Think up an excuse to drop by Islanders Bank today to see everyone all dressed up!

Let’s check out our isle… • You know Molly Hogan, the friendly cashier at Kings Market – she tells me that she and her daughter Charlotte LaRiviere (FHHS ’10; she’s a freshman at the University of San Francisco now) traveled east for daughter Josie‘s wedding last week…wahoo! • Playoff update: The Lady Wolverines soccer team  Continue Reading

Kevin at the Museum says the books are coming – this has been one of the island’s most anticipated books, ever since Mike & Julia’s Friday Harbor book came out last year (which was incredible!)…here’s more from Kevin: The San Juan Historical Museum hosts authors Mike and Julia Vouri, Tuesday, November 9, at 7 p.m.  Continue Reading

Thanks for the notes & calls & requests that I post all the Halloween (and related, and sorta related) stuff in one place…let’s give it a go – if there’s anything I forget, drop me a line: FRIDAY Brownies Bake Sale during the Parade in front of the Drug Store Friday Harbor Elementary School Costume  Continue Reading

Hey, I wanted to you to know that Bob Nelson has started up San Juan Construction & Handyman, Inc. He now has everything completed and is ready for biz! You can get a pretty good idea of what he offers from his website and he is also on Facebook as San Juan Construction. He has  Continue Reading

It was great. This year the Friday Harbor High School Homecoming Parade was earlier than I can remember, with a start time of 3:30pm last Friday, which is a great idea as far as getting the town fired up for the game…’most everybody’s still at work then, and got a chance to see the parade.  Continue Reading

Around the town, around the island… • Last night, a crowd showed up to hear Captain Charles Moore describe the dangers posed by plastics in the oceans. Doris Estabrooks planned and pulled together the Captain’s visit, which included speaking to the kids at Friday Harbor High School as well. By the way, the dangers presented  Continue Reading

Friday Harbor Presbyterians celebrated 150 years on San Juan Island (Part II: The 20th Century) last night. Mike Vouri walked us through time with choice historic photos and Pastor Joe Bettridge continued with the history of the congregation. The evening was livened up by stories from the living memory of attendants. Lynette Guard confessed to  Continue Reading

When I was in Bellingham this past week, it was great to hear Paul Harding read from his debut novel, Tinkers, at Village Books. It was even better to hear that he won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for 2010 for it, and the coolest of all is that he is Therese & Daniel  Continue Reading

Anne Benedict at the Village at the Harbour has the details – this is pretty important, so you can keep up with changes for seniors around here. Here’s more: Here is extremely important information on a FREE public forum: “What Every Senior Should Know” will be held at “Village at the Harbour” on Wednesday, October  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s up… • Jennifer Furber says today is the day at the Family Resource Center – for the sibling and parent group at the FRC it is a halloween costume play group.  Bring your baby and sibling, and dress up to play! • Friday Harbor High is in playoffs mode – here’s the  Continue Reading

This is the second in the two-part series…everyone who went to the one earlier this month loved it. Here’s more from Torrey at the Presbyterian Church about tonight’s presentation: 150 Years of Island History and the Presbyterians in Pictures and Stories Part Two: The Twentieth Century Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church is the oldest continuing institution  Continue Reading

Do you get Rolling Stones’ songs stuck in your head? Me, too… here’s Mick & the guys from 1965 on the Ed Sullivan Show:

Last weekend the costume shop for the Community Theatre was pretty busy setting people up for Halloween…you can still swing by this weekend. You can rent a costume at the shop (over at the PARC building off Beaverton Valley Road, next to Extreme Fitness) – go check ‘em out from 10am-4pm, on Friday & Saturday  Continue Reading

Hope you stayed dry yesterday, with everything tied down…let’s look around the island: • Hamid & Dora over at Post San Juan tell me they have the place for sale – now there’s a good deal for you. The shop has been successful since Liz & Janna started it in ’95. Here are the details.  Continue Reading

I stopped by The Old Corner Store’s new Studio 7 on Cattle Point Road today. Studio 7 is the gallery and studio space of local artists Anthony DiMichele and Cynthia Church. I asked Anthony about the upcoming show About Face: Portraits and Self Portraits opening October 31st. I’d seen my friend Thrinley Dimarco’s works in  Continue Reading

Josie sent me over this press release: Pete Walmsley is NW Area Conservation District Supervisor of the Year Pete Walmsley of Orcas Island won the Supervisor of the Year Award at the annual meeting of NW Area Conservation Districts in Bellingham on October 13. Pete is Chair of the San Juan Islands Conservation District. Lynn  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s going on… * The Homesteaders Restaurant is open! Located in the spot where the old Peppermill was, the new eatery is open from 6am to 9pm every day…drop by the Best Western & see (and eat!) for yourself! * The graveside service (open to the public) for Nikki Fink will be held  Continue Reading

Doris Estabrooks sent this over – look at it & I think you’ll say “Wow!” Click here to start, and then click to zoom in…. Gyre, 2009, by Chris Jordan 8×11 feet, in three vertical panels Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the  Continue Reading

Just kidding. I know this isn’t a newspaper. It’s news electrons. Here’s more: • Hey, the FHHS Homecoming Parade is at 3:30 on Friday…so get downtown to see the kids! The parade is earlier this year because the football game is at 5pm, with the dance after. • Plan on it! The elementary school’s annual  Continue Reading

Here’s more from Jan at the Community Theatre: It’s a special treat, y’all, when the famed Asleep at the Wheel makes its first stop ever in Friday Harbor for not one, but two shows on Sunday, October 24 (4 & 7:30 pm)!  The western-swing, boogie and roots-music band and nine-time Grammy Award winners are celebrating  Continue Reading