By JEREMIAH O’HAGANStaff Reporter

More bad budget news might slosh city and county govern-ments in November.

Two liquor initiatives are on the general election ballot, both seeking to privatize the sale of hard alcohol and spirits, taking state liquor stores out of the equa-tion, and might further strain lo-cal revenues.

I-1100, known as the Costco initiative, would do away with government markups on liquor, up to 51.9 percent, but keep ex-cise taxes in place. If it passes, Island County would lose about $170,000 annually, said Elaine Marlow, budget director.

The initiative would also dis-solve the state’s current three-tier control system, which segregates the manufacturing, distribution and retailing of alcohol.

Exterminating the tiered sys-tem would open the door for re-tailers to negotiate prices based on volume. This is one reason why wholesalers, like Costco, are enthusiastic supporters of the ini-tiative.

Some smaller manufacturers, specifically wineries, have spoken out against the initiative for this same reason, arguing they don’t have the manufacturing capacity to offer volume-based discounts. The current system, which sets price at a per-liter rate, regardless of the volume purchased, pro-vides a “level playing field” for manufacturers, regardless of their capacity for production.

Instead, opponents favor a competing measure, I-1105, which includes price controls based on volume, similar to the current system, and makes use of distributors.

However, I-1105 would cut local government revenues even deeper. Not only does it seek

to privatize liquor sales and do away with government markups, it would also repeal liquor excise taxes, which currently brings Island County about $95,000 annually.

If this initiative passes in No-vember, the county will be out $265,000, Marlow said, or more than 10 percent of the $2 million in budget cuts already necessary.

City revenue would also be af-fected if either initiative passes.

Crystil Robinson, the city’s finance director, said Stanwood would lose $46,000 or $72,000 an-nually, depending on which initia-tive passes.

For a city facing its own budget crisis, “It’s serious money,” Mayor Dianne White said.

Even though I-1105 seeks to repeal the excise tax, the language of the initiative states, “The liquor board would direct the legislature to tax alcohol at a per liter rate maintaining current state revenues, and funds meant specifically for cities and counties.”

No specifics are provided. If either initiative passes, pri-

vate retailers can begin acquiring licenses to sell liquor on June 1, 2011, and by the end of next year, all state-run liquor stores will be shut down.

If both initiatives pass, the issue will likely go to the courts, Marlow said.

If it’s not resolved in the courts, the legislature can either harmo-nize the two initiatives or give deference to one, with a two-thirds majority vote.

In preparation for the possible lack of revenue, Marlow is includ-ing a placeholder in the draft bud-get.

“I’ve factored that contingency in, and as we go through the budget process we’ll discuss how to handle it,” she said.

Staff Reporter Jeremiah O’Hagan: 629-8066 ext. 125 or ohagan@scnews.com.

The ninth anniversary of 9/11 arrived on a cool Saturday morning and was honored through-out the community. At the commemorative grand opening of the new Madrona/Vista Sta-tion, on Camano, it floated on the bagpipe pitches of “Amazing Grace.” Norma Smith (R - 10th Legislative District) recalled 9/11 as a day when “Our enemies tried to bring us to our knees. We fell do our knees, in prayer, and then stood … and responded with the very best of the human spirit.” That spirit was evidenced as area residents united on many fronts, focusing their energy on President Obama’s request to honor the country with a National Day of Service. At Church Creek Park, David Thompson, bishop of the Stanwood ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, directed congregation members’ efforts to clean up the grounds. Other members worked at Cama Beach and Camano Island state parks. Honor Earth also kicked off on Camano. In a moment of silence at the new fire sta-tion dedication, only one thing could be heard — an airplane, stretching across the sky and trailing a plume as white as a fresh beginning. For more photos of events, see pages A2, C1.

By JEREMIAH O’HAGANStaff Reporter

The planning commission conducted its annual joint work-shop with Stanwood City Coun-cil Thursday night, where it pre-sented two code amendments for consideration.

No action was taken, and both amendments affected only the language of the codes — no map-ping changes were proposed.

The first recommended change dealt with city water ser-vices. Currently, the city’s water service area extends far outside city limits. Andy Bullington, pub-lic works director, said this large

service area, coupled with the fact that the city’s water reservoir is about half the size originally rec-ommended, due to funding short-falls, prompted this question: Do we have enough water to provide maximum capacity for the plots within our water service area?

“The answer is, we don’t,” he said.

Stanwood has the water to meet its current capacity, so the planning commission recom-mended restructuring water ser-vices in a three-tiered system that ensures residents and new developments within city limits are the first priority for receiving services.

The second priority will be

residents outside city limits, but within the urban growth area (UGA), said Rebecca Lind, plan-ning director.

Residents in the UGA may receive municipal water services through annexation to the city. An exception would be made for pre-existing single-family residences with environmental health needs, Lind said.

Outside the UGA, the amend-ments states that services will be provided only “to existing customers on properties served through contractual agreements,” or when it was deemed necessary “to protect public health, safety, welfare and the environment.”

By ADAM STEWARTStaff Reporter

With students settling into classroom routines, Stanwood-Camano School District administration has already made some modifi-cations in personnel.

Linda Littlefield, execu-tive director of human re-sources, said that the district has been closely monitor-

ing the number of students at each grade level in every school.

A couple class sizes are above targets, she explained to the board of directors last Tuesday.

As such, a teaching posi-tion for a combination sec-ond- and third-grade class at Twin City Elementary was added.

Littlefield said the deci-

sion was “unavoidable” and “not the only need in the dis-trict.”

But with a tight budget, the district “may get creative with solutions,” she said.

Two half-time kinder-garten positions were filled, split between Elger Bay El-ementary and Utsalady El-ementary.

However, the district will only see a change in the fund

balance for one of the kin-dergarten positions because one addition was anticipat-ed in the budget, said Gary Platt, executive of business operations.

Platt estimated the total cost of the changes, includ-ing shuttle transportation for eight fifth-graders from Stanwood Elementary to Twin City Elementary for the school year, around

$122,000.Roger Meyers, president

of the school board, ap-plauded the effort to make necessary changes.

“I appreciate the timely response of administration to deal with the problem,” he said.

As far as total student population, the district is down — 120 less than the count last May.

The official starting en-rollment, taken on Sept. 8, came in at 4,710 students, just two shy of the budget projection for the year.

“It’s nice to be that close,” said Platt.

It means tweaks to the budget will remain minimal, for now.

Platt said the district is waiting to receive a final

District enrollment numbers look good

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In memory of Sept. 11, 2001

Wisters is a female cat brought in with her friend, Sylvester. They were previously in a home together, and would love to go to another home together. For more information, call the N.O.A.H. Center, 629-7055, or visit www.thenoahcenter.org.

Stories at libraryStories, songs and crafts

for children and families are offered weekly, 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Sept. 24 – Nov. 12 at Camano Island Library, 848 N. Sunrise Blvd. For information call 387-5150.

Camano Chapel Women’s Bible study

Women’s Bible study be-gins this week at Camano Chapel. Childcare is offered at the Wednesday evening and Thursday morning classes. See the Web site at camanochapel.org or call Heidi Delich at 387-7202 for information on the upcoming studies and other women’s ministry events.

Ladies Bible study starts Sept. 15

Mountain Top Ministries has announced its Ladies Bible Studies group will gather at the home of Billie Hansen, 332 Melrose St. in Camaloch on Ca-mano Island Wednesdays start-ing Sept. 15, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The topic is “The Precious Blood of Jesus.” For directions, call Billie at 387-1229.

Radio club meets at Madrona

The Amateur Radio Club will meet Thur, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. at Madrona Fire Station, 916 West 5th Street, on the north-west side of Camano Island. The program this month will be presented by KF7HDA. Dave will be telling us about his sailing/radio adventures while crossing the Pacific from Puer-to Vallarta to Hawaii. Elections will be held for president, vice president and treasurer.

Shoes for kidsVouchers for shoes are avail-

able for families in need, 9 a.m. to noon on the first and third Friday of each month at Saint Cecilia Church. The vouchers are from the Marlece Duncan Memorial Shoe Fund, estab-lished in 1987. Children 5 to 18 years old who attend school in the Stan-wood/Camano School

District are eligible. Partici-pating stores that accept the vouchers are K-mart in Marys-ville and Burlington only. The vouchers are returned to the church for payment. The shoe fund is administered through The Women’s Guild. Dona-tions are always welcome.

Send checks marked Mar-lece Shoe Fund to St. Cecilia Catholic Church, P.O. Box 1002, Stanwood. For informa-tion, e-mail ggburn-sey2@netzero.net.

EYP for middle school ages

Camano Chapel Junior High Ministries offers Experience Youth Project (EYP) midweek fun with games, snacks and talk, 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Shuttle from town leaves Dol-lar Store at 5:40 p.m. and re-turns at 8 p.m. Information at www.eyp7.org.

AWANA starts Wednesday

The first night of AWANA Club at Camano Chapel is 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 15. Junior high and high school meet 5:30-6:15 p.m. A per- child or per-family fee is collected. For informa-tion call 387-7202. Leave a message at extension 333.

Garden club visits arboretum

The Camano Garden Club will meet 9:30 a.m. Sept. 16 at the Camano Commons Park & Ride to carpool to this month’s destination, the Evergreen Ar-boretum in Everett. Founded in the 1960s, the arboretum was the brainchild of the Everett Garden Club. There are nine different gardens, a demonstra-tion garden and northwest na-tive trails, which will be viewed on the club’s 11 a.m. guided tour. For information call Kari Lightner 387-9855 or Marilyn Hackler 387-8819.

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she had found drugs, includ-ing a loaded syringe, in her 21-year-old son’s room. He also said the son was hard to wake up. The deputy re-

sponded to the house and re-quested that Camano Island Fire and Rescue (CIFR) also respond, due to a possible overdose. When they arrived, the woman had collected the suspect items from her son’s room. The son was awake, but very groggy. CIFR de-termined that he was physi-cally OK before he sat down to talk with the deputy. The son confirmed that the sy-ringe was his, and said it was loaded with brown tar heroin. He also admitted to facing 20 other felony charges. The heroin and other items were seized as evidence.

A deputy was dispatched

to reports of a possible DUI on Camano Island on Sept. 3. When the deputy caught up to the green 1995 Mercury Cougar, he initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of SR 532 and Smith Road, af-ter observing the car traveling significantly slower than the posted speed limit of 50 mph. as well as weaving and brak-ing sporadically. The deputy approached the 40-year-old male driver, who was unable to produce a driver’s license or proof of insurance. He said his license was suspend-ed due to issues in California. A check of the man’s license confirmed this. He agreed to

field sobriety tests, which he passed, and was cited in con-nection with driving with li-cense suspended.

