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VOLUME 38, NUMBER 22 • JUNE 2, 2015

Take It or Leave It – but be a part of it By Gretchen Wing Special to the Weekly

Volunteers for the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District – a.k.a. the Dump – are due some extra celebration at their annual gathering this week. At the Washington State Recyclers Association convention in Spokane on May 18, Lopez Dump was awarded Nonprofit Recycler of the Year. Those already proud of this community institution should prepare to feel prouder. And thanks to the results of their thrice-monthly weighing of intake items, Take It Or Leave It volunteers might feel proudest of all. From September 2014 to April 2015, TIOLI volunteers processed an average of 1,400 pounds per three-hour Dump day. That’s just under 500 pounds an hour, and that’s off-season. When Dump hours switch to the extended 11-4 summer schedule, June 21-Sept. 21, and Lopez’s population swells, those numbers will swell too. Processing “leave it” items is a challenging but rewarding job, Outreach and

Education Coordinator Nikyta Palmisani explains. Besides sorting useful items into categories and dated piles, volunteers often send people with obsolete e-waste, certain plastics and appliances, and clothing over to the recycling area. “We’re trying to be that first point where people can divert what would traditionally go into the waste stream.” When Palmisani and Facility Manager David Zapalac received the award on behalf of the Lopez community, including TIOLI visionaries and long-standing volunteers Neil Hanson and Ona Blue, “We were the talk of the WSRA. People were amazed at how many things we do with such a streamlined operation in such a small space.” The main benefits of TIOLI are obvious: free sorting of old stuff, free acquisition of “new” stuff and avoidance of garbage fees. “It’s a gift to the community, by the community,” says Palmisani. Less obvious but no less important is the opportunity for education. “Working at TIOLI helps folks see the amount of consumption, and it

changes their behavior,” Palmisani says. In her “Three R’s” outreach, TIOLI makes the difficult concepts of “Reduce” and “Re-use” click with school kids, who then educate their parents to go beyond “Recycle.” Then there’s community spirit, which TIOLI seems to embody more than ever these days. What other transfer station has artwork, and a dump fairy? She’s the winged doll suspended from the ceiling, Palmisani explains. “The dump fairy is the one where you say, ‘Oh, I really need a spatula today; I really need a pair of boots my size … and then the dump fairy flies around the island, finding people who aren’t using these items, and she whispers to them, ‘Today’s the day to take that pair of boots and that spatula to the Dump!’” When the person in need is magically united with the needed object, Palmisani says, “We lower the Dump Fairy and take a picture of the person with the object. It happens so often.” TIOLI’s impact ripples beyond the Lopez community. Immediately after the Spokane award, the Sustainability Director for

Microsoft came to Lopez to learn about adapting its model to her corporation. An Amazon.com employee is reportedly running an “Amazon TIOLI” from the same inspiration. More stories of the dump’s mainland impact can be viewed on the Lopez Island Dump Facebook page, and at lopezsolidwaste.org. With 3,388 on-site volunteer hours in 2014 – not including thousands more by the board, SWAP, and other volunteers – the entire Dump (recycling and TIOLI) depends upon community involvement. At TIOLI, Palmisani emphasizes, “Each individual contribution creates this system: volunteering especially, and leaving stuff. But we need people to take stuff, otherwise we have storage issues.” This volunteersdonators-reusers cycle, like the familiar triangle-of-arrows “Recycle” icon, relies on individuals. Without a constant infusion of new volunteers, TIOLI cannot sustain itself. So don’t be surprised if you hear that dump fairy whisper in your ear, “Come on down to the Dump today and volunteer!”

Quarterly review of county finances By F. Milene Henley County Auditor

On a recent sunny afternoon, I saw a cart of purple and yellow flowers sitting next to the red, white and blue ballot drop box on the green lawn in front of the brick-red courthouse. The scene struck me, and for a moment I was seeing a place I see every day in a way I had never seen it before. Looking at the every-day

familiar with a fresh eye can be a challenge. So each quarter, when I sit down to report on the county’s financials, I try to start with a set of questions, and I look for answers. For the first quarter of 2015, I asked myself: What’s our cash position, compared to budget and to previous years? How’s our revenue doing, compared to budget and to previous years? How about spending? Most importantly, are there problem areas we

