south whidbey record, september 03, 2011

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Sports, A7-A11

BY BEN WATANABESouth Whidbey Record

CLINTON — Ferry riders are grudgingly accepting the upcoming increase in ferry fares.

Ferry riders across the state, including those who use the Clinton-Mukilteo route, will pay 25 cents more per fare starting Oct. 1. The increase will help pay for new ferries.

Additionally, general fares will increase 2.5 percent. It’s the first of two increases — the second, a 3 percent increase, takes effect May 1, 2012.

Riders aren’t thrilled with the higher fares, but said there’s not much they can do besides open their wallets.

“I think they could probably charge whatever they want,” Bob Bissett said as he sat in the ferry cafeteria, enjoy-ing a beer, heading toward Mukilteo.

Bissett said he travels on the ferry a few times a month for work. As a construction worker from Monroe, he saw the options other than taking the ferry as too costly, even with the increased fares.

“Even if I worked here every day, I’d still take the ferry,” Bissett said.

He estimated it costs him $25 to travel from Monroe to his work sites on Whidbey Island, including gas and ferry fares. To travel around by driving north to Deception Pass, he figured the cost would double to $50.

“We still save money,” Bissett said. “You’ve got to pay, one way or another. If you want the convenience of sitting on the ferry, you can make that choice.”

The cost to travel one way from Clinton to Mukilteo on Oct. 1 will be $7.60 for a standard vehicle, based on the immediate fare increases.

Another change may benefit small-car commuters.

To maximize ferry deck usage, the Washington State Transportation Commission created a new category for cars less than 14 feet; drivers of those vehicles will pay 70 percent of the standard vehicle fare by 2013.

No way around it:Ferry fares will go up

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OFFICIALS STAY MUM ON THIRD SUSPECT IN MURDER

BY BRIAN KELLYSouth Whidbey Record

Though only two peo-ple have been arrested in the 2003 murder of Russel Douglas, Island County law enforcement officials have long sus-pected that three people were involved in the Christmastime killing of the former Langley resident.

According to docu-ments obtained by the South Whidbey Record, some authorities have

believed since 2005 that there was sufficient evidence to charge three people with felony murder in

the death of Douglas.So far, only two people

have been arrested for Douglas’ murder, and local law enforcement officials have been careful to avoid publicly acknowl-edging whether others may have been involved.

James “Jim” Huden, the accused triggerman, has been sitting in an Island County jail cell since late June, after he was plucked from his hideaway life on the lam in Veracruz, Mexico, and federal marshals returned him to Washington state on an arrest warrant that was issued in May 2005.

Peggy Sue Thomas was booked into Island County jail last month. She also faces a premedi-tated, first-degree murder charge after allegedly lur-ing Douglas to the remote Freeland property where he was shot in the head.

Island County

Prosecutor Greg Banks has been repeatedly asked by reporters since Huden’s arrest in Mexico, and again after Thomas was arrested, if there are other suspects or “persons of interest” in the case. Banks has con-sistently declined to name or even comment on the possible involvement of others in the murder.

That continued this week, when Banks was

asked about records that say three people were involved. (The documents obtained by the Record only mention Huden’s name, and do not state the names of the other two that investigators believed were involved.)

“Everybody keeps asking me about the third suspect. I have to be pretty careful,” Banks said Thursday. “She’s not charged and she has

those rights as an indi-vidual.

“If we don’t have enough to charge her, I don’t see any point in dragging her name through the mud,” he said.

Sound of silenceThe silent treatment

isn’t exactly new in the case, however, as authori-ties have been taking that

approach for years.Officials did not say

Huden or Thomas were suspects in August 2004 when police asked for the public’s help in finding the pair.

Instead, police said at the time they were only wanted because they might know something about the case. That announcement came after detectives had searched Thomas’ home in Henderson, Nev. and seized evidence, and interviewed Huden in Punta Gorda, Fla., where Huden told detectives he had visited Whidbey dur-ing Christmastime 2003 and had met with Douglas to give him a Christmas gift. Detectives had been told the month before, by a friend of Huden’s, that Huden had admitted killing a man on Whidbey with a .380-caliber hand-gun during his visit to the island.

A story on the Record’s website that said the police wanted to find the pair led to a call the next day from the sher-iff’s office in Doña Ana County, N.M., where dep-uties said a retired police officer had turned in a Bersa .380-caliber pistol that he thought had been used to kill Douglas.

Detectives quickly learned that Huden had given the gun to the tip-ster for safekeeping, and before the end of August, the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab had matched Huden’s gun to the murder.

Police officially named Huden as a suspect in the murder in September. He had last been seen at a

Documents show county has had more than two suspects since 2005


COUPEVILLE — It was quite a birthday present for Peggy Sue Thomas.

An Island County Superior Court judge agreed to release the accused murderer and former beauty queen on bail Friday.

Judge Alan Hancock agreed to a request from Thomas’ attorney to

allow her release from the county jail after she posted a $500,000 property bond.

The bond was secured by a prop-erty owned by Thomas in Las Vegas, Nev. that is worth $331,320 and anoth-er owned by her mother, Doris Matz, in Langley that has a market value of $231,924.

Brian Kelly / The Record

Peggy Sue Thomas listens to her attorney, Craig Platt, after her bail-release hearing on Friday.

Thomas released on bailR. Douglas

SEE SUSPECTS, A15

SEE BAIL, A18

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PeoplePeoplePeopleMore winners from this year’s fair

Here are the performing arts and the 4-H perfor-mance horse award winners from the 2011 Island County Fair.

Look for more 4-H winners in upcoming editions.

PERFORMING ARTS CONTEST - INTERMEDIATE

Jaymee Graves, Oak Harbor: Instrumental Solo - Grand Champion

Mallory Hunt, Oak Harbor: Instrumental Solo - Reserve Champion

PERFORMING ARTS - SENIORLindsey Johnson, Oak

Harbor: Instrumental Solo - Grand Champion

Cara Mathews, Clinton: Vocal Solo - Reserve Champion

PERFORMANCE HORSE - NOVICE

Katie Houck, Oak Harbor: Performance Horse Showmanship - Grand Champion

Katie Houck, Oak Harbor: Equitation - English or Western - Grand Champion

Amanda Stratton, Oak Harbor: Pleasure - English or Western - Grand Champion

Amanda Stratton, Oak Harbor: Novice Performance Horse - Reserve Champion

PERFORMANCE HORSE - JUNIOR

Megan Miller, Freeland: Club Drill - Grand Champion

Camden Miller, Oak Harbor: Performance Horse Showmanship - Grand Champion

Megan Miller, Freeland: Bareback Equitation - Grand Champion

Megan Miller, Freeland: Hunt Seat Equitation - Grand Champion

Megan Miller, Freeland: English Pleasure - Grand Champion

Mya Brookshier, Oak Harbor: Stock Seat Equitation - Grand Champion

Megan Miller, Freeland: Western Pleasure - Grand Champion

Megan Miller, Freeland: Trail - Grand Champion

Megan Miller, Freeland: Performance Horse Showmanship - Reserve Champion

Megan Miller, Freeland: Stock Seat Equitation - Reserve Champion

Camden Miller, Oak Harbor: Western Pleasure - Reserve Champion

PERFORMANCE HORSE - INTERMEDIATE

Ardea Batiste, Clinton: Club Drill - Grand Champion

Thandeka Brigham, Langley: Club Drill - Grand Champion

Kacie Hanson, Clinton: Performance Horse Showmanship - Grand Champion

Kacie Hanson, Clinton: Green Horse - 3 yrs - Grand Champion

Morgan Mackie, Clinton: Bareback Equitation - Grand Champion

Kaitlin Ellerby-Muse, Clinton: Hunt Seat Equitation - Grand Champion

Kaitlin Ellerby-Muse, Clinton: English Pleasure - Grand Champion

Thandeka Brigham, Langley: Stock Seat Equitation - Grand Champion

Morgan Mackie, Clinton: Western Pleasure - Grand Champion

Kacie Hanson, Clinton: Trail - Grand Champion

North Whidbey Blazin Saddles, Oak Harbor: Club Drill - Reserve Champion

Hunter Newman, Clinton: Performance Horse Showmanship - Reserve Champion

Thandeka Brigham, Langley: Bareback Equitation - Reserve Champion

Thandeka Brigham, Langley: Hunt Seat Equitation - Reserve Champion

Thandeka Brigham, Langley: English Pleasure - Reserve Champion

Kacie Hanson, Clinton: Stock Seat Equitation - Reserve Champion

Thandeka Brigham, Langley: Western Pleasure - Reserve Champion

Morgan Mackie, Clinton: Trail - Reserve Champion

PERFORMANCE HORSE - SENIOR

Makenzie Peterson, Freeland: Club Drill - Grand Champion

Cara Mathews, Clinton: Performance Horse Showmanship - Grand Champion

Cara Mathews, Clinton: Showmanship - Driving - Grand Champion

Lacy Williams, Clinton: Bareback Equitation - Grand Champion

Makenzie Peterson, Freeland: Hunt Seat Equitation - Grand Champion

Shaina Nielson, Langley: English Pleasure - Grand Champion

Christina Houck, Oak Harbor: Stock Seat Equitation - Grand

ChampionShaina Nielson, Langley:

Western Pleasure - Grand Champion

Elaina Ledgerwood, Oak Harbor: Trail - Grand Champion

Christina Houck, Oak Harbor: Groom Squad - Grand Champion

Lacy Williams, Clinton: Groom Squad - Grand Champion

Shaina Nielson, Langley: Groom Squad - Grand Champion

Christina Houck, Oak Harbor: Performance Horse Showmanship - Reserve Champion

Cara Mathews, Clinton: Bareback Equitation - Reserve Champion

Lacy Williams, Clinton: Hunt Seat Equitation - Reserve Champion

Cheyenne Stolmeier, Oak Harbor: English Pleasure - Reserve Champion

Lacy Williams, Clinton: Stock Seat Equitation - Reserve Champion

Christina Houck, Oak Harbor: Western Pleasure - Reserve Champion

Lacy Williams, Clinton: Trail - Reserve Champion

Anna Bergstrom, Coupeville: Groom Squad - Reserve Champion

Elaina Ledgerwood, Oak Harbor: Groom Squad - Reserve Champion

Lexi Blanchette, Coupeville: Groom Squad - Reserve Champion

kudos

Lily Ann ChristensenNew mom Laura Fowler was greeted

by her new baby daughter, Lily Ann, in the birthing room wearing a onesie with the words, “Will you marry my Daddy?”

Lily’s dad, Michael Christensen, had the engagement ring ready when Laura happily said “yes” to his very creative proposal.

It was a first-ever event at the Whidbey General Hospital’s Whidbey Family Birthplace, and there were tears all the way around, including from the staff, hospital workers said.

The Clinton couple’s baby girl was born in Coupeville Aug. 17, 2011 and weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces.

Lily Ann Christensen

new arrivals

Ben Watanabe / The Record

Makenzie Peterson prepares to turn during the pattern racing at the Island County Fair.

Martin awarded scholarshipEmily Martin of

South Whidbey is one of six students who have been awarded a “Careers in Agriculture” scholarship award from Skagit Farmers Supply for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Martin gradu-ated from South Whidbey High School in 2011 and plans to continue her education as a freshman at Oregon State University, studying environmental horticulture science.

Skagit Farmers Supply, in business since 1934, is a locally owned coopera-tive with agronomy centers, fuel and propane delivery and retail “Country Stores” throughout Island, Skagit and Snohomish counties. The company annually awards scholarships to area youths pursuing careers in agriculture or agricultural-related fields.

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Emily Martin

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Results through Sept. 2


Mark Helpenstell is the new South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District board member.

