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Do you or someone in your family need counseling services? This county–wide program provides short term counseling services (12 sessions per year) for individuals, couples, families and seniors who make less than 350% of poverty level (e.g. a family of four can make up to $78,225.) For more information call the Lopez Island Family Resource Center at 468-4117. All information is kept confidential.
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Fourteen-year-old Gavin paused during baseball practice with his teammates at Lopez School on May 6. He saw his mother pull up and leap from the car waving for his attention. As he stared, Ellyn cupped her hands to her mouth and called across the field, “Gav! Marrowstone!” She then raised her arms to give him two thumbs up and a dazzling huge grin. All at once it hit. He was in. The Marrowstone Music Festival, a program of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras, is the premier orchestra training program of the Pacific Northwest. The intensive summer program features an internationally acclaimed faculty; members of the world’s most distinguished symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, opera
Right: Gavin Goodrich and Aloysia Friedmann. companies and conservatories. The musical gifts of this distinguished faculty are vividly reflected in their devotion to the training of the next generation of young artists. Competition to enter the summer program at Western Washington University is stiff, with musicians from age 13 to 25 from more than 30 states and several foreign countries competing by audition for 200 places. For his audition, recorded by Lopezian tech expert Glen Maxson at Lopez Center, Gavin played a Bach invention, a Chopin prelude, one movement from a Mozart sonata, and an excerpt from a sonata of his own composition. In addition to writing his own vision in his application, several letters of reference were provided including one from
By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter
The San Juan County Council has scheduled a
Lopez Center
public hearing on an ordinance to change farmland conservation rules so that current-use tax assessment
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MAY1818- -24, 24,2014 2014 EMS EMS WEEK May WEEK
EMTS:
EMTS:Suzanne Berry, Lt. Suzanne Berry, Lt.Lt. Richard Carter, SamCarter, Fowler Lt. Richard Donna Hasbrouck Sam Fowler Liz Malinoff, Lt. Donna Hasbrouck Terry Marshall, Lt. Michelle Lt. McDarmont Liz Malinoff, Janis Miltenberger Terry Marshall, Lt. Laine Nichols Michelle McDarmont Nicole O'Bryant, Lt. Janis Pamela Miltenberger Pauly, Lt. Reeve Laine Sally Nichols Tommer Roush NicoleDave O’Bryant, Rucker Lt. Pamela Pauly, Mary Sather Lt. Table Studzienko Sally Reeve Audrey Wakefield Tommer Roush Dave Rucker Mary Sather Table Studzienko Audrey Wakefield
Rescue Unit:
Rescue Unit: Tyler Brower Tyler Brower Connor Christie Sam FowlerChristie Connor Justin Merrifield Sam Fowler Stu Post, Lt. Justin Merrifield Students: Stu Post, Lt. Autumn Gruenwald Madeline Jordan
Students: Justin Merrifield Autumn Gruenwald Staff: Madeline Jordan Jennifer English Justin Merrifi eld Caleb Pal Tracie Red Elk
Staff: Jennifer English Caleb Pal Tracie Red Elk
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Founder and Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann. The result is what brought Ellyn Goodrich to the baseball field that day: a letter from Marrowstone coordiSEE PIANO, PAGE 8
Change in open-space farmland Thursday, May 22nd, 7:30 pm
San District44Appreciates appreciatesAnd and SanJuan JuanCounty County Fire Fire District Would like to Thank the following would like to thank the following LopezEMT Island EMT Volunteers, Lopez Island Volunteers, EMS Providers EMS Providers and Student Aid Unit Members and Student Aid Unit Members for their time, For their Time, Effort and Commitment to the effort and commitments to the Lopez Community! Lopez Community!
