Whidbey Examiner, March 07, 2013

By Megan HansenEditor

The streets of Coupeville were flooded this weekend with mussel enthusiasts seeking the big flavors the endearing town has to offer.

Visitors traveled from near and far this weekend to shop in town, eat chowder and Penn Cove’s famed mussels.

People wandered the town going from business to business, tasting 16 different chow-ders made by local participants.

Vickie Chambers, executive director of the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association, said an estimated 6,000 people came through Coupeville for the event.

Chowder ticket sales surpassed last year’s 1,900 sold with more than 2,600 tasting passes

purchased.“It was what we had hoped for,” Chambers

said. Tickets sold out by 1 p.m. Saturday and there were still some left on Sunday.

After all the chowders were tasted, people voted on their favorite entry.

Businesses prepared weeks in advance for the competition, trying out recipes and mak-ing changes to existing ones.

Lavender Wind Farm participated for the first time this year.

Owner Sarah Richards said she did several trial runs and brought in outside tasters before settling on a recipe.

It’s all about fun and bragging rights, she said.

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Record crowd helps devour tasty mollusk

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Contestants in the mussel eating contest eagerly chow down on the famed mollusk in hopes of earning the champion title.

Mussel mania

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David Day stirs mussels prepared in a paella pan outside

Bayleaf Sunday. Eager eaters were

lining the walkway in hopes of getting some of the tasty

treat.

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Island County Planning Chief Bob Ped-erson is resigning.

Pederson, hired in 2009, submitted a letter of resignation to the Island County Board of Commissioners Monday morning.

According to the letter, his last day on the job is Friday, April 5.

“After much thought, I have come to the conclusion that I would like to pursue some other interests at this time in my life; be they semi-retirement, consulting work, ca-reer opportunities in a new field, travel and fulfilling my ‘bucket list,’” Pederson said.

“I am also toying with the idea of going to law school, which is something I always wanted to do but could never find the time.”

Pederson could not be reached for com-ment.

Pederson replaced former planning di-rector Jeff Tate and was the first choice of board that consisted of three Democrats.

Over the past four years, he has shep-herded several major projects, including the recently adopted Shoreline Master Program update, while administering the depart-ment amid unprecedented budget cuts.

Pederson continues to be embroiled in a dispute involving Commissioner Kelly Emerson, her husband Ken Emerson, and a building project at their Camano Island home.

At one point, the Emersons sued Peder-son, along with a commissioner, planning

enforcement officer and the county, in Island County Superior Court.

The case was dis-missed by Judge Alan Hancock.

Commis-sioner Emer-son also was unavailable for comment

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ning department is not unusual.Tate, who worked for years for a Re-

publican majority, resigned his post just months after the election of commissioners Angie Homola and Helen Price Johnson – both Democrats.

Republican Commissioner Jill Johnson, who took office this year, declined to com-ment on employee matters in an interview Tuesday morning other than to confirm that the board received his resignation.

“We accepted that and are thankful of his service,” Johnson said.

She also wished him well, saying she is “excited to see what he chooses to do next.”

County planning director resigning

Pederson

Coupeville School District Board of Di-rectors selected Jim Shank as the next dis-trict superintendent during a special board meeting last week.

Shank currently is superintendent of the Juab School District in Utah.

Since 1991, he has had experience as an instructional assistant, teacher of students with special needs, assistant principal, el-ementary and secondary principal, and di-rector of federal programs and assessment in Washington, Idaho and Utah.

He obtained his Doctor of Education de-gree in Educational Leadership in May 2012.

In meetings with district employees, stu-dents, parents and community members, he described himself as a collaborative leader.

The district said he is familiar with com-

mon core standards and the revised expecta-tions for teacher and principal evaluations.

The board approved a three-year con-tract with Shank, which includes a $120,000 annual salary.

His contract begins July 1, 2013 and ends June 30, 2016.

Prior to selecting the new schools chief, the board held a series of community meet-ings with the top three candidates.

Those candidates included Shank, Pam Estvold, current assistant superintendent for Anacortes School District and Russ Pick-ett, current superintendent with the Tenino School District.

Board members then reviewed feedback from the community as well as their own re-sponse to interviews.

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Amanda Bergstrom, who works at the restaurant and was handing out samples Sunday said the spices are a secret family recipe.

The business has been participating in the chowder contest for years and uses a modified version of its clam chowder recipe.

Owner Marcia Johnson said the mussel chowder is a recipe her aunt created years ago. One change this year was adding the pancetta.

Knead and Feed sells clam chowder on its regu-lar menu, but may switch to selling mussel chowder for a while.

“We have a lot of mussels leftover,” Johnson said.

In the end, Captain Whid-bey Inn won with its mussel chowder featuring mussels in the whole shell.

Though, Chambers said second and third place win-ners were close behind.

People packed the Rec Hall both afternoons to wit-ness the coveted mussel-eat-ing contest.

Chelsy Certain’s first taste of the Penn Cove Mussel Fes-tival was a satisfying one.

She participated in her first mussel eating contest, pulling up a chair alongside mollusk eaters far bigger, older and more seasoned.

But inside a crowded Coupeville Recreation Hall, the 20-year-old college stu-dent didn’t bite off more than she could chew, gulping down three cups of mussels faster than anyone else to claim the first crown of the two-day competition over the week-end.

“I was really nervous just like before a big game,” said the 5-foot-5 Certain, who is a third baseman on the Skagit Valley College fastpitch team. “I sat down and there were two burly guys next to me. One of the guys mentioned to me, ‘Don’t look up. Just keep eating.’

“I just went for it.”

MUSSELS: Thousands stroll through Coupeville for festival

Tom Wade, 71, also was attending his first Mussel Festival.

The festival was the sort of event that lured Wade to his new home in Coupeville. He also participated in the mussel eating contest.

“I just moved in Septem-ber from Maryland,” said Wade, a retired auditor with the federal government.

“I happened to see an article on where to retire. That’s why I picked Whidbey Island.”

“It talked specifically about Coupeville.”

Each day the contest was limited to 30 contestants with a $5 buy-in. Some contestants showed up an hour early to make sure they got to par-ticipate.

Event organizers said they were prepared for and are happy about the large turnout.

More than 250 children participated in activities on Front Street, including “fish-ing” for a prize off the pier.

People waited out on the wharf to take tours of Penn

Cove Mussels while eagerly chowing down on fresh mus-sels.

The Boys and Girls Club parked 400 cars near the li-brary and 278 passports were turned in.

For every $5 spent in town at participating businesses, visitors got a stamp.

Once a card had $50 in stamps, they were able to turn them in.

The waterfront associa-tion will draw $600 in prizes from those submissions.

Organizers said the event is really about bringing peo-ple in and showcasing what

Coupeville has to offer.Businesses were happy

with the traffic they got this weekend, Chambers said. Some even said sales were up from in previous mussel festi-val years.

Overall, Chambers said she was happy with the event.

“It was well balanced,” she said. “There was some-thing for everyone.”

For Chambers, she said her favorite part were cook-ing demonstrations.

“It’s so cool when these professional chefs come from off island and do cooking

Megan Hansen photos

Top left: Front Street Grill set up shop outside the restaurant to offer fresh cooked mussels to the masses. Above: Visi-tors enjoyed chowder samples throughout town, eating as they went place to place. Left: Haley Marx scoops ice cream at Kapaws Iskreme during the businesse’s spring opening weekend.

n Reporter Ron Newberry contributed to this article.

demos,” she said. “And I can’t help but love the mussel-eat-ing contest.”

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Fundraiser shows strong communityEditor,

The Community Foundation for Coupeville Public Schools would like to extend its thanks to Mark Laska and the great staff at Ciao! and to the Coupeville community for their outstanding support of Coupeville students and schools.

On Monday, Feb. 25 community members turned out in record num-bers to “Eat at Ciao!” where owner Mark Laska generously donated 10 percent of food sales for the entire day to the CFCPS. This is an exam-ple of the strength of our commu-nity and its commitment to provide a strong foundation for our students by providing additional support for teachers, programs and students with financial contributions to our community foundation.

Strong communities build strong schools and strong students. More events are planned for March and April. On behalf of the board of your community education founda-tion, once again, thank you.

Chic MerwinePresident

Greenbank needs to renew contractEditor,

As tenants at Greenbank Farm we would like to voice our support for the Farm’s volunteer board The Greenbank Farm Management Group, and for its executive director and the farm staff.

In the 15 years since it became public property The Greenbank Farm has seen many accomplish-ments and transitions under a changing volunteer board member-ship and several executive directors.

The farm has changed from the run-down dilapidated set of barns amidst remnants of loganberries that once filled the open space, to a vibrant community resource and an attractive destination point for both locals and visitors to Whid-bey Island because of its beauty and variety.

Historic buildings were restored and new buildings constructed with the help of state grants. Working with community groups like WSU Master Gardeners and the Green-bank Garden Club beautiful gar-dens were created and the grounds greatly enhanced.

Walking trails and organic com-munity pea patches were estab-lished.

The farm was awarded organic status, farm and pasture land was rented out, and an effort was made to save the Loganberries. Working with Whidbey Audubon Society bird watching platforms were built. In addition and an off-leash dog walking park was created with the help of FETCH.

