Kevin Ranker is one step closer to being the first state senator from San Juan County in possibly 100 years. Ranker, a San Juan County Council member, and Steve Van Luven, a former state representative, advanced tonight to the Nov. 4 general election.
Come November, islanders will have a congressman named Rick. But which Rick … well, we’ll have to wait until the Nov. 4 election to find out. Republican Rick Bart and Democrat Rick Larsen were the two top vote-getters in the state’s first-ever Top 2 primary tonight, advancing to the general election. Under the Top 2 system, the top two vote-getters regardless of party advance to the general election.
South San Juan Island voters chose experience — one a long-time county planning commissioner, the other a former planning commissioner and freeholder — to advance to the general election in the race for County Council, District 1. Lovel Pratt and Gordy Petersen were the leading vote-getters in today’s primary and appeared headed to the Nov. 4 general election.
Duane Roger Gangelhoff of Oak Harbor, formerly of Minneapolis, Minn., and Roche Harbor, passed away Aug. 18.
Griffin Bay Bookstore continues its series of Saturday night “coffee house concerts” this weekend with music from Michael J. Cohen, Steve Dyer and Ian Boulton. All music is acoustic and presented in an intimate setting.
Who knows who’s naughty and nice in Friday Harbor? The Shadow knows. SanJuanJournal.com’s eye on the town is taking note. Here’s this week’s list.
Some 4,352 ballots have been received in the Elections Office by Tuesday morning, about 39.5 percent of the ballots mailed to voters for this primary election. The low turnout thus far prompted Elections Supervisor Doris Schaller to predict — hopefully — a 50 percent voter turnout in today’s primary.
Driving out Roche Harbor Road, you pass many wonderful scenes — seasonal wetlands, hayfields and pastures, San Juan Vineyards with the old No. 22 Schoolhouse now converted to a wine-tasting room, and across the road … Is that a camel? What’s she doing here?
Join renowned Washington state storyteller Karen Haas for an hour of first-person history with “Sisters in Times,” a collection of vignettes about 19th century frontier women, scheduled 2 p.m., Aug. 23 at English Camp.
Griffin Bay Bookstore will present Bob Tripp, a longtime pilot and author, on Aug. 23 from 2-4 p.m. Tripp, a San Juan Island resident, will be on hand to sign and discuss his first novel, “Last Clear Chance,” a riveting story about the aftermath of a disastrous crash at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport.
Today is Election Day. Ballots must be postmarked today; San Juan County votes by mail.
Big John Vejvoda, a retired police officer and a long-time member of the San Juan Lions Club who was a fixture at its fund-raising events, has passed away.
Kim Lupo and Derek DiCicco were the first female and male finishers in the 31st annual 8.8-kilometer Friday Harbor Loop Run today. Lupo, 34, finished with a time of 36:46, good enough for seventh overall. DiCicco, 29, finished with a time of 29:53.
