Whidbey Examiner, July 26, 2012

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farms about 650 acres just south of Coupeville.

The alfalfa was cut on July 4 and left to dry in the fields, where it would lat-er be baled and delivered to the farm’s customers.

To get the highest quality hay, a stretch of sunny weather – about a week – is needed. But for weeks now, fog has shrouded the fields, adding moisture to the hay. And then heavy rain and hail during the July 13 thun-derstorms, followed by more rain the next week, slowed the drying process.

Moisture leaches out the nutrient content and can cause the hay to mold.

Trying to save the hay, Bishop went out into the fields on his tractor to pick it up and fluff it – a way to help dry it faster. The effort was time consuming and used a lot of fuel, Bishop said.

“This has been an abnormally wet year,” he said. “The question is if it is going to stop or keep going.”

So far this year, the Bishop farm has gotten about 16 inches of rain. This is fast approaching last year’s record rain fall: almost 18 inches for the en-tire year.

But after six generations of farming See FARMS, page 9

THURSDAY, JUlY 26, 2012 VOl. 17, NO. 51

By Elisabeth MurrayStaff Reporter

Farmer Clark Bishop grabs a fistful of hay grown at Ebey Road Farm just outside Coupeville, look-ing closely to evaluate its quality.

Fog and the recent heavy rains – unusual for this time of year – have wreaked havoc on the alfalfa and grass and put a significant dent in its market value to this family farm in the heart of Ebey’s Prairie.

Originally destined for the bel-lies of alpaca, goats and sheep, the second cutting of hay mown in the family’s fields is now fit only to be used as bedding or as “feeder hay” for less-discriminating herbivores such as cows.

Bishop estimates the financial loss has been between $50,000 and $70,000.

“It is what is is,” said Bishop, whose family owns 535 acres and

Farms impacted by summer rains

Elisabeth Murray / The Whidbey Examiner

Clark Bishop of Ebey Road Farm bales hay last week ahead of rain forecasted to set in the next day. This summer’s cool, wet weather has damaged hay grown at a number of Central Whidbey farms.

Rain, rain, go away


In a few short weeks, the five can-didates vying for the Dist. 1 commis-sioner’s seat will be whittled down to two. At the three primary forums held during the past week, the candidates had the opportunity to sway potential voters to their cause.

In the July 19 forum in Freeland or-ganized by the League of Women Vot-ers of Whidbey Island, the candidates responded to questions that they knew about in advance.

With about a minute to respond, they spoke about such issues as the role and function of government, the envi-ronment and water quality, and when they would support a tax increase.

Democrat Helen Price Johnson, the incumbent, spoke of her experience serving Island County residents as the current commissioner.

“When I first ran for county com-missioner in 2008, the quality of life I enjoyed here was being threatened,” Johnson said. “Now serving in this role for four years, I have the experi-ence, knowledge, and proven record of leadership and smart solutions.”

Johnson said she brought to the job her 25 years of small business experi-ence as well as her family experience as the mother of four children, now adults.

Jeff Lauderdale, one of Johnson’s two Republican challengers, said his experience as a Navy commander managing the $21 million Trident mis-sile program has primed him for the position.

Lauderdale, who has been attend-ing commissioner meetings on a reg-ular basis for about three years, said learning more about county govern-ment also peaked his interest in serv-ing in elected office.

“Whidbey Island is the place I want to take my last breath,” Lauderdale said. “I’ll work very hard to protect it.”

Ensuring that the county’s law and justice departments are well funded is a part of that effort, he said, adding that

Spending, public safety debated at forum

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ly known expert in rain garden installation, and Rob Hallbauer, natural resources planner at the Whidbey Island Con-servation District, they spent the morning in the classroom engaged in training. In the af-ternoon, they grabbed shovels and reached for plants to place into the prepared soil.

Greenbank Farm had prepared the site us-ing farm equipment, re-moving about two feet of soil.

“The planting was relatively easy,” Master Gardener Marcia Nel-son said.

The spot for the rain garden was then filled with a mix of about 60 percent compost, 40 per-cent sand – a reversal of what is usually recom-mended by Washington

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By Betty FreemanStaff Reporter

The sun shone bright-ly on opening day of Clinton’s new Thursday Market as 25 produce, food and craft vendors gathered on a grassy area behind the Dairy Queen in Clinton.

“We want it to be a weekly party for the community,” said Carol Flax, director of the new market, which began its inaugural season July 5.

She said she was pleased with the initial response from vendors and community mem-bers who enjoyed the market’s casual atmo-sphere, live music, and the tantalizing colors and smells of good, local food.

“We’ve got room for about 40 vendors,” said Flax, who said she is hoping more local busi-nesses will join the mar-ket.

The late afternoon market is scheduled for 4 to 7:30 p.m. every Thurs-day in July and August.

Vendors offer fresh produce and eggs along with crafts, jewelry, plants, Guatemalan tex-tiles, baked goods, choc-olates and services such as massages, pedicures and haircuts from local businesses.

On opening day, Good Cheer Food Bank and the Friends of the Clin-ton Library had booths at which they promoted upcoming events.

An unusual feature was the large slot-car track that can be rented for parties. Hotly con-tested slot-car races add-ed to the party atmo-sphere.

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Vanessa Chang, Tracy Lor, Bao Lor and Stacey Lor sell flowers and fresh vegeta-bles at their booth at the Thursday Market near the Clinton ferry dock.

missioner Helen Price Johnson, who attended the first Clinton Mar-ket and got a massage, bought some produce and chatted with shop-pers, applauded the ef-forts of market organiz-ers.

“It’s so great to have a weekly event like this to bring people together and boost Clinton,” she said.

The first market fea-tured live music from the Tim Donovan Band, sponsored by Whidbey Island Bank.

Organizers plan to have live music at each market, including local jazz saxophonist Danny Ward, the Marimbas and a repeat performance by the Tim Donovan Band.

As for food, choices, Tres Gringos plans to serve a different Mexi-can menu each week, while volunteers from the American Legion

cook up traditional sum-mer barbecue fare.

Anchor Books and Coffee provides cold drinks along with treats made by Whidbey Is-land Ice Cream.

“Our intention is that people will stop by the market and have dinner on Thursday nights,” Flax said. “We’ve got

picnic tables near the bandstand so people can enjoy the music while they eat. We’re also hop-ing to get permission to have a beer garden at fu-ture markets.”

L & L Properties, which owns the adjacent Sound Storage complex, donated the use of the property for the market.

Ample parking is avail-able in Clinton Square next to the market site.

Two Sound Storage customers opened their units for garage sales during the first market – another draw for the fledgling enterprise.

The Clinton Thurs-day Market is the first big project resulting from the community’s Future Search Confer-ence held in late January at the Clinton Commu-nity Hall.

More than 75 Clin-ton residents and busi-ness owners attended the conference, taking part in brainstorming sessions that generated ideas for improving in-frastructure and trans-portation, attracting new businesses and sup-

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porting existing ones, making the neighbor-hood more attractive and strengthening its sense of community.

After the conference, several action commit-tees were formed, and work began in earnest to “get Clinton active.”

“The expectation we left with is that we will participate in the life of our community,” con-ference organizer Sher-ryl Christie-Bierschenk said.

“As a group, we agreed to actively cre-ate a future for Clinton’s central core that will en-able our community to thrive,” she said.

The Clinton mar-ket, an outgrowth of the Economic Development Committee’s agenda, is one way that energy is being channeled into an enjoyable, shared com-munity experience.

“So come on down to the market on Thursday nights and party with us,” Flax said with a grin. “Let’s keep the mo-mentum going!”


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Government is not a business

After attending four candidates’ fo-rums in the past two weeks, one thing is clear; most of the “challengers” be-lieve the county should be run like a business.

Government is not a business! It is designed to provide services that “business” is either unable or unwill-ing to provide. Business has a profit motive. Government has a service motive. The two county commission-ers, Homola and Price Johnson, have done the best job possible to balance the budget and provide the services mandated by law in light of the pres-ent fiscal challenges. I’m voting to re-tain them in office.

– Jack Tingstad Coupeville

Vote to elect LauderdaleWe are all aware that the economy

is in trouble. That means that we are all in trouble. It is important to under-stand why the economy is in trouble and then to do what is needed to fix the problems.

Jeff Lauderdale understands the problems and has the intelligence and experience required to solve our prob-lems as our county commissioner.

We continue to spend more than we earn. We try to regulate more than we can afford to administer. We make earning a living in Island County unnecessarily difficult. Our youth are moving away. We deny adequate funds to support public safety and the essential ministerial functions of county government.

Our two incumbent county com-missioners up for re-election have demonstrated their lack of experience, will and ability to fix the problems.

Our incumbent county commis-sioners have played defense almost exclusively for over three and a half years. When they attempted offense, in the form of asking the public to raise property taxes, they lost the confidence of the voters by over 70 percent.

They have raised taxes and fees, without a vote of the people, in the belief that making it cost more to live here will improve the economy.

We cannot afford such seriously flawed thinking any longer. We des-perately need Jeff Lauderdale’s intelli-gence, personal discipline, and proven leadership to correct the dangerous path Island County government is on.

Please vote for Jeff Lauderdale.– Rufus Rose

Clinton

Johnson gets my voteI am writing to express my sup-

port for the re-election of Helen Price Johnson as Island County commis-sioner.

She was first elected in an extreme-ly trying period of reducing revenues for all levels of government opera-tions. During this period, her leader-ship and innovation has resulted in successfully reducing operating costs by 20 percent while maintaining pri-ority county services.

Those priorities center on preserv-ing public health and safety and the community’s safety net. Helen has personally contributed as well by freezing her own salary, cutting her own health benefits and foregoing the travel stipend that has historically been available to commissioners.

