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John Boyd reported this fire near Deadman’s Bay looked like it was being contained, but burned what he estimated as nearly two acres….

There’s a lot going on….let’s check in: • Barbara Dollahite reports that she & Matt have a show in Anacortes: Last Friday,  I opened with four other artist (including my artist husband Matt) at Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes, Wa.  I was pleased when a representative of Islands Hospital, Enid  Oates, chose to select my piece “Wild  Continue Reading

Every so often, you gotta dance before you go to work, maybe just a little. This is an easy one for that….

Let’s take a look around the island… • Sarah Crosby asked me to let you know about this, today: The League of Women Voters of the San Juans will hold its monthly membership meeting on Monday, September 17th at the San Juan Island Library Conference Room at 1010 Guard Street from 12:00n until 2:00pm.  The  Continue Reading

This is both sad & thoughtful, and beautiful…you’ll remember…

Here’s the progress report from the airport about how the construction is going: Friday Harbor Airport’s taxiway reconstruction is nearly complete.  The work is expected to finish up near the end of September.  The north half of the taxiway opened recently, and work is underway on removing old asphalt and rebuilding and paving the south  Continue Reading

Friday Harbor put up the points in each quarter as they rolled over the Orcas Vikings 41-0 last night. The Wolverines (2-0) looked strong on offense & confident on defense after last week’s win over Lynden Christian, as they moved up & down the field in front of an overflow Island Cup crowd.

Have you wondered what all the fuss about GMO (genetically modified organisms) is? Doesn’t it get your interest that much of the developed world is on the other side of the discussion from where our coutry is? It’s a really amazing thing that we get internationally known and well respected authors and speakers to visit the island  Continue Reading

Let’s see what we have happening around us, good friends… • The girls’ soccer team has had a good week, beating Orcas 5-0 earlier in the week and Concrete 12-2 last night…meanwhile, FHHS hosts Orcas tonight in football – see you there! ++++++ • It was fun to see Emma Foster‘s name in the article that  Continue Reading