Parks board chairman Don Wood said the selection was based on Helpenstell’s passion for South Whidbey’s parks.

“Mark seemed to bring some enthusiasm to the board,” Wood said. “He’s very familiar with the community with both the soccer program and Boy Scouts.”

He will officially replace Linda Kast in October. Kast resigned her posi-tion after moving out of the district to Coupeville. Her last board meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 21.

Two men applied for the position. The other, Dave Parent, was also highly qualified, Wood said.

“Both Mark and Dr. Dave Parent are outstanding candidates,” Wood said. “It was a very tough decision.”

The parks board will draft its 2012 budget in October. Helpenstell’s appointment was timely so the new board member can be part of the deci-sions, though there may not be many changes.

“I’m sure Mark will defi-nitely want to look over the budget proposal,” Wood said. “Unfortunately, as I explained to Mark yes-terday, we’re hoping the

parks budget process will be fairly easy. The down-side of that is it’s because there isn’t a whole lot of money.”

Another commissioner will change next year. Joel Gerlach and Jean Streitler are vying for commissioner Position 4.

Allison Tapert, the cur-rent position 4 commis-sioner, is not running for reelection.


Island County Commissioner Helen Price Johnson will run for reelec-tion.

Price Johnson, a Democrat, is nearing the end of her first term as a District 1 commis-sioner. Elected in 2008, she was the first woman ever elected to the three-member board.

Price Johnson said she was running for a second term because she wanted to see follow-up work completed on a number of issues.

The county is going through a technology upgrade, for example, and the county has reached a stable point with its budget, she said.

“I want to make sure that Island County is on firm foot-ing for the future,” she said.

Price Johnson also noted that she grew up on Whidbey Island, raised a family and ran a small business for 25 years here.

“I think it’s important to have that voice at the table for planning for our future,” she said.

Price Johnson joins Robert “Jeff” Lauderdale, a Republican who lives near Coupeville, in the race. Lauderdale filed as a candi-date in the race July 19 and officially announced his can-didacy Aug. 13.

Lauderdale has raised $7,570 so far for his cam-paign.

Price Johnson, who lives in

Clinton, registered as a candi-date with the state Aug. 30.

Price Johnson said she has had a lot of encouragement to seek re-election, but added that an official kickoff had not been planned. Her campaign website www.helenpricejohn son.org is now up and run-ning.

That’s all that’s planned for now, though.

“I’m not really planning

to be campaigning until the New Year,” she said. “But I thought it was important to get filed and give an opportu-nity for folks to contribute to the campaign.”

“My focus really right now is on the budget here at the county and getting that passed for next year,” Price Johnson said. “I really have plenty to do right now in my job.”

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Patriot Day Picnic recalls 9/11

The theme of this year’s Patriot Day Picnic is “A Time to Remember,” and will honor those who died and those whose lives were forever changed by injuries and loss of loved ones during the horrific attack of 9/11.

The South Whidbey Republican Women will host their annual picnic from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at Clinton Community Hall.

Herb Meyer, who served during the Reagan Administration as special assistant to the director of Central Intelligence Agency and vice chair-man of the CIA’s National

Intelligence Council, will be the keynote speaker. Meyer holds the U.S. National Intelligence Distinguished Service medal, which is the intelli-gence community’s high-est honor.

Also making special appearances will be 10th District lawmaker Rep. Barbara Bailey, Island County Sheriff Mark Brown, County Commissioner Kelly Emerson, County Assessor Mary Engle and Jeff Lauderdale, a candidate for the District 1 county commissioner position.

This year’s event fea-tures a picnic buffet, des-sert and silent auctions.

In addition to desserts, the silent auction boasts a one-hour “flight-seeing” tour in a twin-engine Cessna departing from the winner’s choice of

airport (Paine Field, Oak Harbor or Arlington) and two hours of introduc-tory handgun instruction from a current Super Senior World Champion who competes all over the western United States and the European Championships in Holland. Other unique items will be up for auc-tion, including framed wildlife photographs by internationally known photographers Keith and Antje Gunnar, and a trip for two on a high-speed catamaran to Victoria, B.C.

The picnic is open to the public. The cost per person is $25; RSVP by calling 341-2418 or email [email protected].

Trade fair is postponed

Organizers of the third annual Uniquely South Whidbey Trade Fair announced today that the

event has been indefi-nitely postponed.

Ed Field, port man-ager for the Port of South Whidbey, a major spon-sor of the trade fair, said the event did not attract enough vendors to go forward.

The event had been planned for Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 18 at Bayview Community Hall.

Though registration for interested businesses had been extended a few days past the Aug. 18 deadline, not enough exhibitors signed up to make the trade fair feasible.

“We only had 10 com-mitments as of our cutoff date,” Field said.

“It had not caught fire enough,” he added. “There wasn’t enough interest to justify putting everyone through the two days.”

A new date for the trade fair has not been set.

“We do expect to get it back together. We’re regrouping and we do

expect to relaunch it, whether it’s later this year or next year,” Field said.

The timing was bad for organizing the event, and hosting the event.

The port is between finance managers at the moment, Field said, and the trade fair also con-flicted with two other major events on the same weekend — the Whidbey Island Farm Tour and Langley’s Soup Box Derby.

Gill not hurt in car accident

Thomas Gill escaped injury after hitting a deer on his drive home from work Wednesday night.

Gill was driving north in his 1991 Taurus on Langley Road after leav-ing his job at Whidbey Telecom in Clinton when he hit a two-point buck in front of Waterman Self Storage around 9:30 p.m.

Gill said he was shaken but OK, and said he would be “right as rain” soon.

Gill is a volunteer at city hall and a member of the city’s Planning Advisory Board. He is a candidate for Position 4 on the Langley City Council.

Firefighters plan flapjack breakfast

South Whidbey firefighters will host a free pancake breakfast at Freeland Station No. 31 on Saturday, Sept. 10.

The flapjack flipping begins at 8 a.m. and ends at noon.

Local volunteers will be on hand to give station tours, and will also show how to program emer-gency numbers into cell phones.

Live fire demonstra-tions will show children and adults how to use fire extinguishers, and there will be tours of a mock smokehouse and a spin-the-wheel game for prizes.

District officials will also be on the lookout for resi-dents willing to help the fire department.

“Ten years after Sept. 11, 2001 we still need volunteer firefight-ers,” said Chief Rusty Palmer. “We encourage folks to bring with them prospective firefighters to see our station, enjoy some pancakes and hear what it takes to join our team.”

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Thank you

To the editor:On Aug. 30, a group of wonderful volun-

teers arrived at each of our school buildings to help spruce them up. “Beautifying” our build-ings was a community effort that showed our students that we care about the quality of their school experience.

I worked with a group of parents, grandpar-ents, teachers, administrators and students at Langley Middle School.

It was heartening to see so many people take time out of their busy schedules to lend a hand. Everyone who was there, working hard, should know that his or her work is exceedingly important to this school district and it is greatly appreciated.

While it would be terrific if we had the resources to make every building perfect and provide unlimited opportunities for our students, we, like most school districts in the country, are faced with diminishing budget-ary means. When the community becomes involved and picks up where the budget leaves off, it shows that it values the future of our students.

Have no doubt that South Whidbey schools can be a shining star. With our talented teach-ers, involved parents and a nurturing com-munity, the South Whidbey School District can be an educational destination. However, it truly does “take a village” to educate a child. It takes committed citizens who are willing to step up and work for what they value.

Our children are our most important resource. The future of our community, state and country depends on how well we educate them. Volunteers will have a major impact on the ability of school districts to meet the needs of their students. Whether or not you have children in school, or live here full or part time, there is a great value to our community in providing a sound education for each dis-trict student.

My deepest gratitude to everyone who worked with us to help beautify our buildings. It was a fantastic effort and it made a differ-ence. Thank you.

JO MOCCIASuperintendent

South Whidbey School District

In response

To the editor:Margaret Walton’s recent “food” column

went well beyond recipes. I quote:“Policemen removed a 10-year-old, 51-pound

girl from her home in Mukilteo and took her to the police station, where she ‘devoured four Pop Tarts, pretzels and popcorn.’ I don’t know about you, but to me that constitutes further abuse.”

While I agree with Ms. Walton that Pop Tarts, pretzels and popcorn don’t top the list of items on the healthy diet my old home-ec teacher pushed, I feel quite sure that they were manna to a semi-starved little girl. My home-ec teacher, by the way, weighed well over 200 pounds and was not exactly abiding by that healthy diet either.

Ms. Walton’s statement that giving the child these items “constitutes further abuse” lets me know that Ms. Walton knows very little about real abuse. I’m sure every bite of

those Pop Tarts, pretzels and popcorn tasted like love to this child and that the Mukilteo police offering them to her were angels in her eyes.

The rant that follows about eating habits, obesity, the physical appearance of police offi-cers and overweight dogs was completely out of line in a column titled “Whidbey Recipes.”

If Ms. Walton wants to write about some-thing other than recipes, let her do it on a blog. As for me, I’m unlikely to try any of her recipes in the future, because I know now that they’ll likely contain at least a cup of bit-terness.

MOLLY LARSON COOKCoupeville

Moving on

To the editor:It is with joy and sadness that I announce

the closure of my osteopathic medical prac-tice in Freeland. I have been providing osteo-pathic manual medicine to children and adults

here on Whidbey Island since 2003. Since the death of my beloved in the fall of

2009 I have been listening carefully for what new directions my life might take. Clarity came that I am called to be a more present grandmother to my two, soon to be three, California grandchildren. So I will be closing my Freeland office in September.

It has been an honor to provide osteopathic care to all who have been my patients over these years. It has been an honor to have been a part of such a loving and rich community as Whidbey Island. I will miss my patients, my friends and the natural beauty that blesses this island.

I do plan to set up an office in the Bay Area but may take a bit of a sabbatical before doing so. I have many calls for national and international teaching that will keep me busy as well.

Thank you for your trust and for the privi-lege of providing medical care in this com-munity.

MARGARET SORRELFreeland

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MONDAY, AUG. 19:57 p.m. — A shoplifting

incident was reported at the Red Apple at Ken’s Korner.

TUESDAY, AUG. 26:34 a.m. — A man said a

woman’s dog was in his yard on Fish Road.

8:17 a.m. — A caller on Ebb Tide Lane said a tres-passer was on the beach fishing. The caller asked the man to leave but he wouldn’t.

10:44 a.m. — An 80-year-old woman backed out of her driveway on Sandy Hook Drive and hit something. The caller said the woman shouldn’t be driving.

4:05 p.m. — A caller on Jewett Road said a neighbor was trespassing on a mower.

4:50 p.m. — A man who was trying to hitchhike near Cameron Road and Highway 525 appeared to be stum-bling. The caller was afraid the man would stumble into traffic.

9:02 p.m. — A man who had been drinking was going in an out of the Goose.

9:28 p.m. — A dog was running into traffic near East Harbor and Beverly Beach roads.

10:01 p.m. — A possible DUI driver in a small, blue Ford truck with a canopy was driving on Highway 525 near Ledgewood Beach Road and was crossing the centerline and the fog line.

10:44 p.m. — A caller’s 18-year-old son was “getting rowdy” and wouldn’t listen to anything. He blatantly

was not following rules and slammed his door.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 312:48 a.m. — A caller

near Ashley Loop and East Harbor Road heard the sounds of an accident; tires squealing, and then sounds of the vehicle hitting some-thing.

9:03 a.m. — A suspicious person in a white Dodge Magnum was seen sitting in the early morning hours near a home on Resort Road. The caller thought it was an ex-coworker who was recently fired.

9:31 a.m. — A caller on Lakeside Drive complained about loose and barking dogs.

