You know, this is really fun if you’ve never been. My family has been going to the Labs for nearly 16 summers now, and we’ll go tomorrow, too. It’s from 11am-4pm. There’s food (and popcorn, prepped by Dennis Willows) & experiments & sea animals (left) and…well, it’s fun. See ya there! -oo-

The good folks at San Juan Excursions (Pete & Erin Ancich, along with Johannes & Angie Krieger) hosted a celebration of the season starting Wednesday night aboard the Odyssey. (Here’s a 20-photo gallery of everyone who came that night!) Guests included Lynn Danaher, who started the business in 1993, and various b&b & guesthouse owners,  Continue Reading

People help out with Relay for Life for different reasons. Over the next few weeks, let’s hear from some of the folks who are doing the Relay this year. Let’s start with Michele, who is on the committee this year as Team Development-Recruitment Chair: Why I Relay: I relay for the far too many people  Continue Reading

Went by the other day – you probably heard Sandy Hawley & Beth Nicholson sold their accounting firm (Hawley & Nicholson) to Bob Hilsinger of Burlington, but they still work with Bob & now have a new sign out front of their place. The purchase took place at the first of the year, and the  Continue Reading

Lately, the Community Foundation has been gathering the info they need to help address what’s going on in this community (click here for a larger version of the chart above) – here’s more from the SJICF’s Pamela Gross: SJI Community Foundation’s Critical Needs Task Force Tackles Community Hot Spots….. Friday Harbor, May 15, 2009: What  Continue Reading

Lately, the Community Foundation has been gathering the info they need to help address what’s going on in this community (click here for a larger version of the chart above) – here’s more from the SJICF’s Pamela Gross: SJI Community Foundation’s Critical Needs Task Force Tackles Community Hot Spots….. Friday Harbor, May 15, 2009: What  Continue Reading

Erin Corra tells me something like 100-125 folks showed up last weekend for the History of the Lighthouse deal at Lime Kiln State Park. She’s the interpretive specialist there, and she offers lighthouse tours each weekend and more at the park. She’s funny, engaging, and nice to learn stuff from – check it out! The  Continue Reading

Have you been by Island Studios lately? I had to get a card for someone the other day, and dropped in & got lost in all the new stuff… the new photographs, the glasswork, the new books & CDs, the paintings. Wow… drop in & check out what a super job Claudia’s doing with the  Continue Reading

An estimated 70 percent of antibiotics and related drugs produced in this country are used for non-therapeutic purposes such as accelerating animal growth and compensating for overcrowded and unsanitary conditions on ‘factory farms.’ This translates to … almost eight times the amount given to humans to treat disease. Union of Concerned Scientists

If you’ve ever hear Boyd Pratt speak, you know he thinks before he speaks & feels before he puts it into words, and the result is usually memorable. I’m looking forward to dropping in on his talk next Wednesday… here’s more from Town Historian Sandy Strelou: Local History Talk: The Disputed Islands The Interdependence of  Continue Reading

If you’ve ever hear Boyd Pratt speak, you know he thinks before he speaks & feels before he puts it into words, and the result is usually memorable. I’m looking forward to dropping in on his talk next Wednesday… here’s more from Town Historian Sandy Strelou: Local History Talk: The Disputed Islands The Interdependence of  Continue Reading

Here is the agenda for the school board meeting this Saturday (tomorrow!) to interview candidates & select finalists for the interim superintendent position: BOARD OF DIRECTORS A G E N D A

Next week on the 23rd will be the second-to-last chance to see Mike Vouri’s show about Gen. Pickett – I hope you get a chance to catch it! Here’s more from the Theatre’s Jan Bollwinkel-Smith: A Farewell to General Pickett … San Juan Community Theatre’s longest running play takes its last curtain calls in 2009.  Continue Reading

Next week on the 23rd will be the second-to-last chance to see Mike Vouri’s show about Gen. Pickett – I hope you get a chance to catch it! Here’s more from the Theatre’s Jan Bollwinkel-Smith: A Farewell to General Pickett … San Juan Community Theatre’s longest running play takes its last curtain calls in 2009.  Continue Reading

That was what Tuesday evening’s sunset looked like, from the west side of the island…. photo by Shay Byington

You know the Land Bank property along West Side Road, a mile or so south of Lime Kiln… looks like they put a fence in, to kinda keep folks from tromplin’ the greenery – here’s what it looked like Monday night… photo by Shay Byington.