• MV Tillikum remains out of ser­vice due to mechan­i­cal issues. Accord­ing to Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries, inter­is­land traf­fic will be rout­ed through Ana­cortes on anoth­er ves­sel at no addi­tion­al cost when possible.
• Beaver­ton Val­ley Road will be closed for drainage cul­vert repairs between Egg Lake Road and Boyce Road start­ing Tues­day, July 12. The Coun­ty expects the work to take one week.
• San Juan Island EMS shares an update about increas­ing their pre­pared­ness in respond­ing to out­er islands calls.
• San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre announced the cast for Mau­ri­tius, its fall play. Jack­ie will be played by Anne Marie Ryan; Mary by Car­rie Jew­ett; Den­nis by Adam Par­rott; Philip by Mason Tur­nage; and Ster­ling by Eric Con­cord. The show runs from Sept. 30 through Oct. 16.
• The appli­ca­tion dead­line for San Juan Sum­mer Arts Fes­ti­val ven­dors has been extend­ed to Fri­day, July 15. Email sjsummerartsfestival@gmail.com for more info.
• Sound Heal­ing with Jyoti, a med­i­ta­tive acoustic sound con­cert, takes place at Alche­my Art Cen­ter at 6 p.m. tomor­row, with a $10–20 sug­gest­ed donation.

Have some­thing to share with the Island? Whether the news is big or small, let us know!

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July campaign

Buy From Bulk Bins

Think about what prepack­aged foods you can switch out for a sim­i­lar item from bulk bins. Bulk resources on San Juan Island can be found at the San Juan Island Food Co-op, Mar­ket Place, Salty at Heart Island Apothe­cary, and Salt & Sand Salon.

View the pre­vi­ous shots in this day-in-the-life series (one, two, three, four, five, six) and learn more about Brad’s per­spec­tive on the fox­es of San Juan Island.

The San Juan Coun­ty Elec­tions Office shares news about next week’s pre-elec­tion equip­ment test, which is open to the public.

A log­ic-and-accu­ra­cy test of bal­lot tab­u­lat­ing equip­ment used in San Juan Coun­ty for the Aug. 2 pri­ma­ry elec­tion is sched­uled for Wednes­day, July 13 at 11 a.m. The test works by tal­ly­ing the results of a pre­pared set of test bal­lots to see if the results match the votes cast. The test will take place in the Elec­tions Office locat­ed at 55 Sec­ond Street, Suite A, in Fri­day Harbor.

A rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Sec­re­tary of State’s Elec­tions Divi­sion will be present for the test. The test is per­formed before every local, state, or fed­er­al elec­tion to ensure that tab­u­la­tion hard­ware and soft­ware equip­ment are com­pli­ant with Wash­ing­ton State rules and will accu­rate­ly count the votes.

All inter­est­ed mem­bers of the pub­lic are invit­ed to observe, either in per­son or in the safe­ty of their own homes. The Elec­tions Office will livestream the test on its YouTube chan­nel.

• MV Tillikum is out of ser­vice until fur­ther notice due to mechan­i­cal issues.
• The Fam­i­ly Resource Cen­ter shared an update about the impact their Hous­ing Sta­bi­liza­tion Pro­gram makes on San Juan Island.
• Wolf Hol­low Wildlife Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter’s annu­al auc­tion is live. It runs through Fri­day, July 15.
• Eric Haines One Man Band per­forms at the play shed at Fri­day Har­bor Ele­men­tary School today at 1:30 p.m.
• San Juan Island Trails meets tomor­row at noon at the Island Rec office.
• Here are the week’s spe­cials at Mar­ket Place and Kings.

Have some­thing to share with the Island? Whether the news is big or small, let us know!

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July campaign

Refuse Takeaway Utensils and Containers

A new Wash­ing­ton State law states that busi­ness­es can no longer auto­mat­i­cal­ly include sin­gle-use items in cus­tomer orders. Bring your own reusable trav­el uten­sils and say no thanks to take­away uten­sils. Ask if you can bring your own con­tain­er to take food away in; some restau­rants and cafes are hap­py to do this.