Bob Stavers is in charge of the photography part of the County Fair this year – and he wants you to join in! Here’s more: Calling all photographers!  How good can you be? One of the most popular “departments” at the county fair has always been the photography exhibit.  Perhaps this results from the desire  Continue Reading

At this year’s graduation ceremony at Friday Harbor High, I was thinking how proud the late John Volk would have been to know that Conner Johns received the scholarship named after him – Conner is the kind of great person who is a positive, bright light, and you would find him absolutely trustworthy…this is a  Continue Reading

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle Onassis

There’s going to be a public forum on the CAO this week on Tuesday at FHHS – Gordy Peterson sent this along for me to share with you: San Juan County’s controversial Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) has caught the attention of some influential and powerful citizen’s advocacy groups around Washington State. Several distinguished guests from  Continue Reading

You know, the video is kinda rough – I think this is on Shindig, circa 1965, but it’s great to hear Bev Bivens & the We Five sing this Sylvia Tyson song one more time: Folk historians…if you liked that, you’ve dig this: Ian & Sylvia (Tyson) singing the song the way Sylvia wrote it,  Continue Reading

Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. Charles Richards

Memorial service is Thursday, 5 p.m., at St. Francis Church for Beatriz Velilla de Tobon of Friday Harbor. Mrs. Tobon passed away July 25. She was 64. Her family remembered her today as a person who loved children, loved dancing and parties, and enjoyed the company of friends. She was born Dec. 10, 1944 in  Continue Reading

Inspiration comes forth from within. It’s what the light burning within you is about, as opposed to motivation, which is doing it because if you don’t do it, there will be negative repercussions. Abraham-Hicks

They’re gonna go by CenturyLink, starting this fall. Here’s more about that in the Kitsap paper, including a note that they’re not sure what’s gonna happen for people who use centurytel.net with their e-mail. And here’s the word from CenturyTel themselves.

  Tomorrow at the Mariners game in Seattle, islander Pat O’Day is slated to throw out the first pitch to get the game going – the former radio broadcaster is in Seattle for SeaFair (which he is pretty much the voice for, and has been for decades). Pat used to pitch in high school, and  Continue Reading