Brian Rader, San Juan County’s pollution prevention specialist, will soon visit Friday Harbor businesses to talk about ways to clean up the water that flows into our harbor. In this special report, he writes about the problem and what we can do about it.
Numbers can represent real things, but we really need our kids to understand their math questions easily. To help our kids “get” their math we need to help them think deeply by letting them talk about math. The real question to the math learner from us, the parents: Can they explain “Why?”
Two of three Tiger football teams are headed into the playoffs of the North Cascade Youth Football League. The freshman team (ages 8-10) with a season record of 1-6, will not advance. They ended their season with a 24-12 loss to South Whidbey.
Public health officials on Thursday announced that there are three “probable” cases of H1N1 on San Juan Island and one on Orcas.
With the outcome of the Nov. 3 election just around the corner, and the fate of Proposition 1 hanging in the balance, the County Council last week hedged its bets by having not one, but two preliminary budgets prepared for the upcoming year.
A shipment of local ballots included some with return addresses located in Asotin County.
Only those ill enough to be hospitalized with flu-like symptoms are being tested for the H1N1 virus and no county resident has been hospitalized to date with such symptoms.
At the end of the night, the amount of cash received totaled $32,830, while pledges equaled $27,018, for a grand total of $59,848.
Surrounded by an environment of unanswered questions, the virus leaves many people scrambling for the correct response
A change is coming to enforcement of the Uniform Fire Code for businesses and new construction on Orcas Island. Orcas Fire District commissioners voted unanimously Oct. 13 to continue participating in the interlocal agreement to administer the fire marshal program — for now.
Matthew Stepita is excited. He has a life jacket, a backpack and a happy face. “It’s a perfect day for it,” his father, Mike Stepita, says. And it is a perfect day: The afternoon is ripening under a clear October sky. Blue and white Mount Baker breaks the horizon. The two have come to the University of Washington Labs at Friday Harbor to participate in a research trip in San Juan Channel. The expedition, led by former Labs director Dennis Willows, will see the boat “Centennial” trawling for samples of sea life in the channel. It will be educational, windy and, as Matthew points out, a lot of fun.
As they headed back to their trucks, one man said, “What time is it? I have to get up and go to work.” Just after 4. I repeated my mantra — “thank you, thank you” — a million times, “thank you so much, you’re my heroes.” It all sounded more inadequate than ever. Fifteen minutes later, they were gone.
Five American Red Cross volunteers from San Juan Island will assist firefighters battling the Tommy Thompson trestle fire in Anacortes. Emergency personnel from five agencies are on the scene. Island Red Cross volunteers will be part of the feeding crew, feeding firefighters who are expected to battle the fire through the night and into Friday morning.
