Hey, the Livestock Auction this year is at 2pm on Saturday at the County Fair…here’s the word from Tammy Anderson: Hi Ian! Just want folks to join all the Livestock 4-H kids this Saturday at 2 pm over in the 4-H Arena at the Fair for the annual 4-H Livestock Auction. The kids have been  Continue Reading

If they give an award for who came the farthest to come to the Fair this week, it might be Gabriel, born in January. His mom Sarah Joy Staude (FHHS ’96) came to the island from Costa Rica, and met up with grandma Krispi on Wednesday. Papa Julio couldn’t come, so I sang “Me &  Continue Reading

What a great evening at the County Fair last night…twenty two folks dressed up using materials they found…somewhere. The rules basically said you gotta use – well, re-use – something, and make your outfit outa that. People made their outfits out of old Fair ribbons, discarded mail, aluminum foil, stuff from the beach, old ties,  Continue Reading

Far as I can tell, Sandy Buckley’s pictures are just getting better & better. Here’s one she took at a baby shower earlier this year.

Far as I can tell, Sandy Buckley’s pictures are just getting better & better. Here’s one she took at a baby shower earlier this year.

Hearing that guitar legend Les Paul had passed away this week was pretty sad… his influence on the art of making a guitar sing was impossible to measure.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. Mohandas K. Gandhi

Amy from Peace Health had this announcement on Friday: Digital Mammography to be Offered on San Juan Island A newly renovated mammogram imaging facility, retrofitted to provide San Juan Island’s first digital mammography, was unveiled at a ribbon-cutting today at the Inter Island Medical Center (IIMC) in Friday Harbor. The mammography facilities at IIMC were  Continue Reading

Hey! Keri from the Town wanted you to know a little more about this month’s Firefighter of the Month – here’s the Friday Harbor Fire Department’s Tom Eades’s responses to her questions: NAME:  Tom Eades FROM: FAMILY/PETS ON ISLAND:  Girlfriend/No pets FAVORITE FOOD:  All seafood. FAVORITE MUSIC:  Primarily rock; but I can handle anything other  Continue Reading

The WSF wanted you to know: The WSDOT Ferries Division will delay the 10:00pm sailing from Friday Harbor on Saturday, August 15, to accommodate traffic leaving the San Juan County Fair. The 10:00pm sailing from Friday Harbor will depart 30 minutes later than scheduled, at 10:30 pm. Subsequent departures from Orcas, Shaw and Lopez Islands  Continue Reading