Around the island….as equinox begins

Beautiful days on San Juan Island ahead…let’s look around:

• There have been superpods of the three resident pods these last couple of days off the west side, and this might be a good to check out the talk tonight at The Whale Museum in The Whale Museum’s Lecture Series: Killer Whales of Western Alaska. Dave from the Center for Whale Research presents his findings…starts at 7pm.

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• Eileen says the next “Know Your Island Walk” is this Saturday – here’s the deal (these are fun!):

KNOW YOUR ISLAND WALK: Sat. Sept. 24, 1:00pm. Meet Marilyn O’Conner, Director of the Port of Friday Harbor, to “Walk the Port” (airport to boat harbor to Jackson’s Beach and back to the airport). Meet and park at Skagit Valley College parking lot. Dogs, on leashes, are welcome. Length is 3 miles. Terrain is sidewalks and pavement.  Rating is moderate. Information:: 360-378-5646.

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• Tough times: It’s been hard to hear about the passing of Gary Bryant and Bob Greenway this past weekend, and that Carmen Dixon had a fire at her house last week.

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• Mary Doerfliein & the German Club have a film on Sunday at 7pm:

The island will be saying “Goodbye, Lenin,” with a movie hosted by Dan Drath playing at the San Juan Island Library Meeting Room, a complimentary feature sponsored by the German Club, and first in a series of nine during 2011 and 2012. It’s free! And popcorn is permitted.

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• At Island Rec, this is a good time to get your card (or get it updated) – here’s more from Sally:

First Aid & CPR Classes Offered
Be prepared for an injury or life-threatening emergency that could take place in your home or workplace. Island Rec is offering a First Aid Class on Monday September 26 and CPR on Wednesday September 28. Both classes meet at the Aid Unit on Spring Street and run from 5:30-9:30pm. Cost is $25 per class and pre-registration is required. Register for one or both classes on www.islandrec.og or in person at Island Rec at 580 Guard Street, between 1-5pm Monday through Friday. Call Island Rec at 378-4953 for more information.

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• It was so cool to hear from Ashley Paull that her parents Ruthie & Jim had their 44th wedding aniversary last week!

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• Gordy Peterson checks in:

Hi, Your readers might want to know about the contest to name the new public works boat. Some of the names are are hoot. See them here on the Island Guardian.

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• It’s great to hear from the boys about the Greenhouse Project…here’s a bit of background from Linda Degnan-Cobos:

This is a photo of Cody Pierce, Ryan Cole, and Parker Satin, the three boys from Jenny Wilson’s Community Projects class at the high school, who got the current grant for the greenhouse project to be located at the Land & Sea garden across from the high school/middle school.

They were mentored through the grant stage of the project by Scott Fitzstephens of Land & Sea, Slow Food’s Friday Harbor chapter, Scotts work on that part of the project was made possible by a grant from a generous local Friday Harbor couple. Marion Melville has since generously donated a great deal of time to help the boys navigate through the next part of the undertaking..

The project is now being taken to stage 2 by two students in Jenny’s 2011-2012 class, Steven Kelly and Julian Perren, and the entire project is once again being generously mentored by Marion Melville.

A greenhouse project was initially started about 3 years ago by a Community Service project student, Aaron Kendzoriak, from FHHS, but stalled when no site was available, but Aaron laid the groundwork for the success of this wonderful student/community effort.

Here’s the word from the guys:

Hello, Everyone!

Well our greenhouse group has come a long way since last semester. We’ve tackled many things that we never thought we would be able to, just high schoolers.

We were approved for our Greenhouse by the County Council with no rejections at all. We then obtained our building permit from the Town of Friday Harbor. Our final big presentation was in front of the Historic Preservation committee. The next step after that was to take the money that we successfully received from the Gates Grant Foundation for a total of $8,000, and actually purchase the greenhouse itself.

One day a lot sooner than expected the kit showed up! Now here we are today. We are offering to let a few students from the new Community Projects class to tackle this project with us head on. That’s where we are currently with our project and we feel very accomplished with where we are right now.

But it’s time to take that final step into the finalization of the project. We now have a volunteer Facebook page where you can sign up in a super easy way. Either search Community Project Greenhouse Page or go to the page here.

We would also like to say to those who volunteered previously at the Community Presentation we sincerely apologize, but unfortunately through all the work, commotion and hassle, we have misplaced that list. We so deeply apologize once again for the mistake. We would appreciate if you would sign up again if you are willing.

Thank you,
Ryan Cole, Parker Satin & Cody Pierce
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• It’s time for trivia! Here’s more from Peggy & Oren:

“Our’s is #966. What is it?” Hard to believe this bonus trivia question stumped 60 of Friday Harbor’s best trivia players for almost a week, but it did. Fall feels like it’s here, so it’a time to start Trivia again. Thursday, Sept. 22nd, 7pm sharp, team league play. We are already writing & researching questions for our 17th season of trivia in Friday Harbor. We are looking forward to spending an evening (or 30) with our returning players, as well as meeting new players. Returning teams are asked to drop us a line, 378-5555, Rumor Mill’s facebook site, or [email protected] to confirm attendance. New teams welcome, there’s always a little more room. Spectators welcome, if you promise not to yell out the answers. $5 entry, weekly prizes. Come on down before the game for dinner and avoid the 7pm rush.

What was the answer to #966? It was the number of Friday Harbor’s Grange Hall.

Happy Trivia-ing, Peggy & Oren

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