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    Opinion
    It’s time to cut the cord on the Sutton Road site | Guest Column
    It’s time to cut the cord on the...
    January 20, 2009 7:39 pm

    In 1979, Beckwith and Associates conducted a study on siting solid waste processing on San Juan Island. Where are we 30 years down the road? Still talking about siting solid waste processing. Why has it taken so long when Orcas and Lopez have had exemplary solid
    waste transfer stations sites?

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    Obama’s victory has carried us across an important frontier in our national journey | Commentary
    Obama’s victory has carried us across an important...
    January 20, 2009 7:09 pm

    John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic president. He was also the last Catholic president, if by that characterization we mean a political personality defined by his faith. So too Barack Obama will prove to be both the first black president and the last black president.

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    Keep public business open, not on a PDA | Editorial
    Keep public business open, not on a PDA...
    January 20, 2009 5:54 pm

    This hasn’t happened here yet. But in this new technological age, it could. And it shouldn’t. That’s the reason for the following editorial.

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    Enforce the existing law, and stop pursuing the orca | Guest Column
    Enforce the existing law, and stop pursuing the...
    January 9, 2009 3:09 pm

    The plight of our resident killer whales has become simple to understand, as is the most likely means of saving them. After years of argument driven as much by money as by science, we have suddenly, unfortunately, reached a moment when the causes and remedial actions are relatively clear.

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    Anacortes/Sidney ferry is a vital economic resource that deserves state support | Guest Column
    Anacortes/Sidney ferry is a vital economic resource that...
    January 9, 2009 2:09 pm

    Current law contains clear language that prevents the elimination of any ferry route without Legislative approval. It also states that service on a ferry route cannot be substantially reduced without public hearings. This ensures there will be considerable discussion on this subject at both the state and local levels before any decision is made.

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    Sidney ferry is part of San Juans’ charm | Ferry Home Companion
    Sidney ferry is part of San Juans’ charm...
    By Howard Schonberger • January 9, 2009 2:06 pm

    WSF is an iconic symbol of our home and charm to visitors. In fact, it could be one of the principal reasons to live here if it were improved and reliable. And a reason why the value of our homes would be secure, rather than shaky.

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    Billy Frank Jr. at the Treaty Tree
    We’re not giving up on trying to save...
    By Billy Frank Jr. • January 8, 2009 6:17 pm

    I don’t understand how you can get tired of trying to save the salmon. What those infected with salmon fatigue are really saying is, “Stop coming to me and talking about salmon.” I have news for them. We’re just getting started.

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    No health hazard posed by cell phone towers | Counterpoint
    No health hazard posed by cell phone towers...
    January 7, 2009 1:13 pm

    I was surprised to read Steve Ludwig’s guest column finding him still in panic over perceived health dangers from cell phone towers. I would have assumed that Ludwig, a learned man, would have made himself aware of the solid, valid, peer-reviewed and universally accepted scientific findings pertaining to cell towers.

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    Muster solidarity needed to defeat cell tower threat | Point
    Muster solidarity needed to defeat cell tower threat...
    January 7, 2009 1:11 pm

    The name of the game is “Beggar Thy Neighbor.” You sign a lucrative contract to put a cell tower on your land and let the people living around you suffer the consequences: The health effects from around-the-clock electromagnetic radiation, loss of property value, loss of the enjoyment of your land and the sight of the ugly tower itself.

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    No compelling reason to move transfer station | Editorial
    No compelling reason to move transfer station |...
    January 7, 2009 1:10 pm

    We commend the county Solid Waste Advisory Committee for its work in studying the options for a solid waste transfer station site on San Juan Island. However, in its recommendation, the committee failed to provide compelling reasons why the Beaverton Valley Road site is more suitable for a solid waste transfer station. At this point, The Journal is compelled to stick to its earlier editorial arguments that the solid waste transfer station should stay on Sutton Road.

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    Let islanders vote on waste transfer station location | Guest Column
    Let islanders vote on waste transfer station location...
    December 31, 2008 3:44 pm

    As a community member, potential neighbor to the Beaverton Valley Road site, and avid SWAC meeting attender for over three years, I am writing this in response to the latest SWAC meeting — the last meeting before the SWAC recommendation goes out to the County Council for the proposed site of the new transfer station to be built at the Beaverton Valley property. Please educate yourselves to a seldom-printed portion of the history and background of this project by reading my response below.

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    A good time to count our blessings | Editor’s Notebook
    A good time to count our blessings |...
    December 29, 2008 7:09 pm

    An arctic storm brought a big freeze to the islands. Our school district faces a $717,000 deficit. Our community and state are caught in the national recession. Businesses are struggling to hold on as islanders tighten their purse strings. It’s easy to be grumpy, what with having to navigate icy roads while worrying about the economy and that IRA and/or 401K. But a neighbor said something to me the other day that set me on a path of realizing just how fortunate we are.

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    Non-point pollution is our problem, and that’s the point | Editorial
    Non-point pollution is our problem, and that’s the...
    December 29, 2008 7:07 pm

    Scientists call it “non-point pollution,” meaning it emanates from sources that aren’t specific or readily identifiable. Oil leaks from automobiles and chemical treatments on lawns are two good examples, swept as they are by rainwater through ditches and storm drains and into the waters of Puget Sound. Another example: the septic systems of shoreline homes, which over time send untreated waste oozing out to contaminate our waterways.

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    • Town burn ban lifted
    • A layer of moderate wildfire fire smoke has settled over San Juan County
    • San Juan Islands’ Youth Conservation Corps successfully concludes 2023 summer season
    • San Juan Islands Monument Advisory committee plans Sept. 27 meeting
    • Auditions for San Juan Community Theatre’s first On Book of the season: Enchanted April

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