SanJuanJournal.com is now offering blogs on its site. Veteran newsman Howard Schonberger is writing a staff blog. Carrie Lacher, a candidate for mayor, is blogging, and all other candidates for office have been invited to blog as well.
The Journal won one or more awards in the News, Advertising and Special Sections divisions of the 2009 Better Newspaper Contest, sponsored by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. Staff members responsible for the winning entries are, in alphabetical order, Ron Bates, Rebecca Cook, Michael D’Abrosca, Scott Rasmussen, Howard Schonberger and Richard Walker. The Journal also won one or more staff awards.
Styrofoam’s days are numbered in Friday Harbor — at least in the form of to-go food containers. The Friday Harbor Town Council is expected to approve Thursday a ban on Styrofoam to-go food containers. The council will consider the ordinance at its noon session.
The campaign for Friday Harbor mayor is leaning green. Mayoral candidates Carrie Lacher and Bob Low have committed to no-yard-sign campaigns.
Carrie Lacher and Robert Low, candidates for mayor of Friday Harbor, participated in separate Q&As at The Journal booth during the San Juan County Fair. The election is Nov. 3. The mayor is paid $148 per meeting, with a maximum of four meetings per month (council members receive $85 per meeting). The mayor is the chief executive of the town. The mayor has ultimate hire and fire authority, although most of that responsibility is delegated to the town administrator. The mayor has the authority to appoint members of town commissions and committees, although the mayor has traditionally sought the endorsement of the Town Council. The mayor works with the town administrator and town treasurer to write the budget, but the budget is approved by the Town Council. The mayor also presides over Town Council meetings, but can vote only to break a tie. Here are highlights of what the candidates had to say.
Mentor of the Month is a monthly feature. To learn more about the Family Resource Center’s mentor program, call 378-5246.
The Massachusetts man who died one day after his bicycle crashed on Tucker Avenue near Larson Street enjoyed the outdoors and skiing, had homes in Woburn, Mass., and Bridgton, Maine, retired after 20 years with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and most recently was an electric power engineer with the engineering firm HNTB.
Candace Groseclose Henderson and Chuck Henderson are celebrating their first wonderful year together. Candy and Chuck were married Aug. 23, 2008 aboard the Desert Princess, with son Nicky and daughter Kim at their sides. The ceremony was followed by a lovely moonlight dinner cruise of Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, surrounded by family and friends.
A 69-year-old Massachusetts man died Sunday from “blunt force injury to his head and trunk,” presumably after his bicycle crashed on Tucker Avenue at Larson Street.
J. Jerry Inskeep Jr. of Montecito, Calif., and Friday Harbor, Wash., passed away Aug. 16, 2009 as a result of liver cancer. He was 78.
A 69-year-old Massachusetts man died Sunday after crashing on his bicycle a day earlier on Tucker Avenue at Larson Street. The bicyclist was identified by the Sheriff’s Department as Richard Conley, 69, of Woburn, Mass. Sheriff Bill Cumming said the incident is not believed to have been caused by road conditions or traffic. “He fell down inexplicably,” Cumming said.
The 32nd annual Friday Harbor 8.8K Loop Run begins at 9:15 a.m. Saturday. Runners start on Spring and Second streets, then proceed to First Street to Warbass Way to Turn Point Road to Pear Point Road to Argyle Avenue to the fairgrounds entertainment gate. The race is the grandfather (or grandmother) of island athletic events.
Cambalache, this year’s San Juan County Fair headliner, brings its smoking-hot salsa to the fairgrounds Main Stage tonight from 7-9. The band last rocked the fair stage in 2007 and since then has been energizing audiences at events like the Alaska Folk Fest, Bumbershoot, Bite of Seattle, Northwest Folklife, Portland’s Rose Festival, and at venues like Lewis & Clark College, Planet Hollywood, Portland’s Crystal Ballroom, Reed College, Seattle University, The Showbox in Seattle, University of Washington, and University of Puget Sound.
