This could be yours....
Drove by Charlie Beacham’s place on San Juan Valley Road…he’s got this wrecking ball for sale out front of his lot. Check it out! -oo-
Jazz at the Labs was great….
Posted June 8, 2009 at 6:13 am by Ian Byington
Blake and Margo wwere the smiling faces at the door....
The music & food were great, and it’s great what the music brings to the island for kids.
The annual Jazz at the Labs last Saturday was awesome, and even more awesome is the money it raises to make possible the K-12 marine science program that provides outreach to the local schools, which is led by Margo Thorpe (right, with her friend Blake, taking tickets on Saturday night), and Jenny Roberts. They do a great job, and the music is a big part of what makes it happen.
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Posted June 8, 2009 at 5:58 am by Ian Byington
I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.
Julian Bond
Five years & growing…
Posted June 8, 2009 at 12:48 am by Ian Byington
A sunny day for a fifth anniversary...
Craig at Vanderyacht Propane on Mullis Street in town had the neighborhood smelling good as he celebrated his fifth anniversary with a barbecue & free propane tank filling on Friday afternoon. Happy Fifth!
Five years & growing…
Posted June 8, 2009 at 12:48 am by Ian Byington
A sunny day for a fifth anniversary...
Craig at Vanderyacht Propane on Mullis Street in town had the neighborhood smelling good as he celebrated his fifth anniversary with a barbecue & free propane tank filling on Friday afternoon. Happy Fifth!
Island Gardens gets noticed…
Posted June 7, 2009 at 8:22 am by Ian Byington
It’s always nice to have people notice your good work – and Steve Schramm says a magazine has just covered a couple of places he designed here on the island:
Just in time for summer, two Island Gardens Company landscapes are featured in the current issue of Easy-Care Landscaping, available on newsstands now. One garden is on a busy corner across from the fairgrounds, the other a waterfront property on the west side. The landscaping has guaranteed each a maximum of privacy and a full sense of island nature.
The owners of the in-town property wanted a four-season garden that was always in bloom, yet not very high in maintenance. In response to their desire for a “secret garden” atmosphere, designer Steve Schramm created a fairyland appearance with a mix of evergreens, ornamental crabapples, rhododendrons and spiky blooms poking out from beneath leafy groundcovers, along with the overhanging shrubs. The owner says of their yard, “I feel so at peace here, because this beautiful garden has been at the heart of so many memories. There’s no place we’d rather be.”
Located on a cul de sac, the Sunset Point garden needed an open view that still maintained privacy from neighbors, as well as plantings that broke up the visual mass of the house. Schramm suggested a strategically placed cluster of pines, along with deciduous and evergreen shrubs to provide year-round color – and dynamic visual boundaries. In counterpoint to the drought-tolerant plantings, a dry streambed lined with lush vegetation brings a watery essence to the scene.
The owners of both properties are in full harmony with Schramm’s guiding principle– to create a low-maintenance landscape that looks “as though it had always been here.”
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Posted June 6, 2009 at 10:42 pm by Ian Byington
It is our collective and individual responsibility … to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.
Dalai Lama
Friday Harbor High Graduation – it's 6pm on Saturday
Posted June 6, 2009 at 3:00 pm by Ian Byington
Graduation brings the island together...
I know you’ll be there, because the rest of the island will be, too… it’s one of the gathering of the tribe things we do around here. Fifty seniors will walk the stage in the ceremony which begins at 6pm at Turnbull Gym.
Trip down memory lane: Here are galleries of the last two graduations – see who you know!
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Friday Harbor High Graduation – it’s 6pm on Saturday
Posted June 6, 2009 at 3:00 pm by Ian Byington
Graduation brings the island together...
I know you’ll be there, because the rest of the island will be, too… it’s one of the gathering of the tribe things we do around here. Fifty seniors will walk the stage in the ceremony which begins at 6pm at Turnbull Gym.
Trip down memory lane: Here are galleries of the last two graduations – see who you know!
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Open Boat on Sunday…
Posted June 6, 2009 at 3:51 am by Ian Byington
Morgan Lohrey announces the kickoff for the season:
San Juan Classic Day Sailing welcomes you to our Open Boat Celebration!
Let the Summer Sailing begin! Food, beverages, music, everyone welcome.
Raffle winners come sailing on our beautifully restored classic wooden sailboats!
Sunday June 7th, 2009 1pm-5pm
Located in the middle office of the Spring Street Landing complex (under Downriggers restaurant) or on the docks at the clock dock (or spring street landing)
Looking forward to welcoming you aboard!
Barbershop – this weekend!
Posted June 5, 2009 at 3:01 pm by Ian Byington
Local singers make good...music
Jan from the Community Theatre sends this report (click here for a huge picture of our local folks, the Island Chordsmen Plus):
Popular Barbershop Bonanza Returns June 7
Friday Harbor’s annual finger-snapping and toe-tapping extravaganza makes for one high-spirited and fun afternoon on Sunday, June 7 starting at 2:00 p.m.
San Juan’s own Island Chordsmen Plus again host the Barbershop Bonanza, featuring sweet sounds from groups throughout our region. It was 1995 when islander Dick Saylor, a longtime barbershop singer and member of an international championship chorus in the 1950s, convinced his buddies to create Island Chordsmen. Continue Reading
Kids Race – this Sunday!
Posted June 5, 2009 at 12:28 pm by Ian Byington
Kids can run on Sunday, too!
Jane from San Juan Fitness reports:
The Kids Race is a little over one mile for kids of all ages (parents welcome), and it’s at 8:35am (right after the start of the marathon/half marathon race).
Fee is $5 and includes t-shirt, finisher ribbon, refreshments, and fun time with good people!! Register at San Juan Island Fitness Club or on Sunday. THANK YOU!
The new coffeehouse in town…
Posted June 5, 2009 at 7:35 am by Ian Byington
Billy & Cassie have a class act, opening today...
The new coffeehouse in town opened this morning at 7am. The Naked Bean is located in the spot where Pelindaba’s coffeeplace in the back of the downtown Pelindaba store. There’s a wall now separating the two shops, and Cassie Ellis and Billy Cuddihy are opening just in time for the summer.
They’re open tonight till 11…drop in & say hey!
New fitness class begins…
Posted June 5, 2009 at 6:56 am by Ian Byington
Sally from Island Rec says this new class will help fill a gap:
Several people who have been taking the fitness class at Skagit College just asked for Island Rec’s help about two weeks ago in putting together a summer fitness class for them since the college is closing for the summer. We are delighted that we have been able to put together a great summer fitness class for them and any other interested adult! Here’s the scoop: Continue Reading
Music with Teddy on Wednesdays….
Posted June 5, 2009 at 5:51 am by Ian Byington
Teddy Deane
Looks like Oren & Peggy have something cool happening this summer at the Ale House – here’s more from Teddy Deane:
Don’t look now but . . . Experimental, interactive, new, possibly unfinished and definitely unpolished solo music by me at the Ale House on WEDNESDAYS starting today, 6-9pm. Come on down, share the fun, and the food’s good too! It’s a great place to wait for the ferry, and I don’t take it personally when the room empties at sailing (although I probably should). Teddy
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Posted June 4, 2009 at 10:18 pm by Ian Byington
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
Rene Descartes