The farm has become the host of year-round weddings, festivals and events.

New businesses joined the popu-lar Wine Shop and together, they are a draw to the public, significant con-tributors to Island County employ-ment and tax coffers, and in-line with the port’s mission.

Through the Northwest Agri-cultural Business Center an organic farmer training center got started and when lost after one year due to budget cuts, was taken over by the management group.

The training center is now in its fifth year and attracts students from across the country. Work-ing with a grant from Puget Sound Energy, one acre of the 150 acres of open space was rented by private investors and developed into a So-lar Power Array which generates

enough power to offset the farm’s electricity use.

Just last December, after years of work, the management group, in partnership with the port, Island County and the Whidbey Camano Land Trust, successfully placed a Conservation Easement on the non-commercial portion of the Farm, permanently ensuring the Farm is saved from inappropriate develop-ment and subdivision.

All these changes have been guided by the Comprehensive Plan and Master Site Plan developed by volunteer committees and adopted by the Port of Coupeville; both ef-forts had broad community input, participation and research.

None of these positive changes would have happened without the great many people who volunteered countless hours to assist the manag-ment group.

Recently, The Port of Coupeville commissioners appointed an Execu-tive Planning Group to review the farm’s operations and management.

On Jan. 2 the planning group presented its findings and recom-mendations were very critical of both the port and the management group.

The planning group recom-mended that the port not continue

to work with the management group when their current contract expires next year, that the port not manage the farm itself, and that the Port send out a request for proposals to possible new managements groups.

Without the slightest acknowl-edgement of the hard work and many accomplishments of the man-agement group, the group proposed to do away with the years of orga-nizational knowledge and memory that has accumulated with the cur-rent management board and staff.

While much work remains to be done and room for improvement ex-ists, the port’s 20-year Master Site Plan is steadily being implemented.

We strongly urge the port com-missioners to reject the Executive Planning Group’s findings and re-new the management contract.

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I attended my first Penn Cove Mussel Festival this week-end.

I have to say it was a lot of fun. Vickie Chambers, executive director for the Coupeville His-

toric Waterfront Association, was spot on when she said it was a well-balanced event with something for everyone.

It takes a lot of work to put something like this together and I hope everyone joins me in commending all the staff and volunteers who’ve worked countless hours to make the festival happen each year.

There are so many different elements and entities involved, it’s hard to keep track – from businesses busily serving their chowders to the shuttle transporting people around to the people directing visitors where to go – many hands made the weekend a success.

Cheers to all on a job well done. Next up in Coupeville ‘s festival season is the Penn Cove

Water Festival, which is Saturday, May 18. Event coordinators are busy organizing the historic and

Native-American based festival. As always, volunteers are always needed. If you’re itching to get out and get involved consider volun-

teering. — Megan Hansen, editor

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Every year, Grace King attends the Coupeville Lions Club’s salmon barbecue at Town Park.

As a longtime member of the group, it’s an annual pastime she looks forward to every year.

This past September was no exception, but what she didn’t know at the time is that 2012 would prove par-ticularly memorable.

Unlike past barbecues, last year’s lunch came with a free ride.

“Everything just went like it was choreographed,” King said, chuckling with the memory.

“They all stood up and down I went.”

King was sitting at one of the many picnic tables at the park when those on the other side all decided to get up at once.

Because of the table’s design, King, her lunch, and just about everything else on the table went sailing over backwards.

She walked away largely unscathed and isn’t bitter for the experience.

In fact, holding true to her easy and fun sense of humor, she said she escaped from harm largely for one reason.

“I’m hard-headed,” she laughed. “It’s saved me a lot of times.”

Just the same, the po-tential for injury was there and fellow club members de-cided not to take any more chances.

All of the town’s tables – totaling 14 – were designed

Lions work to secure new park picnic tables

the same way and each needed to be fixed.

Fortunately for the town, and the club, one Coupeville Lion was perfectly suited for the job – Julian Sayers.

A retired city planner with a degree in archi-tecture, Sayers recently wrapped up a multi-year project building his home overlooking Snakelum Point just east of Coupeville.

“I grew up with a ham-mer and saw in my hands… and I have the scars to prove it,” Sayers said.

Holding true to his na-ture, he approached the project with all the detail of an experienced engineer.

He not only came up with a new design for the legs, one he says is just about “impossible” to tip over, but he also drew up intricate blueprints and did most of the work in his garage.

Sayers said all the hours he personally spent on the project didn’t really feel like work.

Being a Lion and helping with projects like this are a chance to give back and have fun with friends.

That’s what the club is all about, he said.

“When a lot of people get together and do stuff like that, it makes for a better community,” Sayers said.

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Above: Grace King, a Coupeville Lion’s Club member, poses for a picture during a work party Tues-day to change the legs of town picnic tables. She was sitting at a table last year when people on the other side all got up at once. The club volunteered to fix all the town’s picnic tables and installed new legs this week. Right: Coupeville Lion’s Club member Julian Sayers works on new picnic table legs in his home shop. The town’s tables had a tendency to tip over backwards when people were sitting only one side and the Lion’s club volunteered to address the problem.

He and crew of fellow club members, including King, spent Tuesday after-noon installing the new legs on the tables at town park.

There are a few other ta-bles scattered around town and they were going to be fixed later in the week.

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It’s two minutes past the hour and Gavin Keohane is late for breakfast.

Suddenly, a tall figure walks into the dimly lit Tyee Restaurant in Coupeville. It’s Keohane, wearing a familiar smile, light scruff on his face and his trademark black knit cap on his head.

“It’s been a while since I’ve eaten at the Tyee,” Keo-hane says as he takes a seat. “I ate here in high school all the time.

“It’s a bellwether in this town.”

Keohane ditches the cap, revealing his youthful looks and a stylish full head of hair. With the cap and the whis-kers, he resembles more the part of a young boat captain in Alaska. Without the cap, he looks more like Matt Da-mon.

Suddenly, you begin to better understand why this

32-year-old from Coupeville was chosen for a reality tele-vision series. When he starts to talk, revealing a wisdom beyond his years, you under-stand even more.

“It happened rather quickly,” Keohane said.

Keohane answered a casting call last summer and landed a part on the reality fishing series, Alaska Fish Wars, which recently aired on National Geographic’s Wild channel.

He is one of three boat captains featured on the show as they fish for salmon during a tight timeline in Cook Inlet. Keohane is by far the young-est of the skippers and is depicted as a rookie captain who gets tangled in “rookie” mistakes.

Keohane doesn’t get through too many bites of his “Country Scramble” at the Tyee before you begin to realize that not everything on reality TV reflects, uh … reality.

In years, he’s a kid out there on the Alaskan seas compared to the two elder captains on the show. But in expertise and knowledge, Keohane is a third generation Alaska commercial salmon fisherman who’s been cap-taining his own vessel, the

Coupeville man’s fishing career captured on TV

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Gavin Keohane is a third generation Alaska commercial fisherman. He returns home to Coupeville three or four times a year.

North Crow, since 2003 and has been aboard his parents’ commercial fishing boats since as far back as he can remember.

“The story is I learned to crawl on a boat,” Keohane said. “I’ve never spent a sum-mer anywhere else.”

Keohane (pronounced Ko-hane) is most at home near saltwater, whether he returns to his roots at his par-ents’ property on Whidbey Island or in Kenai, Alaska,

where he lives in a converted barn he calls “fish camp” during the sockeye salmon season.

He learned the fishing trade mostly from his parents Tim and Paula Keohane, both commercial fishers, but didn’t imagine he’d take it on so passionately as an adult.

Gavin, a 1999 Coupeville High School graduate, set out anticipating a more tradition-al career, earning a degree in business and economics

at Occidental College in Los Angeles, where he also was a two-year starter on the bas-ketball team.

But eventually, the lure of fishing and the freedom that came it were too strong.

“The funny thing is, I had no desire to do it really, then I thought, financially it kind of makes sense,” Keohane said.

“I can make a little bit of money. The boat’s cheap. The permits were cheap at the time. So it’ll be a couple

years and I’d probably be able to pay it off. It was decent investment-wise as long as I wanted to do the work.

“Once I had my own con-trol over the situation it came to a new level.”

Still, in all of his time on the water, Gavin never could have forecasted the latest ad-venture.

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“I knew fishing was exciting,” Gavin said of the idea behind the TV show.

“It was tough to decide to take the oppor-tunity, I guess, to at least try out, if you will. I wasn’t sure. I was like, ‘Well am I selling out?’ It’s a reality show. I’m not a huge TV fan in general, let alone reality shows. I’m not trying to go out there and be Jersey Shore or any-thing. I had no idea what I was getting into.”

Gavin didn’t get long to decide. The timeline was tight. He did a Skype

interview, and in hours, learned that he made the cut.

“I ended up making the decision kind of on the basis of ‘Well I’ll never know, unless I try,’” Gavin said. “I would always regret not really doing it.”

“ The reservations I had were mostly based on the prejudices I had about what it was go-ing to be and I really had no idea what it was going to be.”

