Around the island…

Let’s see what’s up:

• Today at Pablito’s, Paul is offering his dad’s award-winning chili with jalapeño corn bread..check it out!

• The baseball playoff game was washed out yesterday, so the Wolverines play Bellevue Christian at 5pm today, which is cool…we used our top two pitchers in Monday’s two games, which means they weren’t available yesterday (by state rules, and good sense), but they are today. We win – we go to state. We lose, we play  & have to win two on Saturday to get to go to state. Love those Wolverines! (By the way, the state requires it – there will be an admission charge today, because it’s a playoff game….)

The Teddy Bear Picnic is this weekend!

• It’s this weekend! Here’s more from Jan Bollwinkel-Smith:

CATS’ Teddy Bear Picnic on May 14

Island youngsters get to cuddle their favorite “teddy” during CATS’ annual Teddy Bear Picnic on Saturday, May 14.

The FREE event from noon to 2:00 in San Juan Community Theatre’s patio garden features face painting, crafts projects, refreshments and, of course, teddy bears!  This year, a story teller will be followed by two special musicians.

The refreshments will include PB & J or grilled cheese sandwiches, fruit, juice and cookies in the shape of bears.

Each child also receives a complimentary stuffed bear from CATS and a book from the Early Learning Consortium and Critical Needs Task Force.

• You can help the Woodwards with their mission to the Dominican Republic, and eat well too – here’s the deal:

Mo & Vic are making plans for the summer...

A Night Out at Mo’s Cafe – BBQ dinner

You are invited to attend a barbecue dinner in support of the Woodwards’ 2011 Dominican Republic mission trip.

When? Thursday May 12th, anytime between 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Where? The home of the Brumsickle family, 320 Ross Lane, Friday Harbor.
Need directions? Call 378-8435 or 378-6015

Please come by for dinner, and pay by donation to help with the costs of this seven week mission trip. Learn how you can touch the lives of Haitian children living in the Dominican Republic through the Woodward’s outreach; in partnership with Children of the Nations.

Please consider giving online to our mission. See this link & include our names, Vic and Monique Woodward and our consultant number – DR_THW611. Thanks!

• It’s Cruisin’ Time with the middle school’s PTA! Here’s more from Jan:

The Friday Harbor Middle School PTA has organized a special cruise on San Juan Excursions’ 65-footer, the Odyssey on Friday, May 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

“This is not only a unique FUNdraiser for the FHMS PTA, but it’s a great way for parents and other adults to get together without the kids and just chill,” said FHMS PTA secretary Jan Bollwinkel-Smith.

Tickets are $30 per person and include complimentary appetizers and spectacular scenery, moving toward Speiden Island.  The cruise is limited to 50 people on board; paid reservations are required.   Proceeds from the cruise will help the PTA with field trips, teacher appreciations, parent classes and more.

Reservations may be made at the FH Middle School Office during school hours.
For more information, contact Jan Bollwinkel-Smith at 370-5354.

• They’re Number One! Amelia from Pelindaba has more:

For the third year in a row, Pelindaba Lavender Farm has just been voted as “Best Public Garden in Western Washington” in local NBC affiliate King 5/Evening Magazine’s “Best of the Northwest Escapes 2011” contest.

Pelindaba Lavender Farm won this same title as winner of the same contest in 2009 and 2010. Stephen Robins, owner of Pelindaba Lavender, said, “We are delighted to receive this broad public recognition of what we have created here on San Juan Island. Esthetics are a critically important element of the high quality standards we strive to instill in everything we do, and help us attract even greater attention to the value of open space preservation in an increasingly crowded environment. It is particularly gratifying to have this affirmation that these efforts provide as much pleasure for others as they do for us.

“We welcome thousands of visitors each year at the farm. They come to stroll through the blooming fields, picnic, harvest their own bouquets, paint, photograph and browse the hundreds of lavender products we handcraft on-site from our organic flowers and oils.”

Pelindaba Lavender is a 12-year-old San Juan Island open space preservation project that has steadily developed into a nationally prominent vertically integrated farmer of organically certified lavender, and manufacturer and retailer of value-added lavender products handcrafted entirely by island residents. It has also gained wide recognition as a unique model of sustainable community development as well as a highly popular regional agri-tourism destination.

Pelindaba Lavender was nominated for Washington State’s 2004 Governor’s Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and was the recipient of San Juan County Rotary’s first ever Award for Business Excellence in 2005.

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