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need to watch? For the first quarter of 2015, after years of recession reporting, I can truly say that the county, as a whole, has recovered to prerecession levels of cash. Of course general fund expenditures have gone up almost 30 percent since 2007, but at least we’re close to being back on par. There has also been a shift in the nature of the county’s cash holdings over that period. There is less money being held in general funds and more being held in reserves: lodging tax reser ves, rainy day reserves, capital reserves, etc. These savings ensure that the county will never again be hit as hard as we were by the recent downturn. The revenue picture is more mixed. It’s still early, but sales taxes are on track to have another strong year, probably beating budget by 5 percent or more. Real estate excise taxes (REET) are having a spectacular year, dwarfing their already amazing performance last year. REET revenues go into the Land Bank and

capital improvement funds. Another special revenue, camping fees collected by parks, is also up – a small revenue source, but another positive sign of economic activity. On the other hand, permitting revenues are falling about 10 percent short of budget. The fee income tells only half the story, of course. Permit applications (a precursor to permit revenue) are climbing steadily; if that trend continues, permit revenue may catch up with permit activity. Oddly – given the level of real estate activity – recording surcharges are also having a sluggish year, a phenomenon that affects primarily our affordable housing programs. In total, though, revenues so far this year look good, relative both to budget and to prior years. Spending is also in line with budget. The few deviations (such as high expenditures on information technology) are easily explained (in the case of IT, by expenditures planned for 2014 being pushed into SEE FINANCES, PAGE 6

Community Calendar

SAT, ONGOING CLASS: Ancestry.com 30’ Tutorials One-on-One by appointment. Are you interested in learning more about the Ancestry. com tools available on the Lopez Island Library’s Digital Hub? Learn how to navigate Ancestry’s website, save information, access their tip sheets and tutorials. Call Lopez Island Library to schedule your appointment at 468-2265. EVENT: Lopez Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., May-Sept. Support food, arts and market businesses. For info, visit www. lopezfarmersmarket.com.

Lopez Island AA Meetings: Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s Center Wednesdays - 4 p.m. Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal Church Saturdays - noon at the Children’s Center Call 468-2809

FRI, JUNE 5 MUSIC: ‘1820: A Beethoven Bands,’ 7-9 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church. EVENT: Quilting Modern, 7 p.m., Lopez Island Golf Club, $15. SAT, JUNE 6 EVENT: High School Graduation, 2 p.m., Lopez School. TRAILS: National Trails Day celebrations. Meet at the Farmers’ Market to sign up for hikes and a beach cleanup of south Lopez. Come on out and show your support for trails. This event is sponsored by: Lopez Community Trails Network, San Juan County Odlin Park, San Juan County Land Bank, State Parks Spencer Spit, Lopez Island Conservation Corps and San Juan Islands National Monument.

SUN, JUNE 7 EVENT: Quilting Modern Open House, 2-4 p.m., Port Stanley School, free. Donations at the door help support historic Port Stanley School and the Lopez Island Historical Society. The school will be awash in fabric and color June 6 and 7 as Katie Pedersen, nationally known quilter, author and teacher, leads a quilting workshop. THURS, JUNE 11 TOUR: Lopez Island Garden Tour 2015, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Five Gardens on Lopez. $15 general, $10 Lopez Garden Club members. For more info, visit email lopezgardenclub@gmail.com. EVENT: ‘Directly Affected,’ 7 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Come meet the filmmakers and learn about our Canadian neighbors’ fight for the right to say no to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion. Join in the discussion about the proposed pipeline’s impact on the San Juan Islands. SAT, JUNE 13 EVENT: Evening with Best-

to the Editor

Housing issues

Gregg Blomberg’s excellent piece in last week’s Weekly brought up a number of important points. I should like to amplify one

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WEDS, JUNE 17 EVENT: Seaweed Ramble, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., private residence. Join Dr. Ryan Drum on a seaweed and sea life expedition on one of the lowest tide days of the year. Learn to identify seaweeds along with their medicinal, food and ethnobotanical uses. $35 if paid by June 9, $40 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

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Selling Author Garth Stein, 7-8 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Friends of the Lopez Library and the library welcome best-selling author Garth Stein for the library’s signature literary event of the year. EVENT: Chimera Gallery presents “Diana Bower and Friends,” special work by one of the gallery’s original members, with additional art by other members of the Chimera family. Show runs through July 10. Hours June and July: Monday, Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. -3 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. Located in Lopez Village Plaza. 468-3265. www.chimeragallery.com.

