islands' sounder, october 19, 2011
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October 19, 2011 edition of the Islands' SounderTRANSCRIPT
by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONGEditor/Associate Publisher
Unless the community steps up, Orcas kids will not be playing school sports this winter.
Because of state funding cuts, the district was unable to include winter and spring sports into the budget.
“Winter sports are not going to happen unless we can find the fund-ing for it – where ever that may come from,” said super intendent Barbara Kline. “I am pretty con-fident that we will be fine, but it’s really unfortunate that we are here.”
Middle and high school sports have always been paid out of the school’s Maintenance and Operations Levy. After the state decreased its funding to the school this spring, the money that was used for sports is now being paid to keep teachers in the classroom.
In addition, the M&O levy is based on the school’s income from the state.
“Because there were so many cuts to our income, our levy is less,” Kline said.
Middle and high school fall sports were included in the bud-get, but the winter and spring pro-grams have been left out. Middle school basketball was included in the fall portion, as practice starts in just a few weeks.
“Come January we may be in a better spot financially,” Kline said. “But it looks like there are further cuts on the horizon, so we are dealing with the great unknown.”
The Booster Club has taken over fundraising for the flounder-ing athletics program. The cost of coach stipends for winter basket-ball is $13,000. Other expenses – like transportation and officials’ wages– are paid by participation fees and fundraising by the teams. More expenses accrue if a team makes it to state play-offs.
“We want to carry the torch for the school,” said Kevin O’Brien, a parent and Booster Club volun-teer. “This is a very severe funding situation and we want to be part of the solution.”
Preliminary ideas include col-lection jars around town, securing
endowments and hosting a major event in December. Donations can be made through the Orcas Island Community Foundation.
The Booster Club is hopeful the Orcas Parks and Recreation District will join in creating a long-term solution similar to what the rec district on San Juan Island
does. Of Island Rec’s 17-cent levy, seven cents goes to maintaining Friday Harbor school sports.
“OIPRD is in the recreation busi-ness and as such we have a strong
desire to help make sure that opportunities to gather, recreate and have fun exist in our com-munity,” said Orcas Parks and Rec commission chair Martha Farish. “That said, school sports is not a traditional activity of parks and rec programs. San Juan Island and Island Rec provide a good exam-ple of how to approach solving this conundrum. They decided to put the question directly to the voters and the voters decided to fund school sports through Island Rec. The only thing the commis-sioners have discussed is ways we could be supportive of the parents, boosters and school officials given
Winter and spring sports not in the school budget
SEE SPORTS, PAGE 6
by COLLEEN SMITH ARMSTRONGEditor/Associate Publisher
There may be more islanders flocking to sunny climates in the months after Christmas.
According to meteorologists at Accuweather, win-ter is going to hit the Northwest hard starting in February.
“The brunt of the winter season, especially when dealing with cold, will be over the north-central U.S.,” said meteorologist Paul Pastelok with Accuweather, which is based in Pennsylvania and provides local forecasts throughout the United States and the globe.
In February that core of cold weather is predicted to shift westward over the northern Rockies, with colder-than-normal conditions extending all the way to the Washington and Oregon coasts. Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia are predicted to have one of their top three coldest winters in the past 20 years.
Though February is expected to be a drier month for Seattle and Portland, chances for any snow events would be highest during this month with the colder air in place.
The earlier part of the season is forecasted to fea-
ture more moderate temperatures that average near normal, but a slight increase in rain.
Meteorologist Paul Walker said that December will be a particularly rainy month for the San Juans. The region typically has around five inches of rain and highs in the mid-40s with lows in the mid-30s.
“We expect that in December the ridge (high pressure area) of the Southwestern United States will be strong and push the jet stream to the Pacific Northwest and bring several storms through,” he said. “Precipitation will average above normal and tem-peratures will be near normal … if the ridge weakens, it will shift to the south: Northern California and Oregon.”
This past summer averaged close to previous years in regards to temperature but started out a bit wet.
“We had a few moist systems that moved in and the precipitation averaged a little above normal,” Walker said.
Walker says it’s been another warm, dry October due to a Southwest ridge jet stream.
Learn moreFor more information about weather, go to www.
accuweather.com.
What’s on the horizon for weather
A happy homecoming
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Colder-than-normal weather predicted for February in Northwest; snow is likely
“This is a very severe funding situation and we want to be part of the solution.”
— Kevin O’Brien, booster club
Colleen Smith Armstrong/staff photoRandall Boetger and Claire O'Neill share a laugh during the homecoming parade last week. For home-coming sports coverage, see page 8. Additional photos are online at www.islandssounder.com.
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Meredith M. Griffith/staff photoOrcas students dressed up as superheroes last week.
by MEREDITH M. GRIFFITHStaff reporter
Ten-year-old sailor Maggie Toombs beat out competitors from Vancouver
Lake, Gig Harbor and Orcas Island this season to win the the 2011 Northwest Youth Racing Circuit Open Bic class.
“The faster the better,” said Maggie’s
grandmother Gail Toombs of Maggie’s sailing style. “That girl has no fear of getting wet.”
Maggie competed at four two-day NWYRC regattas this summer, sailing in many races.
Sailing coach Burke Thomas said seven other Orcas junior sailors com-peted in at least one regatta.
“It is very exciting to see the junior sailors who have taken the summer Sail Orcas junior lessons begin racing around the Northwest,” he said. “This is the first season that Orcas junior sailors have traveled to regattas and I am excited about how that will build our team in the years ahead.”
Orcas High School alumni Sam Parish and Taylor Smith worked hard instructing the junior sailors all sum-mer, offering racing sessions to some of the juniors.
OHS alumni Nate Averna and Jake White continue to give back to the sailing program by heading up the on-water instruction for the middle school exploratory sailing classes this fall.
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Birth announcement
Grant Walter Ibero Tyree was born Sept. 8, 2011 at 12:36 p.m. at Island Hospital. He was 8.1 lbs. and 21.5 inches tall.
