Maintaining the international sailing was a theme of the speeches given in Sidney. Sidney Mayor Larry Cross, Anacortes Mayor Dean Maxwell and state Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-San Juan Island, all spoke of the ongoing efforts to keep the route going. “As long as I’m in the Legislature, I will continue to fight as hard as I can to protect this run,” Ranker said.
The Journal’s annual April Fool’s section, The Gerbil, is included in this week’s edition. The Gerbil’s top story: Public Works will take our trash to an island the county bought and renamed Someplace Else Island, to satisfy the demands of islanders that the new solid waste transfer station be built someplace else.
A 36- or 38-foot boat sank at its moorage at Capron’s Landing late March 29 or early March 30, leaking 35-40 gallons of fuel into the harbor. A-1 Marine/Vessel Assist raised the boat, the Straits Explorer, using inflatable bags and pumps and towed it to North Harbor Marine in Anacortes for storage. No crane was used to raise the boat. A resident of a neighboring vessel awoke March 30 to find the Straits Explorer hanging on to the dock by its starboard mooring lines.
Two Republican U.S. Senate candidates — one of them a noted former NFL tight end — bring their campaigns to Friday Harbor in April. Clint Didier is the special guest at a no-host lunch upstairs at the China Pearl, April 2 at 11:30 a.m. He played for the Washington Redskins from 1982-87 and for the Green Bay Packers from 1988-89. He was inducted into the Portland State Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Central Washington Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
The crowd of mourners spilled out of St. Francis Church and into the parish hall March 26 for the Memorial Mass held for Charles Hamlin Nash, who died March 17.
Friday Harbor junior Nick Roberts scored the first goal of his prep soccer career March 26 in the Wolverines’ 4-1 loss at home to Forks. The Wolverines’ (0-1) schedule has been hampered by game postponements — six so far. The team will get some playing time April 3 when they travel to Forks.
John Bogert’s background (bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Princeton, master’s degree in electrical power engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, and a remarkable work history in the electrical power industry) make him a standout for this position. He has already served on the board as secretary/treasurer and is an outstanding and compassionate community leader on Shaw Island.
The Peace Island Medical Center Steering Committee announced Tuesday the selection of an architectural and engineering firm to lead the design of San Juan County’s new integrated medical center and critical access hospital. The committee selected Mahlum Architects, a Seattle-based firm.
San Juan Island’s fabulous Baker Boys are back — still baking and cooking, and sharing their talents at CATS’ Elegant Edibles bake sale at the San Juan Community Theatre on April 3, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Baker Boys — volunteers from the community — return for the second year in a row, providing their own special homemade goodies for sale in this annual fund-raiser for the theater.
Islanders and mainlanders crowded the ferry to Sidney, B.C., on Sunday for the kick-off to the Washington State Ferries spring schedule and the annual Sidney run. The run was made special by the fact that this year is the 50th anniversary of the Sidney run.
Grisha Krivchenia and Robin Lohrey will share the great works of beloved composers as they present “Keyboard Masterworks” on the San Juan Community Theatre Whittier stage April 2, 7:30 p.m.
No, it’s not an April Fools’ Day joke. Benjamin Franklin appears at San Juan Community Theatre on April 1, 7:30 p.m., thanks to Northwest history actor, educator and scholar G. Robin Smith.
I have been beachcombing Washington beaches since I was a kid and came across something last week that I have never seen before. I found a strange cylinder-shaped object during low tide. Some other beachcombers and myself poked at it trying to figure out what it was. They decided to take it home and contact the military or police at home. Can you imagine my shock when I looked it up online.
