Diane from the Land Bank is lining up folks to help with the Beaverton Marsh Restoration (remember that?) Here’s the deal: The Land Bank is scheduling multiple work parties between mid-November and mid-December for the ongoing Beaverton Marsh restoration project and invite groups and individuals to join us! Work Party schedule: • Saturday November 20th  Continue Reading

As our Indian Summer slides into October you may notice signs of Artstock around town. Artstock, San Juan Island’s autumn arts festival, is happening the weekend of October 2nd & 3rd. Local artists will be opening their studios and galleries will be staying open late with music, hors de vors, and artist’s sharing their talents. You can find  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s going on… • Finally, they’re at home! Cassie has more about the youth football teams: Hi Ian- We have home games this weekend for Tiger Youth Football.  The first game starts at 10:30am and the last one starts at 4:30pm.  Our concession stand will be up and running with barbecued hot dogs  Continue Reading

This morning the San Juan Island Community Foundation held their Breakfast of Champions breakfast, and it was cool to see the incredible breadth & scope this amazing community organization reaches on our island. Board chair Charlie Anderson announced that the SJICF has handed out over $1.6 million dollars to community organizations this year so far  Continue Reading

“Wow, thanks!” That’s what superintendent Rick Thompson said when Islanders Bank’s Michele Morton brought over the school supplies that had been donated over the past month. The Bank’s annual Gear Up! program asks islanders to donate pens, colors, paper, calculators, dictionaries, and things with Hannah Montana on ’em, which are passed on to the schools  Continue Reading

The wildlife around here is amazing – and varied…yesterday, Jim Maya reported Pacific white-sided dolphins – wow! Here’s his story: I have been on the waters of the Salish Sea since 1986, and only five or six times have I ever seen Pacific White-sided Dolphins, or Lags, from their Latin name, Lagenorhynchus. As we headed  Continue Reading

This class sounds like fun, if you ask me – and Sally at Island Rec says it’s close to being able to start – here’s more: Moving Parts and Healthy Hearts is a specialized exercise class that will be taught by senior fitness guru Seanene Kenned, on Tues and Thurs mornings 9:30-10:15am beginning October 5.   Continue Reading

Charles Anderson wanted to let you know this is set for tomorrow, with over $50K to be dispersed to folks who help make things better in our community – here’s more, from the San Juan Island Community Foundation: 10th Annual Breakfast of Champions The San Juan Island Community Foundation is pleased to announce its 10th  Continue Reading

I’ll have a little more later on the Half Marathon (check here, for a start), but here’s a video of the beautiful course around the island, introduced by organizers Boo Boo & Kerry:

Let’s see what’s going on around here: • Jack Cory tells me the Rotary Club will be meeting each week at Downriggers each Wednesday at 8am…new members are always welcome, too! • Adam Paull wants you to know: Jim and Ruthie Paull of San Juan Jewels celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary September 16th. Wahoo! Way  Continue Reading

Most of the stuff that’s been written up or put on-screen for the past decades has focused on how terrible things are, and how fear is somehow appropriate. I don’t buy it. Fear doesn’t get the job done. There are other ways to measure things besides money. A nation’s welfare can hardly be measured by  Continue Reading

Live it, breathe it, dream it, hope it, birth it, love it, hug it, embrace it, plan for it, support it, inspire people for it, mend fences for it, reconnect for it, share it. Peace be with you, my friends…. Ian

Here’s more from Judy at the Land Bank: Beaverton Valley Marsh Restoration is Underway The San Juan County Land Bank is leading partners in an effort to protect and restore Beaverton Valley Marsh, the largest wetland complex in the county at over 250 acres.  The latest achievement in this project was the acquisition in September  Continue Reading

Little bit of fog never hurt anyone, and it always clears eventually – let’s take a look through the mists: • A little of everything this weekend, eh? Lots of rain, with nice sunshine just when we needed it, along with morning thunder Sunday morning. • The Village Faire was pretty awesome, in spite of  Continue Reading