Monday….

Sunrise over Cattle Pass last week...photo by Ary Hobbel (click on the picture to see a larger, really cool version)

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.

Mary-Brooke

• Hey, Mary-Brooke at Mirabella has a new deal that’s good for your skin called LED Photo-Rejuvenation Facials (I’m pretty sure this doesn’t have anything to do with Photoshopping your pix to make you look better) – check out the details here.

• Chinmayo is putting on an art show at the Community Theatre called “Up Close & Personal” which opens this Thursday from 5-7:30pm….see you there!

• She was last seen at Bakery San Juan, and now Leah Altman has been visiting Iceland for the past couple of weeks.

Someone put all the chairs on the Hyak in circles, so Jan & David settled in to read on Sunday....still investigating whether the chair circles are like crop circles or something. Meanwhile - I knew you would ask - the Hyak hasn't been painted yet.

• Bob wants to find other people who fly –  here’s more:

Pilots in Search of Pilots

You might be surprised to learn about an organization of aircraft pilots on San Juan Island. You might not be surprised to know that it’s called the San Juan Pilots Association. Its 130 members are all full or part‐time San Juan Island residents.

You might also be thinking, “That’s a lot of pilots for such a small place.” And, you’d be right. Because of our Island’s relative isolation, owning an airplane here is of more benefit than most mainland places. Put to a number, about 3% of San Juan Islanders have a pilot’s license. That compares to about two‐tenths of one percent nationally.

According to San Juan Pilots President Bob Brunkow, even with a membership of 130, it’s estimated that about another 50 pilots live on the Island and are not Association members.

He said, “We’d like to encourage current, past and future pilots to see our information, meet our members and attend one or more of our events.”

Its membership, while largely social, provides information and promotes safety to local and visiting pilots via the web, email notices, and meetings. It also provides a point of contact between the community and the pilot group. And, its John Volk Memorial Scholarship Fund provides annual scholarships to local students. If you, or someone you know, has an interest, more information is available at www.sanjuanpilots.com, or www.sanjuanpilots.blogspot.com.

Flossie Mullis-McRae and The Great Pumpkin at Guard Sundstom's Pumpkin Patch on San Juan Valley Road...photo by Peggy Sue McRae.

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