Shooting began almost immediately in June. Gavin said the crew captured foot-age during 10 days of the three-week fishing season, putting together three episodes for Alaska Fish Wars.

The series ran in February and will re-run this week and beyond on National Geograph-ic’s Wild channel.

“When I talk about it, I can’t find a door big enough to walk through,” Tim joked, not-ing his head becomes too big.

“We’re ridiculously proud,” Paula said.Gavin is depicted as a young captain mak-

ing rookie mistakes, including sleeping in late one episode and missing a day of fishing. He smiles about how he’s portrayed.

“They keep on calling me rookie or ‘Rook-ie Captain Green’ and they show me doing all these mistakes,” he said.

“But I think in reality I have more and per-haps better experience than a lot of the people out there just from my situation with family and I have been fishing for a long time. So I have a role to play and I play it.”

Gavin said he was paid less than $10,000 for the series.

He said he is intrigued by what could be in store for the future and whether it might be picked up by the National Geographic’s main channel, which would bring a much larger television audience, more money and perhaps celebrity.

He said he stays in contact with the show’s producer and is waiting to see if it will run again next year.

Gavin has been recognized a couple of times, but hasn’t experienced too much celeb-rity status.

“It’s flattering,” he said. “But it’s not really too much different.”

FISHING: National Geographic features local man, from pg. 6

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Above: Gavin Keohane jokes around while sitting atop his boat, the Kaliber, during a re-cent visit back home to Whid-bey Island. Right: Tim and Paula Keohane of Coupeville held a ‘premier party’ at a friend’s house on Feb. 8, when Alaska Fish Wars first aired. ‘We’re ridiculously proud,’ Pau-la said of her son, Gavin.

The Central Whidbey Co-operative Preschool Sham-rock 5K Run/Walk begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Coupeville track.

The event features two races, a free kids dash at 9:30 a.m. and the 5K run/walk at 10 a.m.

Day-of registration begins at 8:30 and an awards cer-emony follows at 11:30.

The top (at least) female and male finisher in each di-vision will receive an award.

The 5K registration fee is $25; $30 on the day of the race.

Register online at coupe-villepreschool.org/sham-rock5k by March 14 or by mail to CWCP, P.O. Box 443, Coupeville, WA 98239 by March 8.

All proceeds will benefit Central Whidbey Coopera-tive Preschool.

For more information, email [email protected]

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“I ended up making the decision kind of on the basis of ‘Well I’ll never know, un-less I try. I would always regret not really doing it. The reservations I had were mostly based on the prejudices I had about what it was going to be and I really had no idea what it was going to be.”

Gavin Keohane, fisherman


By Jim WallerStaff Reporter

Spring is in the air, and that means the atmosphere is � lled with baseballs, shot puts and other sporting equipment that hatch each March. It’s time for the Coupeville High School spring season to get under way.

Baseball team looks to climb standings

They are not new, but they are improved.

The Coupeville High School baseball team returns almost its entire lineup from 2012 and expects to jump up the Cascade Conference standings.

After two years of using a handful of freshmen to � ll out their varsity lineup, the inexperienced and physically immature Wolves under-standably struggled through 2-16 and 3-16 seasons. Now with experience and off-season workouts, Wolves are ready to muscle their way into the upper half of the league standings.

Coach Willie Smith said, “It doesn’t really matter to these guys that a lot of people may not expect us to win as far as league and playoffs are concerned, but I have a lot of con� dence that we will be surpassing a lot of people’s expectations.”

He added, “Our goal is top three in our conference.”

Although the Wolves are still young, most have two years of varsity experience.

In� elder Drew Chan is the only senior. Also return-ing are juniors Jake Tumblin (catcher), Ben Etzell (in� eld/pitcher), Morgan Payne (in-� eld), Wade Schaef (out-� eld/pitcher), Kurtis Smith (out� eld) and Brian Norris (� rst base); and sophomores Aaron Curtin (in� eld/pitch-er), Aaron Trumbull (in� eld/pitcher), Korbin Korzan (out-� eld/pitcher) and Josh Bayne (in� eld/pitcher).

Etzell hit .429 with � ve doubles last year; Tumblin batted .346 with 20 stolen bases; and Bayne hit .308.

Goals, along with � nish-ing in the top three in the conference, are to surprise the league and to make a deep run into the playoffs, Willie Smith said.

Smith said, “These kids are hungry to win and have worked extremely hard in the off season getting prepared to do so. Between our junior class and lone senior, the leadership on this team will help us come through a lot of adversity.”

The team’s strengths, according to Smith, are its

pitching, versatility, athleti-cism, defense up the middle and familiarity with each other.

“Our pitching is strong,” he said. In addition to his capable starters, Smith said, “We have a good stock of guys that can come in and pick up some innings in re-lief.”

Smith expects defending state champion Archbishop Murphy and Lakewood to be the top Cascade Conference contenders.

He said, “Murphy is aw-ful tough, but we really feel we can beat anybody in the league if we are focused and play our game. These kids are ready to turn the corner and start to win again.”

The Wolves � nd out right away if they can compete with the preseason favor-ites, opening the season with a two-game series with Lakewood. First they travel to Lakewood Wednesday, March 13, and then host the Cougars at 4 p.m. Friday, March 15.

Softball team aims to be among best

The Coupeville High School softball team is ready to move from competitive to contender.

Two years ago, the Wolves managed to win only one game. Last spring, Coupe-ville improved to 7-14 (6-12 in league) and lost a handful of close games.

Now the Wolves expect to challenge the Cascade Con-ference’s best teams.

Co-coaches David and Amy King said the growth, success and game experience gained last year is noticeable in their team’s attitude.

David King said, “The girls (came) out this year with a con� dence level we didn’t start with last year. They

know they can compete with the teams in our league.”

This new attitude is one of the team’s strengths, ac-cording to the Kings. Other positives are a strong pair of pitchers (McKayla Bailey and Maria Rockwell) and a bal-anced hitting attack led by Hailey Hammer and Mad-eline Roberts.

David King added, “We have a strong core group

who have played softball for years, and a few girls who have played year-around for the past few years which will really help the strength of our team.

“We have a lot of speed…and from top to the bottom of our lineup we really don’t have many weaknesses.”

Concerns, the Kings said, are the lack of pitching ex-perience behind Bailey and Rockwell and the tendency of their defense to second guess itself.

At the close of last season, then coach Jackie Calkins said, “Remember, we are young, so very young.”

The Wolves are still young but not inexperienced.

Catcher Bessie Walstad is the only returning senior let-ter winner; however, pitcher/shortstop Rockwell returns to Coupeville after lettering as a freshman.

Other letter winners include juniors Roberts (in-� eld), Chevy Reyes (in� eld), Breeanna Messner (catcher/in� eld), Hailey Sherman (out-� eld) and Sydney Apparicio (in� eld); and sophomores Bailey (pitcher/out� eld), Hammer (in� eld) and Mad-eline Strasburg (out� eld).

Hammer was a second-team, all-league choice last spring, and Roberts and Bai-ley honorable mention.

The Kings said Lake-wood, Coupeville’s � rst op-ponent, and Cedarcrest are the preseason favorites in a deep and talented league.

The Wolves go to Lake-wood at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, for an early test. The � rst home game is at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, with South Whidbey.

Soccer team in midst of historic run

Buoyed by the most successful four-year run in school history, the 2013 Coupeville High School boys soccer team wants to stick its name in the record book.

Twice in the past four years the Wolves quali� ed for the state tournament, just missing last spring when they dropped a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Cedar Park Christian. Coupeville � nished the year with a respectable 10-8 record even though it was the small-est and only 1A school in the rugged Cascade Conference.

This year, with a strong season class and the nucleus of last year’s team returning, Coupeville is ready to crash the state tournament again.

Coach Paul Mendes said one of the team’s goals is to return to state, adding , “If we advance to the quarter-� nals of state, we will make history for the program.”

Heading the quest for state are returning lettermen

seniors Luke Pelant (defend-er), Nathan Lamb (mid� eld-er), Josh Wilsey (mid� elder), Kole Kellison (goalkeeper) and Nathan Kircher (for-ward); juniors Sean Donley (forward / mid� elder) and Brett Arnold (defender); and sophomore Jeremy Copen-haver (forward).

Mendes said, “Our de-fense kept us in a lot of games last year. We graduated our sweeper Taylor Phillips, but Luke Pelant will provide the leadership in our defen-sive core. His reading of the game, poise, athleticism and passing skills will set a � ne example for the newcomers. Returner Josh Wilsey will help shore up the defense and provide good distribution out of the back.”

Offensively, Mendes said, Lamb, Donley and Copen-haver are “all very � t and capable of scoring and setting each other up.” He added, “They have worked very hard to sharpen their game and are ready to go. They should be fun to watch. “

Key newcomers, accord-ing to Mendes, are freshmen Zane Bundy and Dawson d’Almeida and senior Jacob Lovell.

Bundy has looked sharp and is pushing for playing time, d’Almeida has good quickness and technique and Lovell has improved all as-pects of his game, according to Mendes.

Coupeville prep teams ready to spring into action

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Drew Chan, Coupeville’s lone senior, leads an experienced group of varsity players in 2013.

