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BY BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

LANGLEY — Support for a funicular — a one-car, pub-lic people mover that would be built to connect Cascade Avenue to the Langley Marina area — is on the rise in Langley.

The city council has signed off on a plan last week to shift money origi-nally earmarked to widen Wharf Street to the new funicular project. And on Monday, Langley officials received a letter of support for the funicular from Island Transit.

Langley Planning Director Jeff Arango said the city received a $242,243 county grant in rural economic development funds in 2005 to widen the upper portion of Wharf Street. With the council’s approval, Arango will now submit a new appli-cation to the Island County Council of Governments and give a presentation on the city’s funicular plan at its next meeting Feb. 25 in the

hope that the grant can be redirected to the funicular project.

Support from Island Transit and the Port of South Whidbey is crucial, and is starting to firm up.

In its letter of support for transferring the grant, Island Transit said the funicu-lar project was “a much wiser use of those funds.” Executive Director Martha Rose said it would enhance access to the Langley Marina without adding more traffic to the constricted area at the bottom of Wharf Street.

“Island Transit has been a supporter of a funicular in Langley to get pedestrians to and from the marina for years,” Rose wrote. “Over the past 24 years we’ve been requested to run a bus down the hill to the marina because it is a dif-ficult hill to climb, especially for the elderly and disabled. However, our buses simply can’t navigate the hill or turn around because

City council agrees to pursue funding for marina funicular

Ron Kasprisin

An artist’s rendition shows the proposed funicular next to Cascade Avenue above the Langley Marina.

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Iraq vet plans to start medical marijuana business in Langley

BY BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

LANGLEY — An Iraq War veteran and local com-

munity volun-teer is making plans to start a medical marijua-na busi-ness in Langley.

Lucas

Jushinski met with city officials last week to out-

line his plan for a medical marijuana “access point,” which would be located in a low-key facility just outside the downtown area. Langley leaders have been cautiously supportive of the idea, and will hold a special meeting Feb. 15 to gauge public reaction to the idea.

Jushinski, 35, said Monday the business would provide medical marijuana to patients who are legally authorized to use the drug. He said his business would be safe, legal and transpar-ent.

“It’s going to be a very

professional, discrete busi-ness,” Jushinski said. “I’m not going to have big bud leafs on the windows.”

Jushinski’s time in the Navy set the stage for his medical marijuana venture. He was a hospital corpsman for nearly eight years, and spent four years as a com-bat medic with the Marines, including a combat tour in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004-2005.

Jushinski said he came home with a traumatic brain injury and post-trau-matic stress disorder, but the long list of medications that were prescribed by

Veterans Administration physicians didn’t help.

“The VA and the military had me on a lot of different medications. And in my opinion, they were making me worse, not better,” he said.

“I had to create my own treatment plan that I felt would work for me, and part of that was using medi-cal marijuana,” Jushinski added.

In talking with other war veterans, he found many who were taking the same

Lucas Jushinski

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BY BEN WATANABESouth Whidbey Record

Last year was a difficult one for South Whidbey residents.

Four people died in auto-related acci-dents within 44 days. And while people on the South End gathered to support the victims’ families, those who tried to save their lives were left to deal with the trauma.

The grief and sorrow that can grip firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians and others can take a long time to fade. That inspired Petra Martin, the communications coordina-tor at South Whidbey Commons in Langley, to create Whidbey CareNet, a network to help those who help others on South Whidbey with counseling and therapy, both physical and emotional.

“When something like this hap-pens, we all feel helpless,” Martin said. “Asking these caregivers — counsel-ors, yoga instructors, massage thera-pists — they all thanked me for the opportunity to help them.”

Martin was moved to organize the support group after the triple fatal-ity car crash in November north of Clinton. Three young men died, and an 18-year-old volunteer with South Whidbey Fire/EMS was one of the first responders to the scene. Martin recalled seeing him the next day at the Commons.

“He walked into the Commons white as a sheet after that and told us he had

been there,” Martin said.“There are things you just can’t un-

see.” Martin sought the assistance of

counselors and therapy professionals. Within two weeks Martin had their responses, all 25 of them, which sur-prised her because they all offered their services for free.

“It was like taking the cork out of a champagne bottle. The response went viral,” Martin said.

“Right now, we have lots and lots of providers, and they are eager to help

first responders.” One of those providers is Alina

Frank, a body therapist with Tap Your Power in Langley.

Frank specializes in emotional free-dom techniques, which she said is “like emotional acupuncture without needles.” The physical therapy is also known as the tapping technique, in which the therapist taps along the body to unlock stress.

“We get their nervous system to really calm down and regulate,” Frank

Whidbey CareNet hopes to help first responders

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Rob Harrison and Petra Martin have joined to promote Whidbey CareNet, a new effort to support first responders on Whidbey Island with therapy and counseling.

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Jade Logan, a fashionable “Steampunker,” at MUSEO.

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School board members Damian Greene and Linda Racicot enjoy the kudos sent their way last week by School District Superintendant Jo Moccia.

Local doctor appointed to cancer commission

Amy Picco, Doctor of Osteopathy, of Freeland, recently received a three-year appointment as cancer liaison physician for the cancer pro-gram at Whidbey General Hospital. Cancer liaison physicians are an integral part of cancer programs accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.

Picco is among a national net-work of more than 1,600 volunteer physicians who are responsible for providing leadership and direction to establish, maintain and support their facilities’ cancer program.

The Commission on Cancer is a consortium of 50 professional orga-nizations dedicated to improving the survival and quality of life for cancer patients. The Commission achieves its goal through standard-setting, cancer prevention, research, educational activities, as well as monitoring comprehensive qual-ity care. Its membership includes national organizations representing the full spectrum of cancer care and Fellows of the American College of Surgeons.

Picco, who has a significant inter-est in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with malignant diseases, is a member of the multidisciplinary cancer committee at Whidbey General Hospital, an institution which is dedicated to facilitating the delivery of comprehensive quality cancer care.

TODAY’S EDITION | VOL. 88, N0. 9ON THE MAT, A6: Freshman shine on senior night.

OBITS, A8-A9: Sandy (Mary E.) Knight, Thomas H. Brown.

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Current results: 14 percent “yes”, 85 percent “no.”

Contact us | Newsroom @ 877-316-7276Brian Kelly, editor.

Patricia Duff, Island Life editor; features, arts and entertainment.

Ben Watanabe, sports, schools.

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Whidbey students earn honorsTen students from South Whidbey have

earned academic honors at Washington State University and have been named to the president’s honor roll for the 2011 fall semester.

The local scholars are Eva Louise Denka, Dylan Arthur Fate, Christine Virginia Johnson and Amanda Elizabeth Strempel, of Clinton; Courtney Kathleen Bosman, Hillary B. Mellish and Lauren Christiana Sandri, Langley; Alissa S. Coupe and Elizabeth Marie Lutch, Freeland; and Rachel Michelle Escalle, Greenbank.

To be eligible for the honor roll, under-graduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade point aver-age of 3.75 or earn a 3.5 cumulative GPA based on 15 cumulative hours of graded work.

Photo courtesy of Whidbey General Hospital

Dr. Amy Picco of Freeland poses for a family portrait with her husband, Dr. Michael Picco and sons, Jack and Nathan.

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Moccia praises school boardSouth Whidbey School District took

some time to celebrate its school board last week.

District Superintendent Jo Moccia gave the five board members a certificate in recognition of their service to the stu-dents and families on South Whidbey.

“I wanted to thank the school board for your time, for your expertise,” Moccia said last Wednesday.

“I want to thank you for the work the employees do on behalf of children.”

“You really exemplify as a school board what the work of a school board is.”

Governor Christine Gregoire declared January as School Board Recognition Month last year.

In Gregoire’s proclamation, she said 295 elected school boards employ more than 100,000 people. Public school dis-tricts are governed by elected officials who serve four-year terms. Those school boards also manage a combined budget of $6 billion to ensure students receive a K-12 education.

There are more than 1,400 students in South Whidbey schools. The board is responsible for guiding the superinten-dent and approving the use of more than $15 million in revenue.

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‘Steampunk’ packs them in at MUSEO

It was the social event of the season at MUSEO’s open-ing of its “Steampunk” show Saturday. Artists, families, friends, neighbors and art lov-ers steamed up the standing-room only gallery on First Street in downtown Langley during its opening reception for 40 local artists.

The show featured every-thing in the Steampunk style from clothing, shoes and jew-elry to mostly metal and other sculptures, paintings, moving pictures, a bicycle and pull-along cart and a few plain ‘ol contraptions.