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of them: affordable housing. As Blomberg points out, the popularity of the San Juans has drawn affluent people to come here to buy or build homes, driving up the cost of housing. Of course new residents are welcome to come here, and many contribute their time, talent and money to efforts that enrich us all culturally and socially. And yes, the development of affordable housing by the Lopez Community Land Trust has ameliorated somewhat the shortage of housing for working people. But there is a segment of the housing market here which troubles some of us. It is the promotion of second homes as short-term vacation rentals. Vacasa, an out-of-state rental property management company, sends mailers to San Juan County prop-

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JUNE 22-25 CLASS: Toddler and Me Swimming - Session 2: 2:15-2:45 p.m. Adults, with instructor, join their child in the Islander pool. Learn water safety skills to be comfortable in the water. Ages six months to three years old. $30 if paid one week in advance of class start date, $35 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc. org. JUNE 23-26 CLASS: Co-ed Skateboard Camps, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Lopez Skateboard Park. If you want to learn new tricks or are trying skateboarding for the first time, this camp is great for boys and girls of all skill levels. Skateboards, helmets and other protective gear will be provided to those who do not have their own. Let us know at time of registration. $60 if paid by June 15, $70 thereafter. Preregistration required; visit www.lifrc.org. CLASS: Skate Like A Girl, 1-3 p.m., Lopez Skateboard Park. Girls-only-skateboard camp. Participants will learn Skateboarding basics in a

safe, fun and supportive environment. Skateboards, helmets, and other protective gear will be provided. Let us know at time of registration. . $60 if paid by June 15, $70 thereafter. Preregistration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

JUNE 24-26 CLASS: Learn to Sew, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., School Art Room. Learn the basics of sewing by hand and with a machine by completing the project of your choice, and leave with the confidence to take on sewing projects. Supplies and sewing machines provided. $55 if paid by June 16, $65 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit lifrc.org. JUNE 29-JULY 2 CLASS: Toddler and Me Swimming - Session 3: 12 - 12:30 p.m. Adults, with instructor, join their child in the Islander pool. Learn water safety skills to be comfortable in the water. Ages six months to three years old.. $30 if paid one week in advance of class start date, $35 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit lifrc.org.

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erty owners urging them to garner income by turning homes into vacation rentals. In the past these homes often were made available to working people who were residents of Lopez Island. The attractiveness of a second home, as well as its affordability to prospective buyers, is enhanced by the potential income, much higher than that available via long-term rental, that accrues to the buyer. Such a buyer is not going to be a member of the community in any real sense, and his or her profits for the most part do not become part of the local economy. Short-term rentals are ostensibly regulated by the county, but many are rented without going through the expensive permitting process, which includes input from neighbors. Meanwhile the health of the commu-

nity is affected by tourist impacts and reduced availablity of long-term rentals. In the time that Blomberg has lived here what he treasured upon arrival has been protected by the comprehensive plan, San Juan Preservation Trust and San Juan County Land Bank, as well as by the good sense of landowners. But this protection has created something we all in a sense own, a “commons” that is the total environment. In my view, short-term rentals exploit this commons. As Blomberg wrote, it is “unfair to sell what you don’t own.” Again, we welcome new members of our community. Absentee landlords, however, are not members of our community. RICHARD WARD Lopez Island

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Summer sailing and water sports on Lopez Lopez Sail, our local sailing program, has been the center piece of the Lopez Summer Workshops for 21 years. First, a donation from Sally Bill was used to acquire several sailboats, and soon after a small grant was received to expand the fleet. The summer program is currently run by the Lopez Island Family Resource Center. Maintaining the fleet is a tremendous undertaking, and there are many hard-working sailors on the sailing committee dedicated to keeping our sailing program afloat. Not only do they meet all year long but they store the boats each fall, spend the winter working on our boats and put them in the water in the summer. We are eternally grateful for this group and all that they do to support this program. In addition to the sailing committee, the sailing program has some fabulous instructors. A salty sailor and boat man, Russ Levine, stepped up to help get the program started and has been part of the Sailing Committee ever since. Russ has been a sailing instructor for 16 years and will be utilizing his expertise again this year teaching the adult sailing classes in July. Mike Kaminskis, the instructor for the youth sailing classes, is back again after his first round of teaching last summer. Kaminskis happily shared his sailing experiences during an interview last week. Under a full brimmed straw hat, he appeared comfortably ready for the outdoor interview and the sun-reflecting ocean. Having a boat from the age of 10 and racing to

