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By Emily Greenberg Journal Reporter You can’t choose love, but you can “follow” it. Meet Adam Nash, a wed- ding photographer based on Lopez Island and Laura Sage, a massage therapist in Oregon. Self-proclaimed “Insta-crushes,” the two had been silently watch- ing each other’s lives long before cupid made his move. Enter Instagram, the popular social media web- site where people upload photos from their daily lives. If you choose to “fol- low” someone, photos from their profile will show up in the daily feed on your Instagram homepage. With 150 million active users on the site there’s everything from back- country adventurers to millennials with mani- cures creating collages of moments, and allowing others to get a glimpse of who they are – well, at least who they want people to think they are. So what happens when a single dad on Lopez Island and a single mom in Oregon follow their passions, post them to Instagram and then follow each over the course of a year? Well, a modern day love story. “When you look through enough photo albums of someone’s life you can start to put together the per- sonalities of people,” Nash said. “But we were missing that physical connection. That connection Instagram doesn’t show.” His Instagram chronicles life aboard a sailboat with his 7-year-old son – the shores of the San Juans, luminous sunsets and dimly lit nights in the boat’s cabin. Hers is a series of photo scenes from life in the fer- tile Willamette River Valley – mushroom hunting, hawk watching and adventures to the ocean with her 9-year- old daughter and 11-year- old son. Both have a passion for photography and the out- doors, apparent in their thoughtfully composed pic- tures. “Everyone uses Instagram for something different,” Sage said. “I think Adam and I are at the same place in lives. Our kids come first, we see beauty and adventures and want to share it – so our pages are naturally simi- lar.” It was around the same time that Nash was going to reach out to Sage and let her know he’d be in the Oregon area in the follow- ing month and would like to meet that he received a letter from her. She introduced herself, though he already knew who she was, and suggested they meet sometime in the islands, where she likes to visit, and have a play-date for the kids. “I was going to write the same letter,” he said. “I had decided, but she beat me to it.” What followed was like any other digital courtship – video chat correspondence along with texts and talking on the phone. But the two couldn’t wait to meet. So on New Year’s Eve they both flew into Bellingham and met at the airport at the stroke of midnight for the first time. Soon after the couple was as inseparable as they could be from a state away. Each family made a trip to the other’s home. “We ate three meals together at the dining room table as a family for four days,” she said. “We ate, talked and laughed. It’s all I could have dreamed of, to be a family again.” Blending two families isn’t easy, which is why they’re taking it slow and using the next few months as a transition. Sage plans to move with her kids to Lopez this summer where they will live with Nash and his son as one big, happy fam- ily. They are searching for the perfect four-bedroom house. In the meantime they have family Skype sessions because the kids getting to know each other is as important as the parents, and each make two trips per month to spend time together in person, as a family. While Instagram was the forum in which they met, their relationship tran- scends it. “Love ain’t got nothing to do with the Internet,” Nash said. “She could have been a diver on my boat, or written me a parking ticket. There’s either electricity or there’s not. You never know how you will meet your life part- ner.” The W eekly Islands The W eekly Islands The Islands W eekly VOLUME 38, NUMBER 6 • FEBRUARY 10, 2015 INSIDE Letters Page 2 Reservations? Page 3 Crime briefs Page 4 www.islandsweekly.com 360-376-4500 Anne Willis photo Our Valentine’s Day 4 course menu Special $29.95 per person: A celebration glass of champagne Soup or Salad Choice of one of 3 entrees Choice of 2 desserts (Regular menu also available) Make your Valentine’s Day Reservation today! 468-2233 Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a view! Thank you to my children for hosting my 75th jubilee celebration and to all my amazing friends who attended. Your good wishes, cards, gifts, flowers, limo, hor d’oeuvres, crown cookies, punch and coffee were very much appreciated. I am still basking in your thoughtfulness. - Joyce Lopez Artist Guild Art Show Featuring: All Member’s Benefit Group Show 2015 Supporting LAG Scholarships and the LCCA Opening Reception Friday, February 13 5-7pm at Lopez Center. The exhibit runs through March 23 ~ Italian is the Food of Romance ~ Capellini Pomodoro with Bay Shrimp, Butternut Squash Lasagne with Italian Sausage, Pasta Vongole, Linguine Bolognese, Pasta Puttanesca ~ Regular menu also available ~ Karaoke in the lounge with KJ Tart Your reservation is appreciated ~ Galley Restaurant 468-2713 Instacrush: finding love in a digital age Contributed photo From left to right: Jake, Adam and Laura.