Her accomplishments over the past four years have been significant.

Aside from maintaining services and a balanced budget, Helen has led the way in opening up county govern-ment visibility and bringing public ac-cess into the 21st century.

Technology has been utilized to al-low Camano residents unprecedented access to commissioner and other public meetings in Coupeville via in-teractive TV at the Camano Annex.

The county website has been com-pletely renovated and now contains maps, assessor information, video and audio records of commissioner meet-ings, minutes of these meetings with links to supporting documentation, citizen committee openings and land use information.

Helen also chairs the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee and serves on the Joint Tourism Board. These activi-ties have focused on culinary agri-culture as one means of economic growth and expanding jobs.

Lodging-tax revenues have grown by 30 percent in three years. Her in-terests and energies extend as well to participating with the Town of Coupe-

ville to develop guidelines and code for protection of the Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, to our county parks and trails systems and she serves as co-chair of the Coastal Caucus of Puget Sound Counties.

A primary characteristic of Helen’s is that she is a good and thoughtful listener, an attribute that facilitates her communication with her government partners as well as with the public.

She has demonstrated a high level of evenhandedness and respect in her interactions with county residents and with colleagues, which contributes to her effectiveness as a commissioner.

I encourage your vote for Helen Price Johnson for Island County com-missioner.

– Bill ThornFormer Island County commissioner,

Camano Island

Self-righteous people spread fear, distrust

Last Monday, our Board of Island County Commissioners adopted a resolution supporting a Constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Su-preme Court’s decision in the Citizens United matter.

Commissioners Helen Price John-son and Angie Homola displayed great courage and foresight in their support of the resolution.

Our small, local resolution may not count for much in the big scheme of things. Nevertheless, Homola and Johnson deserve our thanks for acting decisively to defend the voice of aver-age citizens in our local, state, and na-tional elections.

Commissioner Kelly Emerson, in casting her dissenting vote, delivered a fearful rant describing how overturn-ing the Supreme Court’s decision will lead to tyrannical government and ruin. What Emerson fails to under-stand is that what happened at that meeting was the result of average folks mounting a sober, measured push-back against political extremism.

Make no mistake: Whenever the rights of average citizens are threat-ened, whether by over-powerful gov-ernment or by over-powerful cor-porate interests, the people will not stand idly by.

Fear, Ms. Emerson? I fear self-righ-

teous, patronizing ideologues much more than I fear the consequences of getting corporate money out of poli-tics. Democracy must never be for sale to the highest bidder.

– Paul ThompsonLangley

One down, two to goI have read with great interest the

reasons why our current county com-missioners, up for election, should be retained.

I’m sure that some believe, but I think that the sportsmen and their families may disagree when they think back to the decision that was made by the three in power at the time con-cerning hunting on Deer Lagoon.

The residents of the area set out to create an environment for their own personal use, and not share this natu-ral resource with the sportsmen of the island who had been using the lagoon long before many of the residents built and moved to the island. It was a good appeal, but not with solid facts, and was also bought into by the two re-maining commissioners.

Now I see that commissioner Ho-mola brought up the lagoon in an article in The Whidbey Examiner concerning target shooting on pri-vate property (“Neighbors clash over nearby target shooting,” July 12). It seems that she is proud that she voted against Island sportsmen.

During the already-decided hear-ing on Deer Lagoon in Freeland, there were many folks wearing camo hats who are voting residents.

Maybe, just maybe, these voters were the ones who voted former Is-land County Commissioner Dean out of office.

As the old adage goes “What goes around, comes around.” I know my friends and other sportsmen and their families have a long memory, and I am sure that they will know what to do with their votes at the primary elections for commissioners.

One down, two to go.– Al Lindell

Coupeville

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his first step in finding more money would be to do a complete “scrub” of the planning, health and roads departments.

“When backup for vi-olent acts is 45 minutes away, this is unaccept-able and unsafe for of-ficers and for citizens,” Lauderdale said. “We need to look very hard at how we structure county government.”

But Johnson does not believe there is much, if any, money left in the budget that can be shift-ed to those services.

She said the commis-sioners “scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed,” and that they reduced funding in every depart-ment before asking for cuts in law and justice.

“We need to have a community conversa-tion about what level of law and justice we want to have,” Johnson said.

Business experience also figured prominent-ly on the resumes of Re-publican Wayne Mor-rison and independent candidates Ed Jenkins and Curt Gordon.

Morrison is the chair-man of the Island Coun-ty Economic Develop-ment Council.

“All parts of gov-ernment are making it more and more difficult for business to survive,” Morrison said. “I ob-viously advocate for a business climate.”

During his final re-marks, Morrison closed by saying, “My vision is for people to be able to

find jobs that can sustain them on this island.”

Unlike a presidential debate in which there is extensive back and forth with pointed barbs, most of the prepared respons-es were directed at the audience.

Each candidate had challenge cards they could use to refute claims made by opponents, and Jenkins in particular made frequent use of them to criticize Gor-don’s record as a com-missioner for the Port of South Whidbey.

Gordon was elected to that office in 2009.

The port is in the pro-cess of expanding the Langley marina, a move that Jenkins suggested would use up virtually

all of the port’s capacity to borrow money.

Gordon said that this is not the case. Instead, the marina project is “the biggest tool to pro-vide jobs in the district,” he said.

As an independent, Gordon said he is “be-holden to no party’s agenda,” and he is “here to work for you.”

Jenkins said that in-stead of raising taxes, Whidbey should become a year ’round destination for tourists, with more sales-tax dollars coming into county coffers from the wallets of off-island visitors.

Jenkins said he doesn’t need the $75,000 paycheck for the com-missioner job. He would

instead use two-thirds of the money to market Whidbey Island, and the rest for advertisements in the local newspapers to explain what county government is doing.

The legal notices, which are printed in small type and tucked in the classifieds section at the back of the paper, are published in what Jenkins described as ar-cane language, he said.

Such notices are not user-friendly for ordi-nary people, he said, adding that the adver-tisements he would buy with his own money would help remedy that.

Ballots already have been mailed for the up-coming election, set for Tuesday, Aug. 7.

Elisabeth Murray / The Whidbey Examiner

District 1 county commissioner candidates Curt Gordon, Ed Jenkins, Helen Price Johnson, Jeff Lauderdale and Wayne Morrison prepare to answer questions at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Whidbey Island last week in Freeland. The five candidates are vying for the commissioner seat currently held by Johnson, a Democrat.

Forum: Candidates; from page 1 Voters should have received their ballots in the mail for Washing-ton’s Aug. 7 primary election.

Anyone who did not receive their ballot, or who has had a change of address, should con-tact the Island County

Auditor’s Office at 360-679-7366 or [email protected], or in person at 400 N. Main St., Coupeville.

Ballots were mailed earlier this month to members of the mili-tary who are serving overseas.

Election set for Aug. 7


tion improvements.What I stand for: The po-litical parties have cre-ated distractions with their agendas that have stalled county govern-ment. As a proven non-partisan elected official in our community for over 25 years, I’m offer-ing a unique opportunity to elect an experienced leader not beholden to party agendas. Make lo-cal government about people, not politics.Tell us something we don’t know about you: I love all kinds of music and cur-rently listen to Def Lep-pard and Deadmau5.Most recent book read: “Warmth Disperses and Time Passes,” by Hans Christian Baeyer, a read-er-friendly book on the basics of thermodynam-ics that was suggested to me by my kid the aero-nautical engineer.

Ed JenkinsAge: 67Education: EnoughYears on Whidbey: 8P r e v i -ous elect-ed office:

None, but very involved in local, state and feder-al races in Southern Cal-ifornia.Biggest challenges facing Island County: Putting Island County on a new revenue path that does not depend on proper-ty values constantly in-creasing to fund vital services like law and or-der. I will listen closely to the other candidates for any real programs or actual new jobs. I will run Island County like a business. I have no debts to investors and have the most diverse and success-ful business background to get results quickly.What I stand for: I live like most of you: simply and on a budget. I have a simple, inexpensive plan to make Whidbey a year ’round tourist destina-tion that would bring a quantum leap in sales-tax revenue. I would bring new low-impact, high-tech, living-wage businesses to Whidbey. Services would not only be restored, but law and order and senior servic-es would increase rather than be cut.Tell us something we don’t

know about you: I am ac-tually a nice guy and get along well with people who do not lie to me and have their hand in my wallet while shaking my hand. I have been poor, fairly well off and every-where in between. I have devoted the 20 years of my retirement to help-ing others by mentoring small businesses, single mothers and nonprofits.Most recent book read: “The Alphabet vs. the Goddess,” by Leonard Shlain.

Jeff LauderdaleAge: 61Education: Bachelor of Science in Me-chanical Engineer-ing, Uni-versity of

Idaho.Years on Whidbey: 11Previous elected office: None.Biggest challenges facing Island County: Moving away from ever-grow-ing, increasingly power-ful, centralized govern-ment and returning to a system that respects and rewards individu-al achievement and the concept of private prop-erty. Island County’s challenge will be to es-tablish a government of adequate size and scope in an environment of state regulation that en-courages unbridled gov-ernment growth. The solution to the challenge will be leader-ship that is willing and able to make critical pri-ority decisions and suc-cessfully negotiate with state and federal govern-ments to convince them to release their grip of unfunded mandates. In the near term, we must make thoughtful budget-ary decisions that priori-tize the safety of Island County citizens.What I stand for: I am committed to smart gov-ernment that budgets re-sources wisely, sets pri-orities and deals with the most important first; works with citizens not against them; and a gov-ernment that is sustain-able. I am committed to restoring fiscal responsi-bility and local control to our Island County government. As a Navy commander, I am a proven leader who

can analyze issues, pro-vide direction and foster the unity and teamwork necessary to solve prob-lems with available re-sources. For the past two years I have attended hun-dreds of Island County commissioners meet-ings, hearings and other government activities. I know our county government and I am ready to provide prac-tical solutions to the budgetary and other problems that must be addressed by our county commissioners.Tell us something we don’t know about you: I am an avid gardener.Most recent book read: “Best Laid Plans,” by Randal O’Toole.

