To my island neighbors, I wish to thank the many people who supported and encouraged me during this past election.  I have new friends and a deeper appreciation of the many islanders who unselfishly devote their time and efforts to serving each other. I won’t be taking a seat on the 2016 Public Hospital District  Continue Reading

Just heard that a Celebration of Gordon Steele’s Life will be held at the San Juan Community Theatre on Friday, November 13, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

San Juan Puzzles shares this update on where things are at with their new business… San Juan Puzzles President Levi Doenges was happy to hand out checks as first payments for the use of photos turned into puzzles sold thus far. These artists have offered their keen photographer works and paintings to make this business  Continue Reading

The SJI Chamber of Commerce announces their Featured Member of the Month: WaterWorks Gallery… History In 1985, Ruth Offen left her San Francisco gallery job and moved to San Juan Island. Facing an abysmal job market, she turned to what she knew best – art. With a leap of faith and a limited inventory, she  Continue Reading

Indian Spices with Sandhya Sreerama Following on from her popular Indian cooking workshop, Sandhya is back! Come and learn about spices used in Indian cooking, from well-known to lesser-known varieties and taste two of Sandhya’s favorite spice-based recipes. Saturday, November 14 1:30 – 4:00 pm San Juan Island Library meeting room, free. ********* Open Mic  Continue Reading

San Juan Island Grange #966 continues its fall evening program series with Winter Preparedness on Wednesday November 18, 2015 at the Grange Hall. The program begins at 7pm preceded by a potluck at 6pm—all are welcome and encouraged to attend. Come join us for a program on how to prepare for and enjoy in comfort  Continue Reading

Here is an updated post on this upcoming play, this time with some beautiful photos by John Sinclair of Concepia.com… “A triumph of the human spirit” Do not miss this haunting and finely honed piece of contemporary theatrical magic. It is truly exceptional. John, a recently bereaved sales rep, is haunted by the presence of  Continue Reading

Islanders get the chance to find bargains galore and to help Friday Harbor High School seniors at the same time on Saturday, November 21. Project Grad Night 2016 is hosting a fall Rummage and Bake Sale at the FHHS Commons from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Funds raised will be used to help with Grad  Continue Reading

Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker was on the island Tuesday and attended a dedication and tour of the high school’s new STEM center. Senator Ranker was influential in his support for the state grant funding needed to remodel the building from a wood shop/auto mechanics shop/storage facility to a state of the art STEM Learning  Continue Reading

Mike Vouri shares this retirement announcement with you… This is Mike. I’ll be frank. I’m writing about my own retirement coming up December 31. Who else would write it? I’m the one who’s been doing the press releases for the park for 20 years. That’s right, after 20 years, nine months and 26 days I’m  Continue Reading