Posted November 15, 2010 at 11:11 am by Ian Byington
The Sailing Foundation's Abby Finney receives a check for $500 from the Sailing Club's Rebecca Hughes.
I just heard that the Sailing Club just made a $500 contribution to the Sailing Foundation, and got the chance to get a picture for you of the check being awarded last Friday…here’s more from the FHSC’s commodore, Rebecca Hughes:
The purpose of the Friday Harbor Sailing Club is to organize, promote and encourage amateur sailing, racing and powerboat activities to include races and cruises and to provide regular social and educational meetings for its members and guests.
The FHSC has been contributing to the Sailing Foundation for numerous years. With our donation to the foundation we want to encourage the younger sailors to become great racers and eventually join our club someday to teach us a few new tips.
Posted November 15, 2010 at 8:05 am by Ian Byington
Gotta get going on a grey & wonderful morning like today, with a week of rain & snow & rain all week, helping things grow and get ready for the coming season…here’s the poem I had running around in my head this morning, by Theodore Roetke:
The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me, so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
Posted November 12, 2010 at 9:13 am by Ian Byington
Last known picture of the fudge samples at the Bean Coffeehouse...when I dropped by a half hour later, the samples were gone, but you could still buy some.
Let’s see what’s up:
• They’re here this weekend at the Rumor Mill on Friday & Saturday – here’s the scoop:
Andy Koch and the Badd Dog Blues Society – Andy’s gutsy vocals make blues aficionados scream, and his fun-loving stage presence is contagious, bringing his fans back time and time again. Koch’s exciting interpretation of the harmonica puts new definitions in the dictionary of music for this amazingly diverse instrument. Don’t miss this!
Kirk is on the move...
• I dropped by to see Kirk & he tells me he’ll be opening in his new spot the day after Thanksgiving, and he’s open till then, mostly. Here’s the deal:
Isle be Jammin’ is moving!
Kirk Fuhrmeister, owner and operator of ISLE BE JAMMIN’ Music Store announces the relocation of the business from 335 Argyle Ave to 310B Spring Street ( the old Creme Broulee space) in Friday Harbor. He says, “We have simply outgrown our present space. This larger location will allow for an expanded teaching program, a larger performance space and a beautiful showroom for island woodworkers products. We will continue to sell items on consignment as well as Buy-Sell-Trade New and Used musical instruments, gear and memorabilia!”
Due date: Audrey Espinoza & Kris Bayas are both due this month, so they compared notes & progress on the ferry earlier this week. Great moms...
• It’s next weekend, but they’re still rehearsing! This year’s kids’ play at the Community Theatre is called Stars Lore: A Mythological Musical. Locally written, writer/director Penelope Haskew has gathered the songwriting help of island composers, including Teddy Deane, me, and Richard Hieronymus, to tell us the story of Camp Estrella Bonita. K-6 grade students tell us stories from around the world and throughout time about love, courage, generosity and patience.
Last year’s show was great – and the parents I’ve talked to tell me rehearsals have been fun. See you there!
• Sounds like we’re helping make the news…Westwind Aviation’s Dan DeShon (and our Mr. San Juan) helped with the filming a couple of months ago – here’s the word from Loren:
Thought you might like to know, Dan flew a CBS cameraman around the area back in September for a segment of CBS’s “48 Hours” on the “Barefoot Bandit.” They did some in-flight filming around Orcas Island both during daylight and after dark, back into the Cascades, Camano Island, and so on.
CBS has just advised us that it will air this weekend. It appears to be listed as 10pm Saturday night on KIRO – check your listings.
Lisa
• A small world indeed – I mentioned that Lisa Kleypas had written a book called Christmas at Friday Harbor (it tickled me that her website says “Lisa was named Miss Massachusetts in the Miss America competition. Among the challenges she faced: wearing a banner with such a long state name, when she is only 5’2″. Because of the rule that contestants had to tuck the excess length of banner into their swimsuits, she became known as “Miss Massachu.”
Anyway, it turns out that longtime islander Lori Stokes knew her, back in the day, back east:
Hi, Ian — I thought you’d enjoy hearing that Lisa Kleypas, the author who just wrote a book set in Friday Harbor, lived a few doors up from me while she was growing up. She babysat my kids on many occasions, and I knew her and her family well. I remember when she represented Massachusetts in the Miss America pageant — it was quite a thrill for all her neighbors to see her on TV! I guess she must have visited Friday Harbor while she was writing her book, but didn’t have any idea that I had moved here. We haven’t been in touch since she headed off to college. – Lori
Posted November 12, 2010 at 7:59 am by Ian Byington
Maria's show opens right after Thanksgiving....