Wayne N. MorrisonAge: 63Education: Western Washing-ton Uni-versity, Bachelor of Science in Busi-

ness with a minor in Economics; Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU); Associate in Risk Man-agement (ARM).Years on Whidbey: 23Previous elected office: President, vice presi-dent several times for local community orga-nization; Republican precinct committee of-ficer; president of the Is-land County Economic Development CouncilBiggest challenges fac-ing Island County: Meet-ing the needs of the pub-lic with quality services given the scarce finan-cial resources. We need a balanced budget and yet provide for uncertain-ties.What I stand for: I stand for fairness, common sense, pragmatism, a level playing field and growth with the envi-ronment in mind. I like smaller government, property rights, less bu-reaucracy and less pro-cess. You should vote for me as I have extensive experience with Island County obtained over 23 years in business. My business experi-ence is not matched by any other candidate due to my years in corporate senior management.Tell us something we don’t

know about you: I am a glassblower.Most recent book read: “In the Garden of Beasts,” by Erik Larson.

Helen Price JohnsonAge: 53E d u c a -tion: Lan-gley High S c h o o l , 1 9 7 6 ; Bachelor of Arts in Ad-

ministration and Legal Processes, Mills Col-lege, 1980; Continuous post-graduate training through professional as-sociations.Years on Whidbey: 47Previous elected office: South Whidbey School Board, 2001-2008; Island County Commissioner, 2008-present.Biggest challenges facing Island County: Stretch-ing public resources to meet growing demands will continue to be a challenge. To preserve public health and safe-ty, protect our quality of life, and support our local economy, being a good steward of public resources is my priority.What I stand for: I believe in our local community and that building resil-iency in our citizens will save money and help to leverage limited public dollars. Safety is increased when neighbors work to-gether to support each other in a balance of public and private pre-vention, early interven-tion and treatment pro-grams. Our islands need lead-ers who understand the needs of our small busi-nesses and families. As a 25-year busi-ness owner and moth-er of four, I bring that perspective to the com-missioner’s table. We must be good stewards of our precious natural resources and balance the pressures of develop-ment with the preserva-tion of our environment.Tell us something we don’t know about you: I was on my college swim team.Most recent book read: “Land Use, Environ-ment, and Social Change: The Shaping of Island County, Washington,” by Richard White. Washington’s primary election is set for Tues-day, Aug. 7.

Curt GordonAge: 55Education: Lang-ley High School; Western Washing-ton State College,

2 years; University of Washington, 2 yearsYears on Whidbey: 53Previous elected office: Elected commissioner of South Whidbey Park and Recreation District in 1987. Served for 18 years as an elected official and one more year appointed

to fill in for Matt Simms while he was in Iraq. Elected in 2009 com-missioner of the Port of South Whidbey.Biggest challenges fac-ing Island County: The dramatic drop in sales-tax revenue and the ser-vices that provides, and the needed shift from construction-type busi-nesses to other types of businesses. The need to attract and retain fami-ly-age residents is also a challenge. Both of these issues can be significantly ad-dressed by transporta-

Earl O. LaneEarl O. Lane, age 77,

longtime resident of South Whidbey, died peacefully on Sunday, June 10, 2012 after an extended illness.

Mr. Lane was born in Philadelphia, Penn.,on April 10, 1935. His family moved to Seattle when he was ten years old. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Seattle in 1953. In January, 1955 Earl joined the US Air Force and served his coun-try for 23 1/2 years, attaining the rank of CMSgt. He was stationed at various bases in Washington, California and Alaska. He also did a tour in Thailand during the Vietnam War. After retiring from the Air Force, he and his family remained in Alaska for an extra year and then settled on South Whidbey, in 1979. He managed the boat launch at Bush Point for a couple of years and then returned to the aerospace industry at Boeing. He is a retired Batallion Chief of the Bush Point Fire Station. He was a patient teacher and men-tor to many young men and women he worked with.

Earl married Beverly Shanrock on Jan. 6, 1957. Together they raised a fam-ily and traveled with their children extensively and supported every activity they were involved in. When they had grandchildren, they followed their activi-ties with the same care and passion. He is survived by his loving wife, Beverly; his children and their spouses, Cheryl and Larry Hardie, Nanette and David Streubel, and Terry and CJ Lane; by his grandchildren, Marc and Alex Hardie, Amanda and Nicholas Streubel and Lindsey and Casey Lane; his beloved chocolate lab, Sassy; and by various nieces

and nephews and friends. He was predeceased by his parents, Earl and Edith Lane; his brother, James Lane, and his son, Earl Richard Lane.

Earl loved the outdoors. Camping, hunting and fish-ing were an integral part of his time in Alaska. He loved to fish for pike at Lake Minchumina, as well as Copper River Salmon in Chitina. He also had his light aircraft license and loved to fly to places you could not get to by car.

Services will be held at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent on Thursday, Aug. 16, at 1:15 p.m. There will also be a memorial barbe-cue held at the Greenbank Progressive Club in Greenbank on Saturday, Aug. 18, at 1 p.m. Please come join us and feel free to share stories you may have about Earl with the family. Earl will be missed, not only by his family, but by his countless friends!

The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Jody, Kevin and Mary-Ann Bailey of Cottage by the Cove Adult Family Home for their lov-ing care of Earl; and also to the nurses at Whidbey General Home Health Care and Hospice. In lieu of flow-ers, remembrances can be sent to WAIF, PO Box 1108, Coupeville, WA 98239.

Earl Lane

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James (Jim) M. Campbell

Age: 76Educa-tion: Uni-versity of San Francisco (about three years)

Years on Whidbey: 12Previous elected office: Oak Harbor City Coun-cil, 2005 to present.Biggest challenges facing Island County: The criti-cal items are returning the staffing level at the sheriff’s and prosecutor’s offices to a point where they can do the job of protecting citizens. Second is the number and quantity of taxes the citizens are paying today. And we need to get more proactive in recruiting living wage jobs to settle in Island County.What I stand for: It mat-ters to me that people are safe. I believe gov-ernments primary re-sponsibility is to provide protection services. It matters that people can live their lives with as little outside interfer-ence as possible. It mat-ters that the governing body be flexible in its job. It matters that we have unity in reaching solu-tions to problems. When there is unity in what matters, we will have at-tained true freedom. I am a retired chief petty officer and a re-tired senior manager from Lockheed Martin Aerospace Co. I have experience developing specifications, budgets, and tasks related to con-tracts that ran from $125 million to $300 million. I

have a strong and dem-onstrated background in leadership, manage-ment, the ability to work through complex prob-lems and I have good people skills. The simple truth is experience mat-ters and I have an enor-mous amount of expe-rience in those things county commissioners are called upon to do.Tell us something we don’t know about you: I am 76, but most people are surprised by that fact because I defy their ste-reotypical view about a person this age.Most recent book read: “How the Scots Invent-ed the Modern World,” by Arthur Herman.

Phil CollierDeclined to respond.

Angie HomolaAge: 52Educa-tion: Bacherlor of Science in Archi-tecture, Washing-ton State

University (cum laude); WSU Architecture Pro-gram at London Central Polytechnic; Associate of Arts in General Stud-ies and Architecture, Pierce CollegeYears on Whidbey: 16Previous elected office: Island County Commis-

sioner 2009-presentBiggest challenges fac-ing Island County: Large scale: Water quality and quantity, transport of people and goods, pop-ulation age diversity i.e. challenges for keeping working families and school age children a part of our communi-ty fabric and economy, preservation of natural resources (Island Coun-ty is at 97 percent risk of forest loss; the highest in the state). All other scales: Find-ing diversity of employ-ment outside of the cur-rent key drivers; loss of forest and agriculture land to development; adequate revenues for Island County public services and life safety functions.What I stand for: I be-came a commissioner because I discovered a misappropriation of nearly a quarter of a mil-lion dollars of taxpayer money. I believed there was a lack of transparency and communication between city, county and citizens and I believed the status-qua model of build-or-bust was not sustainable fiscally or environmen-tally. The recession hit hard, the banks col-lapsed and construction sales tax revenues dried up. Building our way out of this problem is not a sustainable fix. Under my leadership, and with the help of col-leagues and amazing staff, local government retracted efficiently yet vulnerably because peo-ple are still here and they expect and deserve ade-

quate services. In my first term, transparency has im-proved greatly, depart-ment functions are more efficient, water is being protected, veterans are getting help, and hungry senior citizens and chil-dren are getting food. I continue to encour-age a collaborative pro-cess between city and county on long-range plans for what we want our islands to look like in 30-50 years and how we will get there. Tell us something we don’t know about you: I do not know boredom; every-thing intrigues me from complex machinery to the lacy wings of an in-sect. My deepest desire is for days to go on for many more hours so that I can obtain more knowl-edge and experiences.Most recent book read: “Better, Not Bigger,” by Eben Fodor.’