VOLUME 37, NUMBER 20 • MAY 20, 2014
Pianist in the big leagues Special to the Islands’ Weekly
Advanced: $12/A,$6/Y, $25/family • Door: $15/A, $8/Y, $33/family Tickets: at PSR, Blossom, Lopez Book Shop, lopezcenter.org
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benefits can be extended to more properties for longer periods of time. A public hearing to amend Section 16.50.265 of the San Juan County Code regarding farm and conservation land will be held May 20 on Orcas Island at the Eastsound Fire Station, 45 Lavender Lane, beginning at 10:15 a.m. San Juan County Council Chairman Rick Hughes, a proponent of the change, says the 10-year limit on returning farmland to active agricultural production may not be reasonable because of the time it takes to return
Our Biggest and most Impressive Auction and Yard Sale in Years! Woodmen Hall
Sunday, May 25th Yard Sale begins @ 10:00 Live Auction begins @ 1:00
New furniture, lightly used furniture, antiques, vintage and decorator items, kayak, tools, patio furniture, so, so many truly incredible items! Check out a sampling @ www.friendsofwoodmenhall.org Delectable treats and drinks will again be available
You can’t miss this year’s event!
Proceeds will help the Friends of Woodmen Hall continue with renovations and improvements of this historic building
fallow farmland to profitable production, especially if estate planning on old family farms becomes an issue. Hughes said his main concern is for tracts of farmland more than 20 acres “that are actually used for farming.” He said that he is not trying to protect “hobby farms” and that “there are very rigorous procedures for getting into open space programs and staying in them.” Land used for farming can receive reduction of tax assessments below “fair market value” if the farmer meets certain criteria for profitable farming under state law. “Current use farmland” tax assessment reductions are administered by the county assessor. These reductions are not time-limited, but if active farming ends, back taxes and penalties can be imposed. Land not used for actual farming for a period of time can receive reduced assessments from the county council if the owner meets certain criteria set by county law. It is this law that is the subject of the proposed new ordinance. Under the current county SEE FARMLAND, PAGE 6
Community Calendar SAT, MAY 17 EVENT: Great Pairings Benefit for Lopez Children’s Center, 6 p.m., Lopez Center. Five courses created by five of the best local chefs paired with five different wines from
award-winning winemaker Brent Charnley of Lopez Island Vineyards.
MAY 20, 21 SALE: Donation drop off days for Friends of Woodmen Hall yard Sale and Auction, 1-4 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Donation drop off days for Friends of Woodmen Hall Auction and Yard Sale. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. May, 19, 20, 21 and 22. Wanted, nice clean household, garden items and tools. Please, no electronics or clothing
Al-Anon: Saturdays - 9:30 a.m. at the Children’s Center, Lopez. Call 468-4703.
THURS, MAY 22 MUSIC: Polecat, 7:30 p.m. Lopez Center. $12/ adult; $5/youth. Ticket outlets: PSR, Lopez Book Shop, lopezcenter.org. FRI, MAY 23 MEETING: Caregiver Support Group, 10 a.m., Lopez Island Hospice & Home Support Office, 178 Weeks Road. For more information call 468-4446. All are welcome. SAT, MAY 24 MUSIC: Pianist Gavin Goodrich presents a concert of classical music, 7 p.m. Lopez Center, by donation at the door. 14
year old Gavin has been accepted into the 2014 intensive Marrowstone Summer Program of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras, competing by audition with youth aged 13 to 25 from around the world. All donations from this concert will be applied to Gavin’s tuition fee of $2570, due in early June.
SUN, MAY 25 SALE: Friends of Woodmen Hall yard Sale and Auction, 10 - 3 p.m. Woodmen Hall. Yard sale begins at 10 a.m. Auction at 1 p.m. Proceeds go toward the renovations at Woodmen Hall. TUES, MAY 27 MEETING: Lopez Master Gardeners will have an information table set up at Sunset Builders Nursery Area, 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. MEETING: Interim Strategic Plan Public Work Session, 6
p.m. Lopez Center. Offered by Marcia deChadenedes, monument manager, Nick Teague, outdoor recreation planner, and the Bureau of Land Management.
THURS, MAY 29 FOOD: Evening Meal at School, 5:30 – 7 p.m. Lopez School Multi-Purpose Room. The Lopez Locavores invite the community to share a spring dinner made with fresh, organic Lopez grown food. Also featured will be the Annual Student Concert after the meal, tours of the School Garden, and displays about local farming. Please consider bringing a donation of non-perishable food for the Lopez Food Bank at Grace Church. Pay what you can. FRI, MAY 30 MUSIC: Musekiwa Chingodza, Katura Marimba, and
Mamatambace, 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center.
