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By JESSIE STENSLANDStaff reporter

Residents of a Central Whidbey neighbor-hood struck by a massive landslide two years ago have filed lawsuits against Island County.

The residents are claiming that the county was negligent and contributed to the land-

slide. They also say the county failed to prop-erly maintain a public road.

Seattle attorney Karen Willie filed two law-suits against the county in connection with the March 27, 2013 landslide at Ledgewood, south of Coupeville.

The two lawsuits were filed in both

Snohomish County and Island County superi-or courts last month; Willie said she wants the case to be heard solely in Snohomish County while the Island County’s attorney said he will likely argue to have it here, though he hasn’t made a final determination.

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Island County Public Works Director Bill Oakes surveys the scene of the Ledgewood landslide in 2013. SEE SLIDE, A27

By JANIS REIDStaff reporter

Whidbey Island Naval Air Station is conducting explosive demolition operations in Crescent Harbor this week.

The operations are scheduled dur-ing daylight hours, today through Friday, April 10.

The purpose of the exercise is to test small-scale charges, about the size of a shotgun shell, that are used

for detonating larger explosives in combat, according to Mike Welding, public information officer for NAS Whidbey.

Water plumes and ground vibra-tion may result from these opera-tions, according to a Navy news release, but safety precautions are being taken to ensure operations pose no threat to residents or their property.

Explosives to be tested, detonated in Crescent Harbor

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By JANIS REIDSouth Whidbey Record

A new group is aiming to put a cork on regulations that would allow large events at wineries, functions they say disrupt their quality of life.

And members of the group say they’re not happy with the commis-sioner who championed it.

Neighbors Interested in Common-

sense Economics, or NICE, say that Commissioner Helen Price Johnson tried to push through ordinance changes last month without proper public input because of a personal connection she has with the winery Comforts of Whidbey.

WHILE CONCEDING that she’s known Comforts of Whidbey own-

Group sour on event regs for neighboring winery

SEE REGS, A5

Push to do away with paper

Photo by Jessie Stensland/Whidsbey News-Times

Oak Harbor Councilman Joel Servatius teaches fellow council members how to use their new iPads during a recent workshop.

By JESSIE STENSLAND,Staff reporter

Oak Harbor’s “paperless councilman” has helped change the way information is shared and meetings are conducted in City Hall.

Since entering office, Councilman Joel Servatius has pushed the city to embrace technology and has helped bring about an impor-tant milestone this week.

The entire council went paperless — for the most part — and used their new iPads at the regular meeting Tuesday night.

“I’m very excited,” he said. “Anytime you can use tech-

SEE PAPERLESS, A27

By JANIS REIDStaff reporter

Island County leaders are trying to dissuade Skagit County from dumping them from a regional transporta-tion planning board.

Elected officials from both counties are discussing the future of the Skagit-Island Regional Transportation Planning Organization, or SIRTPO.

Skagit County’s Council of

Governments is expected to meet in the coming weeks to discuss the options. Skagit may choose to boot Island County from the SIRTPO or individual cities, like Mount Vernon, may simply opt to leave the organization, com-missioners said.

The Island County com-missioners agreed during a work session last week to write a letter expressing their desire to continue working

together as a region with Skagit County. A special meeting of the county’s trans-portation subcommittee was called with plans to draft and send a similar letter.

That meeting is 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23 at the Sno-Isle Library in Oak Harbor.

Price Johnson said all sub-committee members, includ-ing various mayors and coun-cil members in Whidbey municipalities, are encour-

aged to draft and send their own letters as well.

“We’ll just over-communi-cate,” Price Johnson said.

“Jurisdictions (in Skagit County) are not happy with the current situation” with the regional planning organi-zation, Public Works Director Bill Oakes said.

Specifically, Mount Vernon and Burlington “expressed discontent,” he said.

Skagit County leaders have

criticized the structure of the SIRTPO and its two subcom-mittees for being redundant and holding up funding for local projects.

“As long as we keep our current structure that’s going to continue to be a sore spot,” Cox said.

Dissolving SIRTPO com-pletely may have weighty implications for Island County, which would lose some of the “voice” it cur-rently enjoys with Olympia lawmakers as a regional orga-nization. In addition, Island County could potentially lose long-term access to state Transportation Alternatives Program, or TAP, funds.

“You can speak with a stronger voice to state agen-cies as a larger organization,” Oakes said.

There is “a potential to offer different governing structure that might be acceptable to the other par-ties,” Oakes said.

Cox said Skagit County could create a Regional Transportation Commission similar to the one based in Vancouver, Wash. Under that model, surrounding rural counties are allowed to become a part of the RTC.

Island County commis-sioners expressed concerns

that the county’s role would be diminished.

“That’s not a collaborative relationship, it’s a stacked relationship,” Commissioner Jill Johnson said. “We need to have a dialogue that’s bal-anced and that means bal-ance in representation.”

Johnson said she believes some Skagit County leaders are being short-sighted in not considering the number of Island County residents who rely on off-island resources for things such as chemical dependency services, veter-an benefits and mental health services.

“They’re not understand-ing the utilizers of their services,” Johnson said. “It shows the difference between commissioners who sit on regional boards and mayors that sit on city-specif-ic boards.”

The current SIRTPO model works because it de-politicizes regional planning decisions by allowing the neighboring county to weigh in, Johnson said.

“There’s more cities over there and they’re horse trading … at the expense of the population as a whole,” Johnson said.

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Ballots go into the mail Friday for Coupeville School District’s proposed $5 million capital facilities levy.

Votes must be postmarked by Tuesday, April 28 or filed that day by 8 p.m.

If approved, the new levy will collect $5 million in prop-erty tax revenue over three years, starting in 2016.

The levy would cost a homeowner with a $200,000 home about $180 a year in property taxes, according to the school district.

Funds from the levy would be go toward upgrades and repairs to school facilities, including to a roof, heating and ventilation systems and other aging infrastructure.

Ian Somes, who serves as campaign chair for the levy, has five children going through Coupeville Schools. Four of his children attend the elementary school, which has bathrooms that need to be upgraded. There are also holes in the walls at the school.

“Kids put into school what they feel they get,” Somes said. “I feel kids should be able to go to school and not

have to deal with things like holes and heat.

“Kids should be able to focus on learning and not being cold.”

The school dis-trict’s plan is to break projects into three phases and pay for the construc-tion as taxes are col-lected, said school Superintendent Jim Shank.

The first phase would involve remod-eling the elementary school rest room; repairing a wall; updating the middle school heating and ventilation system; replacing the track; replacing gym bleachers; and adding additional bleachers at the football field.

Replacing the track is one of the largest expenses at an estimated cost of $727,000.

The track was installed in 1984.

“It was never intended to last 30 years,” Shank said. “We got such a great return on investment on that track — it’s phenomenal.”

The district currently can-not host meets because it’s

not regulation. It’s track is only six lanes — regulation is eight — and it’s a quarter mile track measured in yards,

not meters.The district

hoped to use the gym bleachers for the remain-der of the school year, however a section of them has failed.

Shank said the motor died

and, because the bleachers are so old, a replacement motor cannot be found.

The district plans to manually

pull out the bleachers one more time for graduation and is in the process of seeking a loan from the state to replace them.

The hope is to pay that additional debt with levy funds.

Phase two, which would occur in 2017, also includes replacing the middle school roof and floors, replacing the elementary school heating and ventilation system, com-pleting Engle Field, replac-ing track equipment and

resurfacing the tennis court.Phase three, to be com-

pleted in 2018, includes one of the largest expenditures with an addition at the ele-mentary school estimating to cost $1 million.

That phase also includes sound and lighting for the performing arts center, replacing middle school win-dows and creating restroom and concessions at the ath-letic fields.

Most of the costs are based on hard estimates and the addition includes antici-pated engineering services, Shank said.

“We’re excited to move forward,” Shank said. “These are projects that need to be done. We appreciate all the support from the commu-nity on getting these things done.”

Construction on levy projects would start in the spring of 2016; much of the first phase would take place during the summer, when school is out.

Some of the projects would require cutting holes in the roof and could be disruptive if school were in session.

The district is already

working on getting permits in place so if the levy pass-es, the district can ensure it stays on schedule, Shank said.

“It’s time to get them done.”

A committee that worked for a year reviewing district facilities suggested building a new cafeteria space at the elementary school, connect-ing the multipurpose room, and repairing the existing gym space.

Some community mem-bers asked why the regular operations and maintenance levy can’t be used for those

needs.“The M&O Levy is used

for common repairs,” Shank said. “There’s not much extra there.”

For example, he said, it cost the district $23,000 last year to repair the elevator at the high school.

Campaign supporters will be hitting the streets starting next week, waiving signs and delivering door hangers to residents, Somes said.

Primary sign waiving areas will be at the intersec-tion of State Highway 20 and South Main Street, and in the Greenbank area.

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Ron Apgar admits he’s no morning person.

It’s no coincidence that the Paint Your World busi-ness that he and his wife own in downtown Oak Harbor doesn’t open until 11 a.m.

But Apgar was up bright and early last Thursday, joining about 30 other busi-ness leaders who attended a 7:30 a.m. breakfast event hosted by Oak Harbor Public Schools and Superintendent Lance Gibbon.

“This is early,” Apgar said with a smile. “But it was defi-nitely worth getting up for.”

Gibbon, in his second year as schools superinten-dent, couldn’t recall the Oak Harbor Public Schools put-ting on such an event before.

He wanted to provide an opportunity for business leaders to come into school facilities and become better

acquainted with school dis-trict developments and goals and share in some of the suc-cesses.

“We see you and your investment in our schools as critical,” Gibbon said.

The gathering took place at Oak Harbor’s Administrative Service Center and was catered by the high school culinary arts program’s Wildcat Catering.

Gibbon emphasized the importance of building part-nerships with local busi-nesses and creating a recip-rocal relationship where the schools do their part to offer their support in return.

He pointed to the 14th annual Art Walk downtown April 22-27 as one example of such a partnership. During that time, elementary school students’ artwork will be displayed in downtown busi-nesses.

He said the high school’s Key Club has more than 100

students dedicated to volun-teer opportunities in the com-munity.

“We’re looking for other ideas and other ways in which you can partner,” Gibbon said.

Gibbon boasted about the high school’s nationally-recognized culinary arts

and NJROTC programs and spoke highly of the high school’s robotics, choir and career tech education offer-ings.

But Gibbon didn’t do all the talking.

The high school cham-ber choir sang and two high school students who’ve

excelled in career tech pro-grams spoke.

One was Kai Ahner, who is in his fourth year of taking metal fabrication courses and is two years into a community project at Fort Casey State Park using plans that date back more than a century.

The other student speaker was Patrick Punch, who sang with the choir and also is part of the Wildcats’ state champion culinary arts team that is headed to the National ProStart Invitational April 18-20 at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.

“The CTE classes have really changed my life,” said Punch, who’s planning to attend a culinary arts school

“We have a lot of oppor-tunities I don’t think every school gives.”

Gibbon pointed out that such opportunities keep some students in school, adding that it was the music program at his high school

was that was his primary motivator.

He said that more than 200 high school students are earning more than 1,400 college credits in the first year of a program offered through Central Washington University, and that 21 career courses are being offered that are aligned with com-munity colleges.

Gibbon shared that the 82 percent of the students in the Class of 2014 had graduated and the goal is for that num-ber to climb to 90 percent by 2016.

Jeff McMahan, store manager at Oak Harbor’s Walmart, said he enjoyed attending the school district event put on by Gibbon.

“He’s a people person,” said McMahan, who has three children in the Oak Harbor schools.

“I’m impressed with what Lance is doing with the schools,” Apgar said.

