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VOLUME 36, NUMBER 45 • NOVEMBER 5, 2013

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The Lopez Island Family Resource Center is pleased to help assure all in our Lopez community have a bountiful Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Meal Baskets

If you and your family would like a meal basket provided, call the LIFRC for more details.

If you would like to donate food or money to help buy the “fix-ins” for about 50 Thanksgiving baskets for local families, please call the LIFRC at 468-4117.

Community Shakespeare12th Annual Fall Festival

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

(appropriate for all ages)Lopez Center for Community & the ArtsNov. 6, 12 noon & 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 7-8-9 at 7:30 p.m. Students $10, Adults $15

Tickets online at communityshakespeare.org,Also at Paper Scissors Rock

Whales off course on the way to recoveryBy Scott RasmussenJournal editor

What only a few short years ago appeared to be an upswing in the popula-tion now seems like fleeting good fortune in the up-again, down-again saga of the south-ern resident killer whales.

With four members miss-ing and presumed dead, the population has fallen to 80 animals, according to the Center for Whale Research. The population totaled 88 in 2010.

Center Director Ken Balcomb, citing this year’s dismal return of Chinook salmon to the Fraser River,

maintains a combination of dwindling food supply and toxic materials accumulated in the blubber of the whales is largely to blame for the latest disappearances and drop in numbers. Without enough prey to satisfy nutri-tional needs, Balcomb said whales draw on blubber for fuel and that toxins are then released into their circula-tory system in highly con-centrated levels.

“All whales use blubber as sort of a freezer storage area,” he said. “The PCBs [polychlorinated biphenyls] go from parts per billion to parts per million when they start drawing on the bank account of blubber and just like in humans it affects the immune system, the ner-vous system, the reproduc-tive system. It’s what hap-pens when you have bad years for fish.”

The center, which main-

tains a census of the south-ern resident killer whales for the National Marine Fisheries Service, will list three whales missing in its 2013 survey, all from L-pod. The three are: L-2, a female, estimated age of 53, L-26 a female, estimated age of 57, and L-79 a male born in 1989.

The census does not include J-8, a female whose age the center estimates at 80, and which appears to be the latest casualty.

Also known as “Spieden,” J-8 was not among others members of J-pod when the

group showed up en masse about a week ago off the west side of San Juan Island. Center senior research assistant Erin Heydenreich said the 80-year-old female had shown telltale signs of declining health, shrinkage of tissues around head – commonly referred to as “peanut head” – over the past two years, accord-ing to the center’s Erin Heydenreich.

The southern residents consist of three pods, J, K and L. Called “residents” because they spend a major-ity of the year in the waters of the Salish Sea, they are considered endangered by the U.S. and Canada. Their population, believed to have been historically in the high 100s, was decimated by captures for marine parks, which ended in the 1970s, followed by pollution and declining salmon popula-tions.

The whales’ population

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Contributed photo /Center for Whale Research

(L-79 (missing) swims along side his mother, L-22).

SEE WHALES, PAGE 8

By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter

Cooperation between the two providers of emergency medical transport in San Juan County has become more difficult as of late. The two providers, Airlift Northwest and Island Air Ambulance, both provide air transport for county patients, but island

residents are wondering what is happening with the two entities and what exactly is the difference between them?Transport

Airlift Northwest is the University of Washington-affiliated emergency medi-cal transport that uses heli-copters to fly critical-care patients directly to Seattle and Bellingham hospitals. The AirCare membership for transport by Airlift Northwest helicopter costs $79 a year in

Washington.Island Air Ambulance pro-

vides county residents and visitors with basic life sup-port transport in an airplane between county airports and airports in Bellingham and Seattle. Today most patients requiring air medical trans-port from San Juan Island fly with Island Air Ambulance, according to Larry Wall, director of critical care trans-port for San Juan Island EMS. The service results in no out-of-pocket costs to residents of San Juan Island, Pearl Island, Brown Island, Henry Island, Stuart Island, Johns Island and Spieden Island, which are all part of the taxing dis-trict that supports San Juan Island EMS.

There are a number of dif-ferences in equipment and services available from each program, the primary one being that Airlift Northwest helicopters fly directly to hospitals with landing pads, while fixed-wing planes must land at airports.

