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Michelle Rose and Donna Dunn of the Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation show off two young dogs available for adoption through the WAIF animal shelter during the canine-themed Wag ‘n’ Walk event Saturday at Greenbank Farm. Kody, left, is a male boxer mix, and Allie, right, is a female Labrador retriever mix. Both dogs are about a year old.

By Kasia PierzgaStaff Reporter

Well-known Coupeville church lead-er Garrett Arnold is preparing for life in a wheelchair after his spinal cord was severely damaged when he fell down a steep, 25-foot embankment in Ledgewood.

Arnold, 48, was trimming grass when he fell. He was stuck on the bluff about X feet above the beach for several hours until he was spotted by a woman taking a walk. He was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he is recovering from surgery in which doctors fused several broken vertebrae and stabilized his spinal column.

Arnold’s sister-in-law Sarah Viers, who is serving as family spokesperson, said Arnold’s family is still trying to absorb the news.

Sylvia Arnold, who is Garrett’s wife and Sarah’s sister, is focusing all her energy on sup-porting her husband as he copes with the pain – physical and emotional – that has resulted from the injury.

“She’s tired, but she’s positive, and she’s embracing the future in a very positive way,” Viers said. “As you can imagine, with the pain and with the realiza-tion, every activity brings a new set of emo-tions. The nurses were very clear: Right now he needs to use all his emo-tions to get better.”

Arnold is pastor of Living Hope Four-square Church, where members of the church community are praying for his entire family as they face this life-changing event.

“We appreciate everyone’s prayers,” Viers said. “The community has been so great.”

The Arnolds’ three children – Brett, a ju-nior at Coupeville High School, and Scott and Courtney, who are students at Azusa Pacific University in California – have been visiting and calling their dad as often as they can.

“Scott and Courtney call daily and talk to him,” she said. “Those are really good times, when he can hear their voices.”

“Brett comes out on weekends,” she said, adding that the family hopes to use Skype, an online live-video service, to transmit the Coupe-ville Wolves football games to Garrett’s hospital room so he can watch his son on the field.

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By Nathan Whalen Staff Reporter

Environmentally conscious folks in Coupeville will soon have a new way to re-cycle.

The town is several weeks away from final-izing an agreement with Island Disposal for a curbside recycling program.

Mayor Nancy Conard said the town’s at-torney and insurance company are currently reviewing the details of the proposed agree-ment. She didn’t have a figure yet on how much curbside recycling will cost the town and its residents.

The agreement had been delayed because both sides wanted to see if any changes will be made to Island County’s tipping fees that could be considered in its annual review, Con-ard said.

County Public Works Director Bill Oakes said there are no plans to increase those fees and he’ll talk with town officials and Island Disposal about the outlook for 2013.

Recycling ready to hit the curbTown officials have been working for years

trying to implement a curbside program. They tried to work with Island Disposal

and Island County to develop an island-wide program. But that effort stalled months ago and the town moved forward with its own proposal.

The curbside recycling program is the lat-est of a series of environmental programs the town has implemented in recent years. Other programs include a project aimed at using reclaimed stormwater for irrigation on farms on Ebey’s Prairie and a law that allows prop-erly outfitted electric golf carts to be driven on

streets within town limits. Conard said residents within town limits

will be required to participate in the curb-side recycling program. The reduction in the amount of trash could offset the costs hom-eowners may face with the recycling program.

“There’s a great potential for people to re-duce their garbage pickup,” Conard said. She added that residents could choose recycling pickups either every week or once a month.

The Coupeville Town Council will talk about the recycling program during an up-coming meeting. Meetings takes place the sec-ond and fourth Tuesdays of the month.

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According to a Google spokeswoman who declined to be named, the company is committed to providing its users with the “richest, most up-to-date maps possible.”

While the Google em-ployees already knew that Coupeville was special, they have since learned through an e-mail exchange with Eccles that there are even more aspects to the second-oldest town in Washington that make it unique, includ-ing Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.

“They were intrigued that there is so much here,” Eccles said.

Coupeville is already fairly well known as a desti-nation, and is the subject of many memorable photo-graphs as well as the focus of frequent articles related to tourism, she said. But the street-view images will help the local tourism industry reach potential visitors in a new way. They will be able to see a virtual Coupeville and decide that it is a place that they want to visit, she said.

“When you go on Google and search and see unique places, you want to visit there,” Eccles said.

The filming dates and exact locations have yet to be determined. The final filming route will be selected based on a variety of factors such as weather or driving condi-tions, the Google spokes-woman said. The company will do its best to get the imagery uploaded to Google Maps as quickly as possible, she said.

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Sometime in the next few weeks, Coupeville will join the growing list of tourist destinations that are viewable online through the Google Maps Street View Partner Program.

A Google crew will come to the historic waterfront town and film the streets from a specially outfitted car or trike.

The car is outfitted with 15 camera lenses along with mo-tion sensors to track its posi-tion. The trike – an adult-sized tricycle with a camera mount-ed between the rear two tires – allows for exploration of areas that vehicles can’t reach.

The street-view images captured by Google’s equip-ment will give people con-sidering a visit to Coupeville an opportunity to “tour” the town before they even set foot on Whidbey.

That up-close glimpse of a vacation destination is just what Michigan resident Mark Steenbergh would have liked to check out before planning a trip to Whidbey Island.

On a sunny August day,

Steenbergh and his family spent several hours wan-dering through the historic downtown, visiting shops along Front Street.

“Coupeville is wonder-ful,” Steenbergh said. “My daughters were clamoring to come here. It’s so quaint.”

Before heading to the Northwest for a family trip, Steenbergh logged onto the Internet to research the area.

“I Googled everything I could Google,” he said.

Once Google uploads the images and adds them to the “Street View,” people from all over the world will be able to explore Coupeville – virtu-ally, at least.

Just like a tourist strolling along Front Street, taking in the view of all the historic buildings and the scenic backdrop of Penn Cove, remote visitors will be able to direct the mapping site to spin and give them a 360-de-gree panoramic view.

“This is really exciting,” said Lynda Eccles, Coupe-ville Chamber of Commerce executive director. “This could open a lot of doors as far as tourism. Any tourism business is good for the local economy.”

Street views to be added to Google Maps

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The Steenbergh family from Michigan visits Coupeville with family from Oak Harbor. Front left, Marisa and Chloe Steen-bergh. Back left, Lisa Steenbergh, Mark Steenbergh, Cassi-dy Gurich, and Keith Gurich. Mark said that he researched as much about Coupeville online as he could, and likes the idea of the street views of Coupeville being added to Google Maps.

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By Nathan WhalenStaff Reporter

Buying a pass to visit state parks is getting easier.

As part of a trial program, Washington State Parks introduced credit card ma-chines for the sale of Discover Passes in the parking lots of 10 state parks, including three locations on Whidbey Island.

The solar-powered credit card machines can be found at Fort Casey State Park and inDeception Pass State Park at the south bridge parking lot and at Cornet Bay.

Jon Cummins, manager of the state parks on Central and South Whidbey Island, said that the new credit card machine has been accepted by park visitors.

“To my knowledge, every-one here has had good suc-

cess with it,” Cummins said. Prior to the introduction

of the credit card machines, people could stuff an enve-lope with cash or a check and put it into a locked box at the parking lot. Or they could also stop by the park office, which is sometimes locked when park staff are away tending to park needs.

Currently people can only purchase the $10 day-use pass at the credit-card machines.

Plans are in store to allow for the purchase of annual, $30 passes and for people to make a donation.

The credit card machines were installed in late June. It cost the state parks $5,700 and an additional $300 for installation. Twelve machines have been placed at the 10 state parks.

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Everyone at Sunnyside Cemetery is buried facing the sunrise – all but Frank Pratt, whose grave faces the stun-ning scenery of Ebey’s Prai-rie, Admiralty Inlet and the Olympics.

“Pratt was unique,” said local historian Roger Sher-man, who will lead a tour of the historic cemetery at 11 a.m. on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3, as a fundraiser for the Island County Historical Museum.

