Let’s look around a bit: • Maude from the School District office says there’s a change: Joe Landerman has withdrawn as a candidate for the FHES principal position.  He cited personal reasons, in particular his doctorate work.  San Juan Island School District will continue with candidate Denise Wheeler’s visitation on Wednesday, May 11.  Please join  Continue Reading

Bloom Week at American Camp wraps up on Saturday (tomorrow!) with the Wildflower Festival – Amanda Brast has put together a nice line up of music for the day – see you there! Here’s the scoop, from Amanda: San Juan Island National Historical Park will host Bloom Week, a weeklong celebration of spring, May 3-7  Continue Reading

Just heard that Dave’s mom passed away, with services this weekend…our condolences to the family & friends. Here’s more: Johanna ‘Josie’ Picinich, 82, of Friday Harbor, Washington passed away on Monday, May 2, 2011. She was born on the island of Susak, Croatia on September 28, 1928 to Jack and Anna (Bussanich) Morin. Josie immigrated  Continue Reading

Hope you’re staying dry this morning, mostly…look around – what do you see? • Happy Cinco de Mayo! (What I mean by that is….¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo hoy!) Remember the Community Dinner at the high school tonight at 5:30pm! Bring the fam! • Seattle was ranked #1 as the US city most “walk-worthy” – now,  Continue Reading

Hope you get out in this sunny morning! Looking around: • The San Juan Communities Housing Solutions group has a Town Hall meeting planned for May 24th to discuss affordability and other issues. Here’s more. • If you haven’t heard Grisha play, you’ve missed out on a truly wonderful experience.. The Spring Street International School  Continue Reading

What would it be like – 21 days without plastic water bottles, plastic grocery bags, or styrofoam containers (which are banned here, anyway)? The earth will be better for it: Olympic medalist Gretchen Bleiler wants you to take the challenge:

Not your usual game… Yesterday afternoon’s softball game was a little different, but won the girls a trip to the postseason anyway…FHHS had played Meridian Saturday and ten-runned ’em (in high school ball, if you’re ahead of someone after four innings, the game’s over), but the Trojans successfully appealed with the league & won a  Continue Reading

San Juan Island Superintendent Rick Thompson says the search committee for an elementary school principal has narrowed the field to two, who will have extended visits to the island next week. Here’s his report: Here is an update on the FHES principal search. After screening 28 applications last week, the search committee interviewed 7 semi-finalists  Continue Reading

Meanwhile, around the island…. • Looks like Jimmy Farrell‘s back on-island & working out at Roche Harbor again…everyone’s favorite Irishman went to Utah to work for the winter, and now he’s back. • Saw Howard Schonberger in the street Monday with his beard freshly shaved…see if you recognize him. • Looks like ace FHHS band  Continue Reading

I still remember in ’84 when my friend Gretchen Black introduced me to Sting & his new album then – this was my favorite song from that collection:

I dropped by to see Howard in his new spot (he was located over on Tucker Street before), and he’s got a lot of interesting things in there – check it out for yourself! Here’s more in a release from his friend Rebecca: It’s official…‘Howard’s Sell It Again’ (a fairly new business that has been  Continue Reading

Let’s take a look & see how the FHHS spring teams are doing, as they head for the playoffs (thanks to FHHS athletic director & dean of students Rod Turnbull for the details!): • Softball: Due to a protest of a call made during the 3rd inning of our game with Meridian Saturday that was  Continue Reading

It happens every year – a celebration of the water around us, and the beauty we’re surrounded by, and we get our boats out & have a parade. This year’s Opening Day was staged in the marina with the nicest weather for an Opening Day in recent memory, with smiles & bright skies & a  Continue Reading

Good to hear Karen’s voice again…

He touched so many people…and now, Carla Higginson reports he’ll be remembered at the Courthouse in perpetuity… here’s more: The lasting memorial to the late Judge John O. Linde is now complete. Judge Linde, who served as San Juan County’s first Superior Court Judge from January 2008 until his untimely death in December 2009, was  Continue Reading

Stan Mathews tells me there are a bunch of changes at the County – here’s the deal: May Brings Many Changes to County Staff Retirements and reassignments are changing the face of several county departments. The most visible changes occurred April 29th when Public Works Director Jon Shannon stepped down, and County Engineer John Van  Continue Reading