Topic: Around Here
High Turnout for LWV Meeting
Written on January 31, 2017 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
The San Juan County League of Women Voters membership and interested community members met on Monday January 9th to plan upcoming educational programs for the coming year. There was an exceptionally high turnout for this meeting and the discussion was interesting and very productive. In addition to planning for our local chapter, the task was Continue Reading
Plácido Domingo Stars in Next Live in HD
Written on January 26, 2017 at 5:43 am, by Tim Dustrude
Operatic powerhouse Plácido Domingo takes the title role in The Met: Live in HD’s next screening of Nabucco at San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, January 29 at 2:00 p.m. Under the direction of longtime collaborator Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine, Domingo makes his Met role debut in Verdi’s third opera, which tells the story Continue Reading
Merri Ann’s SJI Lifestyle Video Series
Written on January 20, 2017 at 5:40 am, by Tim Dustrude
Merri Ann Simonson shares another SJI Lifestyle video. This one offers tips on what some islanders do in the fall and winter. Because not everyone goes to Hawaii or Mexico.
Flyby
Written on January 11, 2017 at 5:54 am, by Tim Dustrude
John Miller shares another wildlife photo. This one is a Mallard duck he saw when he was out photographing swans last week. He calls it “Flyby”. On the tech side – Nikon D500 with 200mm f2 AF-S @ f2.8, 1/2000 sec and 200 ISO.
EDC Workshop on Vision Mapping Strategies
Written on January 11, 2017 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
How do successful business owners and entrepreneurs achieve goals and take their businesses and ideas to the next level? Learn how to create a strategic vision map to bring ideas and dreams into reality and get through periods of transition. Join the San Juan County Economic Development Council for a workshop on the topic of Continue Reading
December in Friday Harbor
Written on December 21, 2016 at 9:37 am, by Tim Dustrude
If you haven’t yet made it into town on a beautiful December evening to see the lights, you really owe it to yourself to come and check them out. It is quite a dazzling display, especially if you experience it on foot, up close. If you can’t do that, you can at least click on Continue Reading
Simple Traditions for a Cool Yule
Written on December 16, 2016 at 5:56 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
This month’s San Juan Island Senior Signal newsletter shared some tips for managing stress throughout the holidays. The article, reprinted from the website She Knows: 5 Tips For Helping Seniors Manage Holiday Stress has good advice and I recommend it. It got me thinking about how observing simple traditions can be a meaningful way to enjoy the Continue Reading
Election Moments
Written on December 12, 2016 at 5:37 am, by Tim Dustrude
This is the The twelfth in a series of articles about elections in Washington State by San Juan County Auditor F. Milene Henley. The County Auditor administers elections and voter registration in the County. The votes are counted, and the results certified. It is my hope that those of you who have read along with Continue Reading
Raclette Night and Fundraiser for The COVE
Written on December 10, 2016 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
We are pleased to announce a special evening, Friday December 16th, dedicated to The COVE: Carlson Youth Center of the San Juan Islands Support a great community project in progress – The COVE: Carlson Youth Center of the San Juan Islands. This initiative, led by SAFE San Juans (formerly DVSAS) is aimed at engaging our island’s youth towards Continue Reading
Jingle & Mingle with F.O.L.K.S.
