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passed June 26 by the County Council with the intent to make locating cellphone antennas easier in the county, and in a manner that is “consistent with the character of island neighborhoods and the rural and scenic qualities of the islands,” according to the ordinance’s preamble. In response to the expressed desire of public safety agencies for access to new technology breakthroughs, the new cellphone tower siting rules make public safety telecommunications “essential public services” and give various preferences to colocating antenna sites with public safety communications sites. So the answer is, “Yes, but not now.”
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another three on Sunday Drive, located near Friday Harbor Elementary School on Grover Street. The group is taking applications for all 21 homes funded by the grant. To qualify, applicants must be in the “low to very low” income category, have good credit and stable employment. “This is a wonderful opportunity to work hard to own a home at a very reasonable monthly payment,” Homes for Islanders Director Justin Roche said in a prepared statement announcing the
award. In addition to the USDA grant, Home for Islanders is recipient of a $150,000 grant from Bremertonbased Community Frameworks, a nonprofit group providing financial assistance to affordable housing organizations. The grant will help applicants with down payment assistance, if needed. For more information contact Homes for Islanders, (360) 370-5944, or 640 Mullis Street, Suite 102b, or online, www.homesforislanders.org.
– OPALCO Assistant General Manager Foster Hildreth
Continued from page 1 House. The event, intended as part airport showcase and part community get together, gets under way July 21, at 10 a.m. and runs, officially, until 3 p.m. There is no admission charge. The opening ceremony features the American Legion Post 163 Color Guard, invocation by the Legion chaplain and National anthemn sung by Sussane LeDuc. Demonstrations and flybys, highlighted by the Blackjack Squadron at 12:30 p.m., continue throughout the day. Keep a lookout for a B-25 bomber flyover, slated for noon, and an L-29 at 1 p.m. Enter to win a free helicopter ride or a plane ride; drawings occur throughout
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the day. Various vendors will offer meals, snacks and beverages for purchase. For the younger set, there’s face-painting, a balsa-wood glider contest and flight simulators. The aiport also offers a free shuttle operating on a regular schedule to and from town, including the ferry landing. Today, Friday Harbor Aiport is among the busiest in Washington state, with more than 58,000 take-offs and landings a year, and nearly 11,000 “ticketed” passengers. It’s home to three commercial airlines, various charter aircraft, a fixed-wing ambulance service, and more. “The Fly In is more than about the numbers,” said airport manager Dave Ryan. “It’s about the personality of the airport.” July 21 is a good opportunity to check it out.
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“After the Board decision, we’ll be designing the infrastructure and doing the planning so we can start construction in 2013, with full deployment in 2015.”
to make the first move, is Orcas and Light Power Cooperative. But OPALCO is at least two years away from deploying new technology on its poles and towers. “We’re compiling technical information now so that the OPALCO Board can make a decision on the broadband deployment initiative, probably by the end of summer,” said OPALCO Assistant General Manager Foster Hildreth, point man for the local utility’s telecommunications and broadband efforts. “After the Board decision, we’ll be designing the infrastructure and doing the planning so we can start construction in 2013, with full deployment in 2015. At that time, communications companies, public safety agencies and OPALCO itself can co-locate antennas and other equipment on our poles.” Hildreth added, “We can provide the poles, the electricity and the backhaul capacity, but the infrastructure must work in symmetry with the other provider’s technology.” And that takes time. San Juan County’s “Wireless Facilities Ordinance” was
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