The hillside cemetery is one of the oldest extant cem-eteries from Washington’s territorial days, and was once part of pioneer Isaac Ebey’s original donation land claim.

Sherman’s family has farmed near the cemetery since 1896, and family mem-bers have been involved as caretakers and have served on the cemetery commission “for almost 100 years,” Sher-man said.

In 1921, his grandfather William Sherman was hired as the cemetery’s first care-taker – for a salary of $25.

Roger Sherman knows this land and its inhabitants like old friends.

“We’ve always lived next to the cemetery, and family members from both sides are buried here,” Sherman said.

“This is where I’ll be bur-ied,” he said matter-of-factly, pointing to a large granite marker bearing the Sherman name.

At Sunnyside there are graves of pioneers, lighthouse keepers and sea captains, a few Native Americans and one Chinese servant, Ah Soot, who worked for the Le-Sourd family and was buried in 1925.

Many have descendants still living on the island, with towns, lakes and roads named for them — Ebey,

Save the dateLocal historian Roger Sherman leads a tour of Sunnyside Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 3. Tickets are $5 at the Island County Historical Museum, 908 N.W. Alex-ander, Coupeville. Advance purchase is recommend-ed. Call 360-678-3310.

Sunnyside Cemetery tour brings history to life

Crockett, Engle, Libbey, Hastie, Coupe and others.

Established in 1865 with the burial of Isaac’s brother Winfield Ebey, the original 1.25 acre Sunnyside Cemetery was sold to the county for $1 by his sister, Mary Ebey Bozarth.

In the Ebey plot, there are graves older than 1865, such as Rebecca Ebey’s, 1853, and Isaac Ebey’s, 1857, but they were exhumed and trans-ferred to Sunnyside from an-other family gravesite.

Isaac Ebey was the first settler to file a land claim on Whidbey Island. He talked his immediate and extended family into coming to Whid-bey Island to farm, but within a few years they all had died here or moved away.

A small, recently added “mystery marker” in the

Ebey plot states simply, “Karen & Kathryn, born 1939, Great-Granddaughters of Col. Isaac Ebey.”

Sherman said the ceme-tery commission doesn’t have any information on Karen and Kathryn’s surname or who placed the marker.

First stop on every tour is the historic 1855 blockhouse, where Sherman and his boy-hood pals played “soldiers

and Indians.” Originally a log cabin, the blockhouse was fortified after Isaac Ebey was beheaded in 1857 by ma-rauding Kake Indians from farther north, and restored in the 1930s by the now-defunct local club known as the La-dies of the Round Table.

“I used to point my toy gun out the blockhouse win-dow and pretend I was a sol-dier,” said Sherman. “We got

told off for ‘desecrating sa-cred ground,’ but that didn’t stop us playing here.”

Sherman has done several tours of Sunnyside over the years, and each time he varies the stops and the stories to keep the information fresh.

This year he’ll add infor-mation about the Crockett family, who arrived on Whid-bey Island via the Oregon Trail in 1851.

Susan Crockett was a close friend of Rebecca Ebey and they traveled here on the same wagon train.

Sherman also likes to tell the story of John Kellogg, a physician who had the fore-sight to buy cemetery plots to sell to families of patients

who didn’t respond to his medical treatments. Kellogg was nicknamed the “canoe doctor” because that was often his mode of transporta-tion for making house calls.

Over the years, there have been six parcels added to Sunnyside, keeping pace with Central Whidbey’s popula-tion growth.

“The Clark family is an example of Whidbey Island then and now,” Sherman said, pointing to a tombstone. “They were with the military stationed at Fort Casey and they stayed. Mickey Clark was a wonderful historian, and Margaret Clark was my kindergarten teacher.”

Sherman is still an avid student of Island history, and enjoys preparing for each an-nual cemetery tour.

“Once you start looking into history, one thing leads to another,” he said. “This cemetery is a visual link be-tween the living and the dead, and their stories should be remembered.”

Tickets for the cemetery tour are $5 each, available through the Island County Historical Museum at 908 N.W. Alexander St., Coupe-ville. Call the museum at 360-678-3310.

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This mystery marker appeared recently in the Ebey family plot. Members of the Sunnyside Cemetery Commission do not know who placed it.

Betty Freeman photo

Local historian Roger Sherman will lead a tour of Sunnyside Cemetery on Monday, Sept. 3. Here he stands by Isaac and Rebecca Ebey’s monument, one of the oldest graves in the cemetery.


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Thanks for making Whidbey fair a success

As the dust from the first-ever Whidbey Is-land Area Fair settles in the arena, the vendor tents vanish and the barns empty, thanks are due to the many, many folks who made our 88th fair a success.

By whatever name, our fair is a place for friends, neighbors and complete strangers to congregate, chat, gorge themselves on unique-ly-fair food, enjoy the weather, the animals, the kids, live entertainment. The pervasive at-mosphere that reflects our community talents, output and energy.

The odor of barbecue smoke wafting through the fairgrounds didn’t hurt, either.

Island County Fair Association volunteers are simply too numerous to count, and are integral to the fair. No volunteers? No parade on Saturday, no ticket sellers at the gate, no Fiddle Faddle Farm activities, no still-life exhibits, no animals, no log show, no 4H live-stock sale – and the list is endless.

Special thanks are due to Island Thrift in Oak Harbor for contributing the premium money awarded to our exhibitors this year. Les Schwab Tire Centers, Whidbey Coffee and Nichols Brothers Boat Builders also made donations for which we are grateful, and many of our island businesses and citizens gave in-kind and monetary contributions that helped to improve the fair experience for all.

2012 FAIRtastic is history. Please share your impressions and help us improve next year’s fair by taking our brief survey at sur-veymonkey.com/s/2012whidbeyfair.

There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer. We can always use more!

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Re-elect Commissioner Angie Homola

Angie Homola deserves a second term as commissioner for District 2.

Her keen interest as a citizen activist led her to challenge Mac McDowell, a four-term commissioner. Despite all the advantages of his incumbency and a plurality of Republican voters in the county, she defeated him.

She has taken her can-do attitude with a tenacious work ethic and has provided the strong leadership the county has needed dur-ing these challenging times. Angie thoroughly researches every issue so that she is well in-formed to make decisions on complex issues.

During her tenure she has guided the

county to achieve a vast array of accomplish-ments. The bond rating was upgraded from A to AA by reducing the general fund budget by 20 percent.

These cuts have been controversial but necessary. Her accomplishments have had a huge impact on our quality of life.

The one that stands out the most for me is county government is more transparent and accessible to every citizen. Given the way we value our quality of life, it is reassuring to know Angie will bring her dedi-cation and passion to serve as Island County commissioner for four more years.

A vote for Angie is a vote for our future.– Jerome Rosen

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Commissioner Johnson takes work seriously

I am a former Island County clerk, now retired. As a past elected official, I am person-ally familiar with the activities and functions of the board of county commissioners.

In my previous capacity as county clerk, some of my responsibilities involved working directly with the board during annual budget preparation, strategic planning for my depart-ment, and other routine work sessions. During my final term, I had the privilege of working with Commissioner Helen Price Johnson.

At the time I retired, a most pressing issue for the board was the state of the county bud-get. Significant cuts had to be made in each department in order to deal with the drastic reduction in available revenue.

This presented an enormous challenge, especially for a new member of the board. Helen Price Johnson proved to be up to the challenge.

My experience in working with Helen was that she came to the job as commissioner pre-pared, having educated herself beforehand in the functions, needs and problems she would be required to deal with. While I did not al-ways agree with decisions that were made, I always found her to be willing to listen to the concerns of various department heads and elected officials.

Though the board was ultimately required to make many unpopular decisions in dealing with the financial crisis, Helen did so intelli-gently, professionally and respectfully.

We all recognize that the issues the board is dealing with are far from over. Helen has proven herself up for the ongoing challenge. Her experience is invaluable for the next four years.

