The San Juan Island Community Foundation will award more than $700,000 in grants to local non-profits at its annual “Breakfast of Champions” Friday, 7:30 a.m., in Mullis Community Senior Center.
Auditor Milene Henley told the County Council on Tuesday that the county will have $1 million less in revenue to spend next year. Henley said decreases in sales tax revenue, a reduction in new construction and an anticipated lower collection rate for property taxes will probably cause year-end total revenues for 2008 to fall short of revenues projected in the 2008 budget.
The San Juan Island School Board hosts a reception celebration today at 4:30 p.m. for Sharon Sandwith and Donna Smith, who concluded their employment in the district’s food service program late this summer. The reception, in the Friday Harbor High School Library, is open to the public.
It would appear state transportation officials are leaving no stone unturned in a far-flung search for new sources of revenue that might help Washington State Ferries better cover its costs. For now, that includes the prospect of having ferry-served communities share the financial burden of operating boats and maintaining terminals by taxing themselves and putting the revenue they raise into the ferry-funding equation.
How to provide and pay for convenient, regularly scheduled public transit and passenger ferry service is a complex subject. But there were no naysayers Sept. 17 at the regional Transportation Summit – only about 180 islanders and others offering ideas on how to make those services happen here.
About this series: The Journal’s series of Candidate Q&As for the Nov. 4 election begins this week with candidates for San Juan County Council, Friday Harbor. Upcoming in this series: Oct. 1, County Council, San Juan South — Gordy Petersen, Lovel Pratt. Oct. 8, State Senate — Kevin Ranker, Democrat; Steve Van Luven, Republican. Oct. 15, Congress — Rick Bart, Republican; Rick Larsen, Democrat.
About this series The Journal’s series of Candidate Q&As for the Nov. 4 election begins this week with candidates for San Juan County Council, Friday Harbor. Upcoming in this series: Oct. 1, County Council, San Juan South — Gordy Petersen, Lovel Pratt. Oct. 8, State Senate — Kevin Ranker, Democrat; Steve Van Luven, Republican. Oct. 15, Congress — Rick Bart, Republican; Rick Larsen, Democrat.
Robert Benedict will serve one month in jail, eight months on house arrest and one year on probation for his role in the car crash that cost the life of his best friend.
Superintendent Michael Soltman announced today that the San Juan Island School Board will consider joining a lawsuit to compel the…
As of Sept. 18, the Save Our Schools campaign had raised $252,713 toward a matching-gift goal of $300,000 made by the San Juan Island Community Foundation. The foundation is expected to award $250,000 in matched funds at its “Breakfast of Champions” on Sept. 26.
Thirty-one people were evacuated from the 61-foot sailboat Carlyn today after it ran aground near Blakely Island. The Carlyn ran…
September is the “Month of Philanthropy” and the San Juan Island Community Foundation has embarked on a number of events…
