Topic: People
Q&A With San Juan Island’s Mike Cohen
Written on October 25, 2020 at 4:00 am, by Hayley Day
Below is an interview that Janet Thomas of San Juan Island did with Mike Cohen of San Juan Island. For more information on the interview, visit www.ecopsych.com/janetinterview.html. By Janet Thomas, San Juan Island Mike Cohen has decades of educational experience with his Project Nature Connect work. He is also a widely experienced musician. Due to Continue Reading
Letters for the November Election
Written on October 24, 2020 at 4:00 am, by Tim Dustrude
You can see letters from individuals at the links below. As more letters come in, this list will be updated so be sure to check back. Letters are posted in the order received in support of: Ryan Palmateer Winnie Adams and Bob Gamble Steve Ulvi and Lynette Roberts Christopher Minney Cindy Wolf Winnie Adams and Continue Reading
Trick-or-Treat on San Juan Island?
Written on October 9, 2020 at 5:30 am, by Hayley Day
San Juan County Halloween Guidelines With Halloween around the corner, kids and parents alike are wondering what Halloween should and should not look like. There are no Halloween specific regulations, but there are existing requirements that might impact Halloween, and there are certainly some commonsense precautions that should be followed.
Freedom Flotilla
Written on October 6, 2020 at 5:30 am, by Tim Dustrude
Minnie Knych shares this report of a Freedom Flotilla down at the harbor… Despite the cool, foggy weather more than 50 people showed up at Fairweather Park to celebrate living in the greatest country on Earth with a Freedom Flotilla on Saturday, Oct. 3. Signs, flags and music marked the occasion. Candidate for WA State Continue Reading
Volunteer Of The Month
Written on October 1, 2020 at 6:28 pm, by Tim Dustrude
The Animal Protection Society – Friday Harbor (APS-FH) is happy to announce that Reneé Koehne and her daughter, Brittany Koehne have been selected as our October Volunteer(s) of the Month. Reneé and Brittany have spent their summer weekends, for the past two years, helping trap feral cats for APS-FH’s TNR (Trap Neuter Return) program. In Continue Reading
Onward and upward!
Written on September 30, 2020 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
Helen and Dan from Island Stage Left share some insight into their history, what’s happening now and a look to the future in a couple of videos on SJI Community Network… Dear ISL Friends and Supporters, visit www.sjicn.org and you will find our video and those of some wonderful people making a difference on our Continue Reading
Letters
Written on September 29, 2020 at 10:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
In the mailbag this morning we find this letter from Anna Maria de Freitas… As I listen to the rain bounce off my sky light and feel the fall chill settle in the air, I know that the days of outdoor dining for me and my restaurant industry colleagues are quickly coming to an end. Continue Reading
Letters
Written on September 28, 2020 at 9:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
In the SJ Update mail bag this morning we have this letter from Justin Paulsen… If 2020 has highlighted nothing else within our country it is that political division has seeped into every function of our society. As our current generation navigates social, health and economic waters which have never before been explored, one factor Continue Reading
Breaking the Surly Bonds of Earth
Written on September 27, 2020 at 3:19 pm, by Tim Dustrude
FREEZER BURNED: Tales of Interior Alaska is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Steve Ulvi… Arriving in Interior Alaska in 1974, I was 23 years old and had never been in any kind of airplane. (Well alright, full disclosure; as a kid, I was big on those horses and planes that Continue Reading
Community letter from SJISD School Superintendent Fred Woods
Written on September 25, 2020 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Dear Friday Harbor community, I have always loved the month of September. Many years ago, when I decided to make education a life-long career I saw an opportunity to broaden my world, allowing me to extend beyond the limits of the little town where I was raised. Choosing education as a career eventually led me Continue Reading
High School Musical Theatre Awards
Written on September 24, 2020 at 11:35 am, by Tim Dustrude
After months of quarantined waiting, the Friday Harbor High School Thespians’ production of Little Shop of Horrors has heard back from their adjudication with the 5th Avenue Theatre for the High School Musical Theatre Awards. The awards show got cancelled this year due to the pandemic, also cancelling the actual nominations and awards ceremony. Nevertheless, Continue Reading
General Election Candidate Forums
Written on September 24, 2020 at 11:33 am, by Tim Dustrude
