The the­ater had a great turnout and won­der­ful enter­tain­ment for their 2012 fundrais­er. Check out all the smil­ing faces and well-dressed islanders in this slideshow gallery of pho­tos by Ian Bying­ton and Tim Dustrude.

Mike Vouri sends this invi­ta­tion over from the Nation­al Park Ser­vice: Stake your claim for gold—as in gold­en paint­brush —by join­ing park staff and vol­un­teers in plant­i­ng more than 2,000 seedlings in a sec­tion of the Amer­i­can Camp prairie from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednes­day, Decem­ber 5, meet­ing at the Amer­i­can Camp vis­i­tor cen­ter. Those  Con­tin­ue Reading

Meet Jack!  He’s a hand­some man, about 8 years old and a total love-muf­fin!  He’s been at the shel­ter for over a year and would real­ly love to be home for the hol­i­days!  He’s a bit shy at first, but loves noth­ing more than human com­pa­ny and lap time. He gets along well with most oth­er  Con­tin­ue Reading

You may have heard that some new fer­ry names have been decid­ed, but do you know any­thing about the new fer­ries? Check out the WSF Web­site and see some pret­ty cool infor­ma­tion includ­ing a Flickr page with con­struc­tion photos.

Mike Mar­tin has writ­ten up an intro­duc­tion piece for the Lady Wolver­ines to get you ready for their sea­son open­er, tomor­row at South Whid­bey: Com­ing off of a ban­ner year for the Fri­day Har­bor High School Lady Wolver­ines, things are look­ing up for them as they play the first game of the sea­son Sat­ur­day at  Con­tin­ue Reading

Hey every­body, it’s “New Recipe Fri­day!” Naw, I’m just kid­ding, but it is Fri­day, and we do have a new recipe for you. Chef Hobbes sent this over think­ing you might be inter­est­ed so here goes… A nice change of pace… 

Here’s a big event we’re excit­ed to tell you about: “Just Imag­ine” Tick­ets are now on sale for the San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­ater 2012 Hol­i­day Fes­ti­val. With a line­up that includes the Northwest’s most charis­mat­ic auc­tion­eer, mouth-water­ing culi­nary cre­ations, danc­ing to one of the island’s best, and live musi­cal treats through­out, San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty Theatre’s biggest  Con­tin­ue Reading

Here are some things hap­pen­ing this week you might want to be aware of. First off, the Ski Bus has been run­ning for years, but is in dan­ger of being can­celled this year due to lack of enroll­ment. If you want to do the Ski Bus, bet­ter get signed up before Decem­ber 3rd. Here are  Con­tin­ue Reading