Friday Harbor could soon have a new sister city — Shetland Islands, Scotland. A visit from Mark Burgess, a member of the Scalloway Community Council in the Shetland Islands, sparked a correspondence between Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher and Alexander J. Cluness, convener of the Shetland Islands Council (convenor is the equivalent of mayor). That led to an exchange of information about their respective communities, and now Lacher’s formal invitation to establish a sister city relationship.
Albert Strasser of Friday Harbor has been named to the Dean’s List of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Bills regarding electric vehicle use and farm internships, both sponsored by Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-San Juan Island, cleared the House on Wednesday with near-unanimous bipartisan support.
There are two candidates for one position on the San Juan Islands Conservation District Board of Supervisors: Ed Kilduff, an environmental planner and geologist, as well as member of the San Juan County Solid Waste Advisory Committee; and Henning Sehmsdorf, owner and operator of S&S Homestead Farm, and incumbent district supervisor.
Rich Peterson announced Sunday he will seek a second term as San Juan County Council member from the Second District, South San Juan. “He is hopeful that he has earned the trust of voters in the Second District and their support for his re-election,” he said in a press release.
More photographs of the raising of the El Dorado, a 50-foot wooden boat that sank at Friday Harbor Marina’s breakwater…
Richard Olin’s “El Dorado” was more than a 50-foot wooden boat. It was home. And as crews worked to raise the vessel and contain fuel Wednesday, bystanders likened the boat’s sinking to a house being destroyed by fire.
Standing on the newly annexed “Sunrise” property, it’s hard to believe that this rural land of yellow grass, willow trees and seasonal dust is now within the town limits of busy Friday Harbor. It’s harder still to imagine that by this time next year, these mellow 5.12 acres of the former Buck/Boreen property will be transformed into an active, community hub complete with 14 new family homes and a trail connecting town to Jackson’s Beach. And that is just the first phase.
The San Juan County-Town of Friday Harbor Department of Emergency Management reports there is no risk of tsunami in the San Juan Islands resulting from the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile early today.
Donald E. Eaton was serving today as Superior Court commissioner. Effective March 22, he’ll be serving as Superior Court judge. Gov. Christine Gregoire today announced Eaton’s appointment to the San Juan County Superior Court, effective March 22. He will succeed Judge John O. Linde, who died in December.
The Friday Harbor Town Council voted 3-2 to pull out of the proposed purchase of the permanent farmers market site, saying there’s no guarantee the contribution of lodging tax funds for the purchase will clear the state auditor.
The San Juan County Fair will have about $5,000 from the county general fund to help it get through 2010. Whatever else the fair might need to keep itself afloat, it will have to generate on its own. That’s why a new land-use overlay has been welcomed with open arms at the headquarters of the county fair. It sets the stage for the fair to host, and to cash in on, an assortment of activities and events that have long been prohibited by land use rules that apply to all 14 acres of the fairgrounds in Friday Harbor.
Fast forward to August 2009. A 35- to 40-foot pontoon houseboat is photographed off Shipyard Cove taking on water Aug. 2, then partially submerged Sept. 2. And no one would take responsibility, to give the OK to take the vessel out of the water. The registered owner said she had sold it. The U.S. Coast Guard waited to see if it became a hazard to navigation. State DNR waited to see if it became an environmental hazard. Meanwhile, currents carried the houseboat around Turn Island, through Cattle Pass, to Eagle Point, and then across Haro Strait to Canadian waters. Without a local coordinator, the San Juans’ participation in the Derelict Vessel Removal Program was rudderless.
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