Individual annual mem-bership for those who live outside of the taxing district, like Orcas residents, is $45 a year and the family annual membership is $55.Cutting ties

Airlift Northwest will not help to cover islanders using Island Air Ambulance.

Airlift Nor thwest announced it has terminated participation in the recipro-cal payment program of the Association of Air Medical Membership Programs.

“Reciprocal payment” is a common arrangement among providers of emergen-cy transport. For instance, if you had an AirCare member-ship and were transported by

Island Air Ambulance, your out-of-pocket costs – over what your insurance paid – would have been covered by Airlift Northwest. That will no longer be the case for residents outside of the tax-ing district that supports San Juan Island EMS. Residents in that taxing district will also receive added benefits.

“A resident of San Juan Island Public Hospital District is covered for out-of-pocket expenses by the EMS Medevac [Air Ambulance] program no matter who does the transporting,” said San Juan EMS Chief Jim Cole.The future

Airlift Northwest’s new plan is to negotiate payment plans directly with emer-gency transport providers, though apparently not with Island Air Ambulance.

Airlift Northwest claims the change became neces-sary partly because county residents are using Island Air Ambulance far more than Airlift Northwest.

“We cannot have reciproc-ity with Island Air Ambulance because we’re not commu-nicating with Island Air Ambulance,” said Chris Martin, executive director of Airlift Northwest.

Martin said that San Juan Island EMS has decided to transport more patients using Island Air, rather than calling in an Airlift Northwest helicopter.

Airlift Northwest has about 3,700 San Juan County resi-dents who pay to participate in its AirCare membership program. San Juan Island EMS Medevac, who runs Island Air Ambulance, has recently begun signing up county residents for its simi-lar program to offer emer-gency transport by airplane.

Cole says the member-ship is not being offered to residents of San Juan Island Hospital District 1 because their out-of-pocket costs are already covered by being part of the hospital district.

Martin said reduction in Airlift Northwest flights from San Juan County in recent years is evidence that San Juan Island EMS has relied less on Airlift Northwest helicopters and more on its own fixed-wing airplane and on the EMS emergency boat Guardian for transportation.

In 2011, Martin said, Airlift Northwest completed 552 missions to the county; in 2012, the number decreased to 370; so far in 2013, the number is 287.

Martin said that the reduced numbers are the result of decisions made by San Juan Island EMS. Cole disagrees with that state-ment.

“All medical emergency transportation decisions are made on the basis of what’s best for the patient,” Cole said.

– Cali Bagby contributed to this story.

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WEDS, NOV 6PLAY: Community Shakespeare’s A Mid Summer Night’s Dream, 12 & 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Tickets at door: free. Shows run Nov. 7 - 9.

THURS, NOV 7CLASSES: Create a Website or Blog with WordPress, 3 Thursdays, 5-30 - 7:30, at Library. Adrienne Adams teaches how to use this online service to

create a site for business or personal use. $50 fee. Pre-registration req’d. Call 468-4117or www.lifrc.org.

SAT, NOV 9EVENT: Inter-island creative affair, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Woodmen Hall. It will feature artists from Lopez, Orcas & San Juan. There will be a food drive there.

ART: Holiday Group Show, 5 - 7 p.m., Chimera Gallery in Lopez Village

Plaza. Festive opening for the gallery’s annual Silent Auction and raffle. Group show runs Nov. 9 - Dec. 13, with raffle winners announced Dec. 14. Raffle proceeds benefit Lopez High School arts.

MON, NOV 11MEETING: Lopez Center Monthly Board Meeting, 5;15 p.m., Lopez Center.

TUES, NOV 12MEETING: Enchanted Quilters’ monthly meeting,

Coffee & goodies begin at 9:30 a.m. at Woodman Hall. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. Our pro-gram this month is “Bag Ladies.” If you wish bring your favorite handmade bag & pattern to share.

WEDS, NOV 13DANCE: Contra Dance - George Marshall and Perpetual E Motion, 7 p.m., Lopez Center. For more info, visit www.lopezcenter.org. $10 (youth $8) tickets at the door.

SAT, NOV 16MUSIC: Concert Gretchen Wing and Friends/ annual Meetingotion, 7 p.m., Lopez Center. Suggested Donation: adult $10, youth $5.