Jill JohnsonAge: 41Educa-tion: Oak Harbor High School, 1989; Bachelor of Arts

in Communications, minor in Economics, Central Washington University.Years on Whidbey: 30Previous elected office: None.Biggest challenges facing Island County: Prioriti-zation: how it chooses to spend its scarce resourc-es and where it focuses its energy. Are policy de-cisions focused on grow-

Meet the District 2 commissioner candidatesing our revenue base or expanding programs? Are our resources used to sustain public safety or are they used to fund continued environmen-tal studies? Both of these things have a place, but in tough economic times, it is important to remem-ber that the next four years will be defined by choices, and it is imper-ative that voters elect someone who reflects their values. To me, this election is simply about electing a decision maker who is able to put the needs of the county before the politics of personality, partisanship or any oth-er agenda.What I stand for: I be-lieve in sound public policy that encourages economic growth, effec-tive government spend-ing and prioritizing pro-

grams that focus on the core services of county government that we all deserve and expect. I believe it is time we change the tone of lead-ership from confronta-tional and accusatory to trusting and collabora-tive.Tell us something we don’t know about you: I was the coach of the Oak Harbor High School swim team for one year. It was the very first year team members qual-ified for State. Of course, I would like to believe it was my coaching, but deep down I know that those girls swam their hearts out. It was a privi-lege to be a part of that moment.Most recent book read: “Coop,” by Michael Per-ry.

Recent calls to the Coupeville Marshal’s Office:

Tuesday, July 1010:42 p.m. - A woman

on S. Main Street report-ed someone kept walk-ing around outside and stopping at her bedroom window.

Thursday, July 1211:43 p.m. - A woman

called wanting to know her options for surren-dering a dog she had adopted from WAIF in June.

Friday, July 134:22 p.m. - A caller re-

ported her residence had been broken into some-time in the two previ-ous days. The door was found open and the resi-dence was ransacked.

Sunday, July 1510:43 a.m. - A call-

er reported the bath-rooms and some signs at Coupeville Town Park on N.W. Coveland Street had been spray painted. The caller said the paint wasn’t there the previous day.

Grafitti, a break-in and an unwanted dog


Annie Philp, 8, of Langley plays the fiddle while keep-ing a Hula-Hoop whirling around her hips. Philp per-formed with members of the Island Strings group.

Steven Chen of Bellevue celebrates his third-place win in the pie-eating contest Saturday. At left are Ryan Mad-den of Seattle and Nicholas Larus-Stone of Seattle; at right is Julia Laurence of Seattle.

Ainsley Nelson, 11, of Clinton makes a run through the 4H agility course with her dog Maslow, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

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LEFT: Jones Walther, 5, of Coupeville enjoys watch-ing balls disappear in a whirlpool at the kinetic water sculpture created by Tom Lindsey.

BELOW: Stacey Neumiller, left, Connie Lloyd and Sarah Cassatt participate in the quadrille perfor-mance dressage in which the team of four horses and riders followed choreographed movements accompa-nied by music.

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on Ebey’s Prairie, this isn’t the first time the family has faced crop loss.

And Bishop said there’s still time for the farm to recover. His family’s farm is fairly diversified, with crops that include plants for seed production such as grasses, beets, and peas.

He said he is hopeful the grain he’s planted will bring a good price later in the season.

“There is loss in any given year,” Bishop said. “But something’s got to be good. We keep going.”

Pulling a baler behind his tractor on a sunny af-ternoon last week, Bish-op begins the process of bundling the grass, sal-vaging whatever can be saved.

He said he’ll be lucky if he can get $4 per bale – a drop of more than $10 per bale from the price for high-quality hay.

Bishop was not the only Ebey’s Prairie farm-er to start up his baler that day.

Neighbor Don Sher-man of Sherman Farms was also busy in his fields, trying to get ahead of the rains expected the following day.

“Everybody was mov-ing pretty fast to get the hay hauled off the fields,” Sherman said. “This has been a challenging year for hay making.”

Even though an un-timely rainstorm can hurt one crop, the water

is needed for other crops growing in the fields. Local farmers typically don’t irrigate their crops, instead relying on rain to keep them watered.

Sherman said he is hoping his orchard grass and alfalfa still growing in his fields will yield a good return.

“With this run of weather, we have good moisture to grow,” Sher-man said. “The bright spot is that we may have better-than-average yield for the third cutting (of hay) if the weather de-cides to behave.”

Raspberries delayedThe cool, wet weather

that devastated the hay fields had mixed impact on Coupeville’s commer-cial raspberry farms.

The Mile Post 19 Farm on Hwy. 20 south-east of Coupeville has delayed the opening of its U-pick operations un-til more berries ripen.

The Meeker raspber-ries grown on the farm usually bear fruit later than some other variet-ies grown in the area, but the weather further delayed the peak ripen-ing time.

“We have plenty of berries. They’re just not easily accessible yet,” said Kimberly Jader-holm, who owns the farm with her husband Jerry.

The Jaderholms will

wait until more green berries ripen before they open the fields to recre-ational pickers.

In the meantime, the farm’s picking crew – made up of local teens – carries clear plastic bins between the rows, pluck-ing big, sweet berries off canes that visitors are unlikely to reach.

So far, the farm has not had problems with mold, although it would likely become a problem if the picking teams were not keeping up with the ripening fruit.

“We are picking ev-erything that is ripe,

thus we don’t have fruit on the vine which could mold,” Jaderholm said.

The raspberries they pick meet the demand for fresh and frozen ber-ries sold at the farm’s store, and will be used in professionally processed goods like jams and syr-ups that are sold at 10 re-tail locations, including Prairie Center Red Ap-ple in Coupeville and the Goose Community Gro-cer near Bayview.

The farm’s raspber-ry jam also will soon be on the shelves at the four Made in Washing-ton stores in the Puget

Sound area.About a mile further

south on Hwy. 20, at the raspberry farm owned by Debra Meek and Juanita Youderian, the weather has blessed the fields. The raspberries are bigger and plumper, Meek said.

More lavender The lack of sunshine

and increased precipita-tion also is having an ef-fect on a different crop growing in the commer-cial fields at Lavender Wind Farm just off of West Beach Road north of Coupeville.

The increased rain has made the lavender plants more prolific, pro-ducing more flowers.

Visitors to her farm during this weekend’s Artists Invasion event will be rewarded with spectacular views of rows of purple flowers, set off by the snow-capped Olympic Mountains in the background.

But as the plants ab-sorb more moisture, the amount of fragrant oil in their flowers is reduced.

The plants produce more lavender oil when under stress, such as dur-ing dry conditions.

Farm owner Sarah Richards said that with more flowers, but less oil per flower, she is hoping she will still end up with about the same amount of oil overall.

She will know for sure once harvesting the lav-ender has been complet-ed next month.

“It is wait-and-see,” Richards said.

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Free home-gardening ad-vice, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturdays at the Coupeville Farmers Mar-ket, Alexander and 8th streets (behind the library). Offered by Island County Master Garden-ers. 360-678-2949.

Educational Series: Bud-dhism, 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26. Tahoma Zen Monas-tery, 6499 Wahl Road, Free-land. Speaker is Victor Sogen Hori. Free. Donations accept-ed. 360-331-4142.

Get Your Head in the Game, 3 p.m. Friday, July 27, Freeland Library, 5495 Harbor, Free-land. Teens can spend the af-ternoon gaming on Xbox360 Kinect and creating a styro-foam head sculpture. Free. 360- 331-7323; sno-isle.org.

Star Party for Help House, 7 p.m. to midnight, weather per-mitting, Friday, July 27, Wind-jammer Park, Oak Harbor. Island County Astronomical Society members will answer questions and collect dona-tions of canned food or money for North Whidbey Help House. All ages welcome. Free. 360-679-7664; [email protected]; icas-wa.webs.com.

Performance Society Open Microphone Night, 7-9 p.m., Friday, July 27, Whidbey Play-house Star Studio, 730-A Mid-way Blvd., Oak Harbor. Free. 360-679-2237.

“Outsider,” by local play-wright/actor Gail Fleming, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 4 p.m. Sunday, July 27-Aug.5, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Lan-gley. Part of Whidbey Island Fringe Festival. Tickets: $12. 360-221-8268; 800-638-7631; WICAonline.com.

Artists Invasion, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, July 29. Lavender Wind Farm, 2530 Darst Road, Coupeville. Local art, food and entertainment. Free. 360-678-0919; lavenderwind.com.

SKIMusicFEST, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, July 28, Dou-ble Bluff Beach, Freeland. Free. Skimboarding event with live music, food. jackd-skimboards.com.

Clinton library Open House, 2 p.m. Saturday, July 28, 4781 Deer Lake Road, Clinton. Free. 360-341-4280. Decorate cup-cakes and enjoy live music by Susan Hanzelka and Chelsea Bonacello. Bring a small item that reflects 2012 to put into a time capsule.

Island County Democrats SummerFest, 3-7 p.m., Sat-urday, July 28, 4632 Tompkins Rd., Langley. $20 adults; $15 ages 17-21; $12 for children 16 and under. Enjoy Mexican buf-fet with beer, wine and straw-berry shortcake. Meet, mingle and talk with candidates. is-landcountydemocrats.word-press.com.

Winery Rocks! Summer Concert, 6 p.m., Saturday, July 28, Whidbey Island Win-ery, 5237 Langley Rd., Langley. Featuring Massy Ferguson, roots and Americana. Tickets: $20 (includes glass of wine for 21 and older); $18 Wine Club members; $15 10-20 years old; 10 and under free; brownpa-pertickets.com. Reservations: 360-221-2040.

