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By Nicole JenningsSkagit County Sheriff Sgt. Bill

Wise, who has headed up the La Conner office for the past four years, is retiring next month.

Traffic Sgt. Jenny Sheahan-Lee will take over as La Conner’s detachment sergeant, and has been in La Conner with Wise all this month to learn the ropes.

She is “transitioning from a traffic sergeant to La Conner precinct sergeant,” Sheahan-Lee explained. She can perform her current duties from the La Conner Sheriff’s Office, so she is simultaneously doing her current job and learning about her new one.

Since the sergeant in La Conner is technically a half-time position, it comes with additional duties. And Wise is passing on his other jobs, including marine patrol, office accreditation, and patrol training, to Sheahan-Lee.

A whiteboard covered in bulleted lists sits across from Wise’s desk and lays out all the important points.

“Monday we went over things, yesterday we were training.

He’ll read an email as things come up,” Sheahan-Lee said last Thursday, giving an example of a typical training schedule.

Even with Wise’s intensive tutoring, Sheahan-Lee can’t help but be a little nervous. This is her first time working in a contract city, where the sheriff’s office works alongside town government. “I want to make sure I’m providing the service the city is expecting,” she said.

Shehan-Lee is the daughter of Skagit County’s Emergency Management Director Tom Sheahan and thus, is no newcomer to law enforcement.

She has spent 31 years in the field, starting at the age of 13, when she signed on as a volunteer with the Sheriff’s search and rescue group. “The Sheriff’s Office is my surrogate mother,” she jokes.

After graduating from Burlington-Edison High School, she interned for the Sheriff’s Office and then began working full-time. Over the years, she has worked as dispatcher, correctional officer, polygraph examiner,

A changing of the guard in La Connerpatrol deputy, in the Sheriff’s Concrete office, in marine, search and rescue, investigations, crime prevention, patrol sergeant and traffic sergeant.

“My whole life has been service,” she said. “I love it, I can’t imagine doing anything else. It’s important to give back to the community.” Even in her free time, she volunteers with organizations such as PTA at her daughter’s school.

Sheahan-Lee lives in Burling-ton in the house she grew up in, along with her daughters Hannah, 16, and Elise, 11.

She applied for the La Conner post because “I like areas with a closer community connection,” she said. “I am looking forward to the opportunity.”

Wise retires from law enforcement and from full-time work to take a part-time trucking contract position. He has worked in law enforcement in Skagit County for 27 years, the last four of which have been at the La Conner Sheriff’s Office.

Born and raised in Sedro-Woolley, Wise attended Skagit

Valley College and Western Washington University, studying political science and criminal justice and worked his way up through the Sheriff’s Office. He has three daughters, Stacie, Shannon, and Samantha.

Leaving La Conner is bittersweet. “I will miss the people — working with the administration, Town Council, Public Works, and business owners,” he said. “Working here has been a real pleasure.”

The small town setting afforded him both challenges and rewards. It’s been difficult “to balance the needs as a small town with my other half-time duties,” he said. He strived to “provide small-town personal service,” while also serving as head of the marine patrol unit and serving as the agency’s patrol training sergeant.

Even so, La Conner has given Wise “the opportunity to see small-town police similar to what I saw in Mayberry on TV as a kid, and the ability to effect change in a small area and to get to know everybody.”

By Karla ReynoldsLa Conner school officials met

Wednesday with students and members of the public to help defuse campus and community anxiety over security issues.

La Conner Schools Superin-tendent Tim Bruce and other district administrators, spurred by local and national concerns stemming from the recent Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in Connecticut, addressed a large and diverse audience during a special evening forum.

The session was in response to a request from the La Conner Elementary Advisory Board for an overview of the schools’ emergency plans.

It was much akin to a com-munity discussion convened in the school auditorium 20 years ago this summer, after the murder of downtown store clerk Donna Mae Arrasmith.

This meeting, which covered a wide range of campus security-related topics, sets the stage for a visit to La Conner next month by state emergency management expert Bruce Kuennen.

Kuennen, who is manager of Tactical Operations Support with the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, is slated to offer a detailed course providing instruction for the maintenance of current information, images, and report-ing requirements for emergency situations.

“I’m looking forward to the information he’ll share,” said

Safety first: Schoolofficials address security

Bruce, “like what should be done in case of an emergency during a basketball game or an event in the auditorium.”

School administrators said there is a specific protocol in place for emergencies occurring during the teaching day. Regular emergency drills are also conducted, they said.

“The district has six fire drills, two lock-down drills, and one for earthquakes each year,” Bruce confirmed.

Several parents gave La Conner schools a passing grade Wednesday for how well those drills are run.

“I was really impressed with how a fire drill went,” said one parent, “when I got caught up in one while dropping off my child at school.”

In the aftermath of the tragic Newtown, Conn. shootings, Bruce said he has conferred with La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes, Swinomish Tribal Senate Chairman Brian Cladoosby, and Tribal Senator Kevin Paul on the merits of increasing police presence on campus.

Hayes said Wednesday that law enforcement can arrive at La Conner schools within five to 10 minutes in case of an emergency.

Police are trained to inform school officials and staff how long to remain in lock-down if that were ever necessary, said Bruce.

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Banks: Closed.Buses: Regular schedule.Schools: Closed.Town Hall: Closed.County government offices: Closed Friday, Jan. 18 and Monday.Library: Closed.Trash: Regular schedule.Post Office: Closed.La Conner Weekly News: Closed.

Martin Luther King, Jr. DayMonday, Jan. 21

The boardwalk contractor, HBH Construc-tion, started pouring concrete for La Conner’s new waterfront walkway last week. At right, Jeremy Mead, Jason Tyree and Dmitry Chernomolets were on the boardwalk crew.

At the same time, across the street, Brad Pritchard and Sal Peña of the town’s Public Works department had cut holes in the sidewalk in front of the post office to cap off an unused but leaky water line that runs under First Street.

It turned out that the town crew didn’t have to mix concrete to make the sidewalk repair — they just trotted across the street with their wheelbarrow and got some.

— Photos by Don Coyote

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WATCH CHANGE – Skagit County Sheriff’s Sgt. Bill Wise, a familiar face in La Conner for the past four years as he headed up the town’s law enforcement, is passing the baton to Sgt. Jenny Sheahan-Lee next month. Wise, who is also the marine patrol commander and a training officer, plans to retire in the near future. – Photo by Don Coyote

ON THE JOB – State Senator Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, took the oath of her new office administered by Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Charles Johnson on Monday. – Photo courtesy Senate Majority Coalition Caucus

Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, and Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano Island, were sworn into office to represent the 10th Legislative District, which includes La Conner.

Bailey, who served nine years in the House of Representatives, defeated 20-year Democratic Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen in the November General Election.

Hayes was elected to the House seat that Bailey vacated.

Bailey, who stopped by La Conner last Thursday for a quick pre-session visit in her district, has been assigned to work on the Senate Ways and Means and the Senate Health Care committees, both of which she served on as a member of the House.

She will also serve on the Senate Rules Committee and has been chosen to be the lead Republican on the Senate Higher Education Committee.

“Steering the Higher Education committee is a new and welcomed challenge,” Bailey said Monday in a written statement. “We need to take a look at tuition-setting authority, and I anticipate we’ll be working closely with the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee...”

In La Conner last week, Bailey said her priorities also include helping to craft a balanced, sustainable state budget, higher education, health care, and working for “stronger, safer and more productive communities.”

Bailey is also part of the

Senate’s new Majority Coalition Caucus, which brings members of both parties together to work on issues as a team.

“It’s an honor to be a part of the Majority Coalition Caucus and change Senate history as we know it,” Bailey said on Monday.

Hayes, a sergeant in the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, stepped away from his post as president of the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs to serve as a legislator. He has been assigned to the House Education, Transportation and Public Safety committees.

Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, was re-elected to the other 10th District House seat, which she has held since 2007.

The 2013 legislative session began Monday and is scheduled to last 105 days.

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Peg Seeling, who has filled various roles for La Conner schools over nearly 30 years, said teachers are already furnished emergency backpacks and buckets containing flashlights, duct-tape, tarps, ropes, and toilet tissue.

All coaches and bus personnel, she added, are CPR-certified.

In case of an evacuation, school buildings have designat-ed meeting areas, said Bruce. Teachers also employ a “buddy system,” in which one of the instructors will tend to an ill or injured student, while the other escorts remaining pupils during an evacuation.

Bruce, who has been La Conner Schools’ chief administrator for two decades, noted the local campus was developed with an “open concept.”

If an upcoming bond issue is approved by voters, he said, school officials and builders will explore ways to make the campus less open and more secure.

“Something will be built to conceal the playground for student safety,” he said, “but we don’t want the school to be like a prison, either.”

Bruce and campus principals fielded questions posed Wednes-day by both adults and students of all ages.

Additional safety and emer-gency strategies are antici-pated following Kuennen’s presentation, said Bruce.

Most all attending Wednesday’s meeting agreed that local schools must serve a wide range of young people, with students, parents, faculty, and administrators equal partners in taking responsibility for assuring a safe campus environment.

“We want all our students to feel safe at school,” Bruce said. “The events in Connecticut have upset our sense of security. However, I want everyone to know we are very much involved in doing whatever we can to make our schools as safe as possible.”

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JOEY DEAN CARPENTER, Sr.1943 - 2013

La Conner resident Joey Dean Carpenter, Sr. died on Tuesday, January 8 at the age of 69.

He was born January 19, 1943, in Boone, Iowa, to Marion and Fay Carpenter. His family moved to the Seattle area when he was 10 years old, and he graduated from Shoreline High School in 1961.

Joe worked as a short order cook during high school and until he was 20, when he decided there were better things in life to do than washing dirty dishes.

He had started a painter’s apprenticeship during this time and completed it in 1961 and started painting with his brother-in-law. This eventually turned into a lifetime career as he evolved from just a painter to painting/contractor/handyman, which he turned into a business he and his wife, Ruth, ran for many years.

Joe became a volunteer firefighter in his 20’s and retired

33 year later, after serving his community as a firefighter and EMT.

He met Ruth Baker at her bus stop when she was 14 years old and married her four years later. They were married for 51 adventurous years. Joe and Ruth had two children, Cindy and Joey, who provided them with four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Joe also had a passion for cars and was always dragging home old beat-up, rusted-out cars and restoring them to close to, or like new, condition and then selling them. This was sometimes painful for the family, as everyone would pitch in and help work on the cars, and then when they were ready to roll, Joe would put them up for sale and move onto the next project. But this is what he loved to do, so the family indulged him.

