An environmental message wrapped up in a wildly inventive plot, delivered with a heavy dose of humor.
Friday Harbor’s 9th & 10th grade team claims second straight Knowledge Bowl championship; Public Schools Foundation delivers $60K in donations for schools.
Guys on Ice chronicles the amusing antics of three Wisconsin fishing buddies and home-grown philosophers in song and dance as they spend a day inside an ice shanty.
San Juan County is home to 32 registered sex offenders, but David Franklin Stewart, who late last week moved into his San Juan Island home, is its only level 3 offender, a category considered at “high risk” to reoffend.
Local authorities last week received a letter from David Franklin Stewart notifying them of his intent to relocate to San Juan Island, where he and his wife bought a home in the Bridle Trails Estates neighborhood in 2004.
The San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild, owner of Brickworks, last week announced receipt of a $100,000 matching grant from the Town of Friday Harbor, allocated by way of the town lodging tax fund. Under terms of the agreement, the grant is earmarked for capital expenditures and facility related improvements, and will be issued as matches to other private or public donations, or grants or gifts toward the project.
County council incumbent Rick Hughes held a narrow lead over political newcomer Greg Ayers as of Tuesday’s tally, with 114 votes separating the two council hopefuls. Hughes had 1,312 votes, or 27 percent of Tuesday’s tally, versus Ayers’ 1,198 votes, or 25 percent. Roughly 1,000 ballots have yet to be counted.
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office made 16 DUI arrests in the month of January. If that rate were to hold, the number of DUI arrests would hit 180 over the course of the year. That’s nearly double the 93 of 2011, one of the highest totals in recent years.
Friday Harbor put the finishing touch on claiming the Northwest 1A/2B League championship in a 64-30 runaway win over 2B Shoreline Christian (1-19) Thursday, Jan. 31, in Turnbull Gym. But the Wolverines begin post-season play with two starters sidelined with season-ending injuries.
Jean Melborne, the Wolverines only senior, tallied 19 points to lead the Wolverines (1-6 league, 4-15 overall) on the offensive end in the regular-season finale. She scored eight of the team’s first 10 points, as Friday Harbor jumped out to an early six-point lead.
Senior Donald Galt tossed in a game-high 24 points and point-guard C.J. Woods added 18, knocking down 7-of-10 free-throw attempts along the way, as the Wolverines (5-0 league, 10-7 overall) catapulted to the top of the Northwest 1A/2B League standings with a 64-52 upset at home, Friday, over previously unbeaten La Conner.
Friday Harbor will be looking to bounce back from a loss at home when they host undefeated La Conner (15-0), Friday, with the Northwest 1A/2B League title on the line.
As winner of the Journal’s annual Baby Derby, Lorraine and the Eastman family will receive what’s known as the “Baby Booty”, consisting of more than $500 in gifts, prizes and age-appropriate packages donated by 20 separate businesses, merchants and local retailers.
