You know, there are a bunch of places you might know Joe Bongiorno from… Maybe you remember him when he was in a band back in 1987 when he graduated from Friday Harbor High School. Maybe you remember him from the Ale House, or from hearing him play piano at weddings at Roche Harbor, or  Continue Reading

I was just checking the San Juan Public Schools Foundation website and couldn’t help but note that the Phone-a-thon raised $26,215 this past October, while the Business Promotion added $15,827. The Foundation helps fill in the gap where funding sometimes falls short – check this incredible list which I think shows they make each dollar  Continue Reading

Heading into the weekend! Wahoo! Let’s see what’s going on: • This is cool – you can vote for a couple of islanders to win! Radio station Praise 106.5 has Cathy & Jim Cole as one of five couples who tell their story for a thing they call Valentine Redo…if they win they get a  Continue Reading

My friend Regina tells me this is going to be great…you can hear the Flower Duet here (it’s a YouTube vid with 2 million views – that’ll give you the idea). Here’s more: Puget Sound Concert Opera: Up Close And Affordable! Lakmé by: Leo Delibes The tragic tale of the love affair between a British  Continue Reading

Linda & Maureen have a movie this weekend you’ll want to catch (here’s the trailer): FRESH FILM SCREENING AT SJI LIBRARY FEB. 13, SUNDAY, AT 6pm – FREE – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC We are all hearing a lot of things about what’s wrong with our nation’s food production systems. How about hearing the ways  Continue Reading

Peggy & Oren tell me it’s gonna be great: This weekend we’ll have the David George Band (David is Scott George’s brother – you know him from the post office!) on Friday & Saturday the 11th & 12th. The show features jazz, with Debbie “Delta Diva” Bivens (right). On Sunday the 13th, the San Juan  Continue Reading

The sun is out, the sky is blue…it’s beautiful & so are you: • Who let the dogs out? Arf, oooff, ooof, ooof. God. Now you have that song stuck in your head, see if you can help Bob: Two Lost Golden Retrievers: Sunny & Buddy went missing on Super Bowl Sunday from the Sunset  Continue Reading

Just got this notice from Peggy: The Agricultural Resources Committee (ARC) of San Juan County (SJC) and WSU Extension of SJC are sponsoring a series of meetings about agriculture in SJC. Outreach meetings were already held on Orcas and Lopez Islands in late 2010, with over 60 farmers and others interested in farming in attendance.   Continue Reading

The Nature Institute’s presentation will fill in the gaps on what you know about biofuels tonight at 7pm at the Marine Labs, including – how DO algae make oil? – here’s more, from Fiona: Our speaker on Thursday February 10, is Charley O’Kelly, independent researcher at Friday Harbor Labs and consultant to the biofuel industry.  Continue Reading

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