In 1992 Joe and Ruth moved to La Conner as they had purchased a 40-foot “cruise-a-home” (a boat) and wanted to be near the water. They joined the Swinomish Yacht Club and attended many events both on and off the water.

Joe loved to cook and did most often at home and out on the boat. But he really loved to cook for others and would get up early on the weekend and start making breakfast of Belgian waffles for everyone on the dock. He made all kinds of flavors, adding a variety of yummy — and sometimes interesting — ingredients. But nobody passed up waffles on the dock.

Josh and Michelle, Joe and Ruth’s oldest grandchildren, spent every summer out on the boat with their grandparents. All grown up now, Josh and Michelle love to tell stories about their times on the boat with Grandma and Grandpa. In fact, Josh is an avid fisherman and boater himself, after spending so many years on the boat with Grandpa.

Joe had many other hobbies including golfing, garage saling, guns, poker, swap meets and junk collecting. In all the events, clubs, projects and jobs, Joey made hundreds of friends, many of them lifelong. Joe had a personality that made people want to be his friends forever. Joe will be missed by so many friends and family, but we know he will always be with us in our hearts and memories.

Joe’s wishes were that he be cremated and his ashes spread in the beautiful San Juan Islands, where he spent so much time with his wife, grandchildren and many friends. A celebration of life will be held at 12 noon on Feb. 16 at the Swinomish Yacht Club, 310 N. First St. in La Conner.

Start Preparing Now for Spring

Home SaleIf you plan to list your

home for sale when spring arrives, it’s to your ben-efit to use the months until then getting your property in good shape. At the very least, make plans so you can get started immediately in a few months.

While it’s generally not safe to paint rooms when the doors and windows are closed, you can make your decorating plans. If you spot the paint on sale (common in the winter), go ahead and buy it now. As long as the cans stay com-pletely sealed (tuck them in a closet so they won’t freeze in your garage), the paint will be good for a long time to come. Before you paint, take the cans back to the store and ask them to run the cans through the shaker again to ensure the paint is thoroughly mixed.

Start interviewing poten-tial real-estate agents. Let them come through your home and tell you what items you need to fix or change to get the best sale price. Learn about the agents and what they offer, but don’t sign any contracts yet.

Have a home inspection. The result will be your to-do list over the next few months. At the very least

you’ll be warned about those items before a buyer hires his own inspector and notes them in a sales con-tract as negotiating points. If you have snow on the roof, the inspection will be a bit limited, but the con-dition of the house and its systems will give you an overall idea.

Do interior repairs now. A new toilet and sink in the bathroom, and later, paint, a fresh shower curtain and new towels will add to your potential sales price.

If you’re going to have landscaping work done when warm weather comes, get on the schedule now. Talk with a landscape plan-ner at a few home and gar-den places and nail down what you’ll want.

De-clutter. For many homeowners, getting rid of excess clutter is the most time-consuming of all home-sale activities. Start by going through closets and toss clothes you haven’t worn in three years, and also reorganize kitchen cabinets.

Depersonalize your home by removing family photos. Look for artwork to go in the blank spots. If you find it on sale and know you won’t change your mind, go ahead and buy now.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Week-ly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send email to [email protected].

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Take the HostageThe budget crisis is over.

Long live the budget crisis.Now that the fiscal cliff has

been resolved, we’re on to the fight over raising the debt ceiling. President Barack Obama wants no part of it. Immediately after Congress passed his tax increases to avoid the cliff, he insisted that there is no way he’ll negoti-ate over the debt ceiling. That would be so inappropriate.

Cue the hostage-taking analogies, the talk of extrem-ism, the lamentations over a broken Washington. But why is the president outraged that someone would use the leverage of an impending event that would damage the economy to his negotiat-ing advantage? It’s precisely how he won on the cliff.

No one called him a hos-tage taker when he didn’t immediately accept the House Republican extension of all the Bush tax cuts, and instead insisted on forcing a choice between higher tax rates on the wealthy or going off the cliff.

He got his way. Not because Republicans wanted to raise taxes. But because taxes would go up for everyone on Jan. 1, and very few people (and no Republicans) wanted that to happen. Obama used every ounce of his leverage to raise taxes on as many people as he could — and succeeded. Congratulations.

Now that the leverage may work the other way, Obama wants an end to all this crazy talk of negotiating things and compromising. “I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not

they should pay the bills that they’ve already racked up,” the president bristled. He has apparently been an innocent bystander while the national debt increased by 60 percent since he took office.

We’ve hit the debt limit of $16.4 trillion, and it will need to be extended in a cou-ple of months. When $16.4 trillion in debt isn’t enough, you’ve clearly got a prob-lem. The president always says that we need a “bal-anced approach” to address it. In the cliff deal, he got one part of the balance.

What about the spending cuts that the president has said in the past should be a disproportionate share of any budget solution? He’s not the least bit interested in those, except as a rhe-torical device. Which is why Republicans are always in the position of trying to force him to accept some sort of spending discipline.

In a better, more rational world, the debt limit wouldn’t be a tool of budgetary policy. But it is one of the few must-pass pieces of legislation that Republicans can use to force spending cuts, and it obvi-ously relates directly to our budget problem. If the presi-dent doesn’t want the debate over it to go nerve-wracking-ly down to the wire, he can set out a serious offer, now.

Of course, he’s doing the opposite. His refusal to nego-tiate isn’t sustainable, but he’ll spend precious time trying to sustain it. He’ll finally agree to talk, and then get Republicans to back off whatever their maximal posi-tion is — because Repub-licans will again fear being blamed if there’s no agree-ment. Another Band-Aid will be applied to the debt, until next time. In the Age of Obama, the new budget crisis always follows the last.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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• On Jan. 31, 1606, in Lon-don, Guy Fawkes, a chief conspirator in the plot to blow up the British Parlia-ment building, jumps to his death moments before his execution for treason. He had been found lurking in a cellar of the Parliament building with 2 tons of gun-powder.

• On Feb. 1, 1884, the first portion of the Oxford English Dictionary is pub-lished. In 1857, members of London’s Philological Soci-ety decided to produce a dic-tionary that would cover all vocabulary from 1150 A.D. to the present. It took more than 40 years to complete.

• On Jan. 28, 1915, the captain of a German cruiser orders the destruction of the William P. Frye, an American merchant ship off the Brazil-ian coast. He had ordered the Frye to jettison its cargo as contraband, but the ship’s crew refused. It was the first American merchant vessel lost to Germany’s aggres-sion during World War I.

• On Jan. 29, 1922, in the middle of a film, the Knick-erbocker Theatre in Wash-ington, D.C., collapses, kill-ing 108 people and sending

another 133 to the hospital. Accumulated snowfall from a blizzard collapsed the the-ater’s roof, which fell down on top of theatergoers.

• On Jan. 30, 1933, Presi-dent Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler — fuhrer (leader) of the National Socialist German Work-ers Party (or Nazi Party) — as chancellor of Germa-ny. Hitler’s meteoric rise to prominence in Germany was spurred largely by the Ger-man people’s frustration with dismal economic conditions.

• On Feb. 3, 1950, Klaus Fuchs, a German-born Brit-ish scientist who helped developed the atomic bomb, is arrested in Great Britain for passing top-secret infor-mation about the bomb to the Soviet Union. The arrest of Fuchs led authorities to several other individuals, including Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the U.S.

• On Feb. 2, 1991, Hurley Haywood begins his quest for his fifth win at the 24 Hours of Daytona. In 2008, Haywood retired from full-time racing with more endur-ance victories (10) than any other driver.


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September 25 is national “Får i Kål,” (or “lamb in cabbage”) Day in Norway.

Får i Kål is considered their “national dish.”

A lot of people eat Får i Kål on September 25, and on Sundays, and maybe every time they have company. The Norskies love that stuff.

It’s as Norsk as Norsk gets, so the Norwegian government felt like they needed to set aside a special day every year to acknowledge it.

All the stores have the two ingredients used to make it on sale starting in early September. And if a person didn’t already own a pot big enough to cook it in, they go on sale, too.

The newspapers all print the recipe — just in case someone might have lost theirs. I’m so thankful, because if someone would have just told me how to make it, I’m not sure I could have remembered (just kidding).

I caved under the pressure of the day when we were living there and made it for dinner. Kory said it was almost as good as his Mama used to make.

How could it taste any different? It has just two ingredients.

To make it, place some water in the bottom of a pot, layer cabbage leaves with chunks of a poor baby lamb — that gave its very life for sustaining the people of Norway and their traditional dish — and keep layering cabbage leaves and lamb until there is no more.

Pour in enough water to cover the ingredients, add some salt and pepper, put a lid on the pot and bring it to a boil. When it boils, simmer it for a few hours and then it’s done.

Be sure to serve it with boiled potatoes and boiled carrots on the side for a genuine Norwegian experience.

Kory and Kaleb love it — but they are way more Norwegian than I.

I felt like I had done my part in making it, so I opted out of eating it.

My birth name is “Mary,” so it is just too heartbreaking for me to actually eat “a little lamb.” Instead, I ate the latest “National Dish of Norway” — based on call-in votes to a radio station — frozen pizza.

The only problem during dinner was that I still had to smell what Kory and Kaleb were eating.

My Norwegian language teacher had recommended I set a bowl of vinegar next to the pan of Får i Kål while it was cooking so it wouldn’t stink up the house so much — but I dumped it out when the cooking was over, not thinking I’d need it to get through dinner, too.

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New books are always fun to get in. Below are a few you might like to check out.

The Husband List by Janet Evanovich: Set in New York City in 1894, The Husband List is an American gilded-age romantic mystery. It evokes memories of the lavish lifestyles and social expectations of the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers — a time when new money from the Americas married Old World social prestige and privilege. Dresses by Worth, transcontinental ocean voyages, lavish parties, a little intrigue, and a lot of romance await in, The Husband List.

Luck of the Draw by Piers Anthony: Bryce is summoned to Xanth as part of a wager between the Demons Earth and Xanth. To his surprise, he has left behind his home and family and 80-year-old body forever, in exchange for youth and magic...and a quest. He must court and marry Princess Harmony, who is anything but willing to be courted! Luck of the Draw is Anthony’s 36th pun-filled adventure in the magical land of Xanth.

