Tuesday’s news…

This is the friendly alpaca who came over when Josie offered him grass, when we dropped by the little store at States Inn...photo by Josie Byington, wildlife photographer

Around the rock….

• Hey  – yesterday was 8/9/10.

R.D."s new book!

• Are you up for humor and mystery? A lazy way to spend a relaxed hour? Buy Marion Riles Soft-boiled Detective Stories – an ebook by islander R. D. Larson. Click here to read the first chapter free, and to order yours if you like.

• T:FLO will be playing at Roche Harbor this weekend on Friday & Saturday starting at 9:30pm.

• Talked about the lines at the dump last week – John Boyd has run into the same stuff. JB offers this:

Hey–here’s a tip:  Friday afternoon at 3:30pm, the line of cars was a total (counting my car): 2! No wait at all…….so go later in the day after everyone else has already gone!

The Lucky Strikes

• Gary Weybright reports success on the diamond:

Hi Ian: Just wanted to send along a team photo from last Wed. night (July 28th), taken after the Lucky Strikes won their last game and finished their best season ever (8-2), taking 1st place in B league softball. A big thank you to Christian Andrade for coaching the team again!

That's Darlene (left) who runs the gift shop in the Hotel De Haro at Roche Harbor, visiting with Mary, who is dropping off her greeting cards with her photos on them, last weekend.

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