His parents are Tim and Daphne Tyree; his big sisters are Tweety, who is 21 years old, and Satine, who is eight years old. He is pictured above with Satine.
Baby Grant was dedicated to our Lord on Oct. 16 at Orcas Island Community Church.
Submitted by the Tyree family.
Maggie Toombs is a sailing champ
Burke Thomas/contributed photoMaggie Toombs enjoying a little sea and sun. She won the Northwest youth circuit.
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The Islands’ Sounder won 10 awards, including first place for best editorial, best environmental story, best crime story, and best online ad in the 2011 Washington Better Newspaper Contest.
The awards were present-ed Oct. 7 at an awards din-ner in Everett.
The Sounder, circula-tion 3000, competed against other newspapers in Group I and II. The newspapers were judged on work produced from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011. The contest drew 2,523 entries from 78 com-munity newspapers; entries were judged by members of the Texas Press Association.
First place: Best Environmental Story, “Back from the Gulf,” Colleen Smith Armstrong.
First place: Best Crime and Court Story, “I told him I would send him to flight school ... but I guess he couldn’t wait,” Colleen Smith Armstrong.
First place: Best Editorial, “Prosecutor pay raise comes at a bad time,” Colleen Smith Armstrong.
First place: Best Online Ad, “Ready for winter driv-ing?” Jim Sullivan
Second place: Best News Story (short), “Is small-scale wind power welcome in San Juan County?” Meredith M. Griffith.
Third place: Best Lifestyle/Culture Special Sections, “Women in Business,” Colleen Smith Armstrong, Meredith M. Griffith, Jim Sullivan, Cathi Brewer.
Third place: Best News
Story (long), “Too many deer, not enough land, says study,” Colleen Smith Armstrong.
Third place: Best Health or Medical Story, “Baby on board,” Colleen Smith Armstrong.
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Third place: Best Feature Page Design, “Dazzling: Preview Orcas Center’s upcoming season of music, theatre, and more,” Colleen Smith Armstrong.
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The new 43-foot Buck Bay Bridge on Orcas has been completed.
Traffic began crossing the bridge on Sept. 28. The official bridge opening will be celebrated on-site at noon on Oct. 20 with county and state officials. The public is encouraged to attend.
The new bridge replaces a road-way fill where Cascade Creek flowed through two culverts. The new stream channel is 18 feet wide. The culverts were sometimes overwhelmed by the stream’s flow, resulting in flooding of and damage to the roadway. The cul-verts were also an obstacle to fish passage.
Razz Construction of Bellingham
won the construction contract in April of this year and used several local suppliers and sub-contractors. A State Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant of $472,000 helped pay for the
improvements with the county provid-ing matching funds.
For more information, contact Dan Vekved at 370-0504 or [email protected].
Join county council members Richard Fralick, District 4, Orcas West, Patty Miller, District 5, Orcas East, for a Town Hall con-versation at the Eastsound fire station on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 4 to 5:45 p.m. County administrator Pete Rose and county auditor Milene Henley will also be in attendance.
Discussion will focus on the general election proposi-tion No. 2, San Juan County user charge for management
of solid waste and balancing the county budget in tough economic times. A ques-tions and answers forum will follow the presentation.
New Buck Bay bridge is open
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Vote no on parcel fee Sorry about problems at blood drive
I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Orcas residents who came out to donate blood on Sept. 29. And I’d like to extend our regrets to those who became frustrated with the delays at the registration desk. We only registered 61 and that is much fewer than our normal blood drive registration, which is typically 80 to 90 donors.
It was a frustrating afternoon with a lot of computer problems and other difficulties with the new registration system. But the most serious problem was that the blood center gave us only one computer this time. That left us with no back-up when problems occurred. They assure me that they will make sure to give us two computers in the future, as that has been our normal allotment.
Our next blood drive is on Thursday, Dec. 15. The holiday season is a time of special need and I hope that Orcas will turn out again as you have so many times in the past.
Please join us at the Eastsound Fire Station to give the gift of life.
I hope to see you there!Paul Losleben
Orcas Island Lions Club
What’s missing from CAOMy wife and I have lived on San
Juan Island since 2009. Like many of you we are environmentally ori-ented, especially since I worked for 40 years in ocean technology.
My major concern is that the current CAO is based on facts that do not apply to the San Juan Islands and is missing facts that do. The centerpiece of the CAO plan – imposing deep setbacks and buffer zones to protect and restore our marine environment – is based on scientific data from the wrong watershed.
I was appalled to find no oceano-graphic studies describing our local marine waters are cited in San Juan County’s BAS. Instead they are based entirely on studies of the wrong watershed: the Puget Sound. Our islands belong to the Southern Straits of Georgia system, about 10 times larger in water mass and river outflow volume.
In fact, due to seabed and tidal flow features just to the south of us there is little mixing of our island and Puget Sound waters because of our strong tidal cycles. These tides also create a massive upwell-ing of clean Pacific waters along our shores, bringing fresh ocean bottom waters to our shorelines.
That means our island’s shore-lines have the best flushed marine waters of any coastline in the lower U.S.
We are immersed in a huge B.C. circulation system that mixes mas-sive river outflows from the Fraser River basin with Pacific waters. Our local marine waters are Canadian, and as such contain the effluent of 80 percent of B.C.’s economic output.
We San Juan Islanders will be better served by focusing on the few local area problems we have caused – and can do something about – rather than be naively purs-ing broad, restrictive ordinances that will have not make any differ-ence in our marine waters.
It is time for San Juan County to step back and get the Ocean Baseline Science for our islands right before proceeding further with their CAO and SMP initia-tives.
David HydeSan Juan Island
Renew the REETProposition 1 on the ballot at
the next election is a measure to renew the San Juan County Land Bank. I urge you to vote YES in support of renewal. The land bank is a great way to preserve the beauty and public access to the San Juan Islands for ourselves and our chil-dren.
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Martin TaylorOrcas Island
Crossroads lecture greatI found Mr. Orlov’s presentation
to be articulate, humorous, and eye-opening. It is a rare speaker who can pack so much punch into a few short hours, and these hours my friends, are growing short!
I applaud the Crossroads Committee for bringing Dmitry to our home here on Orcas. I was encouraged by his speaking truth to power and his thoughtfulness.
The buck stops here, folks, and the times they are definitely chang-ing. If you kept an open mind and ear there was much to be gleaned. I find the more the world changes the more some want it to stay the same. This is just not possible.
If you truly care about your fami-lies, your friends, and humanity, then it is way past time to reflect upon the environment in which you live and the way you interact with it. I understand this upsets people. The haves don’t think they need to worry and the have nots, well, have naught. Denial is a useful tool in a toolbox of bad choices.
Once upon a time we had inno-vation and peace (though never for long). Our ancestors came here for a variety of reasons. I believe the most important included freedom, equality and prosperity. America was good to them and it has been a perfect place for many. Yet those who choose to ignore the warning signs of what is really happening in our country and around the world
Editorial
After November, the structure of solid waste is going to change drastically. There are two very different proposals on the table, and after careful consideration, we are advocating voting no
on the solid waste parcel fee. You can either pay a yearly fee for 15 years plus the cost of self-haul (Plan A) or pay for curbside pick-up (Plan B). You can either give more money to a county that clearly has had no success managing a solid waste operation or you can pay money to a private company to come pick up your garbage and recycle.The proposed parcel fee for a single family residence, vacation rental or unit in a multi-household building is $100; it’s $150 for homes or bed and breakfasts with an ADU, and $75 for condos. For non-resi-
dential properties, the fee is $10 or $20 per 100 square feet.If it passes, service will remain at current levels. Self-haul will be guaranteed but the rates would only go down slightly. County
council members have said Plan A is more expensive for most hom-eowners.If voters reject the measure, the county will open up bids for manag-ing the solid waste stations. Curbside pickup would continue to be provided by San Juan Sanitation, which is the county’s designated hauler. The route collection rates are determined by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. Fees for self-haul would not be set by the WUTC.We see a few problems with Plan A. First of all, the county isn’t even sure if it is legal. If adopted, our county would be the first in the state to enact such a fee to pay for solid waste services. It’s possible the state supreme court would rule it an “unlawful tax” and require the county to refund up to three years of receipts. Due to county prosecutor Randy Gaylord’s interpretation of legal precedent, the measure has been crafted as a fee-for-use, not a flat rate charge to parcels, which would be a tax.In addition, we don’t think it’s very wise to fork over more of our money to a county administration that has allowed the solid waste department to accumulate nearly $1.5 million in debt, most of which came from unsuccessful attempts to develop a solid waste facility on San Juan Island. We think it makes much more sense to hand the operations over to a private company like San Juan Sanitation. In a letter to the editor last week, manager Calvin Den Hartog said that if the parcel fee doesn’t pass, “it does not mean the end of self-haul, and it does not mean mandatory collection.” In addition to the Port of Lopez looking at running the Lopez transfer station, Den Hartog says San Juan Sanita-tion is “very interested in providing drop-off service on Orcas and San Juan Island … Both garbage and recycling would be offered … Re-use opportunities and locations on all islands will remain the same.”This should alleviate the fears of some islanders who worry that the “reduce, reuse, recycle” philosophy will go by the wayside if the parcel fee is rejected. The county’s solid waste resolution states that if Plan A is rejected: “The county will allow the existing reuse facilities on Orcas (the Exchange) and Lopez (Take it or Leave It) to operate on the county owned sites.” Plus, if San Juan Sanitation provided curb-side recycling, its existing clients who are currently not recycling might be more inclined to do so. We see too many flaws in Plan A to lend our support. It’s time for a major shake-up in solid waste, and we think our best hope lies in Plan B.
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at this point in time do so at their own peril.
Mr. Orlov may call him-self a “collapsitarian” but I found him to be a fine example of what has been missing in many a discourse – an honesty and openness for real (overdue) thought-provoking discussion.
Tracey LevineOrcas Island
Thanks, CrossroadsI have attended quite
a number of the public library’s Crossroads lectures over the past several years, but felt compelled to com-ment on the most recent, “Preparing for Collapse” by Dmitry Orlov. While I felt uncomfortable on a number of occasions during the lec-ture, I found myself thinking about the subject, and dis-cussing the ideas expressed during the lecture, for quite some time afterwards. I also felt encouraged that our community tolerates and encourages debate of what some might describe as radical ideas — something I’m certain many communi-ties would not. Thank you to the Crossroads commit-tee and the Orcas Public Library for promoting such a thought-provoking dia-logue in our community.
Barb SkotteEastsound
Critical areas interconnected
When considering the fragmented ways we are looking at so-called “sepa-rate” Critical Areas catego-ries, only one truth unfail-ingly dictates what happens to saltwater ecosystems: Everything flows down-hill. Best Available Science soundly backs this reality. In observing nature, we observe that all land slopes downhill to the salt waters we wish to protect. If we want to know where to begin protection, we must start at the top of the mountain. Every tree we rip out of the ground up-slope impacts everything below.
We’re privileged to live
in an abundantly beautiful, diverse, and fragile area. Since natural wetlands are the filtering systems for whatever runs into the sea, much as our lungs and kid-neys filter toxins from the air and within our bodies, it makes sense to view the islands as bodies and wet-lands as lymph, circulatory, and endocrine systems and filtering organs.
The idea and practice of separating and fragment-ing wetlands to downgrade protective regulations is egregious, because even small, unregulated wetlands are contiguous with greater wetland systems, contain the same hydrology, and are thus a part of them.
It’s vitally important to protect wetlands and other Critical Areas in an Urban Growth Area. Given the geography, geology, and hydrology of Eastsound Basin and Lopez Village, the health of our Category 2 wetlands such as Eastsound Swale directly impacts the Marine environment.
If property value is based solely on the concept of developability without con-sidering the health of our Critical Areas as part of our collective wealth, we will destroy the supporting lands and waters that make our high quality of life pos-sible. It’s essential that we broaden concepts of valu-ation to include health of Critical Areas and educate ourselves on how Critical Areas systems work togeth-er, so that we will want to protect and preserve them, and know how.
What incentives can we offer to property owners for protecting and preserv-ing Critical Areas? Future generations will inherit the results of our decisions and actions. Can we look much farther ahead than the next 20 or even 50 years, and further afield than our own backyards?
Sadie BaileyEastsound
Guss for portDuring 14 years as a Port
of Orcas Commissioner, both as a past chairman, and as an active member, I have developed opinions as
to what is required to be an effective commissioner. He (or she) needs to be aware of the needs of the Orcas com-munity as well as the airport users; must be willing to cooperate and compromise with fellow commissioners; must participate in setting goals that satisfy both users and the community; must have budgeting experience; must be willing to avoid the temptation to micromanage the airport manager, and must remain familiar with the FAA airport require-ments.
On all counts Dwight Guss is an ideal candidate. He is a longtime Orcas resi-dent; is a participant in vari-ous community activities; has been a major volunteer in the annual fly in. He is an EMT and firefighter. For more than 10 years Dwight has been a volunteer mercy flight pilot, making numer-ous flights to the mainland carrying patients to critical medical treatments with his own aircraft, on his own time.
Significantly, Dwight has maintained continuous contact with the port by being a frequent attendee at scheduled port meetings. Therefore, he has a famil-iarity with current issues affecting the port. Dwight would assume port commis-sion responsibilities without the usual prolonged learn-ing curve typically required of new members. This is important when consider-ing the steadily increasing complexity of operating even a small commercial airport.
With Dwight’s talents, background, community service, knowledge, and sensitivity to island and user needs, a better candi-date could not be found. For these reasons I ask
that you vote for Dwight Guss, Position 2, Orcas Port Commission.
Steve HopkinsEastsound
Adams for sewerI must confess, I rarely pay
attention to local politics. It took something extraordi-nary to catch my interest.
When I learned that Eastsound Sewer and Water District commissioner Rollie Sauer gave the Orcas Highlands homeowners $90,000 taxpayers’ dollars to drill two wells and then was told (according to the Islands’ Sounder) “The Highlands board maintains it is not responsible for the district’s outlay of cash,” I noticed!
How do you explain such an expensive deci-sion, which now will need to be paid for by Eastsound taxpayers? Why was this “loan” given without a nor-mal contract? Rather than paying to drill wells in the Highlands, I’d prefer to see my tax dollars used to fix the sewer outfall at North Beach, which, I understand, to this day is broken and dumping sewer plant efflu-ent onto the beach.
Now that I’m paying attention, I’m voting for and strongly recommending Roger Adams for the posi-tion of commissioner, posi-tion #5. I know Roger to be intelligent, thoughtful, well-spoken, and honest. His background in construction management, engineering and design more than quali-fies him for the position. More importantly, Roger has integrity and would not think of “loaning” out thou-sands of taxpayer dollars on a handshake.
Roger is focused on pro-tecting our drinking water,
improving existing sewage treatment, eliminating eco-nomically damaging poli-cies and working to make the sewer affordable to all of us.
To be clear, I’ve never met commissioner Sauer. I simply find his decision to basically give away $90,000 completely irresponsible.
Please join me in vot-ing for Roger Adams in the upcoming election.
Kate JewellEastsound
Vote no on schoolWhat if the voters do
not approve the school levy? What would be the bank’s reaction to that? Do you think the bank would make another loan to the school district without voter approval? They prob-ably wouldn’t. Wait, you say, “What’s this about another loan?”
The school asked for $35,000,000 and borrowed on $900,000. Did you really think they were done? They never said they were and because they are refusing to maintain the middle school buildings I’d say it is a safe bet they still plan on replac-ing them as soon as they get the chance, unless they can’t get the loan.
I attended a school board meeting where they dis-cussed knocking down the buildings without voter approval and then daring the public not to approve
whatever they ask to replace them. Of course, if they’re pre-approved at the bank they don’t need your approv-al anyway. If you vote yes for this proposal you will have shown the bank that you will back the school district no matter what and that you will fall in line later just like this situation we have now.
If we approve this levy now we are telling the bank to loan our school district any amount in the future and we will stand behind it. Is that what you want? It’s like a blank check for the school district. Next time they will just write in any amount they want. If we say no to this levy what will hap-pen? Will the school go into foreclosure? No, but will the bank make another loan to the school district? No, I don’t think they would.
So my recommendation is to turn down this levy every time it comes up until we have a chance to pass a bond on the full amount the school district needs to repair the buildings and catch up on deferred main-tenance. Do not give the school district a blank check to spend as much as they like.
For more information go to: thecartelmovie.com. This excellent documentary is playing on HULU and shows some problems our school may be having.
Chris ButlerEastsound
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
by KIM BRYANDVSAS victim advocate
Karen felt nauseated as she watched her husband, the head deacon, smil-ing and visiting with fel-low members at their local church. Her eyes drifted to his strong hands as they so gently helped an elderly
woman through the door. Why had those capable strong hands turned so hard and cruel to her?
Karen cringed as her husband sat down in the pew next to her and slid his arm around her. His touch made her skin crawl as she remembered what had become the all too familiar painful scenes of the previ-ous night. It was a good
thing the weather was turn-ing cooler so no one ques-tioned the long sleeves and high neck that she chose to cover the already emerging bruises. She hated the cha-rade of coming to church and acting like everything was “just fine.”
She wanted to cry out with the emotions that were smothering her inside but she knew that no one even suspected. And what would they think of her and her “perfect little family?” Wasn’t there someone who cared even a little bit? Could there be a way to get help and not have everyone find out? Would they just tell her that she needed to be a better wife, pray more, and “submit” to her husband? Didn’t the Bible say that her husband was the head of the
family? But was this what God really had in mind?