League of Women Voters hosts online General Election Candidate Forums The Leauge of Women Voters of the San Juans will host three nights of online forums for local candidates in the Nov. 3 General Election. From 5:30-7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6, incumbent Rick Larsen will face his opponent Timothy Hazelo, who are both running for Continue Reading
Zoom Talk: True Animal Stories with Author Clare Hodgson Meeker
Written on September 22, 2020 at 5:40 am, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan Island Library announces that renowned regional author Clare Hodgson Meeker will host a Zoom talk on Friday, October 2, at 7:00 p.m. Meeker’s latest book, Growing Up Gorilla: How a Zoo Baby Brought Her Family Together, is a 2020 Washington State Book Award Finalist for Young Readers. Meeker will discuss writing Growing Up Continue Reading
FHL Tide Bites
Written on September 20, 2020 at 5:51 am, by Tim Dustrude
Resource Allocation to Growth and Structure: The Energetic Cost of Mussel Byssal Thread Attachment, by Molly Roberts Dr. Molly Roberts completed her PhD with Dr. Emily Carrington in 2019 in the Biology Department at UW. Her research involved both experimental work at FHL and fieldwork at Penn Cove Shellfish in Coupeville, WA. Prior to her Continue Reading
Special Deliveries – Baby Deliveries
Written on September 17, 2020 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Special Deliveries: On One Morning, San Juan Island Fire & Rescue Joins Partner Agencies With Two Baby Deliveries This time, it wasn’t the stork who made the middle of the night call to assist two pregnant mothers. Just before 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 13, pagers beeped throughout San Juan Island announcing an urgent need Continue Reading
Laurie I Wangenheim Brown
Written on September 17, 2020 at 5:42 am, by Tim Dustrude
Loretta (Laurie) Irene Wangenheim-Brown from Friday Harbor Washington passed away on September 6, 2020. Laurie was born on February 11, 1942 and was immediately adopted by Bob and Helen Jones. Growing up surrounded by a loving family and all kinds of farm animals in Riverside Washington began a life-long love of nature and exploring. Laurie Continue Reading
New Assistant Director and Adult Services Manager at the Library
Written on September 16, 2020 at 1:53 pm, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan Island Library announced today that it has welcomed its new Assistant Director and Adult Services Manager, Lisa Buckton. Lisa moved to San Juan Island from Vermont and holds over ten years of librarian experience across Vermont and New York State. In the last five years, Lisa co-created and hosted Vermont’s first-ever teen literary Continue Reading
The Wild Charley River (part II)
Written on September 14, 2020 at 9:33 am, by Tim Dustrude
FREEZER BURNED: Tales of Interior Alaska is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Steve Ulvi… (Author’s note: This campfire story is mostly fiction in terms of characters and events. Historic, ecological and political themes will always be sculpted factually. The wonders of the subarctic natural world are as I understand them Continue Reading
Merri Ann’s San Juan Island Lifestyle Videos
Written on September 14, 2020 at 9:30 am, by Tim Dustrude
Merri Ann Simonson shares another episode in her video series and says, Local San Juan fishing derbies, they are the best!
Friday Harbor Poet Wins Contest
Written on September 13, 2020 at 12:39 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Open Country Press is proud to announce the winner of the 2020 Open Country Chapbook Contest. Khaty Xiong chose Barefoot Up the Mountain by Tara Mesalik MacMahon of Friday Harbor, Washington. Tara Mesalik MacMahon, a graduate of Pomona College and Harvard Business School, is an emerging poet. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Rhino, Continue Reading
Local Writer and Artist Ian Boyden, Releases Debut Book of Poetry
Written on September 9, 2020 at 10:53 am, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan Island writer, artist and translator, Ian Boyden, releases his new book, A Forest of Names, today (September, 8). Published by the prestigious Wesleyan University Press, the book is available through local bookstores and online. The genesis of the book began in 2016, when Boyden curated the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Fault Line at the Continue Reading
This Labor Day, A Special Thank You to Our Essential Workers!
Written on September 7, 2020 at 5:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
This Labor Day while you enjoy a socially distant backyard BBQ, beach picnic with family or some peaceful solitude, please take a moment to give a special thanks to the essential workers of our community who have kept us safe, healthy, fed, informed, and transported here and there throughout these trying times. THANK YOU!