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Maria Rockwell, above, and MaKayla Bailey will anchor the Wolves’ pitching staff.

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Josh Wilsey is one of Coupeville’s many talented senior soc-cer players.

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One of the team’s strong points is its leadership, Men-des said, with the return-ees and Tim Quinn, Danny Savalza and Lovell “eager to make the most of their last opportunity.”

The Wolves start the sea-son with three road games, first going to Friday Harbor at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12. The home opener with South Whidbey starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 26.

Track team blends experience, youth

With a mixture of experi-ence and talented youngsters, the Coupeville High School track team expects to have a strong season.

Coach Randy King said, “We have quite a bit of expe-rience returning to the team and we are excited about our frosh turnout, both for boys and girls. We’ve got five fresh-man boys and four freshman girls who will score points for our team right out of the gate.”

The strength of the boys team comes in the throws with veterans junior Nick Streubel and senior Caleb Valko returning in the shot put and discus. Also back is junior javelin thrower Nick Weatherford who had a promising season last spring cut short with an injury.

Streubel finished sixth in the discus and eighth in the shot put at last year’s confer-ence meet.

Newcomers sophomore Carson Risner and freshmen Dalton Martin and Latham Kelley will add throwing depth.

King said the sprint-ers, for the most part, are a new group headed by junior Josiah Campbell and fresh-man Jared Helstadter, with added help from the Kelley brothers, Latham and junior Brandon.

Stephen Edwards is back in the long and triple jumps.

Sophomore Matt Hamp-ton is the top returning dis-tance runner, and senior Sam Landau and junior Jake Mc-Cormick also return.

On the girls side, the Wolves possess “the fastest group of sprinters we’ve had in the last five years,” King said.

Senior Madison Tisa-McPhee is the quickest and one of the state’s top hur-dlers. She won the league 100 hurdle title as a sophomore and went on to place eighth in the state.

Other returning speed-sters are seniors Jai’lysa Hoskins, Nicole Becker, Ra-chel Wenzel and Anna Bailey.

Hoskins placed fifth in the high jump in the 2012 league meet.

King said newcomers include four freshmen “who seem to be able to run step for step with the seniors”: Courtney Allard, Sylvia Hurlburt, Makana Stone and Kirsten Pelroy.

Also joining the team for the first time are junior sprinter Emma Sullivan and senior hurdler Kelsey Miranda.

Versatile returnee sopho-more Marissa Etzell and Bai-ley will compete in any race up to 800 meters, and sopho-more Erin Rosenkrance leads in the distances.

Returning throwers are Dani Rickard in the shot and Becker in the discus.

Newcomer Heni Barnes, who is the leader of the school weight lifting program, ac-cording to King, will throw both the shot and discus and “looks to have competitive potential.”

King said, “I like this team. Our experienced ath-letes do the greatest job of helping our youngsters learn technique, discipline and re-sponsibility. If they keep up what we’ve started this week it is going to be a fantastic season.”

The Wolves head to Oak Harbor for the Island Jam-boree at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14. Their lone home meet is at 4 p.m. April 18 with South Whidbey.

Changes in store for Coupeville tennis

This spring brings a sea-son of change for the Coupe-ville High School girls tennis team.

For years the Wolves of the Cascade Conference and Friday Harbor of the North-west League were the only 1A schools in the district. The pair formed their own two-team league and decided the title in a best two-out-of-three showdown.

South Whidbey and its traditionally strong tennis team dropped to the 1A clas-sification this year and chal-lenges Coupeville’s district dominance.

The two-team league is gone. The Wolves, along with South Whidbey, now join Lakewood, Granite Falls and Archbishop Murphy in Cas-cade Conference tennis.

For years Coupeville played South Whidbey and Granite Falls in nonleague games, but the other schools give a freshness to the sched-ule. The slate also includes new opponents Blaine and Chimacum.

Coach Ken Stange said, “It’s exciting to play the other schools. It’s difficult to antici-pate challenges we will face from the schools we’ve never played before.”

Stange said, “I always cherish wins over Friday Har-bor. It would be nice to steal a win from South Whidbey as well.”

For Stange, the season isn’t all about wins and losses: “My goal is for the girls to find continuous improvement in their games while having fun.”

One of the team’s strength’s is its size, Stange said. With 28 players, the Wolves will have plenty of depth. A weakness, accord-ing to Stange, is a lack of experience. Nineteen of the girls, including 10 freshmen, are new to the sport.

Not all are new as four full-time varsity players re-turn, anchored by three-time district doubles champion senior Amanda d’Almeida. Also returning are last year’s No. 2 singles player junior Al-lie Hanigan and doubles play-ers senior Holly Craggs and sophomore Julia Meyers.

D’Almeida, Stange said, will most likely move into the No. 1 singles slot this season.

Belgian exchange student Iris Rychaert will challenge Hanigan for No. 2 singles. One will join Craggs in No. 1 doubles.

Myers is coming off knee surgery, and although not medically cleared to compete yet, should get clearance soon.

Others most likely to fill out the varsity roster are se-nior Emily Gallahar; sopho-mores Jacki Ginnings, Micky Levine, Ivy Luvera and Ana Luvera; and freshmen Sydney Autio and McKenzie Bailey.

While Coupeville’s sched-ule has a new look, it will open with a familiar foe. The Wolves start the season at Friday Harbor at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 12.

One-person show for Coupeville golf

Coupeville High School doesn’t officially have a golf team, but it does have two golfers – two very good golf-ers.

Siblings Austin and Chris-tine Fields will compete as one-person teams and fol-low South Whidbey High School’s golf schedule.

Senior Austin is looking for a three-peat. He quali-fied for the past two 1A state tournaments, placing 37th in 2011 and 36th last year. He would also like to qualify for the prestigious Bill Egbers Tournament.

Last spring he was eighth in district and fourth at tri-district and earned all-Cas-cade Conference honors.

Sophomore Christine was also all-conference on the way to fourth at district, sev-enth at tri-district and eighth in state.

Austin Fields said, “The difficulty of being a one-man team is the lack interest the game of golf brings to my school. The fact that I am not on a real team is kind of de-moralizing. but I have over-come that and am accom-plishing great things.”

The Fields begin the sea-son at the Kamiak Jamboree Monday, March 4.

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Nick Streubel leads an experienced group of throwers.

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Amanda d’Almeida, three-time district doubles cham-pion, may play No. 1 singles this year.


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BaseBallDay DaTE OPPONENT SITE TIMEWeds. Mar. 13 Lakewood Away 4 p.m.Fri. Mar. 15 Lakewood Home 4 p.m.Sat. Mar. 16 Nooksack Home 1 p.m.Sat. Mar. 23 Pt. Townsend Home 1 p.m.Mon., Mar. 25 South Whidbey Home 4 p.m.Weds., Mar. 27 South Whidbey Away 4 p.m.Fri., Mar. 29 South Whidbey Home 4 p.m.Mon., Apr. 1 Cedarcrest (DH) Away 1 p.m.Weds., Apr. 3 Cedarcrest Home 4 p.m.Mon., Apr. 8 Archbishop Home 4 p.m.Weds., Apr. 10 Archbishop Away 4 p.m.Fri., Apr. 12 Archbishop Home 4 p.m.Mon., Apr. 15 Granite Falls Away 4 p.m.Weds., Apr. 17 Granite Falls Home 4 p.m.Fri., Apr. 19 Granite Falls Away 4 p.m.Mon., Apr. 22 Sultan Home 4 p.m.Weds., Apr. 24 Sultan Away 4 p.m.Fri., Apr. 26 Sultan Home 4 p.m.Mon., Apr. 29 Lakewood Away 4 p.m.Tues. Apr. 30 District TBA 4 p.m.Thurs. May 2 District Lyn Chr 4 p.m.Sat. May 04 District Blaine 11 a.m.

May 24-25 State TBA TBAFastpitchDay DaTE OPPONENT SITE TIMEWeds. Mar. 13 Lakewood Away 4 p.m.Thurs. Mar. 14 Meridian Away 4 p.m.Tues. Mar. 19 South Whidbey Home 4 p.m.Thurs. Mar. 21 Cedarcrest Away 4 p.m.Sat. Mar. 23 Pt. Townsend Home 1 p.m.Mon. Mar. 25 Archbishop Home 4 p.m.Weds. Mar. 27 Granite Falls Away 4 p.m.Fri. Mar. 29 Sultan Home 4 p.m.Mon. Apr. 2 Lakewood Away 4 p.m.Mon. Apr. 8 South Whidbey Home 4 p.m.Weds. Apr. 10 Cedarcrest Away 4 p.m.Fri. Apr. 12 Archbishop Home 4 p.m.Tues. Apr. 16 Granite Falls Away 4 p.m.Thurs. Apr. 18 Sultan Home 4 p.m.Tues. Apr. 23 Lakewood Home 4 p.m.Mon. Apr. 29 South Whidbey Away 4 p.m.Weds. May 1 Cedarcrest Home 4 p.m.Fri. May 3 Archbishop Away 4 p.m.Tues. May 7 Granite Falls Home 4 p.m.Thurs. May 9 Sultan Away 4 p.m.

