Topic: Around Here
Christmas for Critters
Written on November 12, 2013 at 5:29 am, by Tim Dustrude
Don’t forget about this event coming up this weekend! Christmas for Critters is a Holiday Craft Boutique to benefit the Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor. Shop for handmade arts & crafts, baked goods and delectable edibles for you and everyone on your gift list – including pets! Serving appetizers Friday night and breakfast sandwiches Continue Reading
Wolf Hollow Fundraiser Tuesday
Written on November 11, 2013 at 12:32 pm, by Tim Dustrude
In honor of Wolf Hollow’s 30th Anniversary, Mike’s Cafe and Wine Bar will host “Five by Five for $25”, Tuesday, November 12 from 5:30 to 7:00. Come support Wolf Hollow and enjoy five generous tastes of Totem Cellars Wine and five appetizer servings for $25 or $10 for minors. 100% of the proceeds will be Continue Reading
Outage Update from the County
Written on November 11, 2013 at 10:54 am, by Tim Dustrude
Land-Line Phone Back to Normal. Work Remains on Cell, Data Lines. November 10, 2013 In its morning conference call with state and local agencies, CenturyLink representatives reported that the company’s temporary measures have created enough capacity to handle all of the landline calls placed between San Juan County’s islands and to the mainland. However, cell Continue Reading
CenturyLink is working around the clock to restore communications
Written on November 11, 2013 at 10:30 am, by Tim Dustrude
CenturyLink wants you to know they are working around the clock to repair the severed fiber optic cable. Here is a latest press release from them: SAN JUAN ISLANDS/SEATTLE, Wash. – CenturyLink crews are working around the clock to repair the severed fiber optic cable causing a network outage impacting the San Juan Islands. CenturyLink Continue Reading
Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Written on November 11, 2013 at 6:00 am, by Tim Dustrude
What are you doing on Thanksgiving Day this year? If you’re looking for a special way to celebrate and give thanks, come to the Grange for a good old-fashioned community Thanksgiving dinner. Bring a pie, sign up to help in the kitchen, or just join us for a wonderful dinner. “This is the fifteenth year Continue Reading
Free Low-Impact-Development Training
Written on November 11, 2013 at 5:29 am, by Tim Dustrude
Free Technical Training on Low Impact Development for Professionals November 14, 2013, 8:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m., Roche Harbor, Pavilion Room A free technical training on Low Impact Development (LID) will be held on November 14, 2013 at Roche Harbor’s Pavilion Room on San Juan Island. LID is a land planning and engineering design approach Continue Reading
Third Saturday Dance
Written on November 11, 2013 at 5:10 am, by Tim Dustrude
3rd Saturday Grange Dance, Contra – Saturday, November 16th from 7-9pm at the SJI Grange Hall. From Seattle, Michael Karcher calling with Tapsalteerie – 2 fiddles, concertina, guitar and bass. No partners needed. All dances taught. No experience necessary. $10/person donation (students half price). For more info, call 378-3836.
Christmas for Critters
Written on November 11, 2013 at 5:09 am, by Tim Dustrude
Christmas for Critters is a Holiday Craft Boutique to benefit the Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor. Shop for handmade arts & crafts, baked goods and delectable edibles for you and everyone on your gift list – including pets! Serving appetizers Friday night and breakfast sandwiches & cinnamon rolls Saturday. The fun begins Friday Nov. Continue Reading
Book Talk at Griffin Bay
Written on November 10, 2013 at 6:00 am, by Tim Dustrude
Book talk with Portland author Linda Lee Peterson Griffin Bay Bookstore Saturday Evening, November 16, 7:00 Pm Griffin Bay Bookstore & the San Juan Island Library are pleased to announce an evening book talk with Linda Lee Peterson, presenting her second mystery with journalist-sleuth Maggi Fiori, The Devil’s Interval. Mystery lovers: this is your chance Continue Reading
Saturday Update on Outage
Written on November 9, 2013 at 1:37 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Just to keep you up to speed, here is another update from Stan Matthews at the County… Phone Service to Mainland Restored, but Capacity Limited November 9, 2013 All San Juan County residents should be able to call and receive calls from the mainland and other islands via landline phone today, though there may be Continue Reading
Other WiFi Options
Written on November 9, 2013 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
Louis Prussack at Spring Street International School sends this invitation along… If anyone needs free internet, feel free to drop by the porch at Spring Street School. All day on the weekends and after 3pm on the week days. We just set up a new wireless for the public called Free Wireless at SSIS. Our Continue Reading
Why Cell Phones Too?
