Tim Dus­trude con­tin­ues his series with pho­tos & sto­ries about peo­ple around the island – here’s more about the good folks at Print­onyx: Print­onyx is Fri­day Har­bor’s full ser­vice Print­ing, Copy­ing, Fax­ing, Design­ing, Sta­pling and gen­er­al Offic­ing place. Orig­i­nal­ly launched back around 1987 by Homer Smith, it was pur­chased in 1994 by Kris­tine Brown (at left  Con­tin­ue Reading

It’s this week­end! Here’s more from Sandy Strehlou: Don’t Miss the Farm Parade and Chili Cook-Off Exot­ic hors­es, scare­crows, back­yard chick­ens, trac­tors, parade and party—it’s the annu­al Fall Farm Parade Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 6 at 2:30pm. Grand Mar­shall Al Sund­strom will lead the parade in mem­o­ry of long-time islander and farmer, Lynette Guard. The Sund­stroms and Guards  Con­tin­ue Reading

Let’s check: • Sup­port your schools! The Phone-A-Thon is tonight & tomor­row — be nice when they call! ++++++++++ • Today at the Demo­c­ra­t­ic HQ (right behind the drug store, next to Mar­i­lyn’s Gar­den Cafe), the Dems con­tin­ue their series of chances for you to meet can­di­dates: Coun­ty Coun­cil mem­ber Howie Rosen­feld, Dis­trict 3, will take  Con­tin­ue Reading

There are some pret­ty cool chances to get involved in singing — here’s more from Angel Michaels: San Juan Singers If you are inter­est­ed in singing with a com­mu­ni­ty cho­rus this sea­son, con­sid­er join­ing San Juan Singers, direct­ed by Angel Michaels on Wed. nights, 7–9pm in the Skag­it Val­ley Col­lege Com­mu­ni­ty room.  Mem­ber­ship is open  Con­tin­ue Reading

The folks at the Coun­ty Health Depart­ment are gear­ing up for the fall.…here’s more from Susan Leff: Influen­za affects all ages Nobody can pre­dict when Influen­za will start, how severe it will be, or how long the Influen­za sea­son will last in a com­mu­ni­ty.   The only sure thing is that we will have Influen­za in our com­mu­ni­ty  Con­tin­ue Reading

Let’s catch up with our island: • Hey, last week’s blood dri­ve at the Mullis Cen­ter col­lect­ed 103 units, which the Red Cross woman told me she was pret­ty sure was a record…way to go! +++++++++ • The sum­mer is over but Duck Soup Inn is still open for the month — here’s more from Anna Lisa:  Con­tin­ue Reading

There’s an exhib­it over at Vil­lage at the Har­bour show­cas­ing one of the island’s lead­ing wom­en’s work — here’s more about Jeri, in a lit­tle write­up from the Vil­lage: Geral­dine (Halver­son) Law­son grew up on San Juan Island. The Halver­son fam­i­ly owned a dairy and as a young girl “Jeri” helped her father Gun­der deliv­er  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tim Dus­trude con­tin­ues his series with pho­tos & sto­ries about peo­ple around the island – here’s more about Marc Franklin at Aero­nau­ti­cal Ser­vices: Marc Franklin is the new Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of Aero­nau­ti­cal Ser­vices, Inc. (well, “new” since Novem­ber of 2009). So if you have a prob­lem with your local UPS pack­age freight, he’s the guy… (Click here for the  Con­tin­ue Reading