It was great to her what Spring Street alum ((’05) Maria’s been up to, from proud mom Liza – here’s the scoop:
Maria Michaelson is having an art show entitled “Go Back and Get What We Forgot,” presenting her most recent ceramic sculptures, at Anne Sheridan Photography, 135 Second Street in Friday Harbor. Influenced by her island roots, the wall pieces, “masks,” embody the spiritual human/animal connection.
The opening reception will be Sunday, November 28, 2010, from 1-6 pm. The show will remain up Monday Nov 29 through Wednesday December 1, from 2-6pm. with the artist in attendance. It will also include a fundraising opportunity to support artists in West Africa.
Maria was born in Friday Harbor, and graduated from Spring Street International School in 2005. After spending the last four months of her senior year traveling alone in Ghana, she was given the “Independent Learner” award for the class of 2005. She received a scholarship from the Island Artisans Foundation and attended California College of the Arts, in Oakland, California. She majored in Community Arts with an emphasis in Ceramics, and graduated in December 2009. Maria had a one woman show in November 2009, at the Mama Buzz Gallery in Oakland, Ca.
After graduating last December, Maria spent the first four months of 2010 cycling the coast of California from Berkeley to San Diego hauling a paper mache sculpture that she created of a “whisperer “and a “listener” on a trailer, which housed a recording studio. She stopped along the way and recorded stories of the people she met; uploading them daily to a blog, which can be viewed here.
Maria plans to spend January through September of 2011 in West Africa. She will begin her time at an art center in Bamako, Mali, and then tour the Saharan countries, documenting and videoing local artists and traditional ceramic firing techniques.
Maria is offering people the chance to sponsor an African artist for $10. For each $10 she will ask people to address an envelope to themselves so, she can hand them to the artists that she videotapes, so they will have a chance to write to the person who sponsored their interview and understand there is a bigger world beyond what they see, with people who appreciate them and their work.. Handmade toy vespas and helicopters created from tin cans, wire, and bottle tops in Ghana, will also be for sale to support the African artist interview project.
Posted November 12, 2010 at 7:47 am by Ian Byington
The Library's bookkeeper Carrie Lacher welcomes new director Margie Harrison to the library and to the island...
I dropped by the Library to say hey to our new head librarian this week, and visit for a spell. Margie Harrison & her family came from Nebraska, where she served as a rural librarian. She started this month on the first, and is fast learning more about our community (not for the first time – she did her homework about the island before accepting the job) and the way we connect with each other.
As we spoke, I got a sense that Margie looks for ways to create connections between groups, both with what she asked me & within what I asked her…I feel it’s a pretty important part of a position like hers, and it’s cool to see she’s interested in building partnerships with the library within the community.
As I’ve traveled the country, I’ve run into few libraries that are as well supported & well used by their communities as ours, and it’s great to have the stewards of this library that we have – the board, the staff, and the volunteers – and to have Margie join them. Welcome!
Margie takes over the position vacated by director Laura Tretter, who accepted a position in southwestern Colorado in July. Kudos (and a huge thank you!) to assistant librarian Melina Lagios, who served as interim director these past few months during the search for a new director. Awesome job…make that jobs, as she did her job, too!
You can drop into the library anytime and say hey to Margie, or come by next week’s reception for her at 4:30-6:30pm on Thursday the 18th at the library.
Posted November 12, 2010 at 7:17 am by Ian Byington
Built by Ravenhill Construction - the Suncrest Residence on Orcas Island, Washington. Designed by Heliotrope Architects.
This is so cool…the island’s Ravenhill Construction was chosen a couple of awards – here’s more from Ravenhill’s Jonathon Hu, in a press release:
1/AIA Seattle Announces 2010 Honor Awards for Washington Architecture
Ravenhill Construction project recognized for defying expectations
Tonight (November 8), the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle chapter honored architects and their project teams from across Washington State for projects exemplifying best examples in a broad array of sectors from residential to commercial. Award-winning projects, announced at a packed event at the historic Moore Theatre, served as powerful demonstrations of design solutions that were modest, yet sophisticated and each stretching the definition of what is considered “Seattle architecture.” Project images and information, including project teams can be found online: http://2010honorawards.aiaseattle.org/winners
The Merit Award was awarded to the Suncrest Residence by Heliotrope Architects and built by Ravenhill Construction. (You can see it on Ravenhill’s site, here.)
“They’re up there with the best in the Pacific Northwest,” says Joseph Herrin of Seattle-based Heliotrope Architects , who worked with Ravenhill on a custom home last year. “The caliber of their craftsmanship is on par with the great contractors here in Seattle.”
Pete
2/Custom Home Magazine 2010 Pacesetter Award “Located in the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington state, Ravenhill ranks as one of the region’s premier custom builders.”