Let’s not lose that.– Sharon Franzen

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The earth shakes. Walls buckle as the ground heaves and shudders. Buildings col-lapse, crushing the contents inside and trapping people in surroundings that were once familiar but are now jumbled and disorienting.

Frantic, loved ones search for one another, hoping, praying, believing that every-one has escaped the rubble unscathed.

Central Whidbey resi-dents may believe such a disaster is unlikely. But the town is in the middle of an earthquake zone – and our part of Washington is about due for the next big one to strike.

A structure-damaging quake rating higher than 7 on the Richter scale typically hits about once every 300 to 500 years. The last one struck 312 years ago.

Order out of chaosInto this mix of destruc-

tion and disorder step first responders and volunteers, providing some sort of order in the ensuing chaos.

In the best-case scenario, they follow a comprehensive emergency-response plan crafted and implemented by town officials that is designed to minimize loss of life and damage to property.

The Town of Coupeville is currently working on cre-ating its own road map for handling a disaster. It will provide a framework for pre-paring for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies.

The plan will help en-sure that the town’s elected officials and employees in leadership positions – as well as trained volunteers – know who to call, where to go and what to do.

Even a town of 1,831 needs a comprehensive plan, said Eve Parrish, the town’s

Elisabeth Murray photo

Members of Coupeville’s neighborhood emergency team, commonly referred to by its acronym, the “NET,” gather at the Coupeville Recreation Hall. The recreation hall can serve as a shelter in times of emergency. Front left, William Walther, Eve Parrish, Bonnie Abney, and Jin Ming Ma. Back left, Laurett Walther, Edith Bryan and Jill Usher.

Coupeville crafts emergency-response plan

volunteer emergency-plan-ning coordinator.

One reason is that if there is a big regional disaster, like a major earthquake, Coupeville is probably not going to be first on the list for emergency assistance, Par-rish said. And having to wait and rely on others to step in and provide aid is something that Coupeville would like to avoid.

“We don’t want to be sitting waiting for the Red Cross or the county to come help,” Mayor Nancy Conard said. “With some ground-work, we could start helping ourselves.”

Island County has its own emergency plan, but it as-sumes that each municipal-ity will have its own, more detailed plan in place, Parrish said.

Next month a draft of the plan will be sent to the state’s

Emergency Management De-partment for review. It will be reviewed for compliance and comments provided to the town for consideration.

Toward the end of the year, the plan will be tested through a comprehensive tabletop exercise that will involve state, county, and lo-cal entities and will include key town employees and the volunteer neighborhood emergency teams. An after-action review and report will determine if there are areas that need improvement.

Once the state approves the plan, Coupeville will become the first point of contact for state and federal aid, allowing town officials to connect directly to govern-mental resources.

With such a small number of elected officials and staff, Coupeville can be “nimble” in its response, Conard said.

It will take only a few phone calls to initiate emergency re-sponse activities, she said.

An accepted plan also will open up federal disaster-aid coffers, Parrish said, enabling the town to be reimbursed for any money spent on di-saster response and recovery efforts.

Every four years, under the direction of the Coupe-ville marshal, the plan will be updated.

What is neededYou can’t prevent an

earthquake, but you can prepare for it, said Doug Gib-bons, research scientist assis-tant for the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

The best strategy is to be proactive, he said.

“The 2001 Nisqually event near Olympia was a wake-up call,” Gibbons said. “It was just on the border of being strong

enough to cause damage.”Coupeville’s plan will

include an outline for man-aging communications, con-tinuity of government and emergency shelters and food. It also will include neighbor-hood emergency teams and a plan for sheltering pets.

The neighborhood emer-gency teams already have begun training for a disaster. Coupeville Councilwoman Molly Hughes, who also is a member of a neighborhood team, said members periodi-cally practice what they learn.

For example, at Coupe-ville’s Memorial Day parade in May, team members practiced communicating by emergency radio.

In crafting its plan, the town should take into consid-eration the possible need to help people who live beyond town limits, Parrish said.

“A lot of folks look to Coupeville for their support, and you can’t just ignore that,” she said.

And like Island County’s plan that counts on each

municipality to have its own detailed plan in place, Coupeville’s plan counts on residents to have their own family emergency plans, and includes outreach and edu-cation efforts to encourage each household to make such a plan.

“It is important for local residents to be able to take care of themselves,” Parrish said. “Once you live here a while, it sinks in that you live on an island. Transportation could be cut off, and we don’t have the population to de-mand a priority response.”

While the goal is to be prepared for a major disaster, the plan helps prepare the town for much smaller things too, such as windstorms, extremely cold weather and even an accident that involves hazardous materials.

“You can prepare all day long for the big one,” Coupeville Marshal Lance Davenport said. “But you also need to be able to handle the smaller things like power outages.”


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A 23-year-old Green-bank man who kidnapped

The pizza-joint owner from Greenbank who is ac-cused of killing his wife and hiding her body in a tarp was arraignedl ast week.

Robert “Al” Baker, 62, pleaded not guilty Aug. 20 in Island County Superior Court to the first-degree murder of his wife, 53-year-old Kathie Baker.

Baker had appeared in court three previous times for arraignment, but they were continued each time. He had tried to retain a pri-vate attorney, but his assets became tied up in court.

On Monday, Peter Simp-son, an attorney with the firm that holds the county’s public defense contract, said he was assigned to repre-sent Baker after the county determined he was income eligible.

Baker was arrested after his wife’s body was discov-ered in a ravine behind his house June 9. A detective’s report indicates that the motive for the alleged mur-der may have been another woman. A woman from Alaska was staying with Al Baker at his Greenbank home while Kathie’s tarp-wrapped body was in a ra-vine behind the house, court documents state.

Kathie was last seen alive June 2. Deputies with the Island County Sheriff’s Office started investigat-ing her disappearance after Kathie’s boss at Raytheon Corporation in Denver re-ported that he couldn’t get hold of her.

After finding bloody drag marks in the house and getting contradictory stories from Al Baker about his wife’s whereabouts, detec-tives obtained a search war-rant for the home and called in the state patrol’s Crime Scene Response Team to help process the scene, ac-cording to court documents.

Kathie’s body was found June 9. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head and ligature strangulation.

The Bakers owned Har-bor Pizzeria in Freeland, which was closed after the crime but is now open under new ownership.

The owner of the build-ing has filed a claim against Kathie Baker’s estate for al-leged damages and missing equipment.

The Bakers married in 2007 and aren’t believed to have any children. They both worked at a research station in Antarctica.

Restaurant owner pleads not guilty in wife’s death

By Jessie StenslandStaff Reporter

The man who planned and carried out a murder on a secluded South Whidbey road at Christmastime nine years ago finally faced justice in a courtroom Aug. 21.

James Huden sat stone-faced during the sentencing hearing in Island County Superior Court as the judge handed down an exceptional sentence of 80 years, virtually guaranteeing that the 55-year-old will die in prison.

Following a trial in July, a jury found Huden guilty of first-degree murder while armed with a firearm, plus an aggravating factor that allows the judge to impose an excep-tional sentence beyond the standard range.

Namely, the jury found that Douglas was particularly vulnerable because he was unsuspecting and seat-belted in his car when he was shot between the eyes.

Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks asked the judge to impose the exceptional sentence, which is two and a half times the top of the stan-dard sentencing range.

He stared without emo-tion as family members of the victim, 32-year-old Russel Douglas, addressed him and explained how his murder-ous act changed their lives. He was silent as they pleaded with him to explain why he committed the murder and to name who else was involved.

Huden’s alleged accom-plice, former beauty queen Peggy Sue Thomas, has also been charged with murder for allegedly luring Douglas to Wahl Road in Freeland with the promise of a “gift” for his wife. She is scheduled to go to trial in November.

Banks said that Huden has done nothing to war-rant mercy. The prosecutor offered him a plea bargain in exchange for information about the crime, but he re-fused to cooperate.