Empire and Honor by W. E. B. Griffin: October 1945: The Germans and Japanese have surrendered. For Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS, it should be time to pack up, but they have far more important things to do. In the closing months of the war, the United States made a secret

deal with the head of German intelligence’s Soviet section. In exchange for a treasure trove of intelligence, including the identity of the Soviet spies in the American atomic bomb program, his people would be spirited to safety. If word got out, all hell would break loose, and the United States would lose some of its best sources, not to mention its most valuable secrets. It is up to Frade and company to keep them all safe. But some people have other ideas.

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Trading Stamps

Q: I have quite a few books of Blue Chip

trading stamps and won-der if they have any value. I am from California and originally got them at gas stations. — Paul, Apopka, Fla.

A:I remember my grandmother care-

fully pasting trading stamps into books after each visit to the grocery store. There were at least a dozen com-panies that promoted them. Blue Chip began in about 1956 when Chevron Oil, Thrifty Drugs and several grocery stores in Califor-nia began to offer them as premiums. After the books were filled, they could be redeemed for items such as toasters, waffle irons and coffee pots. Blue Chips Stamps is now a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. At a recent paper show in Phoe-nix, I saw books of Blue Chip stamps priced at about $10 each.

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Q: I am writing in regard to an old

Bible I found in my late father’s belongings. It was published in 1845 in Bos-ton. — Elsie, Springfield, Colo.

A:I receive questions concerning early

Bibles on a regular basis. The simple fact is that most Bibles printed after 1790 are fairly common. Victo-rian Bibles might be quite ornate and, perhaps, inter-esting to the owner, but to a serious collector it is not all that valuable or scarce.

As with most collectibles, there are always exceptions to every rule.

William J. Chamberlin is a member of the International Society of Bible Collec-tors, and he might be able to advise you. His contact addresses are 6413 Snow Apple Drive, Clarkston, MI 28346; [email protected]; and www.biblecollectors.org.

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Q: I bought a mug years ago in a shop

in Portland, Maine. It is a commemorative mug cel-ebrating the centennial of the United States in 1876. How much do you think it is worth? — Erma, Apache Junction, Ariz.

A:I examined the photo you sent, and after

doing a little research, I have determined that it was manufactured for J.M. Shaw and Company of New York by W.T. Copeland & Sons of Britain. This design was part of a 40-piece set that included a teapot, creamer and sugar, plates, cups and saucers. A complete set recently sold at auction for $1,500. Your mug might be worth about $50.

Write to Larry Cox in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected]. Due to the large volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox is unable to personally answer all reader questions. Do not send any materials requiring return mail.


Potty Traininga Cat

DEAR PAW’S COR-NER: I’m going to adopt a cat soon, and I’ve never had a pet. My friend told me that cats aren’t easy to train, so I’m worried. Will it be difficult to train my cat to use a litter box? — Sara in Columbus, Ga.

DEAR SARA: Congratu-lations on adopting your first pet! Cats can be great companions. While it’s dif-ficult to teach a cat to fetch or roll over like a dog, house training is usually much easier to accomplish.

Cats have a natural instinct to cover up their droppings. This hides them from pred-ators. A litter box caters to that instinct.

A kitten that is old enough to be adopted (usually 12 weeks) has typically been taught by its mother how and where to poop, how to cover it up, and how to keep itself clean and neat (by wash-ing its fur with its tongue). You can reinforce this: Set up your new cat’s litter box,

as well as its bedding, toys, food and water, ahead of time. As soon as you bring your new cat home, take it to the litter box and let the cat check it out.

If your cat doesn’t get it the first time, and piddles elsewhere in the house, don’t scold it. Try to catch it as soon it happens, pick the cat up and place it in the litter box. It should connect quickly.

What if your cat refuses to use the litter box and goes elsewhere? Move the box to a quieter part of the house. If that doesn’t work, or if the cat appears lethargic or meows a lot, contact the vet-erinarian right away. Cats that don’t use the litter box often are ill, not stubborn.

Send your questions or comments to [email protected], or write to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. For more pet care-related advice and information, visit www.pawscorner.com.


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By Bill ReynoldsThey say nobody’s perfect, but

Tyler Howlett came pretty close Friday night.

The senior power forward missed just one shot while scoring 24 points to lead La Conner to an impressive 82-27 NW2B blowout win at home over the Mount Vernon Christian Hurricanes.

Howlett was a force with which the Hurricanes couldn’t contend, burying 10 of 11 field goal attempts from an array of spots on the floor.

He did most of his damage, though, down in the blocks.

“Tyler did a great job on the inside,” La Conner head coach Scott Novak said afterward, “and his teammates did a great job of getting him the ball in scoring position.”

Howlett’s prime benefactor was Spencer Novak, who delivered four assists to go along with 14 points in limited duty as the La Conner bench emptied fairly early.

Cameron Sherman, showing a deft interior passing touch, also dished off four assists.

La Conner post Jonah Cook chipped in 11 points with another stellar effort in the paint.

In all, 11 Braves landed on the scoring column.

Hudson Zavala finished with eight points, while Sherman added six tallies.

Colby James collected five points, including a deep trey.

Skyler Kruger had four points. Sean Hulbert and Jamall James meshed three points apiece.

Taylor Swanson and Anthony Williams rounded out the potent La Conner attack with two points each.

La Conner blows outHurricanes at home

But it was what his players did without the ball that impressed coach Novak the most.

“I thought we played a solid game on the defensive end,” he stressed. “Overall, our team defense was very good. Our guys did a nice job of recognizing situations and helping out when needed.”

The Braves, 12-0, took their perfect ledger to Darrington late Tuesday in search of a third conference triumph without a loss.

La Conner entertains Cedar Park this Friday, Jan. 18, in a JV-varsity twinbill. The junior varsity prelim action is set for 4:30 p.m. The varsity clash tips off at 7:30 p.m., at Landy James Gym.

There’s no rest for the weary, as La Conner is scheduled for a quick turnaround Saturday at South Whidbey. The Braves are booked for a pair of matinee starts at Langley, with a 2 p.m. JV game and 3:30 p.m. varsity contest.

This is to be a busy week for the Braves’ sub-varsity squads. The La Conner JVs are at Evergreen Lutheran tonight, Wednesday, at 5 p.m., while the C-team is slated for duty 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Lummi.

MVC 9 8 6 4 -- 27LA CONNER 24 23 22 13 -- 82(LC)--Howlett 24, Novak 14, Cook 11, Zavala 8, Sherman 6, C. James 5, Krueger 4, Hulbert 3, J. James 3, Swanson 2, Williams 2.

By Bill ReynoldsFor a brief time Friday, it

looked like there might be a blowout when the Mount Vernon Christian Hurricanes swept into town.

But La Conner High weathered the early storm, rallying in the third period to batten down a key 39-28 NW2B girls’ basketball decision.

Katie McKnight paced the Lady Braves with 11 points and seven rebounds, while Katie Novak buried two perimeter treys during the decisive third frame, when La Conner went on a 16-5 run.

Alyssa McCormick scored six of her seven points during a pivotal stretch of the third period, helping turn around a 19-17 La Conner deficit at the break.

“Overall, I was happy with how we played,” said Lady Braves head coach Scott Novak, who saw his club improve to 11-2 overall and 2-0 in conference action.

“I was especially pleased,” he said, “with how well we responded in the second half.”

La Conner held Mount Vernon Christian to single digits after intermission, outscoring the visitors 22-9.

No Mount Vernon Christian

player finished in double figure scoring.

That would’ve hardly seemed possible an hour earlier.

“Mount Vernon Christian came out very aggressive,” coach Novak said. “They hit the boards hard and got up and down the court fast. We weren’t getting back defensively every time, either.”

Nor did the Lady Braves knock down open shots in the opening stanza.

So La Conner went to Plan B. The hosts triggered their offense with a stifling defense.

“The girls played great defense in the second half,” said coach Novak. “They really picked up the intensity.”

La Conner got a boost inside from senior frontliner Taysha James, who showed no ill effects from missing last season with knee issues.

James meshed eight points and converted two straight free throws on a night La Conner managed just six of 10 attempts from the charity stripe.

In addition to McCormick and James, Aubrey Stewart also helped the Lady Braves control play in the paint, hitting a pair of key inside jumpers.

But it was the long-range shooting of Katie Novak that turned the tide in the second half.

“She hit two big three-pointers in that third period,” said coach Novak.

Kelley McClung and Emma Christianson didn’t score, but made their presence felt.

McClung, La Conner’s crafty point guard, dished off a team-best five assists and reeled in four rebounds, despite playing much of the game in foul trouble.

Chr i s t i anson e f f ec t i ve ly relieved McClung when called upon.

The Lady Braves were looking late Tuesday to avenge a home loss last month to Darrington.

La Conner is slated to host Cedar Park this Friday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. The Lady Braves travel Saturday to South Whidbey for a 2 p.m. varsity tipoff, with the JVs set to get underway 90 minutes later.

In a related note:• The La Conner junior varsity

is scheduled today, Wednesday, at Evergreen Lutheran in a 3:30 p.m. start. The Lady Braves are penciled in for another sub-Varsity afternoon clash 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Lummi.

Lady Braves weather early Hurricane storm

MVC 9 10 5 4 -- 28LA CONNER 13 4 16 6 -- 39(LC)--McKnight 11, Novak 9, James 8, McCormick 7, Stewart 4.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’re eager to take on that new opportunity open-ing up as January gives way to February. Now all you need to do is resist quitting too early. Do your best to stay with it.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Doff a bit of that careful, conservative outlook and let your brave Bovine self take a chance on meeting that new challenge. You could be sur-prised at how well you do.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might not want to return to the more serious tasks facing you. But you know it’s what you must do. Cheer up. Something more pleasant soon will occupy your time.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) As you dutifully tidy up your end-of-the-month tasks, your fun self emerges to urge you to do something special: A trip (or a cruise, maybe?) could be just what you need.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your achievements are admirable as you close out the month with a roar. Now you can treat yourself to some well-earned time off for fun with family or friends. (Or both!)

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Be sure you know the facts before you assume someone is holding back on your project. Try to open your mind before you give someone a piece of it.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You might feel comfortable in your familiar surroundings, but it might be

time to venture into some-thing new. There’s a chal-lenge out there that’s just right for you.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your love of things that are new gets a big boost as you encounter a sit-uation that opens up new and exciting vistas. How far you go with it depends on you.

