Shannon Leigh Smith passed away May 11, 2010, at the age of 35. She was a professional caregiver and a 1994 graduate of Friday Harbor High School. Her loving passion was taking care of island children, and she was an active fund-raiser for various causes.
The 2010 election season will officially open with the beginning of Filing Week on June 7, when hundreds of candidates throughout Washington officially launch their campaigns. Candidates can file for office by using the Internet, in-person filing or submitting the declaration of candidacy via mail.
A summary of a lacrosse season that will long be remembered is the top feature of The Journal’s Wednesday edition, which will be available at newsstands and markets Tuesday afternoon.
Until the mess is sorted out, Washington State Ferries won’t be seeing an increase in its fares. On May 18, the State Transportation Commission unanimously voted to delay further consideration of ferry fare adjustments until ferry operational reviews are completed.
Friday Harbor’s Memorial Day Parade begins at 10:30 a.m. today. The procession will start on Second Street, then turn onto Spring Street to Memorial Park. After the ceremony, children will place flowers into the harbor in memory of the nation’s Navy war dead.
Alex Tindall scored 5 goals and Trey Knowles and Nick Peters each scored 4 to lead Lynnwood to its first Division II state lacrosse championship in a 16–7 win over San Juan, Saturday before 2,650 at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium. The championship was the first in two tries for Lynnwood. “Our plan going into the game was shoot, shoot, shoot. It didn’t matter whether the shots hit or not,” said Tindall, whose team fired 44 shots at the San Juan cage to unsettle the Skagit Conference champions. “We’ve worked hard all season for this,” he said. “It was a great team effort.”
The Lynnwood Tigers defeated the San Juan Dragons 16-7 Saturday and claimed the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association Division II state championship, at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium. And so the Dragons’ remarkable season comes to an end: The Skagit Conference title, five spots on the All-Conference Team, and division leaders in assists, goals, groundball recovery and saves.
The San Juan Dragons’ Michael Ausilio and Kyle Skoog scored in the third quarter but the Lynnwood Tigers went man-up and broadened their lead to 16-6 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, in the Division II lacrosse state championship game, Saturday at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium.
Lynnwood freshman Nick Peters and senior Trey Knowles each scored a pair of goals as Lynnwood jumped to an 8–4 half-time lead over San Juan in the Division II lacrosse state championship game vs. San Juan, Saturday at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium.
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The San Juan Dragons took an early 3-1 lead but Lynnwood fought back to lead 5–4 at the end of the first quarter in Saturday’s Division II lacrosse state championship game at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium.
The San Juan Dragons take on the Lynnwood Tigers in the 2010 Washington Boys High School Lacrosse State Championship Division II game today at 5 p.m. in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium. San Juan (14-2-0) is making its first trip to a state title game since beginning lacrosse play in 2003. Lynnwood (15-3-0), which appeared in the 2006 state title game, rolled through the season dropping its only games to Division I Tahoma, Stanwood and Providence. San Juan’s defeats came against Lynnwood in its season opener and an overtime loss to Snohomish in late April.
I am uncomfortable with the Local Integrating Organization, its lack of clear purpose, and its sponsorship by the Puget Sound Partnership (PSP). Further, the implication that the LIO has the authority to “Ensure implementation of priorities,” etc. in San Juan County, as well as the PSP’s agenda to participate (meddle) in the development of our local regulations and regulatory processes is intrusive and extremely worrisome to me.