Banks explained that his reasoning for recommend-ing 80 years was based on Douglas’ two children and the assumption that he would have lived 40 years longer if it wasn’t for Huden’s actions.

Douglas’ sister, Holly Frasco, wept as she spoke about how Huden stole her brother from her with a single shot that was fired on Dec. 26, 2003. It was her birthday.

“There can no longer be a celebration of my life without the harsh reality that Russ is no longer with us,” she said, asking the judge to ensure that Huden never gets out of prison.

“I was there to give him his first hug but I can never do that again,” his mother, Gail Oneal, said as she faced Huden, “and I was not there to give him his last hug.”

She spoke about how Douglas had been in a toxic relationship with his wife, but had been learning to be a better father when his life was

After 9 years, Huden gets 80

cut short.“In one split second you

pulled the trigger and you killed Russ,” she added. “And you changed our lives and fu-tures forever.”

Douglas’ father and brother, Jim and Matthew Douglas, participated from California through Skype, which was broadcast in the courtroom. Matthew Doug-las spoke about his brother’s and his own service in the military and the cruel irony that his brother should die so senselessly.

“As I serve to preserve the health of our American service members in fighting our nation’s conflicts, I know there is no disease and no en-emy that represents the same malice as you,” he said.

Jim Douglas described

how his son had been work-ing on building a better life and was truly learning the joys of being a father when his life was taken away from him. They had made plans to take his children on trips to the same places he had taken Douglas as a youngster.

Douglas’ stepfather, Bob Oneal, summed up the frus-tration of family members over the unanswered ques-tions.

“I’m going to miss my son,” he said, addressing Huden. “I just don’t under-stand why he is dead. Be-cause, for God’s sake, you didn’t even know him.

“Did you ever investi-gate anything about him?” he asked. “Did you ever ask to find out anything about who you were killing?”

Jessie Stensland photo

Convicted murderer James Huden listens as Gail Oneal address-es him during his sentencing last week. Huden murdered her son, Russel Douglas, on a rural South Whidbey road nine years ago.

Greenbank man pleads to kidnapping, rape charges

and raped his estranged girlfriend will likely be going away for more than 16 years.

In Island County Supe-rior Court Aug. 20, George Downey pleaded guilty to first-degree rape, second-degree kidnapping, residen-tial burglary, second-degree burglary, felony violation of a court order and a gross mis-demeanor violation of a court order. The pleas were a part of a plea agreement.

Both the prosecution and defense will recommend an indeterminate sentence of up to life, with a minimum of 16 years and four months in prison. The sentencing hear-ing is scheduled for Oct. 12.

The string of crimes hap-pened March 16 and began when Downey abducted his estranged girlfriend and their 4-year-old boy from a home near Freeland.

After driving to a differ-ent location, he broke into a vacant home and raped the woman inside. He then con-tinued driving north with the woman and child in his car.

He threatened to kill him-self and the victims by driv-ing off Deception Pass Bridge and later threatened to drive off the Coupeville Wharf.

Island County Sheriff’s deputies eventually pulled over Downey’s Jeep on Hwy. 20 near Coupeville, saving the woman and child.


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Reverend Mary Terese Kearns, 75, died August 16, 2012, at her apartment in Kenmore, Wash.

Mary was born June 12, 1937, in Milwaukee, Wisc., and adopted by John Richard and Antoinette Marie O’Keane. She made her home in Oak Harbor, and enjoyed the beauty of Washington State and Whidbey Island. She loved sailing, kayaking, camping and her kitties.

Mary was a gifted photog-rapher with two bachelors degrees in Visual Arts and Science from Marquette University and a Masters Degree in Divinity from Fuller School of Theology.

She believed in the power of the Holy Spirit and through her faith and compassion shared her ministry by serv-

ing as a Chaplin to several hospitals and nursing homes in Seattle, Bellingham and Whidbey Island.

Mary is survived by her sons Kevin J. Kearns and Kerry M. Kearns; daugh-ters Colleen K. Hendricks (Robert L.) and daughter Kelly J. Kearns; three grand-children; one great-grandson and her cat Shannon.

A memorial service was held at 1:00 pm on Aug. 27, 2012 at St. Augustine’s -in –the- Woods at 5217 S. Honeymoon Bay Road, Freeland, WA.

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Would-be shooter ends up pleading not guiltyBy Jessie StenslandStaff Reporter

A 19-year-old man is ac-cused of walking around Coupeville earlier this month with a sawed-off shotgun in his backpack, allegedly intent on shooting his mother’s boy-friend or, if he couldn’t find him, just killing “someone walking along the sidewalk,” court documents alleged.

Prosecutor charged Este-ban Guerro in Island County Superior Court Aug. 8 with the unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of an illegal firearm. He pleaded not guilty Aug. 20.

On Aug. 5, a Coupeville woman reported that her ex-boyfriend took her SUV without permission while she was in the hospital.

The next day, the woman contacted Lt. Mike Hawley with the Island County Sher-iff’s Office. She said her son, Esteban Guerro, was very upset with her boyfriend, “Mugsy,” for stealing the vehicle and planned on kill-ing him for “disrespecting his mother,” according to Haw-ley’s report on the incident.

The woman said Guerro and his friend left the home on foot to look for him. He was armed with a sawed-off shotgun, which he was carrying in a backpack, the report states. Before leaving, Guerro allegedly threatened to shoot a random person if he couldn’t find his mother’s boyfriend.

About an hour and a half later, Hawley found Guerro

Jessie Stensland photo

Coupeville resident Esteban Guerro appears in court Monday. He’s accused of walking around the town with a saw-off shotgun in a backpack, looking for someone to shoot.

and his friend walking on Main Street.

Guerro didn’t have the weapon, but led deputies to where he’d hidden it in bushes near the library. The deputies found the backpack contain-ing a sawed-off .410 shotgun with the stock removed.

In another case, Guerro was charged with second-degree burglary, malicious mischief and third-degree

theft was allegedly breaking into the E-Z Tobacco store on Pioneer Way in Oak Har-bor May 13. He and a friend were caught on tape as they stole $685 worth of cigarettes, court documents show.

Guerro is currently being held in jail on $50,000 bail for each case.

In court, the judge lifted a court order to allow Guerro’s mother to visit him in jail.

Island County officials and Whidbey Camano Land Trust staff say they will pursue a slightly differ-ent ownership strategy for the Trillium Community Forest, located just north of Freeland.

The Land Trust will re-main the landowner and the county will acquire a restric-tive conservation easement on the property.

The Trillium Commu-nity Forest, over a square mile of contiguous forest providing non-motorized recreation on an established trail system, was acquired and preserved from develop-ment by the Land Trust with broad community support.

Visitors will see no change on the ground; the area remains open for walk-ing, mountain biking, eques-trian and nature enjoyment purposes.

Originally, the idea was that the county would ac-

quire the property from the Land Trust, which would hold the restrictive conserva-tion easement.

However, as the steering committee worked on the draft management plan for the Forest, both the Land Trust and Island County came to recognize there was more management work and oversight required than they originally envisioned.

The partners agreed the county Parks Department was not in a financial situa-tion to take on fee owner-ship at this point in time, even with financial support from the Land Trust.

“This new ownership strategy is the best way to ensure the Trillium Com-munity Forest is protected and kept natural, and open for appropriate recreational users,” county Public Works Director Bill Oakes said in a press release. “The county and Land Trust will con-

tinue to work together to promote what is in the best interest of the Community Forest and community.”

As an example of this continued collaboration, Land Trust Executive Di-rector Pat Powell said, “We recently collaborated on submitting two state grant proposals that will increase public access to the Com-munity Forest. The grants, if secured, will provide funds to acquire and develop a safely located parking lot for horse trailers and larger vehicles, and a new parking area and trail system where people with mobility impair-ment can more easily be out-side in nature.”

A meeting will be sched-uled in the next few months for the public to review and comment on the draft man-agement plan.

To learn more about the Trillium Community Forest, visit wclt.org.

Shift in plans for forest ownership

Garrett’s recovery will take time, and while well-wishers are invited to send cards and flowers, for now only family members are al-lowed to visit.