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Oak Harbor Public Schools Superintendent Lance Gibbon, right, mixes it up with guests following a breakfast event the school district hosted with local business leaders last week.

ers, Carl and Rita Comfort, for years, Price Johnson said she did not press for the changes for them alone.

“I can’t figure it out,” said Maro Walsh, a spokesman for the 20 or so neighbors of Comforts of Whidbey who comprise NICE.

“They’re old friends?” Walsh questioned. “She keeps saying, ‘My community wants this.’ Only one winery wants this. Why is she pushing it so much when it’s the only winery that wants it?”

Allowing rural event cen-ters to have large-scale events and weddings has drawn the ire of neighboring residents over the years because of the noise and traffic. As a quick fix, commissioners approved a temporary rural event cen-ter permit to allow more time to address the issue within the larger comprehensive plan update, due in 2016.

DURING A work session last month, Price Johnson argued for proposed ordi-nance changes that would allow for winery-specific rural

events and clean up “incon-sistencies” in the county’s code dealing with wineries.

The Comforts hired Larry Kwarsick, a former planning director who now operates a private consulting firm, to assist them with writing the code changes that were pro-posed to the Island County Planning Commission and later the county commission-ers.

At least two other winer-ies were sent the code for review.

After a heated discussion, Price Johnson’s proposal to update the county’s winery regulations was voted down by the other two commis-sioners, Jill Johnson and Rick Hannold.

PRICE JOHNSON said Friday that that her argu-ment for making changes to the winery code was largely misunderstood because she was simply trying to change a very small part of the code, not make the sweep-ing changes proposed by the Comforts.

Price Johnson said she has a “stack of public input on the issue,” and that it’s “disin-genuous to make this about the Comforts.”

Johnson said she believes that “extreme changes” were proposed that are more than simple code changes.

“What I saw was definitely Comp Plan worth conversa-tions,” Johnson said.

Price Johnson said Friday that she has known the Comfort family for years.

With nearly all of Whidbey Island’s wineries contacted, many said they have no inter-est in holding weddings or events on their property. Two wineries said it is only a lon-ger term plan for them.

“We’re set up for it, but it’s not something in our business plan,” said Greg Martinez of Holmes Harbor Cellars. But the ordinance changes are “something we’re following.”

GREG OSENBACH, owner of Whidbey Island Winery, said he might be interested in hosting wed-

dings at some point, but not at the expense of neighbors.

“You can’t survive without the support of your com-munity,” Osenbach said. He added that he was “kind of disturbed” that the normally good relationship between wineries and their neighbors appears to be “under siege” at the Comfort winery.

Comfort said Thursday that he started reaching out for neighbor support when he hosted his first two wed-dings in 2012. The following year they hosted seven wed-dings and one last year.

“We were very cognizant of the noise in all directions,” Comfort said, leading them to begin construction last year of a large indoor space they hope will help mitigate the noise.

WALSH SAID she and her neighbors initially support-ed the Comforts and rural

events at wineries, but did not like being left out of the process.

When neighbors tried to reach out to Comfort by email, their efforts resulted in “long combative replies,” according to Walsh.

With the new Comfort con-struction, Walsh said, NICE believes the additional space will simply mean louder, larg-er-scale weddings, and that the Comforts are using the new winery regulations to work around more stringent requirements for rural event centers.

COMFORT SAID that he and his wife looked into becoming a rural event cen-ter early on, but realized that the requirements would not address the needs of a win-ery.

Comfort said his intention in submitting the updated language was to create a

starting point for the county to work on. He said it may have been “naive” to think that the process would be simple.

COUNTY PLANNING Director David Wechner said code is generally written by county staff and reviewed by attorneys unless a resident wants to file for a change.

“The ‘regular route’ is to file a comp plan amendment application and fee when an individual wants to propose a code change,” Wechner said.

“I’d venture to say we’re more the experts in con-structing and implementing code language.”

Karen Krug, owner of Spoiled Dog Winery, sits on the county Planning Commission. While not inter-ested in holding large-scale events, she said clarification of the winery ordinances is necessary.

Testing will be conducted by the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 Detachment Northwest which will fire two one-ounce charges of C4 explosive at a depth of 30 feet below the water surface, Welding said in an emailed statement.

“The operation allows the EOD team to verify the cor-rect implementation and suc-cessful firing of emergency response tools,” Welding said.

“These tools and capa-bilities are utilized for any explosive hazard in Region Northwest, and ensure we complete the actual emergen-cy response with the least amount of danger to the pop-ulace and the environment.”

Impact on the environ-ment will be “extremely low” and that to date, no sea life has been injured by this train-ing because it is closely moni-tored by an environmental team from Navy Region Northwest, Welding said.

The explosives detonat-ed in Crescent Harbor are also limited by the Navy Endangered Species Act consultations who works in tandem with the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Damage to windows seems implausibleEditor,

In the coverage of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s visit, a person by the name of Frank Scharwat made quite an extraor-dinary claim.

He claims that $13,000 in window damage was caused to his home on Keystone Spit.

I looked this up on Google and, if his claims are true, that had to be one very low level aircraft to cause that kind of damage.

I have had a home under the flight pattern; it has been there since before Whidbey Island Naval Air Station even existed. My single-pane windows have never had any damage to them.

My other question is, “Just exactly when did this occur?”

Is there any video available? Has a lawsuit been filed with the Department of the Navy?

Was anyone hurt?All very reasonable questions, I

would think, Mr. Scharwat. We await your answers.

Mike Van VoorstOak Harbor

Each side should walk in the other’s shoesEditor,

So many of the world’s seemingly intractable problems could be solved by greater willingness to walk in anoth-er person’s shoes.

Consider comments made about Outlying Field Coupeville during Congressman Rick Larsen’s March 31 town hall meeting.

As a committed tree-hugger and retired Navy pilot who used to practice landings there, I hear valid points from both sides.

I also hear a maddening unwilling-ness to acknowledge opponents’ views.

To my friends in Oak Harbor who support the base, how about a little empathy for our neighboring Americans who have a valid point in saying the noise is harmful to them?

“I Support the OLF” signs are easy to install when your house is miles away. It’s OK to support the base, but, to be fair, we ought to acknowledge that noise really does lower quality of life while stressing people and animals.

It actually is possible to simultane-ously support our military and ask that it cut noise.

Decades ago, teachers in my school would pause their lessons for 30 long

seconds while deafening DC-10s took off from the nearby airport. Since then, commercial aviation has spent billions quieting their engines due to world-wide community insistence, and also, of course, because more fuel-efficient engines are generally quieter.

That tactical jet noise has not simi-larly declined is legitimately surprising.

To my friends in the anti-noise crowd, I feel your pain, but the Navy deserves credit where it’s due. I was astonished to hear Mr. Larsen say that the base directed pilots to keep landing gear up while flying over Lopez Island to reduce noise. This is a risky change for safety-minded aviators who need their gear-down timing to become an ingrained element of muscle memory.

Also, the Navy’s decision to spend scarce funds building a quieter engine test facility and researching fighter engine “hush-kit” modifications repre-sents genuine prioritization of commu-nity noise concerns.

Still, military jets are optimized for victory; hush-kits that reduce engine thrust are too much to ask.

While the noise may have increased in the past decade, it’s still arguably less than it was in the 1980s when the more numerous Intruders and Prowlers filled the skies. The anti-noise crowd ought to acknowledge that an OLF

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Our state is fortunate that the fragile economic recovery has resulted in increased revenue coming to the state. We are projected to have $3 billion more in revenue for this budget cycle than the last.

The Senate unveiled a no-new-taxes budget that makes wise use of the con-siderable resources available. This is in stark contrast to the increased spend-

ing proposed by the House, which raises taxes by $1.5 billion in the first budget cycle alone and relies on volatile tax schemes.

The House majority’s appetite for your hard-earned tax dollars seems to be endless. At some point we must ask, “When is it enough?” A family or small business would be thrilled with an 8 percent increase in their income and that is the situation our state faces, without raising taxes.

Now is not the time to increase state spending with more taxes when areas outside of Seattle have yet to see a full economic recovery. Rather, our state should be focus-ing on providing meaningful economic and educational opportunities.

The Senate majority is committed to sustainable and responsible spending. We prioritize our budget to fund education first and to reverse decades’ long trends by prioritizing general government spending. We invest more than $70 million in our state’s mental health system and provide tax relief for small businesses and senior citizens, without raising taxes.

The Senate’s budget proposal also includes a significant change to how our state funds higher education.

For 30 years, state government spending has not focused on the needs and priorities of the people of our state. The well intentioned policies of those in control in Olympia for the past 30 years have not yielded the kind of results you should expect.

The latest proposal from the House continues that trend. Educating our students is still not a priority in the House budget proposal unless another tax is implemented to pay for it, inflating state spending by 15 percent.

In contrast, the Senate’s proposal makes funding educa-tion a priority by putting an additional $1.3 billion toward our K-12 system.

In addition to representing my constituents in Olympia, I am working on behalf of all families and students strug-gling to pay for the rising costs of college tuition. Since the

Senate’s budget a stark contrast to the version released by the HouseGUEST COLUMNBy SEN. BARBARA BAILEY

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MORE LETTERS TO THE EDITORshutdown would threaten the entire base, pulling the rug out from beneath many folks who worked hard to retire here.

Base supporters can genu-inely wish for our neighbors’ health and happiness, while simultaneously feeling bewil-dered that folks who ought to have known they were buy-ing noise-zone property are now pushing for the OLFs departure.

In the near term, this looks like an intractable problem; the base and the noise are likely to stay, albeit modified by various significant but marginal adjustments. With the right mix of imagination and money, this problem might be solvable in some other way.

First, however, both sides would have to sincerely acknowledge each other’s situation. This holds true for many world problems. Solutions emerge spontane-ously where people are will-ing to walk in each other’s shoes.

Bob HallahanOak Harbor

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Gipson has made positive changesEditor,

I am writing as a citizen of the Whidbey community and as a recently retired registered nurse. I worked 15 joyous years in the Whidbey Family Birthplace

at Whidbey General Hospital. I was there before Dr.

Linda Gipson arrived and was privileged to be a part of the nursing staff during these last few years with her as chief nursing officer.

In my 33 years as an RN, I have never worked with a more competent, expe-rienced and compassion-ate colleague. I watched as she almost single-handedly improved service to our patients in the emergency department, the operating suite and hospital in general.

She changed the culture from “we’ve always done it this way” to a Florence Nightingale-based culture of compassionate and expert care of our very special com-munity.

She did this by first work-ing alongside the staff in each department, assessing the problems, weeding out the dead wood and introduc-ing leaders and protocols that greatly improved each department.

The work she does is not appreciated by everyone, of course. Those who are hostile to change, support cliques and discord, love the paycheck more than the patient, and those with a political agenda have been obstacles to growth.

In spite of this backlash, she has brought forth the change needed to better serve, care for and love our patients.

She is a gift to our com-munity; a true nurse who not only has compassion and love for the service, but who has

gathered throughout her life the education, experience, and courage to make the best leader for our hospital.

I personally observed countless kind and caring interactions she has had with patients, witnessed many things she has done to help her RN staff in their daily lives.

I am thankful she chose to come to our hospital as chief nursing officer, and am grateful for every day she has served this community.

Barbara ReadLangley

Bit o’ history

New sign missing ‘America’s best’Editor,

Several years ago, my daughter and son-in-law were visiting from Ireland. I need-ed to get something from the store, and Paul said, “great, we’ll go to America’s best, then?” I had no idea what he was talking about.

When we pulled into Safeway’s parking lot, Paul lit up and said “Aye, great, this is America’s best.”