Q&A With San Juan Island’s Mike Cohen
Written on October 25, 2020 at 4:00 am, by Hayley Day
Below is an interview that Janet Thomas of San Juan Island did with Mike Cohen of San Juan Island. For more information on the interview, visit www.ecopsych.com/janetinterview.html. By Janet Thomas, San Juan Island Mike Cohen has decades of educational experience with his Project Nature Connect work. He is also a widely experienced musician. Due to Continue Reading
Letters for the November Election
Written on October 24, 2020 at 4:00 am, by Tim Dustrude
You can see letters from individuals at the links below. As more letters come in, this list will be updated so be sure to check back. Letters are posted in the order received in support of: Ryan Palmateer Winnie Adams and Bob Gamble Steve Ulvi and Lynette Roberts Christopher Minney Cindy Wolf Winnie Adams and Continue Reading
Trick-or-Treat on San Juan Island?
Written on October 9, 2020 at 5:30 am, by Hayley Day
San Juan County Halloween Guidelines With Halloween around the corner, kids and parents alike are wondering what Halloween should and should not look like. There are no Halloween specific regulations, but there are existing requirements that might impact Halloween, and there are certainly some commonsense precautions that should be followed.
Freedom Flotilla
Written on October 6, 2020 at 5:30 am, by Tim Dustrude
Minnie Knych shares this report of a Freedom Flotilla down at the harbor… Despite the cool, foggy weather more than 50 people showed up at Fairweather Park to celebrate living in the greatest country on Earth with a Freedom Flotilla on Saturday, Oct. 3. Signs, flags and music marked the occasion. Candidate for WA State Continue Reading
Volunteer Of The Month
Written on October 1, 2020 at 6:28 pm, by Tim Dustrude
The Animal Protection Society – Friday Harbor (APS-FH) is happy to announce that Reneé Koehne and her daughter, Brittany Koehne have been selected as our October Volunteer(s) of the Month. Reneé and Brittany have spent their summer weekends, for the past two years, helping trap feral cats for APS-FH’s TNR (Trap Neuter Return) program. In Continue Reading
Onward and upward!
Written on September 30, 2020 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
Helen and Dan from Island Stage Left share some insight into their history, what’s happening now and a look to the future in a couple of videos on SJI Community Network… Dear ISL Friends and Supporters, visit www.sjicn.org and you will find our video and those of some wonderful people making a difference on our Continue Reading
Letters
Written on September 29, 2020 at 10:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
In the mailbag this morning we find this letter from Anna Maria de Freitas… As I listen to the rain bounce off my sky light and feel the fall chill settle in the air, I know that the days of outdoor dining for me and my restaurant industry colleagues are quickly coming to an end. Continue Reading
Letters
Written on September 28, 2020 at 9:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
In the SJ Update mail bag this morning we have this letter from Justin Paulsen… If 2020 has highlighted nothing else within our country it is that political division has seeped into every function of our society. As our current generation navigates social, health and economic waters which have never before been explored, one factor Continue Reading
Breaking the Surly Bonds of Earth
Written on September 27, 2020 at 3:19 pm, by Tim Dustrude
FREEZER BURNED: Tales of Interior Alaska is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Steve Ulvi… Arriving in Interior Alaska in 1974, I was 23 years old and had never been in any kind of airplane. (Well alright, full disclosure; as a kid, I was big on those horses and planes that Continue Reading
Community letter from SJISD School Superintendent Fred Woods
Written on September 25, 2020 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Dear Friday Harbor community, I have always loved the month of September. Many years ago, when I decided to make education a life-long career I saw an opportunity to broaden my world, allowing me to extend beyond the limits of the little town where I was raised. Choosing education as a career eventually led me Continue Reading
High School Musical Theatre Awards
Written on September 24, 2020 at 11:35 am, by Tim Dustrude
After months of quarantined waiting, the Friday Harbor High School Thespians’ production of Little Shop of Horrors has heard back from their adjudication with the 5th Avenue Theatre for the High School Musical Theatre Awards. The awards show got cancelled this year due to the pandemic, also cancelling the actual nominations and awards ceremony. Nevertheless, Continue Reading
General Election Candidate Forums
Written on September 24, 2020 at 11:33 am, by Tim Dustrude