Gallery owner Sandra Jarvis was beaming in her costume of classic Steampunk Victorian regalia complete with a tiny black top hat juxtaposed at a daring angle atop her head.

Jarvis set the costumed tone for the crowd, many of whom followed her lead by wearing extravagant and quite often hand-fabricated Steampunk attire, while others struck a deal with the “Mother of Invention” and fabricated whatever deemed worthy of a show that features roman-tic Victorian clothing, metal, brass and leather things, top hats, goggles and other flying machine accessories.

The show runs until Feb. 28.

path to heal — but not through the VA.

“So here is something we’re not allowed to really talk about at the VA, here’s something that helps us all,” he said.

Jushinski, a Freeland resident, had frequently vis-ited Whidbey Island before moving here after graduat-ing from Evergreen State College following his time in the service. His parents moved here when he was in kindergarten, and his moth-er has owned a home on the island for the last 20 years.

He hopes to set up a medi-cal marijuana “access point” that could assist veterans as well as residents who are suffering from terminal or debilitating medical condi-tions.

“I want to create a safe space,” Jushinski said. “A space where patients who have medical marijuana authorizations can come and get medical marijuana.

“What I’m trying to do here is to educate people and bring awareness. There’s a lot of veterans here,

including myself, who are kind of suffering and deal-ing with a lot of trauma. And people don’t know they are out there.”

Jushinski noted that Washington’s medical marijuana law has been on the books for 13 years. Dispensaries that have oper-ated outside the law have been raided, he said, but access points operating with-in the law have remained open.

“There have been access points open that whole time that have been operating in a regulated way, where they are doing everything legally by the state … and they haven’t been shut down and there haven’t been any prob-lems,” he said.

“I’m really just trying to put a face on this busi-ness, and alleviate some of people’s fears,” Jushinski added. “I’m trying to be as open and transparent as pos-sible. I don’t want to hide any longer.”

Jushinski said he has already talked with legal growers of marijuana, and has also worked with a busi-ness attorney, a criminal defense attorney and a tax attorney to help with his business plan.

Since he moved to Whidbey, Jushinski has immersed himself in com-munity service. He has vol-unteered at the Good Cheer Food Bank and Hearts & Hammers, and has been a “Big Brother” mentor to a 14-year-old Seattle teen. He has also volunteered with Rise N’ Shine, which sup-ports children whose lives have been touched by HIV/AIDS.

Jushinski said he plans to operate his business, called Island Alternative Medicine, as a nonprofit. Much of the revenue from the business, he said, will be donated to Good Cheer and the Veterans Resource Center.

Jushinski also hopes to find local, legal growers on the island to supply the mari-juana, which will be provided to patients for donations of $10 to $12 per gram.

“This is the 21st century and I feel that we need to step into it. Here’s a medi-cine, an alternative medicine, that helps so many people,”

he said.Langley City Councilman

Doug Allderdice said he’s looking forward to a commu-nity discussion next month on the proposal.

Allderdice has met with Jushinski and has been impressed with his efforts.

“I have found Lucas to be very forthcoming,” Allderdice said.

“He wants this to be all above board, with lots of notification,” he said.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 Washington State Ferries officials will host a public meeting in Clinton next month to discuss upgrades and renovations to the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal.

WSF has released its draft environmental impact statement, or EIS, on the project, and state officials are seeking public com-ment on the possible prob-lems that building a new

terminal — or continuing to use the current one built in 1952 — may pose.

The public hearing on South Whidbey is sched-uled for 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 at Clinton Community Hall. Representatives from WSF, the Federal Transit Administration and other agencies will be on hand to answer questions.

Island libraries earn Green Seal

Four Sno-Isle librar-ies — Clinton, Langley, Freeland and Coupeville — recently earned the “Green Seal” from the Sustainable Whidbey Coalition.

The four libraries have joined the Oak Harbor Library in earning the dis-tinction, and now all five Whidbey Island libraries have been certified green.

Highlights from the Whidbey Green Seal application checklist showed that Sno-Isle scored high in the catego-ries of transportation and waste and toxic pollution.

The libraries were rec-ognized for taking a

leadership role in Whidbey Island’s sustain-able efforts by making smart choices to conserve resources, minimize unnecessary driving, reduce waste and toxic pollution, invest in the community, and make purchases closer to home.

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The Freeland and Coupeville libraries have also both installed low impact development rain gardens to minimize stormwater run-off.

The Coupeville Library also has solar panels that generate renewable energy.

GOP convention is rescheduled

The 2012 Island County Republican Party Convention will be held a week earlier than pre-viously planned, Island County Republican Party Chairman Brett Wilhelm announced Monday.

The convention will now be held Saturday, March 24 at Oak Harbor High School.

The 2012 GOP precinct caucuses in Island County will be held for South Whidbey voters at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 3 at South Whidbey High School.

Registered voters liv-ing in one of the 25 pre-cincts located on South Whidbey will convene for a pooled caucus in the commons at the high school. After con-sideration of resolutions and the Island County Republican Party plat-form, the pooled caucuses will adjourn to individual precinct caucuses for the election of delegates and alternates to the county convention.

City’s shoreline committee meets

Langley’s Shoreline Advisory Committee will meet next week to review the work of the commit-tee and to take public comment.

The committee is helping Langley leaders gather public input on the update to the city’s Shoreline Master Program, which is scheduled to be completed in 2012.

The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 in council cham-bers at Langley City Hall.

Chamber gets new contract

The Langley City Council unanimously approved a new lease agreement with the Langley Chamber of Commerce at the council’s last meeting for use of the city’s building on Anthes Avenue.

The building, built by the city in 1996 as a visitor information cen-ter, has been leased by the Langley Chamber of Commerce since 1997. The previous contract expired in December 2008, and

the chamber and city have continued to oper-ate as if a lease was in place.

Negotiations on a new lease started in November.

“Our discussions were amicable,” said Marc Esterly, executive director of the Langley chamber, who said the new con-tract was a reasonable agreement between the city and the chamber.

Public Works Director Challis Stringer said the new lease will go through the end of 2015.

The chamber will take over the opening and the cleaning of the adjoin-ing public restrooms on the weekends, and the city will contract out for restroom maintenance on weekdays. The chamber will pay $575 per month to rent the building, which city officials said represents a moderate discount from local market rental rates in exchange for the cham-ber’s maintenance of the restrooms on Saturdays and Sundays.

“The city is still respon-sible for any repairs or any issues that come up,” Stringer said.

The lease also gives the new Main Street enter-

prise access to the build-ing.

The city will also make flooring and cabinet improvements to the building, and will also improve the visibility of the chamber’s sign in front of the building.

City celebrates Groundhog Day

Langley will celebrate Thursday with its First Annual Groundhog Day Celebration.

Organized by Bob Effertz and the South Whidbey Groundhog Club, the celebration will be held at the South Whidbey Commons Coffeehouse and Bookstore on Second Street. There will be cof-fee, refreshments and food at 6:30 p.m., fol-lowed by a Groundhog Day sing-along and the screening of the film “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray. The film will be shown in the Backroom of the Commons.

The event is sponsored by the South Whidbey Groundhog Club. For more information, call Effertz at 341-1739 or email burmabob2@hot mail.com.

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To the editor:A recent letter raised questions about con-

struction costs involving fire stations and spending in our community. I welcome the opportunity to respond.

Costs associated with construction of the stations, including land acquisition, have accrued over more than 15 years — not the few implied by the author. These projects have been part of the fire district’s capi-tal facilities planning process for the past 20 years to meet the safety needs of our com-munity for the next 50 to 60 years. In that same time period, these projects have been openly discussed in regular board meetings that are open to the public.

Hopefully this information will clear up any confusion created by the author. These are your tax dollars, and we take our stewardship of these funds seriously. I invite any citizen to meet with me or our elected board of fire commissioners to discuss our list of capital projects and expenditures. Our job is to save lives. We will spend money on public safety projects and people with skills to help us to that end.

H.L. “RUSTY” PALMERFire Chief

South Whidbey Fire/EMS

To the editor:Totally by accident, my wife and I were

fortunate enough to buy property and build north of the South Whidbey Frontier. That means we can observe the grand planning of the south sider’s port, fire district, water district and, of course, Langley tax districts with amusement and without fear for our sav-ings account!

Dean Enell’s letter itemizing some of the expenditures the South End fire district has racked up reminded me of this. Dean forgot to mention the fireboat and the daycare center them folks want too!