I looked up at the sign over the store and, sure enough, it said “Safeway, America’s Best.”

I had just never noticed, but you can imagine my disappointment today when I drove into Safeway’s new parking lot and the “America’s Best” is gone from their sign. Paul will be even more disap-pointed on his next visit.

Pat WallaceOak Harbor

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majority coalition took control of the Senate in 2013, we made access to an affordable and qual-ity education a priority. We did that again in our current budget proposal, which includes a policy that reduces tuition by an average of 25 percent.

Working class families who don’t make enough to afford tuition but make too much to receive any support have been priced out of a college education unless they incur signifi-cant debt.

That is unacceptable. I am working hard

to ensure that our state adopts common sense policies that put your interests ahead of paid special interests. I am fighting for access to water for our neighbors in the Skagit River Basin, to make needed investments in transportation, to make sure our senior citizens have property tax relief and that other vital servic-es are delivered efficiently and effectively.

With just a few weeks

left in this legislative ses-sion, we still have much to accomplish.

However, my work on the budget will reflect what I’ve heard from you: That our state should live within its means. With 8 percent more revenue, there is no reason that we must turn to taxpayers and take more money.

Instead lawmakers should consider the sig-nificant growth as more than enough to fund the real priorities of state gov-ernment.

THEY REPRESENT YOUU.S. Rep. Rick Larsen: Washington,

DC, office: 2113 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, 202-225-2605. Everett office: 2930 Wetmore Ave. Suite 9F, Everett, WA 98201, 425-252-3188, Bellingham office: 119 N. Commercial St., Suite 1350, Bellingham, WA 98225

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray: Washing-ton, DC, office: 154 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510, 202-224-2621. Everett office: 2934 Wetmore Ave., Suite 903, Everett, WA 98201, 425-259-6515

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell: Washing-ton, DC, office: 311 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510, 202-224-3441. Everett office: 2930 Wetmore Ave., 9B, Everett, WA 98201, 425-303-0114

State Sen. Barbara Bailey: Olympia office: 109-B Irv Newhouse Building, PO Box 40410, Olympia, WA 98504-0410, 360-786-7618. [email protected]

State Rep. Norma Smith: PO Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600, 360-786-7884, [email protected]

State Rep. Dave Hayes: PO Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600, 360-786-7914, [email protected]

Board of Island County Commis-sioners: PO Box 5000, 1 NE Seventh St., Coupeville, WA 98239, www.islandcounty.net

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• Commissioner Jill Johnson: 360-679-7354, [email protected]

• Commissioner Helen Price Johnson: 360-679-7354, [email protected]

Oak Harbor City Council: 865 SE Barrington Dr., Oak Harbor, WA 98277, 360-279-4500, www.oakharbor.org

• Mayor: Scott Dudley• Council members: Rick Almberg,

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Town of Coupeville: 4 NE Seventh St., PO Box 725, Coupeville, WA 98239, 360-678-4461, www.townofcoupeville.org

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n Oak Harbor’s CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM, 721 SW 20th Court at Scenic Heights Street, is open for study and prayer 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 3-7 p.m. Wednesdays. It is a public bookstore and more with magazines, The Christian Science Monitor weekly newsmagazine, Bible concordances in print and online and an online record of more than 125 years of verified heal-ings through prayer alone. You can find more infor-mation at chris tianscience.com or chris tianscience-whidbey.com For informa-tion, call 360-675-0621.


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Lucille Marian Pfeifer

Lucille Marian Pfeifer passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 24, 2015, in Oak Harbor She was born Lucille Marian Scalise, daughter to Pietro and Euphrasia Scalise, on April 16, 1918, in Cumberland, Wis. A woman of devout faith, she was a prayer warrior. Lucille dedi-cated her life to raising her family in faith and many

years of church work. A long-time member of the Catholic Daughters, in later years, she missed that involvement.

She is survived by her children, Roger Anglum (Georgette), Oak Harbor; Jacky Meadors (John), Adair, Okla.; Alice Robertson (Joe), San Diego, Calif.; John Pfeifer, W. Columbia, S.C.; Marian Patnode (Gary), Gilbert, Ariz.; and 12 grand-children, 18 great grandchil-dren and three great-great grandchildren.

Lucille is preceded in death by her first husband ,James Anglum; second hus-band, Ralph Pfeifer; daughter Kathy Richou; son Romaine Pfeifer and daughter-in-law Becky Pfeifer; and all 11 brothers and sisters.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on April 16 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Oak Harbor, with Rev. Paul Pluth, J.C.L. presid-ing. Interment will be held at a later date at El Cajon Cemetery, El Cajon, Calif.

The family suggests memorials to Leaves Magazine, c/o the Martiann Hill Fathers, PO Box 87, Dearborn, MI. 48121-0087 A very special thank you to Director Hazel Welliver and the staff at Harbor Tower Village for the care and atten-tion given to Mom.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home, Oak Harbor.

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GAMES OF THE WEEK Coupeville High School baseball and softball teams host La Conner at 4 p.m. Friday, April 10.

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By JIM WALLERSports editor

Breaking out of an offensive funk, the Oak Harbor High School soc-cer team collected its first win of the season when it dumped Everett 3-1 Monday at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.

In other Wildcat action, the baseball team defeated visiting Marysville Getchell 3-2 in eight innings Friday, and the softball team dropped a pair of home games, 10-7 to Stanwood Friday and 12-2 to Marysville-Pilchuck Monday.

’Cat soccer team erupts for trio of goals in win

After scoring only two goals in its first six matches, Oak Harbor

exploded for three against Everett.The offensive output helped the

Wildcats (1-1-1, 1-5-1) pick up their first victory of the season and keep the Seagulls (0-3, 0-5-2) winless.

Alex Waner got things going for Oak Harbor with a nice cross to Ramon Acosta, who headed in the first goal 11 minutes into the match.

Eight minutes later, J.J. Mitchell was fouled in the box and Dakota Powers netted the penalty kick to make it 2-0.

Everett dribbled a goal by Oak Harbor keeper Jared Hoyt in the last minute of the half to cut the lead to one.

Oak Harbor controlled much of the second half, but Everett domi-nated a section midway through the period and almost tied the score. One shot bounced off the right post

and another rocketed just above the crossbar.

The Wildcats took control from that point, and Waner drilled a goal from 15 yards out (assisted by Kyle Truex) with 13:30 left in the match to finish the scoring.

The Oak Harbor defense was solid, anchored by Hunt and Jeremy Vester, who took over in goal with 17 minutes remaining in the match, according to coach Brian Thompson.

“Eric Jensen did a really good job in the back,” he said. “J.J. Mitchell, who always plays well, did a good job, along with Dakota Powers, in the middle.”

Oak Harbor travels to Shoreline Stadium to face the state’s top-ranked 2A team, Shorecrest (3-0, 6-0-1), at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 8.

Baseball team wins while striking out

Two strikeouts “helped” Oak Harbor score the winning run in its Wesco North opener.

In the bottom of the eighth, catch-er Chris Trisler started the inning with a single and was replaced by courtesy runner Noah Zuniga.

Brent Mertins’ base hit put run-ners on first and second with no outs.

The next Wildcat batter struck out, but Zuniga was able to race to third when the Charger catcher mishandled the strike-three pitch. He repeated the act when the next batter also struck out, this time sprinting home when the catcher failed to corral the strike-out pitch.

Oak Harbor led 2-0 going into the seventh inning.

The Wildcats tallied a run in the first when Trisler reached on a field-er’s choice and courtesy runner Sean Erskine scored on Mertins’ double.

In the fourth inning, Tyler Snavley singled and eventually scored on a two-out error off the bat of Preston Rankin.

Meanwhile, Wildcat pitcher Danny Wolfe blanked the Chargers until the seventh although Getchell put a runner on in each inning.

In the seventh, a single and error with one out got Marysville Getchell (0-1, 4-2) started. Snavely took over on the hill for Wolfe, and a single and sacrifice fly tied the game.

In six-and-a-third innings, Wolfe struck out one, walked none and scattered seven hits.

Trisler led the offense with two hits; Mertins, Snavely and C.J. Meders added one each.

Oak Harbor (1-0, 3-2) hosts Everett (0-1, 1-3) at 4 p.m. Wednesday, and then the two teams meet in Everett at 4 p.m. Friday.

Bad innings sink Wildcat softball team

One big (and bad) inning in each

game stung Oak Harbor.Stanwood (2-1, 3-3) scored six

runs in the fourth inning and then held on for its win Friday. Marysville-Pilchuck (3-1, 4-3) used a five-run first inning to jump-start its win Monday.

Against Stanwood, Taylor Heidt led Oak Harbor by going 3-for-4 with a double and two runs. Alexa Findley was 3-for-4 with a triple and RBI. Kelly Findley went 2-for-3 and scored two runs.

Laura Anderson also singled for Oak Harbor.

In the M-P game, both of Oak Harbor’s runs came in the fourth inning.

A walk to Kelly Findley and sin-gles by Alexa Findley and Tricia Sarns loaded the bases. A walk to Kat Martinez forced in one run, then the second scored on Sydney White’s groundout.

Liz Adams and Sam Payne also recorded hits in the game for the Wildcats.

Oak Harbor (0-4, 0-6) plays Shorewood (0-5, 2-5) at home at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14.

Wildcat soccer highlights week with 3-1 win

Photo by John Fisken

Shortstop Brent Mertins makes a backhand stop for Oak Harbor Friday.

Photo by John Fisken

Oak Harbor’s J.J. Mitchell is fouled, setting up a penalty-kick goal by Dakota Powers in the Wildcats’ win over Everett Monday.

OH Sports Report offers scholarships

The Oak Harbor Sports Report offers two $500 scholarships to student-athletes each year.

Candidates must have at least a 3.0 GPA and have participated in at least two sports each year for all four years of high school. Excep-tions may be made for stu-dents who moved into the area during high school.

Also, candidates must not be receiving any financial as-sistance from any college for

athletics.Candidates are required

to complete a 500-word, one-page essay, “How Sports Made Me a Better Person.”

The top five that best meet the criteria will be selected for a personal in-terview, with the top two awarded the scholarship at the annual Senior Awards Night in June.

The scholarship is funded by photo sales from WescoAthletics.com and the Oak Harbor Sports Report.

Contact Carla Hurst (360-279-5710; [email protected]) at the Oak Harbor High

School Counseling Center for applications and more information.

Whidbey race joins Salish Series

The Whidbey Island Mar-athon is teaming up with the North Olympic Discovery Marathon and the Belling-ham Bay Marathon to form the Salish Sea Race Series, Whidbey Island Marathon Director Melissa Riker an-nounced recently.

The Whidbey race is April 19, the Olympic Dis-

covery race (Sequim to Port Angeles) is June 7 and the Bellingham race is Sept. 27.

Individuals who regis-ter for any of these three events will receive a dis-count for the other two.

Each event features a marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K. The Whidbey race also includes a chil-dren’s 1K fun run.

The Salish Sea Race Series will offer two events, a lad-der series and a half series.

The ladder series will in-clude the Whidbey 5K, the Olympic 10K and the Bell-ingham half marathon.

The half series includes all three half marathons.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the top male and female finishers in each

series, and all participants will receive commemorative apparel after the final race.

For more information, contact Riker at 360-929-2489 or [email protected]

For information about the Whidbey Marathon, visit www.whidbeyislandmarathon.com

Gallery Women’s Club starts season

The Gallery Women’s Golf Club is teeing it up again this spring.

The club meets every Wednesday afternoon be-ginning April 8 at the Gal-lery. The season will end in

mid-September.Tee times vary from 2 to

4:30 p.m. to accommodate those who work.