Photography lecture with David Julian, 7 p.m., Satur-day, July 28, Pacific North-West Art School, 15 NW Birch St., Coupeville. Free. 360-678-3396; www.pacificnorthwe-startschool.org.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Breakfast, 10 a.m. to noon, Sunday, July 29, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Whitehead-Muzzall Post, 3037 N. Goldie

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Watoto Mission Presenta-tion, 3 p.m., Sunday, July 29, Oak Harbor Lutheran Church, 1253 NW Second Ave. Free. See photos and listen to a presentation by Dr. Skip Ly-cksell on the church’s mission to Uganda. Desserts and ap-petizers at a reception follow-ing.360-679-1561.

Job Club, 10-11:30 a.m., Monday, July 30, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Learn how to write cover let-ters. Free. 360-675-5115.

Tween Film Festival, 2 p.m., Monday, July 30, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr. See “The Muppets.” Free. 360-675-5115; sno-isle.org.

Opera Preview, noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, Freeland Li-brary, 5495 Harbor Ave. Seat-tle Opera director of education Sue Elliott gives a multi-media presentation on the history, music and stagecraft of the opera “Turandot.” Free. 360-331-7323; sno-isle.org.

As You Wish, 1 & 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr. If you had three wishes, what would they be? Free. 360-675-5115; sno-Isle.org.

As You Wish, 1 p.m. Wednes-day, Aug. 1. Coupeville Library, 788 N.W. Alexander St. If you had three wishes, what would they be? Free. 360-678-4911.

Summer Street Dance, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.1, Bay-view Cash Store, 5603 Bay-view Rd. Langley. Bahia plays at free, family-friendly street dance. 360-321-4145.

Good Vibrations, 1 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 2, Freeland Library, 5495 Harbor, Free-land. School-age program by Pacific Science Center using tuning forks, musical instru-ments and more to learn about sound. Free. 360-331-7323; sno-isle.org.

Refraction Action, 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 2, Freeland Library, 5495 Harbor Ave. Observe the behavior of laser light as it interacts with differ-ent materials to understand reflection and refraction. For school-age children and fami-lies. Free. 360-331-7323; sno-isle.org.

Disabled American Veter-ans Chapter 47 meeting, 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 2, Oak Harbor Library Room 137, 1000 SE Regatta Drive. 360-391-9435.

American Roots Music Se-ries, 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, Deception Pass State Park, 41020 Hwy. 20, Oak Harbor. Hank Nelson and Bob & Mike Antone perform music and stories from Northwest timber communities. Free. Discover Pass or payment required for parking. 360-675-3767; parks.wa.gov/events.

WineryRocks! Summer con-cert, 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug.4, Whidbey Island Winery, 5237 Langley Rd., . Featuring Ca-mille Bloom, folk rock. Tickets $20 (includes glass of wine for 21 and older); $18 Wine Club members; $15 10-20 years old; 10 and under free; brownpa-pertickets.com. Reservations: 360-221-2040.

Whidbey Island Triathlon, Saturday, Aug. 4. Registration is open at whidbeytriathlon.com; active.com. Call South Whidbey Parks and Recre-ation District, 360-221-5484.

Earth Sanctuary Guided Tour, 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 4. Led by founder Chuck Pet-tis. Meet at parking area at 5536 Emil Road, Freeland. $14 adults; $7 children. Dress for the weather. 360-331-6667; [email protected].

Meet Artist Bev McQuary, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. Aug. 4 or Tuesday, Aug. 14 at Penn Cove Gallery, 9 Front St., Coupeville. Wearable art using Lampwork glass beads and wire-working techniques. 360-678-1176.

South Whidbey DUI/Under-age Drinking Panel, 12:45 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 4, Trinity Church’s Grigware Hall, Hwy. 525, Freeland. Required for driver’s ed. 360-672-8219; idi-pic.org.

Saturday Matinee for Teens, 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Re-gatta Dr. Free. See the film “War Horse.” 360-675-5115; www.sno-isle.org.

Barbara Mearing Art Recep-tion, 5-7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 4, Whidbey Art Gallery, 220 Second St., Langley. Pastels, acrylics, colored pencil. Free. whidbeyartists.com.

Vegissimo IV, benefit for Whidbey Island Nourishes, 6

p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4 at the home of sculptor Georgia Ger-ber and musician Randy Hud-son. Food by Kristine Phillips; music by the Rural Characters. Tickets $75. 360-221-6314. whidbeyislandnourishes.org.

Sunday Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 5, Green-bank Farm, 765 Wonn Rd., Greenbank. Free. Kettle corn, beef jerky, perennials, art, jew-elry, woodworking and more. [email protected].

“Rebecca: The Story of Re-becca Ebey,” performed by storyteller Jill Johnson, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, Crockett Barn, Coupeville. Presented by Island County Historical Society Museum. Tickets $10. 360-678-3310.

Job Club, 10-11:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 6, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Topic: Resumes. Free. 360-675-5115; sno-isle.org.

South Whidbey Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Sup-port Group, 10 a.m.-noon, Tuesday, Aug. 7, Bayview Se-nior Center, 14594 Hwy. 525, Langley. Free. 360-477-5511.

Tween Film Festival, 2 p.m., Monday, Aug. 6, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr. See “Cars 2.” Free. 360-675-5115; sno-isle.org.

DIY Teens: Window Art Mo-saics, 2 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7, Coupeville Library. 788 NW Al-exander St., Coupeville. Free. All supplies provided. Space is limited; call to register. 360-678-4911; sno-isle.org.

Transcendental Meditation, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7, Freeland Library, 5495 Harbor Ave., Freeland. Annie Skipper leads group medita-tion for those who practice TM at 6:30 p.m. and lectures about TM at 7:30 p.m. Free. Ann Rap-paport, 360-221-8065.

Disney Double Feature, 1 and 3 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 8, Coupeville Library, 788 NW Alexander St. Screening two Walt Disney films. 360-678-4911; sno-isle.org.

Teen Scavenger Hunt, 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 8, Oak Harbor Library, 1000 SE Regatta Dr. Free. Clues avail-able at the library at 2 p.m.; return by 4 p.m. for prizes and refreshments. 360-675-5115; www.sno-isle.org.

As You Wish, 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9, Freeland Li-brary, 5495 Harbor. If you had three wishes, what would they be? Ages 5 and up. Free. 360-331-7323; sno-isle.org.

Race the Reserve, 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 11, Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, Coupeville. Registra-tion fees: $55 Half Marathon; $40 10K Run/Walk; $25 5K Run/Walk. Proceeds support a safe and sober graduation night for seniors at Coupeville High School. racethereserve.com.


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to build a rain garden, Lawrence said.

“The Whidbey Island Conservation District knows a lot about rain gardens from the engi-neering perspective,” he said. “The Washington State University Exten-sion Master Garden-ers know a lot about plants.”

And the Master Gar-deners who attended the rain garden course, which counted toward their required 10 hours per year of continuing education, know about plants suitable for rain gardens.

“The first step in plant selection is determining which ones are hardy enough for this climate,” Nelson said.

Then the plants need to be selected based on their ability to tolerate water – and lots of it, she said.

“The plants will be very wet for a period of time until the rain gar-den drains,” Nelson said.

Plants located at the bottom of the rain gar-den need to be the most moisture tolerant, she said.

The best place to in-stall a rain garden is in an area where the water naturally flows, either at the bottom of a slope or natural depression.

Making sure the gar-den drains properly is im-portant, Lawrence said.

“If the water drains away in two to three days, there is no problem with mosquitoes,” Law-rence said. “You don’t want the water sitting around for too long.”

Some soils may have a low infiltration rate, or speed at which the wa-ter seeps deeper into the

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University of Denver professor and rain garden expert Martin Quigley talks to local Master Gardeners about rain gardens at Greenbank Farm.

ground, making some areas unsuitable for a rain garden. Installa-tion over septic systems or underground utility lines should be avoided, as well as placement too close to the foundation of a building.

The Whidbey Island Conservation District helps property owners with technical assistance for low-impact develop-ment projects, like rain gardens – at no charge.

Hallbauer of the con-servation district donat-ed his time for the rain garden design.

The money for the project at Greenbank Farm came from a grant from the Russell Family Foundation.

Plants, soil, and oth-er materials added up to about $1,000, Lawrence said. The plants were purchased from local businesses and include a mix of small and large sizes.

WSU Island County Extension plans to install three additional demon-stration rain gardens, in-cluding one at Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens in Greenbank and one at a real estate office on Ca-mano Island. The fourth location has yet to be de-termined.

At Greenbank Farm,

the new rain garden pro-vides a learning oppor-tunity for local residents as well as visitors.

“The rain garden will enhance Greenbank Farm aesthetically, and there is an education-al component as well,” Lawrence said.

People already have begun to notice it, said farm Director Judy Feld-man. And it’s also help-ing to draw more atten-tion to the businesses at the farm.

“The galleries love the rain garden,” she said. “When people look at it, they also look towards the galleries. The Audu-bon Society, which vis-its monthly, is also really impressed.”

In the long-term de-sign, the rain gardens will blend in as a natural feature, Lawrence said.

Lawrence said that some rain gardens may take on a cupcake or do-nut shape, but at this lo-cation the slight depres-sion will look more like a garden landscape, he said.

Flowering plants like iris, daylily and fuchsia have been planted along with grasses like ever-gold sedge and slough sedge, and shrubs such as variegated red twig dogwood.

The historic Ferry House in Ebey’s Land-ing National Historical Reserve is the setting for A Summer Evening Pic-nic on the Prairie, set for 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18.

The event is a fund-raiser for the Ebey’s For-ever Fund, a project that provides grant money for historic preservation projects within the Re-serve.

Tickets for the pic-nic are $75 and include dinner,entertainment by local musicians, a raf-fle and a docent-guided tour of the Ferry House, an extraordinary oppor-tunity to learn about one of the oldest buildings in Washington.

