They’re finally home after a long stint in the hospital & special care – here’s more: Chris and Elizabeth Schubert are proud to announce the births of their identical twin girls, Caelyn Marie and Sara Lorraine Schubert. The girls were born January 16th, 2012, six weeks premature at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington. Caelyn weighed  Continue Reading

Peggy & Oren have The Rumor Mill all decked out – here’s the scoop for Tuesday: It’s an evening of Mardi Gras revelry, fine food & drink, special drawings & contests, with vocalists Jill Urbach & Jim Moe from 6:30-10pm. Feast on Crawfish Pot Pie, Jambalaya, Carpetbagger Steak with Tasso Hollandaise, Oysters Beinville, Muffuletta salad,  Continue Reading

Here’s the scoop from Barbara Sharp: Night of Chocolate Friendzy It’s time for chocolate, and lots of it! The Friends of the Library is sponsoring its fifth annual fundraiser, Night of Chocolate Friendzy, Saturday February 18, 7:00pm at the San Juan Island Library. Bring your favorite chocolate dessert to share, and vote for your favorite.    Continue Reading

These folks are part of the glue that keeps us together as islanders…here’s more from Theresa (thanks, Theresa!): San Juan Eagles Honored for Ten Years of Volunteer Medical Flights by Theresa Simendinger Ten years ago the Eagles started flying on their own time and dime to help cancer patients living on  San Juan Island. Founder  Continue Reading

A quick note from Judy at the Land Bank: Rose gardeners from all over San Juan County are invited to a free rose pruning demonstration on traditional rose pruning day – President’s Day. WSU Master Gardener Volunteers Judy Cumming and Linda Thompson will host the demonstration from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm on Monday, February  Continue Reading

This weekend Deb Langhans is facilitating the second Introductory “Inner Journey Collage” Workshop…it’s  this Sunday, February 19th from 1:00–5:00 p.m.  at XYZ Movement Arts (fee for this 4-hour workshop: $50–all materials provided, including IJC notebook, all collage materials, “dialoging” coaching & light refreshment). Here’s more about the workshop: Our personalities are actually comprised of many  Continue Reading

It’s cool to have Mr. Salazar & Sen. Cantwell here this weekend – here’s more in the press release from Sally Reeve: The Long Road to Permanence: Protection for BLM lands in the San Juan Archipelago U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Senator Maria Cantwell will hold a public meeting to discuss progress made so  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s up…. • Good to hear the school district’s levy passed this evening…there is a lot of structural work that needs to be improved on the aging infrastructure of where we teach our kids. This is a great start. +++++++++ • Trying to sell your house? Windermere’s blog suggests that lower numbers of  Continue Reading

The first results for the School District’s Levy will be released after 8pm on the County’s website after 8pm sometime tonight…let’s keep an eye on ’em. Here’s the spot. Nearly 5400 ballots have been counted, with some 500 left to count. Around 8:30pm, the County site reported a 67%-33% edge voting yes, with a little  Continue Reading