San Juan County Council member Alan Lichter announced on May 26 that he will run for re-election for his Orcas West district. Lichter was elected as a Democrat in 2004 to the three-member Board of County Commissioners that preceded the present Council, defeating the three-term Republican incumbent by more than 1,300 votes.
On Saturday, May 17, an Orcas Island fire truck was drawing water from the hydrant at the station, when an aid call came in.
The best of intentions couldn’t spare a newly-created ferries task force from an untimely demise.
While the Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) has awarded substantial assostamce to island non-profits this year, there are many grant applications they were not able to fund, in part or in full, and they want the community to know that worthy organizations are out there and could use a little help, or a lot of help, from the island community at large.
“I want people to be aware that the Critical Areas Ordinance review is happening and make an educated decision on how to be involved if they want to be,” says Orcas Island business and property owner Patty Miller.
A list of the grants funded fully or in part by OICF to community non-profits
See Sounder Opinion for list of collection sites on the islands
Afternoon meeting open to the public
“Hybrid” first-through-third grade classroom in Orcas Island public school
Hospital Board Schedules Two Meetings about the New Integrated Medical Center Feasibility Report – regular meeting on May 28
The candidate meetings are scheduled for Lopez Island on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. in the Lopez Library and on Orcas Island, Saturday, June 7 at 2 p.m. in the Eastsound Fire Hall.