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Wooden Boat Center possibility for San Juan Island

posted 10/12/05
A $350,000 to $500,000 grant may be coming to San Juan County for a Wooden Boat Center. Commissioner Kevin Ranker said preliminary plans call for the center to be placed at Roche Harbor Resort. BC &J architecture firm contributed drawings of the proposed facility.

Preliminary plans call for vocational classes for high school student and programs for adults and visitors. Ranker said there are 18 shipwrights living in the county who could possible teach for a week or two at the center.

The money will be appropriated by the state Legislature next year. The funding is coming from a fund set up for legislators' projects. Ranker had to obtain support from Rep. Dave Quall, Rep. Jeff Morris and Senator Harriet Spanel.

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