Transient killer whales yesterday, south of Victoria...photo by Jim Maya

A few things going on:

• Ken & Heather at Xtreme Fitness wondered if you know anyone who could help:

Hi, Ian!

Hope you are doing well! We wanted to ask your help in getting the word out that Xtreme Fitness is looking to hire a part-time child sitter.  We need someone for Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and a couple mornings.  We are looking for someone who is friendly, helpful and enjoys children.  This would be a great job for a student, mom or dad with a young child, or someone who just wants a few extra dollars and a free gym membership.  The job is not seasonal and would continue past summer.  We need someone immediately and will be hiring this week.   Interested individuals can stop by and pick up an application.

Thanks Ian!!!
Ken and Heather

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• You know that Justin Blevins and Tawm Perkowski have been running Skyline Tree Care for four & half years now? (How time flies!) Skyline Tree Care still offers free estimates and are looking to offer the highest standard of tree care….and they have a 100% safety record. Call today at 360-370-5999

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It was fun at Quinn's birthday party a couple of weekends ago!

• Here’s the word from Courtney about horse camp – coming up at Blazing Tree Ranch

DirtStompers Horse Camp Summer 2012 Schedule:
Monday – Friday 9:00am-1:00pm  $190/week $40/day

June 25 – 29: Ages 8 – 12 yrs
July 2 – 6: Ages 4 – 7 yrs
July 9 – 13: Ages 8 – 12 yrs
July 16 – 20: Ages 4 – 7 yrs
July 23 – 27: Ages 8 -12 yrs
July 30 – August 3: Ages 4 -7yrs
August 6 – 10: Ages 8 – 12 yrs (Advanced Riders Camp)
August 13 – 17: No Camp. See you at the fair!
August 20 – 24: 9:00am -1:00pm 4 – 7 yrs • 1:30 – 5:30pm 8 – 12 yrs
August 27 – 31: FULL DAY CAMP 9:00am – 5:00pm
Ages 8 – 12 yrs $290/week  $60/day Please call
378-1364 or email us at blazingtreeranch@gmail.com!

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Barred owl on the garden on Friday....photo by Tamara Weaver

Ken Still is coming this year!

The Celebrity Golf Classic is next weekend! Here’s more from Becki Day:

Islander’s Bank San Juan Celebrity Golf – June 1^st and 2nd

A full list of well known celebrities are on their way to San Juan Island.  It’s the June 1^st and 2nd, 26^th Annual Islanders Bank San Juan Island Celebrity Classic and John O. Linde Memorial, at the San Juan Golf and Country Club. Local non profits help to put this fun event on and everyone is invited to come out to the traditional Salmon BBQ. The BBQ is cooked by the talented John Vevjoda and his team. 400 lbs. of Alaskan salmon is being donated by San Juan Seafood’s once again. Tickets are $25.00. That dinner, and the fun raising auction, annually attended by nearly 400 friends and neighbors, will again be in the big tent out at the golf course starting Saturday night – 5pm for appetizers donated by our generous local restaurants and the salmon dinner at 6pm. Boo Boo Keane will be our lovely auctioneer and MC.

The winning team will enjoy having their names posted on the John Linde Memorial Plaque hanging at Islanders Bank.  This in tribute to our much loved Judge who gave this community so much and always played in the tournament.

The Celebrity Golf Classic and Salmon Barbecue has a star studded cast and is taking shape for a thrilling weekend! Visiting stars include Ken Still, who is a 3 time winner on the PGA Tour. Ken is also a former member of the US Ryder Cup Team. Ken Still has recently been honored as the ambassador for the 2015 United States Open Championship that will be played at Chambers Bay Golf Club in Tacoma, WA. One of our favorite actors, John Aylward, will be returning, along with Sonny Sixkiller, Dick Baird, Craig Terrell, Percy Allen, Shawn McWashington, Alan White, Queensryke’s Eddie Jackson, Jeff Aaron, Brian Perkins, Dave Villwock, Lisa Moretti, Ashley Cartier, The Groz, Lars Sorenson, Jim Moore and more…

For dinner tickets contact Becki Day, 360.298.0458 or beckiday@rockisland.com.

Bobby & Julie

They’re open this weekend – Bobby & Julie Ross are opening  The Corner Store Emporium at the corner of Madden and Cattle Point Road this weekend – I dropped by & they sure have a lot of interesting collectibles and furniture, tools, books & much, much more….drop by when you’re coming into town!

The Whale Museum's Education Coordinator Cindy Hansen (lower right, in front) shares the re-assembled baby gray whale skeleton (kids from Conway Elementary came to put it together) with participants in Skagit Valley College's Road Scholar program on Tuesday....the Road Scholar folks come from all over the USA to explore & experience the San Juan Islands....

Happy Thursday to you! Let’s catch up on things around the island:

• Hey…I hear that the benefit that was being planned for Tim Lance is being re-scheduled – I’ll keep you posted when there’s more information, but for now it’s not happening this weekend…

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• You’ve heard that Vic & Monique Woodward & their gang is going on their Dominican Republic mission again this year – and when they go in mid-June, it would be cool if you could donate some shoes for them to take – here’s more:

Shoe Drive
Needed: Men’s athletic shoes for Haitians
Drop off shoes at these locations:
X-treme Fitness, San Juan Fitness, FH Presbyterian Church, Friday Harbor High

 Donate Shoes Today!
Dominican Republic Mission Trip – Basketball Camp
June 23 – July 1st, 2012

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The County Council honored departing County Administrator Pete Rose this week....