On Sept. 4, a 54-year-old man reported that his John Deere riding lawnmower had been stolen from the carport of his Othello Road residence sometime between Aug. 28 and Sept. 4. The mower was five years old, and had been purchased for $2,000. There are no suspects.

A deputy stopped a gold 2006 Lexus SUV on Sept. 3, after his radar confirmed the vehicle was traveling 44 mph in a 35-mph zone. When he approached the 53-year-old male driver, the deputy smelled intoxicants and ob-served that the man’s speech sounded slightly slurred, and his face was flushed. His eyes were bloodshot and watery, and his pupils were dilated. The man said he had two glasses of wine. He agreed to take one field sobriety test, which he did not pass. The man refused further tests, and also refused to submit a breath sample. He asked to speak to his attorney, and said his wife, a passenger in the vehicle, had the phone number. After failing to con-tact his attorney, the man was put in touch with a public defender. After speaking to the public defender, the man agreed to a breath test. He was cited in connection with driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Month Dance. The lesson is free with paid admission to the dance. Dancing is 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. No partner necessary, at 2227 S. Camano Dr., just south of Elger Bay Cafe. Call 360-387-6842 for more informa-tion.

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ter will collect the “gift of life” at a blood drive at St. Cecilia’s Church, 26900 78th Ave. NW, on Camano Island Mon, Sept. 20, noon to 6 p.m., sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. For information call Jack Car-tee at 360-629-3091.

Potluck luncheonSaint Cecilia Women’s Guild

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Coming events at the senior center

• The Camano Zumba Fit-ness Team hosts a Zumba-style 1950’s “sock hop” Fri, Sept. 17, 6 to 8 p.m., to benefit the not-for-profit Camano Senior and Community Center.

• Computer classes start Sept. 20 at the Camano Senior and Community Center, with Intro to MS word 2007 starting Sept. 23. Call for information,

387-0222.• First dance of the season at

the Camano Senior and Com-munity Center is Sat, Sept. 18, featuring music by Camano Junction 7-10 p.m. Tickets at the door. The band will be say-ing good-bye to trumpet player Chuck Mander who is relocat-ing to Florida.

• Registrations are being ac-cepted for the holiday craft and gift bazaar set for Nov. 20 and 21. Space is limited; sign up at camanocenter.org.

To register or get more infor-mation go to www.camanocen-ter.org or call 360-387-0222.

Sample the 2008 Leonidas Sept. 25

Dusty Cellars Winery, 529 Michael Way, on Camano Is-land, is offering complimentary wine tastings of its newest re-lease, a 2008 Leonidas, from noon to 5 p.m. Sat, Sept. 25. In-formation at www.dustycellars.net or call 387-2171.

Charlie Chaplin at outdoor cinema

The Camano Island Free Outdoor Cinema runs through Sept. 24 on the south end of Camano Island. On Sept. 17 a live performance by Avner the Eccentric and R. and R. Chum-leigh will entertain before the movies start, and musicologist legend, Hokum W. Jeebs will accompany the Charlie Chaplin short, “The Pawn Shop” on his portable electric organ. Avner is best known in the U.S. for his role as the “Jewel” in the film “Jewel of the Nile.” Hokum W. Jeebs may be remembered locally for his Piano Ala Carte at the late lamented Mayfest. The live show and the Chaplin movie are suitable for all ages, but the feature film, the classic and bizarre “Freaks,” directed by Tod Browning in 1933 may

not be suitable for younger children because of the short bit of implied violence at the end. Admission is free but donations are accepted at the snack bar. The venue is at the south west corner of East Camano Drive and Dallman Road. Gates open 7 p.m. show starts at 7:30, in the circus tent in case of rain. For information see www.chum-leigh.com or call 387-4579.

Learn how to capture and soak up storm water runoff from certified professional horticulturist and organic landscape designer, Zsofia Pasztor, who will explain the best location, design and maintenance for rain gardens and what types of plants are best for beauty and function Wed, Sept. 15, 7 p.m., at Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 East Camano Drive. For information see www.ca-manowildlifehabitat.org, call 387-2236, or e-mail cama-nobwh@yahoo.com.

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Island County Sheriff’s deputies on Camano Island responded to the following recently:

On Sept. 5, a deputy using radar between Smith Road and Good Road on Camano Island, observed a white 2003 Toyota Camry traveling 60 mph in a 45-mph zone. The deputy acti-vated his lights and pulled behind the car, which sig-naled as if to pull off the road, then continued on. The car did this four times before finally pulling over near the AM/PM in Stanwood. When the deputy approached the vehicle, he smelled intoxi-cants. He asked the driver, a 23-year-old man, why he hadn’t stopped.

The man said he didn’t see anywhere to pull off the road. The man’s speech was slurred, and his eyes were bloodshot, watery and droopy. He was unable to provide proof of insurance, and declined to take field sobriety tests. The deputy asked him to step out of the vehicle. The man said “No.”

The fourth time the man refused to get out of his car, the deputy told him that he was under arrest and asked him once more to please step out of the vehicle.

The man refused again, and said, “Tase me.” The deputy called for backup and attempted to escort the man from the vehicle, but the man grabbed the steering wheel and tried to climb back in the car. Finally, the officer got the man out of the vehicle and onto the ground, but the

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The man began clench-ing his fists and raising his hands at the deputy, who warned him that his behavior was threatening, and that he may be tased. When the man moved toward the deputy, with his fists up, the deputy tased him.

The man fell to the ground and the deputy moved in to handcuff him. The man was still fighting, trying to get away, and the deputy was forced to use a stun gun on him. Still the man resisted until a Snohomish County deputy arrived to assist. To-gether, the deputies gained control of the man and placed him in handcuffs. When they asked the man why he had re-sisted them, he said he “had a really bad day.”

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Station 4, the new Madrona/Vista station, was a gathering place for residents honoring the ninth anniversary of 9/11. Carrying memories of loved ones and hope for the future, they united un-der one flag. Sent aloft by the Camano Island Fire and Rescue Color Guard, then lowered to half-mast, this flag marked not only an anniversary but also a birth — of a new firehouse, an in-creased capacity for service, and a renewed sense of duty, honor and country.

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The Internal Revenue Service may have money for certain taxpayers. If a tax-payer’s income was below the limit that required them to file a tax return, they may still be due a refund.

If a taxpayer has not filed a prior year tax return and is due a refund, they should consider filing the return to claim that refund.

If a taxpayer is missing a refund for a previously filed tax return, they should con-tact the IRS to check the sta-tus of their refund and con-firm their current address.

Unclaimed refundsSome people may have

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Others may not have had any tax withheld but would be eligible for the refundable Earned Income Tax Credit.

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As the economy continues to flounder, credit scores are plummeting. According to a leading producer of credit scores, FICO inc., more than 43 million people now have a credit score of 599 or below. Credit scores range from 300-850.

Washington State Insurance Commis-sioner Mike Kreidler warns consumers to be careful when using credit – it could in-crease your insurance costs.

Today, most insurance companies use your credit information and other factors to create what they call an “insurance credit score.” The lower your score, the more you could pay for auto and homeowners insur-ance.

“We warned people last year - if the economy failed to rebound, we would see people’s credit scores dive,” said Kreidler. “Many people still out of work are strug-gling and relying more on their credit cards to pay bills. Unfortunately, those with the largest drops in their credit scores could pay as much as 8-15 percent more for in-surance.”

Kreidler pushed legislation last year to ban the insurers’ use of credit information. Many legislators, consumer advocates and those impacted by the practice of credit scoring supported Senate Bill 6252, but

the legislation failed to reach the senate floor.

Kreidler still supports banning credit scoring but believes short of a ban, con-sumers need to be educated on how simple credit choices they’re making in today’s economy – choices that sound reasonable to most – could cost them higher insur-ance rates.

“Today, your insurance credit score can make up as much as 50 percent of your auto and homeowners rates,” warned Kreidler. “Be careful of consolidating credit cards, lowering your credit card limits, or canceling your cards. Buying large ticket item with 12-months deferred interest and opening a store card to get a 10 percent discount on a purchase can also impact your scores, as well as open-ing a new credit card to get frequent flyer miles.

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The Everett office of the Washington State Depart-ment of Revenue is hosting a free workshop for new and small business owners Thurs-day, Sept. 16, 1 – 4:30 p.m. at the Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., in Everett.

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The state Department of Ecology Washington Con-servation Corps is currently hiring crew members for the next service year, which starts Oct. 1. Ecology has secured $1.9 million in a federal AmeriCorps grant to hire young adults ages 18-25, with 180 positions are available statewide.

The WCC is part of the national AmeriCorps pro-gram that provides critical environmental and commu-nity service to Washington residents across the state.

Typical work includes building trails, planting trees and natural vegetation and biological monitoring.

Established in response to an economic downturn in 1983, the WCC program was greatly expanded its environmental and commu-nity service in 1994 when it became affiliated with the federal AmeriCorps pro-gram.

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“This is an age group facing about a 17.5 percent national unemployment rate,” said Gov. Chris Gre-goire.

“Through this funding, we’re able to provide criti-cal jobs for our emerging workforce.

At the same time, they work to restore and reha-bilitate our environment, ensuring Washington state maintains its unmatched quality of life.”

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Snohomish County is issuing more than $18 mil-lion in limited tax general obligation bonds this week in order to fund a variety of infrastructure improve-ments throughout the coun-ty.

For the first time, local residents are invited to in-vest in these secured, inter-est-bearing bonds at $5,000 increments.

“We’re offering the general public a chance to invest in projects that will directly benefit them,” Sno-homish County Executive Aaron Reardon said.

The bonds are being sold in two separate series.

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Commerce launched the first phase of the Cash for Appliances Washington on March 15, offering a $75 rebate on new Energy Star refrigerators when the old unit is recycled. Phase 1 also offered a $100 re-bate on qualified high-effi-ciency Energy Star clothes washers. This summer’s Phase 2 launch increases the clothes washer rebate to $150, helping to further offset the purchase price and generate sales and en-ergy savings. All custom-ers who have submitted an eligible application and/or received a rebate check for $100 clothes washer rebate will automatically receive an additional check for $50. These rebates may be combined with available

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To help library patrons assess where they’re wast-ing energy, Snohomish County Public Utility Dis-trict and Sno-Isle Libraries are partnering to offer free electricity wattmeters for

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Cooking with herbs and spices makes all the dif-ference in the world to the end product, your meal. If you’ve never learned how to use spices, here is a bit of advice. Do yourself a favor and copy this list and stick it to your fridge.

1. Bay leaf – Used in stews, soup and great with pot roast. Go easy. Bay leaves are strong, especially California bay leaves, which are the kind most grocery stores stock. I use 1/2 a leaf in my stews.