11:40 a.m. — A man found a laptop on the side of Highway 525 near Ken’s Korner.

6:15 p.m. — A caller com-plained of very loud guitars and drums near Middle Drive

and Upper Harbor Drive.6:57 p.m. — A caller on

Timber Lane complained about a nearby home where the music was really loud. When she asked them to turn it down, they swore at her.

8:54 p.m. — An aggres-sive dog was tied up in front of Payless Foods.

11:09 p.m. — A caller reported a baby who was choking.

THURSDAY, AUG. 46:50 a.m. — A driver in a

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9:13 a.m. — A black-and-brown dog broke loose from an electric fence on Bayview Road.

12:58 p.m. — A hit-and-run was reported from the day before at the Goose.

4:30 p.m. — A suspicious-looking man was causing problems at the Senior Thrift Store on Woodard Avenue.

6:05 p.m. — A woman said people were trespassing on Andreason Road.

7:24 p.m. — A woman on Spyglass Drive said her neighbor continues to allow her dogs to run across her yard.

SATURDAY, AUG. 612:36 a.m. — A woman

was seen going through the donation bins outside the thrift store on Deer Lake Road.

10:10 a.m. — A caller complained about a driver in a black SUV with flashing lights that was passing other cars on Highway 525 near Mutiny Bay Road.

10:13 a.m. — A woman on Smugglers Cove Road said she could hear a dog crying somewhere behind her home.

10:38 a.m. — A caller

near Highway 525 and Humphrey Road complained of a large amount of “dirty looking smoke” in the area.

12:27 p.m. — A man was having a property line dispute with a neighbor on Hansen Drive.

2:15 p.m. — A driver in a red Subaru hit a mailbox near Highway 525 and Houston Road.

2:41 p.m. — A woman said someone hacked into her Facebook account.

4:11 p.m. — A woman said her neighbors on Mardell Drive were playing music too loud. When her husband asked them to turn it down, they started yelling profanities at him.

4:30 p.m. — A caller on Fish Road said people who were doing meth were get-ting verbal.

5:11 p.m. — A driver in a blue Ford Escape went into the ditch on Fircrest Avenue. A woman was inside, but was worried if she moved, the car would go down a small cliff.

6:56 p.m. — A possible DUI driver in a red SUV was going over the centerline on Highway 525 near Houston Road.

6:56 p.m. — A woman on Pleasant View Lane with Alzheimer’s went for a walk and did not come home.

SUNDAY, AUG. 71:25 a.m. — A caller on

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No more distractions.Full speed. Contact.“It’s game week,”

implored Avery Buechner, the Falcons’ senior quarter-back and safety, during prac-tice earlier this week.

Falcon football is back, and so is co-head coach Mark Hodson after a year away. Hodson will call the offense; Andy Davis is in charge of the defense.

“With Hodson so happy to be back, it makes us want to play that much harder to show that even without him we worked hard,” Buechner said.

There are two main tasks laid out before the Falcons: play through the district playoffs, and chal-lenge Archbishop Murphy. More than 50 players are in the football program, split between varsity and junior varsity, all with those goals in mind.

The season began Friday night against the Bellingham Red Raiders. Prior to the game, the team had several minor injuries that added up to a big problem.

All-Cascade Conference kicker Cameron Coupe has an ankle injury. He’s also expected to be a leading receiver this season, so healthy ankles are a must for both positions.

Nick French, the sophomore starting quarter-back, hurt his ankle, too.

Injuries are part of foot-ball, the coaches said, but that doesn’t mean who gets hurt doesn’t matter.

“Unfortunately, Coupe is one of our best receivers and Nick French is our starting quarterback,” Davis said.

Buechner, an all-confer-ence linebacker last season, hurt his shoulder during football camp earlier this summer. The night before the season opener, however, Buechner said the team trainers and physician fig-ured out the problem and he was able to take snaps and

make throws the past few practices.

Last season, he was an option quarterback who could pass or run.

“Avery’s kind of the truck-er guy, he can run people over,” French said.

Davis said he expected a quarterback competition during the camp, and was thrilled at what he saw before injuries set in. With the players getting healthy, South Whidbey has options in the backfield.

“It was a great opportunity to show my stuff against a great quarterback like Avery Buechner,” French said.

Senior tailback Sam Lee has practiced taking snaps for option plays. Buechner has practiced under-center and taken shotgun snaps.

French, however, is still the starting quarterback with the prerogative to pass.

“I think the offense is going to be more diverse than it has been,” Buechner said.

The Falcons will rely on Buechner, who will play quarterback, tight end, safety and linebacker, to also lead the team.

Captains were not named, but seniors Garret Thomson, Lee and Buechner rep-resented South Whidbey against Bellingham during the coin toss. They are expected to keep the team on track, on and off the field. Suspensions to a handful of key players stalled the Falcons midway through last season.

“It really hurt us,”

Buechner said. “And when they came back on the team, there were some trust issues. A lot of people had some anger toward them.

“I think it’s brought us closer together, that every-one screws up and every-one’s forgiven.”

Lee and Buechner played together since they were 8 years old in Pee Wee league. Buechner said through hundreds, if not thousands, of handoffs, the tandem has never flubbed one.

“We have such a great chemistry,” Buechner said. “Sam’s so fast and elusive.”

South Whidbey will need that chemistry to extend to the rest of the team for it to achieve its second goal — beating Archbishop Murphy.

It’s on the tongues of the players and the coaches this season.

“Them losing the people they lost, I think it’s going

to be an electrifying game,” Buechner said. “I’m so excit-ed because it’s my last year to try to beat Archbishop and I really think we have what it takes to beat them this year.”

The rivalry, though lop-sided recently, runs deep on South Whidbey. Davis told a story of how he can’t buy his daughter red cloth-ing — that’s the primary color of the Wildcats. He envisions being a threat to the Wildcats’ place atop the conference, even though Archbishop Murphy beat South Whidbey 41-7 last sea-son at Waterman Field.

“I want to have that game where we fight to the bitter end with Archbishop,” he said.

To take down the Wildcats and other powerful offenses in the league, South Whidbey has to defend better. The good news for Falcons fans is the coaches and players think defense is the most improved side of their team.

Mason Shoudy, Sam Denka, Beck Davis, Jake Leonard, Seth Eckert and Pat Monell will rotate on the defensive line to pressure the quarterback and stop the run — part of Davis’ “attack-ing defense.”

“Our front four defenders may be the strength of the team,” Davis said.

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Friday, Sept. 2: BellinghamFriday, Sept. 9: ConcreteFriday, Sept. 16: Granite Falls*Friday, Sept. 23: ArchbishopFriday, Sept. 30: King’s*Friday, Oct. 7: SultanFriday, Oct. 14: Cedarcrest*Friday, Oct. 21: Coupeville*Thursday, Oct. 27: Lakewood

* Home gamesAll games at 7 p.m., unless noted.


Nick French whips a pass during a recent practice. The sophomore was tabbed the starting quarterback after senior Avery Buechner hurt his shoulder during football camp this summer. French described himself as an out-of-the pocket passer, whereas Buechner can run over and through defenders.

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There’s a new, yet familiar Kramer leading the boys tennis program.

Tom Kramer resigned in August from coaching boys tennis after 35 years. The transition will be as seam-less as possible with the new coach — Karyle Kramer, his daughter.

“We had a good start,” she said. “It’s been close to what I expected.”

“It’s a rebuilding year.”This may be her first year coach-

ing South Whidbey boys tennis, but she has varsity coaching experience. She also created and maintained the tennis program for South Whidbey Parks & Recreation District, some-thing she now sees returns from in the skills of the freshmen on the team.

“I don’t think they’re going to be typical freshmen,” Kramer said. “In terms of talent and ability, they’ll be more like sophomores.”

The Falcon boys tennis team lost its top three singles players to graduation and its top doubles team to injuries. While that may leave some coaches in fits, it suits Kramer just fine.

“It’s definitely a clean slate,” she said.

Freshmen and sophomores are expected to aid the team’s suc-cess this season. The varsity team will be fluid through the year. Singles players will have chances to compete in doubles, and vice versa, and junior varsity athletes may be brought up to the varsity team. Seeds were not set as of the week before the first match against Friday Harbor at South Whidbey on Sept. 7.

One reason for the repositioning is Kramer’s coaching style — she wants to develop talent, rather than assume it exists. She said one ben-efit of having a large group of fresh-men is that they don’t have precon-ceived notions of how to be coached or how to play high school tennis. They are hers for the molding.

The varsity team, Kramer said, will consist of all five juniors, four sopho-mores and one freshman. Two of

those juniors — Guy Sparkman and Kyle Simchuk — were voted team co-captains by their teammates.

Sparkman is the closest player to having a guaranteed spot. As fourth singles last season, he moved up the chart because the first, second and third singles players graduated.

“The loss of Riley Newman, Zach Comfort, Van Morgen and Harrison Price is a huge blow to our team,” Sparkman said. “We have big shoes to fill. But with the large number of underclassmen that we have, I think we can have a good season this year and later on.”

He said he has to improve his serve to compete in the cobbled corps of opponents from District 1. The league is comprised of two conferences: Northwest and Cascade. The past few 2A state champions played at schools in the Northwest Conference. Playing against Anacortes, Bellingham and Burlington-Edison will be adequate markers of the talent required to win a district and state match, Kramer said.

Simchuk played doubles last year and assumed he’d resume that spot, though the seed — first, second or third doubles — was unclear. He said his goal is to improve on his previous district performance.

Both captains agreed they have a charge to bring the underclassmen into the fold.

“It’s going to be important getting the team together, since we’re going to have a lot of younger kids coming up to the varsity level, getting them together and being more of a team,” Sparkman said.

Simchuk said his leadership role is to include the freshmen and make what is typically an individual sport feel like a team game.

“We switch it up during warm-ups where the varsity guys will go work with the JV guys or the freshmen, and really play with them so they get used to playing with people of different skill levels,” Simchuk said.

He saw the loss of Price and Comfort as a chance to show South Whidbey’s opponents they have a

roster loaded with talent.“The team goal this season: prov-

ing everybody wrong,” Simchuk said. “A lot of people are expecting less of us this year.”

“I see a strong freshmen force coming in. As they grow up, they’re going to be better tennis players.”

Kramer said she was pleased with the leadership Simchuk and Sparkman display at practices.

“I couldn’t be happier with the juniors as far as setting the tone,” she said.

Being a rebuilding year — acknowledged by coaches and play-ers, alike — means the team isn’t concerned with sending someone to state or winning every match. Instead, Kramer will establish a sys-tem of improvement and progress.

“With me being new, and with over half of our team being new, it’s hard to base our goals off of last sea-son,” Kramer said. “We are focusing on general improvement — every-body learning singles and doubles, I think, will make us stronger as a

team in the future.”To assist with the transition,

assistant coach Nancy Ricketts returned to the boys team. Kramer and Ricketts have a long history

together; they’ve been friends since elementary school.

“She’s a good coach, period,” Kramer said of Ricketts. “I’m grate-ful she was willing to stay on.”

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Cameron Baldwin returns a backhand during a recent practice. He’s one of five juniors on a team without seniors, and is expected to help lead the team.

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BOYS TENNIS MATCH SCHEDULEThursday, Sept. 8: Burlington-Edison* 2:45 p.m.Friday, Sept. 9: Anacortes* 2:45 p.m.Monday, Sept. 12: Bellingham* 2:45 p.m.Monday, Sept. 19: Coupeville* TBAWednesday, Sept. 21: Burlington-Edison 2:45 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 22: Friday Harbor 2:45 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 27: Coupeville TBAThursday, Sept. 29: Friday Harbor* 2:45 p.m.Monday, Oct. 3: Bellingham 2:45 p.m.Friday, Oct. 8: Coupeville* TBAMonday, Oct. 10: Friday Harbor 2:45 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 11: Anacortes 2:45 p.m.

