Don and Betty Jane Craddock grew up in Pueblo. CO. She lived on the North side and he lived on the East side of town. They met in high school at the age of 16 and the rest of their love story is history. They graduated high school in 1942 only a few months after  Continue Reading

For April, it’s looking like several short films for The Lighter View. Beth sends this note about which movies she’ll be showing… I will be playing several short movies: Tanghi Argentini (14 minutes), a story about true love The Love Competition (15 minutes), a documentary of a scientific study to measure love The Letter Writer  Continue Reading

Jan Murphy, Fundraising Coordinator from Wolf Hollow has this announcement for their upcoming event next week: Greetings Artists and Creative People! It’s that time of year again – time to start planning for Wolf Hollow’s, “Women Gone Wild” fundraiser at Mi Casita Restaurant! This year’s WGW will take place Wednesday, April 3 from 4:00 to  Continue Reading

Safe Shipping in the Salish Sea: A Trans-boundary Discussion of an Oil Spill on International Water Day On March 22, thirty-five participants from First Nations tribes, U.S. tribes, Canadian and American NGOs came together to discuss current and proposed vessel traffic that would ship tar sands and coal through the Salish Sea, and the associated  Continue Reading

You may remember we mentioned this as a possibility last month – Now it’s looking like its a definite thing: San Juan Island Fitness is converting from their current and traditional chlorinated water to a Salt Pure® pool. “There are a lot of benefits to this conversion” says owner, Paul Hopkins. “Most who have swum  Continue Reading

Kim Wickman at Be Chic Boutique wants to help you celebrate Easter in style and sends along this note: Happy Easter! Just a little reminder that we have some stylish spring dresses and scarves and some very cute new Toms shoes in just in time for this holiday weekend! Also new are the line of  Continue Reading

The San Juan Island Farmers Market will hold its last winter market this Saturday, March 30, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the San Juan Island Grange. Market booths feature locally grown produce, locally made foods, and crafts. Music will be provided by the Market Band. ++++++++++ Here’s an update from school Superintendent Rick Thompson on the  Continue Reading

Whoa – time is getting short! This is coming up a whole lot like TOMORROW. Here’s a note from Michele Mayer: I am very excited about this year’s Dining for Scholars event. We have changed it up a bit and this year we have invited a variety of restaurants and cafés around town to join  Continue Reading

Welcome to Wednesday morning everyone! How about a nice sunrise to greet your day? This was shot by Aaron Shepard Tuesday morning. Thanks for sharing Aaron!

Earlier this month Wolf Hollow welcomed Vicki Taylor, who moved from Boise, Idaho to become their new Wildlife Rehabilitator. Vicki graduated from the University of Idaho in 2008 with a degree in Wildlife Resources and Conservation Biology. Her previous animal care experience includes work at a bird rehab. center in Idaho, an exotic animal sanctuary in Nevada  Continue Reading