The Journal of the San Juan Islands
The Journal of the San Juan Islands
The Journal of the San Juan Islands' Citizen of the Year for 2009 is announced in the newspaper's Wednesday edition. The edition will be on newsstands late Tuesday and in subscribers' mailboxes Wednesday.

Citizen of the Year for 2009 announced in Wednesday's Journal


January 5, 2010 · Updated 4:59 PM 

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The Journal of the San Juan Islands' Citizen of the Year for 2009 is announced in the newspaper's Wednesday edition. The edition will be on newsstands late Tuesday and in subscribers' mailboxes Wednesday.

Journal Citizens of the Year since 1999
— 2008: Charles Anderson, chairman, San Juan Island Community Foundation; member, San Juan Community Hospital Committee.
— 2007: Dave Dehlendorf and Lori Stokes, San Juan Anti-Litter Initiative.
— 2006: Don Galt, developer of the Carter Avenue sports fields.
— 2005: San Juan County Board of Freeholders.
— 2004: Joyce Sobel, director of the San Juan Island Family Resource Center.
— 2003: Lovel Pratt, director of the San Juan Home Trust.
— 2002: Friday Harbor and San Juan Island District 3 firefighters.
— 2001: Kathy Guy, administrator of Inter-Island Medical Center.
— 2000: Thomas Forester, director of the Lopez Community Land Trust.
— 1999: Robert Moran, founder of Moran State Park (Citizen of the Century).

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