Ed Marble, director of the OPALCO board for District 3, retired this week after serving on the board since 1986. Jim Lett, has been elected to serve his unfinished term until the 2010 election.

Marble saw OPALCO through the submarine cable across Rosario project and the dawn of the fiber age.

Lett has lived on Lopez Island since the early 1990’s. A graduate of Oklahoma State University, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and was active with many insurance industry societies and boards. He was the Regional Vice President of a national property/casualty insurance company. Since retiring, Lett has been an active member of the Lopez community, participating in the Mentor Program of the Family Resource Center, past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lopez Library, past Commodore of the Lopez Island Yacht Club, Commissioner of San Juan County Fire District #4 and business member of the San Juan County Salary Commission.