Statistics tell us that Karen’s story of abuse with-in the faith community is just as common as that of the “Karens” who choose not to take part in an orga-nized religion. However, for the women and children suffering in abuse within a faith community, what should be a safe, nurturing environment often times is one of oppression due to misinformation and lack of resources.
So what can the faith community do to become the safe haven its members need?
establish a zero tolerance policy towards abuse.
domestic violence service advocates to educate your leaders and members.
ship to speak on the zero tolerance of abuse from the pulpit.
right interpretation of scrip-tures in regards to love, sub-mission and use of power.
safety plan in place for when a victim comes forward for help.
Domestic violence in the faith community
Guest column
Church ServicesEMMANUEL EPISCOPAL
Parish of Orcas IslandEastsound (by the water)
Bishop Craig B. Anderson, RectorSUNDAYS: Holy Eucharist1st Sunday in month - 10:00 a.m. Other Sundays - 8:00 & 10:00 a.m.
Church School & NurseryTHURSDAYS:
12 noon Rector’s Forum & Holy Eucharist
376-2352
ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH
Madrona Street, EastsoundSunday Worship Services
9:00 a.m.10:30 a.m., with a
Nursery & Sunday School Pastor Dick Staub Pastor Scott Harris
Pastor Grant Myles-Era376-OICC
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS Sundays Sundays 1st & 3rd Mondays 9:15 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. St. David’s Church Center Church Emmanuel Church 760 Park St. 312 Davis Bay Rd. 242 Main St. Friday Harbor Lopez Island Eastsound Pastor John Lindsay
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 10:00 a.m. Sunday
7:00 p.m. Testimony Meeting First Wed. of the month
Orcas Elementary School Library376-5873
ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCHORCAS
St. Francis Church in Eastsound
Mass 1:00 p.m. Sunday
LOPEZ ISLAND Center Church
Mass 4:30 p.m. Saturday
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN CENTERPassionate, contemporary worshipSundays at 10:00 am, Senior Center
360-376-6332
ORCAS ISLAND UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
FELLOWSHIP
West Sound Community Hall All are welcome!
www.orcasislanduu.org
for victims and perpetra-tors.
your local DV agency for educational meeting or sup-port groups.
perpetrator accountable while striving to heal the family unit if at all possible.
issue of abuse something that is talked about open-
ly instead of in the back hallways and corners of the restrooms then the victims among us will feel safe to come forward and ask for the help that they so desper-ately need.
Kim Bryan is a Victim Advocate for DVSAS. She and her husband Don are the pastoral team for the Friday Harbor Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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no funding, no staff and no administration other than five hard working commis-sioners.”
The total cost of running the sports program in the
of coaching stipends and the athletics director’s salary
“We simply need dona-
tions to keep our programs
goal but I think we can do it … the school is in the tough-est position they’ve been in years because of enrollment and the economy.”
Studies have shown that school sports are an inte-gral part of keeping kids happy and healthy. Among the benefits of organized sports: social interaction, maintaining grades, build-ing a positive relation-ship with coaches, setting goals, improving health and bringing the community together.
can only spend so much time outdoors.”
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The Orcas Island Rowing club’s fourth annual fall “Headless Head Regatta” will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. at Cascade Lake.
The costumed competi-tion is open to all experi-enced rowers, and will be followed by a potluck feast.
Entrants are encouraged to wear rowing compatible costumes, and asked to bring a dish to share. Hot drinks will be provided. Entry is free. All participants must sign a liability waiver.
For further information, email [email protected] or visit www.orca-sislandrowing.org.
The Orcas Island Senior Center will be selling fur-niture it has received as a donation. There are end tables, chairs and a bed-room set. Check them out Monday-Friday at center.
The memorial for Allan Spaulding will be on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Discovery House at Rosario from 2 to 4 p.m. Carol Gill
On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011 Carol Gill lost her battle with breast cancer. It was a peace-ful and quiet passing in her home overlooking Moran State Park, on the island she loved so very much. She always looked back with great love to her childhood home in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. to those friends who are her friends to this day and all those wonderful summers in Zanesville, Ohio on her grandparents’ farm with her cousins.
She graduated from high school from Mt. Lebanon in 1951 then attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pa. She met Harry Gill on a blind date. They married in 1956 and moved to New England. Carol loved painting and drawing but also racing sports cars around New England in rallies with Harry and on frozen lakes in the winter in their MG.
She and my dad moved to San Jose, Calif. in 1965, stayed a bit, then moved back to Boston, stayed a winter and decided they liked San Jose winters far better, and drove back out on route 66 in a MG-A with a cat named Cat riding on her shoulder the whole time.
In 1974 she first went hiking in the Olympic National Park with a few days of relaxation on Orcas afterwards. That first ferry ride out to Orcas was all it took for her to know this was where she was going to be. We moved up to Orcas permanently in 1975.
She loved walking in the park, sitting in her studio looking out at the park and painting, hanging out in Doty’s in the morning, talking with everyone. She made many a friend there. She loved working at the school and being on the playground with the kids, no matter what she might say to the contrary. So many of her stories told over the years were from that time at the school. Even the chil-dren who gave her grief then were remembered with fondness and love. She always saw things in a positive light even during the tough times – and there
where plenty of them. There is so much more
to her story than I can fit in here and so many people who have touched her life here on Orcas and every were she lived. She loved and cared for all of you and she found great strength in your love for her. I can’t thank everyone enough for this gift to her. She will be missed, and always remem-bered. I Love you.
A memorial for Carol will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Orcas High School gym at 5 p.m. A reception will follow at the Orcas Community Church.
Submitted by Chris Gill.
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The Viking volleyball team hit the trifecta dur-ing a busy Homecoming week, winning all three of their matches against league opponents.
