Around the island….

It was good to catch up with Regan & Dean at the County Fair a couple of weeks ago…photo by Tamara Weaver.

Check it out:

• Hey, you know tomorrow is the first day of school, right? Back to school…watch for the kids in the morning!

That’s the Road Scholar catalogue from a few months ago…the internationally circulated periodical lists programs all over the world, but what a nice surprise to see the island’s Jim Hooper smiling on the cover during his trip to New Zealand….

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• Word was that Travel Channel was in town this weekend, filming at The Backdoor Kitchen.

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• Yup, it’s time to sign up for drivers’ ed, and I hope you give Sam Leigh a call:

Right of Way Driving School is really doing good things for the community and the next class session will meet Monday and Wednesdays beginning Monday, September 10th through October 29th, 5:30-7:30 pm.

Registration deadline is Wed, Sept 5th 2012. For those who can not make the September Session ROWDS is also taking registrations for November 2012 as well.

All interested students and parents can email Sam Leigh at drive (at) rightofwaydrivingschool.com or call (360) 298-4399 to receive complete program and registration information.

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• Can’t believe it’s the last week – here’s more from Debbie Pigman:

It’s hard to believe that we are coming up on the final Friday Harbor Art Market of the 2012 season. Last week we literally got “blown away” with high winds but we’re going to make up for it this week with a full house of local artist booths. Plus we start the evening with the fabulous marimba music of Kuba Tana (5:00-6:30pm) followed by a young, local favorite – singer and songwriter, Avery Adams (6:30-8:00pm).

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Sally (center), with Kate & Dori

• Just heard from Dori & Kate at Stillpoint School…exciting news:

Sally Bryan and Stillpoint School are excited to announce the Sally W. Bryan Scholarship Fund, which has been established to provide financial support for students attending Stillpoint School. The scholarship fund will continue Sally Bryan’s legacy of 65 years in education. The Fund is seeking donors who value the importance of a quality education in the elementary years.

Donations are tax deductible, and may be mailed to the Sally W. Bryan Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 576.

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• I’d love to hear you have a chance to help the kids out – here’s a note from Amy, Paige & Lita:

We are from Friday Harbor High School’s Community Projects class and for our project we are organizing an overnight retreat to Camp Orkila for the entire senior class. The reason for this is that we have seen our class at homecomings, spirit weeks and other school events and see no leadership or unity. We want to change this.

Our goals for this retreat are that our class realize the importance of being leaders in our school and in the community, and also become more aware of the opportunities to help out with the younger generations. A major part of our project is that we have worked alongside the Prevention Coalition at the Children’s Fair and the San Juan County Fair. Our reasons for doing this are that we want our class to become more involved with the community and grow a deep appreciation for the people on our island. Our mentor, Alisa Schoutlz, has worked alongside us through it all and has helped us with fundraising ideas and service projects.

We started fundraising for this project in March and have continued fundraising through the summer. The total cost of this project is $4,959. We have raised $3,863, leaving us $1,096 to go. All the money goes to Prevention Coalition. Cynthia Stark-Wickman is in charge of our money, and is in charge of the deposits and writing the check to Camp Orkila when the time comes. All checks should be made payable to Prevention Coalition.

We are on a very tight timeline. The set date of our retreat is September 10th-11th, a Monday and Tuesday. (We have received permission from the principal of the high school and our teachers to miss the day and a half of school for this retreat). Our deadline for fundraising is next Friday, the 7th of September.

Would you consider helping us out by putting us into the San Juan Update?

Thank you so much for your time and please do not hesitate to contact us,

Amy Dunaway, Lita Gislason and Paige Carlson

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