Have you been won­der­ing what Joan Corliss Col­ly­er has been up to late­ly? She’s in Belling­ham — click here for a lit­tle arti­cle about our long time islander friend in the Belling­ham Herald.

The Town Coun­cil endorsed it. The Coun­ty Coun­cil endorsed it. And I hope you join me in endors­ing it. Here’s what the Wash­ing­ton Earth Hour has to say, and here’s what it’s all about. See you in the dark.

Proud grand­moth­er Con­nie War­go sent me the news that daugh­ter Kim’s deliv­ery of her sec­ond girl went great — here’s more: Mil­lie Laree Nibler, the daugh­ter of Justin and Kim Nibler (left), was born on Wednes­day, March 18, 2009 at Island Hos­pi­tal in Ana­cortes. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 21 inch­es long. Wel­com­ing Mil­lie  Con­tin­ue Reading

Jan from the Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre want­ed to let you know where the good chow comes from.…here’s more: The Bak­er Boys High­light Ele­gant Edi­bles April 11: The men are tak­ing over the kitchen! (Well, sort of). The Com­mu­ni­ty Arts The­atre Soci­ety (CATS) annu­al gourmet bake sale on April 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. gets an  Con­tin­ue Reading

Weird­ly, one of the best ideas for gath­er­ing water — catch­ing the rain that falls on your build­ings & stor­ing it — is ille­gal in Utah and Col­orado, a cou­ple of peren­ni­al­ly dry states. Although the islands are men­tioned in this Wall Street Jour­nal arti­cle, it’s because we do allow it (and some of us  Con­tin­ue Reading

Deb­o­rah from the San Juan Islands Vis­i­tors’ Bureau tells me the Vic­to­ria Clip­per isn’t drop­ping by the island this summer.….here’s more: I just received offi­cial word (thanks to an alert by mem­ber Har­ri­son House/Tucker House), that the Vic­to­ria Clip­per will not be run­ning its usu­al sea­son­al ser­vice from Seat­tle to Fri­day Har­bor this year, as  Con­tin­ue Reading

This is from Michael Steigh­n­er’s blog.…he was vis­it­ing here from Flori­da and caught this won­der­ful mix of col­or & wood & water. Be sure & look over his oth­er pho­tos, too!

An update on the Grones’ sit­u­a­tion (see below) from Car­ol Ford: Hi Ian — Thanks so much! Because we spread the word, Dave got a place to stay. It turns out Sandy Ridge (Jesse Woodruf­f’s mom) and her hus­band, Joe, have an apt. in Queen Anne that he can stay in through April. They just moved to Sno­homish Coun­ty but  Con­tin­ue Reading

Help us out here…there’s a chance we can get a Skills Train­ing Cen­ter here, but we need you to fill out this sur­vey (below).…local com­pa­nies, as well as teach­ers & com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers, can help the process along by tak­ing the sur­vey now. As I under­stand it, the more answers we get, the bet­ter the chances  Con­tin­ue Reading

Patrick & Andra (above, right) are the kind of folks we need here on San Juan Island — involved, car­ing, great par­ents, and always smil­ing. Patrick first bought the Bon Accord in Fri­day Har­bor when they moved here, and three years ago, he and Andra bought The Sail Loft (San Juan Can­vas) down at the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Over the week­end, the Wolver­ine base­ball team munched Dar­ring­ton (Fri­day) and Shore­line Chris­t­ian (Sat­ur­day), while the soft­ball girls had a 2 out of 3 split with Dar­ring­ton and Merid­i­an. The soc­cer boys played their third game in five days, drop­ping their re-match with Coupeville (that’s Cam Bying­ton in the air Sat­ur­day; pho­to by Lau­ren Paulsen  Con­tin­ue Reading

Leasa Burch and Peter Wan­goe II will be get­ting mar­ried on Oahu in May of 2009. It will be a small cer­e­mo­ny with fam­i­ly and close friends. A San Juan Island recep­tion will take place in August of 2009.

Leasa Burch and Peter Wan­goe II will be get­ting mar­ried on Oahu in May of 2009. It will be a small cer­e­mo­ny with fam­i­ly and close friends. A San Juan Island recep­tion will take place in August of 2009.

Back in 1995 or so, my boys & I used to play a game on Sat­ur­days dur­ing the sum­mer in which we would walk around town look­ing for out-of-state plates, and write them down on a lit­tle plate. One mem­o­rable day we saw license plates from 40 states & two provinces…there were a lot of  Con­tin­ue Reading

Jen­nifer Furber says they’re gonna need you to help: The Children’s Fes­ti­val is com­ing! On Sat­ur­day, May 2 from 10 am to 2 pm, Island Rec will present the 19th annu­al fes­ti­val at the Coun­try Fair­grounds. The theme this year is “Under The Sea.” The 2009 Children’s Fes­ti­val Com­mit­tee is cur­rent­ly look­ing for vol­un­teers to help make  Con­tin­ue Reading

I just got this note from Car­ol Ford about what the Grones are deal­ing with.…look over it & see what you can do: Hi Ian… I just spoke to Dave Grone (his kids are recent FHHS grads, Ash­ley and Jason). His wife, Jacque, was flown off-island Fri­day with a brain aneurism and endured an 11 hour surgery at  Con­tin­ue Reading