FRI, NOV 29FUNDRAISER: Lopez Union Cemetery Christmas Wreath, Craft & Gift Sale, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Center Church. Proceeds to go support Center Church and Union Cemetery.

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Al-Anon:Saturdays - 9:30 a.m. at the Children’s Center, Lopez. Call 468-4703.

Airlift Northwest cuts ties with Island Air Ambulance

By Russel Barsh and Madrona MurphySpecial to the Islands’ Weekly

A sure sign of autumn in the islands is the sudden appearance of large troops of mushrooms in lawns, fields, woodpiles, and wood-lands. Heavy rain and cool but not freezing weather is ideal for a fall flush. But while overall good years are determined by the weather, individual mushroom spe-cies are unpredictable and may only be abundant once or twice in a decade.

Mushrooms are the fruits of some of the spe-cies of fungi in the phyl-la Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. Other fungi such as molds and yeasts do not produce fruiting bodies large enough for us to see, or to eat. Many fungi are parasites, and include diseases of humans such as ringworm and Pneumocystis pneumonia.

Most mushrooms we see are not poisonous, quite a few are edible and many are simply indigestible; very few are truly toxic. Many rely on small animals such as chipmunks to scatter their spores after eating the “fruit”: so they have to smell and taste good! Others attract insects such as gnats and midges to eat and bear off spores; they smell weird to humans but delicious to flies. Still other mushrooms simply rely on the wind to blow spores away to new ground, like the woody polypore mushrooms (they are inedible). Fungi have evolved effective attractants and deterrents for manipu-lating the behavior of ani-mals.

What we see above-ground as a mushroom is tiny compared to the myce-lium, the actual body of the

organism, a sheet or web of highly organized, cooperat-ing fungal cells that may be buried underground, or inside a log. Mycelia can live for centuries and grow to acres in extent. On the occasions when they fruit, their microscopic spores dust the ground surface around them, and fill the air like pollen. Few spores become new mycelia, how-ever. Most land where con-ditions are not quite right, or other competing fungi are already established.

The main enemies of mushrooms are neither slugs nor the humans that somehow take pleasure in kicking them over, but rather the other fungi and bacteria that parasitize them. Over hundreds of millions of years, the fungi have developed a diverse chemical arsenal to ward off attacks by other microor-ganisms. We owe the first antibiotics such as penicil-lin (discovered in 1928) and erythromycin (1949) to wild strains of fungi.

Fungal diversity is direct-ly and indirectly necessary for plant diversity. Directly, by forming underground mycorrhizal partnerships with plant roots through which the plant is fed micro-nutrients, and shares some of its sugars from photo-synthesis. In old, relatively

undisturbed woodlands, the entire forest floor may be underlain by layers of mycelia of a dozen or more fungal species, spread-ing out from the roots of the trees and shrubs with which they have formed partnerships. All terres-trial orchids, including the lovely pink Fairy Slippers, depend on soil fungi to feed their germinating seeds and to sustain the orchid throughout its lifetime. Our local evergreen orchid, Rattlesnake Plantain, recip-rocates by sharing the products of photosynthe-sis with its fungal partner. Clear-cut logging, heavy machinery treads, grading the soil surface, and forest fires can kill mycelia in the leaf litter, logs, and shallow soils, slowing the re-growth of trees and shrubs, and reducing the diversity of plant species and fungi that return. On Lopez, our great-est fungal and tree diversity is in south end woodlands with trees 200-600 years old. Dense but young secondary growth conifers, the domi-nant forest type on Lopez and generally 50-75 years in age, display less than half the diversity or abundance of fungi, although a few “decomposer” species, such as Black Morels, are spe-cialists in disturbed soils.

