Topic: Community
March for Our Lives – Friday Harbor
Written on March 24, 2018 at 4:11 pm, by Tim Dustrude
By Louise Dustrude A cheerful crowd of a few hundred teenagers and adults, many wearing bright orange, joined the nationwide March for Our Lives at noon on Saturday, beginning and ending on the courthouse lawn. Friday Harbor Mayor Farhad Ghatan welcomed the crowd and then turned the mic over to the young organizers of the Continue Reading
March for Our Lives Tomorrow
Written on March 23, 2018 at 10:08 am, by Tim Dustrude
“Friday Harbor March for Our Lives” will take place Saturday, March 24th, beginning at noon. Islanders will take to the streets to demand that their lives, and safety, become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today. The demonstration here in Friday Harbor will join the estimated 821 Continue Reading
Morning Arrival
Written on March 21, 2018 at 8:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Kevin Holmes shares this photo from early this morning. This is the barge arriving at Jackson’s Beach with 2 new homes for the SJ Community Home Trust. High tide at 5:00 AM was the best time for unloading. The homes are now on their way across the Lafarge Open Space (the old gravel pit) to Continue Reading
Alchemy Art Center
Written on March 19, 2018 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
Alchemy Art Center is a new community art space in the Center of San Juan Island. Last week it received nonprofit 501c-3 status. The goal of the center, located at 1255 Wold road is to offer the following to the community: “A well equipped communal studio space for member artists, a classroom where resident and Continue Reading
SJI Service Scholarship
Written on March 19, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
No cooking needed on Thursday March 29th! Eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at one of the participating restaurants for a great cause! We are gearing up for our annual SJI Service Scholarship event ‘Dining for Scholars’. Please help us support the local restaurants that support our local scholarships by dining out at one of the Continue Reading
Grange Open House, Art Contest, and Creative Writing Open Mic
Written on March 19, 2018 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
Calling all artists, poets, writers, and makers, of ALL AGES… San Juan Island Grange 966 is hosting an art, craft, and photography contest, as well as a creative writing open mic, at our 2018 Open House! Join us at the San Juan Island Grange (152 1st St) Wednesday, April 11th for a spring celebration of Continue Reading
Fair Booths Filling Up Fast!
Written on March 17, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Thinking about having a booth at the San Juan County Fair this year? Booth spaces are filling up faster than ever before so act now! This year’s Fair dates are August 15th – 18th with the Fair theme of “Rockin the Salish Sea” highlighting aquaculture, Salish sea conservation, and of course great (Rockin’) music! For Continue Reading
Island Senior: Thirties Themed Lunch to Raise Money For Meals on Wheels and More
Written on March 16, 2018 at 5:48 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Island Senior is a regular column on the SJ Update written by Peggy Sue McRae… On Wednesday, March 21 the Mullis Center invites you to join the fun and help raise money for our senior nutrition program including the popular hot lunches on Mondays and Thursdays and home delivered meals known as “meals on wheels”. Continue Reading
Easter is coming!
Written on March 15, 2018 at 5:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
Egg dyeing will take place at Station 31 on Friday, March 30, at 5PM. All community members, young and old, are invited to join in the fun and creativity. The Easter egg hunt will be Sunday, April 1, at 1PM at Jackson’s Beach. Over 1,500 dyed eggs will be hidden, along with plastic eggs Continue Reading
REMINDER – San Juan County Civic Campus Plan Community Survey Available
Written on March 15, 2018 at 5:43 am, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan County is exploring options to centralize and streamline government operations in an efficient and community-centered Civic Campus located near the courthouse in Friday Harbor. A new Civic Campus would bring departments together, reduce operating costs, provide better service to County residents, and include community space to support public gatherings and events. The new Continue Reading
High School Walkout
Written on March 14, 2018 at 12:58 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Highlights of today’s demonstration at the high school track honoring the seventeen slain students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
SJICF Women’s Fund Awards $6,000 to Local Nonprofits
Written on March 13, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Local nonprofits got a boost in funding for their projects after the most recent San Juan Island Community Foundation grant cycle. The Women’s Fund, a donor advised fund of the Foundation, awarded $6,000 to support the following 4 community programs: The San Juan EMT Association “Every 15 Minutes” program The Salish Sea Sciences 2018 Summer Continue Reading
Anti-Gun Violence March and Local Democrats’ Convention
Written on March 13, 2018 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
David Turnoy, chair of the SJC Democrats shares this invitation with you… The San Juan County Democrats will be holding our biennial convention on Saturday, March 24th, at the Grange in Friday Harbor, from 1:00 until possibly as late as 5:00. This will follow a march through Friday Harbor demanding that the issue of gun Continue Reading
Severe Weather Shelter Conclusion
Written on March 13, 2018 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
United Way’s “Out of the Cold” Severe Weather Shelter program will conclude its first year of operations on Tuesday, March 12th at noon in the Key Bank basement, with a wrap up meeting and recap of the Steering Committee and volunteers. Everyone is welcome to attend. We enjoyed many successes and learned necessary lessons over Continue Reading
San Juan County Homeless Count Declines
Written on March 12, 2018 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
The 2018 San Juan County “Point-In Time” (PIT) Homeless Count identified 120 people who have no stable place to live, a decrease from the 2017 count of 154.The decrease can be attributed to success in placing families into housing by local service providers, as well as changing definitions of homelessness at the State level. The Continue Reading
School Walk-Out Demonstration
Written on March 11, 2018 at 5:43 am, by Tim Dustrude
From the SJ Update mailbag… On Wednesday, March 14th, Friday Harbor high school and middle school students will be a part of the national silent demonstration honoring the slain seventeen students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The seventeen-minute walk-out will begin here at 10:30 with the students gathering on the high Continue Reading