SAGITTARIUS (Novem-ber 22 to December 21) That recent workplace shift might not seem to be paying off as you expected. But be patient. There are changes coming that could make a big difference.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) While few can match the Goat’s fiscal wizardry, you still need to be wary in your dealings. There might be a problem you should know about sooner rather than later.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Easy does it when it comes to love and all the other good things in life. Don’t try to force them to develop on your sched-ule. Best to let it happen naturally.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A surprise decision by someone you trust causes some stormy moments. But a frank dis-cussion explains everything, and helps save a cherished relationship.

BORN THIS WEEK:Sometimes you forget to take care of yourself, because you’re so busy caring for others. But you wouldn’t have it any other way.


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• It was Martin Luther King Jr. who made the fol-lowing sage observation: “Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than abso-lute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”

• Are you a dromomaniac? If you travel compulsively, you are.

• The famed statue Venus de Milo was lost to history for nearly 2,000 years. No one knew of its existence until 1820, when a Greek peasant tilling a field on the island of Milos hit stone — several carved blocks of stone, to be specific. Within a few weeks, archaeologists arrived and took the statue of Aphrodite to France. King Louis XVIII dubbed it the Venus de Milo and donated it to the Louvre, where it remains today.

• You might be surprised to learn that Humphrey Bogart wasn’t the produc-ers’ first choice for the role of Rick in “Casablanca.” An actor named George Raft was originally offered the part, but he turned it down because he didn’t like

the script.• In 2010, a new species

of slug was discovered in the mountains of Borneo. It is distinguished from other species of slug by its novel method of mating: It shoots its mate with a so-called love dart made of calcium carbonate and containing hormones. The researchers nicknamed the gastropods “ninja slugs.”

• If you’re traveling to Kansas anytime soon, be sure to remember that it is against the law in that state to catch fish with your bare hands.

• During the original run of the classic 1960s TV series “Gilligan’s Island,” some viewers took the show rather too seriously. Several telegrams were sent to the U.S. Coast Guard asking why the poor people hadn’t yet been rescued.

***Thought for the Day: “I

want a man who is kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a million-aire?” — Zsa Zsa Gabor


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Send address changes to: P.O. Box 1465,

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A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel.

BASELINE IS BOTTOM LINE – Hudson Zavala, number 12, drives the baseline to cash in on a layup during La Conner’s 82-27 rout at home Friday of league rival Mount Vernon Christian. Zavala is one of several Braves whose strong play of late is paying dividends for undefeated La Conner. – Photo by Melissa Reynolds

BRACED FOR ACTION – Taysha James hits a fadeaway jumper during La Conner’s 39-28 league home triumph Friday over Mount Vernon Christian. James has bounced back from knee surgery to provide depth for the Lady Braves’ frontline. The La Conner senior delivered eight points and reeled in several key rebounds against the upset-minded Hurricanes. – Photo by Melissa Reynolds


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If I ran the zooCOMMUNITY CALENDAR

La Conner SeniorCenter Calendar

Tues., Jan. 22104 E. Commercial

• 8 - 9:15: Rise and Shine Yoga.• 8:20 - 8:50: Morning Walk.• 9 - 11:30: Mahjong.• 9 - 11:30: Stone Soup Discus- sion Group.• 9:30 - 11:30: Canasta.• 12 - 12:30: Senior Services Hot Lunch. Donation requested.• 1 - 2: Your Journey.• 2 - 4: Creative Non-Fiction Writing with Claire.• 3 - 3:45: Every Body’s Yoga.

Classes and programsopen to all ages.Contact person:

Janna Gage, 466-3941

Sponge BathBy Terri Kirby Erickson

The Poet’s Place• Senior Lunch Menu •

for Tuesday, January 22Biscuits and Gravy

Sausage LinksHash Browns

Lunch is served at 11:45 a.m. at the La Conner Senior Center at Maple Hall. Donation is $3 to $5 for seniors 60 and over, and $6 for younger folk.

Poem copyright ©2011 by Teri Kirby Erickson from her book, “In the Palms of Angels.” Ted Koozer’s “American Life in Poetry” is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of “Poetry” magazine.

American Life in Poetry From Ted Kooser U.S. Poet Laureate

Here’s a lovely poem for the caregivers among us by Terri Kirby Erickson, who lives in North Carolina.

Draped in towels,my grandmother sits in a hard-backedchair, a white bowl

of soapy water on the floor.She lifts her frail arm, then rests it,

gratefully, in her daughter’s palm.Gliding a wet

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COMING UPWednesday Jan 1610 am to noon – Grief Workshop:

Six-week widowed support workshop begins. Free. At Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Avenue, each Wednesday. For more info or to register, call Mary at (360) 848-1872 or go to skagitwss.org.

7 pm – Lose Weight w/o Dieting: Nutrition counselor Sharon Swan offers the perfect post-holiday program: how to lose weight slowly and permanently. Free. Anacortes Public Library, 1220 Tenth St. For info: 293-1910x21.

Friday Jan 1810:30 am – Story Time: For all

preschool ages (babies, too!). Sing, move, listen to books, dance, interact with your child, and pop bubbles! At La Conner Regional Library.

Saturday Jan 1911 am to 5 pm – Native Artists:

Award-winning Pacific Northwest artists show and sell native and native-inspired art at Skagit County Historical Museum at 501 S. 4th St. Also special presentation from Samish Nation and silent auction. Admission: adults $5, seniors $4, families $10. For more info., 466-3365 or www.skagitcounty.net/museum

11 am – Pruning Trees & Shrubs: Learn about tools, techniques & timing when pruning ornamentals. $5 fee. Call to reserve: 466-3821 or visit www.christiansonsnursery.com

3:30 to 7 pm – Crab Fest at Camano Center. $20 includes Dungeness crab,

side dishes, dessert and SwingNuts Jazz! 606 Arrowhead Rd. More info: (360) 387-0222.

4 pm – Model Boats: Randy Flodquist discusses the art and science of model boats. Free. Anacortes Library, 1220 Tenth St. More info: 293-1910 x21.

Sunday Jan 2011 am to 5 pm – Native

Artists: Award-winning Pacific Northwest artists show and sell native and native-inspired art at Skagit County Historical Museum at 501 S. 4th St. Also silent auction. Admission: adults $5, seniors $4, families $10. For more info., 466-3365 or www.skagitcounty.net/museum

Monday Jan 212 to 3 pm – Food Bank: La Conner

Sunrise Food Bank is located behind the Methodist Church on S. 2nd Street on the hill. All are welcome: those who need groceries and those with food to share.

Tuesday Jan 229 to 11 am – Memory Screenings:

Can help determine if you are suffering from memory loss. Free. Island Health Resource Ctr., 1211 - 24th St., Anacortes. Call for appt: 299-1367.

12:30 to 2 pm – Your Journey So Far: A discussion of past careers and cares. Come share your story! Free. La Conner Senior Center.

Wednesday Jan 237 pm – Ice Age Floods: Learn about

one of the largest floods in history, sending 500 cubic miles of water across the Pacific Northwest. With Gene Kiver, professor emeritus of geology. Free. Anacortes Public Library, 1220 Tenth

Street, 293-1910 x21.Friday Jan 25

10:30 am – Story Time: For all preschool ages (babies, too!). Sing, move, listen to books, dance, interact with your child, and pop bubbles! At La Conner Regional Library.

1 to 4 pm –Adult Fitness Hike: Fast paced & hilly work-out tour of Heart Lake and Whistle Lake area. Bring water & snack; meet at Heart Lake parking lot. More info: 293-3725 or www.friendsoftheacfl.org

Saturday Jan 2611 am – Orchids 101: Find out how

to care for, troubleshoot these beauties, along with fascinating history. $5 fee. Reservations required: 466-3821, www.christiansonsnursery.com

Sunday Jan 272 pm – Family Concert: Skagit

Symphony’s annual event for families. Adults: $10; youth under 16: free. At McIntyre Hall, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon. For tickets, call 360-416-7727. For info, visit www.skagitsymphony.com/education

Monday Jan 282 to 3 p.m. – Food Bank: La Conner

Sunrise Food Bank is located behind the Methodist Church on S. 2nd Street on the hill. All are welcome: those who need groceries and those with food to share.

5:45 – SVC GlobalFest Dinner: Kicks off the popular GlobalFest at Skagit Valley College’s McIntyre Hall. Keynote speech by Raj Patel. Fest runs through Feb. 21. Tickets: $35 per person; $20 for students. Call to purchase: (360)416-7727 or www.mcintyrehall.org

Tuesday Jan 299 to 11 am – Bone Density Scan:

Heel scan gives an estimate of bone density. $5 fee. Island Hospital, 1211 - 24th St., Anacortes. Call for appt: 299-1367.

12:30 to 2 p.m. – Book Discussion: Learn about interesting new series or individual titles. Bring books you would like to swap! La Conner Senior Center.

2:30 pm – Free Spanish Classes: Conversational Spanish classes thru March 7 at Anacortes Library, 1220 Tenth Street. Email Terry Kelly to register and more info: [email protected]

Wednesday Jan 307 pm – Across Northern France:

Cultural traveler Rudy Gahler describes his Road Scholar trip to Brittany and Normandy, complete with historical notes. Free. Anacortes Public Library, 1220 Tenth Street. For info: 293-1910 x21.

Thursday Jan 316:30 pm – Public Meeting: What

would you like to see in the new La Conner Library? Come and provide your input to the Library Board at the Two Forks Room of La Conner Country Inn. Ruth Baleiko of Miller Hull Architectural firm will speak. More info: 466-3352.

CLUBSALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT:

Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support group meets at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 1 p.m. on the second and third Monday of each month. The church is located at 9th and M Avenue in Anacortes. Call (360) 299-9569 for information.

BILLIKEN LADIES: La Conner’s Billiken Ladies meet at noon the second Monday of each month. Contact Barbara Sanford at 466-3483 or Dorothy Dalan at (360) 707-0536.

DAR: The Daughters of the American Revolution, Ann Washington Chapter, meets at the Good Shepherd Hall, Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church, 1511 East Broadway at 11:30 a.m. For information (360) 629-9937 or (360) 466-3430.

DRAGON BOAT CLUB: The North Puget Sound Dragon Boat Club, dedicated to cancer awareness, fitness and fun through paddling, meets monthly at the Skagit Valley College Oak Harbor Campus and goes paddling every Saturday. New members and visitors are always welcome. For information contact Cathie Harrison, (360) 678-9003.