Tickets are avail-able online at ebeysfor-everfund.org as well as through Bayleaf in Coupeville, Blooms

Winery Taste for Wine at Bayview Corner, the Wind and Tide Book-shop in Oak Harbor, and at the Jacob Ebey House visitor center and the Trust Board office, both of which are just off Cemetery Road near Coupeville.

For information, vis-it ebeysforeverfund.org or call the Reserve Trust Board office at 360-678-6084.

Ferry house picnic benefits grant fund


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10amMorning Worship &

Children’s Church - 11amPlease call for information

regarding Small Group meetings.

“Nothing is too hard for God”

16604 SR 20 (Just south of Coupeville)(360) 678-3713 or (360) 969-5155

Pastor Mike Coleburn

Oak HarborOH Senior Center

51 SE Jerome StSunday 11:00 am

CoupevillePac Rim Institute180 Parker RdSunday 9:30 am

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Coupeville UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Jin Ming Ma • Will Strong, Youth Director608 N. Main St. • 360-678-4256

Contemporary Service 8:45 a.m.

Sunday School 10 a.m.Traditional Service 11 a.m.

Child care available

Paci�c Rim InstituteSundays • 6:30pm

Oak Harbor Lutheran Church invites everyone to experience a casual evening of prayer, worship and

friendship in Coupeville.

Call 679-1561 for information.

Come join us for Lutheran Worship Services in Coupeville!

St. Mary’s Church

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON WHIDBEY ISLAND WELCOMES EVERYONE!

St. Augustine’s in-the-Woods

Sunday Eucharist8 & 10:30 am

Child care available at 10 amYouth programs at 10:30 am Sept - June

5217 S. Honeymoon Bay RdFreeland • 360-331-4887

www.staugustinesepiscopalchurch.org

Shantina Steele, Director of Christian FormationNigel J. Taber-Hamilton, Rector

WELCOME TO

MASS SCHEDULESundays • 11:15 am & Thursday • Noon

207 N. Main St., Coupeville • www.staugustineoh.org

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

555 SE Regatta • Oak Harbor • 679-3431www.ststephensanglicans.org

ST. STEPHEN’S ANGLICANThe Rev. Paul Orritt

SUNDAY SERVICES8:00 am • Solemn Eucharist

9:30 am • Sung Eucharist11:11 am • Eucharist Celebration

www.StephensAnglicans.org

ISLAND VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor James Gallagher6-7:30 pm

Sunday Nightswww.IslandVineyard.org

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WhIdbEy WEathEr SUmmary July 16-July 22, 2012

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Fawn run, Bachert 72 52 — 0.73 18.93 17.23

Fort Casey, Barnes 76 51 — 0.51 17.36 15.32

greenbank, Mercer 72 52 — 0.75 17.92 16.54

naS Whidbey, Weather Desk 66 50 41 0.71 14.02 14.69

West beach, Marion 68 51 — 0.49 16.03 14.56

Crockett Lake, Haglund 79 50 15 0.48 17.93 16.09polnell point (records begin April 9, 2012) 77 51 12 0.52 17.68 —

What’s up with the weather? Check out george haglund’s blog at whidbeyexaminer.com!

sowin’ ’n’ the troweltoni grove

For those of you who object to fairy rings pop-ping up in your pristine lawns, it’s not a bad idea to know how to deal with some of the ever-present fungus among us in this often damp and some-times chilly climate.

On the other hand, there are many people who speak fondly of mushrooms – and usu-ally in the same sentence with the words sauté, garlic and butter.

I admit I’m one of those. To me, there are more important things to know about the fun-gi I find growing nearby than how to eradicate them. Like, what is it? And can I eat it?

With perhaps thou-sands of species of mush-

rooms in Washington, knowing when it’s abso-lutely safe to eat a wild mushroom can be diffi-cult.

Now there’s a tool mushroom hunters can use to help identify mushrooms that are new to them and remember where they’ve found ed-ible mushrooms in the past.

“The Mushroom Jour-nal: Keep Track of Your

Mushrooms,” is the brain-child of Coupeville native Justin Rothboeck, who admits he comes from “a very fungiphobic family.” His passion for mush-rooms, he says, was born out of frustration.

While staying with a friend in a cabin in the Oregon Cascades about seven or eight years ago, he became intrigued by all the different mush-rooms he saw growing around him. After col-lecting several, he at-tempted to identify them using an old, out of print, mushroom book he found in the cabin.

“A big part of the ob-session came from not being able to do it easi-ly,” Rothboeck says.

He dug his heels in

ry code. You’re asked a series of questions and, depending on whether the answer is yes or no, you’re guided to the cor-rect identification of a plant or, in this case, a fungus. Rothboeck rec-ommends “Mushrooms Demystified,” or “All That the Rain Promis-es, and More…” both by David Arora.

The second half of the journal provides charts in which to keep track of where, when and un-der what conditions you found those edible mush-rooms you’d like to find again someday.

“I think it’s difficult to remember where we found morels three years ago, and I think this journal is going to help that,” Rothboeck says.

“You can keep it all in one place,” he said. “And the unknown mushroom section prevents you from missing important details.”

Rothboeck encour-ages everyone to go out and collect mushrooms for the fun of identify-ing them, and to join a mushroom club to meet other fungus fans.

He wants people to know they can’t be poi-soned just by touching or handling a mushroom.

However, he says, “when you decide to start eating mushrooms, you’ve got to be very careful.”

He suggests cooking all mushrooms and to watch out for what he calls “LBMs” – Little Brown Mushrooms – be-cause they can be found anywhere and are so eas-ily confused with one another and misidenti-fied. His most important advice?

“When in doubt, throw it out,” he says.

There’s no guarantee you’ll be rolling in morels or chanterelles if you use “The Mushroom Jour-nal,” but you’ll have a huge leg up on collecting the important data need-ed to correctly identify mushrooms. Plus you’ll have the information needed to return to that prized patch of mush-rooms again and again.

Even though he grew up in Coupeville and has lived much of his 30 years in the Pacific Northwest, Rothboeck is a somewhat reluctant mossback.

“Mushroom hunting is one of the things that has helped me come to terms with this weather,” he says with a laugh.

Rothboeck recently relocated to the Big Is-land of Hawaii, where he’s getting some of that sun he’s been craving. He’s also getting used to the fact that Hawaii lags far behind Washington in mushroom species.

I have to wonder if the rain and all it promises will someday draw him back home.

Local author helps you organize your mushroomsto learn about these, his first mushrooms, and discovered he had a gen-uine interest in knowing more. Now he’s become not only a mushroom expert who can rou-tinely find edible fungi on walks around town, he’s put together a handy journal to help others become better mush-room hunters.

The first part of “The Mushroom Journal,” which costs $15 though Amazon.com, contains charts on which to cat-alog all the information you collect on mush-rooms you want to iden-tify.

Where was it found? What color is it? Does it have a ring or gills? Is there an odor? What does the stalk look like? You can record this in-formation and more, as well as attach a spore print you will have made – if you’re a diligent mushroom identifier!

Once you’ve gathered as much information as you can on an unknown species, you can use a mushroom book that pro-vides a good dichotomous key to “key out” and iden-tify your mushroom.

If you’ve never used a dichotomous key, it’s like biology’s answer to bina-

Free preschool available

Skagit Valley Col-lege ECEAP preschool is now enrolling for the fall session.

ECEAP – the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program – is a state-funded pro-gram. Children must be at least three years old by Aug. 31.

Income guidelines ap-ply and breakfast and/or lunch is provided. Parent activities and education-al opportunities are also available.

Classes are located in Oak Harbor, Coupeville and in South Whidbey.

Call 360-679-5348 or 360-321-0696 ext: 5348.

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Garage/Moving SalesIsland County

Clinton

BARN SALEat Waxwood Farm. 11th annual. 12 vendors.

Antiques, furniture, tools, books, pottery,

primative, vintage lighting, clothing and

jewelry, and more.Something for everyone!4280 Deer Lake Rd., Clinton, Whidbey Is.Saturday July 28th,

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ClintonISLAND PICKER’S Spe- cialty! Furniture, clothes, and 5 decades of tools. Saturday July 28th and Sunday July 29th, 9am- 5pm, 7044 Cultus Bay Rd.CLINTONMULTI FAMILY! NEAT Stuff! Outdoor furniture and lots of treasures! Saturday, July 28th, from 8:00am- 2:00pm at 6638 Anderson Rd.ClintonSAT JULY 28th, 10 am - 2 pm. Household items, misc office items, home furniture, moving sale. 8189 Sandy Hook Drive. From SR 525, south at l ight on Cultus Road, past Baileys Corner, turn r ight onto Cultus Bay Road (do not stay on Possession Road). Fol- low neighborhood street to beach area, home is on the right.GREENBANKMOVING SALE! Furni- ture, tools, car par ts, lawn equipment, sports equ ipmen t , a l l ages clothing, toys & more! Saturday, 7/28, 9am- 4pm, 4080 Junco Rd, Greenbank, on the uphill side of Classic Road. Rain or shine. Cash onlyLANGLEYBUIDLING, HOUSE and camping stuff, toys and lots more! Saturday, July 28th from 9am to 2pm at 5841 Sou th Lang ley Road. Look for signs. Cash on l y. No ea r l y birds.

