Perham Black is heading to Florida for sailboat racing – Contributed photo

Perham “Per” Black, a senior at Spring Street International School in Friday Harbor is one of 18 youth sailors headed to Florida to compete in the Cressy Cup Laser Radial Division.

This competition is considered the United States high school national championships for singlehanded sailing of Laser Radial sailboats.

Per Black earned his place to compete in the nationals in a regional competition held at Seattle’s Shilshole Marina September 23rd and 24th racing against the best high school sailors from around the Northwest.

At the Shilshole Marina races Per joined his fellow competitors who were greeted by a light southerly on Saturday morning. This proved to be quite stable and peaked around 8 knots by noon. The breeze then began to fade, and by 3pm it had shut off completely. The wind never really materialized Sunday, and only one race was completed in very light winds. Per and Owen Timms, of Olympia, consistently finished ahead of the pack, and ended first and second, with Owen recording 12 points, and Per 14. Continue Reading

The new theater at Surina Business Park – SJ Update photo

In the SJ Update mailbag we have this note from Evelyn Eaglesong announcing a new theater in town…

Happy to announce: Islanders Vintage Cinema, a Locals’ Hangout
Cozy Comfy fireplace, vintage nostalgia.

That’s Evelyn on the right with her friend Trenna in the new theater – SJ Update photo

Where: Surina Business Park Suite 705
Every Tuesday: Starting Tues Oct 3rd 6pm – 9pm Comedy & Poetry by locals for locals, Bring your own Mic. All Welcomed.
$3.00 Cover

Box office open from 3pm to 6pm Weds – Friday & 12p, – 2:30 Sat & Sun. Surina Suite 705
Costume? Free 99

Classic Original Films:
Oct 4th -8th
THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON AT 6PM
THE INVISIBLE MAN AT 8:15 PM
Matinee: Sat 3pm Abbott & Costelo meet the Invisible Man
Sun 3pm Hocus Pocus

Oct 11th – 15th
The Mummy, Boris Karloff 6pm
Dracula 8:15 pm
Sat. 3pm Matinee Abbot & Costelo Meet the Mummy
Sun: 3pm – Beautiful Creatures

Oct 18th – Oct 22nd
The Wolf Man 6pm
The phantom of the Opera 8:15pm
Sat Matinee: 3pm Practical Magic
Sun Matinee 3pm Abbot & Costelo meet the Wolfman

Oct 25th -29th
Frankenstein 6pm
Bride of Frankenstein 8:15pm
Sat & Sun- 3pm, Abbot & Costelo meet Frankenstein

NOVEMBER
HUMPHREY BOGART CLASSICS
MEN IN BLACK
COSTUME? GET IN FREE 99

QUESTIONS?
CALL 360-209-4209
OR STOP BY SURINA SUITE 705 AFTER 3PM

Adults $10. $8 for seniors. 3.00 cover charge for Tues .

PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center offers flu shots for $25
Flu season is right around the corner. Don’t let the bug get you. PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center is offering flu shots for $25. This flat fee is for either the quadrivalent flu vaccine, which protects against four flu viruses, or the high-dose vaccine for those over 65.

To make an appointment for a flu shot, call 360-378-2141. Appointments will continue to be available Tuesday to Friday, through Jan. 1, 2018. Walk-ins are welcome on Thursdays between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

San Juan Island Farm Tour this weekend

Fun for everyone!

Pick up maps, tickets, and t-shirts starting at 10:00 AM on Saturday

Aurora Farms or Farmer’s Market at Brickworks.

Click here for schedule and on-line tickets: www.sanjuanfarmtour.eventbrite.com

Questions? Call 360-378-6621

Or click here for more information

Fall Farm Parade – SJ Update file photo

San Juan Island Grange is pleased to announce the 8th annual Friday Harbor Fall Farm Parade on Saturday October 7th. The parade will stage from 1:30 to 2:30 at the Fairgrounds, and start onto Argyle Avenue at 2:30, heading down Spring Street and turning onto First Street to go to the Grange Hall. This year’s theme is “A Community of Growers”, referring to our local Grange’s slogan, “a community of growers since 1931”. Parade participation is open to all. We welcome farm trucks, wheelbarrows, tractors, horses, other livestock on leads, marchers with signs, and groups with banners.

