and us with your donations, and for those of you who intend to do so.

Tax-deductible donations can be made online at www.trinitylutheranfreeland.org. Click on the “Donate” button and make sure you indicate it is for the Robert Knight Scholarship.

Tax-deductible donations can also be made payable to Trinity Lutheran Church Freeland. Please include the memo “Robert Knight Scholarship” to Trinity Lutheran Church, PO Box 97, 18341 State Route 525, Freeland, WA 98249.

Sharon, Jamie, Lisa and I appreciate every-one’s prayers, thoughts and kind words in this most difficult of times.

You are an amazing community.BRUCE KNIGHT

Newport, Vermont

To the editor:Thanksgiving evening, 2011.Sudden onset chest pains, stabbing, throb-

bing, searing. Something physically very wrong, not going away. Hard to breathe, even talk.

Chew an aspirin, call 911.Aid cars, ambulance, gurney, road trip,

hospital, emergency room. Main line, oxygen, drugs, injections, EKGs, X-rays, lab work, sonogram, more tests.

Volunteers, EMTs, nurses, specialists, doctors, technicians, assistants. More than

30 people introduce themselves, jump in, hands-on care, do their dance.

An exquisitely trained team takes charge. Everyone focused, caring, professional, posi-tive, each playing a unique part.

Thinking later of all of those unseen folks I didn’t meet, smoothly directing in the back-ground — and of all the families, at home, supporting, celebrating Thanksgiving dinner without them.

A big-time thank you to each and every one of you who compassionately and exception-ally cared for me. How much I enjoyed you all! (And yes, still here to tell the story.)

Feeling unbelievably grateful to have access to this incredible resource: the entire Whidbey General Hospital network, created and supported by our community.

To my friends and neighbors here on South Whidbey: Rest assured that when your own moment of need arises, for you and your loved ones, we have an extraordinarily great medical team available here to help and care for us all.

What good fortune!KAREN EILEEN HASKINS

Langley

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Weed has refused to com-ment on the firm’s past per-formance as Langley’s legal counsel.

In an email sent to the Record Friday, Weed said the recent news stories were “patently false, misleading and defamatory.” He did not elaborate.

Larry Kwarsick, who will take over as mayor in January, said the city council will be asked at its Dec. 19 meeting to approve

a “request for proposals” that would help the city find potential firms that could provide Langley with legal advice.

Langley would begin its search for a city attorney on Dec. 20, if the process set out by Kwarsick is approved by the council, and lawyers would have until Jan. 13 to submit proposals to the city.

Candidates would be inter-viewed Jan. 25 and Jan. 27, and the council would vote on the new hire on Feb. 6. The expected start date for the city attorney would be no later than March 1.

Kwarsick said the start date wouldn’t pose a prob-lem.

The council’s non-renewal of the contract with Weed means there is still 60 days of continuance, since the city must give two months’ notice when ending the agreement.

“We’ll be covered during this solicitation and decision-making process,” Kwarsick said.

The need for attorney help

may not be critical in the short-term, Kwarsick added.

“We don’t need legal advice all the time. It’s not every day that we need assistance,” he said. “If nec-essary, we can contract with an attorney to provide short-term legal advice.”

The new contract is expected to be a three-year deal, with no automatic renewal. An extension or reauthorization of the agree-ment would also require the approval of the city council.

It’s not known if Weed, Graafstra & Benson, Inc. will submit a proposal to be con-sidered for the new contract.

Even so, Kwarsick said late last week he was planning to talk to Weed, regardless if Weed planned to participate in the city’s search for attorney services, just like he would want to talk to anyone who retired, resigned or is terminated.

“It’s good business to talk to those people and have some kind of exit interview,” Kwarsick said.

Weed’s law firm has been

the subject of much criti-cism in recent years, mostly following the company’s handling of the contro-versy over the mayor’s salary, which resulted in multiple rewrites of the ordinance that covered the mayor’s compensation package and eventually inspired a citizen-led petition drive that forced an election calling for a change in Langley’s govern-ment that would abolish the elected mayor’s position. That proposal fell to defeat in the August primary.

The work of Weed, Graafstra & Benson was also blasted during the city’s review of Langley Passage, which found the city on the blunt end of lawsuit threats after the developer of the 20-home project said the city had allowed too many appeals on the new subdivi-

sion.Discordant

voices inside and outside city hall have also sounded on the over-budget legal fees assessed by Weed, Graafstra & Benson, as well as the firm’s

handling of public records requests.

Council members have raised questions at times about their access to the city attorney, and have noted Weed’s lack of attendance at council meetings. Weed has attended only a handful of council meetings since he was made city attorney in March 2008.

In the city’s request for proposals, Langley notes that the city attorney will be required to attend a vari-ety of meetings, including council meetings and staff sessions. The legal firm will be represented “at all city

council business meetings,” according to the scope of work, which also states the council will have access to the attorney’s legal services.

“Timeliness of response and accessibility to the city attorney is an impor-tant aspect of the service. Accessibility and respon-siveness for the proposed designated city attorney is of greatest importance … accessibility includes the ability to be generally avail-able to attend meetings in person on short notice and the ability to be reached promptly by telephone,” the information packet states.

Law firms responding to the request must provide a business history, a detailed narrative of the company’s experience, résumés for the legal team, information on accessibility and responsive-ness, a proposed fee struc-ture and three references that include municipal gov-ernment experience.

Brian Kelly can be reached at [email protected].