The spikers took down Mount Vernon Christian 3-1 at home on Tuesday, and followed it with a con-vincing 3-0 clean sweep of Cedar Park Christian on Thursday. Homecoming on Saturday featured a real barn burner as the team faced off against Shoreline Christian in a contest for third place in league standings. After three hotly contested sets, the home Vikings were ahead 2-1. The Hurricanes took the fourth set into overtime before the Vikings prevailed 28-26, and won the match 3-1.
Next up for the Vikings is Friday Harbor at home on Oct. 18, La Conner away on Oct. 20, and the Bear Creek Tournament away on Oct. 22. The last home game of the season is on Oct. 25 against Concrete at 5 p.m.
A winning streak for Vikings
Colleen Smith Armstrong/staff photoVikings’ defensive specialist Mykal Keyes during the game against Shoreline on Oct. 15. Mary Wilson is behind her.
Colleen Smith Armstrong/staff photoAbove: Viking Jake Zier mak-ing a touchdown in the final minutes. It was thrown out because of a holding call.
by COLLEEN SMITHEditor/Associate Publisher
The Vikings played their hearts out during a home-coming game against league foe Seattle Lutheran on Oct. 15, but it wasn’t enough to clinch the win.
With six minutes left in the game and the score at 28-27, Viking fullback Jake Zier, running at full speed despite a slight limp, made a touchdown. The crowd’s cheers were for naught: the touchdown was thrown out because of a holding call.
A dejected Orcas team accepted its loss and helped an exhausted Zier off the field.
The Vikings beat the Saints last year, 28-20.
The Seattle Lutheran game was the first in a four-week stretch “where every game is essentially a play-off game,” said coach Scott Harris.
The Vikings sports stand-ing are 2-2 in league and 3-4 in all. The team’s next game is against Darrington at home on Oct. 22, 1 p.m.
Vikings give it their all but come up short against Saints
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It will take you soaring over the blue-green San Juan Islands, plunging beneath the sea’s surface to peruse underwater creatures, into local hangout
spots and face-to-face with more than a dozen individual islanders.
All from your couch.“Eyes of Islanders: an archive of island
community” is a new video in the works by Orcas Islander Alex Huppenthal, designed to introduce the world to Orcas Island in comprehensive video format.
“It’s 27 minutes, so it’ll be fast and fun,” Huppenthal told the Sounder – but he was a bit cagey and mysterious about the details. “How can I talk about this without giving it away?” he asked.
He did tell us the film will include inter-views and scenes from around the islands, musically back-dropped by pieces from Katie Gray and other island musicians. A historical section will share “important, funny and enjoyable moments.” Also fea-tured: stunning photography by talented community members who submitted work for another of Huppenthal’s proj-ects: a photography book called “Through the Eyes of Islanders.”
“The goal is to put together as many iconic images of the island as we can … in a video that hopes to
capture the beauty, people, nature and events of the island,” Huppenthal said. “It isn’t about my vision of Orcas Island, or the San Juan Islands. It’s the vision islanders have of their homes, friends, jobs, dreams and the struggle to maintain their homes, incomes,
and way of life in the face of drastic shifts in the economy. We have so many events that we celebrate, and so many challenges islanders face daily, with a smile and without a wince.”
The film will also touch on how islanders use social media to connect, network and support one another.
Huppenthal says his commitment to the project involves $20,000 in footage and labor. Others have stepped up to provide support, and he’s still looking
for “like-minded, community-centric” back-ers for the project.
“If we find enough support on Orcas, the focus of the film will be on Orcas Island,” he said. Orcas islanders Joe Cohen and Martha Farish have pledged support and are listed as the film’s executive producers, and John Gorton has provided video footage from an extensive film library he has developed over past years.
Huppenthal expects the film to be com-pleted early next year and screened here in the islands.
“Because I own a business in Aspen, Colo., we’ll have air time on Grassroots Television in Aspen as well, where a screening will take place in the spring time ... just in time for tourist season here,” Huppenthal said.
He said CBS has bought exclusive rights to a few clips from the film.
Huppenthal has been photographing since 1984 and producing film and videos for the past 10 years.
“My hope is that people will watch this short 27-minute film and leave with a smile. The bigger the smile, the more successful the film is,” he said.
WEDNESDAY, October 19, 2011
From the eyes of
islandersAnthony Martinez photo
Russell Lee Post photoThis and the image above are in the book “Through the Eyes of Islanders.”
New book and film highlight splendor of the San Juans
FROM CASTAWAYS TO YARD ART: Garden Club lecture, 10 a.m. Orcas Center.
ENCHANTED FOREST: A cabaret
of magic and mischief, 7:30 p.m., OffCenter stage.
ZUMBA FITNESS CLASS: Odd Fellows Hall, every Wednesday, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Zumba features easy-to-follow dance steps set to Latin and international music. First class is free.
BIRTH WORKS CLASS: Free class for all pregnant women and their partners. Every first Monday, potluck at 6 p.m., presentation 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Children’s House.AL-ANON: Emmanuel Church, 7:30 p.m.PARENT/CHILD PLAYGROUP: At
Salmonberry, $5 per session. Children and parents will enjoy bread baking, art proj-ects, music, stories, snack-time and plenty of free play. Through Nov. 14. Call Mandy Troxel at 376-3914 for more information.
OPEN MIC: Lower Tavern open
mic night at 5:30 p.m. KIWANIS CLUB: Meets at 12:30 p.m., upstairs at Orcas Homegrown. Different speaker each week. FOOD BANK: 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the new Food Bank build-ing next to the Community Church. Also on Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. BIRTH TO FIVE PLAYGROUP: The
Funhouse, 10 a.m. to noon.
LIONS CLUB: Weekly lunch and meeting at 11:45 a.m. in the American Legion. THEOSOPHICAL STUDY GROUP: Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Indralaya Library, Rosalyn: 376-6765.