FIDALGO ISLAND QUILTERS: Fidalgo Island Quilters Guild meets the first Monday of each month at the New Hope Community Church,

1319 35th St., Anacortes. The Suns afternoon group meets at 12:30 p.m. and the Stars evening group meets at 7 p.m. For more information go to www.fidalgoislandquilters.com.

GARDEN CLUB: La Conner Civic Garden Club meets each month at the garden club building on South Second Street. Visitors are always welcome. Call Susie Deyo at 466-3258 for more information.

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: The Skagit Valley Genealogical Society meets 7 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each month at the Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., Burlington. For more info, call 360-424-4427, or email: [email protected] or visit www.rootsweb/ancestry.com/~wasvgs .

GOP WOMEN: The West Skagit County Republican Women’s Club will not be having a regular meeting the month of January or February; however, they will be doing the decorations for the Skagit County Party Lincoln Day dinner. After that, regular meetings will resume on the second Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the San Juan Lanes in Anacortes. More info: call Pat Essig at 293-3483 or Pat Stowe at 293-4147.

HARMONY NORTHWEST CHORUS: The Harmony Northwest Chorus, which sings four-part harmony and barbershop style, rehearses 7 to 9:30 p.m. each Monday at the Mount Vernon Community Center, at the corner of Cleveland and Hazel. For information call Judy at (360) 707-2895.

KIWANIS: The Kiwanis Club of La Conner meets 7:50 a.m. each Wednesday at La Conner Retirement Inn, 204 N. 1st St. Community members are welcome to attend and enjoy a free breakfast. For information call Secretary Garry Cline at 466-1071.

LA CONNER ROTARY: The La Conner Rotary Club meets 6 p.m. every Monday at the Farmhouse Restaurant located at Highway 20 and La Conner Whitney Road.

LIBRARY FRIENDS: The Friends of the La Conner Regional Library meets the third Monday of each month at 9 a.m. at the La Conner Retirement Inn.

LIONS CLUB: Burlington Lions meet at 7 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Farmhouse Inn on La Conner Whitney Rd. Call Rock White at 755-1362 or Jerry Hedbom at 757-0107.

LIONS CLUB: Mount Vernon Lions meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Denny’s Restaurant located at 300 East College Way, in Mount Vernon. For information call Robert Foster at 424-1888.

LOW VISION GROUP: Skagit County’s Low Vision Support Group meets the first Tuesday of the month through May at 1 pm at the Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave. in Burlington. For more information, call Collene at (360)336-5436 or Dick at (360)757-0723.

SEA SCOUTS: Winter meetings of the Sea Scouts are held at the W. T. Preston Sternwheeler in Anacortes on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. The Sea Scout schooner Rejoice is now back in La Conner, tied up to her old moorage. Call Skipper Jim Taylor for more information: (360) 299-9040.

SEWING GUILD: The La Conner Neighborhood Group of the American Sewing Guild meets monthly. For information call Gale Thomas, 466-2027, or Sue Donaldson, 466-3032.

SOROPTIMISTS: The La Conner Soroptimist International club meets 5:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at the Swinomish Yacht Club, 310 N. First St., La Conner. For club information, please contact President Ellie Baugh at (360) 420-9448.

SURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION: The new Surface Design Association of Skagit and Whatcom counties meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month at the Gail Harker Creative Studies Center, 12636 Chilberg Road, La Conner. Everyone interested in fiber or textile arts is welcome. For information call Diane S. Learmonth at (360) 588-8594 or Susan Lenarz at (360) 422-8187.

TOPS: La Conner TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets each Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Hope Island Fire Station. For information call (360) 293-7347.

WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS: Skagit Widowed Support Services, a group for those who have lost a spouse, meets regularly to socialize. Prospective members are always welcome. For information please call Zerma, 466-3525. To learn about 6-week grief workshop starting Jan. 16, call Mary at (360) 848-1872 or check the website, SkagitWSS.org

Put your listing in the Community Calendar: Please email your event notice to [email protected]. Deadline is NOON FRIDAY for inclusion in the following Wednesday’s paper. There is no charge to list events that are free and open to everyone and events sponsored by non-profit organizations.

It was considered really bad form to use the F-word in polite company in my youth. My friends and I were even reluctant to use it amongst ourselves, lest God would strike us with lightning, and if you were Catholic, it would cost you at least a few Hail Marys at confession.

When I got to college — an all-male college — one of my football teammates who grew up in a coal-mining district near Pittsburgh managed to use an F-word in pretty much every sentence. He used it as a noun, a verb, an adjective, a compliment, an admonition — it all depended on tone and context.

This always made me laugh and desensitized me to the force of the word, but I was still a product of my upbringing, and I always felt that it was inappropriate and offensive to use the word in public.

If someone used the word around children or women, especially older women, I would admonish them publicly, which, of course, was extremely embarrassing to my kids.

I think I’ve lost this fight. If you turn on the television today, there are F-bombs exploding all over the place, and not just on cable TV.

In 2003, the FCC approved the use of the F-word in all media, as long as it wasn’t used to describe the sex act — an admission of sorts that the word had evolved to mean many different things, some of which were not offensive.

I get it. It’s just a word. Sticks and stones and all of that. My younger son uses it around his mother, even. And this is a boy who grew up going to Catholic schools. I’ve given up chastising him for it because his generation has been totally desensitized to the word.

Have you ever watched “Deadwood”? It’s as if it was written by that kid I played football with, the coal miner’s son.

It’s amazing how quickly things change in this Age of Instancy. In 1981, Charles Rocket adlibbed an F-bomb on Saturday Night Live and was fired for it.

In 1999, I directed an episode of “Chicago Hope, and in the script, Mark Harmon’s character says of a case: “shit happens.”

We had to appeal to the head of the network, but he agreed it wasn’t gratuitous and was an absolutely appropriate thing for that character to say in that situation. And so we made a little bit of television history.

It’s a very different story when it comes to the N-word. Quentin Tarantino’s movie Django Unchained is set in the South during slavery, and the N-word is used often, and this has created some controversy.

Tarantino wrote the script and says that for you to tell that story without liberal use of that word would be totally unrealistic. Some African-Americans who felt Tarantino used the word gratuitously in “Pulp Fiction” said in this case, Tarantino had a point.

We have not become desensitized to the N-word because it is so associated with hatred and bigotry throughout our history and, unfortunately, that is still the case if you read the racist rants on blogs following the reelection of President Obama.

Hip-hop artists and some young black man have adopted the N-word as a term of endearment, but it is used ironically. There is undoubtedly a sense of freedom in using a word that only they can get away with using.

But I don’t see the N-word becoming acceptable to the FCC except in very rare situations

— where it is being discussed in its social context. The word was actually used in the television series “All In The Family” way back in the day, but that show was designed as an indictment of prejudice.

For me, when I hear a white person use that word to describe an African-American, I know immediately that is not a person I want to ever share another moment with.

Perhaps in the generations to come, racism will only be a footnote in a history class. We are certainly becoming a much more open-minded society as we are becoming more multi-cultural. And that we reelected a black President sends a message to the haters that if anyone needs to get on a boat to leave these shores, it is the haters themselves.

For now, let’s leave the N-word to the hip-hopsters. And as for the F-word, I still don’t recommend using it around Grandma and Grandpa!

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1. Name the last pair of A.L. teammates before Boston’s Adrian Gonzalez (213) and Jacoby Ellsbury (212) in 2011 to each have more than 210 hits in the same season.

2. Four players who started their major-league careers in the 1970s played in four decades. Name two of them.

3. Name the only Michi-gan State player to be taken No. 1 overall in the NFL draft.

4. Between 1956 and 2000, only one player 6 feet 3 inches or shorter won an NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Name him.

5. Name the NHL team that allowed the fewest goals in an 82-game sea-son.

6. Of the nine NASCAR Chase for the Cup playoffs through 2012, how many drivers have made at least eight of them?

7. In 2012, Serena Wil-liams became the second woman to have won all four of tennis’ Grand Slam titles along with Olympic singles gold. Who was the first?

Answers1. Jimmie Foxx (213) and

Al Simmons (216) did it for the 1932 Philadelphia A’s.

2. Rickey Henderson, Mike Morgan, Jesse Oros-co and Tim Raines.

3. Defensive end Bubba Smith, in 1967.

4. Bob Cousy, in 1957.5. New Jersey allowed

164 goals in 2003-04. 6. Jeff Gordon, Jimmie

Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart.

7. Steffi Graf completed her “Golden Slam” in 1988.


1. What was the first pop group memorialized in Lon-don’s Madame Tussauds Wax Museum? How were they posed?

2. Who sang lead on “My Girl”? Name the group.

3. How did Booker T. & the M.G.’s get their start?

4. Who had a hit with “Harden My Heart,” and when?

5. Name the song with this lyric: “I seen lonely times when I could not find a friend.”

Answers1. The Beatles, in 1964.

They were sprawled on a red couch and playing instru-ments.

2. David Ruffin, in 1964. He was with The Tempta-tions at the time. Smokey Robinson pulled the song from The Miracles and had Ruffin do lead with The Temptations.

3. They were a house band at Stax Records in Mem-phis, working behind Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and others in 1962.

4. Quarterflash, in 1980. The following year, their “Night Shift” was used as theme song in the film of the same name.

5. “Fire and Rain,” by James Taylor in 1970. Rumor and myth surround-ing the song are wrong. The “Suzanne” mentioned was someone he met, not his girlfriend who died while flying to see him. The other verses talk of his time in rehab centers, wanting to “make a stand” against drug addiction.


1. Is the book of Job in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. In Luke 17, when Jesus healed 10 men of leprosy, how many returned to thank Him? 0, 1, 3, All

3. What woman restored to life by Peter was known for helping the poor? Dorcas, Leah, Abigail, Miriam

4. Where are the names Abaddon and Apollyon used to denote Satan? 2 Peter, 3 John, Jude, Revelation

5. Who contracted lep-rosy for lying to the prophet Elisha? Deborah, Gideon, Gehazi, Matthew

6. From 2 Samuel 20, who led David’s armies? Aaron, Dan, Abner, Joab

ANSWERS: 1) Old; 2) 1; 3) Dorcas; 4) Revelation; 5) Gehazi; 6) Joab

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1. PERSONALITIES: Who wrote the 1960s book “Unsafe at Any Speed,” which detailed safety short-comings in the auto indus-try?

2. GENERAL KNOWL-EDGE: What color is lapis lazuli?

3. GEOGRAPHY: The Falkland Islands lie off the coast of which continent?

4. HOBBIES: What does a spelunker do?

5. U.S. STATES: What is the official nickname of the state of Illinois?

6. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin term “ipso facto” mean?