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LANGLEY — Two games into the Cascade Conference season, and the South Whidbey Falcons already surpassed last season’s con-ference win total.

Falcon junior Ellie Greene scored 19 points to lead all scorers and Falcon senior Lacy Williams blocked a late field goal to defeat Granite Falls 45-37.

“It’s huge. What you start to do is you start to convince yourself, ‘Hey maybe we have improved,’” said Falcon head coach Andy Davis. “That’s the same team that finished third in our conference, and we just beat them.”

South Whidbey took the lead on its first possession. Williams grabbed a rebound and scored a putback layup that spurred a six-point run before Tiger junior guard Rhiannaon Alexander scored a layup. Williams scored all of her six points in the first quarter that helped South Whidbey take a 15-4 lead.

“That wasn’t really the plan. It’s just how it kind of worked out,” Williams said.

Falcon junior Hayley Newman swished the only three-pointer of the night for either team at the end of the first quarter for the 11-point cushion.

The Falcons led by 19 points in the second quar-ter. Falcon senior Brittany

Wood stole a pass and sent it cross-court to Greene who spun toward the basket for an acrobatic layup.

“In the beginning it went fast, and I liked it,” Greene said. “A little bit in the second quarter we kind of started to get tired. We brought it back in the third quarter and stayed strong to the end.”

Greene also grabbed 15 rebounds.

“Ellie is just dynamic,” Davis said. “She’s athletic and she’s playing with con-fidence and that’s just what we need.”

Granite Falls head coach Mark Neuman called a tim-eout to regroup his team with 2:52 left in the opening half. It

worked, as the Tigers scored eight straight points before they headed to the locker room for halftime with the score 25-14.

Turnovers were again the Falcons’ worst enemy. South Whidbey committed 12 turn-overs of just about every type — traveling, throwing out of bounds, three-in-the-key and jump balls — in the first half.

As the Falcons swooned, the Tigers leapt up in the score box behind three steals and a jump ball.

“They do a good job of changing up defensively a little bit,” Davis said. “One thing we didn’t talk about was 1-3-1 pressure, the 1-3-1 trap that they ran.”

“When they went (man-to-man defense), we weren’t real confident knowing if it was man or not, because they were really good at covering it up.”

The Tigers’ leading scorer Peyton Spencer scored the final four points of the first half on two free throws and a layup. The senior guard fin-ished with 15 points, a dip in her 20-point average coming into the Tigers’ first confer-ence game. Granite Falls was 0-for-5 in three-point shots through two quarters.

In the first half, she led the Tigers with six points, followed by Alexander with four points and senior guard Jamie Alexander, also

with four. Several Falcons defended Spencer, including Greene.

“We were just trying to defend Number 42 (Jamie Alexander) and 22 because they’re the most effective people on that team,” Greene said.

Practice paid off in the second half. The Tigers con-tinued their full-court press defense to trap the Falcon ball handlers and force turn-overs.

South Whidbey was ready. The day before, the

Falcons did a walk-through of breaking press defenses for the first half of practice. Then they played against the boys junior varsity team.

“We understood their scheme,” Davis said. “We were able to walk through it.”

South Whidbey, in the third quarter, returned to what worked at the start and got the ball to Williams in the paint. She was promptly fouled and missed both free throws.

“We were more prepared than they were in terms of what their scheme was,” Davis said.

“Lacy is getting more and more confident. She’s always in the right spot, she’s get-ting better at finishing shots, she’s getting rebounds, she’s more athletic than she even knows.”

Granite Falls cut South Whidbey’s lead to eight

points on a baseline cut layup by Spencer. Wood put the Falcons’ lead back to double digits on a layup at 33-23. Errors stifled both teams’ offenses as only four points were scored in the last three minutes of the quarter. The ball changed possession 10 times in that same span, thanks to steals created from the Tigers’ press defense.

“We’ve been practicing that a lot,” Williams said. “We knew coming into this game that they were going to press us a lot.”

South Whidbey held on in the fourth quarter as Granite Falls became more physical. With 26 seconds left, the Tigers pressed the Falcons on an inbound pass. Wood got it to Newman along the sideline near midcourt. As Newman turned, Alexander slammed into her as she went for the ball.

With 10 team fouls on Granite Falls, Newman had two free throws. She missed the first and sank the sec-ond for the final point of the night.

“It feels great to be 2-0 in league (play). It’s so much better than last year,” Williams said.

South Whidbey begins Winter Break a bit early as they head south to Seaside, Oregon for the Seaside Holiday Classic basketball tournament from Dec. 15 to Dec. 17.

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Most of us who’ve been fortunate enough to grow up in close and loving families have some very strong tradi-tions associated with the holiday season, things large or small that we must have or do, no matter what else happens.

It may be as simple as certain treasured tree deco-rations that we know will be hanging from or nestled in the branches every year, or all the way to elaborate lights and lawn displays, eagerly anticipated by neighbors for miles around.

The same is often true when it comes to our holiday food, from mandatory latkes

for Hanukkah to roast goose or turkey for

Christmas. During all of my growing-

up years, however, the only meat ever found on our holiday table was a venison roast, with possibly a platter of roast duck on the side. With a family full of men who hunted, game was a given for the Christmas meal, a tradition, I’m sorry to say, that could not be maintained for a number of reasons.

Side dishes might change a bit from year to year (mold-ed Jello salad being one example of that which came and went), and desserts may drop from favor (mincemeat pie, unfortunately, has fallen into that category), but our basic traditional holiday table probably hasn’t changed greatly over the years.