May(TBA) Sub-District Sedro Woolley TBAMay (TBA) Tri-District TBA TBAMay 24-25 State TBA TBA

Boys soccerDay DaTE OPPONENT SITE TIMETues. Mar. 12 Friday Harbor Away 4:30 p.m.Tues. Mar. 19 Cedarcrest Away 4 p.m./6 p.m.Fri. Mar. 22 Lakewood Away 5 p.m./7 p.m.Tues. Mar. 26 South Whidbey Home 4 p.m./6 p.m.Fri. Mar. 29 Sultan Away 5 p.m./7 p.m.Tues. Apr. 2 Archbishop Home 4 p.m./6 p.m.Fri. Apr. 5 Granite Falls Away 3 p.m./5 p.m.Mon. Apr. 8 King's Home 4 p.m./6 p.m.Weds. Apr. 10 Cedarcrest Home 4 p.m./6 p.m.Fri. Apr. 12 Lakewood Home 4 p.m./6 p.m.Tues. Apr. 16 South Whidbey Away 4 p.m./6 p.m.Weds. Apr. 17 Friday Harbor Home 4 p.m.Fri. Apr. 19 Sultan Home 5 p.m./7 p.m.Mon. Apr. 22 Archbishop Away 4 p.m./6 p.m.Weds. Apr. 24 Granite Falls Home 4 p.m./6 p.m.Fri. Apr. 26 King's Away 12 p.m./2 p.m.

May (TBA) Districts TBAMay 24-25 State Sumner TBA

Sat. 5/5 Districts TBA5/27-28 State Sumner TBA

trackDay DaTE OPPONENT SITE TIMEThurs. Mar. 14 Island Jamboree OHHS 3:30 p.m.Thurs. Mar. 21 GF, SU @ Sultan Away 4 p.m.Sat. Mar. 23 Tri-District Preview @ King's Away 10:30 p.m.Thurs. Mar. 28 SW, GF @ Granite Falls Away 4 p.m.Thurs. Apr. 11 CC, SU, KG @ Sultan Away 4 p.m.Thurs. Apr. 18 South Whidbey Home 4 p.m.Thurs. Apr. 25 AB, SW @ South Whidbey Away 4 p.m.Thurs. May 2 League Finals @ Kings Away 3:30 p.m.Fri. May 3 JV League Finals @ Sultan Away 3:30 p.m.Weds. May 8 Sub-District @ Lynden Christian Away 3:30 p.m.Fri. May 10 Sub-District @ Lynden Christian Away 3:30 p.m.Thurs. May 16 Tri-District Prelims. @ King’s Away 4 p.m.Sat. May 18 Tri-District Finals @ King’s Away 4 p.m.May 23-25 State Cheney TBA TBA

Girls tennisDay DaTE OPPONENT SITE TIMETues. Mar. 12 Friday Harbor Away 4 p.m.Weds. Mar. 13 Archbishop Home 3:30 p.m.Mon. Mar. 18 Lakewood Home 3:30 p.m.Weds. Mar. 20 South Whidbey Away 3:30 p.m.Fri. Mar. 22 Chimacum Home 3:30 p.m.Tues. Mar. 26 Archbishop Home 3:30 p.m.Weds. Mar. 27 South Whidbey Home 3:30 p.m.Thurs. Mar. 28 Blaine Home 3:30 p.m.Tues. Apr. 9 Granite Falls Away 3:30 p.m.Fri. Apr. 12 Lakewood Home 3:30 p.m.Weds. Apr. 17 Friday Harbor Home 4 p.m.Tues. Apr. 23 Lakewood Home 3:30 p.m.Thurs. Apr. 25 Granite Falls Home 3:30 p.m.Fri. Apr. 26 Chimacum Away 3:30 p.m.

May 24-25 State Yakima 8 p.m.

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Coupeville Garden Club meeting, 10 a.m., March 7, Coupeville Recreation Hall, 920 N.W. Alexander. Nancy Lane speaks about Helle-bores. Public welcome.

Greenbank Garden Club meeting, 10 a.m., March 7, Greenbank Progressive Club, Bakken and Firehouse roads, Greenbank. Doug Kirk of Kirk’s Nursery in Clinton will speak about “A Happy Gar-den equals a Happier You.” 360-579-5880.

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Musical revue, Ain’t Misbe-havin’, 7:30 p.m., March 1-17, Whidbey Playhouse, 730 S.E. Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor. Tony-award winning play is tribute to Thomas “Fats” Waller and other black mu-sicians from 1920s and 30s during the Harlem Renais-sance. Cost: $14, discounts for groups. 360-679-2237. www.whidbeyplayhouse.com

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Comedy Island & Friends, 7:30-9:30 p.m., March 8, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Lang-ley. Featuring troupe perform-ing improvisational games created while you watch along with sketches. Cost: $12. 360-969-5810.

14th Annual Whidbey Jazz Concert, featuring all middle school and high school jazz bands from Coupeville, Oak Harbor and South Whidbey. 7:30-9:30 p.m. South Whid-bey High School Auditorium. General admission is $7. Tick-ets available at Click Music in Oak Harbor, The Moonraker in Langlet and The Paint Escape in Freeland. 360-679-2066.

Musical revue, Ain’t Misbe-havin’, 7:30 p.m., March 1-17, Whidbey Playhouse, 730 S.E. Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor. Tony-award winning play is tribute to Thomas “Fats” Waller and other black mu-sicians from 1920s and 30s during the Harlem Renais-sance. Cost: $14. 360-679-2237. www.whidbeyplay-house.com

Sat., March 9Whidbey Gardening Work-shop, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. March 9, Oak Harbor High School, 950 NW Second Ave., Oak Harbor. WSU Master Garden-ers host annual workshop with Ciscoe Morris. Fifty classes offered on every aspect of gardening. Cost: $40. Reg-ister: www.island.wsu.edu or

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WOW Stories, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. March 9, Whidbey Is-land Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Whid-bey’s inspirational women speak and perform. Tickets: $27, from wicaonline.com or 360-221-8268.

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Hiking in Olympics talk, 10 a.m.-11 a.m., March 9, Langley Library, 104 2nd St., Langley. Veteran hiking guide and naturalist Maribeth Cran-dell shares tips, stories of her hikes in the Olympics and other wilderness areas. Free. 360-221-4383.

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Downloading ebooks to iPad class, 1-2 p.m., March 9, Freeland Library, 595 Har-bor Ave. Free. 360-331-7323.

Bid for Kids Charity Auc-tion, 5:30 p.m., March 9, Roller Barn, 98 N.E. Barron Dr., Oak Harbor, major fund-raiser for Boys & Girls Club of Oak Harbor. Cost: $65. 360-240-9273.

Beach Watcher Training Course deadline extend-ed, 6 p.m., March 9, Coupe-ville, 2013 WSU Island County Beach Watcher’s training course. Course takes place two days per week in April and October. Cost: $75. 360-240-5558. county.wsu.edu/island

SeaNotes Big Band Dance, 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m., March 9, Oak Harbor Elks, 155 N.E. Ernst St. Cost: $10. Listen and dance to the music of 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. 360-675-1330.

Sunday, March 10Musical revue, Ain’t Misbe-havin’, 2:30 p.m., March 1-17, Whidbey Playhouse, 730 S.E. Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor. Tony-award winning play is tribute to Thomas “Fats” Waller and other black mu-sicians from 1920s and 30s during the Harlem Renais-sance. Cost: $14. 360-679-2237. www.whidbeyplay-house.com

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Snow and Spire: Flights to Winter in the North Cas-cades Range, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Coupeville Library, 788 N.W. Alexander St. Author John Scurlock discusses his journey to fly and photograph Washington. A Whidbey Reads event. sno-isle.org

Consumer debt and bank-ruptcy, 5:30 p.m. at Coupe-ville Library, 788 Alexander St. Attorney Nathan Manni will lead free legal workshop. sno-isle.org

Tues., March 12Oak Harbor Garden Club meeting, March 12, 9 a.m.-noon, First United Methodist Church, 1050 Ireland St., Oak Harbor. At 11 a.m., commer-cial florist Frank Arcuri will talk and show floral creations from his 50 years in the business. 360-675-0392.

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Free Thinkers meeting, 6-8 p.m., March 12. Whidbey Island Free Thinkers monthly gathering of athiests, non-believers, secularists and like-minded individuals. 360-678-7170.

Ballroom dancing, 6:30-8:30 p.m., March 12, Bayview Hall. Cost: $5. Couples and singles welcome. No partner needed. 360-321-4083.

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Earthquake awareness documentary, March 13, 2 p.m., Oak Harbor Library. “Whidbey Island Earthquakes: What To Expect, How To Pre-pare,” 45-minute documenta-ry produced for the local Red Cross Chamber by the Island County 4-HD Video Editing Club. 360-675-5115, or www.sno-isle.org

Play Reading For Fun With Whidbey Playhouse at Oak Harbor Library, March 13, 5 p.m., Read plays under con-sideration for future produc-tions.. No experience neces-sary. Free. 360–544–8668.