7. ART: What is chiar-oscuro?

8. CARTOONS: What is the name of Porky Pig’s girlfriend?

9. SCIENCE: What kind of gases are neon and heli-um?

10. MOVIES: Which three comedians starred in the film comedy “¡Three Amigos!”

Answers1. Ralph Nader2. Blue3. South America4. Explore caves5. Land of Lincoln6. By the fact itself7. Use of light and shadow

in artwork8. Petunia9. Noble gases10. Steve Martin, Chevy

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• LEGAL NOTICE •SUPERIOR COURT OF

WASHINGTON FORSKAGIT COUNTY

SKAGIT STATE BANK,a state-chartered commercial bank,

Plaintiff,vs.

SCOTT A. FARMER and DENISE M. FARMER, husband and wife, individually, and the marital community of them composed, and ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT,

Defendants.Case No. 12-2-02381-9

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONTHE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this Summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 19th day of December, 2012, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled court, and answer the Complaint of the Plaintiff, Skagit State Bank, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for Plaintiff, Craig E. Cammock, of Skagit Law Group, PLLC, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the Complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court.

The object of the action is for a judgment and to foreclose on a Deed of Trust on real property located in Skagit County, Washington including all claims of Defendants and “all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate,” which real property is commonly known as 32810 South Skagit Highway, Sedro-Woolley, Washington, NHN South Skagit Highway, Sedro-Woolley, Washington, and 32828 South Skagit Highway, Sedro-Woolley, Washington, and is legally described as follows: PARCEL “A”: Those portions of Lot 1 and Lot 2 and Lot 3 of Short Plat No. 161-79, as recorded in Volume 4 of Short Plats at page 57, under Auditor’s File No. 8003280008, records of Skagit County, Washington, lying Southerly and Westerly of the following described line: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 3 of said Short Plat No. 161-79; thence South 00°44’58” West along the East line of said Lot 3, a distance of 286.50 feet; thence North 72°13’02” West, a distance of 489.79 feet to the East line of the West 30.00 feet of Lot 1 of said Short Plat No. 161-79; thence North 00°47’32” East parallel with the West line of said Lot 1, a distance of 79.94 feet to the Northeast corner of said West 30.00 feet and the terminal point of this line description. EXCEPT that portion of Short Plat No. 161-79 as recorded in Volume 4 of Short Plats, at page 57 under Auditor’s File No. 8003280008, records of Skagit County, Washington, described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot 1; thence North 00°47’32” East along the West line of said Lot 1, a distance of 299.09 feet; thence South 51°39’15” East, a distance of 46.33 feet; thence South 8°30’53” West, a distance of 273.34 feet to the point of beginning of this

description. SUBJECT TO a well protection easement over, under and through that portion of a 100 foot diameter circle lying Southerly of the above described line, the center of said circle is described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 1; thence North 83°04’34” East along the North line of Lot 1 and Lot 2 of said Short Plat No. 161-79, a distance of 199.80 feet; thence South 6°55’26” East, a distance of 119.91 feet to an existing well and the center of said circle. TOGETHER WITH that portion of Government Lot 8, Section 21, Township 35 North, Range 6 East, W.M., described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Government Lot 8; thence North 00°47’32” East along the East line thereof, a distance of 299.10 feet to the point of beginning of this description; thence North 12°06’44” West, a distance of 221.21 feet to the South line of the South Skagit Highway; thence North 83°04’34” East along said South line, a distance of 49.85 feet to the East line of said Government Lot 8; thence South 00°47’32” West along the said East line, a distance of 222.31 feet to the point of beginning of this description. Situate in the County of Skagit, State of Washington. PARCEL “B”: Those portions of Lot 1 and Lot 2 of Short Plat No. 161-79 as recorded in Volume 4 of Short Plats at page 57, under Auditor’s File No. 8003280008, records of Skagit County, Washington, lying Northerly and Easterly of the following described line: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 3 of said Short Plat No. 161-79; thence South 00°44’58” West along the East line of said Lot 3, a distance of 286.50 feet; thence North 72°13’02” West, a distance of 489.79 feet to the East line of the West 30.00 feet of Lot 1 of said Short Plat No. 161-79; thence North 00°47’32” East parallel with the West line of said Lot 1, a distance of 79.94 feet to the Northeast corner of said West 30.00 feet and the terminal point of this line description. TOGETHER WITH a well protection easement over, under, and through that portion of a 100 foot diameter circle lying Southerly of the above described line, the center of said circle is described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 1; thence North 83°04’34” East along the North line of Lot 1 and Lot 2 of said Short Plat No. 161-79, a distance of 199.80 feet; thence South 6°55’26” East, a distance of 119.91 feet to an existing well and the center of said circle. Situate in the County of Skagit, State of Washington. PARCEL “C”: That portion of Lot 3 of Short Plat No. 161-79 as recorded in Volume 4 of Short Plats, at page 57 under Auditor’s File No. 8003280008, records of Skagit County, Washington, lying Northerly of the following described line: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 3 of said Short Plat No. 161-79; thence South 00°44’58” West along the East line of said Lot 3, a distance of 286.50 feet; thence North 72°13’02” West, a distance of 489.79 feet to the East line of the West 30.00 feet of Lot 1 of said Short Plat No. 161-79; thence North 00°47’36” East parallel with the West line of said Lot 1, a distance of 79.94 feet to the Northeast corner of said West 30.00 feet and the terminal point of this line description. Situate in the County of Skagit, State of Washington.

DATED this 10th day of December, 2012.SKAGIT LAW GROUP, PLLC/s/ Craig E. Cammock, WSBA #24185Attorney for Plaintiff227 Freeway Drive, Suite BP.O. Box 336Mount Vernon, WA 98273Telephone: (360) 336-1000Facsimile: (360) 336-6690

Published in La Conner Weekly News, December 19, 26, 2012 and January 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2013.

• LEGAL NOTICE •

• LEGAL NOTICE •IN THE SUPERIOR COURT,STATE OF WASHINGTON,

SKAGIT COUNTYTown of Concrete,

Claimant,vs.

Earl A. Dyer III and Daphne W. Dyer, fka, Daphne W. Kullos, a

marital community,Fremont Investment & Loan, U.S. Bank, N.A., Trutee relating to J.P.

Morgan MortgageDefendants.

Case No.: 12-2-02014-3SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONThe State of Washington to the

said: Earl A. Dyer, Daphne W. Dyer, fka, Daphne W. Kullos, and J.P. Morgan Mortgage.. You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 26th day of December, 2012, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the claimant the Town of Concrete, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff David L. Day, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which ahs been filed with the clerk of said court.

The object of this action is foreclosure of a municipal utility lien recorded on March 1, 2011 relating to the property described as:

Lot 4, “CEDAR PARK PLAT,” as per plat recorded on June 5, 2002 under Auditor’s File No. 200206050104, records of Skagit County, Washington.

Situate in the County of Skagit, State of Washington.

Dated this 19th day of December, 2012.

David L. Day, WSBA #8361Attorney for Plaintiffs,Published in La Conner Weekly

News, December 26, 2012 and January 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2013.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEReference Number:201108090037Grantor: Michael K. Freeman andLeslie Freeman, husband and wifeGrantee: Whidbey Island BankLegal Description: Unit 10-1, 48Degrees North Hangar CondoTax Parcel Number: 4907-010-001-0000 9P129803)Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 61.24:

INOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee (the “Trustee”) will on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., at the main entrance of the Skagit County Courthouse, located at 205 W. Kincaid Street, Mount Vernon, State of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following-described real and personal property, situated in the County of Skagit, State of Washington:

Unit 10-1 of 48 Degrees North Hangar Condominium, a leasehold condominium, according to the Declaration of Condominium recorded on October 6, 2006, under Auditor’s File No. 200610060089, records of Skagit County, Washington and the Survey Map and Plans thereof recorded October 6, 2006, under Auditor’s File No. 200610060088, records of Skagit County, Washington.

TOGETHER WITH all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all water, water rights and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties and profits relating to such real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and similar matters;

TOGETHER WITH all equipment, fixtures and other articles of personal property now or hereafter owned by Grantor, and now or hereafter attached or affixed to the real property; together with all accessions, parts, and additions to, all replacements of, and all substitutions for, any of such property, and together with all issues and profits thereon and proceeds (including without limitation all insurance proceeds and refunds of premiums) for any sale or other disposition of the property; and

TOGETHER WITH all of the Grantor’s right, title, and interest in and to all leases, rents and profits of all of the real property. All of the above is collectively referred to as the “Property”.

The tax parcel number and abbreviated legal description are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s full legal description provided herein.

The Property is subject to a Deed of Trust recorded August 9, 2011 under recording no. 201108090037, as modified by that certain Modification of Deed of Trust recorded October 28, 2011 under recording no. 201110280025, records of Skagit County, Washington, (collectively, the “Deed of Trust”), from Michael K. Freeman and Leslie Freeman, husband and wife (“Borrower” or “Grantor”), as grantor, in favor of Reconveyance Professionals, Inc. as initial trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Whidbey Island Bank (the “Beneficiary”) as beneficiary.

The Deed of Trust secure the obligations (as defined in the Deed of Trust), including but not limited to all of Borrower’s obligations under that certain Promissory Note (“Note”) dated July 21, 2011, in the original principal amount of $345,414.00, executed by Borrower as maker in favor of Beneficiary as payee. The Beneficiary is the owner and holder of the Note and the other obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and is entitled to enforce same.

Unless otherwise specified in any subsequent notice from Beneficiary or the Trustee under the Security Instruments, any Trustee’s sale held

pursuant to this Notice of Trustee’s Sale and any subsequent Notice of Trustee’s Sale will be a unified sale of all of the Property, real and personal, pursuant to RCW 62A.9A.604(a)(2).

IINo action commenced by the

Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

IIIThe defaults for which this

foreclosure is made are as follows. Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears:Currently due to reinstateas of October 29, 2012 Amount(a) Principal and interest payments $14,051.34(b) Late charges on above payments 661.52Total $14,712.86Charges, Costs and Fees(a) Attorneys’ fees (RFS) $2,018.50(b) Advances by Beneficiary 4,608.00 (estimated)(c) Trustee’s fees 2,000.00(d) Trustee’s sale guarantee 1,047.38(e) Service/posting of notices 200.00 (estimated)(f) Postage/copying expense 250.00 (estimated)(g) Recording fees 100.00 (estimated)Total charges,costs and fees $10,223.88 (estimated)Total estimatedamount as ofOctober 29, 2012 $24,936.74 (estimated)

The foregoing amounts will increase with the passage of time. You should contact the undersigned Trustee for a current reinstatement amount. If any other events of default under the Deed of Trust exist at any time prior to reinstatement, they must also be cured in order to reinstate the Deed of Trust.