Turkey or goose, or per-haps a ham or roast prime rib, along with potatoes (both white and sweet), Brussels sprouts or green beans, cranberries in some form, Waldorf or other fruit salad, and I’m sure there are many other elements unique to each of you. The point is, our Hanukkah and/

or Christmas meals are no time to be fooling around with what is expected and traditional.

That, friends, is why I’m getting ready to make a steamed pudding for our Christmas dessert.

One of my earliest Christmas memories is sit-ting at my grandparents’ dining room table, watching, dazzled, as Grandma slowly walked in from the adjoining kitchen carrying a steam-ing plum pudding with blue flames flickering on its top and licking up the sides. It was my first remembered taste of this once-a-year treat, liberally dolloped with hard sauce, and I’ve never forgotten it. For me, there is no such thing as Christmas dinner without a steamed pudding for dessert.

There is a problem, how-ever. For my grandmother, there was no question it would be plum pudding; for me, now, there is one big question. Which steamed pudding shall I carry to the table this year?

RECIPESI’m aware that making

a steamed pudding may seem too complicated when you’re up to your ears trying to get the holiday feast put together. Well, keep in mind you can make our pudding a couple of days ahead and keep it, wrapped and refrig-erated, until you’re ready to reheat and serve. And believe me, nothing makes quite the same impression as walking to the table with your flaming pudding.

Let’s begin with a recipe I found years ago for a spec-tacular steamed cranberry pudding (certainly a change from the traditional cran-berry offerings), a jewel of a dessert that is as delicious as it is showy. It usurped our plum pudding first time out.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING

3¼ cups fresh cranber-ries, picked over to eliminate bruised, damaged berries

½ cup ground blanched

almonds1¾ cups plus 2 T. sugar3 T. flour¾ t. cinnamon¼ t. each, ground allspice

and ground ginger3 cups fine dry bread

crumbs¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted

butter, melted and cooled2/3 cup milk3 large eggs, beaten

lightly1 T. baking powder½ t. saltFor the glaze: 1 cup cran-

berry juice1 cup sugar1 cup cranberries (select

the most perfect)For the sauce: 1 cup sugar1 cup heavy cream½ cup (1 stick) unsalted

butter, cut into bits1 T. Grand Marnier1 T. fresh lemon juice, or

to tasteIn a food processor, chop

the cranberries coarse, trans-fer to a bowl and stir in the almonds. Sprinkle the mix-ture with 1 cup plus the 2 T. of sugar, the flour, cinnamon, allspice and ginger and com-bine well. In another bowl,

combine the bread crumbs, butter, milk, eggs, baking powder, salt and remaining ¾ cup sugar. Stir this mix-ture into the cranberry mix-ture. Butter a 2 qt. steamed pudding mold with a tube and tight fitting lid, line the sides of the mold with waxed paper and butter and flour the inside of the mold.

Spoon the batter into the mold a little at a time, rapping the mold on the counter top to eliminate any air bubbles created as you fill the mold. (It will be about 2/3 full.)

Cover the mold tightly with the lid, or if your mold has no lid, use a double layer of foil tied securely with kitchen string. Tie the mold into a kitchen towel wrung out with cold water and floured lightly (I know, but this is part of the tradition of steamed puddings.)

Set the pudding on a rack set in a pot large enough to allow an inch or more around the sides, with 3 inches of simmering water in it. Cover and steam the

Teresa Marie Caravan

Teresa Marie Caravan, born March 2, 1963, passed away Dec. 4, 2011.

Her mother roller-skated up to the window of my car at the local Seattle drive-in res-taurant, with her auburn hair and china-blue eyes. She said “Hi. My name is Judy. What would you like to order?” Shortly thereafter, Judy and I were married.

We named our first child

Teresa Marie and she became our ongoing joy. Throughout the years, “Teri” flew in and out of our lives, always bub-bly and outgoing. She was our butterfly.

Teri loved camping in the Washington wilderness — in the mountains, along the riv-ers and sea. And like a but-terfly, she landed briefly in all these places.

Teri is survived by her dad, brother, two daughters and one granddaughter. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Goodbye, our pretty butterfly.

Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, and the San Juan Islands. To share memories of Teresa please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.

Margaret A. Gholson

On the evening of Dec. 6, 2011, Margaret A. Gholson quietly fell asleep at her home and went to be with the Lord and once again see her hus-band Ed of 65 years.

She was born Jan. 1, 1920,

and lived in Everett until mov-ing to Seattle in 1961.

She retired from Sears in 1980 after 35 years of service and she and Ed spent several months traveling the U.S. They then moved to their summer home in Coupeville and traveled south for many years, spending their winters in Yuma, Ariz. There they met some of their dearest friends and fun was had by all.

Margaret is survived by daughter, Penny Kittleson; grandson Shawn Eveland; and great-grandsons Anthony and Brandon, who made her laugh continually. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Margaret had

a special love of family and close friends.

Margaret requested there be no services. In lieu of flowers sent to the home, donations may be made to a favorite charity. Friends and family are encouraged to share memories and condo-lences at www.wallinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home, Oak Harbor.

Phyllis Lee Stevenson

Phyllis Lee Stevenson, 78, longtime Coupeville resident, passed away Dec. 7, 2011, at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon.

Mrs. Stevenson was born in Estherville, Iowa, on April 24, 1933, to Charles and Irene (Rippel) Bogard. She was raised in Minneapolis, Minn. where she graduated from high school.

It was during her high school years that she met her future husband, David Stevenson. With his help, in May of 1951, she committed her life to Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior.