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Don’t miss the Dining Experience
of the Season!It’s the second annual
Doe Bay winemaker’s prix fixe to support The Funhouse Commons!
Chef Abigael Birrell will present a sumptuous four-course dinner featuring local seasonal delicacies, perfectly matched with individual wine fights for each course.
The wine comes from one of Washington’s most talked about new wineries: Lullaby Winery, of Walla Walla. Winemaker Virginie Bourque will be on hand to tell you about her winemaking philosophy and discuss each selection as it is presented.
$75 per person. Wine flight: $20 per person. Please call the cafe to make a reservation at 376-8059
“Last year’s dinner was truly memorable. The spread was sumptuous. If one is seeking a great meal, at a great restau-rant, for a great cause, then this dinner cannot not be missed.” -Tad Sommerville
Friday, October 21
Giant Slice Lunch Special Menu
Only $4.50 add a soda $4.95Sunday Chicken & Bacon or
Pesto Basil & Fresh Mozzarella Monday Salami or
Tomatoes & Fresh Mozzarella Wednesday Pepperoni & Sausage or
Roasted Garlic, Mushrooms and Red Onions Thursday Hawaiian or
A choice of Green Olives, Black Olives or Kalamata Olive Friday Linguica & Black Olive or
Roasted Red Peppers & Black Olives Saturday Pepperoni or Pineapple
In conjunction with the San Juan Preservation Trust, the land bank is hosting a guided walk on Hog Back Preserve on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The land bank holds a conservation easement on this land and the SJPT retains ownership.
Meet at the intersec-tion of Pt. Lawrence and Obstruction Pass roads, then carpool to the site.
Join local architectural
historian Boyd Pratt for a walk back in time on the Tharald Homestead on Shaw Island on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
This unique property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The homestead is protected with a Historic Preservation Easement held by the San Juan County Land Bank.
For more information, call 378-4402 or email [email protected].
Land bank walks on Orcas, Shaw
Big Duke certainly is ready for a home of his own where he can exercise his critter-hunting muscles. Come see this friendly, orange and white guy any day form 2 to 5 p.m. at the Orcas Animal Shelter; call 376-6777, or see all the animals on the web: orcaspets.org.
PET OF THE WEEK
The Healing Arts Center welcomes the community to attend its Fall Healing Arts Fair on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 29 to 30. This fundraiser, offered twice a year, lets people try out the practitioners’ services at a greatly dis-counted rate.
Acupuncture and several types of massage are very popu-lar. The rate is $45/hour, and some services are offered by the half-hour at $25. New this year is a couples massage class, and a class in TML (Transformational Movement Lessons) will also be offered for $10. A few coupons allow people who are busy during the weekend to get treatments later in the month.
The practitioners donate their time to the Healing Arts Center, a nonprofit dedicated to offering alternative modalities for health and well-being to the community. The funds raised from the fairs support the historic Eastsound building and allow practitioners to keep their rates as low as possible throughout the year.
Sessions fill up early, so call the Healing Arts Certer at 376-4002, or stop by 453 North Beach Road between 9 and 3, Monday through Saturday.
The business community of downtown Eastsound is presenting a Halloween weekend for the whole fam-ily.
Eastsound has long been the perfect setting for a safe and intimate “Trick-Or-Treat” with businesses
within the easily “walk-able” village welcoming costumed kids and families for years. This season, the old fashioned fun expands to bring a host of offerings during the holiday week-end. The event is on Oct. 29 and 31 and is called “Great Pumpkin Weekend.”
A group of active Eastsound business owners has organized the events to attract folks to Orcas Island for the crisp weekend wrap-ping up the October sea-son.
Saturday, Oct. 29At the Episcopal Church,
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: costume contest, prizes for: up to 8, 9 to 18, and family; pumpkin bowling; scarecrow mak-ing – a judged competition with prizes; face painting; balloon twisting; food and treats.
At the Wildflour Bakery Garden, 2 to 4 p.m.: pump-kin carving contest, every-thing provided, including cookies. Prizes for: 4 to 8, 9 to 16, 17 and up.
At Darvill’s Books, 4 to 5 p.m.: story telling hour, with cookies.
Monday, Oct. 31Downtown Eastsound, 3
to 5 p.m.: trick or treat!For more information, go
to www.orcasislandcham-ber.com or call 376-2273.
Eastsound to offer weekend of Halloween events
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ISLAND MARKET Eastsound
OpenMon-Sat 8 am-9pm
Sun 10 am-8pm
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Hot Dogs, Groceries, Ice Cream,DVD Movies Next Door
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6:30 am – 11 pm376-2093
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Twirling ladies dance in red dresses and high heels. Arms are raised gracefully and feet stomp as guitar strings are rapidly plucked.
These are typical sights and sounds of flamenco, but the real essence of this art isn’t in the feet, it’s in the throat.
“Singing is the most important part of flamen-co,” said Savannah Fuentes, flamenco dancer and event coordinator. “Without the singing it’s just like playing the drums all day.”
Fuentes, a Seattle native, performed in a similar show on Lopez in February and that show’s success prompt-ed her to bring flamenco back to the San Juans.
The show, “3 Glorias, Flamenco en Vivo,” a tribute to three components of fla-
menco, is Sunday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. at the Orcas Center. Tickets are $20 and $12 for students.
Traditional flamenco is performed live and con-sists of several components; “cante,” a Spanish word meaning sing, “toque,” meaning guitar and “baile,” meaning dance.
There is also the lesser known component “jaleo,” which roughly translates into “hell-raising” and involves hand clapping, foot stomping and shouts of encouragement.
“Many times I have heard someone, who may be expe-riencing live Flamenco for the first time, shout ‘woo-hoo’ during a footwork build up,” said Fuentes. “And it worked. I think it is great that they can participate in that way.”
Born into a family of Flamenco artists in Madrid,
Saray Muñoz’s powerful voice and skill level has taken her on tours around the world.