I don’t know what that stuff costs, but the fire boat ain’t gonna be cheap. Since there’s not one 24-hour launch ramp in their whole

fire district, they better start looking at hover-crafts! Oh, and a big truck/trailer rig to haul it around.

Please don’t get me wrong. I like many folks down there in the south. But I think many of the newer emigré’s there might be happier on Mercer Island? Seems to me we all, north and south, survived just fine so far, and most of us liked things the way they were when we came. That’s why we came.

GEORGE BUEHLERGreenbank

Thank you

To the editor:The entire Eggland family would like to

thank and acknowledge some of the most compassionate and kind people of our com-munity.

On Jan. 1, 2012, emergency aid, deputy sheriffs, the coroner and Whidbey General Hospital responded to the accident scene of Ray Eggland. They worked tirelessly and they also tried to comfort the family as they worked trying to save his life. We understand this is their job, but they went beyond their job

and showed our family compassion and empa-thy which helped make it a bit easier.

We also want to thank everyone who has sent a card, called or came over and shared a story about Ray. We are blessed to live in such a compassionate community. You will forever be in our hearts.

THE RAY EGGLAND FAMILYCoupeville

Diking district election

To the editor:Diking District 1 is experiencing a novel

event, a genuine election for one of the three positions on the district’s board.

Until now commissioners have simply appointed each other. Ray Gabelein Jr. is finally up for election and is being challenged by Tom Kraft.

Commissioners Gabelein and Steve Arnold have taken actions which have been declared illegal by Superior Court Judge Churchill. They have arranged assessments so they personally pay very little and the residents of Sunlight Beach pay a lot. They have spent district funds improperly, which is why Judge

Churchill has impounded the district’s funds. The Court of Appeals has now upheld that action.

Gabelein and Arnold claim they are unable to find the taxing resolutions they adopted in 2007. It is a basic responsibility of elected officials to maintain records of the laws and resolutions they adopt. Not doing so is either mismanagement or incompetence.

Gabelein and Arnold have not been willing to work with their fellow commissioner who disagreed with their actions. They excluded Commissioner Shepard from meetings with other government agencies and failed to noti-fy him (or district landowners) of important meetings.

Owners of property within the district finally have the opportunity to make a major change and end the mismanagement of Diking District 1. Tom Kraft is running for Ray’s hereditary position. Kraft has an under-standing of the basics of democracy and the responsibilities of elected officials.

Ballots have been mailed and must be returned by Feb. 7. I strongly encourage residents of Diking District 1 to vote for Tom Kraft for commissioner.

MARIANNE EDAINClinton

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LANGLEY — The spotlight was on South Whidbey’s most veteran grapplers on Senior Night. The glory, however, went to the fresh-men Monday night.

A trio of Falcon freshmen, all first-year wrestlers, scored enough points in the final lightweight matches to beat Archbishop Murphy 36-33.

It turned out that avoiding a pin was just as important as scoring one for South Whidbey.

“The most impressive win of the night was a loss,” said Falcon head coach Jim Thompson.

“It’s always good to beat Archbishop.”

The final match of the night determined the outcome. Falcon freshman Will Holbert outlasted Wildcat junior Colin Farrell in the 120-pound division.

“Big thanks to Will for not get-ting pinned,” said Falcon senior Cameron Schille.

South Whidbey led Archbishop Murphy 36-30 in team points. A pin by Farrell would result in a tie; a decision by Farrell would give South Whidbey the victory.

Holbert, a svelte 120 pounds, was quickly on the mat, his face pressed against the Falcon blue cushion-ing. Farrell tried to wear him down by keeping Holbert’s chest com-pressed against the ground and spinning him around.

Holbert’s coaches chose for him to start in the neutral position at the start of the second period to get him

off the ground. It didn’t work as they hoped.

Farrell scored another quick

two-point takedown and rolled Holbert onto his shoulders for an instant before the wiry freshman

wiggled out. With the evening riding on this

one match, some senior Falcons said it was hard to watch.

“I was nervous,” said Falcon senior Montana Johnson. “Coach kept walking in front of me and it was like, do I look around him or just hide behind him because I didn’t want to know, but I wanted to know.”

“You almost get as good of a workout sitting on the sidelines. You try to show them the moves. Your voice hurts and your body hurts and you’re trying to show them but you get winded,” Johnson added.

Farrell began the third period down. Holbert tried to keep him there and score a pin or a near fall.

Instead, Farrell stood for one point and two on a takedown. Again, Farrell almost pinned Holbert, but the Falcon managed to slip the Wildcat’s grip and get on his chest to avoid a pin as time expired.

“He kept fighting,” Thompson said.

“It’s really important to fight out of those pins. He fought for six minutes.”

Momentum turned the Falcons’ way three matches earlier.

In the heavyweight bout, Falcon sophomore Jose Chavez (285) pinned Wildcat freshman Noah Hanson in 1:12. That gave South Whidbey its first lead since Johnson’s quick pin (24 seconds) five matches earlier in the 160 class.

“I knew he was a JV wrestler because the kid I was supposed to

wrestle bumped up to wrestle 170,” Johnson said of his fast fight. “As soon as I got the underhook, he just went limp.”

After Chavez’s big pin for six points toward the team score, the lightweights hit the mat.

Falcon freshman Steven Smith took three rounds to wear down Wildcat frosh Kenny Ficklin.

The lightest weight began well for Ficklin, who scored the first two points on a takedown. Those were the only points he got, as Smith wore him down by standing, spin-ning and reversing on Ficklin.

“It felt pretty good to win because I’ve been on a losing streak,” Smith said. “I just kept doing what I prac-ticed.”

“Sooner or later you’re going to tire him out.”

The win was another in a handful of important victories for the first-time Falcon grappler. It also marked a milestone to his coach.

“Steven wrestled solid. I’m really proud of that kid,” Thompson said. “I’m so glad he came out for wres-tling.”

“I love having him in the mat room. He’s just a great kid to be around.”

Josh McElhinny, a first-time fresh-man wrestler, won the 113 class by Archbishop Murphy’s forfeit.

In the earlier matches, Schille pinned Wildcat senior AJ Vidamo (138) in 3:07. Schille was in control early on a takedown and three-point near fall.

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LANGLEY — South Whidbey fell to King’s on Senior Night, 48-33, in girls basketball.

Instead of memories of an upset win, the Falcons were left with lumps and dreams of what might have been.

Adding injury to the defeat, the Falcons lost their star senior forward Jessica Manca for the rest of the season after she suffered a concussion on Friday.

Falcon head coach Andy Davis had high praise for the Knights.

“They’re good,” Davis said. “In my opinion, Number 21 — Storkson — is the best player in the league. Number 30 — Kirton — is probably the second-best.”

The Knights pulled away late in the game. The short-staffed Falcons used an eight-player rotation to push the tempo of their normally half-court offense.

“Usually we take the ball up the court kind of slow,” Manca said. “Being able to push it up, that’s how we were able to get easy scoring opportunities.”

It worked. And for three quarters the Falcons had momentum in their favor.

“We were in control of the game,” Manca said. “If we would’ve worked hard, that was a team we could have potentially beat.”

The Knights averaged 57 points per game against Cascade Conference teams before Friday night. They were limited to 10 in the first quarter.

South Whidbey started with a surge to a 4-0 lead. Falcon senior post Lacy Williams won the tip that led to a turnaround hook by Manca. The Knights’ first possession ended in a travel violation.

King’s immediately used a full-court trap defense on South Whidbey’s inbound play. The Falcons beat the pressure and senior forward Zoey Maeser, starting for the first time this season, drained a 12-foot jump shot.

“Usually that spot and the first points aren’t a shot I hit,” Maeser said. “I finally hit it and I was extremely pleased with it.”

Fouls slowed the first quarter and brought King’s back into the game. The Knights attempted 10 free throws in the first eight min-

utes, and scored six points from the line.

Manca tied the game at 14-14 with a couple of

minutes left before halftime. She put the ball on the floor, dribbled past her defender and rolled in a layup.

Back on defense, she rotated from the post to defend Knights freshman guard Savanna Hanson, which led to a travel viola-tion. With the ball in her hands, Manca launched a three-pointer that missed and led to a Knights fast break.

Manca rushed back to defend. She tried to set her feet but was still moving as Knights senior Karlie Storkson drove for a layup.

The contact knocked Manca to the floor, head first.

“I tried to take the charge, and that didn’t really work out,” Manca said.

“My head hit first before the rest of my body did.”

The previously raucous

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Wildcat freshman Kenny Ficklin tries to escape and lift 106-pound Falcon freshman Steven Smith on Monday.