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By Emily GreenbergJournal Reporter

You can’t choose love, but you can “follow” it.

Meet Adam Nash, a wed-ding photographer based on Lopez Island and Laura Sage, a massage therapist in Oregon. Self-proclaimed “Insta-crushes,” the two had been silently watch-ing each other’s lives long before cupid made his move.

Enter Instagram, the popular social media web-site where people upload photos from their daily lives. If you choose to “fol-low” someone, photos from their profile will show up in the daily feed on your Instagram homepage.

With 150 million active users on the site there’s ever ything from back-country adventurers to millennials with mani-cures creating collages of moments, and allowing others to get a glimpse of who they are – well, at least who they want people to think they are.

So what happens when a single dad on Lopez Island and a single mom in Oregon follow their passions, post them to Instagram and then follow each over the course of a year? Well, a modern day love story.

“When you look through enough photo albums of someone’s life you can start to put together the per-

sonalities of people,” Nash said. “But we were missing that physical connection. That connection Instagram doesn’t show.”

His Instagram chronicles life aboard a sailboat with his 7-year-old son – the shores of the San Juans, luminous sunsets and dimly lit nights in the boat’s cabin.

Hers is a series of photo scenes from life in the fer-tile Willamette River Valley – mushroom hunting, hawk watching and adventures to the ocean with her 9-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son.

Both have a passion for photography and the out-doors, apparent in their thoughtfully composed pic-tures.

“Ever yone uses Instagram for something dif ferent,” Sage said. “I think Adam and I are at the same place in lives. Our kids come first, we see beauty and adventures and want to share it – so our pages are naturally simi-lar.”

It was around the same time that Nash was going

to reach out to Sage and let her know he’d be in the Oregon area in the follow-ing month and would like to meet that he received a letter from her.

She introduced herself, though he already knew who she was, and suggested they meet sometime in the islands, where she likes to visit, and have a play-date for the kids.

“I was going to write the same letter,” he said. “I had decided, but she beat me to it.”

What followed was like any other digital courtship – video chat correspondence along with texts and talking on the phone. But the two couldn’t wait to meet.

So on New Year’s Eve they both flew into Bellingham and met at the airport at the stroke of midnight for the first time.

Soon after the couple was as inseparable as they could be from a state away. Each family made a trip to the other’s home.

“We ate three meals together at the dining room table as a family for four days,” she said. “We ate, talked and laughed. It’s all I could have dreamed of, to be a family again.”

Blending two families isn’t easy, which is why they’re taking it slow and using the next few months

as a transition. Sage plans to move with her kids to Lopez this summer where they will live with Nash and his son as one big, happy fam-ily. They are searching for the perfect four-bedroom house.

In the meantime they have family Skype sessions because the kids getting to know each other is as important as the parents, and each make two trips per month to spend time together in person, as a family.

While Instagram was the forum in which they met, their relationship tran-scends it.

“Love ain’t got nothing to do with the Internet,” Nash said. “She could have been a diver on my boat, or written me a parking ticket. There’s either electricity or there’s not. You never know how you will meet your life part-ner.”

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Our Valentine’s Day 4 course menu Special $29.95 per person:A celebration glass of champagne

Soup or SaladChoice of one of 3 entrees

Choice of 2 desserts(Regular menu also available)

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Our Valentines Day 4 course menu includes:A celebration glass of champagne

Soup or SaladChoice of one of six entrees

Lopez Island Creamery Ice Cream dessertA 4-course Valentines Day Dinner for $19.95! Make your Valentines Day Reservation today!

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Celebrate Valentines Day

with a view!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day

with aview!

Thank you to my children for hosting my 75th

jubilee celebration and to all my amazing friends who attended. Your good

wishes, cards, gifts, flowers, limo, hor d’oeuvres, crown cookies, punch and coffee

were very much appreciated. I am still basking in your

thoughtfulness.- Joyce

Lopez Artist Guild Art Show Featuring:

All Member’s Benefi t Group Show 2015Supporting LAG Scholarships and the LCCA

Opening Reception Friday, February 135-7pm at Lopez Center.