2. Basil – Ah, the taste of summer. Who can resist fresh basil and tomatoes from the garden, tossed with olive oil and garlic on a plate full of pasta? Dried,

it’s wonderful in soups, pas-ta dishes and chicken.

3. Dill – It’s not just for pickles. Try some dill sprin-kled on fish, chicken or even in a light cream soup.

4. Garlic – Nectar of the gods, well, bulb of the gods anyway. Garlic has a way of making the most ordinary food gourmet. Try sprin-kling garlic powder (not garlic salt) into a prepared box of white cheddar maca-roni and cheese. Surprise! It’s pretty good. Fresh though, is best. Squeeze it from a garlic press into al-most anything.

5. Ginger – Sprinkle it in your stir-fry, try it on baked chicken breasts with a little soy sauce and garlic. Just like anything, fresh is best. (It’s that alien-looking root mass in the produce depart-

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7. Oregano – A staple in Italian cooking, it’s good in stews and salad dressings.

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9. Tarragon – An almost licorice flavor, this delicate herb takes front and center in vinaigrettes, as a deli-cious sprinkle on the top of baked or poached poultry and fish.

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Even though I’m not numbering these last two, I need to give a shout out to plain old salt and pep-per. But not just the stuff in the blue cylinder with the little girl on the label or the familiar pepper sitting in the red and white can; I’m talking about sea salt and freshly ground pepper. You can buy both ready to go right in the grinders. Once you’ve used this kind of salt and pepper, you’ll never go back to the old stuff. It’s that much better.

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A pathway installation is a testament to the arbo-retum’s mission to bring together gardens and art for the city of Everett, Snohom-ish County and the world at large.

When the project began in 2008 the arboretum’s board of directors never

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Dear EarthTalk: Within my lawn I have 100 fruit trees. When I use Scott’s Bonus S Weed and Feed, am I feeding my new fruit any poison? Will the weed killer be taken up by the fruit? – Richard Weiss-man, Miami, FL

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Of course, homeowners aren’t the only ones who want lush plant or grass growth without weeds. Farmers have been using atrazine for decades all over the country, although not surprisingly concentrations are highest along the Midwest’s so-called corn belt. The herbicide consistently delivers slightly increased agricultural yields, but environmentalists wonder at what cost. The Natural Resources De-fense Council (NRDC), a leading environ-mental research and advocacy non-profit, reports that atrazine exposure has been shown to impair the reproductive systems of amphibians and mammals, and has been linked to cancer in both laboratory animals and humans. Male frogs exposed to minute doses of the herbicide can de-velop female sex characteristics, includ-ing hermaphroditism and the presence of eggs in the testes. Researchers believe

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As to safer alternatives, Garrett recom-mends organic fertilizers.

“Synthetic fertilizers are unbalanced, often contain contaminants, have no carbon energy, contain far too much ni-trogen and have few trace minerals,” he said.

“Organic fertilizers, on the other hand, contain naturally buffered blends of major nutrients, trace minerals, organ-ic matter and carbon. They have lots of beneficial life and, most important, they contain nothing that will damage the roots of your trees and other plants.”

Some of Garret’s top choices include corn gluten meal (a natural way to pre-vent the growth of new weeds), THRIVE by AlphaBio, Garrett Juice, Ladybug, Medina, and Soil Mender. More and more choices are coming on the market all the time thanks to the growing popu-larity of organic gardening.

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Trade your burn barrel for a compost bin

EarthTalk: Weed and feed fertilizers

Master Gardener training

Organic fertilizers contain nothing that will damage the roots of your trees and other plants.

Action Pageswww.shopstanwoodcamano.com

Home &

GardenA special monthly

theme page for home improvement businesses on the

2nd Tuesday of each month.

Call 360-629-2155 for more infoBurn barrels can be exchanged for compost bins in Island County on

Sept. 18.

If you get the dreaded survey call, don’t hang up.

Stanwood-Camano resi-dents will be called by a market research firm start-ing Sept. 14 to measure sup-port for a potential YMCA facility, programs and ser-vices to be located in the area.

Calls will continue un-til 700 surveys have been completed – likely within 10 to 14 days.

A broad-based com-munity team including Stanwood Mayor Dianne White, Island County Com-missioner John Dean, and the YMCA of Snohomish County is organizing the ef-fort to poll the community about their interest in hav-ing a YMCA here.

“Our community is re-ally feeling the loss of swimming facilities due to private pool closure,” said Mayor White.

“We are hopeful that positive survey results will shorten the typical two- to five-year timeframe it can take to open the doors to a new YMCA. Our communi-ty needs a facility like this as soon as possible.”

An average-sized YMCA of 44,000 square feet could include an aquatic center, gymnasium, child care fa-cilities, youth and teen ac-tivity rooms, weight rooms, and other health and well-ness facilities.

Funds for the market research study have been raised locally.

“We are truly grateful to our primary sponsor, who wishes to remain anony-mous, and to our other do-nors including the city of Stanwood, Design Stan-wood, Island County, Stan-wood-Camano Kiwanis, Stanwood Lions, Stanwood-Camano Rotary, Stanwood Chamber of Commerce, and Stanwood-Camano Swim-ming for their contribu-tions to this study. Without them, this critical first step in obtaining a YMCA for our community could not happen,” explained Theresa Metzger, Executive Direc-tor of the Stanwood-Ca-mano Area Foundation, and a member of the organizing committee.

The committee wants the community to know the fol-lowing information about the survey:

• Phone calls will start on Tuesday, Sept. 14 and will continue until the sur-veys have been completed, likely within 10 to 14 days.

• A local phone number, 629-YMCA (9622), will show up on caller ID when the research firm calls.

• The research firm is Triangle 2, based in Tennes-see, who specializes in mar-ket research for YMCAs.

• Phone numbers are se-lected at random. Anyone who is not called can still

participate via an online survey Sept. 20-29.

• A typical phone survey will last about 10 minutes. An answering machine message will be left if the call is not picked up.

• Numbers on the Na-tional Do-Not-Call Registry will still be called as market research is exempt from the registry.

• Survey results will be shared with the community in November.

For information, contact the Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation, 360 629-6878 or info@s-caf.org.

YMCA of SnoCo The Y is one of the

nation’s leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living, and social re-sponsibility. Since 1901, the YMCA of Snohomish Coun-ty has engaged men, women, and children – regardless of age, income, or background – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation’s health and well-being, and provide opportu-nities to give back and sup-port neighbors.

For information see ymca-snoco.org.

THANK YOU!I DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION AND ASK FOR YOUR

CONTINUED SUPPORT TO ELECT ME AS YOUR COUNTY CLERK IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

DEBRA VAN PELT (D)Paid by the Committee to Elect Debra Van Pelt, P.O. Box 517, Coupeville, WA 98239

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The old Stanwood/Camano NEWS presses will be getting a new home in San Luis, Mexico soon. Crews took four days removing the early 1970s Goss Community Press from the downtown Stanwood facility last week. Impres-sions Worldwide of Burlington purchased the grease lubricated gearing “greasers” press to sell to an existing newspaper. The NEWS began having its paper printed at Skagit Publishing’s state-of-the-art press facility late last summer.

Presses going to Mexico

PHOTOS BY COLLEEN PEARSON | STANWOOD/CAMANO NEWS

Stanwood-Camano YMCA survey calls starts Sept. 14

Dan Larson (right), son of Bob and Donnie Larson, speaks on behalf of the Larson family during the dedication of Stanwood High’s athletic facility that has been officially renamed in honor of his father who, as superintendent, spearheaded the drive that provided the federal funds for the entire ath-letic complex nearly 35 years ago. Bob’s widow, Donnie, is seated holding the plaque honoring her husband’s contributions that will be displayed at the complex.

Dedication

word on funding per stu-dent from the state.

“Overall, we’re looking good,” he said, “assuming allocations aren’t messed with too much.”

Using the monthly changes in enrollment from last school year, Platt es-timated what the starting enrollment tally may mean financially.

Assuming similar fluxes, the nine-month average for enrollment would sit around 4,686.

The difference between the average and the budget-ed enrollment number, mul-tiplied by the apportionment per student could potentially mean a decrease in the fund balance of approximately $133,000.

The data is based on his-torical turnover in the district, mainly from students at the high school level, some of whom are taking advantage of college-credit programs such as Running Start.

Platt said the high school is over their budgeted enroll-ment right now, which is a good thing.

“You never know, hope-fully things will level off,” he said.

Combined with cost in-creases at the start of the year, the district may find a net decrease of $255,000, as-suming actual revenues and expenditures will equal the amounts budgeted for the

year.News out of Olympia re-

garding per pupil allocations may or may not change that number for the worse.

“That’s why we need the reserve fund,” said Platt. “It covers the ups and downs without disrupting activity in the schools.”

In other school board news:

The board of directors approved a request by the district to purchase two 12-passenger buses during the current school year. Capital outlay expenditures exceed-ing $50,000 require approval. The approximate price of each bus, expected to be ordered this month, is $55,000.

According to a memo sent to directors by Mike Olson, assistant superintendant of operations, there is sufficient funding in the transporta-tion vehicle fund to cover the costs.

Roofing projects at Bob Larson Stadium and Twin City Elementary have been completed. The stadium proj-ect came in at $226,003 and the roof at the elementary school cost $201,219.

Lifetouch National School Studios donated photo commissions of $365 to Elger Bay Elementary.

Pat Logan, the parent of a former student, donated the cost to repair two bassoons to the Stanwood High School band department, a value of $1,095.

Staff Reporter Adam

Stewart: 629-8066 ext. 115 or astewart@scnews.com.

District

By JEREMIAH O’HAGANStaff Reporter

Many of the last pieces in the SR 532 corridor project are coming to a conclusion.

Crews have stripped the old bridge of its concrete deck and are now attacking the steel girders and con-crete piers. They have also begun to reshape the east ap-proach, blending it with the new embankment.

In downtown Stanwood, work continues between Camano Street and 104th Avenue NW. Curbs, drive-ways and drainage remain the focus, along with new streetlights.

At the intersection of SR 532 and 12th Avenue NW/

East Sunday Lake Road, crews are planning to pave this week, if the weather co-operates. Once the asphalt cures, crews will stripe the final lane configurations with turn lanes that increase safety and ease congestion as SR 532, Old 99, 12th Avenue NW and East Sunday Lake Road coalesce.

Finally, drivers should be aware of changes at Olympic View Place. Crews have been building a new access road to connect Olympic View Place to 81st Avenue, and are plan-ning to pave the beginning of the week. Once the access road is opened, it will be the only way to get to Olympic View Place — access from SR 532 will be closed to all traffic except emergency ve-

hicles, for safety reasons. As the typically wet fall

weather rolls into the area, scheduling becomes less pre-dictable and more dependent upon nature’s cooperation, said WSDOT spokesman Dave Chesson. Drivers can check the contact informa-tion listed below for the most up-to-date information about lane closures.

Visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Northwest/Snohomish/Con-struction for specific lane closure information, or www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr532 for general project in-formation.

Staff Reporter Jeremiah O’Hagan: 629-8066 ext. 125 or ohagan@scnews.com.

General Mark Clark Bridge demolished

Crews are busy demolishing the old bridge. The deck is already off, and now the piers are coming down.

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The fee schedule for obituaries in Stanwood/Camano NEWS has been established at $10.90 per column inch, with the first four inches free. A photo carries no extra fee, but does count as billed inches. A short death announcement the week prior to the full obituary is free of charge. Obituary notices may be sent by email to obit@scnews.com along with a .jpg photo attached separately, or by mail to, P.O. Box 999, Stanwood, WA, 98292. To link an obituary to an online guest book, referred to as a Legacy posting, there will be an additional $11.50 charge. For more information call 360-629-2155.

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A Snohomish County Sher-iff’s Office corrections deputy was charged with one count of voyeurism late last week stem-ming from an incident that oc-curred at the county jail earlier this summer.

William Elliott, 52, of Sno-homish, has been on paid admin-istrative leave since June 25. He

has been a corrections deputy for more than 22 years.

The incident leading to the charge against him occurred June 10 at the jail when he allegedly volunteered to help another cor-rections deputy oversee some fe-male inmates in the release area of the jail where they change their clothes before leaving.

Elliott was not assigned to this area, and was allegedly told by the other corrections deputy that his help was not needed, but he stayed anyway. Both correc-tions deputies were in a room adjacent to the changing room.

The corrections deputy who witnessed the alleged voyeur-ism said he caught Elliott look-

ing at an angle through a small window between the two rooms as one woman changed from her jail-issued clothing to her personal clothing in a corner of the changing room. The woman was not aware of what hap-pened.

The corrections deputy who was in the room with Elliott at

the time and witnessed the al-leged voyeurism immediately reported it to his supervisors.

The incident was investigat-ed by sheriff’s office detectives and referred to the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office for review. The sheriff’s office will also be conducting an internal investigation into the matter.

Corrections deputy charged with voyeurism

PHOTO COURTESY WSDOT

PHOTO BY JOHN GALBREATH | STANWOOD/CAMANO NEWS

Candie’s Kids is located at 8620 271st St. NW, be-tween the Snow Goose Bookstore and the Stan-wood Grill.

Kitty Kat is a sweet 2-year-old cat. She was found roaming the streets, which is where she has spent most of her life, but she loves people and is now look-ing for a family to love. For information about adopting Kitty Kat, call the N.O.A.H. Center, 360-629-7055, or visit www.thenoahcenter.org.

Chewy is a very nice looking 4-year-old red male Chow. The ladies here at the shelter think he looks like a giant Pomeranian! Chewy is ready to go home with a new family, please come see him today at CASA, 160 Can Ku Road, Camano Island, 387-1902.

Now settled in its new location, the children’s con-signment store, Candie’s Kids Boutique impressed the Consumer Products and Safety Commission team, when they made a surprise inspection. They found no vi-olations. The inspector tested every single toy in the toy room and found none with any lead content, nor was there anything on the recall list for sale at the store.

They said that Candie’s set the bar for what each children’s consignment shop should do and how they should maintain their inven-tory.

Their new location, is at 8620 271st St. NW, between the Snow Goose Bookstore and the Stanwood Grill, across the street from the train station.

The consignment store carries new and gently used children’s clothing in sizes 0 to 14/16 for girls and boys, baby equipment, toddler toys, books, exersaucers, changing

tables, rocking chairs, cribs and car seats.

They also have the larg-est selection of maternity wear and accessories in the region, Candie said.

Each month Candie’s Kids contributes to the Chil-dren’s Hospital through her “Bears for Kids” program, supporting local MOPS and MOMs Clubs. She offers a 50 percent discount on all clothing for foster families.

Open six days a week, Candie’s Kids is helping community members stretch their dollar during this back to school time by holding a 25 cent sale on Sept. 18.

Starting Sept. 17, Can-die’s Kids will host story times with Marisol, the sto-ry fairy every third Friday 10-10:45 a.m. Following the stories, get 15 percent off purchases.

Follow them on Face-book for “secret” discounts and promotions and check out the Web site at www.candieskids.com.

Candie’s Kids sets the bar for children’s consignment shops

Ralph and LeAnn Fry celebrated 50 years of marriage recently. They were married Sept. 3, 1960 at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Eugene, Ore. They met while students at Friends Bible College, in Haviland, Kansas. They have been blessed with a daughter and son and their families, which includes eight grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. They hope to celebrate this milestone by visit-ing family in Sweden. LeAnn’s father immigrat-ed to America and settled in Hoquiam. Ralph and LeAnn say that they celebrate every single day.

These words from He-brews 12:1 have been on my heart in recent days: “We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…”

A chaplain once told me to make sure I listened to the stories of people older than me, because I will be amazed in time at the wisdom their stories hold.

Even if they repeat the same story, just keep listen-ing, he chuckled.

I have taken that advice seriously over the years and I am amazed at how valuable it has been.

Four years ago my first meditation article focused on this very topic as I had just started as pastor at Ca-mano Lutheran Church. I spoke of the many faithful who had gone before me and were part of the building and sustaining the faith and the people of God at Camano Lutheran.

Four years later, the wid-er community of Josephine care facility speaks just as loud and in just as meaning-ful a way.

I serve on the board at Josephine care center and I was struck by how often my prayers for Josephine fo-cus on thanksgiving for the staff and all they bring to the residents at Josephine care facility. I also pray for the residents.

Just recently it became clear to me just how much the “cloud of witnesses”

bring to the staff, the board and the community as well.

On some recent visits with residents at Josephine, I was amazed at the years of wisdom, faith and experi-ence that touched my ears, heart and mind.

I listened to the stories of a man who served in World War II and Korea. He de-scribed the realities of hav-ing to kill another human be-ing, seeing his friends dead next to him, and described God’s presence in the midst of his horror.

Another woman spoke of her adoption experience (my wife and I are adopting) and the fact her mother-in-law never liked her and the strain that was on her.

Another spoke of losing a child; another of the love of her family and still another spoke of how money can destroy us and those around us.

Another spoke of not having much monetarily, but having everything he needed in his family.

What cloud of witnesses do you listen to?

What stories fill your ears?

What have they taught you about God, about life, about living amidst hard-ship?

Just listen, you’ll learn a lot.

– Pastor Scott Brents Camano Lutheran Church

At Warm Beach FreeMethodist Church

we care about you. Please join us for:

GRIEF SHARE A support group for those who have lost a loved one

DIVORCE CARE Help in dealing with the pain of separation or divorce

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITYLearn how to be in control of your money and out of debt

QUESTIONS?360-652-6555

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92ND STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST4226 92nd N.E. Marysville, WA 98270

Dennis E. Niva, MinisterBible Classes, Adults & Children • 9:30 a.m.

Worship and Communion • 10:30 a.m.*Children’s Bible Hour * Attended Nursery

Sunday Evening Service • 6:00 p.m.(Last Sunday evening of the month Hymn Singing Night)

Life Group Home Bible StudiesFOR MORE INFORMATION CALL

360-653-2578“Non-denominational Preaching The Truth

In A Positive Format!”

ANCHOR OF HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH(A Church of the Lutheran Brethren)

Meeting at the Stanwood Sons of Norway Hallnext to Wells Fargo Bank

9:30-10:15 a.m. Sunday School10:15 a.m. Prayer Time

10:30 a.m. Worship ServicePO Box 764, Stanwood • Bob Hosmer, Pastor 360-722-9200

BAHA’I FAITHAn Independent World Religion,

working toward the unity of mankind.All are welcome to attend Worship Services at

Spirit Ridge Inn Library, 146 Spirit Ridge Lane, Camano Island.

Informal discussions and educational programs are also offered for those interested in knowing more about the Baha’i Faith.

For a schedule of activities or general information about the Baha’i Faith,call 425-319-8870 or

visit www.bahaisofcamanoisland.orge-mail: bahaisofcamanoisland@gmail.com

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCHMeeting at Stillaguamish Grange Hall

6521 Pioneer Hwy.Steven Casteel Pastor • 360-629-2252

SUNDAY SCHOOL • 10 a.m.MORNING SERVICE • 11 a.m.

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE • 6 p.m.WED. BIBLE STUDY • 7 p.m.

CAMANO CHAPELA Non-Denomination Community Church

867 S. West Camano DrivePastor Kris Kramer • 360-387-7202

Steve Redfern, Associate PastorMich Michl, Associate Pastor

Matt Lee, Associate PastorSERVICES:

8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.SUNDAY SCHOOL (for all ages Sept - May) • 9:45 a.m.

MOPS (Mothers Pre-Schoolers) • TUES 9:30 a.m.NIGHT MOPS • 2nd & 4th Monday 6 p.m.

High School “Capstone”: 1st, 3rd, 5th • TUES 7:30 pmJunior High “EYP” • TUES 6 p.m.

AWANA • WED 6:30 p.m.WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY • WED 6:30 p.m.

THURS 9 a.m., FRI 9:15 a.m.MEN’S BREAKFAST • SAT 7:30 a.m.

www.camanochapel.org

CAMANO LUTHERANPastor Scott Brents

360-629-4592 Church • 360-629-2253 Child CareHighway 532 at Heichel Rd.

WORSHIP SERVICESWORSHIP SERVICE • 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM

SUNDAY SCHOOL • 9:45 AMNursery available at both services

http://www.camanolutheranchurch.org

CEDARHOME BAPTIST CHURCH29000-68th Ave. N.W. Stanwood WA 98292

Mitch Klein, Senior PastorJason Chollar, Worship Pastor

Dan Hallock, Youth PastorSUNDAY WORSHIP: 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:45 a.m.YOUTH GROUP: Thursdays 6:30 p.m.

www.cedarhomeyouth.comAWANA for K-5th: Tuesdays 6:30 p.m.

360-629-9771www.cedarhome.org

Celebrate Recovery Group Fridays • 7-9 p.m.A Christ Centered Recovery Program for those hurts, habits, and

hang-ups 18 years & up

CEDARHOME SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST28505 68th Ave. NW

360-629-2441Sabbath School, Sat. • 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service, Sat. • 10:45 a.m.Cedarhome Christian School • 360-629-5340

Amanda Kobberstad, Teacher

CHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCHNEW LOCATION: President’s Elementary School

505 E. 3rd, St. ArlingtonSUNDAYS • 10 a.m.

For small groups in Stanwood-Camano • 360-939-0659www.ctkonline.com

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST725 North Sixth St., Mount Vernon

SERVICES • SUNDAY 10 a.m.WEDNESDAY EVE • 7:30 p.m.

