Let’s take a look around: • Leah Altman’s new website just went live for Pin Pin Apparel – check it out! ++++++++++++++ • You know The Chameleons are playing this weekend at The Rumor Mill – they changed the date – they were playing tonight, but now they’re on the schedule for Saturday at 7:30pm  Continue Reading

Tonight, Bryn will be doing a presentation about his new book, so I wanted to take a moment to fill you in on that new work, and also new books by Shann Weston & Susan Wingate that are available. Further proof that islanders are about as literate as you can get – not only as  Continue Reading

Here’s the playoff update from FHHS athletic director & dean of students Rod Turnbull, as of today: Our spring teams are rapidly approaching the District 1 playoff portion of their seasons. The District 1 Tournament is used to determine the seeding of the 1A teams located in District 1. There are six 1A teams in  Continue Reading

Barbara Sharp had a couple of cool things about the Soroptimist Club – let’s see what’s up: SOROPTIMISTS CELEBRATE FIFTEEN YEARS! Friday Harbor Soroptimists celebrated the 15th anniversary of their club’s charter by Soroptimist International. At their Anniversary Luncheon on Wendesday, May 11 at the Mullis center, they honored the thirteen charter members still active  Continue Reading

On to State! The Friday Harbor Wolverines played the kind of baseball game they have all year long & pulled out a 14-4 win over Bellevue Christian Thursday afternoon, winning a trip to the state tournament. The teams played five innings as FHHS ten-runned the visitors in a game that started under sunny springtime skies.  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s up: • Today at Pablito’s, Paul is offering his dad’s award-winning chili with jalapeño corn bread..check it out! • The baseball playoff game was washed out yesterday, so the Wolverines play Bellevue Christian at 5pm today, which is cool…we used our top two pitchers in Monday’s two games, which means they weren’t  Continue Reading

At Monday’s Chamber of Commerce meeting, Mayor Carrie Lacher said the Town is on schedule to have the first raingarden put in by the end of the month…what IS a raingarden? Here’s more from County Pollution Prevention specialist Brian Rader: Real World Raingarden Experiment To Reduce Pollution In Runoff Every community in the world faces  Continue Reading

This is fun…the state tourism guys have made a video that reminds us that having visitors is good for the economy (besides that it’s fun to share our beautiful state with folks). This is part of a campaign that is based on the notion that if everyone has one frind come, we’ll create a bunch  Continue Reading

Let’s look around a bit… • There’s an open house at Harper Poesy today – Tea will be welcoming people to her hair studio in Surina Business Park from 4-8pm, with a chance to get 20% off/gift certificates, music, and a raffle for cool stuff, including a year’s worth of haircuts. Drop by & say  Continue Reading

This annual event is basic to understanding why we live here…make plans to go! Here’s more from the Labs’ Rachel Anderson: Friday Harbor Laboratories Open House Saturday, May 14, 2011 11:00 am to 4:00 pm On Saturday, May 14, 2011, the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Laboratories will hold its annual Open House. This event  Continue Reading

  It’s been fun to watch Leah Altman (FHHS ’07) over the past 2-3 years – whenever you run into her, she might be wearing something she just designed & then sewed herself…and it always looks good. Combining her sewing & designing skill with a good business plan, a never-quit, relentless positive energy (have you  Continue Reading

Kirk at Mellowwoods Music has put together a music showcase for this week you’ll want to catch…and get your tickets for soon, since there are only 50 seats! Here’s the deal, from Kirk: Isle be Jammin’ Performer’s Showcase hosts “San Juan Island’s Best kept Secret: WOMEN & MUSIC. Thursday May 12th 7-9:30pm. Please come join  Continue Reading

Updates & what’s up: • If April showers bring Mayflowers, and Mayflowers bring pilgrims, what do May showers bring? • It’s always good to hear when our island-grown kids do awesome stuff – here’s the news from Pat & Joann about the great path Jon has ahead: Jon Mayo of Friday Harbor will be graduating  Continue Reading

To renew the Land Bank, there has to be a vote, and to have a vote, there have to be enough signatures to place the initiative on the ballot. Here’s the scoop about how you can help, from Pamela & Dave: A group of citizens from across San Juan County have formed an official Ballot  Continue Reading