Olympia—Through­out August, the Wash­ing­ton Inva­sive Species Coun­cil and the Wash­ing­ton Depart­ment of Nat­ur­al Resources (DNR) are ask­ing the pub­lic to take 10 min­utes to check trees in their com­mu­ni­ties for inva­sive insects. August is the peak time of year that wood-bor­ing insects are most often spot­ted out­side of trees. “State and fed­er­al agen­cies do a fan­tas­tic  Con­tin­ue Reading

If you vis­it the Sculp­ture Park at Roche Har­bor on a warm sum­mer day you may feel drawn toward the shade of the for­est path. Should you ven­ture into the wood­ed path you may find some sur­pris­es. Island artists Ani­ta Bar­reca and Fran­cie Hansen joined by oth­ers includ­ing Beth Spadafo­ra and Jason Munkres have adorned  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Accord­ing to Wikipedia, cab­in fever refers to “claus­tro­pho­bic irri­tabil­i­ty or rest­less­ness expe­ri­enced when a per­son, or group, is stuck at an iso­lat­ed loca­tion or in con­fined quar­ters for an extend­ed peri­od of time”. Any­body relate? They go on to say… “Cab­in  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… With the pres­sure and stress of open­ing up our des­ti­na­tion vaca­tion island only to then slow the open­ing back down, the arrival of vis­i­tors with and with­out masks, spik­ing COVID num­bers across the nation, not to men­tion pro­longed iso­la­tion, a  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… It’s June and gar­dens on the island are bur­geon­ing with new life. At the Mullis Cen­ter more than foliage and flow­ers has sprung up. Among the green­ery on the east side of the build­ing you will now find poems thanks  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… It is sum­mer in the San Juans and San Juan Coun­ty has moved into Phase 2 of our state’s four-phased Safe Start Wash­ing­ton plan. What does this mean for island seniors as local busi­ness­es slow­ly begin to open up, the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Island Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Its been a few months now of stay­ing home and stay­ing healthy, of wear­ing masks and gloves to the gro­cery store, of stay­ing six feet apart from friends we’d real­ly like to hug, of meet­ings on Zoom. How are  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… With com­mu­ni­ty lunch­es on hold due to COVID-19 it may seem like not much is hap­pen­ing these days at the Mullis Cen­ter. How­ev­er, since the lock­down, the num­ber of meals deliv­ered to local seniors by our Meals on Wheels nutri­tion  Con­tin­ue Reading