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    Articles by Scott Rasmussen
    WSDOT CEO Lynn Peterson and Lynne Griffith
    Mostly positive reviews for ferry reservations in San...
    By Scott Rasmussen • June 23, 2015 1:42 pm

    Lynn Peterson, chief of Washington State Ferries and the secretary of the state Department of Transportation, came to San Juan Island to find out the state of the ferries reservation system.

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    Fireworks on the way – be safe | Editorial
    Fireworks on the way – be safe |...
    By Scott Rasmussen • June 21, 2015 12:00 pm

    We would like to remind everyone that personal fireworks are not allowed anywhere in our beautiful county. The use of any type of personal fireworks presents a real danger of injury and fire.

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    Lawmakers should fund life sciences discovery | Don Brunell
    Lawmakers should fund life sciences discovery | Don...
    By Scott Rasmussen • June 16, 2015 4:39 pm

    Some may remember the infamous Seattle billboard: “Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights?”

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    The daughters of the First Family
    New allies in killer whale recovery? Orcas adopted...
    By Scott Rasmussen • June 9, 2015 7:12 pm

    Presented to the president as gifts for his daughters, the orca adoptions are intended to help raise the profile of the plight of the Southern resident killer whales and underscore how breaching four dams on the Lower Snake River is the swiftest course of action to provide the endangered population with a greater abundance of food, Chinook salmon.

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    Poking out of a light haze on the horizon
    Promise of would-be nature preserve glistens at campaign...
    By Scott Rasmussen • June 4, 2015 3:54 pm

    Flanked by Trout Lake to the south and Lawson’s Pond to the north, Mount Grant sits in between Cady Mountain and Mount Dallas. It’s craggily summit offers expansive views in all directions, for as far as the eye can see, and it’s been a hidden favorite for hikers on clandestine excursions over the years; a series of hiking tails through the woodlands below is part of the plan.

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    2015 state 2B hurdles champ Willie Blackmon takes the lead in a 300-meter hurdle heat in 2014.
    Big tumble followed by even bigger win at...
    By Scott Rasmussen • May 31, 2015 8:56 pm

    Willis Blackmon bounces back from a hard fall in a preliminary heat to run away with the 300-meter hurdle crown at the 2B state track and field championships.

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    The Wolverines celebrate a home run by Lauren Ayers (far left) in their league title-clinching May 12 win at home over Darrington
    Wolverines oust La Conner, clinch berth at State...
    By Scott Rasmussen • May 22, 2015 10:24 pm

    Friday Harbor opens play in the 16-team, 2B state tournament May 29, in Yakima, on the heels of a 10-6 win over the Braves in the district championship game, May 21.

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    Dr. Christian Sidor
    State’s first-ever dinosaur fossil unearthed on Sucia Island
    By Scott Rasmussen • May 22, 2015 1:45 pm

    Believed to be 80 million years old, the fossil was first sighted in mid-May 2012 near the shore of one of a number of Sucia Island marine state parks by a Burke Museum research team. And not just any park, but near one of the campsites by—get this—Sucia Island’s Fossil Bay.

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    A portrait of the a Stubby Squid (Rossia Pacifica) is one of the many provocative photographs of creatures of the deep by Susan Middleton
    ‘Spineless’… sea creatures like you’ve never seen ’em...
    By Scott Rasmussen • May 20, 2015 1:58 pm

    Beginning Saturday, May 23, San Juan Islands Art Museum will showcase the work of wildlife photographer extraordinaire Susan Middleton in an exhibit entitled, “Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, the Backbone of Life.” The exhibit, which runs through Aug. 21, features many of the mesmerizing, provocative, almost other-worldly images contained in Middleton’s latest book by the same name.

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    A cleanup crew relies on a sheriff's boat to remove a mass of tires dumped on the waterfront of the Land Bank's Deadman Bay preserve in mid-March
    San Juan man cleared of dumping mass amount...
    By Scott Rasmussen • May 15, 2015 11:39 pm

    In a decision handed down March 11, San Juan County Hearings Examiner Phil Olbrechts ruled the county lacked sufficient evidence to tie 34-year-old Richard Morgan Foley to the pile of tires discarded on the waterfront of Deadman Bay a year ago in mid-March and dismissed one of two notices of violation leveled against him.

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    The Wolverines converge at home plate to celebrate teammate Lauren Ayers and her fifth-inning solo home run in the Wolverines league title clinching victory at home over Darrington
    Wolverines dispatch Darrington, 6-1, seal first-place finish in...
    By Scott Rasmussen • May 13, 2015 5:31 pm

    Caitlyn Domenech swatted a solo home run to lead off the opening inning, a first-ever for the four-year veteran, and Lauren Ayers crossed home plate in the first frame as well, giving the Wolverines an early 2-0 advantage and all the offense they would need to seal both the victory at home and no less than a share of the 2015 Northwest 2B/1B League title.

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    Far right; Raena Parsons
    On Stage: ‘9 to 5: The Musical,’ What...
    By Scott Rasmussen • May 12, 2015 5:30 pm

    While the title tune is no doubt familiar, if you think you know “9 to 5,” well, think again, because the musical, with 16 different songs, adds a new, hilarious dimension to the story as told on film.

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    Construction crews rely on heavy equipment and earth movers to carve out a corridor and build a reinforcement berm on Mount Finlayson in the early phase of realignment and relocation of Cattle Point Road
    Mt Finlayson gets a face-lift to make way...
    By Scott Rasmussen • April 30, 2015 3:35 pm

    Starting at the north side of the bluff, at Pickett’s Lane, the stretch of road that now winds along the base of Mount Finlayson will be moved 300 feet uphill from its current location. The right-of-way will pass about 150 feet below the 1.5-mile ridge trail that traverses its summit.

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    • League of Women Voters Observer Corps notes on County Council and Hospital District meetings
    • Breaking ground at the Fairgrounds – New projects underway
    • Library Board meeting notice
    • Sheriff’s Office demonstrates new drone technology to County Council
    • Sowing Seeds of Hope for Survivors of Sexual Abuse

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