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Garage/Moving SalesIsland County

OAK HARBOR G A R AG E - M OV I N G Sale! 1205 NW Crosby Ave, Oak Harbor. Every- thing must go! Saturday, March 9th only, from 8am to 7pm. Twin bed, head and foot board frame/ bedding, retro coffee table, Nordic Track with in- struction manual, stereo cabinet, LP’s, canning, ga rden ing , c l o t h i ng , books and other miscellaneous items. Sea going Kayak (part kevlar, paddles, spray skirts and l i fe jackets). See you here!Oak Harbor

HUGE MOVING SALE! Thursday, February 28th t h r u S u n d ay, M a r c h 10th, 8am to 4pm. Fish- ing boat, hunting and fishing gear, lots of tools, dishes and kitchenware, v in tage housewares, some furniture, clothing and linens, lots of books, collectibles and jewelry and much, much more! All priced to sell!! 288 To r r e n c e L a n e , O a k Harbor, 98277

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ISLAND TRANSIT BOARD MEETING

T h e n ex t r e g u l a r l y s c h e d u l e d m o n t h l y business meeting of t h e I s l a n d Tr a n s i t Board of Directors will be on Fr iday, March 15, 2013 at 9:30 AM, at the Island County Law & Justice Building, 101 NE 6 th St ree t , Room 131, Coupeville, WA. Accommodations will be made available upon advance request for communications assistance. The meeting room is accessible and is open to the public. For more information, please call (360) 678- 7771.

LEGAL NO. 460156Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerMarch 7, 14, 2013

ISLAND TRANSIT COMMUNITY

MEETING

Join Island Transit at a Community Meeting to discuss the emergency and transit only secondary access for the main base fac i l i t ies project. Members of the community are in- vited to ask questions, identify issues and provide ideas on this project. The meeting will be held at the Island Transit Bus Barn located at 19758 SR 20, Coupeville WA 98239, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Ac- commodations will be made available upon advance request for communications assistance. The meet ing room is accessible and is open to the public. For more information, p l e a s e c o n t a c t (360) 678-7771 or in- [email protected].

LEGAL NO. 462538Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerMarch 7, 14, 2013

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NOTICE of APPLICATION with

SEPA

Island County has reviewed the proposed project for probable ad- verse environmental impacts and expects to issue a determination o f non-s ign i f i cance (DNS). The optional DNS process estab- lished by WAC 197-11- 355 is being used. The public comment peri- od as described below may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the following proposals.

File Number: 044/13 ENV, Applicant: Island County Public Works, Location: SR20 & Ja- cobs R igh t -o f -Way, Coupeville,

Proposal: Phase 2 of t h e R h o d o d e n d r o n Trail Project. Extend 10 foot wide multi-use non-motorized asphalt trail along SR 20 from Jacobs Road to Rho- dodendron Park near Coupeville in central Whidbey Island. No known critical area impacts.

Staff Contact: Jamie H a r t l e y , j . h a r - [email protected]

The proposal may include mitigation under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is required. PUBLIC COMMENTS: must be received by 4:30 p.m. on March 21, 2013 mail to Island Co u n t y Co mmu n i t y D eve l o p m e n t , P. O. Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239; deliver to 6 th & Ma in S t ree t , Coupev i l le , WA between 8:00 a.m. and 4 : 3 0 p . m . M o n d ay through Thursday; by FA X t o ( 3 6 0 ) 6 7 9 - 7306.

Appl icat ion f i les are available for inspection at no cost, and will be provided at the cost of reproduction in a timely manner. To request notice of hearings, receive a copy of the decision or SEPA deter- m i n a t i o n , o r information on appeals contact us at the above address.

LEGAL NO. 463123Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerMarch 7, 2013

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SEPA


File Number: 045/12 ENV, Applicant: Is- land County Publ i c Works, Location: Zyl- stra & Hastie Lake In- tersection, Oak Harbor

Proposal: Safety im- provements to the in- tersection, including lowering of a vertical curve, placing blinking stops signs & rumble strips, & widening road sur faces. No known critical area impacts.

Staff Contact: Jamie H a r t l e y , j . h a r - [email protected]

The proposal may include mitigation under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is required. PUBLIC COMMENTS: must be received by 4:30 p.m. on March 21, 2013 mail to Island Coun t y Commun i t y D eve l o p m e n t , P. O. Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239; deliver to 6 th & Ma in S t ree t , Coupev i l le , WA between 8:00 a.m. and 4 : 3 0 p . m . M o n d ay through Thursday; by FA X t o ( 3 6 0 ) 6 7 9 - 7306.




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File Number: 244/12 S H E , A p p l i c a n t : Sandy Point Owners Association, Location: S8080-00-00R06-0 & S8080 -00 -01041 -0 , Langley

Proposal: To repair and reinforce 20 dete- r iorat ing dock pi les. Project is in or near: shoreline jurisdiction, feeder bluff, flood haz- ard & vicinity of cultural resources.

Staff Contact: Jason J o h n s o n , j a . j o h n - [email protected]

The proposal may include mitigation under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is required. PUBLIC COMMENTS: must be received by 4:30 p.m. on March 21, 2013 mail to Island Coun t y C ommun i t y D eve l o p m e n t , P. O. Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239; deliver to 6 th & Ma in S t ree t , Coupev i l le , WA between 8:00 a.m. and 4 : 3 0 p . m . M o n d ay through Thursday; by FA X t o ( 3 6 0 ) 6 7 9 - 7306.



NOTICE OF TRUS- TEE’S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et s e q . T S N o . : WA - 1 2 - 5 2 0 0 3 3 - S H A P N N o . : S8159-00-00002-0 Ti- t l e O r d e r N o . : 120252002-WA-GSO Grantor(s): MARK S H I C K I N B O T H A M , PEGGY A H ICK IN- BOTHAM Grantee(s):

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W E L L S F A R G O BANK, N.A. Deed of Trust Instrument/Refer- ence No.: 4251743 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Qua l i ty Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 4/5/2013, at 10:00 AM At the main en- trance to the City Hall located at 865 SE Bar- rington Drive, Oak Har- bor WA 98277 sell at public auction to the highest and best bid- der, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State char- tered banks, a t the time of sale the follow- i n g d e s c r i b e d r e a l proper ty, si tuated in the County of ISLAND, State of Washington, to-wit : LOT 2, PLAT O F S H I RO N A D I V. NO. 1, ACCORDING T O T H E P L A T THEREOF, RECORD- ED IN VOLUME 12 OF P L AT S , PA G E 7 7 , R E C O R D S O F I S - L A N D C O U N T Y, WASHINGTON. SITU- AT E D I N I S L A N D COUNTY, WASHING- TON. More commonly known as: 2290 HAS- TIE LAKE ROAD, OAK H A R B O R , W A 98277-8532 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/12/2009, recorded 5 / 2 0 / 2 0 0 9 , u n d e r 4251743 records of IS- LAND County, Wash- ington, from MARK S HICKINBOTHAM AND PEGGY A H ICK IN- BOTHAM, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Gran- t o r ( s ) , t o N O RT H - W E S T T R U S T E E SERVICES LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of W E L L S F A R G O BANK, N.A., as Benefi- ciary, the beneficial interest in which was as- s i g n e d b y W E L L S FARGO BANK, N.A. (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 b y t h e D e e d o f Tr us t /Mor tgage. I I I . T h e d e fa u l t ( s ) f o r which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Fai lure to pay when due the following amounts wh ich a re n o w i n a r r e a r s : $2,831.74 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $288,331.64, together with interest as provided in the Note f rom the 12/1/2011, 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 im- plied, regarding title,

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possession or encum- brances on 4/5/2013. The defaults referred t o i n Paragraph I I I m u s t b e c u r e d b y 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a d iscont inu- ance of the sale. The sale will be discontin- ued and terminated if a t any t ime be fo re 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Par- agraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Pay- ment must be in cash or with cashiers or cer- t i f ied checks from a State or federally char- tered bank. The sale may be terminated any t i m e a f t e r t h e 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior l ien or encumbrance by pay- ing 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 written No- t i ce o f Defau l t was transmitted by the Ben- eficiary or Trustee to t h e B o r r o w e r a n d Grantor at the following address(es): MARK S HICKINBOTHAM AND PEGGY A H ICK IN- BOTHAM, HUSBAND AND WIFE 2290 HAS- TIE LAKE ROAD, OAK H A R B O R , W A 98277-8532 by both first class and certified ma i l on 7 /30 /2012 , proof of which is in the p o s s e s s i o n o f t h e Trustee; and the Bor- r owe r a n d G ra n t o r w e r e p e r s o n a l l y served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicu- ous 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 request- ing 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 de- prive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-de- scr ibed proper ty. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoev- er will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pur- s u a n t t o R C W 61.24.130. Failure to br ing such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds fo r i nva l ida t ing the Trustee ’s sa le. NO- T I C E T O O C C U - PANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the proper ty on the 20th day following the sale, as against the G r a n t o r u n d e r t h e