Source: CUSTOM HOME Magazine
Publication date: July 1, 2010 – Peter Kilpatrick of Ravenhill Construction has received this award for being a leader in sustainable construction. Our editors sought to acknowledge innovation and leadership in sustainable custom building and shed light on the shades of meaning that constitute the label “green builder.” Each of this year’s Pacesetter winners interprets the term differently, applying a custom-designed set of priorities to the implementation of sustainable construction. What they all have in common is a singular devotion to the well-built house—no matter which green pedigree it ultimately may earn. Kilpatrick’s efforts on this project, as well as his endeavors to make his custom homes more sustainable, demonstrate his firm commitment to the environmental and economic sustainability of the San Juan Islands and their residents.
“Kilpatrick tries to use site sensitive low-impact building techniques whenever he can. He’s built many houses with green roofs, and regularly incorporates rainwater catchment into his projects. Recently he’s started to use green certification programs, with even more positive results. “The certifications—such as LEED, NAHBGreen, and Built Green—have really formalized the process,” he says. “It gives a level of legitimacy that wasn’t there in the past.” He also believes the programs can motivate builders, architects, and clients to make their projects greener: “It becomes almost a competitive thing.”
“Kilpatrick also serves on the board of a local affordable housing nonprofit, the San Juan Community Home Trust. After years of preparation, the trust has started the first phase of what eventually will be a 45-acre, mixed-income development in the town of Friday Harbor, where Ravenhill’s office is located. The community will feature low-impact design strategies such as rain-water harvesting, graywater irrigation, and an independent sewer system.”
If you like opera, we have plenty this weekend! At the Community Theatre, Viva la Mamma includes folks from the Seattle Opera’s Young Artists – here’s more from Jan:
Wild Farce from Seattle Opera’s Young Artists
Professional opera singers bring a comic farce featuring Donizetti’s highly melodious music to San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, November 13.
The Seattle Opera’s Young Artist Program presents Viva la Mamma! at 7:30 p.m. on the Whittier stage.
“We’re looking forward to hearing some of the greatest voices in the state,” said Don Pollard. Pollard and David Ralston, Friday Harbor residents, have helped to underwrite the artists’ appearance. “Over the years, we’ve watched many of the young artists move on to leading roles in opera companies throughout the world.”
Sung in Italian with English titles, Viva la Mamma! centers on the travails of an opera company trying to put on a newly-composed show. Rehearsals are underway for the very serious opera Romolo ed Ersilia, but a madly temperamental prima donna and her fussy husband, who is also a singer, make life miserable for their colleagues. Hilarity abounds as Mamm’Agata proves too much for everyone involved and even the most seasoned impresario doesn’t stand a chance of holding this production together.
The Young Artists Program provides career guidance and training for young professional singers, typically between 22 and 32 years old. The intensive 21-week production-based curriculum includes acting training, master classes, auditions, networking and complete role study. More information, as well as a short video of opera rehearsals, is available at www.seattleopera.org
The Business Partner for the evening is Earthbox Motel. Tickets are $25 for adults, $8 for student reserved with $5 RUSH at the door. The Box Office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or tickets may be purchased online.
Posted November 11, 2010 at 8:34 am by Ian Byington
20% off all books on Saturday!
There are a lot of things to celebrate – the store’s been on the island for 31 years, it’s getting near Christmas, the new books that are available – so Laura & her crew are holding an open house and 20% off sale this Saturday…here’s more:
GRIFFIN BAY BOOKSTORE ANNUAL SALE
Anniversary Open House
Saturday, November 13, 10:00am—6:00pm
20% off all books in the store
Griffin Bay Bookstore will hold its annual Open House Saturday, November 13, 10:00am—6:00pm, to celebrate 31 years of bookselling in Friday Harbor with a storewide sale of 20% off on all books. Bookstore owner Laura Norris and her team are offering this special sale as a way of thanking our island community for loyal support and on-going patronage. Shoppers will find a wide range of books to get them started on their holiday shopping.
Griffin Bay Bookstore follows in the great tradition of independent bookstores the world over with a knowledgeable staff to help customers find what they are looking for, to help point them to books that match their reading tastes. The Griffin Bay staff takes pride in providing top notch customer service. Their aim is to provide a gamut of ways for customers to find what they are looking for.
For those who want a hands-on experience in the store, the staff is glad to find a book for you. If it’s not in stock, they’ll order it, do a search to find out how quickly your order will be in the bookstore for pick-up. You can also call the bookstore and ask for staff support and place an order over the phone. And for those who want to avoid a trip to town or a phone call, there’s a do-it-yourself method—you can shop on-line on the Griffin Bay Bookstore website, www.griffinbaybook.com. If you order online and choose to pick up your books in the store, you will pay no shipping charges, and you can have your Frequent Buyer Card stamped as usual. Griffin Bay’s customer appreciation program amounts to a 10% discount for all who participate. Customers are credited for all purchases in the store, not just for books. Café patrons can also pick up a coffee card and receive 2 free drinks when their card is filled.