The Grange Hall will be open after the parade, with a ribbon-cutting for our new deck “with the million-dollar view” occurring at 4:30. Participants are invited to stay for a farm-to-Grange dinner starting at 5:00, with main dishes provided by local farms and side dishes brought potluck by island residents.

EMT of the month, Robin DelaZerda – Contributed photo

We would like to congratulate Robin DelaZerda for receiving the honor of EMT of the month. If one thing can be said about Robin, it is that she stays busy. Along with being a mom, Robin is a full time 911 dispatcher, volunteer EMT, and volunteer EMT Association Treasurer.

Robin’s kids are the most important thing in her life. She has a Friday Harbor High School Senior at home to keep track of as well as a couple of dogs and a recently rescued King snake named Houdini for his “great escapes”.

If there is any time left in the day or week, Robin likes to decompress with a run. Thank you for your dedication and service Robin!

Island Rec’s evening drop-in programs begin this week at Turnbull Gym!!! Now that it’s getting cooler outside, join us for some indoor fitness.

Beginning 10/2/17

Monday & Wednesday 7:30-9:30pm – Badminton, Table Tennis, & Pickleball
Tuesdays Only – 7:30-9:30 – Basketball

All participants must be 16 & Up, and bring clean court shoes into the gym to participate. Sixteen and seventeen year old’s must have a parent signed waiver to participate. $3 drop-in, or purchase a 10-time pass for $25.

Beginning 11/2/17 @ the Fairgrounds
Tuesdays – Roller Hockey (5:30-6:30 ages 5-9) (6:30-7:30 ages 9-15) (7:30-9:00 ages 16+)
Thursdays – Indoor Soccer 6:30-8:30pm
Saturdays – Scooter & Trike (5:30-6:30pm) Open Skate (7-8:30pm)
Drop-in rates vary at the Fair Building.

For more information or registration www.islandrec.org; call 378-4953 or drop by the office 580 Guard St. Monday – Friday 11am-5pm. Please note that the schedule for all drop-in programs is subject to change. Please visit our program calendar at http://www.islandrec.org/calendar/ to get up to date information.

Coming to San Juan Island, One night only! Saturday, October 7th

The almost true story of a play that nearly happened about a war that never occurred, as told by the mannequins who were there!

The intersection of two true stories: the inspirational story of the battle between the United States and Britain over the San Juan Islands and the wacky story of Emelia Bave who, for twenty years, presented a play about the Pig War on San Juan Island using a cast of mannequins, because no one on San Juan Island wanted to be in her play!

Read an article in Bellingham Alive

More information:
San Juan Community Theatre

Mrs. Bave (Audrey Delaney-Hanna) is charmed by Captain Pickett (Bradley Dillon) in Mrs. Bave Presents the Pig War.
Mrs. Bave Presents the Pig War, San Juan Community Theatre

Check out the short YouTube promo:

Where: San Juan Community Theatre
100 2nd St N, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island
Dates: Saturday October 7, 7:30pm
Tickets: $19 at the door or online

Buy Tickets

Facebook posts about the play:
“Best play I have seen this year. Really entertaining!”
“Great show last night! Interesting take on a fascinating story!”
“It was marvelous! Funny and touching.”
“What an amazing show!!!! Laugh out loud funny, informative, thoughtful, moving. I had good tears at the end.”

Upper Zylstra Lake – Andrew O’Neill photo

From the San Juan Preservation Trust, here’s an update on the Zylstra Lake purchase…

Legislative Impasse Puts Major Funding Source in Limbo

When the state legislature adjourned in July without passing a Capital Construction Budget, all funding for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) was put on hold—including a grant that would have allowed the San Juan Preservation Trust-San Juan County Land Bank partnership to complete its $3 million acquisition of Zylstra Lake Preserve on San Juan Island.

Now that this funding source is on indefinite hold, where does that leave the project?

Continue reading at sjpt.org…

The Fairgrounds Crew for Friday Harbor Bike n Brew – Marie DiCristina photo

A letter of thanks from the Lions Club…

Dear Editor,

Thanks to all who made possible the first annual Lions Club Friday Harbor Bike-n-Brew. Many Lions Club and individual volunteers, generous sponsors, enthusiastic bicyclists, and locals made this fund-raising event a ‘roaring’ success!

