Blogs and News about Low Island of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Sat, 4 Feb 2012
Giving 'Thanks' for public safety | Washington State OutdoorsSan Juan County Sheriff's Department took time out in this season of “giving” to celebrate several award-winning members of the force. Deputies Felix Menjivar and Jeff Asher were honored by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission for a swift and potentially life-saving rescue of a crew of four whose 22-foot crabbing boat ran aground on Low Island in the midnight hours of July 8. Despite darkness and rough waters, they were able to locate and ...
Giving 'Thanks' for public safety - Journal of the San Juan Islands San Juan County Sheriff's Department took time out in this season of “giving” to celebrate several award-winning members of the force. ... Facebook social plugin. San Juan Island Yellow Pages · Apartments · Attorneys · Auto ...
Deputies honored for actions | Washington State OutdoorsJust after midnight on July 8, 2011 San Juan County Deputy Jeff Asher and Deputy Felix Menjivar rescued seven people after a 22-foot boat hit rocks in Wasp Passage. Friday, November 18, the two officers received Marine Law Enforcement Lifesaving Awards from the ... Deputies responding to the area located the 22-foot Reinell fiberglass boat aground on the rocks at Low Island . Seven people were rescued with minor to serious injuries and hypothermia. All were ...
DUIs; stolen property; possession of marijuana | San Juan County ... San Juan County Sheriff's Department reported responding to these calls. ... July 1: A sliding glass door and a window were broken in an apparent failed break-in attempt at a north end San Juan Island home. ... A 42-year-old Suquamish man faces charges of assault with a watercraft and reckless boating after running aground on Low Island in Wasp Passage with seven crew mates onboard, all of whom ended up in the water as a result of a high-speed crash.
Suquamish crab boat runs aground in San Juans; two crew ... ... treatment of broken bones and hypothermia. The San Juan County Sheriff's Office identified the airlifted crew members as Frank Olsen, of Lummi; and a 17-year-old male from Chehalis. ... SHAW ISLAND — A Suquamish crab boat ran aground early Friday on Low Island , near Shaw Island in the San Juans, and two crew members were airlifted to St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham for treatment of broken bones and hypothermia. The San Juan County Sheriff's Office ...
Deputies Respond to Sinking Boat Near Shaw Island « Orcas Issues ... On Friday, July 8, 2011 at 12:05 a.m. San Juan County 9-1-1 received a report of a vessel sinking, with people in the water in the Wasp Passage area near Shaw Island. Deputies responding to the area located the 22 foot boat aground, on the rocks at Low Island . Seven people were rescued with minor to serious injuries and hypothermia. All were transported to Friday Harbor where they were treated by EMS personnel. Two patients were sent to St Josephs Hospital in ...
Seven pulled from the waters of Wasp Passage after crabbing boat ... Damage and disfigured, a 22-foot commercial crabbing boat languishes on the rocks of Low Island , near Shaw Island, after running aground early Friday. San Juan County Sheriff's deputies rescued the crew, seven men, from ...
Grounding at Low Island This 22′ Commercial Crabber ground about 12:30 last night on Low Island . There seven folks op board who were taken off by the San Juan County Sheriff's boat Guardian. Tow of the occupants were air lifted to Harborview ...
