Island news…..

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Brad has his family's support....

• Today (Friday) is the last filing day for candidates for this year’s elections, and the  sheriff’s race has grown by one – Brad Fincher announced he’s running, bringing the number of announced candidates to four (Lopez’s Rob Nou, and San Juan Island’s Felix Menjivar and Brent Johnson.) After five pm today, we’ll see if anyone else is aboard…. for this and the other races.

• The Library has a trustee opening – the application is due today. Call 378-2798 if you can help!

• Tonight at the Community Theatre it’ll be a three-fer as Daniel Finn sings, Enso performs, and Saucerful takes the stage. You’ve probably see one or the other of these acts around town – now they’re all in one place.

• Speaking of singers – Britt Arneson (907Britt) is heading for Montana for the summer today – happy trails, friend! She explains how cool it’ll be to sing Continental Divide over there where they have one in her blog entry.

Here’s the song:

FHHS grad ('09) and University of Colorado soph Albert Strasser is back on island helping with that garden that's going in, across from the high school.

• The Soroptimist Club has a new program going – here’s the scoop from Barbara Sharp:

SOROPTIMIST DONATE TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH THEIR “100 MEMBERS PROJECT”

Francie, ready to write the checks....

What did the Friday Harbor Soroptimists do to commemorate reaching the 100-member mark?  The membership voted to donate $100 to ten local programs.  Our community has so many worthy programs, so chosing only ten recipients was very difficult.  However,  the following programs further the Soroptimist mission to improve the lives of women and children, and so each will receive a $100 donation:
The Prevention Coalition
Alateen
Head Start
Camp Eagle Rock
S-Club (high school Soroptimist club at FHHS)
Lighthouse Preschool
Planned Parenthood
coffee cards for the San Juan Eagles cancer mission pilots (cash donations not allowed by FAA regulations)
DVSAS
English As a Second Language Program
Island Museum of Art K-12 Program

Francie Hansen was chosen as the 100 Member Project’s administrator. For further information on Soroptimist activities, visit www.sifri.org.

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