Early-rising cyclists began at the Fairgrounds eating a hearty breakfast served up by the Cutthroat Pirates. Following a safety briefing, the participants, escorted through town by SJC deputies, took to the road via three pre-planned scenic routes. There were cheerful volunteer-supported food stops along the routes and thanks to Meat Machine Bicycles, roving volunteer mechanics to help with any problems. Continue Reading

Dear Editor,

Ballots will be coming out this month. I urge you to consider voting for Anna Lisa Lindstrum for the public hospital district board. Her views on the important district issues — quality local health care at affordable rates, support of the hospital and our local EMS service, community involvement in decisions regarding the future of the local convalescent center, plus strong support of women’s health care issues — all add up to a very positive addition to an important local board. Please join me in supporting Anna Lisa Lindstrum.

Robbie Lawson
Friday Harbor, WA

Peanut is this week’s Pet of the Week – Contributed photo

Today I will live in the moment. I will embrace truth and beauty. I will contemplate the meaning of life. I will make sure my chakras are aligned and be one with the universe. For about five minutes.

Then I’m gonna run around Kamp Kitty, chase my tail, climb the chain link fence, pounce on the other cats while they’re sleeping and knock the water bowl over. It’s going to be hectic, but I’ve got a plan.

My name is Peanut and I’d love to help you occupy your days… You should come to the animal shelter to meet me. I’ll pencil you in.

Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor
111 Shelter Road
(360) 378-2158

Learn to paint this

The next Art for Fun Paint Party will be held at SJI Museum of Art on October 24th.

Instructor Kristen Abramson will lead folks step-by-step to the completion of the painting “Poppies by the Sea”, a view of poppies on the west side of the San Juan Island.

Time is 6:00 to 8:00 pm and the cost is $35.00.

To register, just go to www.sjima.org. Class size is limited, so don’t delay!

Jeanne Peihl at Salish Sea Ballet in Friday Harbor will be delivering Silver Swans Ballet Classes. Silver Swans is a pilot project delivered by the Royal Academy of Dance, featuring branded ballet classes created specifically for people over 55 and taught exclusively by Silver Swans Licensees. Specially designed for mature dancers, classes help improve mobility, posture, coordination and energy levels and, most importantly, impart the sense of wellbeing that dance brings.

Jeanne Peihl is a Silver Swans Licensee – meaning she has undertaken the training delivered by the Royal Academy of Dance in the US. There are just over 100 Silver Swans Licensees taking part in this pilot project, who trained either in the UK or the US. The training focuses on how to safely adapt ballet techniques for older adults and deliver a high quality ballet class for learners aged 55 and over, equipping teachers to recognize and respond to the different needs of participants of a broad age range.

Jeanne’s Silver Swans classes are every Friday 12:30 to 1:30 and you can find out more about Salish Sea Ballet here: http://www.salishseaballet.com/about/

Jan Sowder is APS-FH’S Volunteer of the Month – Contributed photo

The Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor has announced Jan Sowder is the Volunteer of the Month for September.

Jan started volunteering at the animal shelter during the summer and has been a familiar face ever since. She spends time cuddling, walking, petting and brushing the animals and is indispensable when it comes to cleaning kennels, washing dishes, cleaning cat boxes and helping with adoptions.

Congratulations Jan and thanks for all your help!

Nancy’s license plate design

The Terrestrial Managers Group and the Madrona Institute are thrilled to announce the winner of the San Juan Islands Specialty License Plate Design Contest: Nancy Spaulding! A local artist, Ms. Spaulding’s entry, “Evening Passage”, garnered the most votes out of the 47 entries. And as the winning artist, Nancy will be treated to the ownership of the 001 San Juan Islands license plate, but we also thank all the talented local artists who submitted designs – the competition was fierce!

When will the plate be available to purchase? Once the required 3,500 signatures of Washington state residents are received, Senator Ranker will submit the license plate bill to the legislature. The campaign is about half way there, with 1,700 signatures on file, so be sure to keep a look out for signature sheets at local upcoming events, like October’s Green Home Tours and Fall Farm Tours, or even more convenient – sign online today at madrona.org.

The San Juan Islands Specialty License Plate will generate grant funds for the conservation and stewardship of natural, agricultural, historic and cultural resources in the San Juan Islands. For more information contact Tanja Williamson at 360-378-4402 or email [email protected].