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Matthews takes lead role at Foundation After seven years as program coordinator and operations manager, Susan Matthews has a new role at the San Juan Island Community Foundation — executive director. Matthews’ appointment as the Community Foundation’s first-ever executive director was announced July 12 by the foundation board of directors. As executive director, she will take a leadership role in all aspects of the foundation operations and, together with the board of directors, an all-volunteer 13-person panel, will expand the array of services the foundation provides to its Susan Matthews donors and to local non-profit groups. “My heart and soul has been in the work of the Community Foundation since the day I arrived here on the island almost seven years ago,” Matthews said. “It is an honor and a privilege to be able to continue that work on the community’s behalf.” A former 15-year veteran of the broadcasting industry, Matthews moved from Portland, Ore. to San Juan Island in 2007 along with husband Stan, communications manager
for San Juan County. She was the foundation’s first-ever paid staff person when took on the program coordinator position nearly seven years ago. Founded in 1994, the foundation has distributed $3 million to more than 100 local non-profits over the past 10 years. In addition to its support of local non-profits, the foundation has channeled scholarships on behalf of 75 local students to more than 30 educational institutions and, via its hospital steering committee, raised $10.5 million in donations for construction of Peace Island Medical Center, which opened in November, 2012. “We have seen unprecedented growth over the last ten years in both the level of community need and in the Community Foundation’s ability to match our generous local donors to those critical opportunities,” said Charles Anderson, chairman of the board of directors. “We take great care to help many of our local nonprofits adopt a business planning approach to their projects, and to be able to reflect those methods in our reports to donors.” For more info about the Community Foundation, visit www.sjicf.org, or, call 378-1001.
Federal funds earmarked for fix of Cattle Point Road The route is set. And now, the bulk of the money needed for the realignment of the only paved road leading to and from the south end of San Juan Island is in the bag as well. Lee Taylor, superintendent of San Juan Island National Historical Park, said she was recently notified that the Federal Lands Access Program had earmarked up to $5.5 million in federal funds for the realignment and reconstruction of a porTEMPERATURES, RAINFALL tion of LOPEZ High Low Precip
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Cattle Point Road. “This is fantastic news, as neither the county staff nor I had a good plan B if this funding source didn’t come through,” Taylor noted. The federal program is a source of funding specifically intended for local governments that have transportation projects on federal land, such as a national park. Erosion claims about 1-2 inches a year off the bluff on which Cattle Point Road winds along NPS property, and a smaller segment of state DNR land. The federal funds will cover more than 80 percent of the $6 million-plus project. The county is expected to
Log: Cont. from pg. 2 of the front door of her Hemlock Lane home in mid-afternoon and bit a passerby on the leg. The 58-year-old, who had reportedly been out for a walk but left the front door ajar when she returned, received a warning letter a year earlier for allowing the dog to roam the neighborhood. July 8: A Lopez Island man is the prime suspect in the theft of multiple credit and Social Security cards following investigation of a pile of litter in the 300 block
finance the remainder. Congressman Rick Larsen (D-Everett) championed the project for nearly a decade. “This is a big win over a decade in the making,” Larsen said. Taylor said the date when the money will be available has yet to be determined. Federal officials must craft funding agreements with the state and with the county before federal funds are available. San Juan County engineer Rachel Dietzman said $350,000 is allocated for the project's design and engineering this year, and that the project should be "shovel ready" by mid-2014 if all the pieces fall into place.
of Lopez Road. The 54-year-old reportedly was driving a vehicle with a stolen license plate attached when deputies located the Volkswagon van, which was caught on a surveillance camera near the pile of litter. July 9: Someone charged nearly $1,400 on a stolen credit card almost immediately after three purses disappeared from an employee cloak room at Orcas Island’s Doe Bay Resort. A total of $1,390 in charges were amassed on a missing credit card one hour after the purses disappeared. Credit accounts
associated with each missing purse reportedly have been closed. July 11: Two San Juan Island men were arrested for robbery following a latenight home invasion at a Friday Harbor apartment complex. The two men, 26 and 23, were wearing masks when they forced their way into the apartment at about 11:30 p.m., demanded belongings and then assaulted the occupants. They reportedly were recognized in the altercation, fled the scene and arrested the following day.
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