The exhibit runs through March 23

~ Italian is the Food of Romance ~ Capellini Pomodoro with Bay Shrimp, Butternut Squash Lasagne with Italian Sausage, Pasta Vongole, Linguine Bolognese, Pasta Puttanesca

~ Regular menu also available ~ Karaoke in the lounge with KJ TartYour reservation is appreciated ~ Galley Restaurant 468-2713

Instacrush: finding love in a digital ageContributed photo

From left to right: Jake, Adam and Laura.

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TUES, FEB 10MEETING: “What’s New In The World Of Quilting,” 9:30 a.m., coffee and good-ies, 10 a.m., meeting at Woodmen Hall. Roberta Tessen will demonstrate the AccuQuilt fabric cut-ter. All in attendance will

be invited to try their hand at cutting applique pieces and quilt blocks.

THURS, FEB 12CLASSES: A Taste of Mexican Cuisine, 5 - 7 p.m., Grace Church. Make pozole, a traditional Mexican soup,

and side salads alongside Spanish-speaking instruc-tors. An interpreter will be present. Ages 18 and up. $25 if paid by Feb. 2, $30 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

MEETING: Lopez Island Garden Club, 9:30 a.m., Woodmen Hall. Eric Hall of Crowfoot Farm will discuss berries, farming and pruning. Everyone wel-come.

FRI, FEB 13SHOW: Lopez Artist Guild Presents: All Members’ Benefit

Show, 5 - 7 p.m.,Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Join us for the opening of the Lopez Artist Guild’s 2015 Group show. A percentage of sales support artist schol-arships and LCCA.

MON, FEB 16MEETING: LCLT Board Meeting, 4 - 6 p.m., The Lopez Community Land Trust Board of Directors will meet at the LCLT office (25 Tuatara Road). All are welcome.

FRI, FEB 20DANCE: Community Contra Dance, 7 p.m., Lopez Center. Visiting musicians from Maine (via Montana), Sassafras Stomp (Johanna Davis on fiddle, Adam Nordell on guitar) will play and Rachel Wallace of Chicago will call the dances. All of the dances will be taught, no partner needed. All ages are wel-come.

FEB 24-25CLASSES: Adobe Photoshop Element, 5 - 8 p.m., Lopez Library. Learn to make

basic adjustments to photos and techniques to manipulate images for a variety of programs. Ages 14 and up. $45 if paid by Feb. 13, $55 thereafter. Pre-registration required; visit www.lifrc.org.

SAT, FEB 28CLASSES: Spaghetti Dinner, 4 - 7:30 p.m., Woodmen Hall by the Lopez Seniors for the maintenance and operation of Woodmen Hall. Tickets are $10 for an individual and $30 for a family of four. Togo din-ners available.

CommunityCalendar

Get vaccinatedAccording to the state

Department of Health, San

Juan County has the lowest vaccination rate in the state.

Of the 1,929 students enrolled in grades K-12, (2013-14), only 57.2 percent are vaccinated. Vaccinations are required but parents/guardians can, and do, obtain exemptions for their children.

Now, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but even I know that climate change

is real, bad calls were made in the Super Bowl and the autism vaccine link has been debunked.

Folks, get your heads out of the sand.

Bus loads of our kids trav-el to America every week and come in contact with other children.

California is experiencing the worst outbreak of mea-sles and whooping cough since 2000. Tourist season is just around the corner. It’s only a matter of time before we have an issue.

But don’t believe me. Educate yourself. Spend an

hour on the Internet or talk to a couple of pediatricians. In the meantime, don’t take your kids to Disneyland.

MIKE BUETTELLSan Juan Island

Support for Cherry Point Terminal

I support the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal to be located in the Cherry Point area of Whatcom County.

I believe in sound environ-mental principles, but firmly feel this can be built in an environmentally compatible manner. GPT has commit-ted to complying with all required laws and regula-tions, and modified their proposal to further improve compliance. I note they are also willing to work with Lummi Nation to address concerns (though the nation declined to do so).