• From Stan Matthews, for the County:

Donald “Pete” Rose was honored for his service to San Juan County yesterday, Tuesday, May 23, at his last Council meeting as County Administrator. After six years as Administrator here, Rose is leaving to become City Administrator of Lake Forest Park, Washington, in King County.

In a Proclamation, Council Chair Patty Miller thanked Rose for his hard work and creativity as the first administrator under the County’s home rule charter, adopted in 2005. The proclamation also noted that Rose must now make a “difficult transition from these beautiful islands to a landlocked city where critical areas are places where unfavorable reviews are posted, and a marine environment is a club with military décor.”

Rose’s last official day on the job is June 8.

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• This weekend there’s another “Know Your Island Walk” scheduled – here’s more from Eileen & The Trails Committee:

KNOW YOUR ISLAND WALK

Know Your Island Walk:  Sat May 26, 2012, 1-4pm.
Meet Sandy Strehlou, Town of Friday Harbor Coordinator of Historic Preservation and Kevin Loftus, Director of San Juan Historical Museum. Take a tour of Post War Architecture in Friday Harbor, also known as Recent Past Architecture: 1945-1960.  Discover why these familiar and often under-appreciated buildings are considered historic and important to our heritage.  The walk ends with a private tour of the more distant past at the San Juan Historical Museum with eight buildings, each holding displays and exhibits.

Park at the Courthouse Parking Lot and meet under the heritage black walnut tree in front of the SJC Courthouse.  Lenth is 2 mi RT.  Terrain is sidewalk and museum grounds.  Rated easy.  NO DOGS, please.

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It's Saturday!

• This weekend there’s a special treat for you on Saturday – here’s more from Jan Bollwinkel-Smith at the Community Theatre:

New Island Music Group Premieres Saturday

From classical to pop to jazz…diverse music from a diverse ensemble of San Juan Island musicians brings “Melodious Notes over the Harbor” to San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, May 26 at 7:30 p.m.

“It’s fun to put all of these wonderful talents together,” said clarinetist Sue Collado.  Collado (who recently moved from California where she performed with the San Diego Symphony and was the principal clarinetist for the La Jolla Symphony for 28 years) wanted to bring together her new island musician friends for a concert showcasing their individual talents.

Collado, pianists Sonja Zarek, Dorothy Baker and Grisha Krivchenia; pianist and vocalist Carol Hooper; and cellist Laurie Do will share solo or small group pieces from noted  composers including Mozart, Joplin and Ravel as well as the island’s own Alex Shapiro and Richard Hieronymus.  Shapiro’s piece, Intermezzo, was written as a response to “the waves of the ocean and a reflection of the ways of a more introspective, emotional sea.” Hieronymus just completed his Misty April Mornings (Oh, how I love them), a lyric clarinet solo with jazz chords that Collado and Zarek will play.

“I composed this piece for Sue and molded it daily through my April moods, hoping the music would speak for me to you, through Sue and Sonja,” said Hieronymus.

Collado says bringing together all of these artists has been a joy, and she hopes this will be the start of a new series of San Juan Islanders Chamber Music concerts.

The Business Partner for the concert is Islanders Insurance.  Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for student reserved and $5 student RUSH at the door. The SJCT box office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tickets may also be purchased on-line at www.sjctheatre.org

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Yeah, it’s today – May 24th is Bob Dylan’s 71st birthday, so here’s “Like  A Rolling Stone,” and I’m putting the words here so you can sing along with him, first thing this morning:

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you ?
People’d call, say, “Beware doll, you’re bound to fall”
You thought they were all kiddin’ you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin’ out
Now you don’t talk so loud
Now you don’t seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

You’ve gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you’re gonna have to get used to it
You said you’d never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but know you realize
He’s not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain’t no good
You shouldn’t let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain’t it hard when you discover that
He really wasn’t where it’s at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They’re drinkin’, thinkin’ that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you’d better take your diamond ring, you’d better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You’re invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

It's on Sunday!

Here’s the word from Karrie Cooper:

Join the Stewardship Network of the San Juans on Sunday, May 27 from 12-3pm at Lime Kiln Point State Park for our annual Sustainable San Juans event. Talk with local naturalists, listen for Orcas on the hydrophone, explore the water at a sea bird viewing station, enjoy hands-on activities and informative displays, including stories about the individuals and businesses that received 2012 Good Steward awards. Come enjoy a celebratory afternoon with us at our State Park.
SCHEDULE
12:00-1:00 Lighthouse Opens. Live Music.
1:00-1:30 Speakers from Stewardship Network & FOLKS
keynote from Judge Bruce Hilyer, former
WA State Parks & Recreation Commissioner
1:30-2:30 Interpretive Walks with Local Experts:
Marine Life, Woodlands & Geology
1:45-3:00 Lighthouse Tours. Live Music. Activities.

Interpretive Walks
The marine life interpretive walk will be led by Cindy Hansen from The Whale Museum and Noreene Ignelzi from San Juan Nature Institute.

The botanical woodland interpretive walk will be led by Madrona Murphy from Kwiaht, Center for the Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea.

The geology interpretive walk will be led by Greg Hertel, a Port of Friday Harbor Commissioner and retired geology teacher.

The Stewardship Network of the San Juans is a coalition of private and public conservation-based organizations whose vision is a healthy, thriving ecosystem in the San Juan Archipelago from land to sea. Join us in welcoming one of our newest members and host for this event, FOLKS – Friends of Lime Kiln Society. FOLKS was established to support Lime Kiln Point State Park. The Interpretive Center’s grand opening for the 2012 season is this Memorial Day weekend. www.stewrdshipsjc.org