Sunday School & Childcare availableReading Room: 321 Kincaid St., Mount Vernon

360-336-2382Open Tues., Thurs., Fri. 12 - 3 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.OPEN TO ALL

FREEBORN LUTHERAN, E.L.C.A.Pastor Donald Brekhus

2304 300th N.W., East of I-5, Exit 215360-629-3149

WORSHIP SERVICE • 10 a.m.Childcare provided

COMMUNION 1st & 3rd Sun. of Month

ISLAND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP(Calvary Chapel Affiliate)

66 N.E. Camano Dr. • 360-387-2299Senior Pastor Michael Evers

SUNDAY WORSHIP • 9 a.m., 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.TUESDAY WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY • 10 a.m.

WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY • 7 p.m.THURSDAY PRAYER/BIBLE STUDY • 7 p.m.

FRIDAY EXILED YOUTH CHURCH • 7:33 p.m.www.islandchristianfellowship.com

ISLAND BAPTIST CHURCH147 N. Woodland Dr. Camano IslandPastor Rick Mitchell • 360-387-6171

SUNDAY SCHOOL • 9:15 a.m.MORNING WORSHIP • 10:30 a.m.

(Nursery Care Provided)MENS GROUP, SAT. 8 a.m.

WOMENS BIBLE STUDY TUE. • 9:30 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.(Childcare Provided)

YOUTH GROUP, WED. • 6 p.m.CHOIR PRACTICE, WED. • 7 p.m.

ibccamano.org

MABANA CHAPEL3871 South Camano Drive • 360-387-6431Greg Summers & Tony Garland, Pastors

SUNDAY SCHOOL • 9:45 a.m.WORSHIP SERVICE • 11 a.m.

WED. PRAYER • 7 p.m.MON. BIBLE STUDY • 7 p.m.

www.mabanachapel.org

NEW VIEW CHURCHSunday Morning Gathering • 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Camano Gathering 10:00 a.m.newviewchurch.com

Wednesday Youth Gathering • 7:00-8:30 p.m.8028 272nd St. NW Stanwood • 629-2600

OUR SAVIOUR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH27201-99th Ave. NW, P.O. Box 370

Stanwood, WA 98292Mark A. Bankson, Pastor

Alex Eby, Worship and MusicLauren Jespersen, Youth Director

Erik Ronning, Senior ChoirCONTEMPORARY WORSHIP – 8:45 amTRADITIONAL WORSHIP – 10:45 am

FELLOWSHIP/COFFEE HOUR – 9:45 amSUNDAY SCHOOL (ages 3-adult) – 9:50 amCommunion 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month

360-629-3767 or 360-629-3772www.stanwoodoslc.org

RIVER OF LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCHPastor Brad Hering

For more information 360-387-2600Meets at Camano Community & Senior Center

606 Arrowhead RoadWORSHIP SERVICE • 10 a.m.

Nursery and Children’s Sunday SchoolYouth & Home groups, call for time & location

ST. AIDAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH1813 EAST SR 532, Camano Island

The Reverend Dr. Robert Dietel, Vicar360-629-3969

SUNDAYS • 8 a.m.1st, 3rd & 5th • Holy Eucharist2nd and 4th • Morning Prayer

10 a.m • Church School & Nursery10 a.m • Choral EucharistWEDNESDAY • 10 a.m.

Holy Eucharist & Healing ServiceTUESDAY: 7 p.m • Bible Study

“We invite all to join with us in celebratingthe presence of Christ”

ST. CECILIA CATHOLIC CHURCHFather Laurence Poncini, O.C.D. • 360-629-3737

26900-78th N.W. • P.O. Box 1002 StanwoodSATURDAY EVE. MASS • 5 p.m.SUNDAY MASS • 9 a.m. & 11a.m.

HOLY DAY MASS • 9 a.m. & 7 p.m.Faith Formation Programs • Office - 360-629-4425Religious Ed, Pre-school - 6th • Wed. 4 - 5:30 p.m.

7th - 12th Youth Group following Sunday 11 a.m. Mass

STANWOOD FOURSQUARE CHURCHMeets in the Center of the City

27007-90th Ave. N.W. (in Viking Village)3 Services • Sundays @ 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m..

Complete Nursery & Children’s Ministry provided at all regular services

Midweek Growth Groups-call for times & locationsFUSION (7th - 12th grade) • Wednesdays • 6:30 p.m.

Senior Pastors • Tim & Anna PoetzlAssociate Pastor • Doug Greenman

Youth Director • Kyle VeachAdministrative Pastor - Eileen FehlenChildren’s Pastor • Alison Livengood

Worship Team Leader • Jason TokarchukEarly Childhood Coordinator • Kristen Bothel

Church Office Hours — Tues. Wed. & Thurs. • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.360-629-9258

Fax: 360-629-3769E-mail - info@stanwoodfoursquare.com

www.stanwoodfoursquare.com

STANWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCHOpen Hearts Open Minds Open Doors

A Progressive Church for Thinking PeoplePastor Daniel Sailer

8:30 a.m. • Contemporary Worship w/ContinentalBreakfast

10:00 a.m. • Traditional Worship ServiceChild Care provided at all services

Handicapped AccessibleCall the Church Office for Other Programs

27128 102nd Dr. NW, Stanwood • 360-629-9555www.stanwoodumc.org

WARM BEACH COMMUNITY CHURCHAffiliated with the Assemblies of God

Matt Morgan, Lead PastorJon Rich, Creative Arts PastorJeremy Frisinger, Youth Pastor

Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Childrens Ministries available at both services

“Ignite” Student Ministry - Wed. at 7 p.m.www.WarmBeachChurch.org

9620-188th ST. NW • 360-652-8787

WARM BEACH FREE METHODIST20815 Marine DR. NW • 360-652-6555

Patrick Vance, Lead PastorBrent Johnson, Associate Pastor

Eric Barnes, Youth PastorAbby Nelson, Children’s PastorSamuel Scharr, Associate Pastor

Heritage Service 8:15 a.m.Seekers Community Service 9:30 a.m.

Mosaic Service 11:10 a.m.Sunday School for all ages 9:45-10:50 a.m.

WEDNESDAY • 6:30 p.m. – Groups for all agesMOPS

Grief Share, Divorce Carewww.wbfmc.org

Worship Directory

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Family & FriendsMeditation

Surrounded by a cloud of witnesses

50th Anniversary

Kitty KatChewy

By JOHN GALBREATHSports Editor

Stanwood High School’s gridiron squad (0-2 overall) proved they could do a lot of things well in the first two en-counters of the 2010 season.

They showed that they can sustain long drives, they can score instantly and they can protect their own quar-terback while putting pres-sure on the opposing field general.

Their vulnerabilities, however, were also quite evi-dent: they have a tendency to turn the ball over at key mo-ments and they have a great deal of trouble preventing the quick strike – whether it’s a long run or a deep pass.

Because the latter prob-lems occurred more frequent-ly than the former, the Spar-tans suffered two losses: a 20-13 setback to Kamiak and a 40-23 upset at the hands of the Sedro-Woolley Cubs.

While utilizing a plethora of running backs, the Sparts opened their first game – the one with Kamiak - with an impressive 90-yard, 22-play sustained drive that estab-lished a 7-0 (with Sam Har-ris’s PAT) lead.

Chewing up real estate with almost every carry, four different backs steadi-ly worked their way up-field. Kyle Bennett, Devin Wooldridge, Joshua James and Andrew Price took turns following the blocks of offen-sive linemen Dexter Charles, the O’Donnell twins Kyle and Brian, James Fletcher and Chase Arrants on their way to that initial score, a 10-yard scamper by James, the Spartan quarterback.

Following a nightmarish offensive series, which fea-tured deep penetration and subsequent, in-the-backfield tackles of Kamiak runners by Spartan defensemen Ryan Randall, Drew Youngren, and Wooldridge, Jordan Tay-lor burst through the line to block a punt that teammate Sam Harris recovered in the end zone for six more coun-ters. 13-0, Stanwood.

Regretfully, due to some untimely miscues and men-tal mistakes, those were the last points the local gridders were to score in the game.

Just after Wooldridge tackled quarterback An-thony Berg for the first of his three sacks, the Sparts were called for roughing the passer on a third-and-16 incomplete pass, and the visitors grasped the chance

to continue downfield. Two plays later they tallied from 55 yards out to climb within a touchdown.

The Knights were suc-cessfully kept from the end zone, chiefly because of three more sacks (two by Wooldridge and another by James Fletcher) and a re-covered fumble by Collins Cameron, but the Sparts couldn’t advance the football themselves after an interfer-ence call and an interception brought their offensive ef-forts to an abrupt halt.

With no time on the clock, Kamiak converted on a 15-yard aerial to lead Stanwood 14-13 at halftime.

Defensive highlights like Sam Harris’s fumble recov-ery and backfield tackles by the likes of Travis Jones, Jor-dan Taylor and Ryan Randall failed to offset a 45-yard TD pass early in the fourth peri-od that gave the Knights their final margin of victory.

Leading rushers for the Sparts were Josh James with 11 carries for 52 yards and Devin Wooldridge with 11 carries for 57 yards.

James completed seven of 14 passes for 46 yards and suffered one interception.

Defensively, Devin Wooldridge led the charge with six tackles and three sacks. Kyle Bennett added 4 tackles.

“I thought the effort was there. We played hard and played well for the most part. However, we made far too many mental mistakes. We will get better,” head coach Aaron Cupp concluded.

Hobbled by the fact that Sedro-Woolley led 7-0 af-ter just a minute-and-a-half of play last Friday night as a result of an interception, the Sparts could never quite catch up and subsequently suffered their second loss of the season.

Thanks to some fine de-fense by Dylan Lowery, Har-ris, Taylor and Bennett, the Stanwood gridders were able to keep the Cubs off balance until the visitors struck pay

dirt again with a sustained nine-play drive that resulted in a 17-stripe touchdown with 1 minute and 19 seconds left in the first quarter.

Following that series, the Sparts went on an eight-play drive that went from their 17 before stalling on the Cub four-yard line.

Fortunately, the Spartan defense rose to the occasion immediately as Bennett, Fletcher, Randall and Jones ganged up to deny any for-ward progress by their op-ponents.

With Ryan Randall once again leading the attack, the Sedro punter was forced out of the back of the end zone. The two-point safety gave Stanwood its first points of the game.