As a resident of the San Juans, I am aware of citizen concerns over the safety related issues of increased shipping in Haro Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. No one wants a shipping accident or an unwanted fuel oil spill.

I have encouraged groups to invite repre-sentatives from the Coast Guard, the respective Pilots Associations and the Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service to visit our communities and discuss the accurate impacts of increased marine traffic as a result of GPT. This

would be a constructive step to place the issue in a more balanced perspective. Thus far, these entities have not been invited.

If GPT is not approved, the coal shipments will travel to export terminals in British Columbia.

This means Washington will have little, if any, control over the process and lose any benefits, like jobs, tax revenue, economic growth. The same ships that could operate out of Cherry Point will pass through our Salish Sea waters from B.C. Is this what we truly want? Also, keep in mind that this termi-nal is designed for multiple commodities, such as grain or potash.

I urge people to allow the EIS review to proceed through the process with-out unreasonable demands. I support a fair and balanced discussion and review of this proposal.

GORDON JONASSONLopez Island

Preserve & protect: of trees, carbon and tax breaks

Several years ago a friend expressed her frustration about her need to drive a car, which only added to the destruction of the air quality and contributed to global warming.

The lack of oxygen in our atmosphere is a solvable problem. Trees are what transform CO2 (carbon dioxide) into oxygen. The number of old growth for-ests left are less than 5 per-

cent at this point. Incentives therefore need to be in place that preserve and sus-tain the forests.

There are some Washington state programs that attempt to steward forest land through a tax break on the land, e.g. “Designated Forest Land,” but it requires a show of profit from harvesting those same trees at some point.

Not all, but a large per-centage of owners agree to harvest their trees in order to receive the tax break. This option doesn’t serve forests, animals or future generations. Instead, it makes the situation worse by exacerbating the prob-lem.

After pondering this dilemma, I came up with the following possibility as a partial remedy:

I have thousands of trees at least 10 years old. I will lease the trees’ ability to transform CO2 to oxygen to someone who wants to offset their fossil fuel or car-bon output. Twenty trees are leased for 10 years at a cost of $35 per tree, i.e., a one-time payment of $700 covers the length of the 10-year contract.

The monies received go into planting more trees which in turn produce more oxygen, a stable forest and a sustainable tax solution for people who want to have the opportunity to maintain continuous growth for the tree on the land. There is also the option to lease one tree at a time.

To ensure credibility, I

Lopez IslandAA Meetings:

Mondays - 7:30 p.m. at the Children’s CenterWednesdays - 4 p.m. - Women’s meeting at the fellowship hall at Grace Episcopal ChurchSaturdays - noon at the Children’s CenterCall 468-2809

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

Lopez Business HoursGalley

RestaurantOpen at 8 a.m.Full menu until

8:30 p.m. every nightShort-list menuafter 8:30 p.m.

Fresh, Local, Fantasticwww.galleylopez.com

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Lopez IslanderLUNCH DAILY

11:30-4:30 p.m.

DINNER DAILY4:30-9:30 p.m. FRIDAY4:30-9 p.m. SATURDAY

4:30-8 p.m. SUN. - THURS.

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Southend RestaurantThursday-Saturday 12-8

Sunday Brunch 9-12

Beer-Wine-Great  FoodDelicious Baked Goods

Daily Specials, Deli To Go ItemsCome Down to the South

End  & See What’s Cookin’!Southend General Store

Winter Hours 7:30 to 7:30 everyday

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Letters to the EditorLetters to the editor must be no more than 350 words in length and

must be signed by the writer. Include address and telephone number for verification purposes. Anonymous letters will not be published. Send your letters via e-mail to: [email protected].

SEE LETTERS, PAGE 6

By Charlie BodenstabSpecial to the Weekly

I’m surprised at the num-ber of negative expectations that seem to exist regarding the new reservation system for the ferries.

I’m also struck by the fact that the complaints are based on some major mis-conceptions, and I’m sad-dened that many feel so negative when they should be rejoicing.

What is there not to like about not having to sit in the ferry line for an eternity, and more important, not having the stress of potentially failing to get a space nonetheless?

