Notes from the Island — Aug. 10

• OPALCO says that the Aug. 6 pow­er out­age on San Juan Island was due to a for­eign object inter­fer­ing with the island’s trans­mis­sion line. The crew spent sev­er­al hours nar­row­ing down and patrolling the line sec­tion where the fault hap­pened, although the object that caused the issue was nev­er found. After patrolling and ensur­ing the lines were clear, crews began re-pow­er­ing the island in phas­es, restor­ing full ser­vice by 12:30 a.m.
• Jane Fuller — who is run­ning for Coun­ty Coun­cil in Dis­trict 3 in the Novem­ber elec­tion — will be attend­ing each day of the Coun­ty Fair, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Gaze­bo near the Food Court. She invites com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to share with her their thoughts and ideas on the future of the County.
• Peace Island Med­ical Cen­ter is hold­ing a half-day sports phys­i­cal clin­ic for estab­lished patients in grades 6–12 in the after­noon on Mon­day, Aug. 29. The exams cost $40 and are not typ­i­cal­ly cov­ered by insur­ance. Call 360–378-1756 to sched­ule an appointment.
• Togeth­er with San Juan Island Nation­al His­toric Park, the Library is host­ing a vir­tu­al event titled Anato­my of a Prairie tonight on Zoom at 7 p.m. The event looks at what prairies are, how they work, and why they mat­ter. Email sbenson@sjlib.org to register.
• Island Rec is look­ing for pad­dlers ages 16 and up that are inter­est­ed in get­ting on the water through its intro­duc­to­ry out­rig­ger canoe class, which hap­pens on Wednes­day, Aug. 24 from 5 to 7 p.m., leav­ing from Ship­yard Cove. No pri­or expe­ri­ence is need­ed and life jack­ets will be pro­vid­ed for pad­dlers who do not have their own. The ear­ly reg­is­tra­tion price of $27 expires tomor­row; after that it’s $32. You can reg­is­ter on the Island Rec web­site.
• The fall edi­tion of the Great Islands Clean-up will take place this year on Sat­ur­day, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Here are the week’s spe­cials from Mar­ket Place and Kings.

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