Written on December 3, 2016 at 5:56 am, by Tim Dustrude
Enjoy an afternoon stroll through Lime Kiln and join us inside the lighthouse for free tours to the top and festive refreshments!! Catch a photo with Santa and learn more about our neighboring San Juan National Monument Lighthouses too! We will be opening the Interpretive Center for everyone’s holiday shopping needs and no better time Continue Reading
High School Basketball Tournament
Written on November 29, 2016 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
This Friday kicks off the 3rd Annual Friday Harbor High School Basketball “Tip Off” Classic Tournament! Purple & Gold will be tailgating both Friday and Saturday. Come watch some exciting basketball, enjoy delicious pulled pork sandwiches Friday night and hamburgers/hotdogs for lunch on Saturday. The tournament schedule is below. Friday December 2nd (Home team in Continue Reading
Historical Museum Archive Project
Written on November 23, 2016 at 5:42 am, by Tim Dustrude
Kevin Loftus from the SJI Historical Museum shares this heads up and call for volunteers… As we celebrated our 50th year anniversary in 2016, we began to look around at the archival collection we are so honored to care for, and realized it was time for a serious renovation project to prepare the Museum for Continue Reading
Giving Tuesday
Written on November 22, 2016 at 5:51 am, by Tim Dustrude
On November 21, Friday Harbor Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) launches their Second Annual Deposit a Gift Fundraiser! The FHES PTO provides all elementary school field trip bus services and serves as the fill-in-funding that our SJI School District and the SJ Public Schools Foundation monies don’t cover. This online fundraiser through Deposit a Gift raised just Continue Reading
SJI Lifestyle Video
Written on November 17, 2016 at 5:35 am, by Tim Dustrude
Below is a link to another one of Merri Ann Simonson’s San Juan Island lifestyle videos. This one is about making plum chutney which she believes is part of our lifestyle as islanders are able to take mundane tasks and turn them into fun. It is all in your perspective of life.
National Caregiver’s Month: The “Mom Drive”
Written on November 16, 2016 at 5:40 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
November is National Caregiver’s Month. In appreciation of caregivers The Mullis Center will host a Caregiver Appreciation Tea, November 23 from 12:00 noon- 1:00 pm in the Mullis Center library. As anyone who has done it knows, caring for a loved one can be deeply challenging and at the same time deeply rewarding. When my Continue Reading
Friday Harbor Salmon Classic
Written on November 12, 2016 at 9:36 am, by Tim Dustrude
Debbie Sandwith at Roche Harbor shares this heads up… Passing along for our good neighbors in Friday Harbor another opportunity to Fish competitively for CASH prizes! The FH Salmon Classic takes place in Friday Harbor the first weekend of December 2016. Here is the link for information and signing up: Friday Harbor Salmon Classic Questions & contact person is Continue Reading
High Turnout for LWV Meeting
Written on January 31, 2017 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
The San Juan County League of Women Voters membership and interested community members met on Monday January 9th to plan upcoming educational programs for the coming year. There was an exceptionally high turnout for this meeting and the discussion was interesting and very productive. In addition to planning for our local chapter, the task was Continue Reading
Plácido Domingo Stars in Next Live in HD
Written on January 26, 2017 at 5:43 am, by Tim Dustrude
Operatic powerhouse Plácido Domingo takes the title role in The Met: Live in HD’s next screening of Nabucco at San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, January 29 at 2:00 p.m. Under the direction of longtime collaborator Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine, Domingo makes his Met role debut in Verdi’s third opera, which tells the story Continue Reading
Merri Ann’s SJI Lifestyle Video Series
Written on January 20, 2017 at 5:40 am, by Tim Dustrude
Merri Ann Simonson shares another SJI Lifestyle video. This one offers tips on what some islanders do in the fall and winter. Because not everyone goes to Hawaii or Mexico.
Flyby
Written on January 11, 2017 at 5:54 am, by Tim Dustrude
John Miller shares another wildlife photo. This one is a Mallard duck he saw when he was out photographing swans last week. He calls it “Flyby”. On the tech side – Nikon D500 with 200mm f2 AF-S @ f2.8, 1/2000 sec and 200 ISO.