SAT, MAY 31 DANCE: Contra/Square Dance, 8 p.m., Lopez Center. The amazing Ruthie Dornfeld from Seattle (fiddle) and Clyde Curley of Bellingham (guitar) will play and Tony Mates of Seattle will call the dances. All of the dances will be taught, no partner needed. All ages are welcome! This is the last dance of our season - see you there. CLASS: Child and Babysitting Safety for 10-14 year olds, 12 - 6 p.m., Grace Church, $40 fee. A fun, co-ed course led by Sheila Davis (American Safety & Health Institute) for building a safe & successful babysitting business. For more information, call the LIFRC at 468-4117 or go to www.lifrc.org.
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WEDS, WEDS, MAY MAY 21 21 EVENT: Lopez Middle School Musical Theater, 7:30 p.m., Lopez Center. This event will include drama and music performed by Lopez Middle School students.
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Colleen Smith Armstrong has been promoted to group publisher of the San Juan Islands’ group. She will oversee the Islands’ Sounder, Journal of the San Juans and Islands’ Weekly. She will continue to serve as editor of the Sounder. Colleen has been with Sound Publishing for 11 years. Armstrong has served as publisher of the Sounder since 2012. Armstrong was made associate publisher of the Sounder in July 2011 and has been editor since 2008. Prior to that, she managed the Islands’ Weekly on Lopez for five years. Cali Bagby has been promoted to assistant editor of the Islands’ Sounder. She is also the editor and sales rep for the Islands’ Weekly on Lopez Island. Cali has been with Sound Publishing for three years. Prior to that, she was an embedded journalist in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Protest of Growlers School principal resigns Contributed photo
Growler protest.
Submitted by Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve Special to the Weekly
On Friday, May 9 more than 150 citizens from Northwest Puget Sound assembled at the entrance to the Navy’s Outlying Field, braving rain, hail, and scheduled flight training of the EA-18G Growlers for a peaceful protest vigil. They were there with rain gear, signs and high spirits to protest the return of the Growlers to the OLF Coupeville, where they have been absent for 11 months, flying elsewhere. Groups at the vigil organized by COER represented Lopez Island, Port Townsend, and north, central and south Whidbey Island. Just before the vigil began, an announcement was made at 11:06 a.m. by Mike Welding from NASWI: “Due to a change in schedule, Field Carrier Landing Practice (by the EA-18G Growlers) at the Outlying Landing Field in Coupeville will not be conducted today.” Though the Navy has promised for years that they would provide a schedule for the community to plan around, they don’t keep to their schedules. The Growlers were scheduled to fly Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday during the first week of May. Instead, they flew Tuesday and Wednesday. School activities, business dealings, plans for dinner, etc. all become victims of
the unbearable noise whenever it happens. Being unprepared for this high-level of noise is not only dangerous but emotionally jarring. This past Wednesday, May 8, during the Navy’s unscheduled Growler FCLP’s at OLF, they flew right over young children playing T-ball at a park located near the OLF. The game was cancelled after the children fell to the ground holding their ears. The mother of a 5-year old boy reported that her son held his ears and cried, “Mommy, my ears are breaking!” Maryon Attwood from COER stated, “The Growlers and the location of Growler Flight Carrier Landing Practices are at issue here. These low-level, extremely loud and harmful touch-andgoes do not belong over children playing ball, farmers farming their fields, residential neighborhoods, or over our national and state parks where people expect a natural soundscape - not a military one!” People from Lopez and north Whidbey Island suggested alternative locations for Growler FCLP’s such as China Lake where there are 1 million acres of desert to practice over and where the field does not interfere with or harm the community. “The Navy has many alternatives,” stated Cynthia Dilling from Lopez Island. COER and a growing list of citizen organizations claim that Growler operations harm
Lopez Island School District is accepting written bids for a minimum of 800# of local grass fed USDA ground beef and 100# of roasts for the 2014-2015 school year. Bid price should include cut and wrap costs, per pound for ground beef and roasts. Bids due to the District office by 4 p.m., May 23, 2014. For information please contact Stephanie at 360.468.2202 ext. 2302. AA/EOE
the health, economic welfare, tourism, property values, and natural environment of those living in north Puget Sound, including Victoria BC, Port Townsend, Camano Island, La Conner, Fidalgo Island, Lopez, and the San Juan Islands. “This is a four-county problem,” stated Ken Pickard of COER. “In spite of the hail and rain and black skies, we reached our attendance goal for our first vigil and hope more will stand with us at the next vigil,” concluded Michael Monson, President of COER. For more information about Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve, refer to their website at http://citizensofebeysreserve.com.