IVThe sum owing on the obligations

secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $340,691.51, together with interest as provided in the underlying loan documents and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note and the other loan documents and as are provided by statute.

VThe above-described Property

will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on February 15, 2013. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured before February 4, 2013, to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before February 4, 2013, the defaults as set forth in Paragraph III are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time on or after February 4, 2013, and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any guarantors, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or the Deed of Trust, and paying all other amounts owing on the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

VIA written Notice of Default was

transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses:

Michael K. FreemanLeslie K. Freeman4010 Airport Road, Hanger #1Anacortes, WA 98221Michael K. FreemanLeslie K. Freeman

2428 Sundown Court, Apt. #302Anacortes, WA 98221Michael K. FreemanLeslie K. Freeman4133 San Juan Blvd.Anacortes, WA 98221

by both first class mail and certified mail on September 21, 2012, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on September 25, 2012 the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the Property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such posting.

VIIThe Trustee whose name and address

are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

Michael D. Bohannon, Trustee19586 10th Avenue NE, Suite 300P.O. Box 2326Poulsbo, WA 98370(360) 779-6665

VIIIThe effect of the sale will be to

deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described Property.

IXAnyone having any objection to the

sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s Sale.

XNOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR

TENANTSThe purchaser at the trustee’s sale is

entitled to possession of the Property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.

XINOTICE TO GUARANTOR

(1) The Guarantor may be liable for a deficiency judgment to the extent the sale price obtained at the trustee’s sale is less than the debt secured by the Deed of Trust; (2) the Guarantor has the same rights to cure the default and repay the debt as is given to the grantor in order to avoid the trustee’s sale; (3) the Guarantor will have no right to redeem the property after the trustee’s sale; (4) subject to such longer periods as are provided in the Washington Deed of Trust Act, chapter 61.24 RCW, any action brought to enforce a guaranty must be commenced within one year after the trustee’s sale, or the last trustee’s sale under any deed of trust granted to secure the same debt; and (5) in any action for a deficiency, the Guarantor will have the right to establish the fair value of the property as of the date of the trustee’s sale, less prior liens and encumbrances, and to limit its liability for a deficiency to the difference between the debt and the greater of such fair value or the sale price paid at the trustee’s sale, plus interest and costs.

DATED November 1, 2012./s/ Michael D. BohannonMICHAEL D. BOHANNON,TrusteeFor further information please call

(360) 779-6665STATE OF WASHINGTON ) : ss.County of Kitsap )

On this day personally appeared before me MICHAEL D. BOHANNON, to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he signed the same as his free and voluntary act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

GIVEN under my hand and official seal this 1st day of November, 2012.

/s/ Melissa S. CollettoPrinted Name: Melissa S. CollettoNOTARY PUBLIC in and forthe State of WashingtonResiding at: Poulsbo, WAMy Commission Expires: 10/19/13Published in La Conner Weekly

News, January 16 and February 6, 2013.

• LEGAL NOTICE •TOWN OF LA CONNER

TOWN COUNCILCOUNCIL VACANCY

The Town of La Conner has a va-cancy for Council Position 3. The term of this position will expire on December 31, 2013.

The Town Council establishes policy, often in the form of ordi-nances and resolutions. The council is also responsible for adopting the annual budget.

The Council is comprised of five members and meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.

All interested parties should sub-mit a resume and a letter stating your qualifications to serve on the Town Council in person or via mail to the address below by 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 18, 2013:

Town of La ConnerJohn Doyle, Administrator

PO Box 400La Conner, WA 98257

Following the application period, the council will establish a council meeting date to interview all quali-fied applicants. Candidates will be interviewed by the full remaining council prior to selection. The full remaining council must vote on the vacant council position. If a remain-ing councilmember is unavailable, the decision must be postponed until all remaining councilmembers can participate in person or by phone in the selection.

Inquiries are to be directed to John Doyle at 360-466-3125 [email protected]

Published in La Conner Weekly News, January 9 and 16, 2013.

• LEGAL NOTICE •SUPERIOR COURTOF WASHINGTON

FOR SKAGITEstate of

WILLIAM MORRIS MACLAM,Deceased.

NO. 12 4 00446 3PROBATE NOTICE

TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)

PLEASE TAKE NOTICEThe above Court has appointed

me as Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must present the claim: (a) Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and (b) In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing the original of the claim with the foregoing Court, and (ii) By serving on or mailing to me at the address below a copy of the claim. The claim must be presented by the later of: (a) Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020(l)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice. If the claim is not presented within this time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication of this Notice: 1/16/13.Richard B. MaclamGail Crawford WSBA 14015Attorney for Personal Representative2010 Park StreetEnumclaw, WA 9802236-825-1289

Published in La Conner Weekly News, January 16, 23 and 30, 2013.

• LEGAL NOTICE •ORDINANCE NO. 1096

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Council of the Town of La Conner, Washington, passed Ordinance No. 1096 at its January 8, 2013 Town Council meeting. A summary of Ordinance No. 1096 is as follows:

An Ordinance amending the Uni-form Development Code §15.12.130 - Appeal of Administrative Decision and §15.60.020 - Tree Exemptions

Complete copies of the ordinance are available at Town Hall, 204 Douglas Street, La Conner, WA.

Dated this 16th day of January, 2013.Lorraine Taylor, Town Clerk

Published in La Conner Weekly News, January 16, 2013.

LA CONNER TOWNCOUNCIL AGENDA

Tues., Jan. 22 - 6 p.m.1. Opening Ceremonies a. Roll Call b. Call to Order c. Flag Salute d. Review & Approval of Agenda e. Approval of Minutes f. Approval of Accounts Payable g. Approval of Payroll2. Reports a. Community Reports b. Administrator’s Report c. Mayor’s Report d. Council Committee Reports3. Unfinished Business a. Council Vacancy Appoint- ment b. Candidate Interviews4. New Business a. Swinomish Tribal Sewer Rate b. Council Committees & Responsibilities c. 2013 Hotel Motel Agree- ments5. Community Comments6. Miscellaneous Mayor/Council Roundtable7. Executive Session There may be an executive session immediately preceding or following the meeting as allowed by RCW 42.30.110 and as announced by the pre- siding officer.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEPURSUANT TO THE REVISED

CODE OF WASHINGTONCHAPTER 61.24, ET. SEQ.

TO: TIMOTHY M. HOWARD, and JUDITH A. HOWARD f/k/a Judith A. Diss 624 Sunset Park Drive Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will on the 15th day of February, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock a.m., at the Skagit County Courthouse lobby, in the City of Mount Vernon, Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Skagit, State of Washington, to-wit:

Lot 22 of City of Sedro-Woolley Binding Site Plan of Sunset Industrial Park No. SW-01-93, approved June 9, 1994, and recorded June 10, 1994, in Volume 11 of Short Plats, pages 83 and 84, under Auditor’s File No. 9406100051, records of Skagit County, Washington; being a portion of the South ½ of the Northeast ¼ of Section 23, Township 35 North, Range 4 East, W.M.

Situated in Skagit County, Washington.

Skagit County Assessor’s Parcel No. 8003-111-022-0001 (P37346)which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust recorded on November 2, 2001, under Auditor’s File No. 200111020105, records of Skagit County, Washington, from TIMOTHY M. HOWARD and JUDITH A. DISS, now known as JUDITH A. HOWARD, as Grantors, to ISLAND TITLE COMPANY, a Washington corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor WHIDBEY ISLAND BANK, Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was subsequently assigned to JAMES A. COOK and TERRI E. COOK, Successor Beneficiaries.

II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the deed of trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.

III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows:Failure to pay the following past due amounts, which are in arrears:5 monthly paymentsof $1,850 each: $9,250.005 late fees of $92.50 each: $ 462.50 Total: $9,712.50

IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal of $220,663.36, together with interest, penalties and late charges as provided in the note or other instrument secured from June 1, 2012, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute.

V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation

secured by the deed of trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrance on February 15, 2013. The defaults referred to in paragraph III must be cured by February 4, 2013, (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before February 4, 2013, (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after February 4, 2013 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Grantor or the Grantor’s successor in interest or the holder of any junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.

VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor or the Grantor’s successor in interest at the following address:

624 Sunset Park DriveSedro-Woolley, WA 98284

by both first class and certified mail on the 14th day of September, 2012, and the notice of default was served on the Grantor on September 14, 2012, by posting on the front gate of the described real property, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee.

VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.

IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

X. The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants and tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by summary proceedings under the unlawful detainer act, chapter 59.12 RCW.

Dated this 8th day of November, 2012.REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, TRUSTEEKent HaberlyBY:_________________________KENT HABERLY, PresidentP.O. BOX 21161301 Riverside Drive Suite A2MOUNT VERNON, WA 98273(360) 424-3323

Published in La Conner Weekly News, January 16, 2013.

• LEGAL NOTICE •

MASSAGE PROVIDES MANY BENEFITS - including improved concentration, energy and self-esteem. Call for your appointment at Jo’s Healing Hands, LMT: 708-2022. 1tp1/16

STORY TIMEat LaConner

Regional LibraryFridays at 10:30 AM

Bring your young ones(birth thru 5 yrs.) and join the fun!

STORIES • SINGING • RHYMESDANCING & BUBBLESQuestions? Call 466-3352

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New merchandise arrives daily at301 Morris St.

Tues.-Sun.: 11 AM to 5 PM(360) 466-4017

Shop our local Soroptimist non-profit store for bargains galore!

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FOR SALE - Georgeous, custom built white wood TV library book-case armoire shelving unit. Paid 3K, sell for $500. Come pick it up, but bring some help! Call 466-0173. 1tc1/16

Award-winning photoBud Moore of La Conner is

the winner of an annual photo contest sponsored by Leisure Travel Vans.

A picture showing his RV at the edge of the Swinomish Channel on a sunny fall day with the Rainbow Bridge in the background is the cover art of the 2013 calendar produced by Leisure Travel Vans and Triple E Recreational Vehicles.

Moore’s photo was selected from among 138 photos submitted by RV enthusiasts from throughout the U.S. and Canada. To view Moore’s colorful photograph as well as the other entries submitted, go online to www.leisurevans.com/photocontest.

New library planningBy Joy Neal

It is an exciting time for the La Conner Regional Library. The Library Board bought the old hardware store property at 520 Morris in June last year with an eye toward building a new library. In September the Friends of the Library, with the help of the Kiwanis, moved their Book Nook into that space, changing the name to the Library Thrift Shop. They expanded their inventory to include household items and furniture. The profits from the Library Thrift Shop will be funneled back into the library to pay the mortgage on that property.

The Library Board is ready for the next step in the process. They have invited Ruth Baleiko from the architectural firm Miller Hull to join them at a public meeting to be held Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. in the Two Forks Room of the La Conner Country Inn. The meeting is open to any interested community members who would like to provide input on what La Conner would like to see in their new library.

Library Director Joy Neal will also be recruiting members for the recently formed La Conner Library Foundation. The foundation will be heavily involved in raising the funds needed to build the future building.

If you are interested in being involved, attend the meeting or stop by the La Conner Library for more information.

Members soughtThe Skagit County Board

of Commissioners is seeking interested people from District 1 and District 3 of Skagit County to serve on the Agricultural Advisory Board. The three-year term begins immediately upon approval. The board meets monthly for two hours on the second Wednesday of the month, at 7 p.m. during spring and summer, and 6 p.m. during fall and winter. They discuss current agriculture-related issues with specific interest in drainage,

flooding, land use, agriculture economics, sustainability, and the critical areas ordinance. The board then informs and makes recommendations to the county commissioners on topics that affect agriculture in the county.

People interested in serving on the board can send a letter of interest to Linda Christiansen, Skagit County, 1800 Continental Pl., Mount Vernon, WA 98273 or email to [email protected] no later than Thurday, Jan. 31. If you have any questions, contact Linda directly at 360-419-7620.

Insurance surplusWith two of the state’s

largest health insurers sitting on surpluses totaling $2.2 billion, Washington’s top insurance regulator wants to use some of that money to lower costs for consumers.

According to the companies’ most recent financial statements, Regence BlueShield’s surplus has grown to $1.05 billion and Premera Blue Cross’ surplus is $1.15 billion.

“These are non-profit companies,” said Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. “It’s hard to square their billion-dollar surpluses with the fact that families are struggling to afford health insurance.”

Kreidler proposes legislation that would allow his office to consider surpluses when review-ing nonprofit health insurers’ proposed rates. As things stand now, his staff must ignore them.

“As I’ve said before, it’s like trying to ignore an elephant in the room,” Kreidler said. “And the elephant’s getting bigger.”

The surpluses of both Regence and Premera have more than doubled in a decade. In the first nine months of 2012, Regence’s grew by $60 million. Premera’s grew by nearly $182 million.

“These are not reserves, which are set aside to pay future claims,” Kreidler said. “These billion-dollar surpluses are in addition to their reserves.”

Photo contest The La Conner Chamber of Commerce photo contest was such a success they have decided to hold another one.

The subject for the newest contest will be our winter residents, “snow geese, trumpeter swans and eagles.”

Everyone, amateurs to professionals, is encouraged to submit entries. The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to La Conner’s Nell Thorn restaurant.

For information and to submit your photos online, visit the website at http://www.lovelaconner.com and click on the 2013 photo contest link.

If you have any questions, call La Conner Chamber of Commerce at 360-466-4778 or email [email protected].

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HELP WANTED - The Town of La Conner seeks a Code Enforce-ment/Animal Control Officer. This is a part-time position without benefits. Applications are avail-able at La Conner Town Hall, 204 Douglas Street, La Conner and are due by January 31 at 4:00 p.m. Postmarks will not be ac-cepted. For a job description or other questions, please contact Administrator John Doyle at 360-466-3125 or email [email protected] 3tc1/16


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Tues-Sun 11-5 360.466.3365 skagitcounty.net/museum$5 Adults, $4 Seniors & Kids 6-12, $10 Families, Members & Under 6 Free

A GATHERING OF NATIvE ARTISTSam to 5pm

Award-Winning Artists Demonstrate & Sell Their Work

SPECIAL EvENING PRESENTATIONpm to 8pm

By Scott McDadeThey say love makes the world

go ‘round.But it’s a bumpy ride.Tonight and tomorrow night,

students in the La Conner High School drama class will explore the many facets of love as they present a group of eight short plays.

Curtain time is 7 p.m. both today, Wednesday, and Thursday at La Conner Auditorium. Admission is free.

Some of the plays are about romance, others about friendship. Some of the plays explore family dynamics. Most are humorous and lighthearted. All of them are thought provoking.

Each play is about 10 minutes long. They run the gamut from laugh-out-loud comedy to heart-rending drama.

For example, “Miss Kentucky” is a poignant story about the relationship between a mother and daughter. In it, a young beauty contestant, played by Tasha Weiss, finds herself accidentally locked out of the convention center with her mom, Kelly McClung, just moments before her scheduled appearance.

In “Bar Mitzvah Boy,” a young girl, Courtney Finkbonner, discovers that the annoying boy next door, played by Jacob Shivers, might be worth a second look after all.

“Hurry” explores the agony and ecstasy of the speed dating scene. In it, a dating service owner, played by Carly Anderson, struggles to keep things moving as her new client, Katie McKnight, juggles suitors Jacob Shivers and Ken Revey in frantic, 2-minute dates.

There is even a version of Romeo and Juliet written by former La Conner drama student Megan Feichtinger. Featuring Drew Kainz, Luke Hulbert and Carly Anderson, the play shows what might happen if Juliet woke up in Verona Hospital and discovered Romeo hadn’t died either.

Seeing our high school actors take on multiple roles is a treat you are sure to enjoy. Come out and support these talented young performers!

La Conner students present‘The Power of Love’

Monday Jan. 73:07 p.m.: Rental disagree-

ment - A N. First Street landlord in La Conner requested information from deputies concerning his renter possessing a firearm, which is a violation of their rental agreement. Deputies informed the landlord they were unable to enforce the rental agreement because it is a civil dispute, not a criminal matter.

Tuesday Jan. 812:46 p.m.: Mental check

– Deputies were asked to check on a 52-year-old Mount Vernon man, who was apparently having some mental issues along First Street in La Conner. The man’s vehicle was located, but they were unable to locate the man.

12:55 p.m.: Hang-up – Deputies checked on a resident in the 700 block of S. First Street in La Conner after they received a hang-up call. They discovered it was a misdial and there was no emergency.

Wednesday Jan. 91:25 p.m.: Driving course

– Report of a two-car collision in the Conway Elementary School parking lot. No further reports available.

Thursday Jan. 106:08 p.m.: No credit -

Deputies were called to the Conway gas station when a

customer was arguing with the station clerk over credit on a gift card. Deputies helped the parties reach an agreement over the civil matter.

6:26 p.m.: Reckless driving – Report of someone driving an older vehicle recklessly on Fir Island Road near Conway and passing in a no-passing zone.

Friday Jan. 114:51 p.m.: Hang-up –

Received a hang-up call from a Beaver Marsh Rd. business. Deputies contacted the business and determined there were no problems.

6:23 p.m.: Who let the dogs out – This was the question on Friday near the Conway Pub when deputies received a complaint about a small puppy running in traffic in downtown Conway. No further details available.

Saturday Jan. 1212:53 p.m.: s-NO-w parking

– Drivers of approximately 15 vehicles parked along the shoulder of Fir Island Road on Saturday so they could get better pictures of the snow geese that migrated into the area for the winter. Photographers who were parked over the fog line were asked to move their vehicles or be cited for parking violations.

4:30 p.m.: Forgery – Someone passed along a $20 counterfeit bill at a Conway business.

Sunday Jan. 135:04 p.m.: Bathroom break

– A report was received after an intoxicated male was passed out in the restroom at the La Conner Library for three hours.

11:46 a.m.: Oil spill – A small oil spill was reported at the Shell Refinery on S. Texas Rd. off Highway 20. The refinery response crew was activated and on scene to clean up the five-barrel spill.

Monday Jan. 148:26 a.m.: Alcohol awareness

- Deputies investigated a report of a 15-year-old La Conner High School student with a small amount of alcohol on a school activity bus. The student was suspended from school, suspended from participating in athletic events and was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol.

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In 1991, Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in her first film, “Shout,” with John Travolta.

POSITIVE NOTES – La Conner fans weren’t just singing the praises of their hoop teams Friday night. They also put their hands together for the University of Washington pep band, which made its annual appearance at Landy James Gym. Even Cougars were seen joining in on the applause. – Photo by Melissa Reynolds

ARRRGGHHH! – La Conner High School thespians Luke Hulbert, Drew Kainz and Jacob Shivers rehearse a scene in “How to Speak Man,” one of eight short plays to be performed today and tomorrow at the La Conner School Auditorium. Admission is free, and the curtain goes up at 7 p.m. for both performances. – Photo by Scott McDade

Aqiimuk’sKitchen

Pecan PieIngredientsOne 8 or 9 – inch unbaked pie shell3 eggs, beaten1 cup dark Karo syrup, or substitute as written above½ cup sugar4 tablespoons butter, melted1 teaspoon vanilla1 or 2 cups whole pecansPreparation

First you bake the pie shell at 350 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven.

By Patricia Aqiimuk Paul, Esq.This was one of those “make do” recipes. I had to “make

do” for the one ingredient that I lacked – one cup of dark Karo syrup.

I substituted ½ cup sorghum and ½ cup light corn syrup. I buy sorghum whenever visiting my family in the south, as the price is right, and it’s fairly easy to come by in that region. The other change I made was to add two cups of pecans instead of one cup. Even with the price of pecans skyrocketing, due to China discovering their existence and subsequently importing them from the U.S., I thought why add one cup of pecans that will barely cover the top layer of the pie, when a pecan pie should be enriched with pecans?

The key to the base of this pie is to beat the three eggs until they are almost frothy and as you add the syrup or sorghum and sugar. Focus on beating the eggs carefully with all the sweeteners.

Then you add the melted butter and vanilla and continue to mix very well. Fold in the pecans carefully and pour mixture into the pie shell. Bake at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes. Then, cover the edges of the pie crust with tin foil. Lower the temperature to 300 degrees F and bake for 40 minutes longer. Serve with whipped cream.

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