Written on November 9, 2013 at 5:18 am, by Tim Dustrude
I ran into Mike Greene from Rock Island Technology Solutions at the store yesterday and told him that I am getting a lot of people asking me why cell phones are not working because of a problem with a land line. He said that the Verizon tower here in Friday Harbor connects to… well you Continue Reading
Rama Fire
Written on November 8, 2013 at 7:14 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Rama Fire died in a moped accident November 2 on Maui. No one else was injured. Rama was an island resident from his birth until 1997, when he moved to Seattle. Survivors include his mom and dad, Jeannie Turner and Steve Schramm; brother, Leon Fire; half-sister, Emerald Fire; and large and loving extended families, including Continue Reading
County Council Declares State of Emergency
Written on November 8, 2013 at 1:42 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Here’s the story from Stan Matthews: Meeting in special session today, the San Juan County Council unanimously voted to declare “A State of Emergency within San Juan County, Washington.” The declaration came on the fourth day since the failure of an underwater communications cable disrupted cell and landline telephone connections with the mainland. It is Continue Reading
Centurylink Outage: 911 Service Restored; Hard Work And Cooperation Continue
Written on November 8, 2013 at 9:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
11/7/13 @ 4:30 p.m. – Eastsound: CenturyLink has restored access to 911 and local inter-island phone services in San Juan County through a bypass created by splicing CenturyLink’s central office connection into OPALCO’s fiber and microwave repeaters. Internet services (DSL) are still down on San Juan Island; county-wide long distance (off island) phone service solutions Continue Reading
Dana Lyons at the Library Friday
Written on November 7, 2013 at 10:55 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Dana Lyons returns to Friday Harbor. He’ll play at the library Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 PM.
Christmas for Critters
Written on November 12, 2013 at 5:29 am, by Tim Dustrude
Don’t forget about this event coming up this weekend! Christmas for Critters is a Holiday Craft Boutique to benefit the Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor. Shop for handmade arts & crafts, baked goods and delectable edibles for you and everyone on your gift list – including pets! Serving appetizers Friday night and breakfast sandwiches Continue Reading
Wolf Hollow Fundraiser Tuesday
Written on November 11, 2013 at 12:32 pm, by Tim Dustrude
In honor of Wolf Hollow’s 30th Anniversary, Mike’s Cafe and Wine Bar will host “Five by Five for $25”, Tuesday, November 12 from 5:30 to 7:00. Come support Wolf Hollow and enjoy five generous tastes of Totem Cellars Wine and five appetizer servings for $25 or $10 for minors. 100% of the proceeds will be Continue Reading
Outage Update from the County
Written on November 11, 2013 at 10:54 am, by Tim Dustrude
Land-Line Phone Back to Normal. Work Remains on Cell, Data Lines. November 10, 2013 In its morning conference call with state and local agencies, CenturyLink representatives reported that the company’s temporary measures have created enough capacity to handle all of the landline calls placed between San Juan County’s islands and to the mainland. However, cell Continue Reading
CenturyLink is working around the clock to restore communications
Written on November 11, 2013 at 10:30 am, by Tim Dustrude
CenturyLink wants you to know they are working around the clock to repair the severed fiber optic cable. Here is a latest press release from them: SAN JUAN ISLANDS/SEATTLE, Wash. – CenturyLink crews are working around the clock to repair the severed fiber optic cable causing a network outage impacting the San Juan Islands. CenturyLink Continue Reading
Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Written on November 11, 2013 at 6:00 am, by Tim Dustrude
What are you doing on Thanksgiving Day this year? If you’re looking for a special way to celebrate and give thanks, come to the Grange for a good old-fashioned community Thanksgiving dinner. Bring a pie, sign up to help in the kitchen, or just join us for a wonderful dinner. “This is the fifteenth year Continue Reading
Free Low-Impact-Development Training
Written on November 11, 2013 at 5:29 am, by Tim Dustrude
Free Technical Training on Low Impact Development for Professionals November 14, 2013, 8:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m., Roche Harbor, Pavilion Room A free technical training on Low Impact Development (LID) will be held on November 14, 2013 at Roche Harbor’s Pavilion Room on San Juan Island. LID is a land planning and engineering design approach Continue Reading
Third Saturday Dance
Written on November 11, 2013 at 5:10 am, by Tim Dustrude
3rd Saturday Grange Dance, Contra – Saturday, November 16th from 7-9pm at the SJI Grange Hall. From Seattle, Michael Karcher calling with Tapsalteerie – 2 fiddles, concertina, guitar and bass. No partners needed. All dances taught. No experience necessary. $10/person donation (students half price). For more info, call 378-3836.