Dave and Phyllis were

eventually married on Oct. 23, 1954, in Minneapolis.

In subsequent years, the couple lived and raised their family in Chicago, Ill.; Alberta, Canada; and Iowa, eventu-ally relocating to Washington state in 1990, where they lived briefly in Lynden. They came to Whidbey Island in 1991 where Dave was the pastor of Whidbey Evangelical Free Church.

Phyllis’ life was centered around being a wife, mother, homemaker and grandmoth-er. Hospitality was her pas-sion and gift. She enjoyed cooking and entertaining. Always active as a pastor’s

wife, she involved herself in the preschool children’s ministries, and especially the puppet ministry.

Phyllis is survived by her husband David, at home in Coupeville; seven children, Chuck Stevenson (Eileen) of Wichita, Kansas, Pete Stevenson (Judy) of Lynden, Jane Schreurs (Randy) of Hugo, Okla., Julie Krantz (Todd) of Oak Harbor, Phil Stevenson (Lisa) of Lynden, Amy Bennet of Denver, Colo. and Libby Lewis (John) of Anacortes; 23 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Doris Swartz of Bakersfield, Calif., and Judi Rousch (Glen) of Denver; also, numerous other rela-tives.

A memorial service took place Sunday, Dec. 11, at Whidbey Evangelical Free Church. Pastor Phil Stevenson officiated.

Memorials may be made to the Pregnancy Care Center, 670 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor, WA 98277, or to Whidbey Evangelical Free Church, 874 Plantation Drive, Greenbank. Family and friends are encouraged to share memories and con-dolences at www.whidbeymemorial.com.

Teresa Marie Caravan

Margaret A. Gholson Phyllis Lee Stevenson

Obituaries

The proof is certainly in the pudding this holiday season

WHIDBEY RECIPES

Margaret Walton SEE RECIPES, A9

pudding, adding more boil-ing water to the pot as it evaporates, for 2 hours, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out with a few crumbs sticking to it. The pudding will stay warm in the mold, covered, for sev-eral hours or you can leave it in the mold and refrigerate it until ready to finish, reheat-ing it in the pot again until heated through.

To make the glaze: In a deep heavy saucepan, cook the cranberry juice, sugar and a pinch of salt over med. heat, stirring and washing down any crystals clinging to the sides of the pan with a brush dipped in cold water, until the sugar is dissolved. Bring mixture to a boil and boil it, untouched, until a candy thermometer regis-ters 250 degrees. Add the cranberries, remove the pan from heat and let the glaze cool. Transfer to a small bowl and chill, covered, until ready to serve. (You can make this several days ahead; keep refrigerated.)

To make the sauce: In a saucepan, cook the sugar, cream, butter and a pinch of

salt over med. heat, stirring, until the butter is melted and mixture is smooth. Remove pan from the heat, stir in the Grand Marnier and lemon juice, and let sauce cool. Transfer sauce to a small bowl and chill it, covered, until thick. (You can also do this a few days ahead.)

Just before serving, unmold the warm pud-ding onto a festive serving plate, pour the glaze over it. Decorate with a sprig of holly or ivy, if you have it available. If you intend to present it flaming, heat an additional small amount of Grand Marnier in a small pan until shimmering (or you can “see” fumes rising from it), pour it on top of the pudding and immediately light it. After the flames die, cut the pudding into slices and serve with the sauce. Serves 10-12.

Another spectacular and quite different steamed pud-ding just might replace the standard favorite, pumpkin pie. The caramel sauce takes it to another level.

STEAMED PUMPKIN PUDDING

6 oz. (1½ sticks) plus 1 T. softened butter, divided (see

instructions)2¼ cups sugar3 large eggs3 T. freshly squeezed

lemon juice1½ cups canned or fresh

pumpkin puree2½ cups flour2¼ t. baking powder¾ t. salt1 t. ground ginger2 t. ground cinnamon½ t. ground allspiceFor the caramel sauce: 1½

cups sugar½ cup water1 cup heavy or whipping

creamFor whipped cream top-

ping: ¾ cup whipping cream1 t. vanilla2 T. powdered sugarButter the inside and the

underneath side of the top of a 2 qt. pudding mold. Put 6 oz. of the softened butter and the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Cream on med. until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time.

Add lemon juice and pump-kin, beating to combine.

Sift together the flour, bak-ing powder, salt, ground gin-ger, cinnamon and allspice.

On low speed, beat the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture. Spoon bat-ter into the prepared mold and cover with lid.

Place pudding in a pot large enough to hold the mold with at least a 2-inch clearance around. Fill the pot with hot water 1/3 of the way up the mold, cover the pot and bring the water to a low simmer. Steam the pudding 2 hrs., checking to be sure water is simmering during the process. Steam until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool pudding completely before

unmolding.To make caramel sauce:

In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar and water on med. heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in the 1 T. butter, turn heat to med.-high and cook syrup without stirring until it is a dark golden color.

Remove from heat and pour the cream into the cara-mel (wear kitchen gloves; it may splatter). It will foam up quite a bit. Stir to fully dis-solve the caramel. Pour into a serving bowl. (If you make this ahead, keep it refriger-ated and warm it before serving.) The sauce should be served warm.

To make whipped cream: Beat the cream and vanilla until soft peaks form. Beat

in the powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Serve spoonfuls of the steamed pudding with caramel sauce and a dollop of whipped cream.

