A memorial service will be held for David Werling on Wednesday, July 22 at 4 p.m. at the Roche Harbor Pavilion.
Nancy Adkins, 74, passed away at her home in Anacortes July 15, 2009. She was surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Friday Harbor, Wash., Feb. 29 to Gladys (nee Guard) and Raymond Madden. Kathryn’s birth was followed by sister Florence Prentiss (now deceased), brother James Madden (now deceased) and sister Molly Madden of Friday Harbor.
Orca Relief Citizens Alliance says more protests are to come, after initial July 11 on-the-water protest of commercial whale-watching vessels. The protest began a few miles off San Juan Island’s west side. The group included Isla Cropper, Suzanne Franklin, Adrian Kilpatrick, Peter Kilpatrick, Rowan North, and boat skipper Henry Wendt, past CEO of SmithKlineBeacham.
The San Juan Island Community Foundation presented about $50,200 in grants to address what more than 300 volunteers have identified as critical needs in the community. The event was held at the San Juan Community Theatre’s Steele Garden.
The San Juan County Council has scheduled a special council session July 22 to consider putting a proposal on the November ballot that would increase the county’s property tax. State law limits annual property tax increases to 1 percent; an increase of more than 1 percent requires voter approval.
Dr. Denise King, for four years the director of Skagit Valley College San Juan Center, is leaving in August to become dean of arts and humanities at St. Charles Community College in Missouri. King made her resignation public last week in an e-mail sent to more than 113 people.
The veteran excursion and whale-watch vessel Odyssey ran aground on Leo Reef Rocks off Lopez Island Wednesday, necessitating evacuation of nearly 80 passengers by other whale-watch charter boats and the United States Coast Guard.
The San Juan County Council has scheduled a special council session July 22 to consider putting a proposal on the November ballot that would increase the county’s property tax. State law limits annual property tax increases to 1 percent; an increase of more than 1 percent requires voter approval.
It appears that Washington State Ferries will be able to avoid drastic reductions in morning sailings from the San Juans this fall, thanks to a decision announced Monday by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has notified Washington State Ferries that it can continue to schedule “touring watches” on its Anacortes-to-San Juan Islands routes on a trial basis. Touring watches allow WSF to schedule crew members to finish a shift in the San Juans, spend the night, then begin a new shift here the next morning.
The Town of Friday Harbor and San Juan Island fire departments host their annual pancake breakfast at the town fire hall on July 18 and 19. They will serve from 7 a.m. to noon both days. Breakfast is a helping of ham, scrambled eggs, coffee, OJ and all the delicious pancakes you can eat.
The hour changes were made official Tuesday after the County Council voted to give County Administrator Pete Rose the authority to modify the hours county agencies are open to the public for periods of up to three months.
Two San Juan County residents, two Grays Harbor County residents and the San Juan County Green Party today sued Secretary of State Sam Reed and County Auditor Milene Henley, seeking to prohibit placement of unique bar code identifiers on ballots. The plaintiffs are Allan Rosato and Tim White of Orcas Island, Arthur Grunbaum and Linda Orgel of Grays Harbor County, and the San Juan County Green Party.