* Home games


For these two dozen Falcons, the season will be a day in the park.

That day will include 5,000 meters of trail running through mud, bugs, rain and humidity.

And the 23 members of South Whidbey’s cross country teams are ready for all of it.

“I’m definitely going to make it fun this year, definitely chill and have freshman initiation for this kid, my brother,” Will Zink, the senior boys captain, said of Cole Zink, his freshman brother.

Enjoyment was a goal for the girls team as well.

Three seniors — Jessica Cary, Marina Kovic and Taya Jae — will co-captain the team of 11 girls through the actual and figurative ups and downs of cross country.

“We really would like to make it to state this year,” Cary said. “All of us have that mentality because it’s our senior year. But the team’s so small this year, we’re going to all have to want it to make it.”

“In the back of my head, it’s like now or never,” she said.

The girls team is already on the state track. The Falcons were voted as one of the top 14 2A girls cross country teams in Washington in a coaches’ poll.

Head coach Doug Fulton was hesitant to put much credence to the ranking since their fifth-best runner switched sports, two gradu-

ated and another moved. Having a smaller team makes the task more challenging, too.

“It’s one of our smaller girls teams we’ve had in a while,” Fulton said of his 11-member girls team.

Instead, to reach state the girls have to work. Positive attitudes and commitment to practice and run-ning are also crucial to qualifying for the state meet as a team, Cary said.

“If just one girl has the attitude that it’s not important, she can take everybody down,” Cary said.

Just as one girl could bring down the team, so can one lift it; South Whidbey has a returning state championship runner. Lilli Stelling, a junior, ran her best time of 19 minutes, 56.2 seconds at the championship meet in Pasco. Her goal is to finish about 16 seconds faster than her time at state, and Fulton thinks she can.

“I think Lilli’s a contender for top five at districts,” Fulton said. “And I think she may be a contender for top 12 at state.”

If she reaches her time goal, she’ll finish in the top 20 among 2A runners in Washington. During summer she ran daily with recent South Whidbey graduate and fel-low cross country runner Chantal White.

“We’ve been running every day, like hours or an hour run each day,” Stelling said, “plus our up-tempo workouts twice a week.”

Zink was poised to be the top runner after senior captain Ben Saari graduated. The week before the season began, Zink was hit by a car and hurt his legs. It affected his outlook on competitiveness for this season.

“I got hit by a car so I’m just going to ease into it and see how things go,” Zink said.

He injured the thigh and knee area of his leg, including some liga-ments. He elected to forgo surgery. It hampered an otherwise stellar summer of exercise and training; he went on a 90-mile bike ride and ran daily. Then he had to rest for two weeks after the accident.

Fulton is confident the work Zink put in this summer will help accel-erate his return to form.

“He’s got a good base behind him,” Fulton said. “He’s a little sore, but he’s working hard.”

One motivator for Zink to return is to keep his freshman brother Cole at bay. They competed in the Chum Run this summer, but Will withdrew halfway through after injuring his leg.

There’s plenty of competitive-ness between the brothers to carry them through the season.

“The main goal, overall, is to keep Cole on the back burner,” Zink said.

“He keeps me on my toes. He’s good, he’s going to be really good and really fast. He didn’t run all summer, so we’ll see how long he

can keep it up.”Cole is one of six freshmen who

joined cross country. It’s a group that has Fulton looking to the future, especially with seniors who are veteran runners.

“I’m going to be able to develop some of the younger kids,” Fulton said. “I have a great group of freshman boys.”

A new runner, though not a freshman, is Noah Moeller. As a junior for the Falcon soccer team

he missed the final few weeks due to concussions.

Those aren’t as likely in cross country, and his fitness has Fulton thrilled with the potential.

“They’ll be better than the boys last year,” Fulton said.

Having coached a few decades, Fulton still runs with the teams.

“I can still hang in there,” Fulton said. “If a coach can run with the kids, I think it’s in the best interest of the program.

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Jhamil Bader-Jarvis and Lilli Stelling stride off the starting line at the North County Invite last year. The two juniors are primed to push their peers to team-wide success.


Will Zink is the boys team captain and a four-year cross country runner. His plan is to make the season enjoyable while helping improve six freshmen, including his brother Cole. The season began with a bang, but not a good one for Will, when he was hit by a car in August. He was forced to rest for two weeks.


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Saturday, Sept. 10: Edmonds Invite 8 a.m.Thursday, Sept. 15: King’s, Lakewood, Granite Falls at Granite Falls 4 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 17: * SW Invitational 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, Sept. 20: All Cascade Conference at Lakewood 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 1: Sunfair, Yakima TBAThursday, Oct. 6: King’s, Lakewood, Cedarcrest, Cedarcrest 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 8: Lakewood Invitational TBAThursday, Oct. 13: North County Invite Marysville TBASaturday, Oct. 22: Cascade Conference Meet Lakewood TBASaturday, Oct. 29: Nothwest District 1 Meet Location and time TBAFriday, Nov. 4: State Meet at Pasco TBA

* Home games


Working seven seniors into a volleyball rotation is a coach’s dream.

Experience, talent and leadership are abundant. Playing time, however, is not.

“The plus side with seven seniors is that they’ve been playing together the last six years,” said South Whidbey head coach Mandy Jones. “The negative side is there are other starters, as well, and making sure seniors get their play-ing time without taking away from anybody else.”

Less than a week away from the first game, Jones still hasn’t final-ized her starting six. Today, she said she will have the best opportu-nity to evaluate her 10 varsity girls to see which mix best works. The Falcons play in a jamboree Sept. 3 at Oak Harbor High School.

Nine of the 10 girls listed for var-sity played significant minutes last season. But no two saw more court time than all-Cascade Conference seniors Brittany Wood and Linden Firethorne.

“Pretty much the whole team is seniors,” said Wood, an all-confer-ence libero.

After spending previous seasons behind a cadre of talented upper-classmen, Firethorne relishes the chance to guide the team to suc-cess.

“Now we’re finally the leaders,” said Firethorne, an all-conference middle hitter.

Loaded with experience and league-leading talent, the team set its sights on the district and state volleyball tournaments. During practices and drills, Jones said she frequently tells (not yells) her play-ers two things: “vision” and “play hard or sit down.”

She needs passion from her team, which she said she already knows is skilled enough to achieve its goal of reaching the state tour-nament.

The backcourt led by Wood was one of the best defenses in the con-ference — as noticed by Wood’s selection to the second team all-conference.

On long rallies, Wood, Justina Mackie-Timmermann and the backcourt defenders would chase after errant hits: diving, sliding, sprinting and saving all-but-sure points.

“We are really scrappy,” Wood said. “We’re always ready to cover each other.”

With many of the backcourt players still on the team, Jones is ready to develop her frontcourt

and win points at the net through blocks.

“The front line is going to be our main defense,” Jones said.

Her front court is taller, too. To replace graduated hitter Kelsey Taylor, Jones plans to rotate in first-year volleyball players Jessica Manca, a senior, and Hayley Newman, a junior.

“We gained a lot of height this year,” Wood said. “So blocking we’ll probably be better, especially on the right side.”

The right-side blockers are crucial to limiting the opponent’s best right outside hitter. Manca and Newman, along with Grace Monte-Calvo and Hannah Calderwood, will help relieve the pressure from Firethorne.

“They help because they’re both pretty tall,” Firethorne said of new-comers Manca and Newman. “It’s good to have a tall right side. I think together we will all be pretty solid.”

Emily Houck split time as the setter last season with Alissa Coupe who graduated in June. Now as the senior and most experienced setter,

Houck is in charge of leading the offense and getting the ball into the outside hitter’s whip-action arms.

Coupe was also a team co-captain last season, which Jones has not decided on for the current team. Positive leadership, a common phrase calmly uttered by Jones during tryouts and practices, is the number-one attribute she sought from her seniors.

Wood and Firethorne both said they want to demonstrate that quality.

“I want to shine more as a leader,” Firethorne said. “I’m kind of a quiet person, but I want to be one of the main leaders of the team this year.”

In one undeniable way she led last year. She has the record for most kills in a match, 28, against Lakewood. The record for most kills in a season also belongs to Firethorne, 251.

And the offensive power for South Whidbey — Firethorne.

But this season, she won’t have to bear the burden alone.

Molly Rawls, an outside hitter, is also a senior with lots of varsity

playing time. She played opposite of Firethorne last season. This meant the best defenders were pulled to block her, leaving Rawls open on the other side — a tactic Jones may utilize this season.

Before the season begins, she still has to decide on her starting six. To help Jones determine the starters, she has charted every hit during scrimmages.

“That way I have it on paper and everyone can see why they’re playing or why they’re not playing,” Jones said.

Facing Archbishop Murphy is the game the team’s veterans and coach are most excited about, even though they expect it to be the most difficult series.

The marquee match will be the first meeting with Lakewood, which is before the games against King’s School and Archbishop Murphy. Jones said that game will give her a good gauge of the Falcons’ strengths and weaknesses, and allow her time to adjust them prior to facing the top two teams.

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Tuesday, Sept. 13: South Whidbey vs. SultanTuesday, Sept. 20: South Whidbey vs. CoupevilleSaturday, Sept. 24: South Whidbey Invite (time TBA)Tuesday, Sept. 27: South Whidbey vs. King’s

Tuesday, Oct. 4: South Whidbey vs. Granite Falls

Tuesday, Oct. 11: South Whidbey vs. LakewoodTuesday, Oct. 18: South Whidbey vs. CedarcrestTuesday, Oct. 25: South Whidbey vs. AMHS

All varsity games are at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. All junior varsity games are scheduled 90 minutes before the varsity games.

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Brittany Wood passes during drills recently. The all-conference libero is expecting more success from the Falcons this season after an early exit from the district playoffs last season. Wood set several school records last year including most digs in a match, most digs in a season and most pass attempts, on top of her team-leading 36 aces.


Molly Rawls serves against Granite Falls last season. Rawls is one of seven seniors on the team.


These girls are all about winning. Even if it means only three victo-

ries in a 16-game season, the team will have achieved one of its goals — more wins.

The South Whidbey girls soc-cer team has new coaches, new co-captains and a new goalie. It also has a new attitude.

Last season was mired in conflict and drama among the players and coaches, players said. This season, the four seniors and new head coach Ben Rusch are working toward cohesion and cooperation with their teammates.

“We want to keep our team together and not have fighting with the team,” said senior midfielder Makenzie Peterson.

Fellow senior Brianna Haimes, a defender, said the season already feels better than last year’s.

The Falcons finished 2-12 in Cascade Conference games in 2010, which was a drop from the 4-10 season in 2009. The girls have yet to play a game together and the team’s captains are certain improvement has already occurred.

“I think the season is going to be better than last year,” she said.

One way the players are familiar-izing themselves with each other is through two-a-day practices since the season began Aug. 22. That’s a new system for the Falcons imple-mented by Rusch, who coached the junior varsity boys soccer team in spring.

“We need to know how each

other plays,” Haimes said. The two-a-days have a dual

effect: conditioning and team bonding. Being in shape to stop the quick attacks from Archbishop Murphy or King’s will be crucial for South Whidbey this season.

“Conditioning is a big part of high school soccer,” Peterson said.

Rusch has also had a positive impact on the team’s chemistry, as noticed by the co-captains.

“Ben’s done a really good job of keeping things fun at practice so we’re not arguing,” Peterson said.

