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Firefighters honored
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 — 5
Paterson, Goddu earn top honors in San Juan Island Fire Department annual awards San Juan Island firefighters Ian Paterson and Peter Goddu earned top honors at San Juan Island Fire & Rescue’s 2013 Service Awards celebration. Recipients were honored as part of an award ceremony at UW Friday Harbor Laboratories, Feb. 1. Paterson was named 2013 “Department Firefighter of the Year” and Goddu was honored as “Officer of the Year.” Other awards winners include: Joseph Foriska, Station 31 Firefighter of the Year; Brent Johnson, Support Volunteer of the Year; Michael Hart, Station 34 Firefighter of the Year; Brandon Baney, Rookie of the Year; Ron Garner, Wildland Fire Safety Award; Kurt Long, Fire Boat Crew Member of the Yea; Tom Odegard, Tender Operator of the Year. In addition to the service awards, five firefighters were recognized for “longevity and years of service: Slava Caireac, five years; Jeremy
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SJ Fire & Rescue 2013 Service Award recipients, from left; Ian Paterson, Joseph Foriska, Brent Johnson, Michael Hart, Brandon Baney, Ron Garner, Kurt Long, Peter Goddu. (not pictured, Tom Odegard).
Talbott, 10 years; Albert Olson, 15 years; Jim Sesby, 25 years; Brad Creesy, 30 years. To learn more about San Juan Island Fire & Rescue or to volunteer, 3785334, or stop by the Mullis Street Station.
New CAO on the books March 31 The long and winding road for the county critical areas ordinances is approaching a milestone, but the end is far from sight. If the County Council follows the plan it announced at the Feb. 4 council meeting, the date that the ordinances will go into effect will be moved from March 1 to March 31. If the CAO takes effect March 31, plans and permit applications filed before March 31 will be considered under the laws and regulations in effect before the CAO updates were passed in 2012. After March 31, plans and applications will be considered under the new law, including the new amendments presently being considered and which are expected to be approved March 5. The amendments address the order issued
in September by the state Growth Management Hearings Board, which ruled that portions of the CAO did not comply with state law. That order followed petitions for review of the CAO by the Common Sense Alliance, Friends of the San Juans and others. That GMHB order was itself appealed to the San Juan County Superior Court. The public hearing on the amendments that started on Feb. 4 will continue on Feb. 11, when the council will accept further public testimony and begin consideration of the amendments. Final council action is scheduled for March 5. The original update was enacted by the six-person council in late 2012, but the three-member council elected in November 2012 extended the effective date
until March 1, 2014 to allow the appeals to go forward. The present schedule calls for the council to file its amendments with the growth board on March 19. The growth board can reject the council’s amendments and send the CAO back to the county for further action. Meanwhile, the first appeal of the GMHB to the San Juan County Superior Court is scheduled for a hearing on the merits on March 19, which will be followed within weeks by a decision by Judge Don Eaton. After that decision, any party can appeal to the state Court of Appeals and then to the state Supreme Court. Final resolution may be two or three years away.
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open space is an important and troubling issue, he concedes. With both the state Attorney General and the Legislature getting involved with the issue, Open Space Act tax exemptions will
likely remain an important 2014 election issue one that John Kulseth and his opponent will have to address on the campaign trail.
Continued from page 3 other appraisers to a high level of daily performance.” Just as Paul Dossett mentored Zalmanek and encouraged him to run for assessor in 2006, Zalmanek is encouraging Kulseth to run in 2014. Kulseth confirmed that he intends to file for the position when candidate filing begins in early May. Zalmanek said the current spat with the county council over farming and open space current use assessment reductions did not affect his decision (See pg. 7, “As I See It”) “I decided not to run at the time of my 2010 election,”Zalmanek said. But the current use assessment reduction for farmlands, timberlands and
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