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Lacy Williams, a Falcon senior forward, works against Lady Knight senior center Joclyn Kirton on Friday night.

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crowd fell silent, save for Manca’s cries. She said she had a seizure, which led Falcon trainer Jim Christensen to call for an ambulance as a precaution. Play stopped for more than 20 minutes as she was sta-bilized on a stretcher and taken to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

“I was alert, but I couldn’t open my eyes,” Manca said.

The decision to leave was difficult for the four-year player.

“As a senior, I wanted to put it all on the court and do all that I can to win it,” she said. “I felt like I was letting my team down.”

When play resumed, Storkson hit both free throws to give the Knights a 16-14 advantage.

Still reeling from the loss of their teammate, the Falcons committed a pair

of turnovers before gain-ing possession on a jump ball. Falcon senior guard Makenzie Peterson missed a three, but junior guard Ellie Greene grabbed the board and scored a putback.

Knights senior forward Joclyn Kirton scored the final two baskets of the first half to take a 20-16 lead. She

scored a game-high 12 points for the Knights, largely due to early foul trou-ble for Williams, the Falcons’ tallest post player.

“She’s a good post player. She’s really athletic,” Williams said of Kirton.

“I was just trying to make sure I had a good stance and stand straight up and not get

the fifth foul.” King’s kept and extended

its lead in the third quarter. Storkson’s previously cold

outside shooting heated up, and the Lady Knight senior made both of her three-pointers in the second half for 12 points.

Storkson’s second three gave the Lady Knights a

10-point lead at 34-24. It was the first play of the fourth quarter. The Knights out-scored the Falcons 13-3 in the first four minutes.

Peterson attempted to spark the Falcons, as she scored all eight of her points in the final period.

It wasn’t the only highlight for South Whidbey, though.

“We played with effort, we played with trust in one another,” Davis said.

South Whidbey (5-4 conference; 6-8 over-all) was fifth overall in the Cascade Conference before the game against Archbishop Murphy (10-1 conference; 12-4) on Tuesday. At fourth place among 2A teams, South Whidbey had a two-game lead over Sultan (3-8 conference; 5-11).

In order to qualify for the Northwest District 1 playoffs, South Whidbey needs to finish in the top four among 2A teams (only King’s and Coupeville are 1A).

The Falcons looked ahead to a road game against the Granite Falls Tigers (7-5 con-ference; 11-7) on Friday as a marquee matchup.

The Tigers are in third place, but lost 45-37 to the Falcons in December.

“We go into a big game Friday,” Davis said. “The Granite Falls game is huge for us. We win that game, that puts us in a great posi-tion to secure the third spot.”

They’ll play without Manca for only the second time this season — she missed the game against Coupeville for missing prac-tice.

Players said they’re pre-pared to win long enough to bring Manca back in time for the playoff tournament, and no Falcon was more hopeful than Manca.

“We have a lot of really good players on our team, if they play all together we have the potential to have a really good outcome,” she said.

“He shot in on me first. I cross-faced and got behind (him),” Schille said.

“I knew I had a good chance of beating him, but I’m always kind of

nervous before a match.”South Whidbey senior Steve

Sutton (145) pinned Wildcat sopho-more Dan Dzilenski in 3:37.

Falcon sophomore Kyrell Broyles (152) beat Wildcat junior PJ Novack in a 9-7 decision.

“You never know with these light-weights,” Thompson said. “Some of their kids look like they’re first

years. You have first years against first years and anything can hap-pen.”

Archbishop Murphy won the 126- and 132-pound bouts by South Whidbey’s forfeit. Wildcat wrestlers claimed pins in the 170, 195 and 220. Both teams forfeited the 182 match.

The victory was the Falcons’ sec-

ond against Cascade Conference opponents this season. It was also the final league dual meet before sub-regionals at Cedarcrest High School in Duvall on Saturday, Feb. 4. The Wildcats finished their season without a conference win.

Each Cascade Conference school can submit two entries per weight class at the double elimination

tournament. It begins at 10 a.m. Admission costs $6 for adults and students without an ASB card, and $4 for children, senior citizens and students with an ASB card.

The bracket will be established after weigh-in Saturday morning.

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The Puget Sound Blood Center will visit Trinity Lutheran Church from noon to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4.

Blood donors must be 18 or older, weigh at least 110 pounds and be free of infections. Donating blood takes approximate-ly 45 minutes from start to finish, and can enjoy homemade treats after giving blood.

For more information, call Janice Martinovic at 321-4692.

Survivors of Incest Anonymous, a 12-step recovery group, will meet from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays in Langley.

Meetings start Feb. 11, and will be held at 432 Second St. Incest is defined broadly as a sexual encounter initiated by anyone who betrayed a child’s trust. Physical abuse and rape (at any age) survivors are also welcome.

Call 360-730-1639 for more information.

Hearts & Hammers will kick off its 19th year of neighbors helping neigh-bors by hosting its annual spaghetti dinner next week.

The traditional event, planned for 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 in Fellowship Hall at Langley United Methodist Church, helps raise funds and vol-unteers for the commu-nity-based group which provides free home repair and maintenance for people who are unable to do the work alone.

Organizers of the noodle feed say it’s a great opportunity to

socialize with a large part of the community and learn more about the grassroots organization. People can sign up for the Saturday, May 5 workday and purchase this year’s T-shirts and hats while enjoying food, friends, music and fun.

Dinner includes a choice of regular or gluten-free noodles, meat or vegetarian sauce, garlic bread, a variety of salads, desserts and a beverage, all for $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12.

Check out the Hearts & Hammers website at www.heartsandhammers.com to donate or sign-up to volunteer online.

Last year, more than 400 volunteers brought

needed help to over 45 homeowners in the South Whidbey com-munity. Work included carpentry, painting, plumbing, weatherization projects, heavy cleaning, yard cleanup and trash removal.

Many possible homes have already been identi-fied for this year’s work day and fundraising is underway. If you are a homeowner needing help, you can still sign up through the website or call 221-6063.

Those who have signed up prior to January for help and have not heard back from Hearts & Hammers should contact the organization again.

Sandy Knight

Sandy (Mary E.) Knight of Freeland, born Nov. 6, 1913, died Jan. 25, 2012.

A celebration of her life will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at Maple Ridge Assisted Living, 1767 Alliance Ave. in Freeland.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions can be made to Bayview Senior Center 14594 SR 525, Langley, WA 98260.

A full obituary will fol-low.

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BY BEN WATANABESouth Whidbey Record

LANGLEY — Quick. Name the largest country in the world that is an absolute monarchy.

It’s Saudi Arabia. Now, answer the next question

in 15 seconds. Slicing a cube in half increases the total surface area by what percentage?

Or, complete this statement with a one-syllable adverb so that it illus-trates a double litotes: I couldn’t disagree...

The answer is less. And for an English expert, that

was easy. For the senior leaders of the Knowledge Bowl teams at South Whidbey High School, it was far from simple.

“I don’t know what a litotes is,” said senior Will Mellish.

(Litotes are a form of understate-ment, typically using a double negative).

Even so, they know plenty. The wealth of information of more than 20 students at SWHS has quali-fied three teams for the regional Knowledge Bowl tournament.

Those three squads — the Arrgyle Pirates, e(π)c (read like epic) and Team A — will have 18 South Whidbey students pitting wits and strategy against dozens of teams from schools across Island, Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties.

“I was confident two teams would make it to regionals and real pleased the third team did,” said Knowledge Bowl advisor Greg Ballog, a science teacher at SWHS.

That included one head-to-head against their teammates during the last tournament at Anacortes High School. Two South Whidbey teams rotated into the same room to square off in a game of intellect

that tests their knowledge of gram-mar, mathematics, science, litera-ture, geography, current events and history.

The top half of teams in the small school division advanced to the regional playoffs. South Whidbey accounted for one-third of the teams to qualify.

The well-trivia’d Mellish and Claire Hofius are Knowledge Bowl veterans. Both have been part of the program since their freshman year, and know the tactics that can mean the difference between state and going home.

“We usually stay in the top third,” Mellish said. “You kind of develop healthy rivalries.”

They said knowing their oppo-nents is important, because then they know which room to avoid. Being in the same room as the Anacortes team Cruciverbalism, for example, is dangerous because

they may sweep all of the questions too fast to buzz in, and they’ll be correct.

Another part of South Whidbey’s plan is to hover around the second- or third-best group. From there, the teams can try to sweep the questions and vault into the final room to qualify for the next match.

“The competition is really stiff and really tough,” Mellish said.

“We use it as a springboard to the top room.”