With the team conditioned and focused on the game, instead of sideline bickering, the Falcons are prepared to build an offense that lagged last year. South Whidbey scored 11 goals last season during 15 games, and was shutout nine times to finish tied for last place with Coupeville and Sultan.

“For the team that we have this year, what Ben is wanting to do will work well for us, because we have a lot of small girls who are quick,” Peterson said.

On defense, the Falcons will need to improve as well, if they expect to win. South Whidbey’s opponents scored 55 goals, includ-ing 10 by Archbishop Murphy — the favorites to win the confer-ence. The two rematches with the Wildcats are high on the seniors’ list of games they look forward to.

“Hopefully we can give them a run for their money,” Peterson said.

What was a hindrance to the 2010 Falcon soccer girls — passing — may be a boon to this season’s

squad. Inexperience led to too much, and not enough, dribbling and passing.

Now, with more than 10 return-ing varsity players, those issues are expected to be resolved.

Rusch was part of the solution. During the summer, he coordinated with the seniors to organize pick-up soccer games on South Whidbey to keep his players conditioned.

“He is doing a much better job of talking to the girls,” Haimes said. “He still plays and (understands) how we feel out there.”

Attrition struck the soccer team worse than other Falcon fall sports.

Injuries and changing priorities were a couple of reasons a few girls didn’t return to the soccer team this season.

The seniors convinced Lindsey Grimm to return for her junior sea-son. Last year, she was one of two goalkeepers for South Whidbey. The other, Angelina Berger, chose to focus on track and field.

To replace both former keep-ers, junior Ellie Greene joined the team. She’s already made a positive impression on her co-captains.

“She’s doing great so far,” Haimes said.

Rusch brought in Jane Gerlach,

wife of boys soccer coach Joel Gerlach, to coach the junior varsity team. They’re both hands-on coach-es, running on the field with them through drills and scrimmages.

Together, they will forge ahead to improve the team’s wins and its attitude.

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Coach Ben Rusch gathers the girls soccer players for an after practice discussion. In his first year, Rusch implemented two-a-day practices before school began Sept. 6.

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BY PATRICIA DUFFSouth Whidbey Record

As soon as she found herself walking through a cacao plantation in Ecuador, Mona Newbauer’s pas-sion was renewed.

Newbauer, owner of Sweet Mona’s Chocolate Boutique in Langley, has been making choco-late for about 10 years and has been selling it out of her small shop on Second Street for five. But it wasn’t until the trip in May, when she trav-eled to South America with husband Tony Newbauer to see the fields that produced the beans, that her purpose became clear.

“I realized that this is what I do. Chocolate, the shop. Fate has decid-ed this is what I do,” Newbauer said.

So when their plans to visit Egypt for her 50th birthday fell through due to that country’s civil revolu-tion, Mona told Tony if they were going somewhere it was going to have to mean something.

“I decided I wanted to see the cacao plantations and I wanted a plan,” she said.

The couple was used to spontane-ous travel, but Newbauer told her husband (who’s in charge of book-ing their travel) that she wanted this trip to have a purpose; she wanted to discover things about the plant that provides her livelihood.

Newbauer posted a request on LinkedIn and received a reply from a chocolatier in Quito, Ecuador. He recommended the Newbauers visit Hacienda Limón, a cacao plantation near Quevedo owned by Samuel Von Rutte, a former Nestle employ-ee from Switzerland.

“Samuel and his wife welcomed us. He told us all about how the cacao is grown and about the two basic types: Nacional and CCN51, a hybrid,” Newbauer said.

The Nacional, they learned, pro-duced what is called a “fine fla-vored” cacao bean, but is harder to grow than the good, but not as highly rated, hybrid.

There is a movement throughout

the chocolate industry to salvage the Nacional Cacao, with its rare com-plex flavors of fruit, flora, nut and coffee, Newbauer said. Currently, only 3 percent of the cacao grown is of the Nacional type.

Newbauer said there were a lot of things she learned about her favorite ingredient while she was south of the border. For instance, she learned that the cacao plant can grow anywhere that is within zero to 20 degrees north or south of the equator. It is the best climate for the plant.

“It was also the first time I got to see the cacao grow on a tree,” she said.

“It grows in pods all different col-ors — orange, yellow, purple, green, red — and inside is the bean.”

Preparing beans for chocolate is similar to how much preparation goes into making wine or coffee,

Newbauer said.The cacao fruits are opened

and the pulp and seeds are trans-ferred to larger containers. This is performed by farmers, plantation workers, or in large cocoa factories where it can be done by machines. The cacao beans are later trans-ferred to wooden crates or baskets with banana leaves in between and on top to enable an optimal fermen-tation. The duration of the fermenta-tion depends on the variety and lasts from two to seven days. The length of the fermentation also affects the aroma, so if well-developed aroma is wanted the beans are fermented for a longer time. The beans are dried and raked, sorted to size, bagged and then exported.

Newbauer’s eyes were opened to other aspects of the industry, as well.

If you want the best chocolate in the world, it helps to be a cacao plant farmer, she discovered.

“The people who are farming the chocolate get the best-rated beans,” Newbauer said.

“Even the best chocolatiers in the world don’t get the best-rated beans, though the beans are still very good.”

It seems the farmers deserve the best chocolate.

The Newbauers and their trav-eling companions traveled to the central part of the country to see some family plantations in Tena, in the Amazon rain forest. One planta-tion was worked by a farmer and his entire family, who were poor by American standards, but who, she said, looked very happy. The family made them a meal with chicken, which was a rare treat for the family and not something they can afford to eat often.

“I fell in love with the country and the people,” Newbauer said, “I didn’t want to leave Ecuador.”

This farmer worked for the Killari cooperative, a self-governed coali-tion of Amazon artists and organic

The Whidbey Camano Land Trust will host an estate planning seminar Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Unitarian Universalist Hall.

Tom Haensly, a con-servation attorney, will talk about wills and other important aspects of estate planning.

The seminar will cover options to create a chari-table legacy, including gifts for land protection and land stewardship on Whidbey and Camano islands.

Haensly’s law practice focuses on real estate transactions and estate planning, including land conservation and chari-table contributions.

The seminar will run

from 4 to 6 p.m. Sign-in begins at 3:45

p.m. Attendees should RSVP to the land trust at [email protected].

The Unitarian Universalist Hall is at 20103 Highway 525, just north of Freeland.

Incorporated in 1984, the land trust is a local nonprofit that works to protect natural habitats, scenic vistas and working farms and forests.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts will hold audi-tions for its December production of “Big, the Musical” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 at the arts center in Langley.

The 1987 hit movie “Big” bursts onstage in this vibrant, funny and touching musical.

When frustrated ado-lescent Josh Baskin wishes he were “big” and wakes

up the next morning as a 30-year-old man, he dis-covers there’s much more to being an adult than he’s bargained for, and learns we must all mature at our own pace, in our own time.

Roles are available for adults, teens and children. The show will be directed by Robert Prosch and runs from Dec. 2 to Dec. 17.

For more information about auditions, call Deana Duncan at 221-8276 or email [email protected].

ObituariesRobert Breedlove

A celebration of life service for Robert Breedlove will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at Christian Missionary Alliance Church. Bring a dessert to share in remembrance of Bob.

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Photos courtesy of Mona Newbauer

Mona Newbauer stands by a cacao tree (theobroma cacao) with ripe cacao pods hanging from the trunk of the tree. Unlike other fruit, cacao grows directly from the trunk and branches of the trees.

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The inside of a cocoa pod right after opening. The beans are sur-rounded by a sticky white substance sometimes referred to as milk or honey.

cocoa producers, which includes more than 850 families. Kallari has cre-ated a sustainable income so the people of the region can fulfill their basic family needs without logging the rain for-ests or selling their land.

Ten years ago, middlemen kept the profits from the plan-tations for themselves and set low prices for cocoa beans, but now the communities sell their product directly as a single unit and negotiate prices. They produce and sell gourmet, organic dark

chocolate bars.The Newbauers visited

a second plantation in the Amazon and were impressed by the farmer’s pride.

“He carefully opened the pod, delicately took out the seeds; it was so evident how much pride he took in his plants,” Newbauer said.

“It was amazing to me how much work goes into making cacao.”

The people also produce other crops, Newbauer said, such as coffee, vanilla, orang-es and yucca.

But the cocoa, she said, is where they can make most of their money.

This was an eye-opening

experience for the Langley chocolatier, who had never even seen a cacao plant, and never imagined these far-away families were some of the people who allowed her to make her treats.

“Because of my trip to Ecuador, I have a renewed passion for chocolate and I’m working to make my busi-ness more profitable.”

To that end, Newbauer tries to introduce something new at Sweet Mona’s each summer, including chocolate fondue, breakfast waffles and this summer’s new chocolate

tasting bar. The bar show-cases couverture (covering) chocolate from around the world — Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela — and features Criolo, Trinitario, Forestero and Nacional beans, for a total of 15 variet-ies of origin chocolate.

Newbauer said that she came away with a lot from Ecuador, especially a new appreciation for the grow-ers and what the cacao plant gives the world.

“Scientists can say what they want, but tasting choco-late is a personal, sensorial

experience that only you can decide if you enjoy it or not. No one but you knows what a kind of chocolate tastes like to you — it’s your own, no one else’s,” she said.

Newbauer is already plan-ning her next trip to Ecuador in 2012. She is opening the trip to others who might be interested to join a tour.

Email her at mona@sweet monas.com.

Open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sweet Mona’s choco-late boutique is located at 138 Second St. in Langley. Visit www.SweetMonas.com, or call 221-2728 for more info.

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Celebrate Labor Day and immigration at UUCWI

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island will celebrate Labor Day by considering the Unitarian Universalist principles regarding the “inherent worth and dignity of every person,” and “respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are all a part.”

Using the words of Unitarian minister James C. Leech, the congregation will reflect on the dignity of labor — from one’s own work to that of the “illegal immigrants” whose labor sup-ports the lifestyles of others.

All are welcome. Values-based children’s religious explo-ration classes and childcare will be provided.

The service is at 10 a.m. Sunday. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation meets at 20103 Highway 525, just north of Freeland.

Check www.whidbey.com/uucwi for more information.

Christian Science to explore relationship with God

On Sunday, Sept. 4, the Christian Science service explores the relationship to God in order to understand how and why this being beloved applies to who people are right now.

“Thou art greatly beloved,” (Daniel 9:23).

Each individual, without exception, is loved by Father-Mother God. This is true now; it’s not for the future, or after one lives up to some expecta-

tion or does some particular thing. This is true now.

Recognizing an immortal relationship with the creator can reveal the truth of being.

Everyone is welcome; the service is 10:30 a.m. at the Christian Science Church at 15910 Highway 525, just north of Bayview and across from Useless Bay Road.

Talk title at Unity this Sunday is ‘Holy Grounding’

Doug Benecke will give the talk “Holy Grounding” at the Unity of Whidbey service on Sunday.

While humans long for some-thing new to tickle our sense of wonder, we also cleave to the familiar. Too much change, too much that is strange, is disori-enting. Yet, whether we plod, cruise, or parade through our days, we are just a hairsbreadth from the numinous, from the sacred underpinnings of cre-

ation. We may discover at any instant, like Moses at the burn-ing bush, that we are standing on holy ground.

Benecke, a songwriter, will lead an inquiry into the sacred and will be joined by special musical voyagers.

Donna Vanderheiden will serve as platform assistant.

The service is 10 a.m. Sunday at Unity’s church at 5671 Crawford Road. All are welcome.

Visit Unity of Whidbey’s website atwww.unityofwhidbey island.org for more information.

‘Who Is God’ is topic at SWCC at Sunday’s service

Pastor Darrell Wenzek will speak tomorrow at South Whidbey Community Church on the topic, “Who Is God? (The Transcendent God).”

