Good news from Beth Helstien at the library: The Board of Trustees of the San Juan Island Library has announced the selection of Laurie Orton as its new library director. She was selected from nearly forty candidates who applied for the position during a regional and nationwide search. Orton most recently served as branch manager  Continue Reading

Who’s Cinderella?  Who’s Jack in the Beanstalk?  Who’s the wretched witch? Director Margaret Hall and musical director Jim Collado now have a cast for this April and May’s spring musical at San Juan Community Theatre: Into the Woods (written by Stephen Sondheim). If you’re not familiar with the story, it’s an interesting take on fairytales and how  Continue Reading

Political Speed Dating at The Bean Cafe! On Wednesday January 23rd from 2:30-5:00 The Bean Cafe will host the event “Political Speed Dating”. At this event the majority of the current County Council candidates will be seated at separate tables. Members of the community are invited to come and spend a little time with each  Continue Reading

Jan Murphy over at Wolf Hollow has this tidbit for you: Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center plans to start sending out e-updates about “Happenings at the Hollow” and invite those who would like to receive these updates to email: Jmurphy [@] wolfhollowwildlife [.] org. Once we have your email address on file you’ll receive photos  Continue Reading

The deadline for scoping comments on the proposed Gateway Pacific Coal Terminal is Tuesday, January 22, at 5:00 PM. Also, there was an email issue that has now been resolved according to the website, but they are now requesting comments be submitted via the Comment Form on their website.

… or Caliente… Did you get over to the Community Theater this week? Diana Mancel tells us that John Bostrom has been very busy over there with ladders, drop cloths, buckets and paint brushes. Here she is with her take on it all… The new colors are Raisin and Caliente – a deep purple and  Continue Reading

Island Rec wants to know… are you interested in Snowshoeing? Morgan Johnston has more… It looks like our snowshoeing program might get cancelled if we can’t get 6 more people to sign up. The info is as follows: Snowshoeing -Ages 18 and up -Fee: $71.00, includes transportation, equipment, and instruction -2 Trip Dates: January 27th and  Continue Reading

Sylvia Chesley Smith, Life Coach and Counselor, would like to introduce herself to you and offer her services. And for those of you on San Juan, don’t let the Lopez phone number throw you, she does have an office in Friday Harbor. Here’s Sylvia with more… Greetings and Happy New Year! The New Year is  Continue Reading

Domestic violence and sexual assault are important but difficult issues to face. The non-profit agency, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS) will be facilitating a series of trainings to help broaden community awareness and to help people prepare for careers working with survivors of abuse or volunteering to assist with crisis line work. You as a community  Continue Reading

The San Juan Island Library is seeking a Program Associate to design and implement innovative programming for adult library patrons based on priorities established with the Library Director.