Addressing the com-plaints; “Only 10 percent of the spaces will be held aside

for individuals who have not made a reservation.”

The implication is that sud-denly 90 percent of the spac-es have disappeared and the odds of getting a ferry space will be radically reduced.

What this belief fails to comprehend is that in the past we were all competing with each other to get ferry space, whereas now, any-one seeking to get a space without a reservation is just competing with others who have also not made a res-ervation, or a population of only 10 percent.

The odds of getting a space have not changed, and one can still be assured of getting a slot by the same old technique used before, by arriving at some ridicu-

lous hour only to find you could have arrived later, but you couldn’t be sure and take the chance.

The other issue touted is that; “In the summer there have been lines at the Anacortes terminal that ran back to Route 20 and worse, so how can they handle that mess and still have room for a reservation holder to get through to the terminal?”

What is being missed is that the very reason there were so many people in line was due to the old system where you had no way of knowing if you had a slot, so the strategy was to arrive very early with its unfortu-nate consequences—a mass of vehicles arriving early and creating a substantial

backlog of vehicles, which overflowed up Route 20.

In the new system people with a reservation need to arrive only a half-hour before sailing time. If it so happens that they made their reserva-

tion late and find there is no slot available they will make a reservation on another ferry, and again need only to arrive only a half-hour before.

In either case there is no need to use Route 20 as a parking lot.

My other belief is that the system will be a fantastic benefit to all of us going

to and from the “mainland” and we will look back with only one complaint: why wasn’t this done earlier?

Additionally, I predict that there will be a posi-tive impact on the islands’ economy as more off-island people find that the “tyranny of the San Juan Island ferry line” is gone.

The following was submitted by the San Juan Island Grange Executive Committee.

At its Jan. 7 business meeting, San Juan Island Grange #966 resolved to oppose the Proposed Moratorium on Marijuana Production. Even though the San Juan County Council has withdrawn the proposal, San Juan Island Grange #966 would like to make clear its position toward the regulation of marijuana production in San Juan County.

The Grange Movement in the United States is rich with the traditions and struggles of farm families and rural farm communities. The local, state and national granges have always, and continue to, advocate politically on issues important to rural families, including the right to farm, good government, land use policy, rural access to new technolo-gies and vital services, job development and strong rural economies. Part of the mission of San Juan Island Grange #966 is “to support a resilient community of growers, mak-ers and keepers” and “to foster social and political engage-ment.”

In 2012 the voters of San Juan County overwhelmingly endorsed the passage of I-502 Legalization of Marijuana by the largest majority in Washington state.

A small number of local farmers, entrepreneurs and county residents have endeavored in good faith to comply with all existing local and state rules, laws and regulations pertaining to developing their farms and farm products. The proposed San Juan County moratorium on mari-juana production would have placed new and unnecessary restrictions on growers without substantiating an imminent emergency. The Agricultural Resources Committee and the San Juan County Community Development and Planning Department are already committed to a working group to study marijuana farming and other agricultural issues in 2015.

San Juan Island Grange #966 resolved at its Jan. 7, 2015 business meeting to oppose the Proposed Moratorium on Marijuana Production, because:

• It is a core purpose of the county government to maintain such commons as air, water, topsoil, healthy eco-systems, fair economic systems and just political systems;

• The county should make preservation of farm land and support for local agriculture an economic and land use priority; and

• Decisions concerning agriculture and protection of

farm land should come from research and recommenda-tions conducted and written by individuals and organiza-tions made up of farmers, the ARC, CD&P and others qualified to study and analyze existing farm conditions and new farming strategies.

San Juan Island Grange #966 felt that regulations that come from a joint ARC/CP&D working group must recog-nize the following points:

• The best agricultural soils in our county must be reserved in perpetuity for growing food and feed;

• Greenhouses are an appropriate way to increase resil-ience by increasing the growing season for many food and feed crops;

• Food production is so fundamental to the resilience of a community that it must at times take precedence over concerns over noise and light pollution; and

• Marijuana is now a legal agricultural crop and should be recognized by the county and treated the same as the cultivation of food, feed, wine grapes, hops, spirits, food grade and medicinal herbs and all other recognized agricul-tural crops with regard to policies, regulations and all other governmental actions.