March for Our Lives – Friday Harbor
Written on March 24, 2018 at 4:11 pm, by Tim Dustrude
By Louise Dustrude A cheerful crowd of a few hundred teenagers and adults, many wearing bright orange, joined the nationwide March for Our Lives at noon on Saturday, beginning and ending on the courthouse lawn. Friday Harbor Mayor Farhad Ghatan welcomed the crowd and then turned the mic over to the young organizers of the Continue Reading
March for Our Lives Tomorrow
Written on March 23, 2018 at 10:08 am, by Tim Dustrude
“Friday Harbor March for Our Lives” will take place Saturday, March 24th, beginning at noon. Islanders will take to the streets to demand that their lives, and safety, become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today. The demonstration here in Friday Harbor will join the estimated 821 Continue Reading
Morning Arrival
Written on March 21, 2018 at 8:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Kevin Holmes shares this photo from early this morning. This is the barge arriving at Jackson’s Beach with 2 new homes for the SJ Community Home Trust. High tide at 5:00 AM was the best time for unloading. The homes are now on their way across the Lafarge Open Space (the old gravel pit) to Continue Reading
Alchemy Art Center
Written on March 19, 2018 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
Alchemy Art Center is a new community art space in the Center of San Juan Island. Last week it received nonprofit 501c-3 status. The goal of the center, located at 1255 Wold road is to offer the following to the community: “A well equipped communal studio space for member artists, a classroom where resident and Continue Reading
SJI Service Scholarship
Written on March 19, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
No cooking needed on Thursday March 29th! Eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at one of the participating restaurants for a great cause! We are gearing up for our annual SJI Service Scholarship event ‘Dining for Scholars’. Please help us support the local restaurants that support our local scholarships by dining out at one of the Continue Reading
Grange Open House, Art Contest, and Creative Writing Open Mic
Written on March 19, 2018 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
Calling all artists, poets, writers, and makers, of ALL AGES… San Juan Island Grange 966 is hosting an art, craft, and photography contest, as well as a creative writing open mic, at our 2018 Open House! Join us at the San Juan Island Grange (152 1st St) Wednesday, April 11th for a spring celebration of Continue Reading
Fair Booths Filling Up Fast!
Written on March 17, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Thinking about having a booth at the San Juan County Fair this year? Booth spaces are filling up faster than ever before so act now! This year’s Fair dates are August 15th – 18th with the Fair theme of “Rockin the Salish Sea” highlighting aquaculture, Salish sea conservation, and of course great (Rockin’) music! For Continue Reading
Island Senior: Thirties Themed Lunch to Raise Money For Meals on Wheels and More
Written on March 16, 2018 at 5:48 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Island Senior is a regular column on the SJ Update written by Peggy Sue McRae… On Wednesday, March 21 the Mullis Center invites you to join the fun and help raise money for our senior nutrition program including the popular hot lunches on Mondays and Thursdays and home delivered meals known as “meals on wheels”. Continue Reading
Easter is coming!
Written on March 15, 2018 at 5:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
Egg dyeing will take place at Station 31 on Friday, March 30, at 5PM. All community members, young and old, are invited to join in the fun and creativity. The Easter egg hunt will be Sunday, April 1, at 1PM at Jackson’s Beach. Over 1,500 dyed eggs will be hidden, along with plastic eggs Continue Reading
REMINDER – San Juan County Civic Campus Plan Community Survey Available
Written on March 15, 2018 at 5:43 am, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan County is exploring options to centralize and streamline government operations in an efficient and community-centered Civic Campus located near the courthouse in Friday Harbor. A new Civic Campus would bring departments together, reduce operating costs, provide better service to County residents, and include community space to support public gatherings and events. The new Continue Reading
High School Walkout
Written on March 14, 2018 at 12:58 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Highlights of today’s demonstration at the high school track honoring the seventeen slain students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
SJICF Women’s Fund Awards $6,000 to Local Nonprofits
Written on March 13, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Local nonprofits got a boost in funding for their projects after the most recent San Juan Island Community Foundation grant cycle. The Women’s Fund, a donor advised fund of the Foundation, awarded $6,000 to support the following 4 community programs: The San Juan EMT Association “Every 15 Minutes” program The Salish Sea Sciences 2018 Summer Continue Reading
Anti-Gun Violence March and Local Democrats’ Convention
Written on March 13, 2018 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
David Turnoy, chair of the SJC Democrats shares this invitation with you… The San Juan County Democrats will be holding our biennial convention on Saturday, March 24th, at the Grange in Friday Harbor, from 1:00 until possibly as late as 5:00. This will follow a march through Friday Harbor demanding that the issue of gun Continue Reading
Severe Weather Shelter Conclusion
Written on March 13, 2018 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
United Way’s “Out of the Cold” Severe Weather Shelter program will conclude its first year of operations on Tuesday, March 12th at noon in the Key Bank basement, with a wrap up meeting and recap of the Steering Committee and volunteers. Everyone is welcome to attend. We enjoyed many successes and learned necessary lessons over Continue Reading
San Juan County Homeless Count Declines
Written on March 12, 2018 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
The 2018 San Juan County “Point-In Time” (PIT) Homeless Count identified 120 people who have no stable place to live, a decrease from the 2017 count of 154.The decrease can be attributed to success in placing families into housing by local service providers, as well as changing definitions of homelessness at the State level. The Continue Reading
School Walk-Out Demonstration
Written on March 11, 2018 at 5:43 am, by Tim Dustrude
From the SJ Update mailbag… On Wednesday, March 14th, Friday Harbor high school and middle school students will be a part of the national silent demonstration honoring the slain seventeen students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The seventeen-minute walk-out will begin here at 10:30 with the students gathering on the high Continue Reading