Another plan is to alternately be patient and quick on the buzzer bar. With literary questions that begin, “This famous American author,” Hofius said it’s best to buzz in with, “Mark Twain,” before the question is finished.

That’s a technique their teacher-advisor has coached.

“Don’t think, just speak,” Ballog laughed.

Buzzer-happy fingers are less

than ideal with math problems. Answer too quickly, and there’s a risk of missing part of the equation.

“In math, it’s tough to buzz in early,” Mellish said.

South Whidbey’s Knowledge Bowl teams have met every Tuesday since October. They don’t study, instead they rely on information they’ve already learned in class. They also practice their speed in answering questions and look at questions from previous tournaments.

Yet for all Ballog’s coaching and support, the two seniors admitted science may not be their strongest subject.

“Whenever we miss an AP Bio question we know he just cringes,” Hofius said.

South Whidbey’s top team, the Arrgyle Pirates, placed sec-ond among small school teams. Qualifying for the regional competi-tion is based on combining the top two scores from the previous tournaments.

Ballog, a longtime teacher at South Whidbey, knows how to motivate his trivia experts. It’s easier to lead a horse with a carrot than a spur, likewise he encourages students to perform well with the promise of food if they qualify for the state tournament.

“I’m looking forward to Mr. Ballog buying us dinner,” Hofius said.

The regional tournament at Blaine High School is Monday, Feb. 6.

Here’s a sample of questions South Whidbey’s Knowledge Bowl teams may face next week:

1. What is the slope of the line produced by the equation,C = (5/9)F + 160/9? 2. What unit of weight is equal to about 4.45 newtons? 3. Three of the five entrances to Yellowstone National Park are through what state? 4. The woman who enchanted Merlin, raised Lancelot and gave Excalibur to Arthur is generally known as what lady? 5. First commercially available in 2009, what is the Tata Nano?

6. The Calabria, Salento and Gargano peninsulas are parts of what larger peninsula? 7. In 1916, the first paint-ing by what American artist appeared on the cover of the “Saturday Evening Post”? 8. What nautical route connecting with Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean opened in 1959? 9. The crew of the HMS Bounty mutinied shortly after leaving this Polynesian island in 1789? 10. What kind of teeth are wis-dom teeth?

ANSWERS: 1, 5/9; 2, Pound; 3, Montana; 4, Lady of the Lake; 5, Car; 6, Italian (Apennine) Peninsula; 7, Norman Rockwell; 8, St. Lawrence Seaway; 9, Tahiti; 10, Molars.

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Knowledge Bowl veteran Claire Hofius soaks up information during a recent class at South Whidbey High School in preparation for the upcoming competition.

space is too limited at the marina to safely maneuver a bus.”

Interest in a funicular — a tram-like vehicle that uses a cable to pull passenger cars up and down a slope — at the marina was reinvigorated by recent talks between city officials and developers hoping to build a four-story, commercial/residential building on the Drake’s Landing property.

That development project, called Wharf Street Landing, would include homes, office space, a 60-seat restaurant, and a public landing for a one-car funicular on the building’s second floor.

City officials say the funic-ular would provide greater access to the marina, given the limited space for parking at the end of Wharf Street. At the council meeting last week, Arango shared artist sketches of the funicular project that were created by local architect Ron Kasprisin.

Arango said the grant funding was originally ear-marked for Wharf Street so a 450-foot-stretch of the roadway could be widened to 20 feet.

“The thinking was that by widening it, you would avoid any conflicts between two large vehicles passing each other,” he said.

Arango noted the street is about 17 feet wide, and though narrow, two large vehicles could probably still

pass each other on the road-way even if it isn’t widened.

More important, however, is what would happen once the marina is expanded. The Port of South Whidbey expects to begin work this year on its marina expansion project but uplands space is extremely limited near the marina, and that means little room for additional boat trail-ers or other visitor vehicles.

The marina now has park-ing for six boat trailers, a small space when compared to other boat ramp facilities such as the one in Freeland, which has room for 15 boat trailers.

“Even if you were to widen Wharf Street, I would really question whether that would really increase access and use of the marina since there wouldn’t be any place to park,” Arango said.

“We’re not going to increase any use if they have no place to park,” he said.

With the funicular in place, people could park at

the city’s planned park-and-ride on Cascade Avenue or elsewhere in town and ride the funicular down to the marina.

“It reduces the parking demand at the marina,” Arango explained.

“There’s 20 to 30 parking spaces down at the marina and that’s not going to change. And that’s very lim-iting for a large-scale marina, of course,” he said.

The funicular could also help spur other improve-ments along the Cascade Avenue promenade.

“This would be a catalyst for it,” Arango said. “By put-ting the funicular landing in its proposed location, that becomes a design opportuni-ty. It becomes an opportunity for public art, for commu-nity celebration, for viewing platforms, and it becomes kind of a good gateway into

the community as you come around the corner and down Cascade.”

Some issues will need to be sorted out later, accord-ing to city officials, including how to keep local youths from using trips up and down the funicular as late-night entertainment. Others have also wondered how much it will cost to keep the funicular running.

Councilman Hal Seligson noted the proposal is still in its early stages, and cost issues will be addressed as work on the project contin-ues.

“I’m confident that staff are going to look into all those aspects to get estima-tions as to what a mainte-nance contract with our local funicular maintenance company might be,” Seligson said.

When someone quipped

the “local” company might be Swiss, Seligson joked that would present another opportunity.

“Well, there you go. We could visit our money. Some of us.

“Some of you,” he quickly added, counting himself out.

Officials note the grant money from the Wharf Street project will not fully fund the funicular, which is expected to cost about a half million dollars. Mayor Larry Kwarsick said the city would also seek a grant from the state Recreation and Conservation Office to help

pay for the project.Kwarsick said the city

would apply for an RCO grant this summer, and approved grant funding requests are usually awarded the following year.

The RCO usually approves more than 200 grants, total-ing roughly $60 million, each year.

Port Manager Ed Field said Tuesday that port com-missioners generally support the funicular project.

He also said the topic is expected to be discussed at a special port meeting Wednesday night.

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Thomas H. Brown

Thomas H. Brown, 71, singer-songwriter, passed away unexpectedly on January 10, 2012, in Freeland, Washington following an extended illness. Tom was a graduate of Midland High School, Midland, TX, class of 1959. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California and a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Counseling from the University of La Verne. Tom blended social work and counseling with his true passion-music. He began performing at an early age and soon after high school, Tom was singing, writing, and performing on stages across the U.S. His songs were published by major companies like ABC and Screen Gems. Tom retired to Whidbey Island, WA, in 2010 where he produced a CD, “Play One More Waltz”, comprised of original songs, written for his long- ago lead-ing lady in a Midland High

School play; whom he met again 53 years later. A mem-ber of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Nashville Songwriters Assoc. Int. (NSAI), Tom’s music will live on as will the memo-ries of his gentle, loving, and compassionate spirit. He is survived by his son, Daniel Hunter Brown of Chicago, Ill.; his sister, Cynthia Ann Brown of Port Townsend, WA; his companion and lead-ing lady, Kay Frady Turner of Langley, WA as well as numerous family members and friends.

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BY PATRICIA DUFFSouth Whidbey Record

It’s a long way to the Great White Way, but some-how Whidbey Island has the uncanny magnetism to pull even Broadway talent to its stages.

“The Best of Broadway” features former Broadway performers Kate Matteson and Patrick Holland with a variety of popular musi-cal numbers by the best of Broadway’s compos-ers including Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe and Bernstein. The evening begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 at the Whidbey Children’s Theater in Langley.

The performers will be joined by special guests, baritone singer Robert W. Prosch and Roxallanne Medley on violin.

For Matteson, a Clinton resident, seeing a produc-tion of “Funny Girl” as a child had her hooked on the dream of becoming a musical theater actress. At 19, she headed for New York and began to land roles in regional theaters.

Before long, the young singer found herself touring

nationally as Hope in Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” followed by a tour with the Tony award-winning Broadway revival of Kern and Hammerstein’s “Show Boat.”

“Playing a leading role in a major Broadway produc-tion was a dream come true,” Matteson said. “I was privileged to work under the direction of some of the theater greats — legend-ary director Hal Prince and renowned choreographer Susan Stroman.”

Matteson performed a variety of major roles in her career including parts in “Phantom of the Opera,” “Annie,” “A Little Night Music,” “Brigadoon,” “Gigi” and “Gypsy.”

And, although she trained at some of the most prestigious schools for music such as the Eastman School of Music, the Boston Conservatory and the American Conservatory, and realized a young girl’s dream of “making it” in the theater, Matteson returned to school and received a master’s degree and a doctorate in human devel-opment and education for social justice.