EDC Workshop on Vision Mapping Strategies
Written on January 11, 2017 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
How do successful business owners and entrepreneurs achieve goals and take their businesses and ideas to the next level? Learn how to create a strategic vision map to bring ideas and dreams into reality and get through periods of transition. Join the San Juan County Economic Development Council for a workshop on the topic of Continue Reading
December in Friday Harbor
Written on December 21, 2016 at 9:37 am, by Tim Dustrude
If you haven’t yet made it into town on a beautiful December evening to see the lights, you really owe it to yourself to come and check them out. It is quite a dazzling display, especially if you experience it on foot, up close. If you can’t do that, you can at least click on Continue Reading
Simple Traditions for a Cool Yule
Written on December 16, 2016 at 5:56 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
This month’s San Juan Island Senior Signal newsletter shared some tips for managing stress throughout the holidays. The article, reprinted from the website She Knows: 5 Tips For Helping Seniors Manage Holiday Stress has good advice and I recommend it. It got me thinking about how observing simple traditions can be a meaningful way to enjoy the Continue Reading
Election Moments
Written on December 12, 2016 at 5:37 am, by Tim Dustrude
This is the The twelfth in a series of articles about elections in Washington State by San Juan County Auditor F. Milene Henley. The County Auditor administers elections and voter registration in the County. The votes are counted, and the results certified. It is my hope that those of you who have read along with Continue Reading
Raclette Night and Fundraiser for The COVE
Written on December 10, 2016 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
We are pleased to announce a special evening, Friday December 16th, dedicated to The COVE: Carlson Youth Center of the San Juan Islands Support a great community project in progress – The COVE: Carlson Youth Center of the San Juan Islands. This initiative, led by SAFE San Juans (formerly DVSAS) is aimed at engaging our island’s youth towards Continue Reading
Jingle & Mingle with F.O.L.K.S.
Written on December 3, 2016 at 5:56 am, by Tim Dustrude
Enjoy an afternoon stroll through Lime Kiln and join us inside the lighthouse for free tours to the top and festive refreshments!! Catch a photo with Santa and learn more about our neighboring San Juan National Monument Lighthouses too! We will be opening the Interpretive Center for everyone’s holiday shopping needs and no better time Continue Reading
High School Basketball Tournament
Written on November 29, 2016 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
This Friday kicks off the 3rd Annual Friday Harbor High School Basketball “Tip Off” Classic Tournament! Purple & Gold will be tailgating both Friday and Saturday. Come watch some exciting basketball, enjoy delicious pulled pork sandwiches Friday night and hamburgers/hotdogs for lunch on Saturday. The tournament schedule is below. Friday December 2nd (Home team in Continue Reading
Historical Museum Archive Project
Written on November 23, 2016 at 5:42 am, by Tim Dustrude
Kevin Loftus from the SJI Historical Museum shares this heads up and call for volunteers… As we celebrated our 50th year anniversary in 2016, we began to look around at the archival collection we are so honored to care for, and realized it was time for a serious renovation project to prepare the Museum for Continue Reading
Giving Tuesday
Written on November 22, 2016 at 5:51 am, by Tim Dustrude
On November 21, Friday Harbor Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) launches their Second Annual Deposit a Gift Fundraiser! The FHES PTO provides all elementary school field trip bus services and serves as the fill-in-funding that our SJI School District and the SJ Public Schools Foundation monies don’t cover. This online fundraiser through Deposit a Gift raised just Continue Reading
SJI Lifestyle Video
Written on November 17, 2016 at 5:35 am, by Tim Dustrude
Below is a link to another one of Merri Ann Simonson’s San Juan Island lifestyle videos. This one is about making plum chutney which she believes is part of our lifestyle as islanders are able to take mundane tasks and turn them into fun. It is all in your perspective of life.
National Caregiver’s Month: The “Mom Drive”
Written on November 16, 2016 at 5:40 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
November is National Caregiver’s Month. In appreciation of caregivers The Mullis Center will host a Caregiver Appreciation Tea, November 23 from 12:00 noon- 1:00 pm in the Mullis Center library. As anyone who has done it knows, caring for a loved one can be deeply challenging and at the same time deeply rewarding. When my Continue Reading
Friday Harbor Salmon Classic
Written on November 12, 2016 at 9:36 am, by Tim Dustrude
Debbie Sandwith at Roche Harbor shares this heads up… Passing along for our good neighbors in Friday Harbor another opportunity to Fish competitively for CASH prizes! The FH Salmon Classic takes place in Friday Harbor the first weekend of December 2016. Here is the link for information and signing up: Friday Harbor Salmon Classic Questions & contact person is Continue Reading