Just what he was doing on Orcas Island has yet to be determined.
Rejection may be difficult for most people to handle.
Three groups will share a total of $341,412 to further the cause of salmon restoration work in San Juan County.
A sense of satisfaction was nowhere in sight.
But it’s a risk that the San Juan County Council appears willing to take.
The number of people willing to stop in their tracks and pick up a penny may be getting fewer by the day.
More money for enforcement, education, research, oil-spill prevention and – more specifically – the Soundwatch program.
San Juan County will have a little more cash at the end of the year than was expected just several weeks ago, according to Auditor Milene Henley.
A San Juan Island man with an extensive criminal history was ordered to serve three years in prison for trashing the home of a former friend, stealing a pair of stereo speakers and setting the man’s pet hamster free.
Change might be just around the corner for San Juan County’s hotly debated rules governing essential public facilities.
An Orcas Island property owner who cut down and removed about 65 mature trees from a lot near Vusario Lane must obtain a clearing and grading permit, albeit after-the-fact, as a result of a recent investigation by local land-use officials.
Bowing to the stress of tough economic times, the San Juan County Council on Tuesday approved a new set of stormwater fees, but only after slashing the amount property owners will pay for so-called “capital projects” by 90 percent.
It would appear local mental health services and a notoriously under-insured population of islanders could get a sizable boost beginning next year.
