You might know some­one who’s fall­en and had a hard time recov­er­ing. Falls as we age can be dev­as­tat­ing, but they don’t have to be a part of aging. Tai Ji Quan: Mov­ing for Bet­ter Bal­anceâ (TJQMBB) is an evi­­dence-based bal­ance and fall pre­ven­tion pro­gram. It meets on Wednes­days and Fri­days, 11:45–12:45 at Stu­dio JAMM  Con­tin­ue Reading

Sto­ry by Louise Dus­trude… Dr. Burk Gos­som has found “the right per­son for the posi­tion” in his words and will actu­al­ly be retir­ing some­time after the first of the year. He and Will House, M.D., have “a gentleman’s agree­ment” for trans­fer of San Juan Health­care and will be work­ing out details of trans­fer of license, cre­den­tial­ing,  Con­tin­ue Reading

Don’t for­get — this event is today… At 10:30am on Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 20th, at the Fri­day Har­bor cour­t­house lawn, stu­dents from San Juan Island, in con­junc­tion with stu­dents from around the world, will be strik­ing to demand trans­for­ma­tive action be tak­en to address the cli­mate cri­sis. The strike is tak­ing place three days before the UN  Con­tin­ue Reading

Peace­Health Peace Island Med­ical Cen­ter is offer­ing a free com­mu­ni­ty work­shop that walks par­tic­i­pants through the ele­ments of advance care plan­ning. The Your Voice, Your Choice work­shop will take place on Fri­day, Oct. 11, 2019 from 2:30–4:30 p.m. at the Mullis Com­mu­ni­ty Senior Cen­ter, 589 Nash Street, Fri­day Har­bor. “Advance care plan­ning is about shar­ing  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Eat­ing fresh whole­some food is one of the cor­ner­stones of main­tain­ing good health. As any­one who shops for food knows, this can get expen­sive. Sorop­ti­mist Inter­na­tion­al of Fri­day Har­bor has gen­er­at­ed greater access to good food by part­ner­ing with San Juan  Con­tin­ue Reading

How to Find Bal­ance, Greater Ener­gy, and Longevi­ty from Inside Out Yi Ren Qigongâ is a pow­er­ful self-help form that blends ancient Chi­nese self-heal­ing tech­niques with mod­ern sci­ence to devel­op the body’s bio-ener­getic ‘Qi’ sys­tem for greater health, vital­i­ty, and self-aware­­ness. The Foun­da­tion 1A class at Skag­it Val­ley Col­lege San Juan Cen­ter meets on Thurs­days,  Con­tin­ue Reading

Join Casey Wade and Mor­gan John­ston, Tues­days and Thurs­days this Fall for a 6 week, back to fit­ness boot camp at John O. Linde Com­mu­ni­ty Park. This class runs from Sep­tem­ber 24 – Octo­ber 31st, 8:20–9:10am. We will focus on body-weight work­outs, and meet­ing you wher­ev­er you’re at in your fit­ness jour­ney. All Abil­i­ties and fit­ness  Con­tin­ue Reading

This invi­ta­tion was sent to you by Fri­day Har­bor Youth… At 10:30am on Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 20th, at the Fri­day Har­bor cour­t­house lawn, stu­dents from San Juan Island, in con­junc­tion with stu­dents from around the world, will be strik­ing to demand trans­for­ma­tive action be tak­en to address the cli­mate cri­sis. The strike is tak­ing place three days  Con­tin­ue Reading

Fish For Teeth brings free mobile den­tal clin­ic to Fri­day Har­bor Islanders unable to afford den­tal care, can receive it for free thanks to the local non­prof­it Fish For Teeth on Fri­day, Oct. 4 and Sat­ur­day, Oct. 5 at the Mullis Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter on San Juan Island. “Many vol­un­teers and local busi­ness­es work as a  Con­tin­ue Reading

Upon suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of this class you will walk away with life-sav­ing skills and a First Aid cer­ti­fi­ca­tion from the Amer­i­can Heart Asso­ci­a­tion that is valid for two years! This is an ide­al class for par­ents, babysit­ters, vol­un­teer coach­es and recre­ation lead­ers ages 15 and up. First Aid will take place on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 25 from 5:00  Con­tin­ue Reading

In the SJ Update mail­bag today we have this let­ter from Patri­cia Ras­mussen… It has come to my atten­tion that Island Phys­i­cal Ther­a­py (Joyce Thomp­son) is clos­ing. This is of great con­cern for me, and to many oth­ers. I have been going to this facil­i­ty for years. It is equipped with the high­est qual­i­ty equip­ment  Con­tin­ue Reading

Com­­mu­ni­­ty-Based Long-Term Care Needs Sur­vey Extend­ed from August 31, 2019 Until Sep­tem­ber 15, 2019. A sur­vey of coun­ty res­i­dents over the age of 70 being con­duct­ed dur­ing the month of August by the Inter Island Health­care Foun­da­tion is being extend­ed to Sep­tem­ber 15th to allow more time. The orga­ni­za­tion col­lect­ing and ana­lyz­ing the infor­ma­tion by phone,  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Even while we cher­ish our late sum­mer days there is a twist to the sea­sons this time of year.  Kids head back to school and while I’ve been out of school for a long time I still feel the urge  Con­tin­ue Reading

League of Women Vot­ers to host health care forum The next League of Women Vot­ers of the San Juans meet­ing will offer islanders a fresh look at what to expect as health care options change.  The event titled “Update on Health Care: Two Points of View,” will be held from noon‑2 p.m., Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 9th at  Con­tin­ue Reading

Blood Dri­ve Thurs­day at the Mullis Cen­ter Unde­terred by Road­work  “I want to make sure folks know that it’s still hap­pen­ing even though we expect the park­ing lot and Nash Street to be closed to traf­fic. Donors will need to park on Mar­ket Street or else­where and walk-in to the Cen­ter.” Anna Cof­felt, Mullis Cen­ter   Con­tin­ue Reading

Make Sure Your Child Is Allowed To Attend School Start­ing Day 1 WA state laws around immu­niza­tion records have changed!  Return­ing stu­dents no longer have a thir­­ty-day peri­od to prove com­pli­ance with immu­niza­tion laws before they may be exclud­ed from pub­lic school.  Addi­tion­al­ly personal/philosophical/religious exemp­tions are no longer allowed for the MMR (measles, mumps, rubel­la) vac­ci­na­tion  Con­tin­ue Reading