Around our island….

Sometimes it's a bit wet & grey, and a bit sunny when we walk off the ferry....all at once.

Things have been happening…let’s see what is afoot:

• Spring sports are underway – the FHHS baseball team thumped South Whidbey 10-4 last Saturday, while the softball girls won by forfeit. The soccer Wolverines begin play today at home against the South Whidbey soccer guys, while golf, track & girls’ tennis get underway soon.

Brothers Mike (left) and Kim Sundstrom, along with Uncle Al Sundstrom

• Anna Maria & Dave at the Coho Restaurant are using local flour, and we’re all better for it – here’s the scoop:

In our never-ending quest to search out local foods, we came across a family which has been farming for generations on the island. Kim Sundstrom, who just delivered 100 pounds of his newly milled wheat flour to the restaurant, grew up in the house in which his mother, Ruth Sundstrom, was born.  Her dad is the one who originally bought the house and the property in the early 1900s. Ruth’s sons are now working the 160 acres, Mike raising beef cattle and Kim growing wheat and oats.

Yielding about one ton per acre, Kim produces 30 tons a year, just enough for the local market.  He uses certified organic practices, fortifying the soil with dehydrated chicken manure to bring the quality of the soil up to his standards.  The variety, called Murill Wheat, is a soft, multi-purpose wheat developed by a gentleman in Whatcom county specifically for the Pacific Northwest growing region.  What’s not sold locally is fed to their pigs and sheep.

For milling, Kim takes the grain to Fairhaven Mills in Bellingham, then hauls the flour back to the island.  It seems like a labor of love to us, but Kim’s hope is to rejuvenate the land and create a unique product for a unique market.  You can find his flour at the San Juan Island Food Co-op or, of course, baked into our restaurant’s breads and pastries.  We are happy to be able to offer yet another true taste of the San Juans!”

• Their move is complete – here’s more from Margaret & Peter:

They've moved!

Peter Goddu and Margaret Langlie of GODDULANGLIE, Lawyers-Advisors have relocated their offices to 435–A Argyle Avenue (between San Juan Fitness and San Juan Supplements). The new location has free parking and handicap access at the rear of the building and – to the delight of many clients – only three steps to the front door.

Goddu and Langlie – a husband-wife team and law partners for 29 years – acquired Judge Don Eaton’s practice in April 2010. The firm emphasizes client-focused advice, utilizing their legal expertise combined with common sense in the areas of real estate and land use, commercial and business law, estate planning and probate.

Contact information remains the same: PO Box 460, Friday Harbor, WA 98250; Phone (360) 378-2181; website: www.goddulanglie.com.

• You know the Middle School’s play is not this weekend, but next, right?…“Still Life With Iris” is directed by FHHS alum Bristol Whalen, and opens on March 25th.

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