Submitted by Bill Evans Lopez School Superintendent
It is with sadness that I must share with you that Principal Lisa Shelby, our K-12 Principal of Lopez School and Decatur School, has submitted her resignation, effective at the end of this school year. She has made the very difficult decision to leave this school that she has served so well, to accept an educational opportunity in Alaska. She will finish the current school year and work through the end of June. Ms. Shelby has not made this decision lightly and, while excited for new adventures, leaves Lopez Island School District with reluctance and characteristic concern for the many young people she has come to care for so deeply. The opportunity to have more quality time with her family, work in a more supportive educational position, and return to Alaska where she and her family have relationships, roots, and property, led Ms. Shelby to this decision when presented with an unexpected opportunity. She is looking forward to returning to a better, more healthy balance between her family and her educational roles.
The district is deeply appreciative of the selfless service she extended to the young people, staff, and communities of these islands. Her work has been exemplary and she has touched many lives. Under her leadership, the district has made significant gains educationally, including a new elementary focus, positive growth in K-12 curriculum, the hiring of new and effective faculty when the opportunity presented itself, and award-winning overall educational growth. The district will be considering carefully the process of trying to fill the many roles fulfilled so capably by Ms. Shelby. In the days to come, we will determine the best course of action that will continue the work toward quality of instruction and student learning that have been the hallmark of Ms. Shelby’s time at Lopez. We will keep the community informed as we move forward in this transition. We wish her, and Rob and Tristan, well in their new adventures. Thank you for your support of Ms. Shelby, her family, our students, and our Lopez School District in this time of transition.
IT’S ELECTRIFYING! Index of Fun Facts: BPA Planned Power Outage May 9, 2014 THANK YOU to the OPALCO operations and engineering staff who brought us through this mandatory Bonneville Power Administration county-wide outage! For most of us, this was a smooth and seamless operation. Thanks, also, to the handful of co-op members who were out of power a little longer. This rare transmission outage event gave us the opportunity to really test our system and we found a few weak links. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we addressed those issues; we all benefit from a stronger, more reliable system as a result! PREPARATIONS: • 6 weeks to plan the county-wide outage event • 9 regional meetings to work out the logistics • 42 hours of labor (General Foreman-3, Line Foreman-3, Engineer) on May 8th to prepare for the May 9th outage THE OUTAGE EVENT: • 16 OPALCO personnel working (Lineman-13, General Foreman-2, Dispatcher) • 15 BPA personnel (Lopez-2, Fidalgo Substation-10, Custer Substation-2, Vancouver, WA-1 ) • 96 OPALCO crew hours in the field (13 crew x 6 hours) doing maintenance and repair work RESULTS ON OPALCO’S SYSTEM: 12 transmission poles cleaned and inspected 7 miles of transmission line examined, maintained and tested 6 transmission poles re-built with new insulators 5 high-voltage switches cleaned and tested 4 new distribution switches installed and tested 1 hazardous tree trimmed 14,000 (approximately) members out of power 5 devices (out of 1,200+ total) failed upon restoraton of power (Lopez-2, San Juan-3) 6,000 (approximate total) members restored by 6:15 am 9,000 (approximate total) members restored by 6:30 am 12,000 (approximate total) members restored by 7:00 am. Note: After 7:00 am, only Friday Harbor substation remained down, in part due to high system start-up loads. • All but 70 members restored by 8:00 am. This restoration delay was in part due to high system loads that needed to be managed to prevent a low voltage condition for the entire Island. • 18 hours of continuous work by 2 members of our Lopez Crew (Tim Savage and Kai Burleson), who worked from 11:00 pm May 8th until 5:00 PM May 9th – staying on duty to restore power to 44 members on Lopez. All other crews were released at 10:00 am May 9th.
