Orcas Island Fire District commissioners say fire officials from Lopez, Orcas, San Juan and Shaw islands are in agreement regarding the proposed interlocal agreement for the county fire marshal position. The parties met at a June 17 inter-district fire commissioners meeting to discuss the current situation.
After graduating from Stadium High School in Tacoma, Violet moved to Seattle and raised her three children on Queen Anne Hill. During World War II, Violet was a Civil Defense precinct operator and Grey Lady nurse, caring for the wounded as they arrived on ships from the Pacific War. Her career spanned the hotel and lumber industries and many years as an administrative assistant for the Washington State Ferry system.
Three Islands Oil Spill Association workers are in the Gulf of Mexico region, helping to capture and clean oiled birds. And a bird rescue research center is asking all qualified responders to be available through the end of August. IOSA director Julie Knight and volunteer Sam Pottenger, both of Lopez Island, went to the Gulf June 12. Volunteer Amy Lum of Orcas Island joined them on June 19.
Kate Storms won first place and Lynette Cabrera won second place in the Pet Poetry Contest hosted by Peace of Mind Pet Sitting. Storms received a total prize package valued at $375; Cabrera received a total prize package valued at $175.
Former Friday Harbor High School golf standout Cody Price won the San Juan Open over the weekend, shooting 75-77 to win his first Open on his home course. Three-time Open winner Ron Bates finished second with 160. Bob Krueger finished third with 161.
Often, high school graduation is viewed by many as a chance to celebrate with drinking alcohol or using illegal substances. Thankfully, our community once again stepped up to help offer our graduating seniors another option: Project Grad Night, an all-night, alcohol and drug-free party exclusively for them!
The Youth Leadership Initiative in Grade 6 is a local effort to commence local, state and national connections for youth in coalition work. The Coalition for Anti-Drug Communities of America (CADCA) sponsors an annual National Youth Leadership Initiative in Washington, D.C. This week-long training in the capital is an opportunity for selected youth and their adult coalition advisers to come current with training and learn how to build their coalitions at home to effect community change.
June 9, a Journal employee once again loaded up a pickup truck with recyclable materials and headed to the solid waste transfer station. The employee’s vehicle waited in line as three other motorists emptied their recyclable containers into the big bin. Then, the Journal employee backed in, dumped four containers of office-related paper and plastic, and two containers of paper and plastic from home, into the bin and drove off. All for free. Which begs the question, “Why?”
The 11th annual Orca Sing concert — June 19, 6 p.m. at Lime Kiln Point State Park — was dedicated to the people and wildlife of the oil-stricken Gulf region. The concert featured maestro Fred West and members of the City Cantabile Choir in a celebration in song and words for the Salish Sea’s resident orca whales.
Findlay Maric Smith was born May 17, 11:15 p.m. in the Greenbank Birth Center, Whidbey Island. He weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces and measured 19 inches.
Pat and Debbie Sandwith of Friday Harbor, Wash., happily announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Sandwith, Friday Harbor High School Class of 2002, to Dallas Osburn, son of Mrs. Bobbi Jo Osburn, and the late Mr. Dave Osburn, of Santa Maria, Calif.
Born in Cottage Grove, Ore., Jan. 7, 1921, Marian is the daughter of Elmer and Nellie Mae Moore. She graduated from Cottage Grove High School in 1938. She studied Dietary Management and Home Economics at Oregon State University in Corvallis.
Bea obtained her B.A. in English in 1938 and gradually worked her way to the West Coast as a teacher, spending time in New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, and Vancouver, B.C. She began her teaching career in 1950 as a nursery school teacher, then taught grades 1-8 at various times over the next 33 years. It was the Great Depression and seeing the breadlines that motivated Bea to have a lifelong career.
