The Washington Department of Ecology is issuing a $53,000 penalty to Myron Williams, Inc., for failing to protect water quality at its mining operation at Egg Lake Quarry on San Juan Island. This business has not complied with the requirements to protect water quality that must be followed by all sand and gravel businesses, despite repeated technical assistance, warning letters, and a field penalty from Ecology inspectors.

Mary Frances was born in Buffalo, NY in May 1940. She was the first of five children born to Riley Pratt O'Brien and Mary Aspinwall O'Brien. She graduated from New Trier Township HS in Winnetka, IL in 1958 and attended Pine Manor College in MA following high school. She then returned to the Chicago area and worked as a laboratory assistant at Northwestern Medical School where she met her husband, then medical student, Sean Killoran. Sean and Molly married, lived in Chicago, London, New Orleans, Washington, DC, and were then assigned to Fort Campbell, KY during the Vietnam War. They had three children, Laura, Bridget and Alec. The family relocated to Bainbridge Island, WA in 1970.

Those seeking an introduction to woodworking are invited to gain hands-on training through a program offered by the EDC on Orcas Island. The focus of the course will be to complete a post-and-beam shed, but standard stick framing methods will also be introduced in a related project. Students will gain a general exposure to working with wood, including safety, care and use of tools, mortis and tenon joinery, teamwork, and the construction process.