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Annual Woodmen Hall Auction It started out so innocently. In 2005, the Lopez Seniors lost their lease at the fire house and purchased the historic, but derelict, Legion Hall (as it was known then). A couple of ladies felt this last-remaining historic community building (originally known as Woodmen Hall) should also be made available to all Lopezians as in years past. The Lopez Seniors concurred but soon realized gathering the funds needed to restore it to its former
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glory and functionality would be a monumental task. Thus began the working relationship between Lopez Senior Services and The Friends of Woodmen Hall. Fast forward nine years and here we are, preparing for the Eighth Annual Friends of Woodmen Hall Auction and Yard Sale, to be held at the hall on Sunday, May 25. The Yard Sale begins at 10 a.m. and the Auction at 1 p.m. Thanks to fundraisers like this (only made possible by generous donations from the Lopez community) and grass roots support (including many hours of volunteer labor from the seniors) the hall has received many upgrades:
Crossword Puzzle Across 1. More agile 8. Caribbean island country 15. Oily, poisonous liquid used to make dyes and plastics 16. The process of mountain formation 17. Put into words 18. Performances 19. Bank job 20. Bunk 22. "Let it stand" 23. Certain surgeon's "patient" 24. Newswoman Zahn 26. "The Adventures of ___ and Otis," film 27. ___ Master's Voice 28. Hansen's disease 30. Black gold 31. Come by 33. Wisdom 35. Contact, e.g. 37. Water barrier 38. Temporary substitutes 42. Survivor from an earlier different environment 46. Popular retrieving dog 47. Covers up 49. Density symbol 50. Times to call, in classifieds 52. Kitchen counter? 53. Extinct, flightless birds of New Zealand 54. Bombard 55. "What's ___?" 56. Some people can't take them 57. Short poem with ab,aa,abab rhyme scheme
10. All the rage 11. Discrimination against older people 12. Bring up 13. Really good 14. Part of a heartbeat Down 1. Petroleum distillate 21. "One of ___" (Willa Cather novel) used as a solvent 2. Receive something 24. Nautical flag 25. Ambitious person specified in a will 28. Feudal lord 3. Most swampy 29. "Holy cow!" 4. Nonchalantly 32. Matterhorn, e.g. unconcerned 34. Moray, e.g. 5. "Schindler's ___" 6. Charlotte-to-Raleigh 36. 100 meter runner 38. Stayed in bed dir. longer (2 wds) 7. Railroad station 39. Greek cafe porter 40. Dagger reference 8. Slew mark 9. Parenthesis, 41. "___ Like It Hot" essentially 60. Flatter servilely 62. Fire up 63. Figure 64. More vulnerable 65. Honors
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43. Period in history marked by tools and weapons (2 wds) 44. Movable personal property (law) 45. Horseshoes players 48. Lament 51. Steplike mine excavation 53. Distance runner 56. Bantu person inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi 58. Ceiling 59. "... ___ he drove out of sight" 61. Chain letters? Answers to today's puzzle on page 8
insulation (its first in all its 100 years!), new bathrooms, commercial grade kitchen, rejuvenated flooring, lots of paint, stage improvements, lighting, upgraded electrical, new windows throughout, water upgrades, new roof, improved parking, and landscaping. The old gal is looking mighty good, and not only do the Lopez Seniors now own a comfortable, attractive site for their activities but a wide variety of community functions such as weddings, dances and music events will keep this historic building’s 100 year-plus traditions alive and well. Still, much work remains.
First and foremost, a ramp and exit door from the back of the building is a safety issue we must address. Improved storage, signage, picnic tables, and a “green room” for the stage are also on the current list. Many incredible items have been donated and with your continued support this could be our biggest event ever! Some items will be posted at www.friendsofwoodmenhall.org for you to check out. Food and drink will be available, so join us for the day and also take time to soak in all of the changes to Woodmen Hall you have helped make a reality.