Viers said family is cel-ebrating each small victory in Garrett’s recovery.

“He was sitting up in a wheelchair for four hours yesterday, which exceeded the doctor’s expectations,” she said. “They were hoping for an hour.”

The family eventually will have to make changes in their home – and in their lives – to accommodate Garrett’s wheelchair, Viers said.

“We’re working really hard to look forward,” she said. “One of the therapists said we need to embrace everything that Garrett can

Pastor: Hopeful; from page 1do now, since the accident, and not think about what he could do before. We just keep reminding ourselves of what he can do, and that he is mov-ing forward.”

A benefit concert, dance and silent auction has been scheduled for Friday, Sept. 7 at the CPO Club Ballroom in Oak Harbor.

The silent auction begins at 6:30 p.m. Coupeville band Johnny Bulldog, which is led by former Creedence Clear-water Revival band member John Tristao, is performing at no charge so that all money from ticket sales can go to-ward Garrett Arnold’s health expenses. The performance

begins at 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $30 at Bay-

leaf, Branch Business Ser-vices, Ciao, Living Hope Church and Peoples Bank.

Donations can be made to an account at Peoples Bank.

Eventually, the family will have to remodel their house to make room for his wheelchair, Viers said. But for now, the most impor-tant thing is prayers, love and support.

“We don’t want anyone to feel discouraged,” she said. “It will take a lot of work, and a lot of help, but we are all feeling very hopeful.


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The gleaming eye of the dead animal washed up on the beach caught the atten-tion of the marine mammal stranding volunteer.

The vivid, aqua-green circle was unlike like the eye of a harbor porpoise, seal, whale or any other marine mammal. Coupeville resident Sandy Dubpernell – a volun-teer with the Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network – realized the creature was a shark.

And while most shark species have five gill slits, this one was different; it had six gill slits.

The stranding network does not usually respond to calls dealing with strandings of fish or other non-mammal species. But Dubpernell was happy to volunteer her time to investigate this unusual discovery of a six-gill shark.

She had received the call about the ravaged carcass that local resident said had been damaged by youths who had been playing around with it.

When Dubpernell ar-rived, she found a large piece of driftwood shoved through the dead shark’s mouth and out through a gaping wound in its side.

According to Jeff Chris-tiansen, biologist with the

Beached shark draws researchers’ interest

Seattle Aquarium, the wa-ters of Puget Sound provide a nursery for this unusual, 200-million-year-old shark species. The importance of the local environment is to the young and growing baby sharks has yet to be deter-mined, he said.

Based on analysis of tis-sue samples, scientists believe the sharks in Puget Sound are

related – an extended fam-ily estimated at about 8,000 adult sharks.

The six-gill shark is more commonly found cruising the ocean’s depths, but research-ers have tagged a number of the creatures so they are able to learn more about these fish.

The seven-foot, four-inch long shark that washed ashore on Whidbey Island

was a juvenile. Although its gender could not be deter-mined, adult male was ruled out. The dead fish had unde-veloped reproductive organs and was either a female or a young, immature male.

Female six-gills can grow as large as 14 feet long; the smaller males grow as long as 10 feet. Their large size makes them one of the world’s top 10 largest predatory sharks.

But this species is no threat to humans and, like all sharks, plays an essential role in marine ecosystems.

As top-level predators, sharks shape food webs and the loss of such predators has proven to have profound effects on the number and di-versity of other species.

Humans, however, are a threat to them. It is reported that in just three years (2006 to 2009), 1,341 six-gills were killed as by-catch in longline fisheries.

With shark populations on the decline around the world due to over-fishing, Washington state prohibits fishing for six gills. And while this shark stranding is an un-usual occurrence for Whid-bey Island, Christiansen said immature sharks sometimes wash up on beaches during crabbing season in the Puget Sound region.

“Even the smaller juve-niles are powerful creatures capable of breaking into crab traps,” Christiansen said.

But gulping down the Vexar bait pouch – a plastic mesh material – often used in the traps can lead to internal damage that ultimately re-sults the predator’s demise.

An animal autopsy, a necropsy, of the Admirals Cove shark was not conduct-ed before the carcass floated

away, so its cause of death is unknown. A necropsy would have determined if the bait pouch was still lodged inside the animal.

The Washington Depart-ment of Fish and Wildlife is currently monitoring the numbers of six-gill sharks that die as a result of ingest-ing this type of bait, Chris-tiansen said.

If the numbers grow, they may require gear modifica-tions or impose restrictions to prevent more six-gill deaths, he said.

Dubpernell said that if she encounters one of these speci-mens again, she is prepared to put to work the dissection skills she has gained from re-sponding to marine-mammal strandings.

“I have done a lot of por-poise necropsies before,” she said.

After consulting with Christiansen at the aquarium following the shark’s discov-ery, Dubpernell said she now knows what to check for.

The body of the Admirals Cove shark washed out with the tide, but it may not be the last time that Whidbey Island residents encounter this par-ticular carcass.

As the body decomposes, gas will fill the body cavity and the dead shark will rise to the surface – where it could return to the shore.

That would be good news for scientists who want to learn more about the health of the waters surrounding the Puget Sound. Christiansen said he would like to get a tissue sample, and would be willing to send someone up to Whidbey to collect it.

The other option is to find some intrepid volunteer to do the job.

“If we can’t send someone up, we can give information over the phone on what to do,” Christiansen said.

Beachcombers, fishers, divers and anyone else who might spot a six-gill shark, dead or alive, should contact the Washington Depart-ment of Fish and Wildlife at 360-902-2200 or the Seattle Aquarium at 206-386-4379.

An online reporting form is also available at seattleaquarium.org/page.aspx?pid=1100.

How to helpSightings of six-gill sharks –dead or alive – should be reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at 360-902-2200 or the Seattle Aquarium at 206-386-4379. File a report online at seat-tleaquarium.org/page.aspx?pid=1100.

Sandy Dubpernell photo

Washed up on the beach at Admirals Cove, this dead six-gill shark was damaged by youths who jammed a driftwood log into its mouth. Researchers want to collect tissue samples from the car-casses of this fish species in order to learn more about it.


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Discovered wandering, hungry and disoriented, a 10-year-old Labrador-sized white Australian shepherd mix was picked up last fall as a stray by the Whidbey Ani-mals’ Improvement Founda-tion (WAIF).

In many ways, Sally was a typical stray, except that she also is deaf and can see only shadows.

Sally is among a number of pets with special needs that end up at shelters managed by WAIF, which has the con-tract with Island County to care for stray or impounded domestic animals.

More than 1,000 animals were taken to WAIF shelters last year, shelter Manager Shari Bibich said. That figure includes pets that have been temporarily misplaced and reclaimed by their owners.

As many as 25 percent of the animals that arrive at WAIF shelters have special needs because they have a disability, require special di-ets to remain healthy or are senior animals needing extra care, Bibich said. Such ani-mals are cared for until they are adopted.

“We don’t euthanize for space,” said Bibich, adding that WAIF’s mission is to help all animals taken to the

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Sally, a blind and deaf Australian shepherd mix, was found hungry and disoriented when she was picked up as a stray. Foster home founder Yvonne Devereaux says the playful, friendly dog has no idea she is considered “special-needs” pet.

Special homes needed for special-needs pets

shelter find loving homes – even animals such as Sally that might be hard to place because of a disability.

But finding the right match can be a challenge. For example, Sally has already experienced two unsuccessful adoptions.

The shelter looks for people who will adapt their lives to these animals’ special needs and who have the time and patience and creative ca-pacity to work with a pet that doesn’t respond to typical

visual or verbal cues.Sally’s first adoption end-

ed after only one night in her new home. Her new owner decided that her home would not be a good fit for Sally be-cause she barked at the cats and had difficulty adjusting to the two other dogs in resi-dence.

The woman had cared for a blind and deaf dog before, but quickly determined that her home would be too busy for Sally.

