There’s sunny days ahead…get outside & play! • Animal Shelter Director Leslie Byron tells me last weekend’s Wags To Riches fundraiser was a blast, in large part because of guest performer & comedian & animal advocate Elayne Boosler, who had people laughing for the evening…wasn’t a straight face in the crowd. And the Animal Shelter  Continue Reading

The Whale Museum Lecture Series – Frances Robertson The Bowhead Whale in the Age of Natural Resource Extraction The Whale Museum continues its Research Lecture Series with PhD candidate Frances Robertson from the Marine Mammal Research Unit at the University of British Columbia. Robertson will discuss her work with the bowhead whale and the impacts  Continue Reading

I checked in with Michele at Islanders Bank & sure enough, they’re holding their annual Gear Up for Schools this month…take a moment & help! It couldn’t be more direct – everything, every dollar, every crayon…it all goes right to students here on the island who need the help. Here’s the scoop, from Islanders Bank:  Continue Reading

Looking around the island…. • The stories you heard are true – the reason you see Hobbes & Deb smiling so much lately is they got married last month – congrats, you two! You make a great team! • Make your plans to give – the Blood Drive is tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Mullis Center  Continue Reading

Hey, this is good – Rob Simpson is putting on a good show this evening: Monday night (August 15) will be a change of pace for the Conscientious Projector series at the library. We will be screening a film that follows 10 people over only 4 days as they try a stress management technique called  Continue Reading

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For the past twenty two years, Dr. Bob Otis has come to the island from Ripon College in Wisconsin to observe & record the behavior of the killer whales & other marine mammals from Lime Kiln Lighthouse (he’s here till the 10th if you’d like to go visit him)…he told me last night about this  Continue Reading

Good morning! Hope your day is off to a super start! There were a few little things I wanted to share with you, partly because you asked how you can participate in helping keep the San Juan Update healthy & strong & occasionally funny… • Here’s one – I think I have enough work now  Continue Reading

Did you see the sunset last night? THAT was awesome…and here’s some other stuff that’s happening: • Cassie reminds me & you it’s time to sign up, if you haven’t: Tiger Football practice starts on Monday Aug. 1st. If you have not signed up, we will have registrations at the field by the Elementary school.   Continue Reading

If you know Tom Stoppard, you know good script writing…and this will be a fun one. It’s opening Friday at the Community Theatre – here’s more from Jan Bollwinkel-Smith: Expect the Unexpected in SJCT Summer Play A play within a play…a mystery…a farce…a satire: Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound is all that and much  Continue Reading

Just got word from Nancy at Griffin Bay Bookstore about this author event this Sunday: Author Event – The Year We Were Famous” by Carol Estby Dagg Co-Sponsored by Griffin Bay Bookstore and the San Juan Island Library Program and Reading from the award-winning book, The Year We Were Famous, by local author Carole Estby  Continue Reading

Keeping cool…do you have people from around the country telling you how hot it is, there? One more nice reason to live here… 🙂 Let’s see what’s going on… • I hear Anna from D+A Studio is headed to Texas to talk about windpower…here’s a bit about one way a local company suggests you do  Continue Reading

The Whale Museum’s Lecture Series: First You Saw ‘Em, Then You Didn’t and Now You Do Again: The Return of Harbor Porpoises to San Francisco Bay The Whale Museum continues its Research Lecture Series on Wednesday, July 27 at 7:00pm with Dr. Jonathan Stern of the Golden Gate Cetacean Research Group. Stern will discuss current  Continue Reading

Patty Ann (Patt) Leake Born in Mt. Vernon, WA November 11, 1951 to Vernon and Freida Stoney Leake, Patt died suddenly March 20, 2011.  She was the great grand daughter of Island Pioneers James and Adeline King and was raised in Friday Harbor.  She graduated from Friday Harbor High School in 1969.  After attending Western  Continue Reading

What’s happening…. • This year’s Wags to Riches fundraiser for the Animal Shelter is this Saturday…and they still have a few tickets left. This one is fun – I’ve gone the last few years & I know you’ll have a good time…help make it a sellout! Here’s the details. • Passing: So sad to hear  Continue Reading

Hope your week is off to great start – let’s see what’s going on ’round the island: • The Community Theatre‘s farce The Real Inspector Hound begins its three week run this Friday – funny & fast paced & you’ll love it, especially if you already like Tom Stoppard – here’s more. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ • They’re  Continue Reading