Here’s a message from the County Health Department. Let’s hope we don’t need this here… San Juan County’s Health and Community Services Department has established a multi-agency command system to insure medical care providers and local government agencies are prepared, should a suspected case of Ebola virus disease be reported here. Dr. Frank James, San  Continue Reading

Just heard that Cotton Cotton Cotton is celebrating their 5 Year Anniversary with a big sale. Here’s Gail with more… Friday November 7th through Sunday November 9th everything in the store is 50% off (excluding jewelry and Solmate items). Our hours are 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Come in and help us celebrate!

Here’s the Historical Museum with their monthly column for November… November brings thoughts of harvest dinners and Thanksgiving holiday gatherings, so we went searching in the archives for vintage images of dining scenes. On the left, we see a festive 1911 gathering at the Orpha Higgins Sutton house. Orpha must have hosted many family dinners  Continue Reading

Here’s a note from a couple of FHHS Juniors in the Community Projects Class… Hello, we are Uma Hu and Robby Miller. We are attempting to put on a charity trail run to raise money for an orphanage located in Russia, from where Robby was originally adopted. This is for our Junior Community Project. We  Continue Reading

Anniversary Open House on Saturday, November 8, 10:00 am — 6:00 pm 20% off on all books in the store On Saturday, November 8, 10:00 am—6:00 pm Griffin Bay Bookstore is celebrating 35 years of bookselling with the annual Open House and Sale. This annual sale with 20% off on all books on the shelves  Continue Reading

Here’s FHHS Athletic Director Rod Turnbull with another Fall Playoff Update… Many exciting games were played last week in wolverine athletics. All had an impact on post season play for Friday Harbor. With these exciting games, we also learned some great news regarding two of our teams. Both our boys and girls soccer teams were  Continue Reading

The County Council is searching for San Juan County citizens to fill current and upcoming vacancies on various boards and commissions. Additional information about each committee is available on the County’s website. Persons interested in serving on a board or advisory committee should fill out an Advisory Committee Application or Contact the Council Office at:  Continue Reading

San Juan Island’s Garden Club invite’s you to register now for a hosted excursion on December 6th to the Bellevue Botanical Garden. The trip will leave Friday Harbor on the 8:05 am ferry December 6th, returning on the 4:30 pm boat December 7th. There will be planned stops at Skagit Valley Gardens and Molbak’s Nursery.  Continue Reading

Local Mother, Poet/Playwright, School Board member, Producer of Write Doe Bay and Blogger  Jennifer Beck Furber has been picked up by Huffington Post with her essay about the recent Marysville school shooting. Very thought provoking, and well written with a different angle than what most of the media these days does with an event such as this.  Continue Reading

Winter Blackmouth Derby to Offer $10,000 1st Place Prize The Fidalgo-San Juan Islands Chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers is pleased to announce the dates for the 2014 Resurrection Derby, (Second stop in the 2015 Northwest Salmon Derby Series line-up) which will take place December 5th & 6th at the Port of Friday Harbor, San  Continue Reading

Here’s an invitation to you from Kristina Bayas, WSU Master Gardener Program Coordinator… The Master Gardeners are inviting fellow gardeners to a free workshop this Saturday november 8th, from 12:00-2:00 at the demonstration garden next to the family resource center. We will be demonstrating how to divide up different kinds of perennial plants. Fall is  Continue Reading

Visit the San Juan Island Library for a travel slideshow and free talk. Hear about islander Carla Wright’s trip to China. Wanting to experience container ship travel, Carla Wright of San Juan Island left Southampton, UK and travelled to Shanghai, China. A journey of 55 days as the only female on board. Come and enjoy  Continue Reading

You are not likely to meet a cat sweeter than Pumpkin! At somewhere between 7 and 10 years old, Pumpkin has spent the last several years as a stray living at what was The Cannery House Restaurant in town. A kind person who has been feeding her brought her to the shelter so she wouldn’t  Continue Reading

Come to Skagit Valley College for a free introductory class in using computers. The San Juan Island Library partners with Skagit Valley College to offer four workshops on using PC computers. Four consecutive Wednesdays in November at the College, taught by Library staff. The first session is for the novice: you’ll get comfortable with the  Continue Reading

Dinner on the Move for a Moving Cause Here’s a note from DVSAS… I would like to invite you to our third annual benefit Progressive 5-Course Dinner. Saturday, November 15 from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. We are happy to once again have Chef Kyle Nicholson providing our main course and this year we are thrilled  Continue Reading

The Funhouse Commons in Eastsound is in the process of becoming OPALCO’s 170th local renewable energy generator, bringing our total production to 1 megawatt capacity of locally produced power. The Funhouse will use their solar system as a demonstration project for renewable energy education while offsetting energy costs and storing energy credits on our cooperative  Continue Reading