“Her singing is a little jazzy, more of a modern ver-sion of flamenco,” Fuentes said. “There are only a few accompanists who can play with her properly. They have to have a good ear. Basically she’ll take one note and run all over the place with it, and he’ll have to follow.”
Muñoz will be accompa-nied by guitarist and com-poser Pedro Cortes, who comes from a family of Spanish gypsy guitarists.
Flamenco – it’s all about the cante
The Lopez Island Family Resource Center is offering “Starting and Growing a Great Business” on Oct. 29 and 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lopez Library.
This weekend workshop is for anyone thinking about starting a business or exist-ing business owners who would like to recreate their business to be more suc-cessful. Instructor James Dunn from Washington CASH will lead this inter-active workshop and help
participants create market-ing, financial, and operating plans.
Pre-registration is through the Lopez Island Family Resource Center. The class is $45. For more information, visit www.lifrc.org or call 468-4117.
‘Starting and Growing a Great Business’ class on Lopez
Co-op Member Appreciation WeekOctober 17-21Visit your OPALCO Co-op Office*
* Friday Harbor and Eastsound 9am-4pm; Lopez 12-1pm
310Main St •Orcas Island, WA 98245360.376.4904alliumonorcas.com
Allium is open Thursdaythrough Monday, 5:30 to 8.Brunch on Saturday andSunday from 10 to 2.
3 course Thanksgiving dinner$45 per person, reservations
highly recommended.
Trick or Treat at Lily on Oct 31from 3-6. Free ice cream till its
gone, come incostume. Kidsget first priority.For more information, visit
alliumonorcas.comor call (360) 376-4904
After establishing her-self in the Northwest music scene in the 1990s, singer/ songwriter Katya Chorover moved from Seattle to southwestern Colorado in 2006. She has been perform-ing and teaching, but taking a break from recording and touring, until now.
Earlier this year, she returned to the Northwest to record “Big Big Love” at Secret Society Studios in Portland.
Chorover will be coming to Orcas Island on Saturday, Oct. 22 to perform a show at
the Odd Fellows Hall. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m., and
show time is 8 p.m. Ticket price is $10 at the door.
Friday’s Blue Plate Special: Spaghetti with Meatballs $5@Enzo’s
This month’s Dinner Kitchen theme is “Meatloaf Madness II.”
The meal on Oct. 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Parish features the king of the comfort foods. As always, the dinners will include all of the trimmings too. There will be some-thing for everyone, includ-ing a selection of vegetarian dishes, and dishes for the kids.
Dinner Kitchens are a monthly celebration. They are a free gift especially for island seniors and food bank participants and any-one in need of a hot meal. Call Tom Murdock at 376-6166 with questions.
Dinner kitchen Oct. 22
contributed photoSavanna Fuentes.
Folk singer at Odd Fellows
Prime Rib night Every Wednesday Live music on Friday nights
Dinner Served from 4:30pm to 8:30 pm
376-4300 for reservations Open 7 days a week
With an array for Starters and Entrees to satisfy any appetite!
Trent England, Director of Constitutional Studies at the Freedom Foundation, will lead a “Rule of Law and Liberty” class at the Eastsound fire station on Saturday, Oct. 22.
The class will run from 9 a.m. to noon. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for students by advance regis-tration or $15 at the door. England will also speak at the American Legion at 5:30 p.m. Admission to the din-ner is by donation.
For more information about the events, contact Cindy Carter at [email protected] or 376-2187.
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SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICESSan Juan County, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin,
age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities or employment opportunities and benefits. Direct inquiries to Administrative Services at (360) 378-3870. TTD relay at 1-800-833-6388.
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Four single-family residences for affordable housing
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NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS:SEPA Determination: San Juan County has determined that the projects noted above with a DNS or MDNS will not have probable significant adverse impacts on the environment and has issued a Threshold Determination pursuant to Sections 197-11-310 and 197-11-340 WAC. An Environmental Impact Statement will not be required under Section 43.21C.030 (2)(c) RCW. This determination was made after review of the environmental checklist and other environmental information on file at Community Development and Planning(CD&P). The County has determined that the requirements for environmental analysis, protection, and mitigation measures have been adequately addressed in the development regulations and comprehensive plan adopted under Chapter 36.70A RCW, and in other applicable local, state, or federal laws or rules, as provided by Section 43.21C.240 RCW and Section 197-11-158 WAC, or as may be conditioned within any MDNS. SEPA Comments: Anyone desiring to comment on the Threshold Determination can do so by submitting a written statement to CD&P, P. O. Box 947 (135 Rhone Street), Friday Harbor, WA. 98250 no later than the comment date specified above. The Threshold Determination may be appealed by submitting a written statement of appeal along with the basis for the appeal and a fee to CD&P within 21 days after the end of the SEPA comment period. Application Comments: Any file may be examined by appointment during regular business hours at the San Juan County CD&P, Courthouse Annex, Friday Harbor. Anyone desiring to comment on the Notice of Application can do so by submitting a written statement to CD&P no later than the end date for project comments specified above. Anyone who desires to provide testimony in the public hearing or desires a copy of the decision for this project may do so by requesting such from CD&P. A copy of the staff report for this project may be obtained from CD&P generally 7 days prior to the public hearing. * As directed by applicant, per UDC 18.80.030.A.3.f ** Per UDC 18.80.030.B.NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS:Hearing Examiner meetings on San Juan Island start at 10:00 a.m., in the Islanders Bank Admin. Building downstairs meeting room, 225 Blair Street, Friday Harbor. Planning Commission meetings begin at 8:45 am. Any person desiring to comment prior to the hearing shall submit a statement in writing to CD&P, P. O. Box 947, Friday Harbor, WA. 98250. Written comments may be submitted at the hearing as well. A copy of the staff report for this hearing may be obtained generally 7 days prior to the public hearing from CD&P at the address above. NOTICE OF DECISIONS: Hearing Examiner decisions are posted on the County website at: sanjuanco.com/cdp/hearingexdecisions.aspx
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