Hawaii at 18 to win the First Pacific Cup in 1980 has taught him a lot about the importance of being prepared when on the water. Resourcefulness, responsibility, empowerment – these are all qualities that came up during our conversation and seemed to be part of the impetus for his saying “YES, that would be so COOL” when asked to be the youth sailing instructor last year. You do not need to know how to sail to take a class; the only requirement is that you can swim. The sailing instructors will help you with the rest. We offer beginner and intermediate classes for ages nine to adult and also advanced youth classes. Classes start with four students per boat taking turns with all the boat jobs. A team effort is crucial so that everyone is on the same page when someone yells, “Jibe, ho!” and the boat takes on a new direction. All students will learn how to capsize and then self rescue, whether they are on the very safe and slower Lidos or the more speedy Splashes. In addition to learning how to sail and tie knots like the bowline and clove hitch, participants will have fun swimming, having water fights and meeting other kids. As Kaminskis says, “sailing is a vehicle to other things that you like to do.” As their skills develop over time the mobility of learning to sail is quite empowering for youth, and after all, living on an island it is important to be able to get off of it. Many past participants continue to sail and some have even become sailing instructors for

the program including this year’s sailing assistant, Avery Fulford. The LIFRC is offering a few other water sports classes this summer. In August the high school and middle school seafaring trips will set out on the tern for a five-day camping trip to explore several marine parks in the San Juan Islands. This program is a collaboration with the Lopez Seafaring and Voyaging Program, a group dedicated toward providing recreational seafaring workshops to youth and adults on Lopez. If sailing isn’t really your thing, the LIFRC’s

Lopez Summer Workshops includes a variety of Kayaking classes for different skill and age levels as well as a fly fishing class (ages 12 to adult) to work on your fishing skills in a private pond stocked with rainbow trout. To sign up for these classes and more, visit our website at www.lifrc.org and go to the Summer Workshops tab. Brochures are available at the library, Isabel’s, Holly B’s Bakery, Chamber of Commerce, South End General Store and the ferry landing. Call 468-4117 with any questions.

Me, you and a beautiful plant named bamboo Contributed photo

Bamboo grow green and lush in Toni Shiurba’s garden.

By Toni Shiurba Special to the Weekly

Want to win first prize at our upcoming County Fair? Then it’s time to put on your gloves and fertilize your dazzling perennial shrubs. With an optimistic outlook, I’ve planted lilac colored dahlias, deep pink peonies and a fascinatingly fragrant foxtail lily (Eremurus stenophyllus). Personally, I’d like to figure a way to enter my incredible Phyllostachys nigra, or his older brother

Phyllostachys aureosulcata Spectabilis. Three years ago, wild bird bamboo had a booth at the fair, and as my friend John Stamey rattled on, it struck me. I stared at his containers of waving wonders. Quickly I conjured up a new idea for the island between my driveway and the main dirt road I live on. Dust storms billowing from behind all the unthinking people speeding somewhere in a great hurry was

the problem I had to solve. One bamboo specimen Stamey was selling was incredibly lovely. I had to give it a try. I prepared a deep hole, meticulously planning to contain my yellow bamboo, and lined it with a thick rhizome barrier to keep the roots prisoner. No escapees. The stalks have risen to 15 feet tall and several feet in width-all in three years. It is a stunner of bright yellow culms (stalks) with a green sulcus (indent on the stalks). My beautiful Phyllostachys Spectabilis. The next year, I found his brother-the black stalked Phyllostachys nigra. Jetblack stalks contrasted by feathery leaves makes this Timber Bamboo my favorite. Slow to grow at first, it has the capacity to tower 35 feet. Now, all that digging, toiling and sweat has resulted in a sweet reward. The Spectabilis, or “yellow bamboo,” formed the dense forest I had hoped it would and given me bamboo stakes for my peas and tomatoes to