Sunday worship is from 10 to 11 a.m. and is preceded by an adult learning forum at 9 with

Stan Walker leading a study in the Book of First Corinthians, and Rick Zapata leading a study in the Book of Genesis: the life of the Patriarchs. These are open classes and everyone is invited.

The monthly men’s break-fast will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the grange. Darrell Coburn will be the fea-tured chef, and all interested men are invited to come for food and fellowship to listen and talk about the growing ministries of South Whidbey Community Church.

All SWCC sermons and special adult forum events are record-ed, and are available at www.whidbeychurch.org.

SWCC is a local independent, non-denominational church that gathers for worship at the Deer Lagoon Grange, 5142 Bayview Road.

For further information about the church and services, call 221-1220.

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BY PATRICIA DUFFSouth Whidbey Record

When someone spends 250 hours to make one chest of drawers, woodwork enthu-siasts and art lovers take notice.

It took that long for local furniture maker Robert Hall Bennett to make his “Torii Fourteen Drawer Chest,” which is just one of a vari-ety of lovingly crafted wood pieces featured in the eighth annual Woodpalooza exhibi-tion. The show is now open at the Bayview Cash Store.

Bennett saw a chiffonier designed by the famous early 20th century architects Charles and Henry Greene and was inspired. He decided he wanted to make his own version.

The Greenes’ famous

chest of drawers sold for $311,000 in 2005. Bennett’s is not priced quite that high, but the hand-turned piece made from walnut and bubinga woods is one of the show’s most expensive items.

“I make a fair number of small tables, but I’ve been wanting to make something like this for quite awhile,” Bennett said, “and just decid-ed to do it.

“I was really hoping that it wouldn’t take that long, but it did,” he added.

The show, presented by the Whidbey Island Woodworkers Guild and hosted by Taste For Wines, runs through Oct. 3 and fea-tures creative works by 20 of the guild’s most talented artists.

Now in its tenth year, the

guild includes makers of fur-niture, cabinetry, architectur-al woodwork, musical instru-ments, turners, clockmakers, sawyers, carvers, restorers, boat builders and refinishers.

Bennett said he likes to work in Japanese torii style, which is a style of a tradition-al Japanese gate most com-monly found at the entrance of a Shinto shrine or inside. He’s been building furniture for about 16 years and has a background in boat work.

“I still do big boats occa-sionally,” he said.

But his heart is in the one-of-a-kind pieces he carefully builds.

Woodworkers such as Bennett, who design exqui-site customized furniture and artifacts, see the guild and its annual show as a way to educate the public about the mastery of the woodworker’s craft.

Woodworker and guild member Gary Leake said he hopes the work seen in the show will inspire a new generation of master crafts-men and craftswomen. The exhibit also reveals the talent that is teeming on the island.

“Most furniture and wood-art made today is mass-pro-duced and often designed and built for low-cost, short-term use — to throw away,” Leake said.

“Woodpalooza presents an alternative that involves the talents of master craftsmen and craftswomen who make their living creating pieces

that will beautifully endure for generations,” he added.

Another of the guild’s members and exhibitors is Rob Hetler, who said Woodpalooza shows a very eclectic, wide range of work. Hetler shows his “Memory Box,” a funerary receptacle which is meant to hold the cremated remains of a loved one.

“I made one last year for someone whose wife had passed away,” Hetler said.

“It was new for me. I’ve made coffins over the years. Culturally, we’re not sure what to do with the remains. I know people who have them in a cardboard box or even a plastic bag, which is, I think, a little disrespectful,” he said.

“This is my solution.”Hetler’s Memory Box is

beautiful, with maple doors. He recently made a small box for pet ashes that he donated to the WAIF auction.

The show offers a variety of styles and objects, but is consistent in its display of those who have a talent for working with wood.

“The guild invites everyone to come and experience the numerous types of woods in a wide variety of forms while rubbing shoulders with the artisans who carry on one of our oldest and most endear-ing professions,” Leake said.

From funerary boxes to chiffoniers, to electric guitars and Native American carv-ings, the show runs the gamut and also includes the work of Joseph Albert, Buffy Cribbs, Gordy Edberg, Bruce Launer, Jon Magill, Bruce Schwager, Christine Schwager, Kermit

Chamberlin, Shawn DeMots, Thomas Fisher, Michael Flanagan, David Gray, Christopher Pope, Rick Pitt, Neil Sorenson, Doug Struthers and Cecil Stearns.

The exhibit is free and open from noon to 6 p.m. daily except Tuesdays and

Wednesdays. For more information

about the Whidbey Island Woodworkers Guild, visit www.whidbeywoodworkers.com for more information.

Patricia Duff can be reached at 221-5300 or pduff@whid beynewsgroup.com.


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Furniture maker Robert Hall Bennett spent 250 hours making this “Torii Fourteen Drawer Chest.” Bennett was inspired by a chiffonier built by famous early 20th century architects Charles and Henry Greene. The piece is on display through Oct. 3 at Woodpalooza in Bayview.

motel in Naples, Fla. on Aug. 31.

By March 2005, detectives had linked Thomas to the gun, finding her fingerprint on a page of the pistol’s oper-ating manual.

Little loose talkStill, officials stayed mum

about potential suspects beyond Huden.

And when the arrest war-rant was finally issued for Huden in May 2005, local authorities kept quiet for nearly three months that the $1 million warrant had been issued, saying at the time that federal marshals had advised against a “big media splash,” Banks said then, in hopes they would find Huden.

Banks has said little about the case outside of what’s been detailed in court papers.

At a press conference held after Huden was arraigned, Banks declined to give a motive for the murder.

“There’s still an open question there,” Banks said at the time. “I hope when we present the facts at trial, the motive will become clearer.”

Huden never met Douglas before the Christmas holiday when he was murdered. Authorities have said the connection between the two comes from Thomas, Huden’s mistress, who worked with the victim’s wife, Brenna Douglas. They were hairdressers in Langley, and business part-

ners.Banks has said authori-

ties have talked to Brenna Douglas, but he’s repeatedly declined to say if she was a suspect.

He’s also stayed silent on whether others may be charged in the future.

Brenna Douglas had been living in Freeland, but online records with real estate com-panies indicate the home she bought in November 2004 on Everette Lane has been through foreclosure proceed-ings. It was sold at auction on Aug. 9 and purchased by Wells Fargo Bank.

Banks said this week he has remained in contact with Douglas, but would not dis-close her location.

Internal troubleDocuments recently

obtained by the Record also show local authorities were sharply at odds in the months before the arrest warrant was issued for Huden.

Emails between Banks and then-sheriff Mike Hawley show a sheriff impa-tient for the prosecutor to get moving on his review of the case, and follow that up with a warrant so Huden could be arrested.

Hawley, in an email from Jan. 13, 2005, warned Banks “these delays are sucking the momentum out of the investigation ... it’s critical that we get a warrant now, so we can move forward. Quite frankly, I am confounded by your reluctance to do so,” Hawley continued. “If Jim Huden was walking down the street past my office

today, he’d be in jail a few moments later on PC [prob-able cause].”

Banks shot back with a pointed email that noted he’d received 11 three-ring bind-ers from the lead detective on the case, just the week before Christmas, and his office had other pressing matters.

“Although I’m not sure what the emergency is, I still am giving Huden the top priority of my criminal cases. In fact, I have reassigned all of my other criminal cases to other deputies ... so I can work on Huden. Don’t blame the delays on me,” Banks wrote.

Most of the rest of Banks’ response was a dressing down of the work done by the sheriff’s office on the Huden case.

“The issues with the investigation are that (1) the investigation has so many flaws, it seriously under-mines our ability to pros-ecute; and (2) the last infor-mation I had reviewed was tailor-made for a defense of ‘someone else did it,’ and (3) we suspect that there were two other participants in the crime, and moving prema-turely on Huden would likely foreclose their prosecution. I would like to make sure that we have a solid case before we bring him into court.

“So far, your concerns and the concerns of your department have led to hasty actions, and later proven to be unfounded,” Banks con-tinued.

“For example, the belief that Huden was going to flee to Las Vegas, led to a rushed, ill-conceived, ill-

prepared attempt to search his home and interview him, which seriously com-promised the investigation. Anxious detectives trying to rush a confession out of Huden resulted in them giv-ing him all the information they had obtained in the case. The belief that if we did not obtain a warrant after he did flee would result in him either committing suicide or harming a police officer has so far proven unfounded.”

“You really shouldn’t make these bogus threats about getting someone else to get your warrant,” Banks told Hawley.

Two weeks later, Hawley formally asked the Homicide Investigation and Tracking System Unit of the Criminal Justice Division of the state Attorney General’s Office to review the county’s investi-gation.

According to a March 10, 2005 memo from the Attorney General’s Office, the sheriff’s office had concluded that probable cause existed to arrest one, two or three suspects in the murder of Douglas.

State investigators reviewed the details of the case, including witness statements, crime scene pho-tographs, the autopsy and other evidence.

“After a careful review of the statements and evidence presented in this case,” the memo reads, “it is our opinion that the conclusions reached by your office are consistent with the facts in this case, namely, that the evidence gathered in this investigation is sufficient to recommend that felony mur-

der charges be filed against one individual, and possibly three, for the murder of Russel A. Douglas.

“It is also our opinion that additional investigative steps, while helpful, are not necessarily a prerequisite to the filing of felony mur-der charges in this case,” said the memo, signed by Darryl Roosendaal, chief of the Criminal Investigation Section of the Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Division.

All is now wellHawley, who rejoined the

rank-and-file in the Island County Sheriff’s Office as a lieutenant after not running for another term as sheriff, declined to comment on the history of the Douglas case.

Banks said this week the earlier internal conflict was, in some ways, ancient his-tory.

“We’re more focused on the conduct of the case at this point. Really, I’m happy with the sheriff’s detectives and how we’re working the case up. I think it’s going as well as it could go,” Banks said.

The timing of the arrest warrant wasn’t crucial, because Huden had already fled to Mexico in 2004.

“Huden was already in the wind,” Banks said. “At that point, it really wasn’t going to make a lot of sense to rush it.”

Though other suspects were mentioned earlier, Banks said he wanted more than just enough to get

someone arrested.“As a prosecutor you need

to know you have evidence of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and evidence to meet any defenses that could be raised by the other side, if you’re going to charge some-one with murder,” he said.

“We really didn’t, in my view, have enough to file charges against anybody else at the time.”

When asked about his email that pointed out flaws in the case, Banks said his response was probably worded too strongly.

“I wish I would have said gaps rather than flaws.”

Sheriff Mark Brown and Banks released a joint statement Thursday to the Record, and they said the investigation had been “long and complicated.”

“It has been conducted in a professional, thorough and competent manner by all officers involved,” the statement said. “The pros-ecution of those responsible has proceeded according to the standards required by law. The cooperative work-ing relationship between the prosecutor and sheriff’s office has been, and contin-ues to be, based on mutual trust, respect, and hard work. We are united in our desire to see justice served. The best way to achieve that includes the freedom of police and prosecutors to speak frankly with each other.

“There is no value in re-hashing an old controversy that we resolved collabora-tively a long time ago.”

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Meerkerk Gardens will hold its Labor Day weekend sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Monday, Sept. 5.

The sale includes 50 percent off all plants, including species and hybridized rhododendrons as well as companion plants. There will also be free native plants.

No entrance fee is required to access the nursery.

For more information, call 360-678-1912 or 222-0121 or visit www.meerkerkgardens.org.

The Friends of the Freeland Library will hold a book sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the library.