Sally stayed in her second

home for about two weeks and was returned to the shel-ter because her new owners said she was not housebro-ken. At the time Sally was staying with them, the family had been dog sitting for an-other canine. Since moving into her new foster home, however, Sally consistently waits to go outside to relieve herself, Bibich said.

Prospective owners fill out an application for all pet adoptions through WAIF and receive additional coun-

seling regarding the chal-lenges of caring for a special-needs animal.

The shelter advises some people against adopting a special-needs pet, especially people who do not have the time needed to work with this type of animal or are looking for a dog that can run free in an off-leash park.

A blind and deaf dog such as Sally must remain leashed when in unfamiliar surround-ings, Bibich said.

“We steer them to other animals,” Bibich said.

The organization tries to find potential pet owners who will cue into senses that deaf and blind dogs rely on, such as scent and touch.

“The dog can still sense movement and feel vibra-tions,” said Laurie Cecil, owner of Laurie’s Warm Fuzzies Mobile Grooming and Dog Training. “You can stomp your foot to get its at-tention.”

Some individuals request a special-needs animal, while others fall in love with one after they visit the shelter to choose a pet, Bibich said. The shelter advertises the animals on their website.

While there are challenges to caring for a special-needs animal, especially at first, it’s also very rewarding, Bibich said.

“They have so much love

to give,” said Bibich, explain-ing their bond to their care-giver. “When you pet Sally, you felt love.”

After waiting on Whidbey for a new home for several months, Sally was moved to a foster home through the Lady’s Hope Dog Rescue in King County.

Sally is doing very well, said Susan Hartland, a board member for the organization who is serving as Sally’s “fos-ter mom.”

Lady’s Hope’s mission is to find loving and respon-sible permanent homes for unwanted, neglected and abused dogs, founder Yvonne Devereaux said.

“I have taken in and placed several dogs who have unique circumstances and are essentially deemed ‘unadopt-able,’” Devereaux said.

Devereaux said that she was concerned about Sally because the dog had been at the shelter for so long – a situ-ation that is very stressful for the animal. But at her new home, like any other dog, she runs and plays. It is difficult to tell that she is deaf and blind, Devereaux said.

“Sally does not realize that she has what is con-sidered a disability. She is sweet, loving and playful,” Devereaux said. “She loves to play with all of her stuffed animals.”


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From Coupeville to Your Cup, 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, Coupeville Rec-reation Hall, Coveland St., Coupeville. Program honor-ing coffee pioneers Jim and Dave Stewart, founders of Seattle’s Best Coffee. Spon-sored by Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association. Free. 360-678-5434.

All-Island Community Band Concert, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, Windjammer Park, Oak Harbor. Free. 360-675-1330.

Meerker Nursery Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Monday, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, Meerkerk Gardens, 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank. Free ad-mission on sales days. Inven-tory reduction sale - up to 50 percent off potted plants as well as most in-ground stock. 360-678-1912; [email protected].

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Oak Harbor Music and Jazz Festival, 6-11 p.m. Fri-day, Aug. 31; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, historic downtown Oak Harbor. Free. Donations accepted to ben-efit the Blue Fox Drive In’s conversion to digital format. 850-485-4256; [email protected].

Labor Day Weekend Music at Blooms, 3-5 p.m. Satur-day and Sunday, Sept. 1-2, Blooms Winery Taste for Wine and Art, 5603 Bayview Road, Langley. Jazz with Mr. Six on Saturday, fun faves from the 60s with Al Benson on Sun-day. Free. 360-321-0515; bloomswinery.com; tastefor-winewhidbey.com.

Woodpalooza & WICA Ex-hibition, noon-5 p.m., Satur-day, Sept. 1-Monday, Sept. 3. Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Free. Annual show of Whidbey’s finest wood-work. 360-678-1347; garyand [email protected].

DUI/Underage Drinking Prevention Panel, 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, Grigware Hall, Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland. Sponsored by Im-paired Driving Impact Panel of Island County. Required by

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WineryRocks! Summer concert series, 6 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 1, Whidbey Island Winery, 5237 Langley Rd., Langley. Featuring Spoon-shine, roots, rock and Ameri-cana. Tickets: $20 (includes glass of wine for 21 and older); $18 Wine Club members; $15 10-20 years old; 10 and under free; brownpapertickets.com. Reservations: 360-221-2040.

PBY Open House, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, Aviation History Center, Building 12, Seaplane Base, Oak Harbor. Free tours offered of WWII pa-trol aircraft. 360-240-9500.

Heritage Tour, 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 3, Sunnyside Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Coupeville. Historian and pioneer descendant Roger Sherman leads. Tickets $5 at Island County Historical Mu-seum, 908 NW Alexander St., Coupeville. 360-678-3310; is-landcountymuseum.com.

South Whidbey Tilth Farm-ers Market, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, 2812 Thomp-son Road off Highway 525. Guitar artist Quinn Fitzpatrick will perform. No space fee for vendors, just sales commis-sion. 360-341-4456; [email protected].

Wednesday Nights with the Stars, 5:30 p.m. Wednes-day, Sept. 5, Coupeville Li-brary, 788 NW Alexander St., Coupeville. Adults and teens can watch “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” rated PG-13. Free. 360-678-4911; sno-isle.org.

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First Friday Artist Recep-tion, 5-8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, Artworks Gallery, Green-bank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank. See the black and white film photography of John Olsen. Free. 360-222-3010; artworkswhidbey.com.

Opening Reception, 5-8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, Rob Schouten Gallery, Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, Green-bank. Paintings by Wendy Wees, handblown glass by Robert Adamson and Janis Swalwell. Music by Muse and Eye. 360-222-3070; [email protected].

Shifty Sailors in Concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, Coupeville High School Pe-forming Arts Center. Guest appearance by world-re-nowned sea shanty singer Tom Lewis. Tickets are $10; children admitted free. Call 360-678-5019.

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Great Oak Harbor Give-away, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Satur-day, Sept. 8, VFW Post Hall, 3037 Goldie Road, Oak Har-bor. All are welcome to take what they need, whether they have something to trade or not. Clothes and household items in clean, useable con-dition. 360-675-2338.

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Dedication of Admiralty Head Lighthouse lantern house, 11 a.m. -1 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 8, Fort Casey State Park, 1280 S. Engle Road, Coupeville. Honoring students from all three Whid-bey Island high schools who helped build a new lantern house for this historic land-

Let that light shineSouth Whidbey High School student Scotty Campbell puts out sparks as Archie Nichols, of Nich-ols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland, drills holes in-side the new lantern house for Admiralty Head Light-house in preparation for installation Aug. 23. Stu-dents and teachers from all three Whidbey high schools built the lantern house over the past two years with help from Nich-ols and other volunteers. A dedication ceremony for the new lantern house is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 8 at the light-house at Fort Casey State Park, 1280 South Engle Road, Coupeville.Rebecca Olson photo

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By Betty FreemanStaff Reporter

“Island life has its own music and imagery,” says Clinton resident Sheryl Clough, editor and publisher of a new poetry anthology, “Surrounded: Living With Islands.”

“I really dig Whidbey Island,” Clough said with a smile. “You can hardly go a mile here without wanting to stop and write a poem.”

Poetry is a special love for Clough, who thoroughly enjoyed the process of col-lecting and editing the poetry submitted for the book.

She sent out requests for submissions through a vari-ety of writer’s magazines, and poets from all over the coun-try responded.

The anthology was pub-lished by Clough in May through her company, Write Wing Publishing. She has worked as a paralegal, natu-ralist, whitewater river guide, Upward Bound teacher and instructor of composition and literature at Highline College.

She left a law firm job in 2009 to move to Whidbey Is-land, where she launched her tiny publishing business as an “umbrella” for her writing, editing, research and proof-reading services.

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of staying independent and able to take on interesting projects,” Clough said. “Sur-rounded is our first book.”

