Around the island….

Looking out over the strait at Lime Kiln State Park last Sunday….

Let’s take a look around the island, as the fog rolls in, an our late summer turns ’round:

• Just heard that our head librarian is moving on….Margie Harrison came here a couple of years ago & has been fantastic for the library & the community, and she’ll be much missed. She’s here till the end of the month….

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“Canal Crossing” by David Price

• There’s a new art display at the Theatre lobby – here’s more:

A new display at the Community Theater opens on October 10th and runs through October 24th, featuring the artwork of David Price.  Mr. Price, a retired forester, came to San Juan Island from Idaho in 1989 and took up painting shortly afterwords, initially with watercolors, but for the past decade he has worked with oil paints as his primary medium.

I love the new seasonal banners on Spring Street & around town! The photos are by Mike Bertrand & Matt Pranger – great way to welcome folks to town & to brighten up the streets!

The lobby display features landscape paintings that he has photographed from western US wilderness areas to castles along the Danube River in Eastern Europe, from quiet beaches in Mexico to the tundra flats of Alaska and, of course, scenes painted on location here on beautiful San Juan Island.  Theatre lobby access is permitted every day during box office hours and during scheduled performances.

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• What’s going on with Fish for Teeth lately? Cool stuff – here’s more from Matt:

Fish for Teeth brings ToothMobile back for the third time.

Fish for Teeth is continuing its mission to provide dental care for Islanders who cannot otherwise afford it.  The most recent September 8^th clinic provided dental care for 17 island neighbors, with roughly $6000.00 worth of dental services performed.  To date, in 2012, between 3 clinics on San Juan Island and 1 on Lopez, nearly $50,000 in dental services has been provided.  Not bad for our 1^st year and Lopez Island has one more clinic scheduled for November 30 and December 1^st.  

This special thank-you goes to all who’ve graciously given of themselves to make this happen.  This is an entirely volunteer effort that could not be possible without the generous contributions from individuals, local businesses and organizations.  No one, not the dentists, the hygienists, the dental assistants, the clinic support individuals, or those that work so hard on the taco sales, are paid.  This past dental clinic was staffed by Dr. Michelle Reynolds, Jill Akins, Dr. Mike Horn, Erin Quinn, and Tami Doenges.  As always a special thanks to Dr. Horn for coordinating the dental volunteers.

Until this past summer, the clinics have been funded entirely by individual donations and our fish taco sales.  Within the past three months, the Rotary Club donated $3,750.00 a portion of their proceeds from their Concours d’Elegance event in August; the American Legion Auxiliary donated $1,000 and the Soroptimists club donated $300, with at least that much coming from additional contributions from individual members.  We can’t thank them enough; their donations will go a long way in providing much needed dental care.

The application intake sources are San Juan County Public Health Department, San Juan and Lopez Family Resource Centers.  Mullis Center provided the space for the dental clinic.  Thanks so much for what you do, over and over.  The Clinic Coordinator was Margaret Johnson, with help from Nancy Best, Kathy Hagn, and Liz Pillow.

Wells Fargo Bank provided the venue to sell our tacos.  Ace Hardware proved invaluable with gracious assistance in a number of ways.  Cynthia Burke offered use of her commercial kitchen for the preparation of the fish taco ingredients and ordered some of the ingredients.  Paul Hopkins donated the use of table, chairs, and pop-up tents.  Molly Finch donated water.  Matt’s Fresh Fish donated the Alaskan rockfish used in the tacos and Pablito’s Taqueria offered his super-delicious salsa at cost.  Steve Feinstein, owner of Mullis Street Storage, recently donated storage space to us in order that we can more easily store and transport the equipment we use for the taco sale.  Jeannine Earnhart was instrumental in designing our new brochure so that we can better describe ourselves to patrons and potential donors.  Jeannine also designed and updates our posters.  Thank you, Jeannine and also thank you to Travis Ayers of Luxel Corp, who donates the printing of the posters.  Of course, thank you to the Fish For Teeth Taco Team who brought it all home, netting $2000.00, enough to pay for our brochures, signs and fund another clinic.  Way to go!

What a wonderful community we live in!  What an amazing community effort we’re involved with.  Thank you so much for being a part in something so much bigger than ourselves!

“Taco Team” members:
Linda Degnan-Cobos, Laurie Duncan, Jean Griffin, Kerwin Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Gabriel Conway, Sharon Lannan, Matt Marinkovich, Maureen Marinkovich, Pauline Mulligan, Chad Peterman, Aimee Urata.

Fish For Teeth Board:
Matt and Maureen Marinkovich, Dr. Michael Horn, Margaret Johnson, Aimee Urata, Mark Anderson and Tami Doenges.

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• Here’s Chris Teren’s video on Facebook of the Northern Lights – it’s a time lapse that squeezes an hour into 30 seconds….you’ll say “Wow!”

Click here!

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Tonight! See you there!

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c1900 Saloon Best (today the Blue Water Bar and Grill & Sotheby’s Realtors). Photo courtesy of the University of Washington Archives.

• There’s a walking tour this weekend:

Historic Downtown Friday Walking Tour–this Saturday!

Saturday, October 13, 2012, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Join Town preservationist Sandy Strehlou for a free guided tour of the downtown historic district. Great stories about Friday Harbor’s colorful past await, rain or shine. Meet at Memorial Park, located at the intersection of Front Street @ Spring Street. Some hills, walking shoes are recommended. For more information: [email protected] or 360.378.2810 during business hours.

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• Here’s Chris’ picture of the Northern Lights, shot from American Camp looking towards Lopez Island….

Click to enbiggen this awesome picture – even cooler when you see the large version! Photo by Chris Teren

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Alison Engle’s colorful & beautiful art brightens up the Farmers’ Market….

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