Midway through the second period, Sam Harris booted a 29-yard field goal to narrow Sedro’s lead to 13-5 but it became 20-5 with 26 seconds remaining in the first half following a 65-yard drive.

The final 24 minutes of play saw the Sparts score three more times.

Quarterback Kyle Stra-chan connected with se-nior Aaron Olson from the Cubs’ seven. Then Devin Wooldridge rambled down the left sideline for a spec-tacular 93-stripe score that made it 27-17 with ten min-

utes to go in the game. Stra-chan himself tallied six min-utes later on a fine 37-yard dash to the end zone.

Regretfully, however, Se-dro-Woolley scored as many six-pointers and the final tal-ly was 40-23.

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Sam Harris (bottom), Ryan Randall and Travis Jones (leaping, right) cel-ebrate Harris’s recovery of a blocked punt by teammate Jordan Taylor that gave the Sparts an early 13-0 lead over visiting Kamiak.

PHOTO BY JOHN GALBREATH | STANWOOD/CAMANO NEWS

Football team suffers losses to pair of nonleague opponents

SPARTANSPORTS

TUESDAY, SEPT. 14Soccer

vs Arlington High SchoolJV 4:30 p.m. Varsity, 6:30 p.m.

Swimming@ Marysville-Pilchuck Varsity & JV, 2:45 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15 Tennis 3:30 p.m.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 16Swimming

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Varsity vs Everett H.S.@home JV @ Everett

Cross CountryLynnwood, Glacier Peak @

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Volleyball@ Cascade H.S. 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 17Football

@ Mariner H.S. 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 18Soccer

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Varsity vs Mariner H.S. JV @ Mariner

By JOHN GALBREATHSports Editor

Stanwood’s Lady Spar-tan volleyball team lost its first match of the season 3-

0 in a non-league encounter with Kamiak High School.

The Knights took the three sets with scores of 25-15, 25-21 and 25-15.

In the initial set of the

match, the Sparts’ libero, Sarah Titus, had a string of six consecutive service points including an ace. That string of points brought the home team back within six

points of their visitors (13-19) but the Knights rallied to take a ten-point victory.

Despite the closeness of the second round of play, the Sparts earned very few kill points and found themselves constantly defending hard shots from the other side of the net. One highlight from that set saw a flat-out save by Titus eventually found its way to fellow senior Jordan Bryant, who buried the ball in the middle of the enemy’s court to begin a late run at the Knights.

Hope faded quickly though, as the visitors held on for a four-point victory.

Another Stanwood se-nior, defensive specialist Keiko Wilfong, strung to-gether four service points midway through the third set. Those points, a portion of which came from a kill by junior outside hitter Shelby Grisham and a double block-down by Miranda Hope and Emily Chappel, brought the Spartans back within three points (12-15), but Kamiak put on a spurt of their own that eventually culminated in a 25-15 win.

Jessica Dowrey posted 10 assists for Stanwood while Sarah Titus had 15 digs.

By JOHN GALBREATHSports Editor

Senior midfielder Kalina Eveland delivered a match-tying goal in the 70th minute of the Lady Sparts soccer team’s season opener against Glacier Peak.

Eventually, however, the visiting Grizzlies overcame a stubborn Stan-wood defense to tally a penalty kick in overtime to win the non-league en-counter 2-1.

Spartan keeper Haley Haugs-

tad successfully batted the penalty try away with a dive to her left, but it bounced right back to the Grizzly striker who buried the rebound into the upper corner of the net.

In Thursday’s initial Western Con-ference 4A North match, the Sparts failed to score in a 3-0 blanking by their hosts, the Vikings of Lake Ste-vens.

Kyle Veach is coaching the Lady Spartans this fall, his first time coach-ing in Stanwood. His assistant is Can-dace Skaugrud.

By JOHN GALBREATHSports Editor

The Spartan boys’ tennis team (3-0) out-hit three WesCo 4A North opponents last week to jumpstart their 2010 fall season.

In their first match they blanked their upriver ri-vals, the Arlington Eagles, by a 7-0 score. Later in the week, Lake Stevens fell victim to the Spartans by a narrow 4-3 mark. Then on Friday, the Sparts over-whelmed Monroe 7-0 to place themselves atop the league standings.

Against Arlington, Jonathan Wolf (No. 1 sin-gles) beat Denny Duskin 6-0, 6-0. Sean Dolan (No. 2 singles) thrived with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph. No. 3 singles representative Ja-cob Hamiter won easily 6-1, 6-0 and the Sparts’ No. 4 singles player Nathan

Beykovsky defeated Peter Forster 6-1, 6-0.

In doubles play, Joel Shroyer and Frank Medli-cott (No.1 doubles) out-pointed their opponents 6-4, 6-1, Joey Zingarelli and Spencer Nash (No. 2) won 6-4, 6-2 and the duo of Gavin Voelckers and Eric Saekow whipped up a 6-4, 6-2 victory as well in No. 3 doubles.

Victors over Viking foes were Hamiter (No. 3) 6-2, 6-2, Beykovsky (No. 4), Shroyer/Medlicott (No. 1) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 and Voelckers/Saekow (No. 3) 6-4, 6-1.

Outplaying their Bearcat opposites were Wolf (6-1, 6-0), Dolan (6-1, 6-0), Hamiter (6-4, 6-2) and Beykovsky (6-1, 6-2) in singles play.

Doubles triumphs were earned by Shroyer/Medli-cott (6-3, 6-0), Zingarelli/Nash (6-0, 6-3) and Voelck-ers/Saekow (6-2, 6-1).

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Stanwood celebrates Random Acts of Kindness week Sept. 11-18. (Above) Joel Musgrave volun-teers on a Housing Hope project last year. On Sept. 14, a baby food drive supports moms who need supplies, at QFC in Stanwood. Residents are encouraged to drop off some baby food. Get your car detailed for free Sept. 17, at Haggen Food & Pharmacy in Stanwood. For information call Emily at 425-315-6211. Then, on Sept. 18, join the Hous-ing Hope Project at Copper Station, 7238 286th Place NW, in Stanwood at 10 a.m. The work party will be installing siding, helping with landscap-ing, and doing other construction related projects for people who have qualified for this low-income housing program. For information, call Brian at 360-474-SERV.

Celebrating 50 years of interfaith dialogue

Father William Treacy and the KOMO Challenge Program are celebrating the program’s 50th anniversary Oct. 2, 6-9 p.m. in the Campion Ballroom, Seattle University. The award winning KOMO-TV program featured co-hosts Father Treacy and Rabbi Raphael Levine, who positively influenced the entire Puget Sound region in an inter-faith dialogue. In 1968, they founded Camp Brotherhood at Lake McMurray to foster har-mony in the human family.

For information and to reg-ister, go to www.campbrother-hood.org/celebrate or contact John Hale at john@campbroth-erhood.org.

North Sound Knitters’ Guild meets

The North Sound Knitters’ Guild will meet Tues, Sept. 14 at St. Aidan’s Church, 6 to 9 p.m. Guest speaker will be Evelyn Clark, author and tal-ented lace knitter. All knitters welcome. Remember to bring your donations for the Camano Animal Shelter (CASA) auc-tion. St Aidan’s is located on Route 532 across from the Sec-ond Chance Store on Camano Island, a mile and a half from Stanwood. For information call June Dickinson, 387-1952. The guild meets the second Tuesday of each month.

Sing for healing and soothing

Two singers in Stanwood are traveling to Bellingham to join the Threshold Choir and sing for healing and soothing with Kate Munger, the founder of the choir, which is one of more than 100 similar choirs around the country and beyond. They are singing 7-9 p.m. Tue, Sept. 14, at Jerns Funeral Chapel, 800 E. Sunset Drive, in Bellingham. The hope is to start such a choir in Stanwood. Women who are interested are asked to call Judy Mieger at 360-939-0240 or Darlene Dubay, 360-939-2616.

Storytimes this fall at library

Stanwood Library offers story times for preschool ages, 9:30 or 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 15 through Nov. 10. Baby story times are for ages 3 to 24 months 9:30 a.m. Thursdays, Sept. 16 - Nov. 11. Caregiver re-quired. Family story times start 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Sept. 16-Nov. 11. Craft activities are funded by Stanwood/Camano Friends of the Library.

Conquering your enemies

Study the book of Joshua in the Bible, on “Conquering Your Enemies,” using Ken DeLacy teaching videos. The eight-week study program begins Sept. 15. Class meets in the fellowship hall at Cedarhome Baptist Church, 10 a.m. - noon. Call Faith C. with questions, 360-939-0670.

Financial peace with Dave Ramsey

A total money makeover program, Financial Peace Uni-versity taught by Dave Ramsey takes knowledge and turns it into action in a 13-week pro-gram that starts this week, Sept. 16, at Warm Beach Free Meth-odist Church. The first class is free. For information call Paul Matthewson at 425-870-6540.

Divorce care at Warm Beach

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Flood control district meets Thursday

The Stillaguamish Flood Control District will meet at the Stanwood Chamber of Com-merce office, 8725 271st St. NW, in Stanwood, 7 p.m. Sept. 16. For information call Chuck at 360-652-9233.

Steve Duno at Snow Goose Bookstore

Pet trainer and behaviorist Steve Duno will speak at the Snow Goose Bookstore, 8616 271st St. NW, 7 p.m. Thur, Sept. 16. The author of numer-ous books on dog and cat train-ing, Duno will speak about his latest book, “Last Dog on the Hill,” the touching story of his 16-year friendship with a dog named Lou. A portion of proceeds from book sales will be donated to N.O.A.H., Stan-wood’s no-kill animal shelter. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Call the book-store at 629-3631.

Tunisian feastA Tunisian dinner, complete

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Roast beef dinner at American Legion

All are invited for a roast beef dinner with all the fixin’s, Fri, Sept. 17, starting 4:30 and continuing until the food is gone, at 26921 88th Ave. NW. Cost is very reasonable.

Eagle’s 3041 serves dinner

Members and their friends are invited to the Eagle’s 3041 for dinner nearly every night of the week. Fish and chips is served Fri, Sept. 17. A meatloaf contests starts 3 p.m. Sat, Sept. 18. Watch the Seahawks with a hot dog bar Sept. 19. Food is available on Dart Night on Mon, Sept. 20 and Taco Tuesday is 1 – 7 p.m., Sept. 21. A meeting starts 7 p.m. Thur, Sept. 23, and Swiss steak is served for dinner, Sept. 25, at 6419 Pioneer High-way. For information e-mail foe3041@verizon.net.