She now occupies most

of her time between a spiri-tual healing practice and the homeschooling of her four children alongside her husband, Kirk. A sometime composer and musician, he is also helping her put together an album of spiri-tually oriented songs in her spare time.

The “Best of Broadway” concert is hosted by Saratoga Chamber Orchestra, with whom Matteson recently per-formed during its Sing-Along Messiah.

The orchestra team real-ly knows how to find talent. It’s the second time that world-class pianist Holland, a Chicago area resident, will be on the island to perform the show.

Holland was the featured artist for the SCO’s 2010 Intermezzo Gala, dazzling guests with his mastery of the piano and “behind-the-scenes” theater stories. He spent many years working in the orchestra pits of Broadway on the original shows of “A Chorus Line,” “La Cage aux Folles,” “Annie,” “Sugar Babies” with Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, the anniversary production of “Hello, Dolly!” with Carol Channing, and

the revival of “The King and I” with Yul Brynner.

In other words, these performers are good enough for Broadway, the standard by which all musi-cal theater is measured.

Tickets for the “Best of Broadway” are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and youths, and are avail-able at the Book Bay in Freeland, Moonraker Books in Langley, Anchor Books & Coffee in Clinton, and at the door.

Concert proceeds will help support the Saratoga Chamber Orchestra.

For more information, visit www.saratogachamber orchestra.org.

Photo courtesy of Rob Schouten Gallery

Rob Adamson’s handblown glass pears glow in the Rob Schouten Gallery at Greenbank Farm.

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Rob Schouten shows a variety of artists

Rob Schouten Gallery features top gallery art-ists through Feb. 29 with a wide selection of art, including fresh and original art by some of the region’s finest artists.

The current exhibit includes paintings by Anne Belov, Pete Jordan, Mark Van Wickler and Kathleen Frugé-Brown; sculptures by Sharon Spencer, Dan Freeman and Lloyd Whannell; encaustics and willow art by Kathleen Otley; glass by Robert Adamson and Janis Swalwell; fiber art by Cyndi Wolfe; ceramics by Joan Govedare; jew-elry by Barbara Mundell; and giclée prints by Rob Schouten.

Rob Schouten Gallery is located at Greenbank Farm. February hours are weekends 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays and Wednesdays by appointment. For more information, call 222-3070 or email info@rob schoutengallery.com.

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What: “Best of Broadway” with singer Kate Matteson and pianist Patrick Holland.When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17.Info: $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and youths.

in from the cold to the cheerful warmth of its February group exhibit titled “Gardens & Flowers.” Nine of the gallery’s 28 member artists have artwork in the show, which opens Feb. 4, in time for Langley’s first Saturday Artwalk from 5 to 8 p.m.

Whidbey Art Gallery is located at 220 Second St.

Island Framery shows screenprints

Jessie Lily’s screenprints are featured at the new Island Framery space at the Bayview Cash Store through February.

“My approach to screen printing is old-school,” Lily said.

“I hand-pull my prints, using meticulously hand cut paper stencils. I cut the stencils with a simple

razor blade, out of ordi-nary drawing paper.”

Lily is inspired by form and pattern in the natural world, by Japanese aes-thetics and by pre-1910 European textile design, she gleans the core com-position primarily from her own photographs and finishes them by cutting freehand.

Island Framery recently took over the Open Door Gallery + Coffee digs. For more information, visit www.islandframery.com.

Artworks presents ‘My Funny Valentine’

Join Artworks Gallery’s First Friday at the Farm reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 3 and cel-ebrate the opening of the group show, “My Funny Valentine.”

Each artist will have a Valentine card beside one of their pieces telling why they loved making it.

Live music will be pro-

vided by guitarist Quinn Fitzpatrick. Wine tasting is available and light snacks will be served.

The artists of Artworks Gallery co-op will be on hand to share in this spe-cial evening.

Artworks Gallery is at Greenbank Farm and is open weekdays, exclud-ing Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, visit artworkswhidbey.com or call 222-3010.

Brackenwood Gallery focuses on photos

An exhibit of Earl Olsen’s photography will open at Brackenwood Gallery in downtown Langley on Saturday, Feb. 4.

Olsen’s focus for this show is primarily flora, both domestic and wild. Using nature as a palate, the camera as his paint-brush, a field of yellow

daisies is suddenly trans-formed into an abstract “painting” on film, captur-ing one’s imagination, transporting the viewer to new dimensions of the natural world.

“My eye tends to go to the detail, looking for that something special in the familiar that surrounds us everyday,” Olsen said.

Join Brackenwood for an artist’s reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. The show contin-ues through Feb. 27.

Visit www.brackenwood-gallery.com for more infor-mation.

Cellar Room gallery features Whidbey

“Focus on Whidbey” is in the Cellar Room at Taste for Wine until March 5 at Bayview Corner. The photography show highlights scenes from Whidbey Island and includes three photog-raphers, Tom Trimbath with his “12 Months at

Deception Pass”; Carolyn Brettmann with a selec-tion of her sunsets; and Karen Leeds and her Whidbey series.

Taste for Wine is open Friday through Monday from noon to 6 p.m. and offers wine tasting and food in addition to the art gallery.

For more information, visit www.tasteforwin ewhidbey.com or call 321-0515.

Raven Rocks Gallery’s got love

Raven Rocks Gallery presents the fifth annual “Artists in Love” show featuring the art of gallery owners Mary Jo Oxrieder and Windwalker Taibi from Feb. 3 to March 1.

An opening reception is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 during Greenbank Farm’s First Fridays at the Farm event.

Oxrieder and Taibi con-sider February to be their

month, a time focused on love. In celebration of their love and passion for each other and their art, they are filling their spaces with hearts of all kinds. Oxrieder offers her latest handmade greet-ing cards, whimsical fan-tasy paintings and prints, love poetry plaques and plush fabric hearts, while Taibi debuts his latest mixed-media works titled “Raven’s Love Notes.” The gallery will also show the latest works of all the resi-dent artists in a kaleido-scope of color and style.

For information and gallery hours, call 222-0102, or visit www.ravenrocksgallery.com.

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Baby Storytime comes to the Freeland Library at 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays through May 30.

Babies and their favorite adults can learn to love reading together with stories, songs, fin-gerplays and rhymes. Playtime follows. The program is for newborns through 18 months, and caregiver attendance is required.

The Freeland Library presents Toddler Storytime at 10 a.m. Wednesdays through May 30.

Toddlers from 19 months to 3 years can have fun with music, stories, creative activities and movement. Reading readiness skills are included, and a playtime may fol-low. Caregiver attendance is required.

Transition Whidbey Potlucks with a Purpose! will meet at 5:30 p.m. tonight at Bayview Community Hall.

“Local Responses for the New Consumer” continues with the second in a three-part series on “Facilitating the Paradigm Shift of the New Consumer.” There will be a lively discussion on top-ics suggested in January: What kind of quality products would we buy locally if they were avail-able? What would a good barter and exchange system look like? How can we influence the hous-ing market on Whidbey to help those facing foreclosures?

The potluck begins at 5:30 p.m.; bring a potluck dish to share that serves four to six or more and your own utensils and dinnerware to this evening of community connection and networking. The suggested donation is $5.

Anyone wanting childcare (ages 2-7) from 6 to 8 p.m. must RSVP to transition@whidbey.net.

To learn more, email transition@whidbey.net, call 221-0506 or visit www. transitionwhidbey.org.

Unity of Whidbey on Crawford Road will be showing six DVDs from the retreat with Thich

Nhat Hanh that was held in Vancouver, B.C. this August.

The showing will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, through Feb. 22 (skipping Feb. 8).

Preschool Storytime is at the Langley Library at 10 a.m. Thursdays through May 31.

Children ages 3 to 5 can enjoy stories, songs and getting ready to read with a parent or caregiver. A playtime or craft may follow.

Preschool Storytime returns to the Freeland Library at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays through May 29.

The Greenbank Garden Club will have a meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Greenbank Progressive Clubhouse.

The program will be “Growing Unusual Plants from Seeds,” plus a question-and-answer time on roses and perennials. The speaker is April Davis.

The public is welcome. Call 360-678-5933 with questions.

Fishin’ Club members Fred O’Neal and Dave Holte will give a presentation on their experi-ences in Quetico Provincial Park at the club’s meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at the M-Bar-C Ranch in Freeland.

There will be samples of the fishing gear used and a slide presentation.

