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Library director steps down San Juan Island Library Director Marjorie Harrison is moving on. Harrison is leaving San Juan Island to take a position with the Oregon State Library, in Salem, Ore. Director of the library for the past two years, Harrison succeeded former director Laura Tretter, who resigned to take a position with Bayfield Public Library near Durango, Colo, in 2010. Harrison’s last day on the job is Oct. 31. Library officials encourage islanders to stop by the library, 1010 Guard Street, on Wednesday afternoon, Halloween, to say goodbye. Harrison was coordinator of the Panhandle Library System, based in Nebraska, before joining San Juan Island Library. Harrison joined the library at an annual salary of $71,000 and managed a yearly budget of roughly $1.1 mil-
lion. The library board of trustees is seeking a replacement as part of a nationwide search. In the meantime, Melina Lagios, assistant director, will serve as interim director. File photo During Harrison’s ten- Marjorie Harrison ure, the library conducted a community survey, completed a long-range planning process and passed a levy “lid-lift”, allowing the library to avoid budget cuts through 2016. For more information about San Juan Island Library, visit, www.sjlib.org/
Elections:
said, “I don’t vote any party line. I vote for the best person and don’t care what his party is.” Jackie Wolf of Lopez Island wants the charter revision amendments to pass “because I don’t think we need to have one single person representing a single district.” She added, “Our representatives on the council should have the whole county’s interests in mind, not just their single district.” Two issues are especially important to Lopez, she said. “I’m in favor of the Lopez solid waste property tax so we can take care of our own waste and recycling,” she said. And she’s supportive of the GMO ban, saying, “The GMO issue is a critical issue and it is very important to Lopez because farming and GMOs are not compatible, especially on Lopez.” Vanessa Lamb, a farmer on San Juan Island, thinks GMOs should be banned everywhere. “Like they do in France,” she said. She also supports Referendum 72, permitting same-sex marriage. Sid Schneider of Friday
Continued from page 1 charter schools.” Eric H. of San Juan Island said, “There’s a lot of important things in this election.” Referring to state and local elections and not just to the presidential contest, he continued, “It’s not just about providing lip service to economic issues, but it should be about instituting policies that will promote economic justice.” On ballot measures, he weighed in on the GMO issue, Initiative 2012-4: “The GMO issue is important and complicated, but I’m not sure its realistic in this election cycle. Proper labeling is important now so people will know what they’re eating.” Desiree Nabong of Friday Harbor has yet to get excited about the elections. “None of the issues or candidates grabs me,” she said. “I think all of them have equal importance. But I definitely will vote for Howie (Rosenfeld) and Obama.” Charis Pruitt, a young woman from Friday Harbor,
takes this election very seriously. “I believe with all my heart this will be the most important election we have ever had,” she said. “It’s important that we can have opposing opinions, and we can say them and not get killed,” she added. On ballot measures, she summed up her support for the charter revision proposals: “I think we should go back to a three person council to save money.” Regarding the gay marriage referendum, she said, “I’m opposed to gay marriage. Marriage should be between a man and a woman.” She’s also opposed to Initiative 502, which would legalize marijuana. For Rob Sandwith of Friday Harbor Plumbing, “The charter schools issue is important. My wife’s a school teacher and I know there are pros and cons about charter schools, but I’m against it because it will be a detriment to the public schools.” He thinks charter schools “will make it even more difficult for children from poor families and for disabled children.” Regarding the list of candidates, he
Harbor thinks “the economy is one of the big issues.” He intends to vote for Obama because “he didn’t cause the problems, and he needs a few more years to fix them.” Friday Harbor Seafood owner Eric Wagner was succinct: “I vote for the person who I think will do the least amount of damage.”
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