Illnesses and natural solutions

A certified aromatherapist, reflexologist and counselor, Susanna “Z” Mantis will dis-cuss natural solutions for the upcoming cold and flu season and other illnesses 10-11 a.m. Sat, Sept. 18 at Z’s, 9504 271st St., in Stanwood. Space is lim-ited so please call 629-5040 to reserve your spot, info@www.zsremedies.com.

Sewing quilts for wounded warriors

The Stanwood-Camano Hero Quilters will be sewing quilts for wounded soldiers 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sat, Sept. 18 at the Stanwood Senior Center. All quilts are donated to American Hero Quilts and most of them to the Wounded Warrior Unit at Fort Lewis. For information contact Sharon Szekely, 387-4800 or sharonsseams2b@peo-plepc.com.

Music at the Stanwood Hotel

Every Thursday night start-ing at 8 p.m. Steve Raible hosts jam night 8 p.m. to midnight, at the Stanwood Hotel and Sa-loon, at 26926 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood and live music by Hot Rod’s Blues Revue starts at 9 p.m. Sat, Sept. 18. For infor-mation see www.stanwoodho-

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Jazz at Leatherheads

Leatherheads Pub & Eat-ery presents contemporary jazz and familiar favorites by Richard Rorex Trio, Sat, Sept. 18, starting 7 p.m., at 10209 270th St. NW, Stanwood. X-Treme League Trivia every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. For information see www.leatherheadspub.com or call 629-5555.

Revelations at Anchor of Hope

The fall schedule at Anchor of Hope Community Church begins Sept. 19 at the Sons of the Norway Hall in Stanwood, when David Samii of Camano Island will teach a Bible class for adults and teens on the book of Revelations, start-ing at 9:30 a.m. Classes for younger children will also be available. Prayer time is 10:15 a.m., followed by a worship service with Pastor Bob Hos-mer starting at 10:30. A fel-lowship lunch follows the worship service. For informa-tion call 360-722-9200.

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Facilities close early for training

Snohomish County’s Solid Waste Division has planned early closures at its facilities including the North County Recycling and Transfer Station in Arlington to allow for staff training. The North County sites will close at 3:30 p.m. Fri, Sept. 17. Customers of each fa-cility should arrive by 3 p.m. to allow for processing before the 3:30 p.m. closure. Questions? Call 425-388-3425 and press 0.

Food for ThoughtThe Food For Thought Film

Series, sponsored by Snow Goose Bookstore, The Black-bird Bakery & Cafe, and The Open Gate Farm continues Fri, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at The Black-bird Bakery and Cafe in Stan-wood. The challenging film, “Unnatural Selection” looks at the issue of genetically modi-fied foods, not just the canola and corn but also the pigs and fish. A short discussion follows the one-hour film, to help digest the information. The showing is free, but there will be a jar for donations for the next film called “Flow” about water is-sues. Reserve a spot by e-mail to jon@theopengatefarm.com.

Fall Finger Food Fashion Festival

All are welcome to the Fall Finger Food Fashion Festi-val for Females, Sat, Sept. 18 at Warm Beach Community Church, 9260 188th St. NW, in Stanwood. Bring clean and gen-tly used clothing, shoes and ac-cessories for exchange, and plan to enjoy food and fellowship while shopping. Set up starts at 10:30 and free shopping runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Remaining items will be donated to the Snohom-ish County Center for Battered Women. For information call 360-652-8787.

Grief Share starts this week

A special weekly seminar and support group for people who are grieving the loss of a loved one, GriefShare runs 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, Sept. 18 through Dec. 18, at Warm Beach Free Methodist Church, 20815 Marine Drive, Stanwood. RSVP at 652-6555. There’s a charge

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Islander’s present plant program

Sandy Koffman, Shawn Brown and Bev Reaume from Camano Island’s Community Wildlife Habitat, will talk about the advantages of going native in home gardens, at Christian-son’s Nursery 11 a.m. Sat, Sept. 18. Make reservations at 360-466-3821.

Life, music of Edward Grieg

Daughters of Norway Thel-ma Lodge 26 will present a program on the life and music

of Edward Grieg, with a slide show and music Sat, Sept. 18, 10 a.m. at Normanna Hall, 2725 Oakes Ave. in Everett. Guests are welcome. Membership is open to women and girls over age 13 of Scandinavian de-scent.

Drug awarenessLocal Boy Scout Troop 86 is

sponsoring a presentation about drug awareness which starts 7 p.m. Mon, Sept. 20 at Our Sav-iour’s Lutheran Church in Stan-wood. A representative from the Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force will be there to edu-cate and answer questions. For information call Mike Zachman at 425-345-0603.

It’s not surprising that people who have a desire to join a church community hesitate on which church or religion to try. Especially if they focus on the hatred espoused by some or-ganized religions, despite its teachings of love, peace and understanding. It gives organized re-ligion and Christianity a bad name.

A good example of that came to light last week. The pastor of a small evangelical Chris-tian church in Florida, with a congregation of about 50 people, appeared to propagate the op-

posite of love. The Rev. Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center organized a well-pub-licized event on Satur-

day to burn a pile of Qurans on the ninth anni-versary of the September 11 terrorists’ attacks. He scuttled his plan at the eleventh hour after some of the damage had already taken place in Muslim countries around the world.

Apparently the church has an anti-Islam philosophy and burning Muslims’ sacred text on the anniversary of 9-11 terrorist attacks was intended to “turn the tables,” and for America to “quit apologizing for its actions,” according to an Associated Press interview. He also said that the practice of Islam was very dangerous and taught hate and revenge.

As a Christian, did he really think his spew-ing of hate and revenge was what Jesus would do? On the contrary, the Bible teaches to love your enemies and turn the other cheek.

This small but mighty church spit in the face of the principals this country was founded on. Jones and his followers grouped those who practice the Islam faith into one radical group.

Just like Christian churches that often have conservative and more liberal members who interpret the Bible differently within the same church, those who practice Islam understand the teachings of the Quran in their own way.

The people who carried out the 9-11 attacks were extremists within the Islam religion, rather than representatives of its traditions.

The world became a lot smaller with the advent of the Internet and the social network-ing sites that followed. Americans have the responsibility to consider the cultures of other countries before exercising their First Amend-ment right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference. It is the arrogant American who exercises it be-cause he/she can.

After all, it only took a small group of radical Muslims to shatter the security Americans once enjoyed domestically. Likewise, it only took a small group of radical Christians last week to ignite the flames of hate once again.

–Kelly Ruhoff Editor

The need for budget reform in Island County has been expressed by our residents in the streets and public hearings since last December.

Do they hear us yet? Mr. Barnes, did fabulous work in provid-

ing the examples of other governing bodies. This performance-based approach is what I have been advocating all along in my plat-form of budget reform, putting public safety first and engaging in the practice of fiscal re-sponsibility.

Just as I have pointed out in past candidate forums, both examples give focus on priori-tizing based on needs and performance.

Governments “are established to protect and maintain individual rights,” Article 1, Section 1 of the Washington State Constitu-tion, not to provide a “quality of life.”

I believe it’s time for comprehensive per-formance audits of county government and to explore new, innovative ways for the county to deliver services.

When times were better, voters approved sales tax increases. Sunsetting those taxes needs to be considered.

A lower sales tax could be a needed “shot in the arm” for local businesses, when the larger economy starts to rebound.

Kelly EmersonCamano Island

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The members were there for me. What a great organization.

My son and daughter were amazed by the instant support and felt comfort-ed knowing that yacht club members would continue to be aware of my situ-ation.

They both left with a better under-standing of why I live on Camano Is-land.

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Yacht club

Jeff Swenson rescues two boats, same day

Dear Editor:I wanted to take a moment to rec-

ognize a good deed and thank a great neighbor - Jeff Swenson.

During the windstorm on Tuesday, Aug. 31, my sailboat broke loose from its buoy and beached a short distance from our house on Tyee Beach.

By the time I got home 20 minutes later, Jeff had already waded into the rough water and freed my boat from the beach. He helped me secure it back to the buoy, and went home to dry off.

No more than 10 minutes later, we received a report that a large motor-boat had broken from its buoy and was headed toward Driftwood Shores.

Jeff volunteered to take his boat out in the rough seas and rescue this second boat in one day.

He transported the owner of the ves-sel to his drifting boat, and saved it be-fore it washed up on shore.

I want to thank Jeff for going way beyond being a good neighbor.

Jeff is a local contractor; he owns of NW Builders, Inc. and American Insu-lation.

He is a great neighbor.Andy EgloffCamano Island

Good neighbor

Barnes’ editorial

County needs performance audits

Dear Editor:I would like to sincerely thank you

for publishing Tuesday’s guest edito-rial by John Barnes.

Pay forward

Local merchant gives backDear Editor:Mark Peppinger is a very generous and

caring man. He is the owner of Mossyb-ack Farms right off of the freeway under the big white tent.

We have been going to “Mark’s” as my kids and I call it, for many years, and he is so kind and great with children. He truly showed that to me today.

I am a preschool teacher for the Stan-wood-Camano Learning Center just up the road from his business, and I asked him if I could get some late harvest starts for our garden at preschool.

He told me that I could, and I thought he was going to maybe give me a discount but instead he donated all 30 plants!

I tried to pay him for it, but he would not take any money for it since it was for our students.

When my own children come to “Mark’s” he lets them each take a car-rot and feed his bunnies that are hopping around. Mark is one reason we all need to continue shopping local.

He has great prices and above all a great personality.

He continues to support our commu-nity and youth as well.

Kirsten WinterStanwood

Youth football

SCJAA thanks the community

Dear Editor: The coaches, parents and players of the

SCJAA Stanwood Youth Football League thank the Stanwood/Camano businesses and communities for their amazing sup-port of our car wash.

The community’s continued support over the past 15 years has helped our pro-gram to grow and thrive.

This year has been our most profitable car wash yet.

We are thankful to have the support of the entire community and appreciate the generous offerings of time and space that have been given to us by Haggen and many other local businesses. Your contri-butions enable our program to continue providing safe equipment, usable fields, keeping costs low for the players, and this year allowing the Pee Wee players to par-ticipate for free.

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Stanwood Curves donated stacks of school supplies

Dear Editor:I wish to thank Sandy Stein and the mem-

bers of the Stanwood Curves fitness club for the donations of supplies to our local schools. It was a heartfelt experience this August to see the growing stacks of pencils, pens, crayons, scis-sors, glue sticks, notebooks, backpacks, binders, composition writing books, and miscellaneous items!

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They’re there when neededDear Editor:When it comes time to support our local fire

department and our first responders, please do. Please remember them the next time there is

a request for funding. Need I remind you, an emergency room is a

lifetime away when needed.Camano Island Fire and Rescue, thank you

so much for your aid to all of us and for our personal need Aug. 4.