Quetico Provincial Park is located in Ontario, Canada west of Lake Superior on the Canadian-U.S. border. The park has a tangled network of lakes that were once the water routes for the Ojibway and fur traders. The park is now a protected wil-derness area used primarily for canoeing, fishing and camping.

Sound Waters, the one-day university for learning about everything relating to our Salish Sea environment, returns to South Whidbey High School on Saturday, Feb. 4.

The annual event, presented by the WSU Island County Beach Watchers, features more than 60 sessions and is now in its 17th year.

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join the mailing list, go to www.beachwatchers.net/soundwaters.

Gen Khedrub, a resident teacher from Kadampa Meditation Center Washington, returns to give another half-day course at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at Living Green in Langley.

During this meditation work-shop, Khedrub will teach practi-cal methods that will enable participants to overcome a painful and destructive mind.

Register online at nkt-kmc-washington.org/courses/work-shop-whidbey-island.

Regular meditation classes are held at 7 p.m. Mondays and at 7 a.m. Wednesdays; visit www.meditateinseattle.org or contact teacher Mel Watson at 331-3938 or mel@melwatson.com for more information.

IDIPIC presents its next South Whidbey DUI/underage drinking prevention panel on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Grigware Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church.

The panel is open to all. Arrive no later than 12:45 p.m. to assure a seat. There is no late admittance.

Panel attendance is required

by local driving instructors for both driver’s education stu-dents and a parent.

For more information, call 360-672-8219 or visit www. idipic.org.

UUCWI will present “Quartets: Then & Now,” a dramatic musi-cal juxtaposition of the old and the new, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.

Two quartets combining the talents of six professional musi-cians from Seattle will perform. The Seattle Freelance Classical Quartet will play Beethoven’s “String Quartet, Opus 59 No. 1,” and a modern quartet calling itself Stop, Thief! will play origi-nal compositions considered a fusion of jazz-rock-blues-funk. There will be crossovers and overlaps between the two groups in terms of both the per-formers and the music.

The Seattle Freelance Classical Quartet features Teo Benson (violin), Dylan Rieck (cello), Thane Lewis (viola) and Miodrag Veselinovic (violin).

Stop, Thief! is Dylan Rieck (cello), Teo Benson (violin), Bren Plummer (double bass) and Joseph Schulz (drums).

Tickets are $15 and are avail-able at Book Bay in Freeland and Moonraker Books in Langley.

UUCWI is located two miles north of Freeland at 2103 Highway 525.

Taste for Wine is continuing the Live Music Sunday events at the Bayview Cash Store and welcomes Tony Kahn on gui-tar and Peter Tilton on violin for some lively gypsy jazz on Sunday, Feb. 5.

The Latin jazz sounds Baby Bahia will be featured on Saturday, Feb. 11. On Sunday, Feb. 12 it’s guitarist Quinn Fitzpatrick. Baby Bahia returns Feb. 18-19.

Taste for Wine will also have live music both Saturday and Sunday during the annual Whidbey Island Vintners Red Wine & Chocolate event Feb. 11-12 and Feb. 18-20. Get tickets, which include wine tasting and chocolate from six of the island wineries, at www.brown papertickets.com/event/223219 or at the venues.

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Dana Linn, Shelley Hartle, Deana Duncan, Bristol Bloom, Elizabeth Grant and Eleanor Fye are the ensemble cast of “Steel Magnolias,” which opens at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley on Friday, Feb. 10 and runs through Feb. 25. Written by Robert Harling and directed by local artist Tim Rarick, “Steel Magnolias” takes place in a beauty parlor in Chinquapin, La. and revolves around six distinctly different women, illustrating how their lives are interwoven via the small town gossip that shadows the ongoing cycles of birth, marriage and death. Tickets are on sale and range from $12 to $16 and are available by calling 221-8268 or 800-638-7631.

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Meditation open house in Clinton

Interested in learning to meditate? Already medi-tating and interested in deepening the practice?

Come learn Mindfulness/Awareness meditation and join oth-ers in practice at a medi-tation open house from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 in the Sanctuary at the Whidbey Institute.

Meditation instruction is offered free of charge by instructor Howard M. Aposhyan, and will introduce the practices of Shamatha (“calm-abid-ing”) and Vipashyana (“insight”) meditation. Aposhyan is a senior student of the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, a Tibetan teacher and meditation master. No appointment is neces-sary. A goodwill donation for support of the facili-ties is welcome, but not required. Call 321-4284 or visit www.nalandabodhi.org for details.

DUI panel to be held in Oak Harbor

IDIPIC presents its next North Whidbey DUI/underage drinking pre-vention panel on Feb. 8 in Conference Room 137, down the hall from the Oak Harbor Library.

The panel is open to all, but come no later than 6:45 p.m. to assure a seat. There is no late admit-tance.

Panel attendance is required by local driving instructors for both driv-er’s education students and a parent.

For more information, call 360-672-8219 or visit www.idipic.org.

Jazz bands play at sweetheart dance

The South Whidbey High School and Langley Middle School jazz bands will perform at the annual Sweetheart Big Band Dance fundraiser at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 in the com-mons at South Whidbey

High School.The evening promises

to be lively, festive and delicious. The young musicians will entertain with big band dance clas-sics. Walter and Celina Dill will provide swing dance instruction. Fancy desserts, raffle and door prizes will be offered.

The cost is $10 per per-son. Tickets are available from jazz band members or at the door.

Earlier that evening, the SWHS Jazz Combo will play briefly at the annual Hearts & Hammers spa-ghetti dinner, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Langley United Methodist Church. Dinner participants will receive a discount to the Sweetheart Big Band Dance.

Flapjack breakfast at the fire hall

South Whidbey Fire/EMS will host a pancake breakfast and fire station tour at its Saratoga facility on Saturday, Feb. 11.

The free meal and look at the Saratoga station, located at 3982 Saratoga Road, goes from 8 a.m. to noon.

South End volunteer firefighters will be there serving breakfast and showing guests around the station. Firefighters will give a live fire dem-onstration and show the proper use of a fire extin-guisher.

For more information, visit www.swfe.org, the department’s Facebook page at www.facebook.

com/SWFireEMS or call 321-1533.

ASW will meet at Brookhaven

Artists of South Whidbey will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 in the Brookhaven meet-ing room, Langley.

During the meeting, members will select images for the 2012 schol-arship cards. Each mem-ber may bring up to three paintings, and one will be chosen to be used on the ASW scholarship cards.

ASW welcomes artists/painters of all levels to join their meetings. A sack lunch is at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting will begin at noon. Bring artwork to share or for a gentle

critique. For more infor-mation, call Judith Burns at 221-2353.

Enjoy delicious combo in Langley

Whidbey Island Winery hosts “Sweet, Savory & Six Sexy Reds” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 18, 19 and 20. Guests will step into the cellar with the winemak-ers and sample luscious red wines paired with both sweet and savory chocolates, including truffles from Chocolates by George and Intrigue Chocolates of Seattle. Admission is $10.

The winery is at 5237 Langley Road. For more information, call 221-2040 or visit www.whidbeyislandwinery.com.