This month begins the fall and winter book sale of special titles for holiday giving, and will include a wide range of special cooking books, French and Italian in particular. Other books include fiction, biography, his-tory, travel and large-print fic-tion titles.

All proceeds go directly to the Freeland Library and its many children to adult programs.

The Whidbey Island Woodworkers Guild will present the eighth annual “Woodpalooza‚“ exhibition that showcases recent creative works by 21 of their most tal-ented members today through Oct. 3.

The exhibition will be held at the Bayview Cash Store, and is open noon to 6 p.m. daily, except Tuesday and Wednesday.

The guild seeks to support professional woodworkers, as well as inspire and educate the budding amateur and provide awareness to the general public of the skills available locally from its talented members.

The Whidbey Island Woodworkers Guild was formed in 2001 to bring together the woodworking community of Whidbey. Now in its 10th year, the guild includes fur-niture makers, cabinetry, archi-tectural woodwork, turners, clock makers, sawyers, carvers, restorers, musical instrument makers, boat builders and refin-ishers.

Visit www.whidbeywoodworkers.com for more information.

The Impaired Driving Impact Panel of Island County pres-ents its next South Whidbey panel on DUI/underage drink-ing prevention today in Trinity Lutheran Church’s old building.

Doors open at 12:45 and the panel starts at 1 p.m.

Visit www.idipic.org, or call 360-672-8219 for more details.

The summer concert series at Whidbey Island Winery con-tinues with the roots-bluegrass stylings of Abby Mae and The Homeschool Boys at 6 p.m. tonight.

Tickets are $25 at the door and include a glass of the night’s featured wine. Doors open at 6 p.m. Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic, blan-kets or chairs.

Friends of the Freeland Library will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 at the library.

The public is invited, and the group is always looking for new members to join.

The Bayview Senior Center will offer the program, “The Art of the Mini Memoir,” from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 6–27.

Learn to write a mini memoir, a glimpse of one’s life to give to loved ones, in four weeks in a class led by Margaret Bendet, a profes-sional editor who writes her own mini memoirs for the fun of it.

Bring a notebook and a pen or a laptop. Class size is limited so that everyone can participate fully. The cost is $70 and $60 for senior cen-ter members.

For information and to register, call 321-1600 or 360-678-3373.

IDIPIC will present its next North Whidbey DUI/Underage Drinking prevention panel start-ing at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 at Hayes Hall 137, by the Oak Harbor Library.

The panel is required for each driver’s education student and a parent by local driving schools. Visit www.idipic.org for more information.

Interested in learning to meditate? Already meditating and interested in deepening the practice?

Come learn mindfulness/awareness meditation and join others in practice at a medita-tion open house from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 in the Sanctuary at the Whidbey Institute.

Meditation instruction is offered free by instructor Howard M. Aposhyan, and will introduce the practices of Shamatha (“calm-abiding”) and Vipashyana (“Insight”) medita-tion. Aposhyan is a senior stu-

dent of the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, a Tibetan teacher and meditation master.

No appointment is necessary. A goodwill donation for sup-port of the facilities is welcome, but not required. Call 321-4284 or visit www.nalandabodhi.org for more information.

Transition Whidbey will host Potlucks with a Purpose at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7 at Bayview Community Hall.

This month’s program is the “Eat Local Challenge Kick Off.”

All are invited to come share stories around local food. Updated copies of the local food resource list will also be available.

Also, bring unwanted Styrofoam. April Ducharme will be at the potluck to collect it and take it to the other side to be recycled. For more informa-tion, call her at 808-269-9858

Bring a local potluck dish that serves four to six and your own utensils and dinnerware. The program begins at 6 p.m. The suggested donation is $5.

Anyone wanting childcare (ages 2-7) from 6 to 8 p.m. must RSVP to [email protected] or arrive by 5:45 p.m.

To learn more, call 221-0506 or visit www.transitionwhidbey.org.

Join Lit for Fun for a lively dis-cussion of “City of Thieves” by David Benioff at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 at the Freeland Library. All readers are welcome.

The Whidbey Weavers Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 at Pacific NorthWest Art School in Coupeville.

Rosalie Neilson will talk about the program “Rep Weave.” There will be a workshop Sept. 9-11 called “Ripped About Rep - Color & Design in Rep Weave.” The business meeting will be followed at 11 a.m. by a show-and-tell session and other fiber presentations, followed by lunch, then the program at 12:45 p.m.

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The Greenbank Progressive Club will hold its monthly potluck dinner and meeting Thursday, Sept. 8 at the Bakken and Firehouse roads clubhouse in Greenbank.

The meet-and-greet will begin at 6 with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited and asked to bring a dish to share and their own table ser-vice.

The program for the evening features Lew Brantley, who will talk about his experiences run-ning security on a major cruise line. Brantley, who has an exten-sive nautical background, will share helpful tips for future pas-sengers and interesting stories.

For more information, call 360-678-4885.

The Whidbey General Hospital Fall Prevention Team will present an overview of the Staying Active and Independent for Life pro-gram at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9 at the Freeland Library.

This is the first in a series of free programs and free screen-ings to help decrease the chance of falling and increase the ability to lead an independent life.

The program continues at 10 a.m Friday, Sept. 16 with a focus on exercise, the single best thing someone can do to pre-vent falls.

At 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, the discussion will be on medica-tions.

At 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, the program will discuss the senses.

The final class at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7 will be devoted to home safety.

The Bayview Senior Center will hold a one-day defensive driving class from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.

The AARP-sponsored class covers rules of the road, chal-lenging road conditions and

normal age-related physical changes that affect driving. There is no age limit, though the class will focus on older drivers. The cost is $12 for AARP members, $14 for nonmembers. Students should bring a lunch.

Register at 360-678-3373 or 331-1600.

Good Cheer’s third annual Harvest Party & Music Fest returns to Bayview from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.

Graham Kerr, television’s famed “Galloping Gourmet,” will be the special guest, and will talk about his book that shares his growing love of back-yard gardening.

There will also be plenty of great local music, kid’s activi-ties with prizes, raffle drawings for a garden shed, Fishinista Basket (more than $200 worth of fishing gear) and other sur-prises. There will be plenty of food, including tacos and tastes from the cook-off competition, and Green River and root beer floats.

The day also holds many garden workshops from worm bins, top tips and a presentation by Kerr. There will also be tours of the food bank.

The Freeland Library will host a gadget clinic from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.

Do you have a piece of technology that you’re not quite sure how to use? Bring e-readers and iPads from 1 to 2:30 p.m. or your cell phones, laptops and digital cameras between 2:30 and 4 p.m. for free technical assistance by Joel Kennedy, the A-Tech of Whidbey.

The Second Saturday dance party and workshop returns to Deer Lagoon Grange at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10.

Following the workshop at 7:30 p.m., there will be a CD dance mix for various dance styles.

Bring treats to share with friends in the grange social area. No partner is necessary, and everyone is welcome. Admission is $10.

IDIPIC will hold a North Whidbey DUI/underage drink-ing prevention panel starting at 6:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at Hayes Hall 137, by the Oak Harbor Library.

The panel is required for each driver’s education student and a parent by local driving schools. Visit www.idipic.org for more information.

Local pianist and educator Maureen Girard will present a jazz concert at her studio featur-ing herself along with guitarist Troy Chapman of Pearl Django and percussionist Brian Kirk of Seattle at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.

They will be performing pieces from Girard’s new CD entitled, “Portrait in Four Colors,” which will be newly interpreted with the guitar styl-ings of Chapman.

Kirk is the percussionist on the recording. He is currently a professor of jazz studies at Seattle Central Community College and has performed with legendary musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and the Pointer Sisters.

The concert will also fea-ture original music written by Chapman and special arrange-ments of select jazz pieces.

Reservations for the concert are $25 and can be made at www.maureengirard.com or by calling 221-0362.

Fred Lundahl will finish his talks that focus on former

Soviet Central Asian countries at Music for the Eyes in Langley.

The final lecture will be “Uzbekistan: History, Rugs and Handicrafts” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. Attendance is free, and guests are welcome to bring rugs or handicrafts from Central Asia.

The Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation will celebrate its 21st anniversary at a Langley Library program at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12 at Langley City Hall.

Come and help WAIF cel-ebrate its past successes and toast its future; hear about the organization’s history and future plans.

Merritt Clifton, a journalist and animal advocate, will join WAIF staff to talk about cut-ting edge sheltering practices, Whidbey Island animal trends and changes in the collective human/animal relationships.

No sign-up is necessary for the free program. For more information, call Pam Owen at 221-8601

The Clinton Library book group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the library to discuss “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett.

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

The Clinton Library is proud to present celebrated musician Nancy Stewart in a free pro-gram at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 at Wellington Day School at 6451 Harding Ave.

The Clinton Library is proud to present a series of cook-

ing programs this fall, funded by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation, Puget Sound Energy and the Friends of the Clinton Library.

Bob and Pat Brunjes will pres-ent an Italian cooking class at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 at Clinton Community Hall, 6411 Central Ave.

Preregistration is required and space is limited. Sign up online at www.sno-isle.org (Click on events and programs, Clinton Library, and then “Italian Cooking Class” to get to the registration form) or call 341-4280 during normal busi-ness hours to register.

Vincent Nattress will teach the class “Making the Most of the Fall Bounty” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20; and Gerry Betz and Larry Lowary from Tree-Top Baking will teach “Sweet Dough 101” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17.

Preregistration is required, and space is limited for these classes as well.

The Bayview Senior Center will hold a pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Meals on Wheels program from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17.

Bring friends, family or make new friends at a satisfying pan-cake breakfast that supports Meals on Wheels.

The menu is pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage links, juice, milk, fresh fruit, coffee and tea; gluten-free pancakes and gluten-free sausage links will also be available. Suggested donation is $7.

The Friends of the Clinton Library hold their monthly book sale, with thousands of books for sale at bargain prices, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17.

Quality book donations are always welcome.

Beginning in October, those small cars will pay 90 percent of standard fare, and 80 percent by May. Also, the standard vehicle size was redefined as 14 to 22 feet.

For grandfather Steve Abercrombie of Langley, who drives his grand-children in his SUV, the changes don’t help him much.

He questioned the com-mission’s need to encour-age smaller cars while not aiding SUVs like his.

“We’re going to fill it on busy times anyway, so why does the size of the car matter?” Abercrombie

asked. At least a few times

each week, he travels to the mainland to pick up his grandchildren and visit his family. He said he understood the reason for the higher fares, however.

“I see the need for increasing revenue,” Abercrombie said.

A ferry commuter since 1962, he watched ferry fares rise almost every year, not necessarily in line with other costs.

“I’ve seen it increase much higher than cost of living, housing and other indicators of cost raises,” Abercrombie said.

He said he there was nothing to be done to keep fares as-is.

“Not increasing it is a seemingly futile fight,” he

said. To curb unexpected

spikes in fuel costs, the commission also approved a measure to charge travelers more when gas prices go up.

Fares will go up by 2.5 percent when fuel exceeds $3.86 per gallon. Fuel would have to increase to $4.08 per gallon to activate the surcharge, which is capped at 10 percent.

Annual bicycle per-mits are being canceled. However, passengers with monthly passes, multi-ride cards and an ORCA ePurse may bring bicycles aboard vessels without additional charges.

Ben Watanabe can be reached at [email protected].

Hancock kept other restric-tions on Thomas’ bail in place: that she have no contact with witnesses in the case — James “Jim” Huden, his wife, Jean Huden, or Brenna Douglas, the estranged wife of the mur-der victim — and that Thomas wear a GPS device so her loca-tion can be verified.

The bail for Thomas was reduced from $5 million to $500,000 late last month.