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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-occu- pied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS NOTICE IS THE FI- NAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE S A L E O F Y O U R HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the re- cording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUS- ING COUNSELOR OR A N AT TO R N E Y L I - CENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to as- sess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may he lp you save your home. See below fo r sa fe sources o f he lp. SEEKING AS- SISTANCE Hous ing counselors and legal ass i s tance may be available at little or no cos t to you . I f you would like assistance in determin ing your r ights and oppor tu- n i t ies to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing c o u n s e l o r s r e c o m - mended by the Hous- ing Finance Commis- s i o n : T o l l - f r e e : 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663) or W e b s i t e : http://www.dfi.wa.gov/c onsumers/homeowner- ship/post_purchase_co- unselors_foreclosure.h tm. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Develop- m e n t : T o l l - f r e e : 1-800-569-4287 or Na- t i o n a l W e b S i t e : h t t p : / / p o r - ta l .hud .gov /hudpor - tal/HUD or for Local counseling agencies in W a s h i n g t o n : http://www.hud.gov/of- fices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/in- dex.c fm?webLis tAc- t i o n = s e a r c h a n - d a m p ; s e a r c h - state=WAandamp;fi l- terSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and at- torneys: Te lephone: 1 - 8 0 0 - 6 0 6 - 4 8 1 9 o r Web site: http://nwjus- tice.org/what-clear. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Pur- chaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchas- er’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no fur ther recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Benef ic iar y, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attor- ney. If you have previ- ously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been re-

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leased of personal li- ability 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 C O L L E C T A D E B T AND ANY INFORMA- T I O N O B TA I N E D 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 ful- fil l the terms of your credit obligations. Dat- ed : DEC. 03 , 2012 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Michael Dowell, Assistant Sec- retary Trustee’s Mail- ing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Qual- ity Loan Service Corp. 2141 F i f th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Trus- tee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 19735 10th Avenue NE, Suite N-200 Pouls- b o , W A 9 8 3 7 0 (866) 645-7711 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or L o g i n t o : h t t p : / / w a . q u a l i t y - l o a n . c o m T S N o . : WA - 1 2 - 5 2 0 0 3 3 - S H A - 4 3 3 3 8 8 5 0 3 / 0 7 / 2 0 1 3 , 03/28/2013

LEGAL NO. 462518Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerMarch 7, 28, 2013.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF

WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE

COUNTY OF ISLAND

Edward J. Kowalsk i and Michel le M. Le- Moine, husband and wife,

Plaintiffs

vs.

Rona ld J. Ha l lmark and Ryan Hal lmark, and also all other per- sons or par t ies un- known c la iming any right title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein,

Defendants.

C a s e N o . : 13-2-00145-9

SUMMONS BY PUBLI- C AT I O N I N C O M - PLAINT TO QUIET TI- TLE

TO: THE STATE OF WASHINGTON,

AND TO: ALL DEFEN- D A N T S A R O V E - NAMED:

You are hereby sum- moned to appear within sixty days after the date of first publication of this Summons, to wi t, within sixty days of February 28, 2013 and defend the above-enti- t l e d a c t i o n i n t h e above-entit led cour t, and answer the Com- plaint of the Plaintiffs, and serve a copy of

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your Answer upon the undersigned Plaintiffs a t 17744 28th Ave. N . E . , L a k e Fo r e s t P a r k , W a s h i n g t o n 98155. In case of your failure to do so, judg- ment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the Complaint, which has been f i l ed w i th the C lerk o f th is cour t . Such action is to quiet title and extinguish De- fendants’ interest in the real proper ty legally described in the Com- p la in t , to w i t : The North Half of the North- east Quar ter of the Nor theast Quar ter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 17, Town- ship 29 North, Range 3 East W.M.: Situate in the County of Island, State of Washington.

DATED: February 20, 2013.

/s/ Edward J. KowalskiEdward J. Kowalski , WSBA #24444

/s / M iche l le M. Le- MoineMichelle M. LeMoinePro Se Plaintiffs17744 28th Ave N.E.Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

LEGAL NO. 460258Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerFebruary 28, March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2013.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

FOR ISLAND COUNTY

In the Estate of: ELLA MAE MADDOX,Deceased. NO. 12-4-00116-4NOTICE TO CREDI- TORS OF SUCCES- S E R P E R S O N A L REPRESENTATIVE

A vacancy occurred in the above-referenced estate commencing on Februar y 20, 2013, due to the removal of the original Personal R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , JAMES MADDOX. The Personal Representa- tive named below was appointed on the same day as successor Per- sonal Representative of the above estate. Any person having a c laim against Dece- dent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable stat- u t e o f l i m i t a t i o n s , present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11 .40 .070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Repre- sentative or the Per- sonal Representative’s attorney at the address below stated a copy of the claim and filing the or iginal of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.DATE OF FIRST PUB- L ICATION OF THIS NOTICE: February 28,2013

Personal Representa- tive:Janet Warden

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/s/ PAUL A. NEUMILL- ERPAUL A. NEUMILLER, WSBA#28124Attorney for Personal RepresentativeAddress: 390 NE Mid- way Blvd., Ste. B201O a k H a r b o r , W A 98277-2680Telephone:(360) 675-2567

CAUSE NUMBER: 12-4-00116-4Island County Superior CourtP.O. box 5000Coupeville, WA 98239

LEGAL NO. 460248Published: TheWhidbey ExaminerFebruary 28, March 7, 14, 2013.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON

FOR KING COUNTY

Estate of

MURIEL C. HENDER- SON,

Deceased.

N O . 1N3-4-01112-1SEA

The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the c la im would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the man- ne r as p rov ided i n RCW 11 .40 .070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney a t the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the or iginal of the claim w i th the cour t . The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the credi- tor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1 )(c); 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 forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the dece- den t ’s p roba te and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publica- t ion : Februar y 28 , 2013

/s/ James Dean Hen- dersonJames Dean Hender- son III,Personal Representa- tivec/o Kurt H. Olson1 5 2 4 A l a s k a n Way Suite 200S e a t t l e , W A 98101-1514

Attorney for Estate

Kurt H. Olson

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LEGAL NO. 459280Published: The Whidbey ExaminerFebruary 28, March 7, 14, 2013.

T S N o . : WA - 1 0 - 4 0 4 6 0 0 - S H A P N N o . : S7165-09-03011-0 Ti- t l e O r d e r N o . : 100710254-WA-GSI Grantor(s): K ARNOLD JOHNSON Grantee(s): WASHINGTON MU- TUAL BANK, FA A FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Deed of Trust Instrument/Reference No.: 4199288 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant To The Re- vised Code Of Wash- ington 61.24, et. seq. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Qua l i ty Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 4/5/2013, at 10:00 AM At the front en- trance of Oak Harbor City Hall 865 SE Bar- rington Drive Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 sell at public auction to the highest and best bid- der, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State char- tered banks, a t the time of sale the follow- i n g d e s c r i b e d r e a l proper ty, si tuated in the County of ISLAND, State of Washington, to wit: LOT 11, BLOCK 3, PLAT OF HOLMES H A R B O R G O L F & YACHT CLUB, DIVI- SION NO. 9, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN V O L U M E 9 O F P L AT S , PA G E 3 3 , R E C O R D S O F I S - L A N D C O U N T Y, WASHINGTON. More commonly known as: 1 3 9 9 J O S E P H L N , F R E E L A N D , W A 98249 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 4/4/2007 recorded 4/11/2007, under 4199288 records o f ISLAND Coun ty, Washington, f rom K ARNOLD JOHNSON ALSO APPEARING O F R E C O R D A S K A R L A R N O L D JOHNSON, A SINGLE PERSON, as Gran- tor(s), to LAND TITLE COMPANY, as Trus- tee, to secure an obli- g a t i o n i n f a vo r o f WASHINGTON MU- TUAL BANK, FA A FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned b y W A S H I N G T O N MUTUAL BANK, FA A FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK (or by its suc- c e s s o r s - i n - i n t e r e s t and/or assigns, if any), to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trus- tee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association as Trustee as successor by merger to La- sal le Bank, National Association as Trustee

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for WaMu Mor tgage Pass-Through Certifi- cates Series 2007-0A5 Trus t . I I . No ac t ion commenced by the B e n e f i c i a r y o f t h e 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 b y t h e D e e d o f Trus t /Mor tgage. I I I . T h e d e fa u l t ( s ) f o r which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Fai lure to pay when due the following amounts wh ich a re n o w i n a r r e a r s : $3,714.01 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $262,357.05, together with interest as provided in the Note from the 6/1/2010, and such other costs and fees as are provided by s t a t u t e . V. T h e 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 im- plied, regarding title, possession or encum- brances on 4/5/2013. The defaults referred t o i n Paragraph I I I m u s t b e c u r e d b y 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a d iscont inu- ance of the sale. The sale will be discontin- ued and terminated if a t any t ime be fo re 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Par- agraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Pay- ment must be in cash or with cashiers or cer- t i f ied checks from a State or federally char- tered bank. The sale may be terminated any t i m e a f t e r t h e 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior l ien or encumbrance by pay- ing 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 written No- t i ce o f Defau l t was transmitted by the Ben- eficiary or Trustee to t h e B o r r o w e r a n d Grantor at the following address(es): NAME K ARNOLD JOHNSON ALSO APPEARING O F R E C O R D A S K A R L A R N O L D JOHNSON , A SINGLE PERSON ADDRESS 1399 JOSEPH LN , F R E E L A N D , W A 98249 by both f irst class and certified mail on 10/25/2012, proof of which is in the posses- s ion 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 conspicu- ous place on the real property described in