Note: If you wish to bring this pudding to the table flaming, heat a small amount of brandy in a saucepan until shimmering and fumes rise. Pour over the unmolded warm pudding and light immediately. When flames die, serve as indicated above. Serves 12.

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Jazz, pop, opera. You name it, Alicia Gianni can

sing it.The South Whidbey graduate and

singer returns to the island from her home in Houston, Texas for a holiday concert featuring pianist Joseph Li at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 at Langley United Methodist Church.

Gianni was recently nominated as “Best Jazz Artist” in Houston for the 2011 Houston Press Music Awards and is currently at work on her solo album at the historical Sugarhill Recording Studios.

The Langley concert will include a variety of music, including the debut of some of the songs which will be featured on her album.

It’s been quite a ride for the singer, who hails from Langley and whose dad, Rocco Gianni, has been sending out word of his daughter’s island concert.

“I just want the kid to get a break. She’s been working so hard and I would just love her to get a break,” Rocco Gianni said.

Gianni first moved to Houston when she joined the Houston Grand Opera, where her performances as a soprano were described as “charming, impressive” and “pow-erfully real.”

Since then Gianni has been seen on other opera house stages and concert halls around the world and had the honor of being asked to sing in a world premiere of compos-er Andre Previn’s “Brief Encounter” in 2009.

More recently, however, Gianni has been performing jazz, pop and

opera in and around the biggest city in Texas.

“In the past two years, opera has taken a back seat to writing and jazz,” Gianni said.

“I was given a generous gift to start work on an album (all origi-nals) and it’s been quite a struggle to get it all done independently,” she added.

With the help of producer Dan Workman and Sugarhill Recording Studios, Gianni has finalized a sched-ule to go into the recording studio and finish the album in January.

“I’m looking forward to this,” Gianni said.

It hasn’t come easy, either. She supports her singing by teaching voice and piano and has 26 private students.

“I have worked overtime, taken on extra students, taken gigs that I didn’t really want and sacrificed most of my days off to work just so I can keep putting money aside for all of this to happen and, of course, survive. I keep telling myself it all builds character,” she added.

Otherwise she is constantly hon-ing her techniques for gigs and has been called “the chameleon” for her ability to cross genres, singing opera as easily as she sings jazz. Her coaches tell her she has never sounded better.

“I have found this process to be fascinating and, contrary to what people may think of an opera singer making a jazz, blues album, it’s only improved my voice,” Gianni said.

“When people ask me what I do for a living I say, ‘I’m a professional singer, trained in opera, but capable in any genre. I love it all, and if you don’t believe me, just listen.’”

Gianni said being nominated for the Houston Press Music Award was a complete surprise and an honor. She plans to keep the expo-sure going, so the album is a main priority.

And although she misses Whidbey, Houston, with its expand-ing music industry, has been a good place for her to be. But, she said, moving from the country’s fourth-largest city to its biggest, New York, might be an option someday.

Still, Gianni said she always looks forward to a visit home.

“When I come to Whidbey I love to just be at home with my family,” she said.

And in addition to the fresh air and quiet nights she happily suc-cumbs to on the island, she looks forward to seeing a few familiar faces, as well.

“I can’t wait to come home and sing for people that I know still sup-port me as a community, the way they did when I was in high school. What a gift to have,” she said.

Admission is by a suggested donation, with all proceeds going toward Gianni’s production costs of the CD. The church is located on the corner of Third Street and Anthes Avenue in Langley.

BY PATRICIA DUFFSouth Whidbey Record

After seeing “Big, the Musical” at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts on Friday night, it reminded me that having a laugh and hearing a song is good for the soul. Especially when it’s your neighbors who are sing-ing and dancing together.

The show, with a book by John Wiedman, music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr., is playing for two more performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17.

It’s directed by Robert Prosch and boasts a cast of 40 community

members who showed their mettle on Friday by pulling off what cer-tainly must have been a challenging rehearsal process.

The story, which is based on the popular 1988 movie “Big” star-ring Tom Hanks, begins with Josh Baskin, played nicely by Liam Henny.

Josh is a typical 12-year-old boy who plays baseball and has just started to discover girls, but his world is rocked upside down overnight after he is granted his wish to be “big” by a carnival novelty machine. When he wakes up the next morning as an adult

man, his mother (Kim Wetherell-Dunkley) mis-takes him for an intruder and chases him out of the house.

Josh makes his away to Seattle, where he becomes an “idea man” at a toy company and has to reconcile his childish sense of wonder in the adult world of office poli-tics and romance.

With the aid of his best friend Billy, played with amiable assurance and wit by Jameson Cook, Josh must cope with his new adulthood while

finding another “Zoltar” machine so that he can wish himself a kid again. And so begins Josh’s wild-goose chase back to his teenaged self.

Tristan A.B. Steel plays the grown-up Josh with a hilarious look of bewilderment plastered on his face through the play. Steel was convincing as someone whose “inner self” was barely 13, and also has a pleasant sing-ing voice, which made big Josh that much more endearing.

Of course, Josh

finds himself tangled in the adult world of an office romance. Susan Lawrence is executive of marketing the toy compa-ny (“You buy groceries?” Josh asks her), and is played here by Savannah True Randall. Randall is an experienced singer with a lovely voice and some wonderful comic moments involving the innuendoes that naturally present themselves in a script that deals with plac-ing an innocent 13-year-old boy in the throes of big city, modern love and office politics.

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Langley native Alicia Gianni takes a break from her busy singing life in Houston, Texas to sing a concert at Langley United Methodist Church with pianist Joseph Li. Gianni hopes to raise money for her debut album featuring all original songs.

