I’ll bet you didn’t know he was a General did you? Well, anyway… Energizer Bunny arrested; charged with battery A pessimist’s blood type is always B-negative I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons? Sea captains don’t like crew  Continue Reading

Updated – Turns out it’s not going to be a restaurant after all, but the new owner’s residence. So the rest of this story is outdated now and not true anymore :-/ Have you seen all the activity lately on the roof of the old Jeri’s Mall building? That’s the new second floor going in.  Continue Reading

It’s community dinner time again! Check out this menu! Community Dinner Next Wednesday, January 15th In addition to the Community Dinner, there will be Student Exhibitions throughout the school. Students will present their Community Projects, Art Walk-a-Bout and performance by the Jazz Band 5:00-5:30 Dinner is 5:00 – 7:30 in the High School Commons The  Continue Reading

San Juan Island Sculpture Park Our 20 acre outdoor (originated in 1998) park is inviting sculptors to submit recent digital photos (max 2 exhibits and max 2 photos per work) to be reviewed by our blind selection process jury of sculpture professionals and academics. Selections will be based solely on pictures of your work as  Continue Reading

Just got this note in the inbox from Genie Williams… Happy New Year Greetings! I have received numerous calls and e-mails asking how people can send their best wishes to Cathy Cavanagh during her recovery. On January 25th we are hosting a fundraiser for her at the Grange from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The information is  Continue Reading

Book discussion: Underpinning, with Susan Reed Underpinning is a memoir of growing up in Friday Harbor from 1908 to 1917 by Caroline Reed, the eldest daughter of one of the first doctors to practice medicine in the Islands, Dr. Connor Reed. Caroline Reed’s vivid descriptions evoke whole days from the past, such as the 1916  Continue Reading

It’s at the Grange tonight, brought to you by the Friday Harbor Film Festival – Smokin’ Fish tells the story of Cory Mann a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau, Alaska and his efforts to negotiate between survival in the world’s economy as an entrepreneur, while retaining his cultural identity as a  Continue Reading

January is National Mentoring month and the SJI Mentoring Program is making a push to find new mentors. We are having a training this Saturday (Jan. 11th) for new mentors (Space is available!) and are recruiting through the Spring. One hour a week is so little to give, but can truly make a difference in  Continue Reading

Anna from the San Juan Island Food Co-Op sends this notice… We will be conducting our annual inventory this Saturday and Sunday so the doors will be locked up tight from Saturday 3 PM to Monday 11 AM. Please make sure to stock up for the weekend since we will NOT be open at all  Continue Reading

NPS Volunteer of the Century Named San Juan Islander Jim Meredith has been a constant in San Juan National Historical Park’s living history program, volunteering here for nearly 40 years. The National Park Service celebrated Jim’s service last month by naming him the “Volunteer of the Century.” There isn’t anything he doesn’t know about the  Continue Reading