Douglas Smith lecture Douglas Smith, author of “Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy”, will be at Lopez Bookshop Saturday, June 7 at 5 p.m. Smith is an awarding-winning historian and translator, and the author of four books on Russia. He studied German and Russian at the University of Vermont and has a doctorate in history from UCLA. Over the past twenty-five years Smith has made many trips to Russia. In the 1980s, he was a Russian-speaking guide on the U. S. State Department’s exhibition “Information USA” that traveled throughout the USSR. He has worked as a Soviet affairs analyst at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Munich, Germany, specializing in Russian nationalism and served as an interpreter for late President Reagan. Smith has taught and lectured widely in the United States, Britain, and Europe and has appeared in documentaries for A&E and
National Geographic. He is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including a Fulbright scholarship and a residency at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Study Center. “Former People” recounts the history of the aristocracy caught up in the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin’s Russia. “Former People” is also a story of survival and accommodation, of how many of the tsarist ruling class – socalled “former people” and “class enemies“—overcame the psychological wounds inflicted by the loss of their world and decades of repression as they struggled to find a place for themselves and their families in the new, hostile order of the Soviet Union. Chronicling the fate of two great aristocratic families – the Sheremetevs and the Golitsyns – it reveals how even in the darkest depths of the terror, daily life went on.
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The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy Reading and Book Signing
Saturday, June 7, 2014 5:00pm at Lopez Bookshop
Lopez High School 2013 Student2013Honor Rolls - 2014 Faculty Honors 3.75 — 4.0
Grade 10
Harrison Goodrich Mikayla Johnson Kevin O’Bryant Lia Pryce Dawson Hall Lachlan Fisher
Grade 11
Rande Gruenwald
Grade 12
Miriam Drahn Sarah Reeve Chase Schober Congratulations to Lopez Maya Haber Derek Cram
honor students
Honor Roll 3.50 — 3.749 Grade 9
Dylan Moore
Grade 10
Vincent Kramer Mackenzie Kelley
Grade 11
Margaret Heard Thomas Hedley Maya Lengyel Willow Fields
Grade 12
Chloe Mason Madeline Fisher Fletcher Moore Samuel Heller
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Obituary:
Betty May Shuttleworth
05/13/1926 – 02/05/2014 San Diego/Lopez Island Born May 13, 1926 in Hollywood, California. She was the middle of three sisters and 100 percent Norwegian descent. Betty graduated from Nor th Hollywood High School. She met her husband Kenneth “Shutt” in 1946. He had just returned from the war, where he flew B-25 bombers. They were married in 1948 and in the mid 50’s had two children, Jan and Dean. The family moved to San Diego in 1970. In addition to caring for her family, she enjoyed gardening and quilting. She was an active member of the San Diego Alzheimer’s Disease Association. She moved to
Lopez Island in 1986 to be closer to her friend, Donna. She enjoyed playing cards with her new friends and volunteering at the Center Church and Cemeter y. Throughout the year they would make crafts and wreaths to sell during the holidays. Her passion was quilting. Her
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With his mop of white hair and pen and pad in hand, Ted Grossman was an icon of Orcas Island. Grossman, former owner and editor of the Islands’ Sounder, passed away on May 3. He was at the helm of the Sounder for 21 years, covering the joys and heartbreak of a community he adored. “Ted was the consummate small town newsman,” said Elyse Van den Bosch, former publisher of the Sounder and the Weekly. “He had his reporter’s hat on 24/7 and really believed that the local newspaper could and should be a valuable community resource. He was a compassionate and sensitive person who cared as much about the smaller human interest stories as he did the more dramatic, hard news ones.” Scott Rasmussen, now editor of the Journal of the San Juans, worked for Ted as the county reporter. He says he feels blessed to have known him. “I became better at what I did because it mattered to Ted,” he said. “Still, it was never purely top-down with Ted, a one-way street. Over time I came to realize my contribution was not simply expected, but valued, my ideas and insights as well. When someone relies on and trusts in you, it makes a difference.” Throughout his nearly 30-year newspaper career, Ted received many awards from both the Washington and Oregon Newspaper
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CHRIST THE KING COMMUNITY CHURCH, There’s Always a Place for You! CTK gathers at 10:00 a.m. in the school multi-purpose room at 86 School Road. Come as you are! More info at www.ctkonline.com/lopez. Email: lopez@ctkonline.com 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! COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings. Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth3 yrs) and Jr. Church (4-12 yrs) provided during worship service. Small groups meet throughout the week. 91 Lopez Rd., in the village. Pastor Jeff Smith 468-3877. www.ourlicc.org. LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE SAN JUANS (ELCA) Please join us for worship and children’s Sunday School 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 10:00 a.m. at the home of Ron Metcalf, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2129. Email: lopezfriends@gmail.com. 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 p.m. on Saturday starting April 12. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands. BAHÁ’ÍS OF LOPEZ ISLAND Meet regularly for devotions, study of the Bahá’í Writings, and spiritual discussions. For dates and times, please email bahaisoflopezisland@gmail. com, and visit our blog at www.bahaisoflopezisland.blogspot. com for additional information about the Bahá’í Faith.