Thomas, 46, has been named by authorities as an accomplice in the murder of Russel Douglas of Langley, who was found shot dead near Freeland on Dec. 27, 2003. Thomas was charged with first-degree murder

July 6 and arrested aboard her houseboat, “Off the Hook,” at Navajo Lake, N.M. on July 9.

Jim Huden, who authorities allege was the triggerman in the murder, remains in cus-tody on $10 million bail.

Huden has pled “not guilty” to the first-degree murder charge.

Thomas said nothing dur-ing Friday’s hearing, and sat stone-faced except for a fleeting smile when Hancock asked her attorney to slow down while reading a state-ment about the precision of the GPS device that Thomas must wear. The tracking device will be supplied by Consolidated Monitoring Services, and will alert authorities if Thomas tries to tamper with the device.

Craig Platt, the attorney for Thomas, asked the court

to allow her to be released Friday.

It was her birthday, Platt said.

“She has family coming to visit. She has no intention of going anywhere,” Platt added.

The courtroom was empty during the short hearing, except for Thomas’ mother, a few courthouse workers, a reporter, and Steven Mohr, the owner of Consolidated Monitoring Services, who was there to answer questions about the monitoring device.

While out on bail, Thomas will stay at her mother’s home in Langley.

Thomas mouthed a silent greeting to her mother before leaving the courtroom, and Matz gave a small wave back.

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St. Augustine’s in the Woods Episcopal Church“A Greening Congregation”331-4887 • Freeland5217 Honeymoon Bay RoadHoly Eucharist Sun: 8AM & 10:30AM

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Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church341-4715 • Clinton6309 Wilson Pl.(1 block north of WhidbeyIsland Bank)Sunday Morning Service

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South Whidbey Church of Christ341-2252 • BayviewSenior Service Center - BayviewSunday Worship: 9:30AM

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South WhidbeyCommunity Church(Non-denominational)221-1220 • Langleywww.whidbeychurch.orgSunday Morning Worship 10:00AM

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Deer Lagoon Grange5142 S. Bayview Road, LangleyWed. Home Bible Study 7:00PM

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Trinity Lutheran Church331-5191 • Freelandwww.trinitylutheranfreeland.comWoodard Road, Hwy 525,FreelandSunday Services 8:00 & 10:00Nursery providedJames Lindus, PastorDennis Hanson, PastorGeorge Brunjes, PastorEric Ottum, PastorJerry O’Neill, PastorKarl Olsen, Minister of Music

Unitarian UniversalistCongregation of Whidbey Island321-8656 Freeland20103 State Route 525Sunday Service at 10AM

Values-Based Religious Education Sept-JuneChildcare Year-RoundEveryone welcome!Minister: Rev. Elizabeth “Kit” [email protected]/uucwi

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Please review the routes carefully as they have changed. Changes were necessary to maintain a safe number of students on each bus to balance student load.Thank you for your understanding. Please be at your bus stop 5 minutes early. It is unlawful to pass the bus when upper red lights are flashing.

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ROUTE 1 (K-5)8:07 Bounty Loop/Mutiny Bay

8:11 Mutiny Bay/Bush Pt/Smugglers Cove

8:16 High Rd/Smugglers Cove

8:23 Bush Point/Mutiny Bay Rd

8:25 Mutiny Bay/Fish Rd

8:28 Fish/Woodard

8:30 Woodard/SR 525

ROUTE 2 (K-5)7:59 Crawford/Forest Lane

8:06 Thompson/Lola Lane

8:13 SR 525/Honeymoon Bay

8:18 Honeymoon Bay/Sealawn

8:23 Haines/Harbor Hills

8:24 Honeymoon Bay/Spinnaker

8:27 Chipshot/Honeymoon Bay

ROUTE 3 (K-5)8:13 SR 525/Fish Road

8:17 Scenic/Osprey

8:20 Woodard/Mutiny Bay

8:24 Wahl/Lancaster

8:28 Wahl/Admiralty

8:40 Lancaster/Millman

8:33 Soundview/Useless Bay

ROUTE 4 (K-5)8:02 Harbor/Layton

8:08 Beachwood/East Harbor

8:14 Goodell/Goss Ridge

8:18 East Harbor/Goss Lake

8:21 Melody Lane/Goss Lake

8:22 Pintail/Lakeside

8:28 Lone Lake/Andreason

ROUTE 5 (K-5)8:09 Andreason/Lone Lake

8:12 Saratoga/East Harbor

8:20 East Harbor/Brainer

8:24 Amble/Saratoga

8:34 Saratoga (2nd)/Anthes

8:36 Langley/Maxwelton

ROUTE 6 (K-5)8:05 SR 525/Newman

8:07 Newman/Double Bluff

8:09 SR 525/Scott

8:10 Main/SR 525

8:13 SR 525/Freeland Ave

8:17 Shoreview/Cameron

8:18 Cameron/Whidbey Topsoil (T/A)

8:20 SR 525/Useless Bay

8:21 MacDonald/Hillis

8:28 SR 525/Bayview

8:32 Bayview/Sunlight Drive 2 (T/A)

8:36 Bayview/Howard

ROUTE 7 (K-5)8:09 Brooks Hill/Pinewood

8:14 Bayview/Delphi

8:15 April/Hi Crest

8:18 Bayview/SR 525

8:19 Pioneer Park (T/A)

8:20 SR 525/Craw

8:21 Craw/Coles

8:26 Coles/Third

8:29 Langley Rd/SR 525

ROUTE 9 (K-5)8:06 SR 525/Campbell Rd

8:07 Campbell Rd/Tartan

8:11 Cedar Vista/Cedar Cove (T/A)

8:13 SR 525/Humphrey

8:14 Orr/Heggenes

8:18 Deer Lake/Commercial

8:19 SR 525/Wilson

8:20 Brighton Beach/Deer Lake

8:22 SR 525/Bob Galbreath

8:28 Wilkinson/Sandy Point

8:29 Sandy Point/Furman

8:30 Edgecliff/Camano

ROUTE 11 (K-5)8:05 Maxwelton/French

8:10 Bailey/Scatchet Head

8:13 Scatchet Head/Blakely

8:13 Blakely/Orange/Mortland

8:18 Mortland/Swede Hill

8:22 Swede Hill/Maxwelton

8:26 Maxwelton/Sills

8:27 Sills/Ewing

8:33 Ewing/Maxwelton

ROUTE 13 (K-5)8:09 Campbelll/Wintergreen

8:12 Wintergreen/Deer Lake

8:14 Deer Lake/Haven

8:17 Deer Lake/Heggenes

8:18 Orr/Humphrey

8:29 Humphrey/Steiner (T/A)

8:25 Orr/Heggenes

8:29 Heggenes/High Meadow

8:31 Rolling Hill/Holst

8:35 Deer Lake/Cultus Bay

ROUTE 14 (K-5)7:49 Maxwelton/Campbell

7:50 Campbell/Cultus Bay

7:55 Glendale/Jewett

7:58 Cultus Bay/Possession

8:02 Possession/Quaternary (T/A)

8:12 Cultus Bay/Sandy Hook

8:27 Lovely/Cultus Bay

8:31 Cultus Bay/French

8:32 French/Maxwelton up to Ewing

ROUTE 31 (HS & LMS)6:47 Bounty Loop/Mutiny Bay

6:51 Mutiny Bay/Bush Point

6:57 Smuggler’s Cove/High

7:04 Bush Point/Mutiny Bay

7:08 Mutiny Bay/Fish

7:09 Fish/Woodard

ROUTE 32 (HS & LMS)6:49 Crawford/Forest Lane

6:51 SR 525/@ Recycle Center

6:56 Thompson/Lola (T/A)

7:01 Thompson/SR 525

7:06 SR 525/Honeymoon Bay

7:03 Honeymoon Bay/Sealawn

7:09 Haines/Harbor Hills

7:13 Harbor Hills/Honeymoon Bay

ROUTE 33 (HS & LMS)6:50 SR 525/Fish

6:54 Scenic/Osprey (T/A)

6:58 Fish/Woodard

7:00 Woodard/Mutiny Bay

7:01 Lancaster/Wahl

7:04 Wahl/Admiralty (T/A)

7:12 Lancaster/Millman

7:13 Millman/Deer Lagoon

7:13 Soundview/Useless Bay

ROUTE 34 (HS & LMS)6:52 SR 525/Harbor

6:53 East Harbor/Vinton

6:58 Goodell/Goss Ridge (T/A)

7:01 East Harbor/Goss Lake

7:02 Melody Lane – Upper Harbor

7:08 Goss Lake/Pintail

7:09 Pintail/Lakeside

7:11 Lakeside/Traverse

7:12 Lone Lake/Andreason

ROUTE 35 (HS & LMS)6:51 Andreason/Lone Lake

6:54 Saratoga/East Harbor

7:02 East Harbor/Brainer

7:06 Amble/Saratoga

7:16 Second/Anthes

7:18 Langley/Maxwelton

ROUTE 36 (HS & LMS)6:47 SR 525/Newman

6:48 Newman/Double Bluff

6:49 SR 525/Scott – Main

6:55 SR 525/Freeland

7:00 Shoreview/Cameron

7:01 SR525/Cameron off road stop

7:05 SR 525/Useless Bay

7:06 Macdonald/Hillis

7:10 Mills/SR 525

7:11 SR 525/Bayview

7:15 Bayview/Sunlight Drive #2 (T/A)

7:19 Bayview/Howard

ROUTE 37 (HS & LMS)6:54 Brooks Hill/Pinewood

6:56 Bayview/Delphi/April

6:58 Hi Crest/Bayview

7:00 SR 525/Pioneer Park (T/A church)

7:03 SR 525/Craw

7:04 Craw/Coles

7:07 Coles/Third

7:08 Third/Park/Sixth

7:10 Langley/SR 525

ROUTE 39 (HS & LMS)6:45 SR 525/Campbell

6:46 Campbell/Tartan

6:48 Campbell/SR 525

6:51 SR 525/Cedar Cove (T/A)

6:54 SR 525/Humphrey

6:55 Humphrey/Orr/Anderson

6:58 Deer Lake/Commercial

7:00 SR 525/Wilson/Frost/Brighton Beach

7:05 SR 525/Bob Galbreath

7:13 Wilkinson/Sandy Point

7:14 Furman/Edgecliff

7:15 Edgecliff/Camano

ROUTE 41 (HS & LMS)6:49 Maxwelton/French

6:50 French/Bailey

6:54 Bailey/Scatchet Head

6:56 Swede Hill/Blakely

6:58 Blakely/Orange/Mortland

6:59 Mortland/Swede Hill

7:03 Swede Hill/Maxwelton

7:06 Maxwelton/Sills/Ewing

7:13 Ewing/Maxwelton

ROUTE 43 (HS & LMS)6:50 SR 525/Campbell Rd

6:51 Campbell/Wintergreen

6:52 Wintergreen/Deer Lake

6:54 Deer Lake/Haven

6:58 Deer Lake/Heggenes/Orr

6:59 Orr/Humphrey

7:02 Humphrey/Steiner (T/A)

7:07 Humphrey/Orr

7:08 Orr/Heggenes

7:12 Heggenes/High Meadow

7:13 Rolling Hill/Holst

7:14 Holst/Deer Lake

7:18 Deer Lake/Cultus Bay

ROUTE 44 (HS & LMS)6:41 Maxwelton/Campbell

6:43 Campbell/Cultus Bay

6:51 Cultus Bay/Glendale/Jewett

6:54 Cultus Bay/Possession

6:58 Possession/Quaternary (T/A)

6:59 Cultus Bay/Sandy Hook

7:08 Lovely/Cultus Bay

7:13 Cultus Bay/French

7:16 French/Maxwelton – Ewing

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