boot. The black stalks of his neighbor are gaining height and girth. Referred to taxonomically as a “Tribe,” these flowering perennial evergreen plants are part of the grass family. They are a haven for the songbirds I love to watch. Yellow finches, redwinged blackbirds, orange crossbills, chickadees and others sit and preen on the feathery branches. The deer don’t seem to nibble on it, and it’s impressive to watch it grow, and I now have a living dust fence. I’m designing a sign for my

new Salish Seas Jewelry business out of both types of bamboo to highlight my Northwest Indian inspired creations. Come to the fair on Friday and Saturday in the main building and ask me about growing bamboo. My brother is a biologist and scientific innovator who works and lives in Japan and, being the smart one, he teaches me many things. Recently, he said, “Toni, you need to grow take-noko,” which is the common Japanese name for several species of bamboo.

Light bulb. A beautiful, edible perennial plant to add to my growing dust shield. I can see myself standing, mattock in hand, flinging dirt left and right in one more place. Now where did I put those chopsticks? — Editor’s note: A 35-year resident of San Juan Island, Toni Shiurba is a math tutor, maker of jewelry and a recent graduate of WSU Master Gardener’s course.

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Mud Bay attracts people and fish Submitted by Friends of the San Juans

A recent event hosted by Friends of the San Juans and fisherman Randy O’Bryant showed many shoreline species are currently active off of Lopez Island. On May 17, more than 20 community members of all ages joined the event to learn about marine species that make Mud and Hunter Bays one of the biological hot spots in the San Juans. Participants found hundreds of incubating surf smelt eggs in the sand at the high tide and a beach seine yielded many juvenile and adult surf smelt, and a host of other shallow-water species common to our area including: pacific herring; striped, shiner and pile perch; bay pipefish; staghorn sculpin; snake prickleback; starry floun-

der; greenling; three-spined stickleback and multiple species of gunnel, juvenile flatfish, crabs and the “eelgrass sea slug” Phyllaplysia taylori. “It was great to gather with neighbors, see the fish that are in our backyard, and learn how to be better stewards for this special place,” said Gary Bergren, Lopez resident. Thank you to Ron Mayo for allowing access to his beach this informational and fun event. For more information on shoreline habitat, forage fish or technical assistance on how you can help protect or restore shoreline habitat in the San Juans, contact Tina Whitman, science director at Friends of the San Juans at 360-378-2319 or visit our website www.sanjuans. org.

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Opinion

Reservations are a success

By Dwight Hutchinson Reservations Manager

Just a quick note to let you know that initial operations at Anacortes for last week have gone very well. Our primary goal was efficient throughput and ensuring vehicle access to the holding areal in 30 minutes or less, which required spreading demand. Except for the first 0415 sailing Thursday morning, vehicle queues have been a maximum of about 15 minutes. In other words, lines were very short or nonexistent. Demand is spread. We are seeing the peaks come earlier in the day. Early sailings are fuller. Late sailings are less full. Our second key goal was to have no negative impact on ridership. This is somewhat complicated to compare because we have the Smaller Sealth this year reducing capacity to Friday Harbor and Lopez, but some additional sailings, including to Orcas. Overall numbers are very similar to last year, but of course we don’t have final counts for today yet. We’ll have better info next week. There are still minor issues to review. We’re seeing some customers make

two reservations and willingly sacrifice one to give themselves options. Or make a late insurance reservation, and not have it redeemed when they travel stand by (they don’t tell the seller they have it). We then see instead of the normal three to five no shows per sailing, on the last three sailings, there were 10 to 20 no shows per sailing. OR when sailings are close together, like the 8:55 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. to Orcas last night. If the 8:55 has a large number of no shows and folks who traveled early, the crew can take a portion of the reservations staged for 9:30 (they took 30). But the Terminal Status tool will still show the 9:30 as full, when in fact it has a lot of available space now. The later boat then sails only 75 percent full when it was fully reserved. And of course this is just the first westbound wave. We’ll have the eastbound surges coming back Sun – Tues. So there are challenges to address, but the answer to the big questions, can we keep the vehicle queues short and move as many vehicles as in the past? The answer is yes!

