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'Carmen': Opera Pacifica brings a rare opportunity, and a beautiful story, to SJCT
Jenny Knapp and Robert Corl perform the lead roles in ‘Carmen,’ Oct. 24-25 at San Juan Community Theatre. - Opera Pacifica Oct 15 2009, 5:09 PM Since Georges Bizet's "Carmen" premiered in 1875, the comic opera and its music ("Les Toreadors," "Habanera") have become immortalized on stage and in film. Hard to infuse something unique into such a classic, particularly after so many film adaptations (the 1983 film directed by Carlos Saura was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar, and Beyonce Knowles starred in an MTV "hip hopera" version in 2001).

Meet L113, the newest Southern Resident killer whale calf
L113, a new Southern Resident killer whale calf, was photographed traveling with L94 and L41 on Oct. 10, off Port Townsend. The calf Oct 15 2009, 5:06 PM A calf has been born to L pod, bumping the Southern Resident killer whale population to 86.

Center for Whale Research director Ken Balcomb said today that the calf was born sometime between Sept. 20, when the pod was last seen without a new calf, and Oct. 10, when the calf was sighted off Port Townsend.

Viking girls learn the agony of defeat
Vikings battle the Wolverines for ball possession. Left to right, Hannah Starr, Stephanie Shaw, Mandy Turnbull, and Emily Diepenbrock. - Jennifer Brennock photo Oct 16 2009, 3:02 PM After a hard-fought game, the Orcas Viking girls soccer team walked slowly from the field dejected after narrowly losing to Friday Harbor 2-3 on Thursday.

For the second time this year, Friday Harbor Animal Shelter helps animals from outside area
Leslie Byron holds one of the cats in the Friday Harbor Animal Shelter. The shelter is housing animals from the King County Animal Shelter. - Jane K. Fox Oct 28 2009, 1:53 PM Leslie Byron says it was a quiet summer for the Friday Harbor Animal Shelter. With a marmalade cat at her ankles and Halloween pumpkins at the door, the place does exude a certain peace.

The quiet, however, has not outlasted fall. With the news of King County attempting to relinquish charge of its animal shelters, Byron knew she had to do something.

"It's because of budget cuts," explains Byron, when asked what went wrong in King County. The prospect of so many animals being euthanized because they lacked a home, was insupportable to her.

Voters approve Proposition 1, will raise money for county programs and services; Orcas voters create recreation district
Proponents of San Juan County Proposition 1 said the measure would provide funding for community services and programs, like 4-H. The county cut funding for non-essential programs and services, but many islanders considered those programs and services vital nonetheless. - Journal file photo Nov 03 2009, 9:11 PM An 11th-hour reprieve stood between some of the more popular publicly-funded programs in San Juan County and the chopping block.

Goodbye, safe and sane: San Juan County voters uphold fireworks ban
Voters on Tuesday ratified a local ordinance approved by the County Council more than a year ago that bans the use of all types of so-called consumer fireworks, including those labeled Nov 04 2009, 11:53 AM Put away the fireworks, the party is over.

Write-in candidate wins on Lopez Island; three votes separate two candidates for Orcas Island recreation commission
As of Friday at 2:52 p.m., the Elections Department reported counting 7,655 ballots of 11,542 mailed out. There are only 100 ballots left to count. The voter turnout: 66.32 percent. The next ballot count is scheduled for Nov. 13. The county Canvassing Board is scheduled to certify the election Nov. 24. - San Juan County Elections Department Nov 06 2009, 3:42 PM Tuesday's election was historic: Election of the first woman mayor of Friday Harbor. Funding of school sports through a recreation district. Creation of a recreation district on Orcas Island.

There were surprises as well.

Updated election results show a write-in candidate to be the clear winner in the race for a Fisherman Bay Sewer District Commission position, and three votes separating the two candidates for the new Orcas Island Park and Recreation District Commission.

Surviving winter storms is a team effort: Weather wisdom from Department of Emergency Management
High winds, snow, toppling trees. Can it get worse? It has. Top photo: Ice at the Port of Friday Harbor in 1989. Bottom photo: Lopez Island in 1916. - Town and County Department of Emergency Management Nov 19 2009, 12:23 PM By BRENDAN COWAN Town and County Department of Emergency Management

Mom, daughter killed in Saturna Island plane crash have San Juan ties
Kerry and Pat Morrissey at their wedding. She and their infant daughter died Sunday in a plane crash in Saturna Island Nov 30 2009, 4:20 PM BULLETIN: The victims in the plane crash have been identified. See BCLOCALNEWS.COM

The bad news: We’re running out of electricity. The good news: There’s a lot you can do about it
State Rep. Jeff Morris, D-Anacortes, answers an energy-related question from Charles Anderson of the San Juan Island Community Foundation, Nov. 20 at OPALCO’s offices in Friday Harbor. Morris talked about energy efficiency laws he has sponsored, and of technology changes that could make more energy available. - Richard Walker Dec 02 2009, 10:18 AM As you illuminate your house for the holidays, keep this in mind: