Common Sense Alliance is hosting a public meeting on the Critical Areas Ordinance July 28, 5 p.m., in Friday Harbor High School’s Hall Gymnasium. Common Sense Alliance includes business owners, property rights organizations, real estate agents, members of the building industry, and other local residents concerned about how proposed changes to the Critical Areas Ordinance will impact their property. The forum is entitled, “The San Juan County Critical Areas Ordinance and The Future Use of Our Land.”
State Sen. Kevin Ranker is resting at home this week after being hospitalized for a transient ischemic attack. Ranker, 39, was flown off-island to St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham Saturday morning. He was released Sunday.
As I travel around the island this summer, I have time to think of jobs to be had or maybe some work that I could get.
Imagine a pack of Harleys chasing after a pack of endangered wolves 12 or more hours a day, every day. That, in essence, is what the whale-watching boats are doing to the Southern residents. As someone who once served as a National Park Service ranger, it is deeply disturbing to see so many people who claim to want to protect the orcas do something that specifically causes them harm.
Ronald Wayne Workman passed away in his home July 12, 2009. He was 75. He was born and raised in Friday Harbor, Wash., and served his life as an islander building fences and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
A memorial service will be held for David Werling on Wednesday, July 22 at 4 p.m. at the Roche Harbor Pavilion.
Nancy Adkins, 74, passed away at her home in Anacortes July 15, 2009. She was surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Friday Harbor, Wash., Feb. 29 to Gladys (nee Guard) and Raymond Madden. Kathryn’s birth was followed by sister Florence Prentiss (now deceased), brother James Madden (now deceased) and sister Molly Madden of Friday Harbor.
Since 1886, Roche Harbor has been a lime company town and a resort town. But the common thread – a thread dating back earlier than the settlement era – is that it’s always been a community of people. To all those who participated in the July 18 luncheon and book signing, thank you. And welcome home.
Orca Relief Citizens Alliance says more protests are to come, after initial July 11 on-the-water protest of commercial whale-watching vessels. The protest began a few miles off San Juan Island’s west side. The group included Isla Cropper, Suzanne Franklin, Adrian Kilpatrick, Peter Kilpatrick, Rowan North, and boat skipper Henry Wendt, past CEO of SmithKlineBeacham.
State law and the state Supreme Court indicate meetings and records of PeaceHealth’s governing board, to be appointed to oversee operations of the proposed hospital on San Juan Island, must be open to the public. Openness is a good thing. And we are encouraged by Jim Barnhart’s comments; he is CEO of PeaceHealth’s Suislaw Region in Oregon and has been appointed by PeaceHealth to lead the planning and development of the proposed hospital here. He said of open public meetings and public records requirements: “We, of course, would abide by any requirements that exist.”
It’s a “Hard Days Night” of classic rock at the San Juan Community Theatre, tonight at 8, when Abbey Road Live! performs on the Whittier stage.
The San Juan Island Community Foundation presented about $50,200 in grants to address what more than 300 volunteers have identified as critical needs in the community. The event was held at the San Juan Community Theatre’s Steele Garden.
