Around the island…

This is a good place to start, looking at this panorama that Aaron Shepard shot from the top of Mount Young....click on the picture to see it much enlarged in all its glory. Great shot - thanks for sharing, Aaron!

Let’s look around this grey, chilly morning….

Looks like baby Owen (left) and baby Hazel are best pals already....

• Sunday, islander Matt Wight and his wife Andrea welcomed twins Owen & Hazel into the world in Montreal where they live now…the proud grandparents are Pat Wight & Larry Wight; the proud island is this one.

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• The Home Trust’s Nancy DeVaux says this is tomorrow night:

The San Juan Community Home Trust‘s tenth annual “Dessert Night and Annual Meeting” is November 17th at 6:30 pm at Skagit Valley College in Friday Harbor. Please come celebrate with us!

Merle & Bonnie

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• Great to run into Merle & Bonnie Turman the other night at Surina Business Park…Merle says the chimney (and everything else!) business is good, and people have been telling me they love Bonnie’s Creative Passions shop right next door…and you better hustle – her classes fill up fast!

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• Crystal Campbell-Norbom says there are scheduled Girl Scouts Parent Information Nights on
Monday, Nov. 21st (6:30 – 8pm) & Tuesday, Nov. 22nd (6:30 – 8pm) at the EarthBox Hotel Conference Room. Drop in for Pizza, Prize Wheel and learn about Girl Scout programs, troops and the benefits of Girl Scouting.

Gabrielle's here!

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• Casey & Stacie Baisch sent over a picture of baby Gabrielle Lynn, born on the 8th & weighing 7lbs, 8oz. Welcome, Gabrielle!

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• Time to brighten the Island! Here’s more about Christmas lights from Peggy at the Chamber of Commerce:

Celebrate your Christmas Spirit!
Join your fellow downtown businesses in decorating 
Friday Harbor for the Holidays!
 Entry forms & fees are due Wednesday, November 30, at 5:00 p.m.
 Judging ~ Thursday, December 1st.
 Prizes will be awarded for all 1st place winners and
 the Grand Prize winner 
will have the opportunity to turn on the lights during the 
Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 2, at 6:30 p.m.

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Part of the reason there was a good sized mob at Monday's Chamber of Commerce meeting was the food - it was hosted by Surina Business Park & Lynn Danaher, Cakes by Felicitations (that's Felicty, left), and San Juan Pasta Company (Angel Michaels, right)...it was a happy meeting with good food (Angel & Felicity made a lot of new fans, as well as reminding the rest of us why we are), and a good chance to check in on friends.

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Peg

• I asked Tamara Weaver who she’s run into, lately:

I was lured into the Rumor Mill last Friday to the sound of Steve Dyer’s folksy guitar during Open Mic, and had the pleasure of bumping into a few friends, including Altier Salon’s Andrea Berlatsky treating her mom to some mother-daughter bonding, and Jim and Peg LeBlanc soaking up some atmosphere.

Peg tells me she’s now a full-time Islander, and offering her extensive experience as a therapist to anyone looking to improve personal relationships, manage pain, or just feeling a little low. She’s a self-described problem-solver & reassures us that we’re not crazy, just “worried well people” (That’s a relief!)  You can reach her on her cell, 619-778-4902. She’s also featured in the Psychology Today therapist directory. I walked away smiling. A great bit of wisdom from my meeting with Margaret:  “Contempt is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.”

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Eddie Falls with his son Keith coming home from eye surgery, back on the ninth. Stephanie says Ed is at the convalescent center (Life Care Center) and invites friends to drop in & say hi!

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