Whatever your favorite part of the Fair might be, the very best part is seeing so many friends there. It’s the time when summer really does seem to be closing down, as the kids are getting ready for school & university students have their last harrah & we all go the food court to visit  Continue Reading

You always hope for good day to run, and we got it on Saturday, with a slightly cloudy morning with a little breeze off the ocean…perfect. The 32nd running of what began life as the Record Run, became the Journal Run, and now is operated by Island Rec as the 8.8K Loop Run included several  Continue Reading

You probably saw all the runners out on Pear Point Road for the 8.8K Loop Run this morning – over 200 runners & walkers took up the 5.5 mile challenge on a perfect running day…not too hot, not too cold, just right. I got a bunch of pictures before my battery ran out. If you  Continue Reading

Well, the San Juan County Fair wraps up today. Note to Rev & everybody putting on the Fair: This week, everyone I talked to says they weren’t able to come to the Fair till Saturday. That would be about seven bazillion people, or half the island (plus Lopez & Orcas & Waldron.) It’s been a  Continue Reading

Hey, the Livestock Auction this year is at 2pm on Saturday at the County Fair…here’s the word from Tammy Anderson: Hi Ian! Just want folks to join all the Livestock 4-H kids this Saturday at 2 pm over in the 4-H Arena at the Fair for the annual 4-H Livestock Auction. The kids have been  Continue Reading

If they give an award for who came the farthest to come to the Fair this week, it might be Gabriel, born in January. His mom Sarah Joy Staude (FHHS ’96) came to the island from Costa Rica, and met up with grandma Krispi on Wednesday. Papa Julio couldn’t come, so I sang “Me &  Continue Reading

What a great evening at the County Fair last night…twenty two folks dressed up using materials they found…somewhere. The rules basically said you gotta use – well, re-use – something, and make your outfit outa that. People made their outfits out of old Fair ribbons, discarded mail, aluminum foil, stuff from the beach, old ties,  Continue Reading

Far as I can tell, Sandy Buckley’s pictures are just getting better & better. Here’s one she took at a baby shower earlier this year.

Far as I can tell, Sandy Buckley’s pictures are just getting better & better. Here’s one she took at a baby shower earlier this year.

Amy from Peace Health had this announcement on Friday: Digital Mammography to be Offered on San Juan Island A newly renovated mammogram imaging facility, retrofitted to provide San Juan Island’s first digital mammography, was unveiled at a ribbon-cutting today at the Inter Island Medical Center (IIMC) in Friday Harbor. The mammography facilities at IIMC were  Continue Reading

Hey! Keri from the Town wanted you to know a little more about this month’s Firefighter of the Month – here’s the Friday Harbor Fire Department’s Tom Eades’s responses to her questions: NAME:  Tom Eades FROM: FAMILY/PETS ON ISLAND:  Girlfriend/No pets FAVORITE FOOD:  All seafood. FAVORITE MUSIC:  Primarily rock; but I can handle anything other  Continue Reading

The WSF wanted you to know: The WSDOT Ferries Division will delay the 10:00pm sailing from Friday Harbor on Saturday, August 15, to accommodate traffic leaving the San Juan County Fair. The 10:00pm sailing from Friday Harbor will depart 30 minutes later than scheduled, at 10:30 pm. Subsequent departures from Orcas, Shaw and Lopez Islands  Continue Reading

Vic Woodward writes that the mission trip he & his team took to the Dominican Republic went well & they’re ready to tell folks about it – here’s more: Hi Everyone! We are working on getting pictures together for some gatherings to share our mission trip with the community. There are two planned, Tues. night  Continue Reading

It was great going to the Fair yesterday – the music was good (loved the Local Harvest guys last night, and everyone else all day long), and seeing friends & old friends & new friends & everybody. I really believe ya gotta have twelve hugs a day to be healthy – going to the Fair  Continue Reading

Have you eaten at the Cannery House lately? Cameron and I went last week on a sunny day – can’t be beat. Drop by & check it out – just across from the Courthouse.

The other night I was out at Roche Harbor just as the clouds rolled in, the colors ceremony was happening, and the sun went down. Beautiful summer evening.