Adabelle GardnerTeri GravesCamano Island

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By JEREMIAH O’HAGANStaff Reporter

Roger Haskin stood and took an oath Thursday night to serve Stanwood as the new-est member of city council.

Haskin grew up in upstate New York and moved to the West Coast while in the mili-tary. He served the United States Army for seven years, attaining the rank of infantry sergeant and seeing action in the first gulf war.

Haskin moved to Stan-wood 15 years ago with his wife, Tonya, and oldest child, Christopher, now 22 and liv-ing in Seattle.

Since moving here, the Haskins have continued to grow their family: Natasha, 15, Nathaniel, 11, and Nehe-miah, 7, are all home schooled and attend Lighthouse Co-op at Camano Chapel.

Haskin used to run The Spot, a youth center, and spent three years working in Youth for Christ. He said he’s still involved with the organi-zation casually.

“We’ve had opportunities to go other places, good op-portunities, but we’ve always stayed (in Stanwood). It’s a good place to raise a family, and we want to help keep it

that way,” he said.Haskins said this was his

purpose in applying for City Councilman Conrad Ryer’s vacated seat.

“I’m doing what I think is my civic duty,” Haskin said.

“We moved here to be part of a small town, and part of that means taking an ac-tive role. I never want to be one of those who complain, yet do nothing,” he said.

Prior to being selected to city council, Haskin spent five years on the planning commission. He will serve through 2011, which marks the next city election. At that time, Haskin may run for the position if he desires to continue as a council mem-ber, to serve a full four-year term.

Stanwood City Council swears in new member

Snohomish County Sher-iff’s Office has announced a community meeting about two registered level III sex offenders living in the Warm Beach area of Stanwood.

The informational meet-ing is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 16 in Room B at Warm Beach Christian Camps and Conference Center, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood.

Larry A. Amondson is living in the 8300 block of 184th St. NW, Stanwood, as well as Donald A. Blystone.

Blystone, 50, is Cauca-sian with brown hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 11 inches tall, and 240 pounds.

Amondson, 56, is a Cau-casian with blue eyes and brown hair and 6 feet 3 inches tall. He was convicted in Lewis County Superior Court on March 1977 of one count of second degree rape. He was sentenced to no more than 10 years in prison. The victim was an unknown 15-year-old female. Amondson has admitted sexual assaults against numerous female child victims since he was 12.

Amondson attended sex offender treatment during this incarceration. He was considered for civil commit-ment twice but did not meet the criteria.

On July 30, 2005, Amondson was arrested

for violations of his condi-tions while on supervision. Over a one-month period Amondson had contact with many minors at Kayak Point County Park. Amondson ob-tained the name, address and phone number of one minor and kept calling the 14-year-old wanting to take him out to dinner, for rides and to the park. On July 30, 2005 a de-tective with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office took numerous photos of Amond-son talking to minors while he was on the fishing pier be-fore he was arrested.

Amondson was released from jail for these violations Nov. 7, 2005 and is no lon-ger on supervison. Amond-son was again referred for civil commitment but did not qualify.

Blystone was convicted in Snohomish County Superior Court in March 2001 of three counts of first degree child molestation which occured between August of 1996 and June of 1999. One of his fe-male victims was his daugh-ter and the other two were acquaintances. Blystone was given a term of 130 months

in prison with credit for time served while awaiting sen-tencing. Blystone did not at-tend any treatment while in

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By JEREMIAH O’HAGANStaff Reporter

The Stanwood City Council meeting started with a rather dirty and sedi-mentary splash, as several 83rd Drive residents raised concerns about the quality of their water.

Bill Lindell said water quality has been a problem at his home for the past four years. Public Works, Lindell said, has been graciously doing all they can, but he’s “getting to wit’s end.”

Mayor Dianne White

acknowledged the concern and said the comments were poignantly timed, as the city is adopting its water com-prehensive plan. The studies conducted prior to writing the plan, she added, found 62 miles of deteriorating pipe throughout the city.

The city’s plan addresses these issues, she said.

Council went on to unan-imously adopt the compre-hensive water system plan, which is updated every six years. The plan prioritizes improvements to the exist-ing infrastructure while si-multaneously preparing for

future development within the city’s water service area.

Council also unanimous-ly adopted recent revisions to the Snohomish County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan.

Stanwood partners with other cities in the plan, which allows the city to ap-ply for federal hazard mitiga-tion grants. Cities that don’t participate aren’t allowed to apply for the funds, and becoming a partner doesn’t cost the city.

“It’s real important for us to be a part of this,” Mayor White said.

White also reported that Stanwood had received its state audit and “came out great.”

She noted that the audit of federal funds received for the 68th Avenue extension was “perfect,” and credited Public Works Director Andy Bullington for his meticu-lous records.

In other city council news:

• Becky Ableman, Lake Steven’s planning director, delivered a presentation on Snohomish County Tomor-row’s new interjurisdictional

affordable housing coopera-tive.

The organization is cur-rently recruiting cities to participate in its vision. Be-coming a member is strictly voluntary. No decisions were made at the meeting regarding Stanwood’s par-ticipation.

• Council scheduled a joint meeting with the fire commissioners to discuss a contract for full fire ser-vices with Island County District 1, complete with a pre-annexation agreement. A workshop is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m.

• Rebecca Lind, plan-ning director, said the city contracted with a telephone survey company to poll 700 homes about interest in bringing a YMCA to Stan-wood. Residents who aren’t surveyed by phone are wel-comed to access an online survey instead. The phone calls will begin on Sept. 14, and are expected to conclude by Sept. 20.

The next council meet-ing is Sept, 23, 7 p.m., in the school district’s administra-tion building, 26920 Pioneer Hwy, Stanwood.

By ADAM STEWARTStaff Reporter

Kay Adams is starting her seventh year as Stanwood High School’s security officer with a new decoration adorning her office, even if it’s tucked out of sight behind her computer.

A plaque from the Washing-ton School Safety Organization (WSSO) hangs on the wall, nam-ing Adams the 2009-10 Security Officer of the Year.

She received the statewide award over the summer from a nomination by Principal Chris-tine Gruver.

The humble security offi-cer was overwhelmed when her

name was called at a WSSO training session in August.

“Fellow officers sitting at my table during the ceremony told me, ‘You actually have to get up and accept it,’” said Adams.

Although she doesn’t relish the spotlight, Adams said the award is “quite an honor,” and it gives her an added boost heading into another school year.

Adams has worked in the Stanwood-Camano School Dis-trict for 25 years, in positions at all three grade levels. She enjoys her current role because she gets to deal with the entire student body at the high school.

“The students are exciting,” she said. “I thrive on their enthu-

siasm.”But, due to the nature of her

position, she doesn’t always take pleasure in some of the work. Especially, writing parking tick-ets, she said.

However, when she gets a “moment” with a student — one who may be experiencing trouble with drugs or alcohol, or is expe-riencing harassment at school, or abuse in the home — Adams steps in with an open mind.

“Students want to talk about their problems,” she said. “I’m able to draw on my training and experience to let them tell their stories.”

Principal Gruver noted the commitment Adams displays

on a regular basis to remain current on techniques for help-ing students by attending regu-lar WSSO seminars and North County chapter meetings hosted by local resource officers.

“She gives tirelessly of her time and energy to her position,” wrote Gruver in her nomination. “She is truly deserving of this honor.”

Adams said she appreciates the opportunity to get to know students during activities and sporting events after regular school hours. She also volunteers at traffic safety and DUI aware-ness events on campus.

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By adopting this three-tiered plan, Lind said the city would have latitude to make rational decisions and expand its services in phas-es of growth consistent with its comprehensive plan.

The planning commis-sion’s second recommend-ed amendment dealt with providing for residential use on the ground floor of buildings in the mixed-use overlay of a commercial zone.

The amendment result-ed from an application by Lindstrom Development Group, LLC, who argued that such residential uses should be allowed.

While the planning commission felt it was im-portant to preserve the un-derlying commercial use, they did suggest revising the code to “relaxing pro-hibition” on residential use, Lind said.

The new provision for residential use would al-low ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) units, live/work units and hotels/motels, as well as residen-

tial accessory uses, on the ground floor, providing at least 30 percent of the square footage is preserved for com-mercial use.

The amendment also gives a height bonus of 10 feet. Currently, buildings in commercial zones are lim-ited to 35 feet high. Now, the height limit will increase to 45 feet for mixed use with outdoor parking. The code allows for 55 feet of height if indoor parking is provided.

Finally, three new uses were approved for commer-cial zones with a mixed-use overlay: schools (such as driving and art schools), dog grooming and self-storage.

The goal, Lind said, was to increase flexibility for de-velopers while still promot-ing economic growth and respecting the underlying preference for commercial use within these areas.

These amendments will be revised and finalized be-fore they are brought to a public hearing and then be-fore council’s vote at a later date.

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(L to R) Kimberly Wayne, Susan Cohen Thompson, Julie and John Dean take part in Camano Honors Earth, an event combining art, poetry, science and inspiration sponsored by Camano Action for a Ru-ral Environment at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park held on Saturday. The event honored the anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took place September 11, 2001. “Let’s not only protect our shorelines, our water supply and rural ways of life but also patiently and respectfully teach newcom-ers why they are such an essential part of our island values,” said John Dean during the opening.

Stanwood Police report the following activities last week:

• A wallet was found

Sept. 4 in the 8800 block of SR 532. The owner was contacted and the wallet re-turned to him.

• A purse was stolen Sept. 3 from a vehicle parked in the 27000 block of 92nd Avenue NW.

• On Sept. 3, a an 18-year-old Bellingham male in the 7200 block of SR 532 was referred for driv-ing without a license.

• A verbal disturbance between husband/wife in the 8000 block of 262nd Street NW was reported Sept. 4.

• On Sept. 6, several items were stolen in a resi-dential burglary in the 7300 block of 284th Street NW.

• On Sept. 6, malicious

mischief of tagging, i.e. spray painting a fence in the 7700 block of 276th Street NW was reported. A group of juveniles were contacted nearby and one of them ad-mitted to spraying the fence. The victim was not interest-ed in pressing charges as the suspect agreed to clean off the paint.

• A 13-year-old Stan-wood boy in the 7000 block of 276th St NW was booked Sept. 6 on an outstanding warrant.

• A driver in a two-car collision, which occurred in the 9200 block of SR 532, was issued an infraction for following too close as well as expired tabs Sept. 8.

• On Sept. 8, a 20-year-old Camano Island woman in the 28000 block of 70th Avenue NW was referred for driving with a suspend-ed license.

The Snohomish Coun-ty Department of Pub-lic Works permanently closed Logen Road on Monday, south of Stan-wood city limits, between Pioneer and Old Pacific highways.

The road closure was

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