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Sara): (all three are fourth graders) • Top score, and an “Excellent” ribbon in Session 1 (Problem Solving) • Second of five overall (fifth grade teams) • “Ver y Good” in Probability and Statistics The only fifth grade team to get a ribbon in Whatcom Team 5B (Tristan, Aaron, Liz): (two fourth graders, one 5th grader) • Third overall out of 5 (5th grade teams)
• Second highest Session 1 score • Third highest Session 2 score Team 8A (Gavin, Naomi, Anah Kate, and Ashi) • 75 percent and an “Excellent” Ribbon in Session 1 (Problem Solving) • An “Excellent” in Algebraic and Geometric Sense, and a “Very Good” in Measurement • Second in the eighth grade teams Congratulations to these
Foster added, “In joining us this summer you are adding to a legacy of incredible music making and lasting personal connections that will help shape the rest of your life.” “I just got on the phone and called everybody I knew,” Gavin laughed, “Didn’t even give my name; just ‘Marrowstone! I’m in!’ I ran into my piano teacher Becky Johnson in the market, and we danced a jig together right there in the aisle.” Friedmann certainly understands his excitement, noting “I also had the incredible opportunity to
be a member of the Seattle Youth Symphony program. Attending the Marrowstone Music Festival training and performance for several summers was a critical part of my musical upbringing. Gavin will have a rich musical experience this summer, leaving a positive mark on his future in music. Congratulations to Gavin for being accepted!” Now the prep really begins for Gavin. He must raise and submit the $2,570 tuition fee before June 15, with $600 submitted by May 29 as a deposit and initial expenses. To help raise the tuition fee, Gavin is offering a piano concert at Lopez
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Lopez Island elementary and middle school students competed in Math Olympiad on Saturday, May 3. Math Olympiad is teams of three to four students gathered at sites across the state to compete in an hourlong long problem session, as well as five 20-minute short problem sessions covering number sense, probability and statistics, measurement, geometric sense and algebraic sense. This competition is open to fifth to eighth grades, unless you have strong 4th graders with the ability to compete. Lopez sent three teams, two elementary and one middle school, to Whatcom County to compete. Our two elementary teams comprised of five fourth graders and one fifth grader. We had one middle school team of four eighth graders.
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students. Thank you also to our volunteer coach, Emma Ewert. Her love of math and Math Olympiad competition was palpable and we are lucky to have her sharing this energy with our Lopez students. We appreciate all of the hard work our math teachers and Emma have put in to strengthen our math program overall, and give the love of learning math to our Lopez students. Center on Saturday, May 24, at 7 p.m., by donation at the door. Thanks to generous underwriters, concert revenue will be applied to his tuition and expenses. You may also give to Gavin’s tuition fund on-line using the PayPal donate button on Gavin’s website and blog, http://gavingoodrichlopez. wordpress.com, or make a deposit to Islanders Bank Account “Gavin Goodrich Tuition” at the Lopez branch. What’s in Gavin’s future? “Composition interests me very much,” he remarked, and is looking forward to classes in composition at Marrowstone and with Seattle composer/conductor Adam Stern mid-May. When asked what types of composition Gavin would like to pursue, in addition to the piano works he has already produced, the fourteen-yearold explained, “Well, right now I’m working on two new sonatas, a piano concerto, a symphony, a string quartet, an opera, and various chamber music pieces.”
WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS TOUR OF THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS MAY 30: Shaw Community Center, Shaw Island, 5 PM MAY 3: St. David's Episcopal Church, Friday Harbor, 2 PM JUNE 1: Lopez Island Center for Community and the Arts, 5 PM All concerts are admission by donation. All proceeds go to the Shaw Community Center, Friday Harbor School Music Program, and the Lopez Island Center for Community and the Arts. Information contact for the concerts is the specific concert venue or director Juel Iwaasa (509-682-6757, jiwaasa@wvc.edu)