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Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty ranges from 1-5 (easy) 6-10 (moderate) and 11-15 (hard). Today’s puzzle is level 13. Sudoku and Crossword answers on page 8

What’s up with last winter’s weather? By Cliff Mass

Special to the Weekly

Last winter and this spring have been different animals meteorologically, at odds with anything we have seen before. So unique that it should give forecasters pause. So unique that it is probably not the result of global warming. Let’s start with the Big Kahuna: The lack of snow. For a number of locations, this year had the lowest April 1 snowpack on record. Here is a below of April 1 snowpack (snow water) over the Northwest from 1984 to 2015 (green lines). 2015 was the lowest. But it is more interesting than that! The lack of snowpack was NOT associated with a lack of precipitation – which is really unprecedented. Virtually every other low snowpack year was a precipitation drought year as well. But NOT this year. To demonstrate, look at the plot (right) of average winter precipitation since 1950 over Washington state. Our last winter was run of the mill. But check out the previous low snowpack years (2005, 2001, 1992): all low precipitation.

So how could we have normal precipitation but poor snowpack? The answer: crazy warm temperatures. Take a look at a plot of Washington state Nov.-Feb. temperatures since 1950. This year was the warmest since 1950. But wait, there’s more! Something weird and extremely unusual is occurring in the tropical Pacific. El Nino is revving up rapidly, which is very uncommon during the spring. The sea surface temperature in the central Pacific (Nino 3.4 area) shows the warming. It is increasingly looking like we may have a super El Nino later this year, and that will have a significant impact on Northwest weather. So why are these unusual events happening? Some will be quick to blame global warming from increasing greenhouse gases, but that is an unlikely explanation of a sudden, one-off year like this. Greenhouse gas-induced changes would be expected to develop more gradually. Random, natural variability is more likely the cause. Of course, some will have other explanations: aliens, secret government weather control projects gone wrong and other ideas we won’t get into. There is simply no analog for last winter and this spring in the Northwest. It stands by itself. And that is why folks (and the media) have to be very, very careful in assuming what the impacts of this weird weather will be. My next blog will consider one such claim: that the low snowpack will result in huge and frequent wildfires this summer. It may sound plausible, but as we will see, there are problems with some of the assumptions being made. – Mass is a University of Washington Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and a renowned weather prognosticator.

Revision to law allows SJC to fund marine-related projects What once were muddied waters should be a good deal clearer thanks to the persistence of a San Juan County councilman and the signing of a new bill that expands the list of state-authorized projects that can be paid for by local road funds. On May 11, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law engrossed House Bill 1868, which adds “marine uses relating to navigation and moorage” to the list of authorized expenditures that govern the use of county road funds. County Councilman Rick Hughes, Orcas, sought to have that list broadened to ensure the road fund could be used not only for repairs and maintenance, but for improvements of new marine-related facilities as well, such as docks, barge landing, boat ramps and mooring buoys. “For a community surrounded entirely by water, we have to have an effective transportation system that includes both good roads and

marine facilities,” Hughes said in a press release. “Our way of life and economy depend on it.” In practice, the change in definition will allow the county to spend money from its road fund on maintaining, improving and replacing a variety of marine-related facilities, including Odlin dock (No. 14 on Public Works’ 2015-20 transportation improvement program), Obstruction Pass boat launch, and Hunter Bay dock and boat ramp (No. 6 on the transportation improvement program). The county road fund totals $11.4 million in 2015.

The county maintains eight different docks with floats, eight boat ramps (three that are barge capable) and leases two outer-island moorage docks. Although the road fund has been tapped in the past for maintenance and repairs, Hughes said state law had restricted use of gas-tax generated monies, either directly or through grants, exclusively for road-related projects. Even repairs or maintenance were somewhat of a “grey area” under existing law, he said. While intended initially as an alteration that would have

statewide impact, the bill was eventually tailored for only those counties consisting entirely of islands, thereby affecting only Island and San Juan Counties. Hughes found an ally in state Rep. Kristine Lytton, D-Anacortes, who sponsored the bill, drew support from Rep. Jeff Morris, D-Mount Vernon, and from state Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, and from the Washington Association of Counties and Policy Director Laura Merrill as well. Twenty-one Republicans in the House voted for the bill. “The cool thing was that

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provide greater public access for boaters, when funding allows. “It’s not like we’re in any position to go out and put in a whole lot of mooring buoys, but the law now give a clear definition of what the road fund can be used for and that allows us some flexibility.”