Whidbey Island poets Te-resa McIlhenny of Langley, who also writes fiction, and prize-winning poet Lois Park-er Edstrom of Coupeville are featured in the book; along with Bellingham poet Sheila Nickerson, former poet lau-

reate of Alaska; and Henry Hughes of Oregon, winner of the first Write Wing Publish-ing poetry prize.

Lois Parker Edstrom of Coupeville took up poetry after raising her family and retiring as a registered nurse.

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Editor Sheryl Clough and Coupeville poet Lois Parker Edstrom display copies of the new book, “Surrounded: Living With Islands,” published by Clough’s local publishing house, Write Wing Publishing.

She’s lived on Whidbey for 14 years, but said her ties to the Island “go way back to my grandmother, who grew up in a house next to the big rock in Coupeville.”

Edstrom says it was an honor to be in the book.

“It’s a lovely collection, beautifully done. Sheryl was very thoughtful in the way she handled the poets’ work,” Edstrom said.

Edstrom gets her inspira-tion from observing nature close to home.

“You look at things dif-ferently when you’re a poet,” she said. “You get to live life twice, in the moment, and then re-experience it in a poem.”

In her poem, “How Many Fathoms,” Edstrom captures a moment observed from her home on Admiralty Inlet:

Here a red-tailed hawk ig-nites a flame

of sunlight and herons hun-ker in the fields.

Copies of “Surrounded: Living With Islands” are available at Anchor Books in Clinton, or order directly through Sheryl Clough at 360-632-5063, for $12 plus $2 shipping. Another outlet is the online eStore, cre-atespace.com/3867511.

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CLINTON - CULTUS BAY25 YEARS Accumulation Sale! 10” Table Saw, Cuisine Art Chopper and other appliances, rubber b o a t , p a i n t s p raye r, vacuum, card table and chairs, deck umbrellas. Lots of free stuff l ike fishing poles, planters, air mattress and much more!! Friday, Saturday & Sunday, August 31st, September 1st & 2nd from 9am to dusk at 8306 Sunset Vista Lane, Clin- ton, 98236.

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FreelandGARAGE AND STUFF sale. September 1st and 2nd; Saturday 9am-3pm, Sunday 9am til we want to quit. Fishing & camping stuff, books, laser disc player, bee keeping kit, milk glass, restaurant ware, collectibles, craft and holiday items, lots of other great stuff. Bush Point Road & Vista Dr., watch for signs.

FREELAND MULTI - FAMILY Gar- age Sale; while our kids se r ve lemonade and p lay mus ic , you can shop a whole range from kids clothes and toys, adult clothes, antiques, f u r n i t u r e , v e h i c l e s , household items, books, etc! August 31st - Sep- tember 3rd from 9am - 4pm a t 4658 Rhod ie Lane.

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3 FA M I LY G A R AG E Sale! Too much to men- tion including riding lawn mower & power/ hand too ls ! Fr iday through Sunday from 9am - 8pm at 928 Shawn Ave in Rolling Hills.OAK HARBORA MEGA 4 PERSON Sale! Futon, corner table, antique desk, draft- ing table, tw in beds, school desk, educational K - 4 , new go l f bag, quality clothes/ coats, t oys , games, books, Christmas, gift items and much more! Saturday, 8am - 3pm at 1960 NE 9th Ave, end of street.

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Oak HarborBABY CLOTHES and Supplies, Dining Table, Chairs and Crib, Kitch- enwares , Men ’s and Women’s Clothing. 1905 Island View Road, West Beach. Saturday and Sunday, September 1st and 2nd, 9am to 4pm.OAK HARBORGARAGE SALE!!! Bunk beds, bookcases, f i le cabinets, office chair, & other furniture. Scuba gear, shop vacuum, leaf blower, floor scrubber/ polisher, garden items, tools and other stuf f ! Saturday, September 1st from 9am - 3pm at 1490 SE Pioneer Way.Oak HarborMOVING SALE - August 31st & Sept. 1st, 9am to 6pm. Shop tools, furni- tu re, some ant iques, mountain man stuff, bike & bike parts, Xbox & ps2 with games and memory cards, small stereo system, lawn mower and weed eater, flower pots, garden too ls, lo ts o f misc. stuff. 4707 Park Acres Drive, off of Trox- ell. 360-675-7875

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Sealed bids will be received by the Island County Auditor in the Cour thouse Adminis- tration Building, attention Michele Tefft, at 1 N.E. Seventh Street, ( P. O . B o x 5 0 0 0 ) , Coupeville, Washing- ton 98239, until 12:30 P.M., September 13, 2012 for the following:

2012 UPS INSTALLATION &

LEFT-TURN PHASING

MODIFICATIONSWHIDBEY &

CAMANO ISLANDSCRP 11-01/JO #00972-0003

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

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

ENGINEER’S ESTI- MATE $40,000 - $50,000

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

Bids received after the date and hour stated above will not receive consideration.

Proposals will then be publicly opened and read a loud in Meeting Room 116, County Administra- tion Building, 1 NE 7th Street , Coupe- ville, Washington, at 1:00 P.M., September 13, 2012. Bids shall be submitted on the forms attached with the bid documents. All en- velopes shall be clearly marked “BID PROPO- SAL - 2012 UPS IN- STALLATION & LEFT- T U R N P H A S I N G M O D I F I C AT I O N S , WHIDBEY & CAMANO ISLANDS, FEDERAL A I D N O HSIP-000S(279).” No

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

I.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under- signed Trustee will on the 7th day of Sep- tember, 2012, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at T H E M A I N E N - T R A N C E TO C I T Y HALL, 865 SE BAR- RINGTON DRIVE in the City of Oak Har- bor, State of Wash- ington sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, pay- able at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Island, State of Washington, to wit (the “Property”): Lot 1 of Island County S h o r t P l a t N o . 86-06.4.23117.015.214 , as approved February 9, 1988, and recorded February 12, 1988, in Vo lume 2 , o f Shor t Plats, page 151, under Au d i t o r ’s F i l e N o . 88001658, records of Island County, Wash- ington; being a portion of Government Lot 4 of Section 17, Township 31 Nor th , Range 2 East of the Willamette M e r i d i a n , I s l a n d County, Washington. Situate in the County o f I s l and , S ta te o f Washington. Common- ly known as: 1185 Su- san Street, Coupeville, WA 98239, Tax Parcel No. R23117-019-2140. This address is provided for reference purposes only and in no way limits or expands the property legally de- sc r ibed above. Any terms used in this description that are not defined herein shall be defined as those are defined in the Deed of Trust. The Property is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated February 23, 2009, recorded February 27, 2009 , under I s land County Auditor’s File No. 4245428, records o f I s l a n d C o u n t y, Washington, from E. Chr istopher Outlund and Haida S. Carr-Out- lund, husband and wife as Grantor, to Stewart Title of Island County, as Original Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Peoples Bank, as Beneficiary.

II.No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrow- er’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation

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secured by the Deed of Trust.

