Looking ’round….

Hope you got out in the sun some this weekend, and get a chance to get out in the rain today 🙂

Here’s what’s up:

Arnell was part of the movement that made the Mullis Center come to life ten years ago....

Caught up with Arnell at Haley's last year for her 60th....

• Seems like it just happened – I was thinking about how cool it is that we have the Mullis Center yesterday (I went over to visit folks during the pancake breakfast, held the first Sunday of each month). Do you ever look at the Update archives?

It’s fun to see what the island looked like a while back – here’s the report (scroll down a bit) about the Mullis Center opening in March 2011. Now, THAT was a quick ten years!

One of the driving forces behind making the dream come true was Arnell Haws, and it’s neat that one of the little plaques outside the place remembers that, too…

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• The General Election Forum is tonight – see you there!

The League of Women Voters presents the forum on San Juan Island: Monday October 3, Friday Harbor Middle School Commons Room, 5:30p-7:30p.

Invitations have been issued to the candidates for the contested positions of School Board Director 3, School Board Director 5, Park and Rec Commissioner 5; Pro and Con speakers for the Land Bank and Solid Waste ballot measures.

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Kari

• Can’t believe it’s been so long, and still so necessary…Kari Koski  is leaving the Soundwatch program later this year.

She has made Soundwatch a viable & active partner in protecting killer whales and marine mammals with its education program to let errant boaters know they’re getting too close. After some 19 years, she says it’s time to move on to new things…thanks, Kari, for what you’ve done to make this a better place for us & our animal friends to live!

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• Welcome, Olsen! Here’s the scoop:

Olsen!

Scott and Alisa Schoultz are proud to announce the birth of their son, Olsen Reed. Olsen was born on September 27, 2011 at 5:25 pm. He weighed 8 lbs, 10 oz and was 20 inches long.

Olsen is welcomed by his big sister Vera, grandparents Mike and Jeri Ahrenius of Friday Harbor, WA, Dean Felthous of Lake Stevens, WA and Nils and Carolyn Schoultz of Hudson, FL.

Great-grandparents are Reed and Elaine Brockbank of Kentfield, CA, and Agnetta Felthous of Stanwood, WA.

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