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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 request- ing 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 de- prive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-de- scr ibed proper ty. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoev- er will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pur- s u a n t t o R C W 61.24.130. Failure to br ing such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds fo r i nva l ida t ing the Trustee ’s sa le. NO- T I C E T O O C C U - PA N T S O R T E N - ANTS- The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the G r a n t o r u n d e r t h e deed 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-occu- pied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS NOTICE IS THE FI- NAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE S A L E O F Y O U R HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the re- cording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUS- ING COUNSELOR OR A N AT TO R N E Y L I - CENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to as- sess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may he lp you save your home. See below fo r sa fe sources o f he lp. SEEKING AS- SISTANCE Hous ing counselors and legal ass i s tance may be available at little or no cos t to you . I f you would like assistance in determin ing your r ights and oppor tu- n i t ies to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing c o u n s e l o r s r e c o m - mended by the Hous- ing Finance Commis- s i o n : T o l l - f r e e : 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663) or W e b s i t e : http://www.dfi.wa.gov/c onsumers/homeowner- ship/post_purchase_co- unselors_foreclosure.h tm. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Develop-

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m e n t : T o l l - f r e e : 1-800-569-4287 or Na- t i o n a l w e b s i t e : h t t p : / / p o r - ta l .hud .gov /hudpor - tal/HUD or for Local counseling agencies in W a s h i n g t o n : http://www.hud.gov/of- fices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/in- dex.c fm?webLis tAc- tion=search&sear- chstate=WA&fi l- terSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and at- torneys: Te lephone: 1 - 8 0 0 - 6 0 6 - 4 8 1 9 o r web site: http://nwjus- tice.org/what-clear. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Pur- chaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchas- er’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no fur ther recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Benef ic iar y, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attor- ney. If you have previ- ously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been re- leased of personal li- ability 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 C O L L E C T A D E B T AND ANY INFORMA- T I O N O B TA I N E D 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 ful- fil l the terms of your credit obligations. Dat- e d : D E C 0 4 2 0 1 2 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Tricia Moreno, Assistant Sec- retary Trustee’s Mail- ing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Qual- ity Loan Service Corp. 2141 F i f th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Trus- tee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 19735 10th Avenue NE, Suite N-200 Pouls- b o , W A 9 8 3 7 0 (866) 645-7711 Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or L o g i n t o : h t t p : / / w a . q u a l i t y - l o a n . c o m T S N o . : WA - 1 0 - 4 0 4 6 0 0 - S H P 1 0 0 0 7 8 4 3 / 7 , 03/28/2013

LEGAL NO. 461608Published: TheWhidbey Examiner. March 7, 28, 2013

T S N o . : WA - 1 1 - 4 9 1 0 0 9 - S H APN No.: 395281 Title Order No.: 6399250 Grantor(s): RICHARD S. COLLINS, LINA M. COLLINS Grantee(s): MORTGAGE ELEC- TRONIC REGISTRA- TION SYSTEMS, INC., (“MERS”), AS NOMI- NEE FOR FIRST HO-

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RIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK N.A. Deed of Trust In- s t rument /Reference No.: 4217091 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant To The Re- vised Code Of Wash- ington 61.24, et. seq. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Qua l i ty Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 4/5/2013, at 10:00 AM At the front en- trance of Oak Harbor City Hall 865 SE Bar- rington Drive Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 sell at public auction to the highest and best bid- der, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State char- tered banks, a t the time of sale the follow- i n g d e s c r i b e d r e a l proper ty, si tuated in the County of Island, State of Washington, to wit: LOT 30, PLAT OF SIERRA VISTA, DIVISION NO, 1 AS PER PLAT RECORD- ED IN VOLUME 9 OF P L AT S , PA G E 2 4 , R E C O R D S O F I S - L A N D C O U N T Y, WASHINGTON More commonly known as: 2 9 0 9 V I E W M O N T PLACE , CAMANO IS- L A N D, W A 9 8 2 8 2 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 11/27/2007 recorded 11/30/2007, under 4217091 records of Island County, Wash- ington, from RICHARD S. COLLINS & LINA M. COLLINS, WHO AC- QUIRED T ITLE AS L INA M. COLL INS- MOORE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Gran- t o r ( s ) , t o PAC I F I C NORTHWEST TITLE INSURANCE CO., as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELEC- TRONIC REGISTRA- TION SYSTEMS, INC., (“MERS”), AS NOMI- NEE FOR FIRST HO- RIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK N.A., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned b y M O R T G A G E ELECTRONIC REGIS- TRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ( “MERS”) , AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST H O R I Z O N H O M E LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNES- SEE BANK N.A. (or by its successors-in-interest and/or assigns, if any), to MetLife Home Loans, a divis ion of MetLife Bank, N.A. . II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrow- er’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trus t /Mor tgage. I I I . T h e d e fa u l t ( s ) f o r which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Fai lure to pay when due the following amounts wh ich a re n o w i n a r r e a r s : $19 ,380 .20 IV. The sum owing on the obli-

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gation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The p r i n c i p a l s u m o f $131,458.37, together with interest as provided in the Note from the 9 /1 /2011, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above-described real proper ty 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 im- plied, regarding title, possession or encum- brances on 4/5/2013. The defaults referred t o i n Paragraph I I I m u s t b e c u r e d b y 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a d iscont inu- ance of the sale. The sale will be discontin- ued and terminated if a t any t ime be fo re 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Par- agraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Pay- ment must be in cash or with cashiers or cer- t i f ied checks from a State or federally char- tered bank. The sale may be terminated any t i m e a f t e r t h e 3/25/2013 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior l ien or encumbrance by pay- ing 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 written No- t i ce o f Defau l t was transmitted by the Ben- eficiary or Trustee to t h e B o r r o w e r a n d Grantor at the following address(es) : NAME RICHARD S. COLLINS & LINA M. COLLINS, WHO ACQUIRED TI- TLE AS LINA M. COL- LINS-MOORE, HUS- BAND AND WIFE AD- DRESS 2909 VIEW- MONT PLACE, CAMA- N O I S L A N D , W A 98282 by both f irst class and certified mail on 10/24/2012, proof of which is in the posses- s ion 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 conspicu- ous 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 request- ing 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 de- prive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-de- scr ibed proper ty. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on

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any grounds whatsoev- er will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pur- s u a n t t o R C W 61.24.130. Failure to br ing such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds fo r i nva l ida t ing the Trustee ’s sa le. NO- T I C E T O O C C U - PA N T S O R T E N - ANTS- The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the G r a n t o r u n d e r t h e deed 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-occu- pied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS NOTICE IS THE FI- NAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE S A L E O F Y O U R HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the re- cording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUS- ING COUNSELOR OR A N AT TO R N E Y L I - CENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to as- sess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may he lp you save your home. See below fo r sa fe sources o f he lp. SEEKING AS- SISTANCE Hous ing counselors and legal ass i s tance may be available at little or no cos t to you . I f you would like assistance in determin ing your r ights and oppor tu- n i t ies to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing c o u n s e l o r s r e c o m - mended by the Hous- ing Finance Commis- s i o n : T o l l - f r e e : 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663) or W e b s i t e : http://www.dfi.wa.gov/c onsumers/homeowner- ship/post_purchase_co- unselors_foreclosure.h tm. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Develop- m e n t : T o l l - f r e e : 1-800-569-4287 or Na- t i o n a l w e b s i t e : h t t p : / / p o r - ta l .hud .gov /hudpor - tal/HUD or for Local counseling agencies in W a s h i n g t o n : http://www.hud.gov/of- fices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/in- dex.c fm?webLis tAc- t ion=search&search- s t a t e = W A & f i l - terSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and at- torneys: Te lephone: 1 - 8 0 0 - 6 0 6 - 4 8 1 9 o r web site: http://nwjus- tice.org/what-clear. If

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the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Pur- chaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchas- er’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no fur ther recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Benef ic iar y, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attor- ney. If you have previ- ously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been re- leased of personal li- ability 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 C O L L E C T A D E B T AND ANY INFORMA- T I O N O B TA I N E D 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 ful- fil l the terms of your credit obligations. Dat- ed: 12/4/2012 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trus- tee By: Michael Dow- ell, Assistant Secretary Trustee’s Mailing Ad- dress: Qual i ty Loan Service Corp. of Wash- i ng ton C /O Qua l i t y Loan Ser v ice Cor p. 2141 F i f th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Trus- tee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 19735 10th Avenue NE, Suite N-200 Pouls- b o , W A 9 8 3 7 0 (866) 645-7711 Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or L o g i n t o : h t t p : / / w a . q u a l i t y - l o a n . c o m T S N o . : WA - 1 1 - 4 9 1 0 0 9 - S H P 1 0 0 0 3 6 3 3 / 7 , 03/28/2013

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