Oak HarborANNUAL MARINERS Cove Sales. Saturday, July 28th, 8am. Furni- ture, Household, Fine China, Tools, Fishing/ Boating Gear, Sporting Goods, Books, Art and Antiques. Crescent Har- bor past Polnell, Look for Signs and Balloons!OAK HARBORGARAGE SALE! An - tiques, men’s clothign, dishes, pots, pans, tup- perware container, various kitchen items, dual control King Temerpedic bed, sheets, pillow cas- es, comfor ter, var ious penguin items, TV’s, office supplies, tools, co- puter desk, queen size captain water bed (heater & sheets included) and much, much more! Friday, July 27th & Satur- day, July 28th from 9am to 3pm a t 923 Deer Park. Oak HarborGARAGE SALE. Satur- day, July 28th, 9am - 3pm. Lots of great hard goods. Old radios, slot machine, p inbal l machine, pool table plus more. 401 SW 6th Ave- nue, Oak Harbor, across from middle school.

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COUPEVILLE HUGE SALE! Friday & Saturday, July 27 th & 28th from 9am to 5pm and Sunday, July 29th f r o m 9 a m t o 1 p m . Queen size brass bed f r a m e , h u n d r e d s o f ya rds o f wh i te tu l le , men’s racing bike, bike rack, American Girl doll clothes, antiques including large oak teachers desk and 200 year old rocking chair. Stamps, HO gauge model train, amazing se lect ion of women’s clothes from petite to plus sizes, 3 rattan bar stools, vintage Tandberg reel to reel tape deck and tapes, N a k a m i c h i c a s s e t t e deck, yards of grape vine garland, compost bins, electric piano, tiki bar and stools, patio furniture, wire fencing, holi- day items, Singer sew- i n g m a c h i n e w i t h cab ine t , two v in tage leather Aviator jackets, games, jewelry, rototiller, lots of books including m a n y c o o k b o o k s , dishes, glasses, free TV and lots more! Located at at 777 Nature Lane. 1 and a 1/2 miles South of Coupeville, off Jacobs Road. Look for yellow signs!OAK HARBOR GARAGE SALE! Reclin- ers, chairs, dresser, end tables, Schwinn station- ary bike, classic Nordic Track, lawn mower, bicy- cle, clothes (adults & girl teen), leather jackets, ar- tificial Christmas tree, 3’ high Sinterklaas (Santa Claus). Electronics; including 2 TV’s. Books, C D s , r e c o r d s , V H S tapes, kitchen items, & more. Friday- Saturday, Ju ly 27 th- 28 th, 8am- 2pm. No early birds. Lo- cated at 1292 Swantown Road; across from Whid- bey Golf & CC.Oak HarborYARD SALE. Lo ts o f H o m e D e c o r : R u g s , Lamps, Pictures, Etc. Lots of Good Junior Size Clothes and Shoes. Lit- t le G i r ls S ize 10-12. Tools, Small Furniture and Lots More! Friday, July 20th, 9am - 2pm. Saturday, July 21st, 9am - 1 2 p m . 8 8 0 A ck l ey Lane, Take Left Side of Dr iveway On To D i r t Road.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

FOR ISLAND COUNTY IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the Estate ofTAPPE, GALE WILLAMDeceased.NO. 12 4 00148 2NOTICE TO CREDITORS The personal representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Persons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the t ime such cla ims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of l imitat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the attorneys of record at the address stated below a copy ofthe claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is for- ever barred, except as other- w i s e p r o v i d e d i n R C W 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICA- TION: July 26, 2012

/s/ JOAN MARIE TAPPEJOAN MAIRE TAPPE, Personal Representative

McPHERSON & McPHER- SON, P.L.L.P.

/s/ JOAN H. McPHERSON, WSBA#14141Attorney for Personal Represen- tativeADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE:P.O. Box 1617, One NW Front StreetCoupeville, Washington 98239

LEGAL NO.Published: 408330The Whidbey ExaminerJuly 26, August 2, 9, 2012

NOTICE OF SPECIAL SESSIONS

ISLAND COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

The Island County Planning Commission will conduct public workshops with the same Agen- da and presentation at three different locations.

August 14, 2012 - 6:00 p.m.Commissioners Hearing Room 1 NE 6th Street Coupeville, WA. August 16, 2012 - 6:00 p.m.Trinity Lutheran Church Gym18341 State Rte 525Freeland, WA.

August 21, 2012 - 6:00 p.m.Camano Community Center606 Arrowhead Rd.Camano Island, WA.

The agenda shall include: roll call, approval of minutes, items from the public, and a public workshop to discuss the pro- posed comprehensive update of

LEGAL NOTICES

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In the matter of application for the transfer of Fran- chise No. 371 from David and Carol Moe to Habitat for Humanity of Island County for an existing sewer transport line located in the Plat of Harbor Sands situated in Sec. 2, Twp. 29N, Rge. 2E, W.M., Island County, Washington NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Board of County Com- missioners of Island County, Washington, that they have set August 6th, 2012, at the hour of 10:15 a.m. at their usual meeting place in the Cour t- house Annex in Coupeville, as the time and place for a public hearing in the matter of granting of said franchise.

All interested persons may appear at said hearing in person, or by their duly appointed representative, and be heard for or against the granting of said franchise.

Dated this 9th day of July, 2012.

BOARD OF COUNTY COM- MISSIONERSISLAND COUNTY, WASHING- TON

Persons requir ing auxil iary aids/services should call Island County Human Resources, 679- 7372, 629-4522 ext. 7372, or 321-5111 ext. 7372 (use whichever number is applicable for the area) at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.

Legal No. 405371Published: Whidbey Examiner July 19, 2012 and July 26, 2012

LEGAL NOTICES

ship 31N, Range 3E, W.M., Is- land County, Washington NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Board of County Com- missioners of Island County, Washington, that they have set August 6th, 2012, at the hour of 10:15 a.m. at their usual meeting place in the Cour t- house Annex in Coupeville, as the time and place for a public hearing in the matter of granting of said franchise.

All interested persons may appear at said hearing in person, or by their duly appointed representative, and be heard for or against the granting of said franchise.

Dated this 9th day of Ju- ly, 2012.



Legal No. 405367Published: Whidbey ExaminerJuly 19, 2012 and July 26, 2012

LEGAL NOTICES



In the matter of application for a franchise submitted by John Guichard for a sewer transport system located in the Plat of Beverly Beach and along a por- tion of Brainers Road situated in Sections 23 and 26, Township 30N, Range 2E,W.M., Island County, Washington

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Board of County Com- missioners of Island County, Washington, that they have set August 6th, 2012, at the hour of 10:15 a.m. at their usual meeting place in the Court- house Annex in Coupeville, as the time and place for a public h e a r i n g i n t h e m a t t e r o f granting of said franchise. All interested persons may appear at said hearing in person, or by their duly appointed representative, and be heard for or against the granting of said franchise. Dated this 9th day of July, 2012.


Persons requir ing auxil iary aids/services should call Island County Human Resources, 679- 7372, 629-4522 ext. 7372, or 3 2 1 - 5 1 1 1 ex t . 7 3 7 2 ( u s e whichever number is applicable for the area) at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.




In the matter of application for the renewal of a franchise submitted by Fircrest Wa- ter Association for an existing water distribution system located in the Plat of Fircrest Es- tates and along a por tion of Jones Road situated in Sec- tion 7, Township 33N, Range 2E,W.M., Island County, Washington NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Board of County Com- missioners of Island County, Washington, that they have set August 6th, 2012, at the hour of 10:15 a.m. at their usual meeting place in the Cour t- house Annex in Coupeville, as the time and place for a public hearing in the matter of granting of said franchise.

All interested persons may appear at said hearing in person, or by their duly appointed representative, and be heard for or against the granting of said franchise. Dated this 6th day of Au- gust, 2012.




LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

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

File Number: 174/12 SDP Applicant: Sally Ann Foote Proposal: Installation of drain- age system for capturing & rout- ing stormwater from top of bluff to beach. 8” diameter pipe will terminate at OHWM. Project site is within or near: MFWHCA, Flood & Geo Hazard Area, Steep Slopes Location: 3975 Converse Dr, Freeland Staff Contact: Jennifer Hagen- ow, [email protected]

FILES AVAILABLE FOR RE- VIEW: The application files are available for inspection and copies will be provided at the cost of reproduction in a timely manner.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: must be

LEGAL NOTICES

ISLAND COUNTYVENDOR LIST

State laws adopted in 1991 and Island County Code, C h . 2 . 3 0 A . 0 2 0 a n d 2.30A.060 provide that adver tising and competitive bidding may be dispensed with for purchases of services, materials, equipment, suppl ies and leases between $5,000 and $25,000 by sol ici t ing competi t ive quotes from vendors who have submitted their business information to Island County for inclusion on the Vendor List. Any vendor de- siring to be placed on the Vendor List or to have their current information updated may obtain a Vendor List Application Form by contact- ing the Island County Audi- tors Office at 360-679-7369. A form may also be obtained from Island County Auditors Office, Attn: Mi- chele Tefft, 1 NE 7th Street Suite 103, Coupeville, WA 98239; you may also down- load a form at www.island- county.net

LEGAL NO. 407685Published: The Whidbey Examiner.July 26, 2012

the Island County Shoreline Master Program in compliance with the Shoreline Management Act and 2003 current state shoreline management guidelines. The update includes revised goals and policies that will amend the shoreline element of the Comprehensive Plan; revised shoreline environment designations; a restoration plan; and an amendment to replace the existing Chapter 17.05 ICC in its entirety with a new Chap- ter 17.05A ICC, to be known as the Shoreline Master Program Regulations and Procedures.

LEGAL NO. 408230Published: The Whidbey ExaminerJuly 26, 2012



In the matter of application for transfer of Franchise No. 30, Lee Enterprises NW, Inc. to Merton and Nancy Gribble for an existing sewer transport system located portions of Wagner Road and Gough Road situated in Section 31, Town-

received by 4:30 p.m. on August 25, 2012 mail to Island County Community Development, P.O. Box 5000, Coupev i l le, WA 98239; deliver to 6th & Main Street, Coupeville, WA between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mon- day through Thursday; by FAX to (360) 679-7306. .