Everyone is invited to take part, according to Rosemary Kunow, club spokesman.

“They don’t have to com-mit to every week – just come when they can,” Kunow said. “We have special green fee rates for our club and can play nine or 18 holes. It’s a fun group that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but we follow the rules and learn more about golf as we go along.”

For more information, email [email protected] or contact the Gallery Golf Course at 360-257-2178.

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Photos by Kate Daniel/Whidbey News Group

A pod of orcas swims in the waters near the Mukilteo Ferry Dock March 22. Gray whales also were spotted near Whidbey and are around until May.

By KATE DANIEL Whidbey News Group

Curiosity and excitement abounded on board the Mystic Sea whale charter boat recently as passengers rushed to the railing and windows to spy their first

whales of the day, a group of five transient orcas making their way past the Mukilteo Ferry Dock.

For some, like passengers Kevin and Janet Craig, it was their first sighting of a whale in the wild.

The couple had just moved to Oak Harbor from Indiana about six months ago.

“We’re still like tourists,” Janet Craig said, laughing.

The couple said they had little prior knowledge about marine species, but enjoyed seeing them in their natural habitat.

“I really enjoyed it, it was neat,” Janet Craig said. The sighting came within about half an hour

of the boat’s 11 a.m. departure from the South Whidbey Harbor at Langley March 22, and was followed by a handful of additional sightings throughout the next three hours at sea.

The Mystic Sea departs from the South Whidbey Harbor at Langley for sightings of gray whales from March 7 through May 10. Orca sea-son runs from May 15 through October 4, though some lucky groups such as those aboard the March 22 cruise will have the opportunity to see both species in a single outing.

“We don’t get much better than orcas and grays in one day,” said Mystic Sea Captain Monte Hughes.

Jill Hein, a member of Beach Watchers’ and Orca Network’s board of directors, serves as the volunteer naturalist aboard Mystic Sea Charters once a week. Hein makes her rounds giving educational talks and answering questions from curious passengers.

Though members of the resident orca pod have

been spotted in the waters of Puget Sound year-round, gray whales and members of the transient orca population have begun to make their journey north from California through the Salish Sea to Alaska.

The grays will depart for Alaska some time between May and early June. In the fall, more orcas are expected to arrive in the waters around Whidbey. There will also be plenty of opportu-nity for sightings of humpbacks, orcas and minke whales during the summer, particularly further north near the San Juans.

For Whidbey Islanders like Orca Network co-director and co-founder Howard Garrett and fel-low marine mammal enthusiasts, it is quite an exciting time of year.

Garrett explained that about 10-12 grays, the more “mysterious” of the two species, are expect-ed to be coming through Puget Sound this year.

Garrett noted that these whales are more elu-sive in their behavior, and the nature of their rela-tionships with one another are relatively unknown.

Hein explained that the grays are “stopping in for a snack,” and had been feasting on shrimp in the mudflats near Everett.

By the time they reach the Sound, she said, they haven’t eaten for four to five months.

“The gray whales know the buffet table is full of their favorite shrimp lining the shores,” Garrett said.

Orcas, which Garrett described as more char-ismatic and popular, have well-documented social patterns.

Family bonds remain for life; babies stay with their mothers and grandmothers, and pods work together. The whales also transmit their cultures which determine their diets and mating practices, according to Garrett.

“We know a whole lot about them, their ages and relationships, so that gives us much more to appreciate about them,” Garrett said, adding that the orca’s ability for all-encompassing cultural transmissions from one generation to another is “quite fascinating and unprecedented in wildlife biology.”

The Southern Resident population eats almost exclusively Chinook salmon, and has been placed on the endangered species list. The eldest mem-ber of the pod, “Granny J-7” is estimated to be about 104 years old.

Whale charter boat operators like Hughes decide the direction of their daily whale-seeking course based upon information from numerous sources, including on-shore whale-watchers, Orca Network and marine traffic radio communications.

Hughes noted that he and his passengers have spied at least one or two whales on each of his cruises thus far this year.

The March 22 excursion was unusually fruitful, with five orcas and three gray whales spotted.

Aside from the transient pod near Mukilteo, Patch and no. 22, two gray whales, were seen near Glendale; a third unidentified gray was also spot-ted off of the Clinton Ferry Dock; and a fourth was just off Hat Island. In addition, passengers got a glimpse of a California sea lion and numerous birds.

Hughes asked the group of 58 passengers to assist in spotting the whales, a task everyone seemed happy to oblige.

“When you yell ‘Whale!’ everyone goes to one side of the boat,” Hughes said with a chuckle.

Watching for the whales

By KATE DANIEL Whidbey News Group

Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens will be overtaken with mythical beings large and small this weekend dur-ing Meerkerk Magic.

The event, which began in 2002, is an opportunity for children of all ages to visit the gardens and join in creating their own fairy dolls.

Children use materials gathered from the garden, such as sticks, dried flow-ers and leaves, as well as manmade materials such as ribbon and beads, to craft the dolls.

Meerkerk Magic will take place noon-4 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at the gardens, locat-ed off Resort Road south of Greenbank.

Refreshments are provid-ed. Admission is $5; children under age 16 are free.

Children are encouraged to dress up in anything from wings to tutus to sparkling dresses.

Emily Fiedler, age 12, has attended for the past four years, and now lends her assistance to the younger doll makers.

She lets her imagination guide her creations and encourages younger archi-tects to follow suit.

“I like how they fly,” she said of her affinity with fairies.

She and her sister, 9-year-old Hayley Fiedler, were inspired to create their own fairy garden complete with the houses and dolls they have fashioned over the years.

Their fairies reside in the shade of a small tree in their front yard, decorated with a sign which reads: “fairies live here.”

Joan Bell, Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens operations manager, said see-ing “all the cute little outfits and the glee the children have” is the most enjoyable aspect of the event.

Bell added that because the event is outdoors, she encourages kids to bring warm clothing such as coats and hats in case the weather less than favorable.

Meerkerk shares the magic on Saturday

Welcome the WhalesThe City of Langley and Orca Network in-

vites everyone to welcome the whales at the Welcome the Whales Festival on April 18-19. On April 19, Orca Network will also be hosting a fundraising cruise aboard the Mystic Sea from 3-5 p.m. Tickets for the cruise cost $75 per person.

For information on the festival or the sighting network, visit orcanetwork.org

Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Whidbey Classified, PAGE 11

In Memory of John GenisFlash Back

There he was – our eyes met, My heart skipped a beat. Was it fear? I turned and left, feeling confused – What is happening to me?

He called and I felt scared! Or was it excitement? We became friends for many months, I now felt secure.

Then one day he said to me, “This friendship of ours must cease”. He leaned and kissed me gently, I knew exactly what he meant.

He asked me to marry him – And I said “Yes”! The years �ew by with friendship and love, Certainly we were blessed.

As I was cooking his dinner one night, I felt his gaze upon my back. I turned and saw his eyes were wet, And asked if it was something I said.

He said to me and I quote, “Of all the thorns in Las Vegas, I found a rose”. My heart burst open when I heard his words, I’ll cherish them forever.

As the years took their toll, I watched him slip away from me. His hugs and kisses were frail, I wanted to take care of him forever.

I miss his hugs and kisses. The love and friendship too. But all is not lost because, The beautiful memories are not few.

~Love Remains Forever, Helen Genis

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7023.111864 Grantors : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Grantee: Allan G. Newton and Quicha Newton, husband and wife Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4252518 T a x P a r c e l I D N o . : S6280-00-00016-0/222958 Abbreviated Legal: Lot 16, Camano Vista #1, Island Co., WA Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Re- vised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. THIS NOTICE

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IS THE FINAL STEP BE- FORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR O R A N AT T O R N E Y L I - CENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING A S S I S TA N C E H o u s i n g counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for as- s istance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Fi- nance Commission Tele- p h o n e : T o l l - f r e e : 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663). Web s i t e : http://www.dfi.wa.gov/con- s u m e r s / h o m e o w n e r - ship/post purchase counselors foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban De- velopment Telephone: Toll- free: 1-800-569-4287. Web site: http://www.hud.gov/of- f i ces /hsg/s fh /hcc / fc / in - d e x . c f m ? w e b L i s t A c - t i o n = s e a r c h & s e a r c h - state=WA&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Te l e p h o n e : To l l - f r e e : 1-800-606-4819. Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what- clear. I. On April 17, 2015, at 10:00 AM. outside the main entrance of the Island County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any con- d i t ions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Prop- e r t y ” , s i t u a t e d i n t h e County( ies) of ISLAND, State of Washington: Lot 16, Plat of Camano Vista Div. No. 1, according to the

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Plat thereof, recorded in Volume 10 of Plats, Page 7 9 , r e c o r d s o f I s l a n d County, Washington. Situ- a t ed i n I s l and Coun ty, Washington. Commonly known as: 3010 Sauk Drive Camano Island, WA 98282 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 05 /21 /09 , r eco rded on 05/29/09, under Auditor’s File No. 4252518, records of ISLAND County, Wash- ington, from Allan G. New- ton, and Quicha Newton, husband and wife, as Gran- tor, to Chicago Title Insu- rance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Ob- ligation” in favor of Mort- gage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. sole ly as nominee for Golf Savings Bank, a Washington Stock Savings Bank, as Benefici- ary, the beneficial interest in which was ass igned by Mortgage Electronic Regis- tration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Golf Savings Bank, a Washington Stock Savings Bank to Wells Far- go Bank, N.A., under an As- signment/Successive As- signments recorded under Auditor’s File No. 4363896. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to rein- s ta te as o f 12/09/2014 M o n t h l y P a y m e n t s $8,059.80 Late Charges $183.58 Lender’s Fees & Costs $0.00 Total Arrearage $8,243.38 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $750.00 Title Re- por t $680.46 Sta tu tor y Mailings $22.44 Recording Cos ts $15 .00 Pos t ings $80.00 Sale Costs $0.00 Total Costs $1,547.90 Total Amount Due: $9,791.28

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Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Princi- pal Balance of $155,671.90, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing t h e O b l i g a t i o n f r o m 05/01/14, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on April 17, 2015. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, l a te charges , advances costs and fees thereafter due , must be cured by 04/06/15 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 04/06/15 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, la te charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 04/06/15 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of 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 al l other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trus- tee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND AD- DRESS Al lan G. Newton 3010 Sauk Drive Camano Island, WA 98282 Quicha Newton 3010 Sauk Drive Camano Island, WA 98282 Allan G. Newton 27820 74th Avenue Northwest Stan- wood, WA 98292 Quicha Newton 27820 74th Avenue Northwest Stanwood, WA

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98292 by both first class and certified mail, return re- c e i p t r e q u e s t e d o n 11/07/14, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 11/07/14 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and a l l those who ho ld by, through or under the Gran- tor of all their interest in the Property. IX. Anyone 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 p u r s u a n t t o R C W 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver o f any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN- ANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the 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 a c c o r d a n c e w i t h R C W 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwest- trustee.com and are incor- porated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwest- trustee.com and www.USA- Foreclosure.com. EFFEC- TIVE: 12/09/2014 Date Exe- cuted: Northwest Trustee

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Services, Inc., Trustee Au- thorized Signature 13555 SE 36th St. Suite 100 Belle- vue, WA 98006 Contact: N e a n g A v i l a ( 4 2 5 ) 5 8 6 - 1 9 0 0 . ( T S # 7023.111864) 1002.274940-File No.Legal No. WCW620253Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey RecordMarch 18, April 8, 2015.

NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that the hereinafter described vessel, together with appurtenances, will be sold at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash pursuant to RCW 53.08.310 et seq., at the Oak Harbor Marina, located at 1401 SE Catalina Drive, in the C i t y o f Oak Ha rbo r, Coun ty o f I s land , a t 10:00 a.m. on the 18th day of April 2015, to satisfy Marina charges, including costs of sale and related legal expenses.VESSEL NO. AND NAME/WN 3628 H LAST KNOW OWNER AND ADDRESS/ Troy Harmon 16014 Ash Way Lynnwood, WA 98087DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL/1962 33’ Fair- liner PowerboatBrown HullSlip E-25Conditions of sale are listed at the Harbor Mas- ter’s Office, Oak Harbor Marina, 1401 SE Catali- na Drive, Oak Harbor, Washington.OAK HARBOR MARINA Chris SubletOak Harbor Marina Har- bormaster1401 SE Catalina DR.Oak Harbor, WA. 98277 Legal No. WCW625308 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey RecordApril 8, 2015.

7 2 3 6 . 2 6 1 1 8 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank NA, successor t rus tee to Bank o f America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank NA, as trustee, on behalf of WaMu Mor tgage Pass - Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR18, and certa in

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mortgagors Grantee: Jason Hannawalt and Kristia Han- nawalt, husband and wife Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4186647 Tax Parcel ID No.: 211014/S6250-00-03013-0 Abbreviated Legal: LOT 13, BLK. 3, CAMANO COUNTRY CLUB ADD. #1, VOL. 4 PG. 69, Island Co., WA Notice of Trustee’s Sale Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. I . On Apri l 17, 2015, at 10:00 AM outside the main en t r ance o f t he I s l and County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the undersigned Trustee (subject to any con- d i t ions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Prop- e r t y ” , s i t u a t e d i n t h e County( ies) of ISLAND, State of Washington: Lot 13, Block 3, Plat of Camano Country Club Addition #1, as per Plat recorded in Vol- ume 4 of Plats, Page 69, Records of Island County, Washington; Together with a l l up lands and second class t idelands, as con- veyed by the State of Wash- ington, abutting upon and ly ing Easter ly f rom the Easterly boundary of said Lot 13, having as Northerly and Southerly boundaries the Northerly and Southerly boundaries, respectively, of said Lot 13, projected East- erly, as an Easterly boundary the bulkhead line, fixed by a wri t ten instrument bearing date July 31, 1953, under Auditor’s Fi le No. 90534, Records of Island Coun ty ; S i t ua t e i n t he County of Island, State of Wash ing ton Common ly known as: 1253 Country Club Drive Camano Island, WA 98282 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 11/06/06, recorded on 11/09/06, under Audi- tor ’s F i le No. 4186647, records of ISLAND County, Washington, from Jason Hannawalt and, Kristia Han- nawalt, husband and wife, as Grantor, to Land Title Company, as Trustee, to se-

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cure an obligation “Obliga- tion” in favor of Washington Mutual Bank, FA, as Benefi- ciary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver of Washington Mutual Bank F/K/A Washington Mutual Bank, FA to U.S. Bank Na- tional Association, as trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association as Trustee successor by merger to Lasalle Bank, National Association as Trustee for WAMU Mort- gage Pass-Through Certifi- cates Series 2006-AR18 Trust, under an Assign- ment/Successive Assign- ments recorded under Audi- tor ’s F i le No. 4349898. *The Tax Parcel ID number and Abbreviated Legal De- scription are provided solely to comply with the recording statutes and are not intended to supplement, amend or supersede the Property’s ful l legal description provided herein. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to rein- s ta te as o f 01/05/2015 M o n t h l y P a y m e n t s $58,149.93 Late Charges $340.62 Lender’s Fees & Costs $1,917.50 Total Ar- rearage $60,408.05 Trus- tee’s Expenses (Itemization) Trustee’s Fee $1,050.00 Ti- tle Report $1,330.49 Stat- utory Mailings $33.66 Re- cording Costs $14.00 Post- ings $80.00 Sale Costs $ 0 . 0 0 T o t a l C o s t s $2,508.15 Total Amount Due : $62 ,916 .20 Other known defaults as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obligation is: Principal Bal- ance of $436,000.00, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obligation from 04/01/13, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obligation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on Apri l 17, 2015. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 04/06/15 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 04/06/15 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trus- tee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be ter- mina ted any t ime a f te r 04/06/15 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of 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 al l other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted

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by the Beneficiary or Trus- tee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND AD- DRESS Jason Hannawalt 1253 Country Club Drive Camano Island, WA 98282 Kr is t ia Hannawal t 1253 Country Club Drive Camano Island, WA 98282 Jason Hannawal t 1880 Por te r Street Camano Island, WA 98282 Kristia Hannawalt 1880 Porter Street Camano Island, WA 98282 Jason Hannawalt 2414 1st Avenue A p t 6 2 3 S e a t t l e , W A 98121-1328 Kristia Han- nawalt 2414 1st Avenue Apt 6 2 3 S e a t t l e , W A 98121-1328 by both first class and certified mail, return receipt requested on 11/19/14, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on 11/19/14 Grantor and Borrower were personally served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee, whose name and address are set forth below, will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and trustee’s fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and a l l those who ho ld by, through or under the Gran- tor of all their interest in the Property. IX. Anyone 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 p u r s u a n t t o R C W 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver o f any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TEN- ANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the 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 a c c o r d a n c e w i t h R C W 61.24.060. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwest- trustee.com and are incor- porated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwest- trustee.com and w w w . U S A - F o r e c l o - s u r e . c o m . E F F E C T I V E : 01/05/2015 Date Executed: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee Authorized Signature 13555 SE 36th St. Suite 100 Bellevue, WA 98006 Contac t : Vonn ie McElligott (425) 586-1900. (TS# 7236.26118) 1002.275327-File No.Legal No. WCW620251Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey RecordMarch 18, April 8, 2015.

7 8 8 6 . 2 5 4 5 3 G r a n t o r s : Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. PNC Bank, National As- sociat ion, successor by merger to Nat ional Ci ty Mortgage, a division of Na- tional City Bank Grantee: Mar lon R . Rennes and Louann Rennes husband and wife Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 4185186 and Mod- ified on July 19, 2011 under AF# 4298164 Original NTS Auditor File No. 4356282 Tax Parcel ID No.: 428228 / S8410-03-00011-0 Abbre-

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v i a t e d L e g a l : L O T 1 1 , WHIDBEY COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES #3 Amended No- tice of Trustee’s Sale Pur- suant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUS- ING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of he lp . SEEK ING ASSIS- TANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like as- s istance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referra l to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Te lephone: Toll-free: 1-877-894-HOME (1-877-894-4663). Web s i t e : http://www.dfi.wa.gov/con- s u m e r s / h o m e o w n e r - ship/post_purchase_couns- elors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban De- velopment Telephone: Toll- free: 1-800-569-4287. Web site: http://www.hud.gov/of- f i ces /hsg/s fh /hcc / fc / in - d e x . c f m ? w e b L i s t A c - t i o n = s e a r c h & s e a r c h - state=WA&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Te l e p h o n e : To l l - f r e e : 1-800-606-4819. Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what- clear. I. On May 8, 2015, at 10:00 AM. outside the main en t r ance o f t he I s l and County Annex Building near the Veteran’s Memorial at 1 NE 6th Street in the City of Coupeville, State of Wash- ington, the Trustee (subject to any conditions imposed by the Trustee) will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at time of sale, the following described real property “Property”, situated in the County( ies) of ISLAND, State of Washington: Lot 11, Plat of Whidbey Country Club Estates, Division No. 3, according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Volume 12 of Plats, Pages 57 and 5 8 , r e c o r d s o f I s l a n d County, Washington. Situ- ate in the County of Island, State of Washington. Com- mon ly known as : 1581 Links Way Oak Harbor, WA 98277 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 10/20/06 and recorded on 10/25/06, under Au- ditor’s File No. 4185186 and Modified on July 19, 2011 under AF# 4298164, records of ISLAND County, Washington, from Marlon R Rennes and Louann Rennes Husband and Wife, as Gran- tor, to Stewart Titlte of Is- land County, as Trustee, to secure an obligation “Obli- gation” in favor of National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Bene- ficiary. *The Tax Parcel ID 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. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the Ob- ligation in any Court by reason of the Grantor’s or Bor- rower’s default on the Obli- gation. III. The Beneficiary alleges default of the Deed of Trust for failure to pay

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the following amounts now in arrears and/or other defaults: Amount due to rein- state as of 03/10/2015. If reinstating after this date, please contact NWTS for the exact re instatement amount Monthly Payments $65,916.26 Late Charges $2,543.28 Total Arrearage $68,459.54 Trustee’s Ex- penses (Itemization) Trus- tee’s Fee $350.00 Postings $ 3 9 1 . 7 2 To t a l C o s t s $741.72 Total Amount Due: $69,201.26 Other known defaults are as follows: IV. The sum owing on the Obli- gation is: Principal Balance of $378,571.19, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument evidencing the Obliga- t ion from 02/01/13, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Obli- gation, and as are provided by statute. V. The Property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Ob- ligation as provided by statute. The sale will be made without representation or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, encumbrances or condition of the Property on May 8, 2015. The default(s) referred to in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances costs and fees thereafter due, must be cured by 04/27/15 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any t ime before 04/27/15 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III, together with any subsequent payments, late charges, advances, costs and fees thereafter due, is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any t ime after 04/27/15 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Bor rower, Gran tor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire balance of principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any made pursuant to the terms of the obl igat ion and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME AND AD- DRESS Marlon R. Rennes 1581 Links Way Oak Har- bor, WA 98277 Louann Rennes 1581 Links Way Oak Harbor, WA 98277 by both first class and certified mail, return receipt requested on 01/28/14, proof of which is in the possession o f the Trus tee ; and on 01/28/14 Grantor and Bor- rower we re pe rsona l l y served with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted on a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it a statement of all costs and trustee’s 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 Property. IX. Anyone having any objec- t ion to the sa le 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. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS

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OR TENANTS - 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 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. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.north- westtrustee.com and are in- corporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.north- w e s t t r u s t e e . c o m a n d www.USA-Foreclosure.com Date Executed: Northwest Trus tee Ser v i ces , Inc . , Trustee Authorized Signa- ture 13555 SE 36th St . Sui te 100 Bel levue, WA 98006 Contact: Breanon Mi l l e r (425) 586-1900. (TS#7886.25453) 1002.263855-File No.Legal No. WCW624469Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey RecordApril 8, 29, 2015.

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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Public Hearing NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Island County Commis- sioners will hold a public hearing in the Commis- sioners Hearing Room, Coupeville, WA on April 21, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. to c o n s i d e r O r d i n a n c e C-34-15 (PLG-002-15) In the matter of support- ing the adoption of revised countywide plan- n i n g p o l i c i e s a n d establishing a schedule and process for formal adoption.ALL PERSONS interested in the above matter should be present at the t ime and place above specified, or should file written comments with the Island County De- par tment of Planning and Community Devel- o p m e n t b e f o r e t h e above date, at P.O. Box 5000, Coupevil le, WA. 98239. Materials will be posted online at www.islandcounty.net/planning FURTHER IN- FORMATION may be obtained by calling Brad Johnson at 679-7972. Persons requiring auxil- iary aids/services should call Island County Hu- man Resources at 679- 7372, at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.Legal No. WCW624985 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.April 8, 2015.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE

OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE

COUNTY OF ISLANDIn the Matter of the Es- tate of:SETSUKO HOFFMAN,Deceased. No. 15-4-00061-8 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.030The Personal Represen- tative named below has been appointed as Per- sonal Representative of this estate. Any person

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having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving or mailing to the Per- sonal Representative or the Personal Represen- tative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11 .40 .051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effect ive as to claims against both the Dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets.Date of First Publication: March 25, 2015/s/ Michael M. Waller MICHAEL M. WALLER, WSBA No. 6310Law Offices of Christon C. Skinner, P.S. Attorneys for Personal Representative 791 SE Barrington Drive Oak Harbor, Washington 98277/s/ Toni Sadler TONI SADLER, Person- al RepresentativeCour t of Probate Pro- c e e d i n g s : I S L A N D COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Cause No. 15-4-00061-8 Legal No. WCW621593 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.March 25, Apr i l 1, 8, 2015.

NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that the hereinafter described vessel, together with appurtenances, will be sold at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash pursuant to RCW 53.08.310 et seq., at the Oak Harbor Marina, located at 1401 SE Catalina Drive, in the C i t y o f Oak Ha rbo r, Coun ty o f I s land , a t 10:00 a.m. on the 18th day of April 2015, to satisfy Marina charges, including costs of sale and related legal expenses.VESSEL NO. AND NAME/WN 4700 JR Na- masteLAST KNOW OWNER AND ADDRESS/William & Patricia Schiller 2187 Heritage Wy. Oak Harbor, WA 98277 DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL/1983 27’ Sea Ray Powerboat Beige Hull w/Brown Trim Slip D-14Conditions of sale are listed at the Harbor Mas- ter’s Office, Oak Harbor Marina, 1401 SE Catali- na Drive, Oak Harbor, Washington.OAK HARBOR MARINA Chris SubletOak Harbor Marina Har- bormaster1401 SE Catalina DR.Oak Harbor, WA. 98277 Legal No. WCW625320 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey RecordApril 8, 2015.

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COUNTY OF ISLANDIn the Matter of the Es- tate of:ANDREW THOMAS HYDE, JR.,Deceased. No. 15-4-00076-6 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.030The Personal Represen- tative named below has been appointed as Per- sonal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving or mailing to the Per- sonal Representative or the Personal Represen- tative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11 .40 .051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effect ive as to claims against both the Dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets.Date of First Publication: April 8, 2015/s/ Michael M. Waller MICHAEL M. WALLER, WSBA No. 6310Law Offices of Christon C. Skinner, P.S. Attorneys for Personal Representative 791 SE Barrington Drive Oak Harbor, Washington 98277/s/ Lee A. Humason LEE A. HUMASON, Per- sonal RepresentativeCour t of Probate Pro- c e e d i n g s : I S L A N D COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Cause No. 15-4-00076-6Legal No. WCW624092 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.April 8, 15, 22, 2015.



COUNTY OF ISLANDIn the Matter of the Es- tate of:RICHARD D. HARTMAN,Deceased. No. 15-4-00062-6PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.030The Personal Represen- tative named below has been appointed as Per- sonal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any o therw ise app l i cable statute of l imi tat ions, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving or mailing to the Per- sonal Representative or the Personal Represen- tative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate were commenced. The claim

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must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of f i rst publication of this notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as oth- erwise provided in RCW 11 .40 .051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effect ive as to claims against both the Dece- dent’s probate and non- probate assets.Date of First Publication: March 25, 2015/s/ Michael M. Waller MICHAEL M. WALLER, WSBA No. 6310Law Offices of Christon C. Skinner, P.S. Attorneys for Personal Representative 791 SE Barrington Drive Oak Harbor, Washington 98277/s/ Teresa Schmalz TERESA SCHMALZ, Personal RepresentativeCour t of Probate Pro- c e e d i n g s : I S L A N D COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Cause No. 15-4-00062-6 Legal No. WCW621597 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.March 25, Apr i l 1, 8, 2015.

NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that the hereinafter described vessel, together with appurtenances, will be sold at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash pursuant to RCW 53.08.310 et seq., at the Oak Harbor Marina, located at 1401 SE Catalina Drive, in the C i t y o f Oak Ha rbo r, Coun ty o f I s land , a t 10:00 a.m. on the 18th day of April 2015, to satisfy Marina charges, including costs of sale and related legal expenses.VESSEL NO. AND NAME/WN 901 BA AllicatLAST KNOW OWNER AND ADDRESS/John Schisel 32 Shorebird Ln. Coupeville, WA 98239 DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL/Chrysler Sail- boatWhite HullSlip A-47Conditions of sale are listed at the Harbor Mas- ter’s Office, Oak Harbor Marina, 1401 SE Catali- na Drive, Oak Harbor, Washington.OAK HARBOR MARINA Chris SubletOak Harbor Marina Har- bormaster1401 SE Catalina DR.Oak Harbor, WA. 98277 Legal No. WCW625327 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey RecordApril 8, 2015.

INVITATION TO BIDPark Avenue Water

Main ExtensionCity of Langley

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by Stan Berry- man, Public Works Di- rector City of Langley, until 10:00 AM on April 28, 2015 at which time bids will be opened and publicly read aloud.Bid proposals may be sent by mail, or hand de- l ivered, to the City of Langley, 112 Second S t ree t , Lang ley, WA 98260 prior to the opening. The envelope shall be plainly marked with

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“SEALED BID for Park Avenue Water Main Ex- tension” and shall clearly indicate the name and address of the bidder. The bid opening will take place at City of Langley City Hall, 112 Second S t ree t , Lang ley, WA 98260. Proposals received af ter the t ime fixed for opening will not be considered.Bids are requested for Pa r k Ave n u e Wa t e r Main Extension, including instal lat ion of approximately 620 linear feet of 8” PVC water main, abandoning existing 1” cast iron pipe, replace and reconnect 3 existing water services, instal l valves, f ire hy- drant assembly, connection to the existing system in 3 locations and other water system appurtenances. Access to project bid documents (plans, specifications, addenda, and Bidders List) is provided to Prime Bidders, Sub- contractors, and Ven- d o r s b y g o i n g t o w w w. b x w a . c o m a n d clicking on “Posted Pro- jects,” “Public Works,” and “City of Langley.” It is recommended that Bidders “Register” in order to receive automatic email notification of fu- tu re addenda and to place themselves on the “Self-Registered Bidders List.” Bidders that do not register will not be automatically notified of addenda and will need to periodically check the online plan room for addenda issued on th is project. Contact Build- ers Exchange of Wash- ington at (425) 258-1303 should you require assistance with access or registration. Each bid shall be made out on the Proposal form included in the Contract Documents. Bidders are required to have their own copies of the Stan- dard Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Mu- n ic ipa l Const ruc t ion , 2014 Edition, Prepared by the Washington State Department of Transpor- tation (WSDOT)/Ameri- can Public Works Asso- ciation (APWA)The con t rac to r sha l l have 30 calendar days from the Notice to Pro- ceed to complete a l l physical contract work. There will not be a pre- bid inspection of the job site.Each bid shall be ac- companied by a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond (with authorized surety company as surety) made payable to Ci ty of Langley in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount bid.The City of Langley reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities in the bid or in the bidding.No bidder may withdraw their bid after the hour s e t fo r t h e o p e n i n g thereof or before award of contract, unless said award is delayed for a period exceeding thir ty (30) days.PublicationsDaily Journal of Com- merce1st Ad Date A p r i l 8 , 2015 2nd Ad Date April 15, 2015South Whidbey Record1st Ad Date A p r i l 8 , 20152nd Ad Date April 15, 2015Legal No. WCW625274 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South

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Whidbey Record, April 8, 15, 2015.

NOTICE of APPLICATION

with SEPAIsland County has re- v iewed the proposed project for probable ad- verse environmental impacts and expects to issue a determination of non-significance (DNS). The optional DNS process es tab l i shed by WAC 197-11-355 is being used. The publ ic comment period as descr ibed below may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the following proposal.F i le Number : 098/15 CGP, Appl icant: Ryan Elting & Marthe Elting, Location: R22922-228- 4610, Clinton P r o p o s a l : S e l e c t i ve clearing & minor grading within 3 acres of a 20 acre parcel for a future home site, access, sep- tic & pasture area. Par- cel is in or near the vi- cinity of mapped wetland & steep slopes.Staff Contact: Bill Poss, [email protected] proposal may include mitigation under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation meas- u r e s r e g a r d l e s s o f whether an EIS is required.PUBLIC COMMENTS: must be rece ived by 3:00 p.m. on April 22, 2015 ; ma i l to I s land County Planning Depart- ment, P.O. Box 5000, Coupeville, WA 98239; del iver to 6th & Main Street, Coupeville, WA between 8:00 a.m. and 3 : 0 0 p . m . M o n d a y through Friday; by FAX to (360) 679-7306.App l i ca t ion f i l es a re available for inspection at no cost, and copies will be provided at the cost of reproduction. To request notice of hear- ings, receive a copy of the decision or SEPA determination, or information on appeals, contact us at the above address.Legal No. WCW624984 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.April 8, 2015.

Loan No: 660296 APN: 669155 TS No: 1407087WA NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAP- TER 61.24 ET. SEQ. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, Seaside Trustee of Washington Inc., will on 05/08/2015, a t 10:00 AM AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURT- HOUSE 101 NE 6TH STREET, COUPEVILLE, WA sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or cer tified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of ISLAND, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 15, OF CAMANO HILLS, P.R.D. 001/90 DIVISION NO. ONE, AS PER PLANNED RESI- DENTIAL DEVELOP- MENT RECORDED IN VOLUME 1 OF PRD’S,

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PAGE 19, RECORDS OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON SITU- ATE IN THE COUNTY OF ISLAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON Com- monly known as: 136 GLACIER PEAK DR, CAMANO ISLAND, WA 98282 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 05/22/2006, recorded 05/30/2006, under Auditor’s File No. 4171809, in Book XX, Page XX, records of IS- LAND County, Washing- t o n , f r o m T R OY M . N A S H , A M A R R I E D MAN AS HIS SEPAR- AT E P RO P E RT Y, a s Grantor(s), to LAND TI- T L E C O M PA N Y, a s Trustee, to secure an obl igat ion in favor of Mor tgage E lec t ron i c Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First H o r i zo n H o m e L o a n Corporation, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by Mor tgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Fi rst Hor izon Home Loan Corporation, its successors and assigns to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F K A T H E B A N K O F NEW YORK, AS TRUS- TEE FOR THE CERTIF- I C AT E H O L D E R S O F CWALT, INC., ALTER- NATIVE LOAN TRUST 2 0 0 6 - O A 1 8 , M O RT- G A G E P A S S - THROUGH CERTIF I - CATES, SERIES 2006- OA18. II. No action commenced by the Benefici- ary 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 obl igat ion secured by the Deed of Trust Mort- gage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as fol- l ows : Fa i l u re to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: PAYMENT INFORMATION: FROM: 11/01/2009, 10/01/2011, 8 /1 /2012, 10/1 /2013, 3 /1 /2014 , 10 /1 /2014 T H RU : 0 9 / 3 0 / 2 0 1 1 , 07/31/2012, 9/30/2013, 2/28/2014, 9/30/2014, 12/31/2014 NO. PMT: 2 3 , 1 0 , 1 4 , 5 , 7 , 3 AMOUNT: $2,872.02, $3,484.85, $4,082.03, $4,695.26, $4, 026.86, $ 4 , 8 0 2 . 6 7 T O TA L : $66,056.46, $34,848.50, $57,148.42, $23,476.30, $28,188.02, $14,408.01. LATE CHARGE INFOR- M A T I O N : F R O M : 1 1 / 0 1 / 2 0 0 9 , T H RU : 12/31/2014, NO. LATE C H A R G E S : T O TA L : $192.10. PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: 05/22/2006 N o t e A m o u n t : $650,000.00 In teres t Pa id To : 10 /01 /2009 N e x t D u e D a t e : 11/01/2009. IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The pr incipal sum of $735,870.34, together with interest as prov ided in the Note from 11/01/2009, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the Obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding ti- t le, possession or en- c u m b r a n c e s o n 05/08/2015. The defaults referred to in Paragraph I I I must be cured by 04/27/2015, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance

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of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 04/27/2015 (11 days before the sale) the default as set for th in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Pay- ment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 04/27/2015 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the pr incipal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, i f any, made pursuant to the terms of the obl igat ion and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written Not ice of Defaul t was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Gran- tor at the following address(es): NAME: TROY M. NASH, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SEPAR- ATE PROPERTY, AD- DRESS: 136 GLACIER PEAK DR, CAMANO IS- LAND, WA 98282, by both first class and certified mail on 10/22/2014, proof of which is in the possession of the Trus- tee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real proper ty descr ibed in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trus tee whose name and address a re se t 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 t h o s e w h o h o l d by, through or under the Grantor of all their inter- es t in the above de- sc r ibed proper ty. IX . Anyone having any Ob- jections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those object ions i f 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. N OT I C E TO O C C U - PANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possess ion o f the property on the 20th day fol lowing 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 fol lowing the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by summary proceedings under the Un- l aw fu l De ta ine r Ac t , Chapter 59 .12 RCW. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DE- L AY. C O N TA C T A HOUSING COUNSE- LOR OR AN ATIORNEY LICENSED IN WASH- INGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your

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home. See be low for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and oppor tuni t ies to keep your house, you may contact the fol lowing: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referra l to housing counselors recommended by the Hous- ing Finance Commis- s i o n : T e l e p h o n e : (877) 894-4663. Web- site: www.homeowner- ship.wa.gov The United States Depar tment of Housing and Urban De- velopment: Telephone: (800) 569-4287. Web- site: www.hud.gov The statewide civil legal aid hotl ine for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and at torneys: Telephone: (888) 201-1014. Web- site: http://nwjustice.org THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA- TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT P U R P O S E . DAT E D : 1 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 1 4 Tr u s t e e S a l e s I n f o r m a t i o n : ( 8 5 5 ) 9 8 6 - 9 3 4 2 / w w w . s u p e r i o r d e - fault.com Superior De- fault Services Inc. 3224 E . Yorba L inda B lvd . Suite 464 Fullerton, CA 92831 Seaside Trustee of Washington Inc. c/o Law Offices of B. Craig Gourley 1002 10th St. P.O. Box 1091 Snohom- ish, Washington 98291 (360) 568-5065 Kristin Steele, Authorized Sign- e r ( F C P P # 1 1 8 9 4 , 04/08/2015, 04/29/2015) Legal No. WCW624041 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.April 8, 29, 2015.

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REFERENCE NUMBER: 4204853GRANTOR(S): Karen L. Gibbon, PSGRANTEE(S): Bryan Z Ross, an unmarried manABBREVIATED LEGAL: LOT 1 ISLAND COUNTY SHP 104/03 R33107-374-0940APN# 808054WE ARE A DEBT COL- LECTOR. THIS COM- MUNICAT ION IS AN AT T E M P T TO C O L - L E C T A D E B T A N D A N Y I N F O R M AT I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR- POSE. If you filed bankruptcy or have been discharged in bankruptcy, this commu- nication is not intended as an attempt to collect a debt from you personally, but is notice of en- forcement of the deed of trust lien against the secured property.

THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE

SALE OF YOUR HOME.You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation.DO NOT DELAY. CON- TA C T A H O U S I N G COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help.SEEKING ASSISTANCE

Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and oppor tuni t ies to keep your house, you may

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contact the following:The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referra l to housing counselors recommended by the Hous- ing Finance Commis- s i o n : T o l l - f r e e : 1 - 8 7 7 - 8 9 4 - H O M E (1-877-894-4663)http://www.dfi.wa.gov/co nsumers/homeowner- ship/post_purchase_cou- nselors_foreclosure.htmThe United States De- partment of Housing and Urban Development:Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287Local counseling agen- cies in Washington:http://www.hud.gov/offices /hsg / s fh /hcc / f c / i n - dex.cfm?webListAction= search&searchs ta te= WA&filterSvc=dfcThe statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys:Toll-free: 1-800-606-4819http://nwjustice.org/what-clear

I.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, Karen L. Gibbon, P.S. , w i l l on May 8, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at the front steps, Nor th Entrance S n o h o m i s h C o u n t y C o u r t h o u s e , 3 0 0 0 Rockefeller Ave., in the City of Everett, State of 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 Island, State of Washington, to wit:L OT 1 O F I S L A N D COUNTY SHORT PLAT NO. SHP 104/03 RE- CORDED MAY 15, 2006 I N V O L U M E 4 O F SHORT PLATS, PAGES 159 AND 160, UNDER AUDITOR’S FILE NO. 4170418 , RECORDS OF ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON; BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUAR- TER OF THE NORTH- WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 7 , TOWN- S H I P 3 1 N O R T H , R A N G E 3 E A S T O F THE WILLAMETTE ME- RIDIAN. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF IS- L A N D , S TAT E O F WASHINGTON.P A R C E L I D : R33107-374-0940(commonly known as 505 Michelle Dr., Cama- no Island, WA. 98282), which is subject to that cer tain Deed of Trust, dated June 12, 2007, recorded June 18, 2007, under Auditor’s File No. 4204853 records of Is- land County, Washing- ton, from Bryan Z Ross, an unmarried man, as Grantors, to LS Title of Washington, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor o f Mor tgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee fo r Count r yw ide Home Loans, Inc., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which has been assigned to Wilm- ington Trust, National Association, as Succes- sor Trustee to Citibank, N.A. as Trustee of Struc- tured Asset Mortgage In- vestments II Inc., Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust II, Mortgage Pass-Through C e r t i f i c a t e s S e r i e s 2007-1, under Is land County Auditor’s File No. 4296355.

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 Borrowers or Gran-

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tor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.

III.The Default for which this foreclosure is made is as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts, which are now in arrears: Monthly payments: Monthly payment(s) to- taling $250,223.74,(November 1, 2009 - De- cember 1, 2014):$250,223.74Property Inspections: $79.45Corporate Advances: $215.00TOTAL MONTHLY PAY- M E N T S A N D L AT E CHARGES: $250,518.19Default other than failure to make monthly payments:None

IV.The sum owing on the obl igat ion secured by the Deed of Trust is : Principal $479,250.00, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured from October 1, 2009 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-descr ibed real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust as prov ided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, o r encumbrances on May 8, 2015. The defaults referred to in paragraph III must be cured by Apr i l 27, 2015 (11 days before the sale) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before April 27, 2015 (11 days before the sale) 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 termi- na ted any t ime a f te r April 27, 2015 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the pr incipal and interest plus costs, fees, and advances, i f any, made pursuant to the terms of the obl igat ion and/or deed of trust, and curing all other defaults.

VI.A written Notice of De- fault was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trus- tee to the Borrower or Grantor at the following addresses: Bryan Z RossSpouse or Domestic Partner of Bryan Z Ross At: 505 Michelle Dr., Ca- mano Island, WA. 98282And At: 412 Lehman Dr, C a m a n o I s l a n d , WA 98282by both first class and certified mail on Novem- ber 6, 2014, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Gran- t o r we r e p e r s o n a l l y served on November 6, 2014, with said written Notice of Default and/or the Not ice of Defaul t was posted in a conspicuous place on the real proper ty descr ibed in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has in his possession proof of such service or posting.

VII.T h e Tr u s t e e w h o s e name and address is set forth below will provide in writing, to any person

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requesting it, a statement of al l costs and fees due at any t ime prior to the sale.

VIII.The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Gran- tor and al l those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of al l t he i r i n t e res t i n t he 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 R.C.W. 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. NOTICE TO

OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS

The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possess ion o f the property on the 20th day fol lowing the sale, as against the grantor under the deed of t rust ( owne r ) 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 proper ty, the purchaser shall prove a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. DATED: December 31, 2014 KAREN L. GIB- BON, P.S., Successor TrusteeBy:K A R E N L . G I B B O N , President L A W O F F I C E S O F K A R E N L . G I B B O N , P.S.3409 MCDOUGALL AV- ENUE, SUITE 202 EVERETT, WA 98201(425) 212-3277Legal No. WCW624908 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.April 8, 29, 2015.

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FOR ISLAND COUNTYEstate ofTHOMAS W. LARSEN,Deceased. NO. 15 4 0082 1PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)PLEASE TAKE NOTICEThe above Court has appointed Helen M. Johan- sen as Personal Repre- sentative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against De- cedent must present the c la im: (a) Before the t ime when the c la im would be barred by any applicable statute of limi- tations, and (b) In the m a n n e r p r ov i d e d i n RCW 11.40.070: (i) By filing with the Court the or iginal of the signed Creditor’s Claim, and (ii) By serving upon or mailing by first class mail to me at the address provided below a copy of the s igned Credi tor ’s Claim. The Claim must be presented by the later to occur of: (a) Thir ty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice to you as provided in RCW 11.40.020(1)(c), or (b) Four (4) months after the date of first publication o f th is Not ice. I f the Claim is not presented within the foregoing time




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period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is ef- fective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.Date of First Publication of this Notice: April 8, 2015.BENJAMIN LAW GROUP, PLLCBy:/s/ Andrew L. Benja- min ANDREW L. BENJAMIN WSBA No. 15223Attorney for the Estate Address for Mailing of Service:Estate of Thomas W. Larsenc/o Benjamin Law Group, PLLC 4616 25th Avenue N.E., #311

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Seattle, WA 98105Legal No. WCW625067 Published: The Whidbey News Times, The South Whidbey Record.April 8, 15, 22, 2015.

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, its successors in interest and/or assigns,Plaintiff,v.UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RUSSELL M. HANSEN; T H O M A S H A N S E N ; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES,Defendants.No. 14-2-00595-9SUMMONS BY PUBLI- CATIONTO THE DEFENDANTS Unknown Heirs of Rus- sell M. Hansen; Thomas Hansen; Occupants of

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the Premises; and any persons or parties claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint:You are hereby sum- moned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after April 1, 2015, and defend the real property foreclosure action in Is- land County Super ior Court, and answer the complaint of Wells Fargo Bank, NA, (“Plaintiff ”). You are asked to serve a copy of your answer or r espons i ve p l ead ing upon the undersigned attorneys for Plaintiff at its office stated below. In case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has

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Baby and Me Story-time, 9:30-10:15 a.m., April 8, Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Stories, songs, rhymes and activities that inspire a love of read-ing. Playtime follows. For newborns through 24 months. Caregiver required. Free. www.sno-isle.org

Literature & Laughter Book Group: “The Boys in the Boat,” 6:15-7:45 p.m., April 8, at the Coupe-ville Library. Join the discus-sion of this year’s Whidbey Reads book by Daniel James Brown. All are welcome. www.sno-isle.org

Thursday April 9

The Not-so-secret Life of Herons, 7 p.m., April 9, at the Coupeville Rec Hall. Learn about this iconic bird and some of its relatives in Dennis Paulson’s pre-sentation to the Whidbey Audubon Society. Doors open at 7 p.m. for socializing and refreshments. After a short meeting, the featured program begins at 7:30 p.m. Dennis Paulson retired a de-cade ago as director of the Slater Museum of Natural History at the University of Puget Sound. www.whidbey-audubon.org

Greenbank Progres-sive Club, 6 p.m. at the Bakken & Firehouse Roads Clubhouse in Greenbank. Dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited and asked to bring a dish to share and their own table service. This evening’s pro-gram will feature a presenta-tion by Bob Tank who will talk about his experiences as a Medical Pathologist. It should be an entertaining talk - Bob says he has a lot of amusing tales to tell. For more information please call 360 678-4885. For rental of the Greenbank Hall, please call 360-678-4813.

