Notes from the Island — Sept. 7

• There’s been an increase in car prowls on San Juan Island, with nine instances hav­ing been report­ed to the San Juan Coun­ty Sher­if­f’s Office in the last month. Sher­iff Ron Krebs says that the crimes are cur­rent­ly being inves­ti­gat­ed and that the Sher­if­f’s Office has a strong lead on a sus­pect. If you’ve expe­ri­enced a sim­i­lar crime, report it by call­ing the non-emer­gency num­ber — 360–378-4151 — and a deputy will call you back to take a report.
• Fri­day Har­bor High School girls soc­cer tied Nook­sack Val­ley High School 2–2 in a road game yes­ter­day after­noon. They play a con­fer­ence game at Linde Com­mu­ni­ty Fields tomor­row at 4 p.m. against Coupeville High School.
• Due to staffing lim­i­ta­tions, Bak­ery San Juan is now open­ing at 9 a.m.
• Pur­ple & Gold need vol­un­teer grillers and servers for their three foot­ball tail­gate events this Sep­tem­ber and Octo­ber. These fundrais­ers pro­vide sup­port for stu­dent schol­ar­ships, coach­ing clin­ics, uni­forms, post-sea­son trav­el, and home­com­ing floats.
• Audi­tions for BOTS! — San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre’s fam­i­ly the­atre show — take place on Thurs­day and Fri­day after­noon this week. Kids in grades K‑6 and par­ents are wel­come to audi­tion. Grades 7–12 can join the pro­duc­tion’s tech crew. Learn more on the SJCT web­site.
• Here are the week’s spe­cials from Mar­ket Place and Kings.

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