‘Focus, young grasshopper.’ Clinton Gauthier wrote the winning caption in the Journal’s Daily Photo Caption contest for Aug. 19, at the San Juan County Fair. He can claim his prize at The Journal office, 640 Mullis St., Friday Harbor. Or call 360-378-5696.
‘Too bad we’re out of duct tape.’ Kelsey Guyer wrote the winning caption in The Journal’s Daily Photo Caption contest for Aug. 18, at the San Juan County Fair. She can claim her prize at The Journal office, 640 Mullis St., Friday Harbor. Or call 360-378-5696.
The following residents won a year’s subscription to The Journal of the San Juan Islands or The Islands’ Sounder in the daily drawings at the Journal/Sounder booth at the San Juan County Fair, Aug. 18-21.
Former U.S. Treasurer Angela “Bay” Buchanan, co-chairwoman of Team America PAC, will join Congressional candidate John Koster in campaign appearances in the region Aug. 26.
This year’s annual Concours d’Elegance is Aug. 29 at San Juan Vineyards. Organized by the Sports Car Club of the San Juan Islands in association with the Rotary Club of San Juan Island, the event begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 3:30 p.m. Owners of classic, special interest and sports cars are invited to participate. To register a car for the event, download the schedule and registration form at www.sanjuanconcours.org or call 370-5531.
While renovating a farmhouse in Ohio in 1988, we sought warmth and exuberance at Findlay Market in Cincinnati where urban, rural and suburban folk jostled in a friendly melee for seven kinds of bacon, German sausage, fresh produce and good food. Across the country, these markets served as beacons to revitalize blighted or underutilized areas. New consumers came downtown on a regular basis, and small business, the engine of American economic success, had a forum from which to sell.
The Whale Museum’s 2010 Lecture Series presents Capt. Paul Watson on Aug. 27, 7 p.m., at the Grange Hall on First Street in Friday Harbor. The event is free and open to the public. For 30 years, Watson has been at the helm of the world’s most active marine protection non-profit organization, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. His career as a Master Mariner began in 1968 as a seaman with the Merchant Marines and with the Canadian Coast Guard.
When PeaceHealth cuts the ribbon on its San Juan Island hospital in the summer of 2012, county residents will have a new option for health care. “It’s not the same kind of hospital as Skagit, Island or St. Joe’s. So, for some patients it will be very appropriate to send them, but some will need hospitalization on the mainland,” said Dr. Anthony Giefer of Orcas Medical Center.
Northwest Educational Service District 189, in collaboration with Northwest Early Learning, is gathering information on the systems, services and supports available for infants, toddlers and their families within Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties.
The San Juan County Solid Waste Survey received responses from 26 percent of the recipients of the questionnaires mailed in late July, county Communications Manager Stan Matthews reported. Survey Consultant Nina Rook of Marketing Resources termed the response rate “Outstanding.” Rook will present the results of the survey to the County Council at a workshop held on Aug. 30, beginning at 8:30 a.m., in the council’s hearing room in Friday Harbor. The workshop is open to the public.
Salmon or roast pork. Dessert. Games and tournaments. And it’s all free. The Friday Harbor Port District continues its 60th anniversary celebration Aug. 28, noon to 4 p.m. with its Salmon Barbecue/Beach Bash Potluck.
I rarely ever write a letter to the editor. However, when a front page article, “Our solid waste dilemma” (Aug. 18 Journal, page 1), spends about a quarter of its space treating us like little kids and threatening us with the bogey man … “it is unlawful for any person to dispose of controlled solid waste … except at County-authorized disposal sites …”, it is time to respond.
Two former chairpersons of the San Juan County Land Bank Commission are urging the County Council in writing to approve the Land Bank’s
acquisition of 150 Nichols St., proposed as the site of a year-round
farmers market and events center.One former chairman said that if the council votes Tuesday to not accept the deed for historic preservation and open space easements — a purchase it has twice approved — the council “could cause permanent damage to the ability of the Land Bank to keep the faith of the citizens of San Juan County, making their mission of land preservation much more difficult.”