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Tears of Joy Theatre Presents: Tad & Fry: A Tale of Friendship and Metamorphosis, 10-11 a.m., Oak Harbor Library. A tadpole and a fry can be-come friends, but what hap-pens when they grow up? What will happen when Tad grows legs or Fry is ready to migrate to the ocean? Experience biology and the science of metamorphosis through this interactive pup-pet performance that uti-lizes shadow puppetry and

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Tears of Joy Theatre Presents: Tad & Fry: A Tale of Friendship and Metamorphosis, 2-3 p.m., Coupeville Library. A tad-pole and a fry can become friends, but what happens when they grow up? What will happen when Tad grows legs or Fry is ready to migrate to the ocean? Experience biology and the science of metamorphosis through this interactive pup-pet performance that uti-lizes shadow puppetry and music. Grab your magnifying glass and come explore your backyard stream. Funded by the Friends of the Coupe-ville Library. www.sno-isle.org

2nd Friday Nonfiction Book Group: Franklin and Winston, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Coupeville Library. Enjoy reading nonfiction? Bring a friend and join the discussion of this title by Jon Meacham. www.sno-isle.org

Saturday April 11

10th LD Democrats April meeting, 9 a.m. at San Remo Grill. Helen Price Johnson, District 1 Island County Commissioner, will be present. If you have top-ics you’d like to address, please send them to Sue Tingstad: [email protected]. RSVPs to Sue would be appreciated.

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Getting Read for Medicare, 9:30 a.m. at Whidbey General Hospital Conference Room A. This is a seminar presented by SHIBA (Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors) volunteers to help people who are turning 65 or about to go on Medicare to earn more about what Medicare is and the benefits provided. 360-678-8328.

Meet the artists, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Garry Oak Gallery, 830 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor. Come in the morning to meet landscape photographer Kelly Kellogg, or the evening to meet painter Margaret Livermore.

Sunday April 12

Go For The Gold Din-ner, 5:30 p.m. at Frasers Gourmet Hideaway. Help send the Wildcat ProStart Culinary Team to nationals. Tickets are $65 and avail-able at Frasers Gourmet Hideaway or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1373087

Monday April 13

Computer Basics, 10-11:30 a.m., at Oak Harbor Library. Sign up for the ever- popular class to learn basic computer skills in Windows 7. Class meets four times: April 13th, 20th, 27th, May 4th . Each class builds on skills taught in the

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Whidbey Reads Film Night: “Invictus,” 5:30 p.m. at Coupeville Library. Newly elected President Mandela (Morgan Freeman) believes the country’s un-derdog rugby team can bring his racially and economically divided people together in post-apartheid South Africa. Popcorn provided by the Friends of the Coupeville Library. Rated PG-13. [email protected]

Meet artist Mike Mor-gan, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Garry Oak Gallery, 830 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor. Visit the gallery to meet artist Mike Morgan. His pieces showcase the beautiful woodgrain and natural shapes of reclaimed old growth timber in unique, striking functional art.

Tuesday April 14

Seattle Opera Pre-view: “Ariadne auf Naxos,” 2-4 p.m. at Coupeville Library. Join Seattle Opera educator Robert McClung for an en-gaging hour-long multimedia presentation that covers the basics of history, music and stagecraft of “Ariadne auf Naxos” by Richard Strauss. Funded by Friends of the Coupeville Library. [email protected]

The American As-sociation of University Women (AAUW) Whid-bey Island Branch Schol-ar Recognition Recep-tion, Tuesday, April 14th at 7:00 pm, at the Coupeville

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Wednesday April 15

Caregiver Support, third Wednesday of the month, at Regency on Whidbey, Oak Harbor. Open to any caregiver car-ing for a family member or friend with any condition. For more information, call Sande at 360-279-0933 or Celeste at 360-678-4880, ext. 24.

Meet the Author: Dan-iel James Brown, 7-8 p.m. at Best Western Plus Har-bor Plaza and Conference Center. Hear Daniel James Brown, author of the 2015 Whidbey Reads title “The Boys in the Boat,” speak about his award-winning work. Refreshments to fol-low; book sales available courtesy of Wind and Tide Bookshop. Funded by the Friends of the Whidbey Is-land Libraries and Oak Har-bor Walmart. Supported by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.

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Master gardener plant clinic, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ace Hardware in Freeland. Bring your problem outdoor plant or come visit with any outdoor plant problem. [email protected]

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Sixth Annual Whidbey Island Chicken Coop Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 18. Self-guided tour. Tickets available at Bayview Farm & Garden or Island Skagit Farmers Country Stores. Presented by the Rockn’Doodle 4-H Poultry club.

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The lawsuits ask for unspecified damages and court orders forcing the county to own and maintain two roads that provide access to homes near the landslide area.

Willie, who said she’s known affectionately as “the water witch,” specializing in both bringing lawsuits and defending against lawsuits involving damage caused by landslides. She said her firm is representing six families struck by the 2014 Oso land-slide, including three that lost loved ones.

The lawsuits allege fault against county officials for not dealing with drainage issues properly in the well-known landslide area, but also asserts that county work-ers did nothing after seeing dirt and trees fall from the bluff — allegedly “the start of the slide” — the day before the massive slide occurred.

“The Island County work-ers fled without notifying the residents,” the lawsuit states, “and took no steps thereafter to alert the residents of Bon Air and Ledgewood of the potential hazards.”

Mark Johnsen, a Seattle attorney representing the county, said the county denies liability for causing the landslide.

“We don’t believe the land-slide was caused by anything the county did,” he said.

“We don’t see any indica-tion it was caused by surface water from county roads. It was primarily a groundwater event,” he added.

Johnsen said a geotechni-cal firm has been monitor-ing ground movement in the area to see if it would be safe to rebuild Driftwood Way, which was partially destroyed in the slide. He said it looks as if the county may be able to rebuild the road — if funding is avail-able — but that it would have to go through an extensive design process.

He said he doesn’t know the status of a small emer-gency access road that the county built after the slide.

One of the lawsuits is a class-action complaint that names nine individuals as well as “all others similarly sit-uated,” Bon Air Community Club and Ledgewood Beach Water District as plaintiffs.

The other lawsuit names four plaintiffs — Teddi Kachi, Graham Lind, Janice Roberts and David Watts — whose three homes were “red tagged” or “yellow tagged” by the county following the landslide. Red-tagged homes are deemed unsafe to enter while yellow tags mean peo-ple can’t stay overnight.

The slide awakened resi-dents of the neighborhood at about 4 a.m. as 5.3 mil-

lion cubic feet of earth, one house and a small patch of woods was displaced in a matter of moments, accord-ing to a Department of Natural Resources report. The slide destroyed part of the Driftwood Way roadway beneath it and affected many other homes, but nobody was injured.

Roberts’ home, which sub-sequently was red-tagged, was later vandalized, looted and then destroyed by arson, the lawsuit states.

“It’s heartbreaking,” Willie said. “For most people, their primary asset they have in their lives is their homes. To come back from something like this is very difficult.”

Homeowners’ insurance doesn’t cover landslides unless a homeowner pur-chases “a rider” covering landslides, which can be very expensive or impossible to get, she said.

The lawsuits outline the geotechnical analysis and work that the county has done in the Ledgewood Beach area going back as far as 1977.

The lawsuits state that the county was aware of the instability of the landmass above Driftwood Way in 1991 and was warned by geolo-gist Gerald Thorsen against the “potentially destabilizing effect of adding fill to the road.” Golder Associates also concluded in 1997 that the county’s continual placement of fill on the road “decreased the stability of the area,” the lawsuit states.

Nevertheless, lawsuits claims, the county “worsened the situation on Driftwood Way by adding and compact-ing fill on the roadway.”

Driftwood Way was hit by significant landslides in 1996 and 2006; both times the county rebuilt the road.

The lawsuits alleges that the county recognized groundwater was likely the cause of ground movement

in the area but did not take steps to mitigate the prob-lem.

The lawsuits claim that the county was aware in 2012 and 2013 that a cross-culvert was blocked and wasn’t con-veying water underneath Driftwood Way, but did noth-ing to fix it.

“These things are not that mysterious,” Willie said. “Common sense and preven-tative measures may have prevented this.”

In addition, the law-suits claim that the county breached its duties by refus-ing to accept ownership or maintenance responsibility for an access road built to link the south end of Driftwood Way to Fircrest Avenue. The road doesn’t allow access to all of the residents’ require-ments, including complete emergency services, the law-suits states.

A 2013 report that GeoEngineers, Inc. com-piled for the county, however, didn’t identify the blocked culvert or fill as contributing factors in the landslide.

The report pointed to high seasonal and cumula-tive groundwater; built-up groundwater and hydrostatic pressure from previous slide material impeding seepage; pre-existing slide planes; and erosion at the toe of the slide area as likely triggers.

Also, the Department of Natural Resources’ “quick report” by four geologists described the landslide as part of a much larger, 1.5-mile “landslide complex” that may date back as much as 11,000 years and consists of poorly consolidated materi-als.

Since the landslide was “deep seated,” one of the state DNR geologists said it was debatable whether groundwater or surface run-off was even a factor.


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nology to save money and increase technol-ogy, it’s a win for everyone.”

Servatius recently gave his colleagues a workshop on how to use the city’s new iPads. He showed, for example, the ease in which it can be used to search through documents, which is extremely useful when council handles issues with long or compli-cated history.

“You just enter a search term and it can rip through that almost instantly,” he said, “and find every instance of that term.”

In addition, he showed the council how they can highlight or add notes to pages.

Servatius explained that he was met with a hill of paperwork when taking office in 2012. At that time, staff members printed 14 copies of the voluminous agenda packets for each meeting, which he said added up to about 42,000 pages a year.

And that didn’t include all the paper that’s created for workshops.

Paper is costly, he said. It costs about one cent for each black-and-white copy and 7.8 cents per color page.

Servatius said the iPads will pay for them-selves in paper savings in about 18 months.

Anna Thompson, the city clerk, said cre-ating the digital documents for the council is a relatively straight-forward process. She pointed out that the city has agenda packets and a lot of other material available online for the public from all the way back to 2009.

Essentially, anyone with a computer or iPad will have the same access to most,

if not all, of the same materials that the council does.

Servatius said he bought his own iPad for council work in order to show that it can be done. The council members have had laptops for years, but they are aging and have limited capabilities.

Apparently everyone was impressed. When the opportunity came for the city to purchase iPads at a special price, the coun-cil jumped at the chance.

The council members at the workshop seemed to embrace the iPads, though Councilman Rick Almberg needed a little extra attention.

Councilman Jim Campbell may be the oldest member of the council, but he’s a big fan of technology. He said he wished the city at large could go paperless and place everything online for the public to see, but the upfront cost is currently prohibitive.

As for the iPads, Campbell said they’re great.

“Just like anything else, you need to play with it to get the hang of it,” he said.

Servatius said he been at meetings with council members from cities across the state and found that about three-quarters of them are already using iPads or similar devices for city business.

“We’re actually behind the times,” he said.

Servatius said Mayor Scott Dudley encouraged him to join the city’s technol-ogy committee, which he did in order to help usher in a new age of technology.

He said he hopes to help bring tech-nology to work in other areas of the city, whether it’s the RV park reservation system or smart lighting.

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