The Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion was once again grat­i­fied by the amaz­ing gen­eros­i­ty of islanders last week at the 2017 San Juan Coun­ty Fair when over $31,000 was donat­ed to nine dif­fer­ent projects fea­tured in the match­ing pro­gram. This amount was raised in just the four days of the Fair! The Foun­da­tion, in turn, will match those dona­tions  Con­tin­ue Reading

Entre­pre­neurs can bring their busi­ness ideas to the next lev­el in the third annu­al EDC Launch San Juan Islands busi­ness plan com­pe­ti­tion, cre­at­ed by the San Juan Coun­ty Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Coun­cil and spon­sored by local busi­ness­es. Par­tic­i­pants will receive instruc­tion in busi­ness plan­ning and mar­ket­ing, plus fol­low-up mentoring—and some will win cash prizes to help  Con­tin­ue Reading

On Sun­day there will be a free pre­sen­ta­tion, Around the World in “80 Days” via an Elec­tric Car, at the Mullis Cen­ter. (Come for the Pan­cake Break­fast stay for the elec­tric cars!). Pre­sen­ter Alan Soule of Sebastopol, Cal­i­for­nia will share his around the world adven­ture…  You are invit­ed to a free (pub­lic) slide pre­sen­ta­tion at the  Con­tin­ue Reading

With Sep­tem­ber comes a sea­son­al shift. The sea­son of tourists, house-guests, and beach life, gives way to cozy evenings and deep­er com­mu­ni­ty involve­ment. At the Mullis Cen­ter, the Oper­a­tions Com­mit­tee, aka “the board” invites inter­est­ed islanders to come to the center’s Sep­tem­ber meet­ing on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 6, at noon in the Mullis Cen­ter din­ing hall  Con­tin­ue Reading

San Juan Island has long been home to inde­pen­dent and resource­ful women. There were the native women whose wis­dom and gen­eros­i­ty our ear­ly pio­neers relied on. There have been stal­wart farm­women who side by side with their hus­bands or on their own man­aged to cre­ate liveli­hoods from crops and live­stock. And then there were the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Cor­rec­tion — The date for this ser­vice from the Mullis Cen­ter has been cor­rect­ed. It orig­i­nal­ly said every day of the fair, but it’s only on Fri­day… Are you a Senior? Do you need a ride to the Fair? Leave your car behind at the Mullis Cen­ter, 589 Nash Street, and ride with us! Drop  Con­tin­ue Reading

From tat­toos to ten­nis shoes, cedar back capes to design­er hood­ies, cloth­ing and jew­el­ry has always com­mu­ni­cat­ed deep his­to­ry and con­tem­po­rary affil­i­a­tions. Wear­ing Iden­ti­ty — Art and Adorn­ment on the North­west Coast pre­sent­ed by Katie Bunn-Mar­­cuse is spon­sored by the San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art (SJIMA). The talk at The Grange in Fri­day Har­bor  Con­tin­ue Reading

San Juan Island’s Diane Mar­tin­dale has been named first Vice-Chair of the Wash­ing­ton State Arts Com­mis­sion (ArtsWA) board at their recent board meet­ing in Wenatchee.  Diane is co-pres­i­­dent of the San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art and cura­tor of the cur­rent exhi­bi­tion, EMERGENCE Leg­endary & Emerg­ing First Nation Artists. She also serves on the Fri­day Har­bor Arts  Con­tin­ue Reading