III. the default(s) for which t h i s fo r e c l o s u r e i s made is/are as follows: Currently Due to Rein- state on June 4, 2012 Fai lure to pay when d u e t h e f o l l o w i n g amounts wh ich a re now in arrears: AR- R E A R A G E S ( a ) M o n t h l y Pay m e n t s from September 2011 t o M a y 2 0 1 2 : $17,949.86 (b) Late Charges from Septem- ber 2011 to May 2012: $988.52 Total arrear- a g e s : $ 1 8 , 9 3 8 . 3 8 C O S T S A N D FEES (a) T r u s t e e ’ s F e e s : $1,000.00 (b) Attor- ney’s Fees: $800.00 ( c ) T i t l e r e p o r t : $1,630.50 (d) Record- ing Fees: $66.00 (e) Serving/Posting of No- tices: $100.00 (f) Post- age/Copying expense: $93.00 (g) Collection Costs:$176.00 Total c o s t s a n d f e e s : $ 3 , 8 6 5 . 5 0 T O TA L C O S T S A N D A R - REARAGES AS OF J U N E 4 , 2 0 1 2 : $22,803.88

IV.The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $530,000.00 together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured from the 18th day of July, 2011, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as a re p rov ided by statute. Of course, as time passes other payments may become due, and any fur ther payments coming due and any additional late charges must be added to your reinstating payment. Any new de- fau l ts no t invo lv ing payment of money that occur after the date of this notice must also be cured in order to effect reinstatement. In a d d i t i o n , b e c a u s e some of the charges can only be estimated at this time, and because the amount necessary to reinstate may include presently unknown expendi tures required to preserve the property or to com- ply with state or local law, it will be necessary for you to contact the Trustee before the time you tender reinstatement so that you may be advised of the exact amount you will be requ i red to pay. Tender of payment or performance must be m a d e i n t h e f u l l amount by cer t i f ied funds or cash equiva- lent to: Amber Olson Peoples Bank 3100 Woburn Street Belling- ham, WA 98226 Email: Amber.O lson@peo- plesbank-wa.com Fax No: (360) 715-4221 Phone: (360) 715-4213

V.The above-described real proper ty wil l be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as

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provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 7th day of Sep- tember, 2012. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured by the 27th day of August, 2012 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a dis- con t i nuance o f t he sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 27th day of August, 2012 (11 days before the sa le da te ) , the default(s) as set forth in paragraph I I I is /are cured and the Trus- tee’s fees and costs are pa id. The sa le may be terminated any time after the 27th day of August, 2012 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guaran- tor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust , p lus costs, fees, and ad- vances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and cur- ing all other defaults.

VI.A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrow- er and Grantor at the following address(es): Earl Christopher Out- l u n d 1 1 8 5 S u s a n Street Coupeville, WA 98239-4050; Haida S. Carr-Outlund 1185 Su- san Street Coupeville, WA 98239-4050; Earl Chr istopher Outlund 501 Country Hill Lane NE , Ap t . #4 Ceda r Rapids, IA 5402-8348; Haida S. Carr-Outlund 501 Country Hill Lane NE , Ap t . #4 Ceda r Rapids, IA 5402-8348; Earl Christopher Out- lund 1213 Millstream Road V ic to r i a , BC, V9B 6J3 Canada; Hai- da S. Car r -Out lund 1213 Millstream Road Victoria, BC, V9B 6J3 Canada by both first class and certified mail on the 19 th day o f April, 2012, proof of which is in the posses- s ion of the Trustee; and on the 21st of April 2012 the Borrower and Grantor were personal- ly served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee h a s p o s s e s s i o n o f proof of such service or posting.

VII.The Tr us tee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone request ing i t , a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII.The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those

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who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.

IX.Anyone having any ob- jection to the sale on any grounds whatsoev- er will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pur- s u a n t t o R C W 61.24.130. Failure to br ing such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds fo r i nva l ida t ing the Trustee’s sale.

X.NOTICE TO OCCU- PANTS OR TENANTSThe purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is enti- tled to possession of the proper ty on the 20th day following the sale, as against the G r a n t o r u n d e r t h e Deed o f Tr us t ( t he owner ) and anyone having an interest jun- i o r t o t he Deed o f Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-oc- cupied proper ty, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.This is an attempt to col lect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.DATED this 6th day of June 2012.BD Services Corpora- tion, Trustee/s/ Sallye QuinnBy Sallye Quinn, Sec- retary300 North CommercialPost Office Box 5008Bellingham, Washing- ton 98227Tel. (360) 733-0212Fax (360) 738-2341E-mail: squinn@bar- ronsmithlaw.com

LEGAL NO. 412313Published: TheWhidbey Examiner August 9, 30, 2012

LEGAL NOTICE

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In the matter of pro- p o s e d va c a t i o n o f County road r ight of way des igna ted as Jodhpurs Drive located in the W 1/2 of the NE 1 / 4 o f S e c t i o n 3 1 , Township 32 Nor th , Range 1 East, W.M., Island County Wash- ington.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Board o f County Commis- s i o n e r s o f I s l a n d County, Washington that they have set Sep- tember 10th, 2012 at

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the hour of 10:20 a.m. at their usual meeting p lace in the Cour t - h o u s e A n n e x , i n Coupeville, as the time and place for a public hearing in the matter of petitioned vacation of county road.

All interested persons may appear at sa id hearing in person, or by their duly appointed representative, and be heard for or against the petition of vacation of County road r ight of way.

Dated this 6th Day of August, 2012.

BOARD OF COUNTY C O M M I S S I O N E R S Island County, Wash- ington

Persons requiring aux- i l i a r y a ids /se r v i ces s h o u l d c a l l I s l a n d County Human Re- sources, 679-7372, 629-4522 ext. 7372, or 321-5111 ext . 7372 (Use whichever number is applicable for the area) at least 24 h o u r s p r i o r t o t h e meeting.

LEGAL NO. 412752Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerAugust 23, 30, 2012

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

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

File Number: 2 2 9 / 1 2 SPR File Number: 2 2 9 / 1 2 SPR Applicant: H o u s i n g Au tho r i t y o f I s l and County Proposal: P r o p o s e d 26 un i t mul t i - fami ly housing with associated office, laundry, & parking for 41 vehicles. Parcel is located in or near: a wetland, steep slopes, critical drain- age area, & is zoned Rural. Project vested under Rura l Center z o n i n g p e r S H P 147/00. Location: S8245 -00 -00003 -0 , Freeland Staff Contact: K y l a W a l t e r s , k . w a l - [email protected]

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

PUBLIC COMMENTS: must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Septem- ber 13, 2012 mail to Island County Commu- nity Development, P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville,

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WA 98239; deliver to 6 th & Ma in S t ree t , Coupev i l le , WA between 8:00 a.m. and 4 : 3 0 p . m . M o n d ay through Thursday; by F A X t o (360) 679-7306. .

To request notice of hearings, or receive a copy of the decision or final threshold determi- nation or appeal proce- dures, mail your written request to the before mentioned address.

LEGAL NO. 418024Published: TheWhidbey Examiner. August 30, 2012

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

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

File Number: 2 2 0 / 1 2 PLA Applicant: T e r e s a Crosby, Ming Chow & Lynne Evans Proposal: Alteration of SHP 495/95 to change access location. Location: R 3 2 9 1 2 - 501-0090 , R32912- 483-0090 & R32912- 483-0370, Langley Staff Contact: K y l a W a l t e r s , k . w a l - [email protected]

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

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

To request notice of hearings, or receive a copy of the decision or final threshold determi- nation or appeal proce- dures, mail your written request to the before mentioned address.

LEGAL NO. 418023Published: TheWhidbey Examiner. August 30, 2012

LEGAL NOTICECALL FOR BIDSISLAND COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

o r a l , t e l e p h o n e o r faxed bids or modifica- t ions wil l be considered.

Plans and specif ica- tions may be obtained from the Island County Engineer in the Court- house Annex, 1 N.E. 6 th St reet , PO Box 5000), Coupeville, WA, 9 8 2 3 9 , t e l e p h o n e (360) 679-7331, upon payment of a nonre- fundable fee of $25.00 per set.

Informational copies of m a p s , p l a n s , a n d specifications are on file for inspection only at the following locations:

Is land County Engi- neer Is land County Camano Annex1 N.E. Sixth St. 121 N. East Camano DriveC o u p e v i l l e W A 98239 Ca ma n o I s - land WA 98282

WCR Plan Center Builders Exchange of Washington 2215 Mid- way Ln Suite 208 2 6 0 7 W e t m o r e Avenue

B e l l i n g h a m WA 98226-1219 E v e r e t t WA 98201

Daily Journal of Com- merce V a l l e y P l a n Center83 Columbia St. 10002 Aurora Avenue N #36 PMB 3334Seattle WA 982014 Seattle WA 98133 All proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposa l depos i t in cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond in an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount of such bid proposal. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish satis- factory performance bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeit- ed to Island County. Island County reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive all informalities in the bidding.

LEGAL NO. 416226Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerAugust 23, 30, 2012

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