League of Women Voters hosts online General Election Candidate Forums The Leauge of Women Voters of the San Juans will host three nights of online forums for local candidates in the Nov. 3 General Election. From 5:30-7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6, incumbent Rick Larsen will face his opponent Timothy Hazelo, who are both running for Continue Reading
Zoom Talk: True Animal Stories with Author Clare Hodgson Meeker
Written on September 22, 2020 at 5:40 am, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan Island Library announces that renowned regional author Clare Hodgson Meeker will host a Zoom talk on Friday, October 2, at 7:00 p.m. Meeker’s latest book, Growing Up Gorilla: How a Zoo Baby Brought Her Family Together, is a 2020 Washington State Book Award Finalist for Young Readers. Meeker will discuss writing Growing Up Continue Reading
FHL Tide Bites
Written on September 20, 2020 at 5:51 am, by Tim Dustrude
Resource Allocation to Growth and Structure: The Energetic Cost of Mussel Byssal Thread Attachment, by Molly Roberts Dr. Molly Roberts completed her PhD with Dr. Emily Carrington in 2019 in the Biology Department at UW. Her research involved both experimental work at FHL and fieldwork at Penn Cove Shellfish in Coupeville, WA. Prior to her Continue Reading
Special Deliveries – Baby Deliveries
Written on September 17, 2020 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Special Deliveries: On One Morning, San Juan Island Fire & Rescue Joins Partner Agencies With Two Baby Deliveries This time, it wasn’t the stork who made the middle of the night call to assist two pregnant mothers. Just before 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 13, pagers beeped throughout San Juan Island announcing an urgent need Continue Reading
Laurie I Wangenheim Brown
Written on September 17, 2020 at 5:42 am, by Tim Dustrude
Loretta (Laurie) Irene Wangenheim-Brown from Friday Harbor Washington passed away on September 6, 2020. Laurie was born on February 11, 1942 and was immediately adopted by Bob and Helen Jones. Growing up surrounded by a loving family and all kinds of farm animals in Riverside Washington began a life-long love of nature and exploring. Laurie Continue Reading
New Assistant Director and Adult Services Manager at the Library
Written on September 16, 2020 at 1:53 pm, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan Island Library announced today that it has welcomed its new Assistant Director and Adult Services Manager, Lisa Buckton. Lisa moved to San Juan Island from Vermont and holds over ten years of librarian experience across Vermont and New York State. In the last five years, Lisa co-created and hosted Vermont’s first-ever teen literary Continue Reading
The Wild Charley River (part II)
Written on September 14, 2020 at 9:33 am, by Tim Dustrude
FREEZER BURNED: Tales of Interior Alaska is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Steve Ulvi… (Author’s note: This campfire story is mostly fiction in terms of characters and events. Historic, ecological and political themes will always be sculpted factually. The wonders of the subarctic natural world are as I understand them Continue Reading
Merri Ann’s San Juan Island Lifestyle Videos
Written on September 14, 2020 at 9:30 am, by Tim Dustrude
Merri Ann Simonson shares another episode in her video series and says, Local San Juan fishing derbies, they are the best!
Friday Harbor Poet Wins Contest
Written on September 13, 2020 at 12:39 pm, by Tim Dustrude
Open Country Press is proud to announce the winner of the 2020 Open Country Chapbook Contest. Khaty Xiong chose Barefoot Up the Mountain by Tara Mesalik MacMahon of Friday Harbor, Washington. Tara Mesalik MacMahon, a graduate of Pomona College and Harvard Business School, is an emerging poet. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Rhino, Continue Reading
Local Writer and Artist Ian Boyden, Releases Debut Book of Poetry
Written on September 9, 2020 at 10:53 am, by Tim Dustrude
San Juan Island writer, artist and translator, Ian Boyden, releases his new book, A Forest of Names, today (September, 8). Published by the prestigious Wesleyan University Press, the book is available through local bookstores and online. The genesis of the book began in 2016, when Boyden curated the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Fault Line at the Continue Reading
This Labor Day, A Special Thank You to Our Essential Workers!
Written on September 7, 2020 at 5:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
This Labor Day while you enjoy a socially distant backyard BBQ, beach picnic with family or some peaceful solitude, please take a moment to give a special thanks to the essential workers of our community who have kept us safe, healthy, fed, informed, and transported here and there throughout these trying times. THANK YOU!