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As I See It

Ferry reservations? What’s not to like?

The Annual Meeting of the San Juan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society, will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, from 1-3 p.m. at the Lopez Island Library.

This meeting includes the election of officers including chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer.

All members of the San Juan Islands Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society may vote and are eligible to run for these offices.

New members are encouraged to join (and vote) at the meeting. A presentation on Salt Marsh Ecology by Madrona

Murphy will follow the busi-ness meeting. A field trip to Weeks Wetland (next to Lopez Village) will follow the presentation.

Felony theft suspects skips arraignment

A $10,000-bench warrant was issued for the arrest of a Burlington woman who lives part-time on Orcas Island, and who is accused of using a credit card belonging to an elderly woman to purchase $500 in ferry tickets.

On Jan. 16, Sheri Denielle Deraimo, 25, failed to appear at an arraignment hearing in San Juan County Superior Court. She faces nine counts of iden-tity theft, a Class C felony, and was released on a $10,000-bail following a Dec. 31 preliminary hearing and pending arraignment on the charges. If arrested and convicted, Deraimo would face maximum penalties of five years in prison, a $10,000-fine or both.

According to prosecutors, Deraimo used the numbers of a credit card belonging to a 95-year-old Orcas Island woman to purchase $507 worth of ferry tickets online over a two-week period beginning in mid-August. The

woman reportedly left the credit card at Island Market after buying groceries at the Eastsound store in early summer. It was retrieved by her daughter-in-law in late July.

With cooperation of the state ferry system and its surveillance camer-as, and later with a search warrant served on Google, detectives targeted Deraimo as the primary suspect in the theft after tracing license plates, online ticket purchases and the email account through which the purchases were made.

SJ man accused of dealing heroin

A San Juan Island man accused of selling heroin and methamphetamine to an informant is slated to stand trial on a trio of felony drug charges in mid-March.

On Jan. 30, Troy Leonard Kirk, 44, pleaded not guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to two counts of deliv-

ery of heroin and to one count of delivery of methamphetamine, both of which are Class B felonies and carry maximum penalties of 10 years in pris-on, a $20,000-fine or both. Bail was set at $50,000 pending a March 16 trial.

A 38-year island resident, Kirk was arrested Jan. 16 at his Friday Harbor home following an investigation by the sheriff’s department this sum-mer. He allegedly sold less than a gram of heroin on two occasions (a total of 1.2 grams for $175) and $20 worth of meth on one occasion to an informant who volunteered to make undercover drug buys as part of the investigation. The informant, who claimed to have bought drugs from Kirk before, hoped to gain favorable consideration from law enforcement on pending criminal charges by par-ticipating in the investigation. It’s the second time Kirk faces prosecution for alleged drug dealing in the past four years.

The Islands’ Weekly • www.islandsweekly.com • February 10, 2015 – Page 4

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after"17. Apple variety18. Golden Horde

member19. Weaken20. By ultrasound23. Hawaiian tuber24. Reverse, e.g.25. Too late28. Government

agency for medical research

30. Change, chemically

34. Spain and Portugal

36. Bleat38. ___ Appia39. Pregnancy issue43. Sticker44. 20-20, e.g.45. Old measure of

capacity46. Bucks49. "___ calls?"51. Coach52. Certain

Scandinavian54. The America's

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plants62. "Your turn"63. Kind of concerto64. South American

monkey66. Artist Chagall67. Questioner68. Decorated, as a

cake69. ___ gin fizz70. File71. Wild edible

mushrooms

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Angeles County3. Event attended by

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angel but Love":

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"up"65. Driver's lic. and

others

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The Washington state House Technology and Economic Development Committee held public hearings Jan. 21 on two proposed bills from Rep. Jeff Morris (D-Mount Vernon) to strengthen privacy laws regarding new and emerging technologies.

House Bills 1093 and 1094 would limit the collection of Washingtonians’ personal data by use of unmanned aircraft (drones) and various emerging biometric data collection tools. Morris’ proposed legislation (HB 1093) would prohibit drones with active sensing devices from collecting personal information — including images of an individual on private property — without the indi-vidual’s consent, unless the federal government has provided specific authorization or the drone is clearly labeled with the name and contact information of the

owner.Technology allowing companies to collect biometric data

is not limited to science fiction — iris scans, facial recogni-tion and voice recognition technologies already exist, but have yet to be largely used in the commercial and retail industries. Morris’ proposed HB 1094 would establish regulations and limitations on how this information could be collected and used in the future.