To request notice of hearings, or receive a copy of the decision or final threshold determination or appeal procedures, mail your written request to the before mentioned address.

FOR PUBLICATION IN THE JULY 26, 2012 OF THE WHID- BEY EXAMINER.

LEGAL NO. 408322Published:The Whidbey ExaminerJuly 26, 2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

Pursuant to R.C.W. Chapter 61.24, et seq. and 62A.9A-604(a)(2) et seq. Trustee’s Sale No: 01-ALT-001884 I NOT ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION, will on August 24, 2012, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO CITY HALL, 865 BARRINGTON DRIVE F/K/A 3075 300TH WEST, OAK HARBOR, WA, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real and personal proper ty (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Property”), situated in the County of ISLAND, State of Washington: LOT 42, PLAT OF WEST RIDGE, DIVISION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 17, RECORDS OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON.

SITUATED IN ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON Tax Parcel No: S8390-00-00042-0, commonly known as 1097 GREENWOOD STREET, OAK HARBOR, WA. The Property is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 2/28/2007, recorded 3/8/2007, under Auditor ’s/Recorder ’s No. 4196122 , records of ISLAND County, Washington, from EDWARD A DENMON, EUFEMIA E DENMON, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor, to CAL_WESTERN RECONVEYANCE CORPORATION, as Trustee, i n favo r o f M O RT G AG E ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AS NOMINEE FOR FIDELITY MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which is presently held by HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE T R U S T E E F O R T H E REGISTERED NOTEHOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-2. II No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III The default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY THE MONTHLY PAYMENT WHICH BECAME DUE ON 5/1/2011, AND ALL SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS, PLUS LATE CHARGES AND OTHER COSTS AND FEES AS SET FORTH. Failure to pay when due the fol lowing amounts which are now in arrears: Amount due as of May 25, 2012 Delinquent Payments from May 01, 2011 1 payments at $1,100.00 each $1,100.00 12 payments at $1,101.06 each $13,212.72 (05-01-11 through 05-25-12) Late Charges: $378.00 Beneficiary Advances: $3,106.25 Suspense Credit: $0.00 TOTAL: $17,796.97 IV The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $194,268.82, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expenses of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on August 24, 2012. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured by August 13, 2012 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before August 13, 2012, (11 days before the sale date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated at any time after August 13, 2012, (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. V I A wr i t t en No t i ce o f Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: EDWARD A DENMON, 1097 GREENWOOD STREET, OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 EDWARD

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A DENMON, 270 SOUTHEAST BARRINGTON DRIVE #B306, OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 EUFEMIA E DENMON, 270 SOUTHEAST BARRINGTON DRIVE #B306, OAK HARBOR, WA , 9 8 2 7 7 E U F E M I A E DENMON, 1097 GREENWOOD STREET, OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 by both first class and certified mail on 2/16/2012, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 2/16/2012, the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written notice of default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII The Trustee’s Sale will be held in accordance with Ch. 61.24 RCW and anyone wishing to bid at the sale will be required to have in his/her possession at the time the bidding commences, cash, cashier’s check, or certified check in the amount of at least one dollar over the Beneficiary’s opening bid. In addition, the successful bidder will be required to pay the full amount of his/her bid in cash, cashier’s check, or certified check within one hour of the making of the bid. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all of their interest in the above described property. IX Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale. X NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceeding under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with section 2 of this act.DATED: 5/21/2012Effective Date: REGIONAL T R U S T E E S E R V I C E S CORPORATIONTrustee By: MELISSA HJORTEN, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTAddress: 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 340-2550 Sale Information: www.rtrustee.com A-4249334 07/26/2012, 08/16/2012

Legal No.: CEX 2680P u b l i s h e d : T h e W h i d b ey ExaminerJuly 26, August 16, 2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE - PERUELO

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. TS No.: WA-11-490884-SH APN No.: S8152-04-00151-0 Title Order No.: 110609246-WA-GSI Grantor(s): DAVID G PERUELO,

C A N D I C E P E R U E L O G ra n t e e ( s ) : M O RT G AG E ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCIAL RESOURCES, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION Deed of Trust Instrument/Reference No.: 4229111 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 8/24/2012, at 10:00 AM At the main entrance to the City Hall located at 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor WA 98277 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of ISLAND, State of Washington, to-wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ISLAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 151, PLAT O F S H A N N O N F O R E S T, DIV. NO. 4 , ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 13 OF PLATS, PAGES 174 AND 175, RECORDS OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON. TAX ID: S8152-04-00151-0 More commonly known as: 1554 SW 7TH AVENUE, OAK HARBOR, WA 98277 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/13/2008, recorded 5/22/2008, under 4229111 records of ISLAND County, Washington, from DAVID G PERUELO AND CANDICE PERUELO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantors), to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation i n favo r o f M O RT G AG E ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCIAL RESOURCES, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. , AS NOMINEE FOR A M E R I C A N F I N A N C I A L RESOURCES, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION (or by its successors-in-interest and/or assigns, if any), to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $35,105.72 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $257,935.92, together with interest as provided in the Note from the 11/1/2010, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 8/24/2012. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 8/13/2012 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 8/13/2012 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are

paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 8/13/2012 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI . A wr i t ten Not ice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): DAVID G PERUELO AND CANDICE PERUELO, HUSBAND AND WIFE 1554 SW 7TH AVENUE, OAK HARBOR, WA 98277 by both first class and certified mail on 4/18/2012, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Dated: 5/18/12 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington,

as Trustee By: Timothy Donlon, Assistant Secretary For Non-Sale, Payoff and Reinstatement info Quality Loan Service Corp of Washington 2141 Fifth Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 (866)645-7711 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.lpsasap.com For Service of Process on Trustee: Quality Loan Service Corp., of Washington 19735 10th Avenue NE Suite N-200 Poulsbo, WA 98370 (866)645-7711 A-4239923 07/26/2012, 08/16/2012

Legal No. CEX 2681P u b l i s h e d : T h e W h i d b ey ExaminerJuly 26, August 16, 2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

Pursuant to R.C.W. Chapter 61.24, et seq. and 62A.9A-604(a)(2) et seq. Trustee’s Sale No: 01-ALT-001884 I N OT I C E I S H E R E B Y GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION, will on August 24, 2012, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO CITY HALL, 865 BARRINGTON DRIVE F/K/A 3075 300TH WEST, OAK HARBOR, WA, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real and personal proper ty (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Property”), situated in the County of ISLAND, State of Washington: LOT 42, PLAT OF WEST RIDGE, DIVISION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 17, RECORDS OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATED IN ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON Tax Parcel No: S8390-00-00042-0, commonly known as 1097 GREENWOOD STREET, OAK HARBOR, WA. The Property is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 2/28/2007, recorded 3/8/2007, under Auditor ’s/Recorder ’s No. 4196122 , records of ISLAND County, Washington, from EDWARD A DENMON, EUFEMIA E DENMON, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor, to CAL_WESTERN RECONVEYANCE CORPORATION, as Trustee, i n favo r o f M O RT G AG E ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AS NOMINEE FOR FIDELITY MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which is presently held by HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE T R U S T E E F O R T H E REGISTERED NOTEHOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-2. II No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III The default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY THE MONTHLY PAYMENT WHICH BECAME DUE ON 5/1/2011, AND ALL SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS, PLUS LATE CHARGES AND OTHER COSTS AND FEES AS SET FORTH. Failure to pay when due the fol lowing amounts which are now in arrears: Amount due as of May 25, 2012 Delinquent Payments from May 01, 2011 1 payments at $1,100.00 each $1,100.00 12 payments at $1,101.06 each $13,212.72 (05-01-11

through 05-25-12) Late Charges: $378.00 Beneficiary Advances: $3,106.25 Suspense Credit: $0.00 TOTAL: $17,796.97 IV The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $194,268.82, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expenses of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on August 24, 2012. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured by August 13, 2012 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before August 13, 2012, (11 days before the sale date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated at any time after August 13, 2012, (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. V I A w r i t t e n N o t i c e o f Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: EDWARD A DENMON, 1097 GREENWOOD STREET, OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 EDWARD A DENMON, 270 SOUTHEAST BARRINGTON DRIVE #B306, OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 EUFEMIA E DENMON, 270 SOUTHEAST BARRINGTON DRIVE #B306, OAK HARBOR, WA , 9 8 2 7 7 E U F E M I A E DENMON, 1097 GREENWOOD STREET, OAK HARBOR, WA, 98277 by both first class and certified mail on 2/16/2012, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 2/16/2012, the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written notice of default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII The Trustee’s Sale will be held in accordance with Ch. 61.24 RCW and anyone wishing to bid at the sale will be required to have in his/her possession at the time the bidding commences, cash, cashier’s check, or certified check in the amount of at least one dollar over the Beneficiary’s opening bid. In addition, the successful bidder will be required to pay the full amount of his/her bid in cash, cashier’s check, or certified check within one hour of the making of the bid. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all of their interest in the above described property. IX Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same pursuant to RCW 61.24.130.

Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale. X NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceeding under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with section 2 of this act.DATED: 5/21/2012Effective Date: REGIONAL T R U S T E E S E R V I C E S CORPORATION Trustee By: MELISSA HJORTEN, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTAddress: 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 340-2550 Sale Information: www.rtrustee.com A-4249334 07/26/2012, 08/16/2012

LEGAL NO. 407701Published: The Whidbey ExaminerJuly 26, August 16, 2012

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