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one of the best duets of the evening singing “Stars.”

Steel and Jim Carroll, as the toy store owner MacMillan, do a fine job with the foot piano show-stopper made famous in the movie, and Melanie Lowey as Diane, Melinda Mack as Abigail, Ken Stephens as Tom and Anthony Caldwell as Nick sing a funny and well done rendition of “The Real Thing” as Susan’s friends.

The score offers plenty of opportunities for “big” num-bers with lots of singing and dancing by the large ensem-ble, who all sound great together while dancing, not an easy feat. There are also some great moments choreographed by Chelsea Randall for this ensemble, such as the effective military style movement of “Welcome to MacMillan Toys” and the everybody-onstage shenani-gans of “Cross the Line.”

The orchestra, too, should be applauded for its skillful interpretation of the score and for doing an excellent job of keeping this show bouncing right along, though the orchestra couldn’t help being slowed by the set tran-sitions.

In fact, this show suffers in general from “transition-itis.” The cast was called upon to roll in and roll out a complicated, and sometimes unnecessary, series of set pieces and props for the many scenes in this play, which added a lot of time to the proceedings. The play clocks in at about three hours, including intermis-sion, which is long by any standard. A few of the songs could have been cut without hurting the storyline, espe-cially those with which some of the actors struggled, and sets could have been simpli-fied in certain scenes.

Although Prosch tried his best to conduct so many bod-ies onstage at once, some of the crowd scenes suffer from lack of intention; a lack of direction. Who are the people in the background at MacMillan toys and what are

their relationships to each other? Are they father, moth-er, son, daughter, friends, who? And what are they doing? Shopping, browsing, dreaming, testing toys? In acting, it’s not enough to move around and pretend you’re doing something. You have to know why you are there, believe it and follow through with your actions. Specifics help to enrich scenes. Otherwise scenes become peppered with folks moving about without pur-

pose onstage, which, I think, can be distracting to the audience.

Ultimately, although the WICA production of “Big, the Musical” has some glitches, I realized some-thing about the general enjoyment of community musical theater.

Sitting there in the audi-ence, I thought of Woody Allen’s character “Mickey” in his film “Hannah and Her Sisters.” Mickey’s life isn’t going well, but then he stum-bles one night into a movie theater and catches the final scene of the Marx Brothers “Duck Soup.” In that moment, he sees Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo, with a big cast behind them, all onstage singing and danc-

ing, and Mickey admonishes himself for being unhappy. He thinks, “Look at all the people on-screen … you know, they’re real funny … Geez, I should stop ruin-ing my life, searching for answers I’m never gonna get and just enjoy it while it lasts.”

While sitting there watching all those kids and teenagers, young adults and middle-agers, and even some seniors, up on the stage dancing and singing and being funny, I realized it was my community onstage sing-ing their hearts out and that made me smile.

And I just enjoyed it, while it lasted.

Tickets range from $12 to $16 and are available at the

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Copies are available to check out at the Clinton Library. Everyone is welcome.

Nathaniel Talbot Trio plays Clinton concert

The Nathaniel Talbot Trio will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 at the Chicken Barn Concert Hall.

The trio features Nathaniel Talbot on guitar, Sam Howard on bass and Anna Tivel on violin.

With influences ranging from the traditional sounds of Kelly Joe Phelps, Doc Watson and Gillian Welch to the more con-temporary Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens and Elliott Smith, the music represents a unique syn-thesis of old-time picking and the indie here-and-now.

This intimate house concert in Clinton has limited seating and reservations are recommended. The suggested donation is between $15 and $20. To reserve a space, call 425-791-1719 or email [email protected].

Youth ensemble Ceilidh Chids performs

Youth ensemble Ceilidh Chids will have its first concert of the 2011-2012 season at 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 16 at Trinity Lutheran Church.

The program includes works by Handel, Vaughn Williams, Bach and more.

The string ensemble is com-prised of 11 talented musicians representing north, central and south Whidbey Island.

A reception will follow the concert. Admission is free, though donations will be gladly accepted and will be used to purchase music.

Concert to benefit Friends of Friends

Whidbey Island Orchestras will host a holiday concert and community party at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 in Fellowship Hall at Langley United Methodist Church.

There will be music by the Whidbey Island Youth Orchestra, Whidbey Island Community Orchestra and by small ensem-bles from within the orchestras and their friends, as well as a holiday carol sing-along.

Admission is free and refresh-ments will be provided.

Donations from the holiday concert will help support Friends of Friends, the local group which offers financial help to South Whidbey residents with medical-ly-related bills they cannot afford to pay.

The new ‘Rudolph’ lands at WCT in Langley

Whidbey Children’s Theater proudly presents “Rudolph,” a new play written and directed by Martha Murphy, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17 with an additional mati-nee at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17.

Admission is a suggested $6 donation at the door. (Suggested donation $6)

This festive holiday offering will feature WCT’s youngest thespians.

Whidbey Children’s Theater is located in the Porter Building at

222 Anthes Ave.

WICA presents final shows of ‘Big’ musical

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts presents “Big, the Musical” through Saturday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The 1987 hit movie bursts onstage in this vibrant, funny and touching musical about a Whidbey Island kid who wishes to be big and suddenly has his wish granted.

Tickets cost $12 to $16 and are available by calling WICA at 221-8268 or 800-638-7631.

Orienteering day comes to the woods

The Cascade Orienteering Club will host a day of orien-teering at Putney Woods on Saturday, Dec. 17.