Most fungi are selective

and will only work with one species of plant or a small number of related species. We are fortunate in the islands because many fungi prefer to form partnerships with Douglas firs. On Lopez Hill or Point Colville you can see white Short-Stemmed Russulas a foot or two in diameter emerging like fai-rytale toadstools around the trees. While this keystone mycorrhizal species is (at best) tasteless to humans it is considered delicious by squirrels and chipmunks. And it is often accompanied by less abundant species such as Shrimp Russula, Bleeding Lactarius, and Matsutake that humans find delicious. Indirectly, fungi are crucial in terrestrial ecosystems because they break down leaf litter and dead woody material, recy-cling nutrients to support new plant growth. You may have seen one of our most unusual, specialized decom-posers, a tiny pale mush-room that only grows on fir cones! Many species can be found on fallen trees and stumps. These fungi have powerful enzymes that dis-mantle cellulose, lignin, and other structural compounds in wood; they also tend to have very useful proper-ties as bio-degraders in bio-

swales. So raise a glass of wine (kvass, kumis, beer or kombucha will also do) to the fungi while eating some delicately sautéed local mushrooms on a piece of toasty bread in your home built with wood grown from mycorrhizal partnerships, and … you get the picture.

Kwiáht researchers are building an inventory of mushroom species, their

habitats and seasonal-ity, to complement the annotated checklist and keys maintained by the South Vancouver Island Mycological Society, www.svims.org, with a focus on keystone habitat-building species, edibles, and dye-producers. Write [email protected] for more infor-mation.


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe Board of Commissioners for the Port of Lopez will hold a public hearing to present and discuss the adoption of its 2014 budget. The public hearing will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 7:00p.m. at the Port's airport building. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

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Fly Agaric – a mildly toxic mycorrhizal mushroom.

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Initiative 522 – badly written,costly and misleading

Consumers would pay highergrocery prices

“Economic studies show I-522 would increasegrocery prices for Washington families byhundreds of dollars per year.”

Dan Newhouse, Former DirectorWashington State Department of Agriculture

This voter information paid for by NO on 522, P.O. Box 7325, Olympia, WA 98507. Top five contributors: Grocery Manufacturers Association Against I-522, Monsanto Company, DuPont Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences LLC, Bayer CropScience.

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Many food labels would befalse and inaccurate

“Initiative 522 is so badly written it would requiresome foods to be labeled as geneticallyengineered, even if they're not. It would giveconsumers misleading information.”

Ken Eikenberry, Former WashingtonState Attorney General

“Labeling needs to be done the right way, andI-522 falls short.”

Everett Herald Editorial, 10/16/13

“[I-522] would confuse rather than inform, sovoters should reject this poorly worded anddeceptive initiative.”

The Olympian Editorial, 10/22/13

“Washington voters and consumers can servetheir best interests by voting No on I-522.”

Seattle Times Editorial, 10/5/13

“I-522 doesn’t live up to its own truth-in-packaging claims.”

Tacoma News Tribune Editorial, 10/6/13

“Exemptions for everything from dairy andbeef products to restaurant foods rendermuch of I-522 meaningless to consumers.”

The Spokesman-Review Editorial, 10/22/13

I-522’s labeling policies areunsupported by science

“The information on food labels should be factualand reliable, but I-522 would provideinconsistent and misleading information and isunsupported by current nutrition research.”

Sarah Zarelli, R.D., M.Ed.Registered Dietitian, Pediatrics, King County

Every major newspaper in Washington says NO on I-522: Seattle Times • The Olympian • Everett HeraldThe Spokesman-Review • Walla Walla Union-Bulletin • The Columbian • Tri-City Herald • Wenatchee World

Longview Daily News • Tacoma News Tribune • Yakima Herald-Republic • Moscow-Pullman Daily News

By Ande FinleySpecial to the Islands’ Weekly

Transition Lopez Island is part of a worldwide move-ment to encourage resilience and sustainability in our com-munities in the face of oncom-ing climate change, economic instability, and issues of peak oil. Since Lopez already has many organizations working actively towards this goal, the Transition group has been looking for ways to fill in the gaps.

Toward this end, Transition Lopez Island formed the Barnraising Guild for island neighbors to help one another with homesteading projects in the manner of the com-munity barn raising of the past. It helps the whole com-munity as individual fami-lies become more resilient and land use island-wide becomes more productive.

To kick off activities, elev-en people gathered at Laurie Parker’s little homestead on a sunny autumn Saturday. There were tasks for all age levels and abilities. Participants had scoured their spare wood piles and pooled materials and tools.