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North, Range 1 West W.M., known as Lot 5, Block 1, as per the unrecorded Plat of Ocean View Gardens, Island County, WA, more particu- larly described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of the aforesaid Gov- e rnment Lot 3 ; Thence South 01 degrees 30’ 39” West along the East line of said Government Lot 3, a distance of 667.01 feet; Thence North 88 degrees 26’ 54” West 1182.92 feet to the concrete monument marking the West margin of the West Beach Road, as referenced on the aforesaid unrecorded Plat of Ocean V i e w G a r d e n s ; T h e n c e North 13 degrees 48’ 34” East along the West margin of the West Beach Road, a distance of 527.09 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right; Thence continuing Northeasterly along said West margin, and along said curve to the right, hav- ing a radius of 984.93 feet, through an arc of 03 de- grees 54’ 24”, a distance of 67.15 feet to the True Point of Beginning; Thence con- tinuing Northeasterly along the said West margin of West Beach Road and a curve to the right, having a r ad ius o f 984 .93 f ee t , through an arc of 04 de- grees 54’ 45”, a distance of 84.45 feet; Thence North 88 d e g r e e s 2 6 ’ 5 4 ” We s t 347.95 feet; Thence South 23 degrees 26’ 54” East 88.27 feet; Thence South 88 degrees 26’ 54” East 283.69 feet to the True Point of Beginning; And, that portion of land between Lot 5, Block 1, of said unre- corded plat, and the North line of Government Lot 3, in Section 13, Township 32 North, Range 1 West W.M., described as follows: Be- ginning at the Northeast corner of the aforesaid Gov- e rnment Lot 3 ; Thence South 01 degrees 30’ 39” West along the East line of said Government Lot 3, a distance of 667.01 feet; Thence North 88 degrees 26’ 54” West 1182.92 feet to the concrete monument marking the West margin of the West Beach Road, as referenced on the aforesaid unrecorded Plat of Ocean V i e w G a r d e n s ; T h e n c e North 13 degrees 48’ 34” East along the said West marg in o f Wes t Beach Road, a distance of 527.09 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right; Thence continuing along the said West margin of West Beach Road, Northeasterly along said curve to the right, hav- ing a radius of 984.93 feet, through an arc of 08 de- grees 49’ 09”, a distance of 151.60 feet to the True Point of Beginning; Thence continuing Northeasterly along said West margin of West Beach Road and along said curve to the right, hav- ing a radius of 984.93 feet, through and arc of 0 de- grees 46’ 27”, a distance of 13.31 feet to the North line of the aforesaid Govern- ment Lot 3; Thence North 88 degrees 08’ 17” West along the said North line of Government Lot 3, a dis- t a n c e o f 3 5 9 . 5 0 f e e t ; Thence South 23 degrees 26’ 54” East 15.81 feet; Thence South 88 degrees 26’ 54” East 347.95 feet to the True Point of Beginning; Situate in the County of Is- land, State of Washington. Commonly known as: 1399 West Beach Road Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 03/19/08, re- corded on 03/21/08, under Auditor’s File No. 4224487, records of Island County, Washington, from Sean P. Byrne and Theresa E. Byrne husband and wife, as Gran- tor, to Land Title Company of Island County, as Trus- tee, to secure an obligation “Obligation” in favor of Na- tional City Mortgage a divi-

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sion of National City Bank, as Beneficiary. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Ab- breviated Legal Description are provided solely to com- ply with the recording stat- utes and are not intended to supplement, amend or su- persede the Property’s full legal description provided herein. II. No action com- menced 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 de- fault on the Obligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges de- fault of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the follow- ing 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 11/04/2011 Monthly Pay- ments $59,758.88 Lender’s Fees & Costs $5,176.35 To- tal Arrearage $64,935.23 Trustee’s Expenses (Item- i z a t i o n ) Tr u s t e e ’s F e e $ 4 5 0 . 0 0 To t a l C o s t s $450.00 Total Amount Due: $65,385.23 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obliga- tion is: Principal Balance of $416,999.93, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 11/01/09, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by stat- ute. 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 representation or warranty, express or implied regard- ing title, possession, en- cumbrances or condition of the Property on February 10, 2012. The default(s) re- ferred to in paragraph III, together with any subse- quent payments, late charg- es, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 01/30/12 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminat- ed if at any time before the close of the Trustee’s busi- ness on 01/30/12 (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 ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 01/30/12 (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 se- cured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any made pursu- ant to the terms of the obli- gation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of de- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND ADDRESS Sean P. Byrne 1399 West Beach R o a d O a k H a r b o r, WA 98277 Theresa E. Byrne 1399 West Beach Road Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Sea Tree Development, LLC 1399 West Beach Road Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Sean P. Byrne 1598 Scenic Heights R d O a k H a r b o r , W A 98277-8415 Theresa E . Byrne 1598 Scenic Heights R d O a k H a r b o r , W A 98277-8415 Sea Tree De- velopment, LLC 1598 Sce- nic Heights Rd Oak Harbor, WA 98277-8415 by both first class and either certi- fied mail, return receipt re- quested on 08/16/10, proof of which is in the posses- sion of the Trustee; and on 08/16/10 Grantor and Bor- rower we re pe rsona l l y served with said written no- tice of default or the written notice of default was posted

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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 objec- tions 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 invali- dating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The pur- chaser 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 own- er) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occu- pants 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 un- der Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied proper- ty, the purchaser shall pro- vide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. The trus- tee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this refer- ence. 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 : 1 1 / 0 4 / 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, WA 98009-0997 Contact: K a t h y T a g g a r t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7886.22968) 1002.166761- FEILEGAL NO. 358838Published: Whidbey News T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record, January 11, Febru- ary 1, 2012.

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7 0 2 5 . 2 0 5 5 0 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Guild Mortgage Com- pany Grantee: Timothy E. Brown II, an unmarried per- son, as his separate estate Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4286593 Tax Parcel ID No.: S7575-00-01014-0 Abbre- viated Legal: Ptn. Lt. 14, Blk. 1, Northgate Terrace 1 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I. On March 2, 2012, 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 de- scribed 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: Lot 14, Block 1, Plat of Northgate Terrace Division No. 1, ac- cording to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 11 of Plats, Page 23, 24, and 25, records if Island County, Washington; Except the Sou theas t e r l y 5 .5 f e e t thereof, situated in Island County, Washington. Com- mon ly known as : 4317 Northgate Drive Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 12/07/10, re- corded on 12/13/10, under Auditor’s File No. 4286593, records of Island County, Washington, from Timothy E. Brown, II, as his separate estate, as Grantor, to Fidel- ity National Title Company of Washington, a Washing- ton Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Ob- ligation” in favor of Mort- gage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. sole ly as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, a Califonia Cor- poration, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- tems, Inc. solely as nomi- nee for Gui ld Mortgage Company, a Califonia cor- poration to Guild Mortgage Company, under an Assign- ment/Successive Assign- ments recorded under Audi- tor’s File No. 4303718. The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal Descrip- tion are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intend- ed to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provid- ed herein. I I . No act ion commenced by the Benefi- ciary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satis- faction of the Obligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Borrower’s de- fault on the Obligation. III. The Beneficiary alleges de- fault of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the follow- ing 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 11/29/2011 Monthly Pay-

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m e n t s $ 5 , 9 1 6 . 9 0 L a t e Charges $236.70 Lender’s Fees & Costs $30.72 Total Arrearage $6,184.32 Trus- tee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $675.00 Title Report $744.00 Statutory Mailings $9.76 Recording Cos ts $28 .00 Pos t ings $70.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $1,526.76 Total Amount Due: $7,711.08 IV. The sum owing on the Obli- gation is: Principal Balance of $196,242.57, together with interest as provided in the note or other instru- ment evidencing the Obliga- t ion from 06/01/11, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obli- gation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Ob- ligation as provided by stat- ute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or im- plied regarding title, pos- session, encumbrances or condition of the Property on March 2, 2012. The de- fault(s) referred to in para- graph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 02/20/12 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontin- uance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time be- fore the close of the Trus- tee’s business on 02/20/12 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, to- gether with any subsequent payments, late charges, ad- vances , costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after 02/20/12 (11 days be- fore the sale date), and be- fore the sale by the Borrow- er, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any record- ed junior lien or encum- brance paying the entire balance of principal and in- terest 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 Gran- tor at the fol lowing ad- dress(es): NAME AND AD- DRESS Timothy E. Brown II aka Timothy Eugene Brown II 4317 Northgate Drive Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Un- known Spouse and/or Do- mestic Partner of Timothy E. Brown II aka Timothy Eu- gene Brown II 4317 North- gate Drive Oak Harbor, WA 98277 by both first class and either certified mail, re- turn receipt requested on 10/25/11, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 10/25/11 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicu- ous place on the real prop- erty 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 writ- ing to anyone requesting it a statement of all foreclo- sure 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 what- soever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW

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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 prop- erty on the 20th day follow- ing the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and any- one having an interest jun- ior to the deed of trust, in- cluding 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 pro- ceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-oc- cupied property, the pur- chaser shall provide a ten- ant 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 ac- cessed 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: 11/29/2011 North- west Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signa- ture P.O. BOX 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 Contact: N a n c i L a m b e r t ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7025.20550) 1002.203806- FEILEGAL NO.361829Published: Whidbey News T imes , Sou th Wh idbey Record, February 1, 22, 2012.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 204:07 a.m. — A driver in a

Ford Ranger pickup spun out at Sills and Maxwelton roads, and could not go forward or backward.

8:51 a.m. — A fallen tree was blocking Coles Road.

9:47 a.m. — An overnight burglary was reported at Gemkow Construction on Howard Road.

10:55 a.m. — Juveniles

on an ATV were driving very fast and reckless near Steelhead Drive and Salmon Street, and also weren’t wearing helmets.

11:11 a.m. — A caller said a group of drivers parked and abandoned their vehi-cles on Bayview Road near Hi Crest Road, and some of the drivers may have lost control and bumped into other vehicles that had been left there.

Sheriff’s Report