Explore Putney Woods by searching for checkpoints marked on a map; race against the clock or take an easy stroll. Participants can start any time between 10 a.m. and noon.

No orienteering experience is necessary, and free instruction is available. The cost is $8-$11; visit www.CascadeOC.org, email [email protected] or call 206-913-3790, for more informa-tion.

Peace gathering comes to the commons

A holiday peace gathering will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 at the South Whidbey Commons in Langley.

The community is invited to gather together this holiday season to train up peace, short moment by short moment. This gathering will be facilitated by Mia Castle, an experienced train-er with the international organi-zation Balanced View (www. balancedview.org).

Donations are welcome at the door. For more information, call Flay Wahl at 221-5886 or email

[email protected].

‘The Wizard of Oz’ comes to Freeland

The Freeland Library will screen “The Wizard of Oz” at a movie matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17.

If this is your day to babysit, bring the children to this classic film for all ages. Follow Dorothy and her dog Toto to the land of Oz where they meet Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion. The classic stars Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger and Jack Haley.

Holiday hoopla features jazz combo

Penn Cove Productions pres-ents “Postcards from Whidbey Island Holiday Hoopla,” a musi-cal, comedy, variety radio show directed by Elizabeth Herbert and performed before a live audience at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 in Coupeville.

Featured with the Mighty Penn Cove Players this month is Jazz Haus, a jazz combo of stu-dents from South Whidbey High School.

The show will be presented at Pacific NW Art School, 15 NW Birch St.

Tickets are $15 each and seating is limited. Pre-purchase tickets at Anchor Books in Clinton, Book Bay in Freeland, Local Grown and Linds Drugs in Coupeville, and Bayleaf in Oak Harbor.

Penn Cove Productions is a member of the Whidbey Island Arts Council. For more informa-tion, call 206-612-3011 or email [email protected].

Angeli performs Christmas songs

Angeli will perform their favor-ite Christmas songs at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 at Regency in

Oak Harbor.Angeli is composed of

Whidbey vocalists Lynne Ogren, Cynthia Akins Fletcher, Carol Fitzgerald and Sharon Erickson, accompanied by Verna Morgan and Jan Ernst.

The concert is open to the public and a free-will offering will be taken for Help House.

For more information, call Oak Harbor Lutheran Church at 360-679-1561.

Enjoy live music at Taste for Wine

There will be live music from 3 to 5 p.m. every Sunday at Taste for Wine, the tasting room for Blooms Winery on Whidbey and Spoiled Dog Winery, at the Bayview Cash Store.

Quinn Fitzpatrick will play acoustic guitar Dec. 18.

For more information, call 321-0515 or visit www.tastefor winewhidbey.com.

Concert of holiday favorites at WICA

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts presents the holiday concert “I’ll be Home for Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18.

Whidbey Island’s finest vocal ensembles, the WICA Conservatory Choir, the WICA Conservatory Choir and GLEE! Club will celebrate the spec-tacle of the season with favorite carols and holiday classics such as “Jingle Bells,” “Sleigh Ride,” “White Christmas,” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.”

Tickets range from $12 to $16 and are available by calling 221-8268 or 800-638-7631.

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Come sing along to holiday hits

The public is invited to Whidbey Children’s Theater’s third annual free holiday sing-along at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19.

Piano accompani-ment will be provided by Robert Marsanyi. This is a family-friendly event.

Whidbey Children’s Theater is located at 222 Anthes Ave. in Langley. For more infor-mation, call 221-8707.

Camera club to meet in Oak Harbor

The Whidbey Island Camera Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20 at Oak Hall, Room 306 on the Skagit Valley College Whidbey Campus in Oak Harbor.

The theme for December is skies, club members can submit up to three photographs for discussion during the meeting to absolute [email protected].

The Whidbey Island Camera Club, a commu-nity club, is open to the public. For more informa-tion, email [email protected] or visit www.whidbeyislandcameraclub.com.

Film at library tackles hate crimes

Sno-Isle Libraries will host additional screenings and public discussions of the new PBS documen-tary, “Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness,” in December. These screen-ings are part of Sno-Isle Libraries’ “Issues That

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8 3 1 8 . 2 0 0 8 1 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc . Sound Communi ty Bank Grantee: Ivan T. Con- verse, as to a life estate and Marck Jurkovich, as to the remainder Ref to DOT Audi- tor File No.: 4191284 Tax P a r c e l I D N o . : S8455-00-00001-0/431615 Abbreviated Legal: LOT 1, PLAT OF WILDWOOD VIEW ACRES, DIVISION NO. 1 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised

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Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On December 23, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main entrance of the Is- land County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memori- al at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Washington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following descr ibed rea l property “Property”, situated in the County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Tract 1, Wildwood View Acres, Divi- sion No. 1, according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Volume 8 of Plats, Pages 35 and 36, records of Is- land County, Washington. Except that portion conveyed to the State of Wash- ington for Road purposes by Deed dated May 17, 1999, and recorded June 14, 1999 under Auditor’s File No. 99014128, records of Island County, Washing- ton; also except that portion conveyed to the State of Washington for Road purposes by Deed dated May 18, 2001 and recorded June 21, 2001 under Auditor’s File No. 20034796, records of Island County, Washing- ton. Commonly known as: 521 Ellwood Drive Coupe- ville, WA 98239 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 01/05/07, recorded on 01/09/07, under Auditor’s File No. 4191284, records of Island County, Washington, f rom Mark Jurkovich, an unmarried person as his separate estate, as Grantor, to Chicago Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Sound Community Bank, as Beneficiary. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Ab- breviated Legal Description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Obligation in any Cour t by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s default on the Obligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears a n d / o r o t h e r d e f a u l t s : Amount due to reinstate by 09/15/2011 Monthly Pay- m e n t s $ 5 , 2 3 5 . 0 0 L a t e Charges $206.40 Lender’s Fees & Costs $0.00 Total Arrearage $5,441.40 Trus- tee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $675.00 Title Report $586.98 Statutory Mailings $19.52 Recording Cos ts $14 .00 Pos t ings $ 7 0 . 0 0 T o t a l C o s t s $1,365.50 Total Amount D u e : $ 6 , 8 0 6 . 9 0 O t h e r known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Bal- ance of $118,766.26, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 04/01/11, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representa- tion or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on December 23, 2011. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, l a te charges , advances costs and fees thereafter due , must be cured by 12/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale.

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The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before the close of the Tr u s t e e ’s b u s i n e s s o n 12/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any t ime after 12/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Bor rower, Gran tor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obl igat ion and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND AD- DRESS Mark Jurkovich 521 Ellwood Drive Coupeville, W A 9 8 2 3 9 U n k n o w n Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of Mark Jurkovich Coupeville, WA 98239 Mark Jurkovich P.O. Box 148 Green Bank, WA 98253 Un- known Spouse and/or Do- mestic Partner of Mark Jur- kovich P.O. Box 148 Green Bank, WA 98253 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt requested on 07/15/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 07/15/11 Grantor and Bor- rower we re pe rsona l l y served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, wil l provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and a l l those who ho ld by, through or under the Gran- tor of all their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objec- t ion to the sa le on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) 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-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 0 9 / 1 5 / 2 0 1 1 N o r t h w e s t Trus tee Ser v i ces , Inc . , Trustee Authorized Signa- ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue,

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WA 98009-0997 Contact: W i n s t o n K h a n ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 ( T S # 8318.20081) 1002.199096- FEILEGAL NO. 341856Published: Whidbey News- T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record. November 23, De- cember 14, 2011

7 0 2 1 . 2 9 7 7 8 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP Grant- ee: David C. Long, as his separate property Ref to D O T A u d i t o r F i l e N o . : 4213111 Tax Parcel ID No.:

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S 6 0 6 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 3 - 0 & S6060-00-00016-A Abbre- viated Legal: Tract 33 & PTN Tracts 34 & A, Baby Is- land Heights Div. 1 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On December 23, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. outside the main entrance of the Island County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any con- d i t ions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Prop- e r t y ” , s i t u a t e d i n t h e County(ies) of Island, State of Washington: Parcel A: That portion of Tract “A”, Baby Island Heights, Divi- sion Number 1, as per Plat recorded in Volume 3 of Plats, Page 23, records of Island County, lying East of the West line of Lot 33 of said Plat extended Souther- ly and West of the East line of the West 15 feet of Lot 34 of said plat extended Southerly; Situate in the County of Island, State of Washington. Parcel B: Tract 33 and the West 15 feet of Tr a c t 3 4 , B a b y I s l a n d Heights, Division Number 1, as per plat thereof recorded in Volume 3 of Plats, Page 2 3 , r e c o r d s o f I s l a n d County, Washington. Situ- ate in the County of Island, State of Washington. Com- monly known as: 2974 Sar- atoga Road Langley, WA 98260 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 09/24/07, recorded on 09/28/07, under Audi- tor ’s F i le No. 4213111, records of Island County, Washington, from David C. Long, as his separate property, as Grantor, to Land- safe Title of Washington, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Mortgage Electronic Reg- i s t ra t ion Sys tems, Inc . “MERS” as nominee of lender, its successors and as- signs, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- tems, Inc. to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, under an As- signment/Successive As- signments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 4294868. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to reinstate by 09/19/2011 Month- ly Payments $16,254.20 L a t e C h a r g e s $ 8 1 2 . 7 0 Lender ’s Fees & Cos ts $ 0 . 0 0 To t a l A r r e a r a g e $17,066.90 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $775.00 Title Re- port $1,108.74 Statutory Mailings $19.52 Recording Cos ts $28 .00 Pos t ings $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $2,001.26 Total Amount Due: $19,068.16 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Princi- pal Balance of $332,000.00, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing t h e O b l i g a t i o n f r o m 11/01/10, and such other costs and fees as are due

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under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without repre- sentation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on December 23, 2011. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 12/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s business on 12/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any t ime a f te r 12/12/11 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Da- vid C. Long 2974 Saratoga Road Langley, WA 98260 David C. Long 3720 East Harbor Road Langley, WA 98260 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of David C. Long 2974 Sarato- g a R o a d L a n g l e y, WA 98260 Unknown Spouse and/or Domestic Partner of David C. Long 3720 East Harbor Road Langley, WA 98260 by both first class and either certified mail, return receipt requested on 07/20/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 07/21/11 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclosure costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of al l their right, title and interest in the Property. IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a wa iver o f any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN- ANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th

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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-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h R C W 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwest- trustee.com and are incor- porated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwest- trustee.com and www.USA- Foreclosure.com. EFFEC- TIVE: 09/19/2011 North- west Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signa- ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: V o n n i e M c E l l i g o t t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 ( T S # 7021.29778) 1002.200011- FEILEGAL NO. 341858Published: Whidbey News- T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record. November 23, De- cember 14, 2011

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