Led by Kay Keeler and her intrepid granddaugh-ter, Molly, the group moved piles of thorny brush to a burn pile. Mike Moore and Jack Pedigo dug post holes and built a gate to enclose the goat pen. Scott Finley led a team of Pete Kuentzel and Parvin Baharloo in designing and building a

goat shed. Eski Benson single-handedly built a hay feeder. Pat Kuentzel and Ande Finley helped repair the chicken tractor and rabbit hutches. Beverly Zapalac brought everyone a nourishing lunch. By dark, every project had been completed in time for the potluck. The crew bonded in unique ways and it was a truly satisfying day.

The Parker/Benson/Odegards are a multi-gener-ational family sharing land and resources. Laurie is a self-employed writer and her son, Eski and his part-ner, Orion Odegard are arti-sans caring for their infant daughter, Kåra.

“I know that a lot of work parties happen on Lopez- for the milking co-op, the Land Trust, the LCCA, and various non-profits, and I know a lot of the farmers

help each other out regu-larly,” said Laurie. “But for people who have projects on a smaller scale, this oppor-tunity organized by the Transition group is needed. Many people don’t like to ask for help and this is a way of exchanging labor that helps people overcome that resistance.”

Although hours will not be tracked formally, the Guild encourages people who would like to get their project on the schedule to become involved on a regu-lar basis. Those who cannot do the heavy lifting could find other ways to contrib-ute – in lighter tasks, assist-ing with the organizing, and/or bringing food for the end-of-the-day potluck.

For more information, contact Barnraising Guild coordinator, Scott Finley at [email protected] or 5199.


Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO)What Just Happened? • What Have We Lost?

Why Does it Matter? • What’s Next?

Common Sense Alliance Presents A Public Forum

Topics IncludeWhat did the Friends win and what more are they asking for?

by Tim BlanchardDoes THIS science make my bu� er look too big?

by Ed Kildu� If it looks like a court and acts like a court, is it really a court?

by Glen MorganWhy is CSA seeking a review of the Growth Board decision?

by Sandy Mackie, Perkins Coie Law Firm

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Please Join Us, Q&A to follow!Sat, Nov 9, 2013-FH Middle School Commons, 2:30 pm

Sun, Nov 10, 2013-Eastsound Fire Hall Mtg. Room, 1:00 pm

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Holiday Food Drive

The holiday season is approaching.

In support of our community, we are collecting

non-perishable food to be donated to our

local food banks.

Collection bins can be found in our branch lobbies.

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CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Interested in protecting the way of life in San Juan County through land conservation?

The County Council seeks San Juan County citizens to fill upcoming

vacancies on the San Juan County Land Bank Commission.

District Two position– (Orcas, Crane, Obstruction, & Waldron Islands) two years, expiring December 2015 At large position – two years, expiring December 2015 At large position – four years, expiring December 2017 At large position – four years, expiring December 2017

If you’re interested in serving on the Land Bank Commission,

contact the Council Office (360) 378-2898 or [email protected]

This land is your land. sjclandbank.org

Barnraising Guild Project

There are less than 50 shop-ping days left until Christmas. Support your local artists and crafters by buying locally pro-duced items at the Inter Island Creative Affair Nov. 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Woodmen’s Hall on Lopez Island. Over twenty talented local artists from through out the islands will be showing in one place for just one day.

A raffle will be held every thirty minutes featuring items donated by local artists. Everyone bring-ing non perishable food items for the food bank will receive an entry to the raffle. Must be pres-ent to win.

Refreshments will be served by donation to the Lopez Hospice.

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Work from Bossy’s Feltworks from Orcas Island, just one of the special guests who will be there at the event.

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O2 Energy Light, located in the center of Lopez village, is now open and ready to serve the San Juan Islands and surrounding areas. They offer mild hyper-baric oxygen therapy (mHBOT), infrared sauna therapy and other light therapies.

A year ago Jennifer Janeway’s husband, became very ill with aggressive cancer. As part of an integrative approach to dealing with his illness, Darryl and Jennifer wanted to find ways to improve Darryl’s immune system generally and in preparation for a particular treatment. It was suggested by his Naturopathic Oncologist that he try Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Darryl and Jennifer found a center off island quite a ways from the San Juans area that offered this service. His immune markers did show significant improvement and it seemed clear that it would be wise to continue this kind of therapy for a significant period of time. It was expensive and impractical for Darryl to travel the distance to that center and so Jennifer found a way to purchase a chamber with the hope of helping Darryl and the community as a whole. This began the creation of O2 Energy Light.

Mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves a person being exposed to increased atmospheric pressure inside an inflatable chamber. The pressure increases the amount of available oxygen to the cells and tissues and allows oxygen to reach areas of the body that would normally be difficult to reach. This complementary therapy is being used more and more around the world by allopathic and alternative practitioners for conditions including: traumatic brain injuries, stroke, infections, cancer, inflammation, migraines, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson’s, pre/post surgery, dementia and for sports medicine and general health.

Infrared Saunas use light to penetrate and heat the body which can help with pain management, circula-tion, detox, weight control, and more.

LED Light Therapy stimu-lates beneficial innate cel-lular responses including increasing circulation, acti-vating the release of nitric oxide and helping with pain management. It accelerates repair and replenishment.

Call 360-468-3732 for infor-mation and to schedule an appointment. Inquire about taxi service from the ferry to the office to come car-less. Look for the upcoming web-site: www.O2energylight.com.


Gordon “Gordie” Rydberg, born on July 7, 1930, passed away early Monday morning on October 28, 2013 at the age of 83.

Born and raised in Anacortes, he gradu-ated from the University of Washington in 1953 with a degree in Business Administration.

Gordie loved the Pacific Northwest and after retir-

ing from Standard Oil of California/Chevron USA with 33 years of service, he made his home on Lopez Island.

Gordie enjoyed fishing, crabbing, boating, part-time cattle ranching and was a fan of the Seattle Seahawks from their beginnings.

He was engaged for many years in community servic-es – offering his time and experience to such projects as the island’s Catherine

Washburn Clinic, LoHo and Lions Club. As a good Swede, Gordie loved his Ole and Lina jokes.

He always looked at the bright side of life, enjoyed good times with friends and family and kept his positive outlook throughout his ill-ness.

On October 21, 2013 he and his wife, Barbara (Henson) Rydberg, cel-ebrated their 63rd wedding

anniversary. Gordie is dearly missed

by his wife, Barbara; three children and their spouses, G’Ann and Franz Stratil, Constance Rydberg-Johnson and Nick Johnson, Catherine and Greg Olson; as well as his four grand-children, Austin Beatty, and Stephanie, Thomas and Christopher Stratil.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Lopez Island Community Church.

A private family grave-side service will be held at Lopez Union Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the: Catherine Washburn Medical Association, PO Box 309, Lopez Island, WA 98261.

Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, WA and the San Juan Islands. To share mem-ories of Gordie, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.

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LOPEZ IsLandChrist the King Community ChurCh, There’s

Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10 a.m. in the

school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come

as you are! More info at ctkonline.com/lopez. Email:

[email protected] Phone: 888-421- 4CTK ext. 819.

graCe episCopal ChurCh, welcomes

you to worship with us on Sundays at 10:00

a.m. Fisherman Bay Road at Sunset Lane.

468-3477. Everyone welcome!

harbor of hope lutheran ChurCh, invites

you to worship at 10 a.m. Sundays beginning Oct. 27 at

1145 Channel Road. Please check at theharborofhope.com

for information on “The Bulletin Board,” or call Pastor

Don 360-468-4019.

lopez island Community ChurCh, 91 Lopez

Road. Sunday School: pre-school through adult 9:30 a.m.;

Worship at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877.

lutheran ChurCh in the san juans. Join us

Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in Center Church on Davis Bay Road.

Also in Friday Harbor at 11:00 a.m. in St. David’s and in

Eastsound at 1:15 p.m. in Emmanuel. Pastor Anne Hall,

468-3025.

QuaKer Worship group Meetings will be Sundays

at 10 a.m. at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman

Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone

468-2129. Email: [email protected]

st. franCis CatholiC ChurCh Come worship

with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome

you to join us for Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Call

378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.

Worship Services in the Islands

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2 VINTAGE Blue Mason jars: medium $9 each & 3 lg $12 each. One has a zinc lid. SEAFAIR TIME LIFE books, set of 20, $80 all. 2 duplicate books $6 each. 360-317- 8454.

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Buick

1959 Buick Electra. Great restoration project. $1800. 360-321-5524

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In November, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources will take steps to improve naviga-tion and ensure environmental protection in two popular harbors on Orcas and San Juan Islands. The project will remove a dozen old dock fragments and floats illegally moored on state-owned aquatic lands.