Christmas for Critters
Written on November 11, 2013 at 5:09 am, by Tim Dustrude
Christmas for Critters is a Holiday Craft Boutique to benefit the Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor. Shop for handmade arts & crafts, baked goods and delectable edibles for you and everyone on your gift list – including pets! Serving appetizers Friday night and breakfast sandwiches & cinnamon rolls Saturday. The fun begins Friday Nov. Continue Reading
Book Talk at Griffin Bay
Written on November 10, 2013 at 6:00 am, by Tim Dustrude
Book talk with Portland author Linda Lee Peterson Griffin Bay Bookstore Saturday Evening, November 16, 7:00 Pm Griffin Bay Bookstore & the San Juan Island Library are pleased to announce an evening book talk with Linda Lee Peterson, presenting her second mystery with journalist-sleuth Maggi Fiori, The Devil’s Interval. Mystery lovers: this is your chance Continue Reading
Saturday Update on Outage
Written on November 9, 2013 at 1:37 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Just to keep you up to speed, here is another update from Stan Matthews at the County… Phone Service to Mainland Restored, but Capacity Limited November 9, 2013 All San Juan County residents should be able to call and receive calls from the mainland and other islands via landline phone today, though there may be Continue Reading
Other WiFi Options
Written on November 9, 2013 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
Louis Prussack at Spring Street International School sends this invitation along… If anyone needs free internet, feel free to drop by the porch at Spring Street School. All day on the weekends and after 3pm on the week days. We just set up a new wireless for the public called Free Wireless at SSIS. Our Continue Reading
Why Cell Phones Too?
Written on November 9, 2013 at 5:18 am, by Tim Dustrude
I ran into Mike Greene from Rock Island Technology Solutions at the store yesterday and told him that I am getting a lot of people asking me why cell phones are not working because of a problem with a land line. He said that the Verizon tower here in Friday Harbor connects to… well you Continue Reading
Rama Fire
Written on November 8, 2013 at 7:14 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Rama Fire died in a moped accident November 2 on Maui. No one else was injured. Rama was an island resident from his birth until 1997, when he moved to Seattle. Survivors include his mom and dad, Jeannie Turner and Steve Schramm; brother, Leon Fire; half-sister, Emerald Fire; and large and loving extended families, including Continue Reading
County Council Declares State of Emergency
Written on November 8, 2013 at 1:42 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Here’s the story from Stan Matthews: Meeting in special session today, the San Juan County Council unanimously voted to declare “A State of Emergency within San Juan County, Washington.” The declaration came on the fourth day since the failure of an underwater communications cable disrupted cell and landline telephone connections with the mainland. It is Continue Reading
Centurylink Outage: 911 Service Restored; Hard Work And Cooperation Continue
Written on November 8, 2013 at 9:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
11/7/13 @ 4:30 p.m. – Eastsound: CenturyLink has restored access to 911 and local inter-island phone services in San Juan County through a bypass created by splicing CenturyLink’s central office connection into OPALCO’s fiber and microwave repeaters. Internet services (DSL) are still down on San Juan Island; county-wide long distance (off island) phone service solutions Continue Reading
Dana Lyons at the Library Friday
Written on November 7, 2013 at 10:55 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Dana Lyons returns to Friday Harbor. He’ll play at the library Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 PM.