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Shopping spree a family affair By Scott Rasmussen Journal editor
Kentec/Lautenbach picked to operate Sutton Road transfer station By Steve Wehrly Journal reporter
The long and winding road to private operation of the Orcas and San Juan islands solid waste transfer stations turned the corner at the Nov. 20 county council meeting. For both islands, the council voted unanimously in favor of the underdogs. Orcas Recycling Services, the non-profit company that now operates The Exchange at the Orcas Transfer Station, was given the go-ahead to negotiate an operating agreement for full operations at the county-owned transfer station, including the garbage-truck tipping floor and recycling, reuse, and waste reduction programs included in a request for proposals issued by the county in May. “It’s been a long road for us to reach this point,” said Mark De Tray of Orcas Recycling. “But at each step, our confidence increased as we improved our proposal,” he said after the council meeting. For drop-box and related operations at the Sutton Road transfer station on San Juan Island, the council instructed the Public Works Department to negotiate a five-year operating contract with a consortium of Ken-Tec Energy USA of Lynnwood and Lautenbach Industries of Mount Vernon. Ken-Tec and Lautenbach were See WASTE, Page 4
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Sarah Galt plots her next move, as son Donald, manning the shopping cart, looks on during the annual Kings Market pre-Thanksgiving Day shopping spree, Nov. 20, sponsored by San Juan Island Lions Club.
Holiday marred by tragedy
The winner of the drawing, Twoie Ridgway, handed off the task of plundering the shelves to daughter Sarah, who got a shopping-cart assist from son Donald, and mother and son then sped through the aisles to amass a total of $632 worth of groceries and merchandise, Tuesday, in Kings Market annual pre-Thanksgiving Day shopping spree, sponsored by San Juan Island Lions Club. Sarah Galt acknowledged beginning the spree without a clear-cut plan of attack, and that the four-minute time limit flew by like a flash. She spent the final 30 seconds frantically searching for just about anything that bore a gluten-free label. “It’s a lot harder than you’d think, but fun,” she said. “I’m sure my kids are going to be happy.” With a $50 dollar gift certificate for meat products and a ring out at the check-out stand of $582.52, the Galt family’s haul proved to be among the highest since the annual event began 17 years ago. It falls far short of the $736.33 mark set a year ago by Barbara Cable, one of the highest ever, but well above the 2010 See Spree, Page 4
Born and raised on San Juan Island, Samuel Carter, 30, died in an apparent drowning accident after falling into the water at the Port of Friday Harbor at about midnight on Thanksgiving Day.
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The life of a popular San Juan Island man was cut short in an apparent drowning accident shortly after midnight on Thanksgiving night. Born and raised on the island, 30-year-old Samuel Carter drowned in the Port of Friday Harbor after he apparently fell off “E” dock at about midnight of Nov. 22.
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According to Prosecuting Attorney Randy Gaylord, who also is the county coroner, Brian Fox, whom he described as a friend of Carter’s, was walking some dis-
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