“These floating docks are in various states of disre-pair, and some are likely to break apart in a significant storm,” said Brenda Treadwell, DNR’s aquatic resources manager covering San Juan County. “In addition, many

of these structures contain old tires, exposed foam and other hazards that can harm the aquatic environment. In

other cases, the floats are used as storage for anything from gas cans to a bath tub. Removing these broken bits of docks and dilapidated floats also will make navigation easier for boaters and provide more area for short-term vessel moorage.”

The floating docks are in Deer Harbor on Orcas Island and in Shipwreck Cove in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. Photos of the floating docks scheduled for remov-al are online at: www.flickr.com/photos/wastatednr/sets/72157637172030234/

DNR will begin removing unauthorized dock pieces and floats in late November. Because most of the structures are in poor repair, DNR wants to remove them before storms break them up.

plummeted to 71 by 1973, climbed to 99 in 1995, then plummeted to 79 six years later. The population rebounded to 80 in 2002, 83 in 2003, 89 in 2005, and has seesawed around 88 since then. The whales were declared endangered by the U.S. and Canada by 2005.

Some orca advocates insist there’s greater con-cern for the long-term health of the population than just the decline in over-all headcount.

Based on a study of the center’s survey, Orca Relief Citizens’ Alliance cites a

sharp decline in the num-ber of breeding-age females and males, down 24 percent since 2004, and 26 percent since 2009, respectively. However, the next genera-tion of breeding females, 3-15 years of age, has fallen even faster, down 39 per-cent since 2000, according to Orca Relief.

“Our new analysis sug-gests that the greatest danger to the population is much more serious than indicated by total head-count, as the breeding female population, today and tomorrow, plunges at an alarming rate,” Orca Relief Executive Director Bruce Stedman said in a press release. “We are con-cerned that if additional pro-

tective steps are not taken very soon it could be too late for Puget Sound’s resi-dent Orca.”

Orcas Relief notes that the number of juvenile males has increased 66 per-cent since 2009.

Faced with dwindling salmon runs, Orca Relief maintains the quickest remedy for the southern residents would be the cre-ation of a protection zone off the west side of San Juan Island, in which boats would be prohibited. Such a zone would provide the whales with a buffer from whale-watch boats and safe haven where they might rest and hunt more effi-ciently.

Meanwhile, Balcomb believes the answer to whales’ survival is simple, even if the equation is com-plicated: more fish.

“If we could keep lots of fish out there, even if they’re toxic, we wouldn’t have this problem with the southern residents heading down this road to extinction,” he said. “It would take some adjust-ments in lifestyles, but we’re humans, we can fix it, it can be done.”


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OPALCO SEEKING TO FILL DISTRICT 4 VACANCY

OPALCO’s Board of Directors is seeking to fill a vacancy in District 4, which includes Shaw, Crane, Canoe and Bell islands. Interested candidates residing within District 4 should submit a cover letter and brief resume to Chris Thomerson, President, Board of Directors, 183 Mt Baker Road, Eastsound, WA 98245 or via email [email protected] with “Director Candidate” in the subject line. The Board will appoint a replacement to ful-fill the term that expires at the annual meet-ing in 2016. Open until filled.

Gallery Hours: Mon, Thu.-Sat. 10-5; Sun. 10-3www.ChimeraGallery.com; (360) 468-3265

Lopez Artists’ Cooperative

NOVEMBER SHOWOpening Reception:Saturday, Nov. 9th, 5-7 pm Show dates: 11/9 - 12/13

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Contributed photo / Audrey Bordvick

A little girl full of joy and heading to Flat Point State Park beach. A magical moment in time.

Fall is here

DNR removes dock fragments and floats The agency began the

formal process to obtain custody on September 26, when staff posted notices on the floating docks. DNR followed up with a sec-ond notice of custody on October 16. The agency offi-cially takes custody onNo-vember 15, unless owners step forward before then to remove the floating objects and anchors.

In cases where DNR is aware of ownership of the float, the agency will seek reimbursement for the costs to remove and dispose of the object, anchoring sys-tem, and related debris.

For further information, contact Brenda Treadwell, DNR, 360-854-2832 or [email protected].

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Islands' Weekly, November 05, 2013