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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. 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. 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! LOPEZ QUAKER WORSHIP GROUP Please join us Sunday mornings, 10 a.m., at Sunnyfield Farm, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2406. Email: Lopezfriends@gmail. com. 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 Beth Purdum, 370-0023. ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH Come worship with us at Center Church on Davis Bay Rd. We welcome you to join us for Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.

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2015). Year-to-year, however, the trend is definitely up: general fund expenditures are budgeted to be 4.7 percent higher in 2015 than in 2014, following 6 percent increases in 2013 and 2014. As for what to watch, the increases in expenditures lead the list. 2015 expenditures are budgeted to exceed 2015 revenues by so much that the budget was balanced only by including the use of $650,000 in cash. Since we can’t consume that much cash every year, we will soon face the need to hold the line on expenditures. Figuring out how to bring growth in expenditures into line with growth in revenues – without impacting service delivery – will require a fresh eye, and a lot of questions. A challenge, for sure, but one we will have to face in order to maintain the gains we have made in financial stability.

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Idaho. Both books will only add to Lopezians’ appreciation for the local, sustainable, organic practices followed by many farmers on the island. “A Tale for the TimeBeing,” Ozeki’s most recent novel, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It tells the story of a mysterious diary that washed up on a beach on the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada in the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. In addition to her novels, Ozeki’s essays and short fiction have appeared in a number of anthologies, and she has been a contributor to the New York Times op-ed page. She also serves on the Creative Advisory Council of Hedgebrook and teaches creative writing at Smith College. A long-time meditator, Ozeki was ordained as a Soto Zen priest in 2010. She’s affiliated with the Brooklyn Zen Center and the Everyday Zen Foundation, and is the editor of the Everyday Zen website. She’s married to

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Lopez Bookshop invites everyone to an evening with Ruth Ozeki – novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest – on Thursday, June 18, 7 p.m. at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. “When we learned that Ms. Ozeki would be at Hedgebrook on Whidbey Island in May, we hoped we could entice her to stop on Lopez before returning home,” says Bookshop coowner, Karen Barringer. “We were thrilled when she accepted our invitation.” The event is free and open to the public. Ozeki’s award-winning books are witty, intelligent and passionate. Her first novel “My Year of Meats” is a poignant and funny, yet sobering, tale about global meat and media production. In her second book “All Over Creation” Ozeki shifts her focus from meat to potatoes. The novel features a family farmer and his prodigal daughter, an itinerant gang of environmental activists, and a New Age corporate spin-doctor whose lives and interests collide in Liberty Falls,

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Ruth Ozeki the German-Canadian environmental artist Oliver Kellhammer. A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, Ozeki divides her time between Cortes Island, British Columbia and New York City. Ozeki’s books will be available for purchase and autographing at the event. “Lopez will find a kindred spirit in Ms. Ozeki,” says Linda Brower, co-owner of Lopez Bookshop with her sister, Karen. “We’re honored to bring her here for what

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Friends of the Lopez Island Library and the Lopez Island Library proudly welcome best-selling author Garth Stein for the library’s signature literary event of the year. Stein will be reading from his new book “A Sudden Light” published by Simon and Schuster, September, 2014. He is the author of three previous novels: “Raven Stole the Moon,” “How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets” and the bestseller “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” which sold more than four million copies and spent over three years on the New York Times bestseller list. “The Art of Racing in the Rain” is currently in development with Universal Studios for a major motion picture. Before turning to writing full-time, Mr. Stein was a documentary filmmaker directing, editing, and/or producing several award-winning films, including “The Lunch Date,” winner of the 1990 Academy award for live action short, and “The Last Party,” starring Robert Downey, Jr. Garth Stein is co-founder

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Garth Stein of Seattle7Writers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to energizing readers and writers and their communities by providing funding, programming, donations of free books to those in need, and generally inspiring enthusiasm for reading. After spending his childhood in Seattle and then living in New York City for 18 years he returned to Seattle in 2001. Our region is the setting for much of his work including his new novel “A Sudden Light,” which features the Puget Sound as its back drop. The novel is rich with unforgettable characters, historical reference to our timber empires, and a gothic story line filled with haunting tension. “A Sudden Light” is available at the Lopez Island Library and at the Lopez Bookshop. The bookshop will have a selection of his books for sale at the event, and the author will be available for signing. Whether you are a fan of

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Lopez Island. See you at Woodmen Hall on Saturday, June 13 at 7 p.m.