Patty Ann Leake was the great granddaughter of island pioneers James and Adeline King and was raised in Friday Harbor. She graduated from Friday Harbor High School and from McDonald’s School of Beauty.
Monday’s closure marks the fourth of five unpaid furlough days for county employees during the 2011 calendar year, while further cuts in the 2011 budget have also been made.
The island offers anything from sport camps to weed pulling to sailboat races
A look at San Juan’s instrumental group, Enso and their new CD
The 4th annual plein-air painting event, July 30 from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the south entrance to Turtleback Mountain Preserve, includes live art show and auction, picnic with local food and music.
Despite signs posted that no dogs are allowed in the building, which is per the Postal Inspection Service for all postal facilities, our employees have cleaned up dog feces at least three times in the past few months.
The recent library mailer is very careful not to mention how much property tax revenue the SJ library is, or will be allowed to collect if the lid lift request passes in August.
July 9: A late-night clash over the day-use area of San Juan Island’s county park led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Seattle man for possession of marijuana. The man was taken into custody at about 1 a.m. after he and a friend, who were sleeping in the day-use area, refused to leave the area and return to their campsite, prompting a call to Sheriff’s department from park staff. A deputy reportedly noticed a lighter and paraphernalia in the man’s shoe as the two men were preparing to leave.
Recent enforcement of park laws has sparked controversy in the community. According to those accused of breaking these laws, which include leash laws and parking violations, it’s not so much that — but how laws are enforced.
Travel back in time with this multimedia dispatch of English Camp’s Encampment
In a 4-1 decision, the commission on July 20 voted against seeking a two-year, temporary increase in the district’s property tax levy as a possible solution for eliminating the debt and financial obligations that must be cleared from the books of Inter Island Medical Center before the clinic closes its doors.
Family and friends are mourning the loss of long-time islander Wilma Denise Munsey, who passed away suddenly July 20.
At least four people were airlifted from Shaw Island with injuries and 40 people were treated with less severe injuries on island after an accident on a hayride went “terribly wrong.”