Under this legislation, the collection of biometric identi-fiers of an individual for a commercial purpose without con-sent would be prohibited. After gaining consent from the consumer, the collector could not sell, lease or disclose the data without receiving additional consent. There would be an exemption for sharing biometric data with law enforce-ment under warrant.

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The San Juan Islands Conservation District has an upcoming open appointed supervisor position. Applicants must be a

registered voter in the state of Washington. Conservation District Supervisors set

policy and direction for the conservation district and serve as public officials without

compensation. Application forms are available at the Conservation District at 530 Guard Street, Friday Harbor, WA

98250 or the Conservation Commission at 300 Desmond Drive Southeast, Lacey, WA

98503. Applications must be received by March 20, 2015.

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING Lopez Island School District 144

CAPITAL PROJECTS AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS

BUDGET EXTENSIONS2014-2015

Notice is hereby given by the school directors of Lopez Island School District No. 144, San Juan County, Washington, that the board of directors will meet for the purpose of a public hearing and adoption of budget extensions of the district for the 2014-2015 school year. The public hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The budget adop-tion will be part of the regular monthly board meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Both meetings will be held in the Lopez Island School District library, Lopez Island, Washington.

Any person may appear at the public hearing and be heard for or against the budget or any part thereof. This hearing is as a result of the bond that was voted on and passed in Novem-ber 2014.

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Elsa Lawrence, 19, of Lopez Island, Wash., recent-ly completed a wilder-ness expedition traveling in Baja with the National Outdoor Leadership School. Lawrence’s Baja Sea Kayaking course took place over 21 days alongside 11 course-mates and three instructors.

The start of Lawrence’s expedition began in Bahia del Coyote and ended in San Basilio after traveling 170 kilometer. During this time, the groups developed fun-

damental sea kayak skills, built leadership skills and engaged with the environ-ment. The sea kayaking exposed the students to a wide range of paddling con-ditions. These conditions consisted of exposed areas of coastline, rock gardens and a minor surf landing on a sandy beach giving them a depth of experience. Each student was given the opportunity to lead the expe-dition by being the head kayaker and directing for extended periods of time. When arriving at camp, the group took advantage of the warm weather and explored their Sea of Cortez through snorkeling with hundreds of reef and pelagic fish. One of the biggest highlights with the marine life was seeing a pod of pilot whales and spot-ting two whale sharks while kayaking. Besides being on the sea, students were also exposed to environmental and cultural studies.

Lawrence and her course-mates learned about the environment they adapted to through writing exer-cises and self-lead classes. Individually, each student gave a 10-minute class on a specific area they were sur-rounded by. The expedition also brought the students to the door of NOLS friend and local Don Chico and his family in San Nicholas. There, they practiced their Spanish language skills, swapped stories and expe-riences and enjoyed fish tacos. Overall the group states they accomplished many goals through team-work and became efficient sea kayakers.

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Marlyn Munter passed away peacefully on Jan. 25, 2015 at her home on Lopez Island, Wash. after a battle with cancer.

She is survived by her daughter Sarah, her part-ner of 22 years, Geoffrey Holmes, her sister Lynn Hastings and her nieces and nephews Elizabeth, Lora, Jesse and LaNina. Marlyn was born in Bremerton,

Wash. on May 9, 1955 to Mary Anne (Studer) and Lewis Lloyd Hastings.

She graduated from Lopez Island High School in 1973 and remained close friends with many of her schoolmates.

Marlyn married in 1978 and had her daughter in 1979, moving with her fam-ily to Everett in 1980.

After divorcing she

lived with her daughter in Arizona before returning to Lopez in 1987.

Marlyn was an accom-plished and gifted self-taught artist, skilled in acrylic painting, sculpture and fabric arts.

She was an avid gardener and animal lover, maintain-ing two acres of garden, lawn and trees and always surrounded by pets. Marlyn had a gentle

demeanor and a quirky and quick sense of humor and she will be greatly missed.

A memorial gathering of friends and family will be held this spring.

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

COMMUNITY CHURCH, Please join us Sun. mornings. Adult Bible study, 9:30. Worship Service, 10:30. Nursery (birth-3 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 Sunny� eld Farm, 6363 Fisherman Bay Road. Children’s program. Everyone welcome. Phone 468-2406. Email: [email protected].

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 1:15 p.m. on Saturday starting January 3. Call 378-2910 for Mass times on San Juan and Orcas Islands.

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This then set the stage for the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to be ratified in 1920 – 95 years ago. From that moment on, the League of Women Voters has worked as the champions of our democracy in a variety of ways – nationally, within state organizations and at

the local level.Here in the San Juan

Islands, your local league has been devoted to elec-tion and educational forums on subjects which affect all communities. Among recent forums we have covered subjects as diverse as taxes, energy, civil discourse, the Washington Voting Rights

Act, agricultural issues, emergency preparedness, hospital mergers and the pol-itics of food. In addition, the league is paying close atten-tion to the Gateway Pacific Terminal Proposal and the effects of increased rail traffic through Washington state and shipping through the Salish Sea.

“Through the years the League has proudly embraced the 20th century courage of our founders in the fight for good govern-ment, and now is embracing the 21st century’s challenges and technology. The organi-zation has created an online voter’s pamphlet, Vote411.org. The state league pub-lishes “The State We Are In,” an educational tool for schools, and the local league creates a one-stop pamphlet with contact information for elected officials from our towns, county, state and national officeholders, called TRY (They Represent You).

This month, as always, we are working in Olympia and throughout the state to increase opportunities to educate and empower vot-ers and encourage action on the major concerns of our citizens. We encourage people to log onto the leg-islative website http://leg.wa.gov; and to comment on bills of interest while the legislature is in session.

The League of Women Voters of the San Juans holds monthly membership

meetings on the second Monday of the month, from noon to 2 p.m., usually at the San Juan Island Public Library. For local LWV infor-mation, go to http://www.lwvwa.org/san-juan/index.html, where you can find past issues of the monthly newsletter, The Voter. And visit us on YouTube to view our videotaped forums.

For further information, go to lwvwa.org.

For information on Orcas sub-group meetings, call 317-7518.

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Submitted by Dennis RyanPresident 2015 San Juan County Arts Council

Nine photographers from the San Juan Islands have each captured an essence of our stunning archipelago in a framed collection of prints that will greet thou-sands of travelers on the new M/V Samish vessel. Construction is running ahead of schedule and is expected to be plying the Anacortes/San Juan Island runs in early 2015.

The 362.5-foot M/V Samish is under construc-tion at Vigor Industrial’s shipyard on Harbor Island in Seattle. The $126-million Olympic Class vessel will hold 1,500 passengers and 144 cars.

The photographers

include Lopez Island art-ists Peter Cavanagh, Eric Hopper, Linda Hudson and Steve Horn. Peter Fisher’s image from Orcas Island joins the works of San Juan Island artists Kathy Crowe Finholm, Marc Forlenza, Robert Hare Stavers and Chris Teren.

The new Samish ves-sel’s collection of art will include these nine from the San Juan Islands, six photographs of wildlife and nine photographs from the Anacortes/Fidalgo Island community. A number of works honoring the Samish Indian Nation, headquar-tered in Anacortes, will also be in the collection.

The San Juan County Arts Council managed the call to photographers from

the San Juan Islands. The time frame was extremely condensed in order to get the final collection installed by the vessel’s contractors.

Working with the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce’s call, the 18 photographs, 21 by 28 inches, were printed in Anacortes by the How It Works Group and are being professionally framed by the Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes. Each print will have a separate plaque including the name and website of the artist and title of the work. Delivery of the collection for installa-

tion is expected by the end of this week.

The San Juan County Arts Council will be seeking funding to support the fram-ing and development costs. At this point the artists have  all agreed to under-write the major portion with

the council providing the rest. We are hopeful that the county’s lodging tax funds might be able to help, espe-cially since all of the images feature the fascinating land-scape and natural qualities of the islands. Other sourc-es will be sought as well.

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