Griffin Bay Bookstore is now stocking great CDs from NPR’s program: “Discover Songs.” New titles will be on hand every six weeks. And for those who are looking ahead for stocking stuffers, you’ll find book lights, bookplates, audio books, DVDs, chocolate and other gift items.
Also on hand are larger gift items such as puzzles, games, children’s activities galore, crossword puzzles and Sudoku, boxed and single holiday cards, calendars, day planners, journals, and all manner of Moleskine and Paperblanks journals and planners. New this year are quirky and useful gifts for the home office.
I'll be singing from 11am-2pm at the Open House...my new CD "Finding My Way to You" makes a great stocking stuffer & CD player stuffer.
Local artists and writers are well represented, among them photographer Jane Buck. Her beautiful and striking images now adorn a large mug with Griffin Bay Bookstore’s name running along the side. In addition, she is offering bookmarks, and packaged Christmas cards, offered exclusively at Griffin Bay. You’ll also find artwork from Spaulding Studios, long-time favorites at the store.
All that’s new in fiction and non-fiction, bestsellers and new releases, are on the shelves, and so are cookbooks, arts and crafts, gardening books, mysteries and suspense, everything you need to get through long winter nights or stormy afternoons. Don’t miss the Open House and Anniversary Sale on Saturday, November 13, 10:00am—6:00 pm!
Posted November 11, 2010 at 8:04 am by Ian Byington
I still remember the blast of heat from the fire in 2004....
When Josie & I went to Mike & Julia Vouri’s nice presentation for their new San Juan Island book on Tuesday, I couldn’t help but remember that it was this week in 2004 that longtime islander Wade Sundstrom’s barn burned down.
My son (and ace photographer) Shay & I heard about it, and ran out to shoot it before the emergency guys got there…he came up with some pictures that were used by the Seattle media later that evening.
A great piece of the island’s history was lost that day…people were telling stories about their connection to the barn for the next few weeks. It wasn’t like losing a friend…that building WAS a friend.
Here’s the original writeup in the Update that day (with a bunch of other news about folks & projects you know, including FHHS football & soccer’s state runs that year, as both ended up in the state final four.)
Posted November 11, 2010 at 12:20 am by Ian Byington
And a happy autumn to you....with hopes your life retains & finds its true colors...
Let’s look around:
• Did you know Lisa Kleypas‘ book Christmas at Friday Harbor has been released? Now you do.
The Hot Shop
• Whoa! Eddie & Genie at the Hot Shop have a blog now…here.
• Remember the Safety Fair in October? A lot of people made that happen – Carolyn from the Fire Department wanted to take a moment to thank everyone:
We would like to thank all of the individuals, organizations and businesses involved with making this year’s Safety Fair at the Mullis Street Fire Station last month a great success.
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Kings Market, Friday Harbor Drug, the Toy Box and Osito’s.
Thank you to Francis and Rebecca Smith, Lainey Volk, Jerry and Michael Henderson and Robin DeLaZerda for organizing an informative and visual rescue demonstration showing us the great skill, cooperation and dedication our emergency workers use when we need them the most.
Thank you to the Red Cross kitchen team – Diane Ludeman, Liza Westphalen and Laura Jo Severson – who kept the food coming and everyone fed as they would when needed in an emergency.
Thank you to Brad Creesy, Jonathan Marler and the San Juan Island Firefighter One Recruit Class who kept very busy teaching the kids Fire Safety.
And most of all, thank you to the community for showing your support for our emergency services. We always welcome suggestions on how we can serve you better from public education to emergency responses.
From Your Dedicated Team, Anacortes/San Juan Islands Chapter of the American Red Cross
San County Amateur Radio Society
San Juan County Sheriff’s Office
Friday Harbor Fire Department
San Juan Island Fire Department
San Juan Island Emergency Medical Services
Firewise Communities
San Juan County Fire Marshal
San Juan County Department of Emergency Management
Posted November 11, 2010 at 12:01 am by Ian Byington
This little piece called “What is a Veteran?” appeared in this month’s local American Legion newsletter, and is a reminder that behind it all, there are people:
Some veterans bear visible signs of their service — a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others carry the evidence inside them — a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg. Or perhaps another sort of steel — the soul’s ally forged in the refinery of adversity.
Except in parades, however, the men and women who kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can’t always recognize a veteran by looking.
What is a veteran?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure armored personnel carriers didn’t run out of fuel.
He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scale by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
She (or he) is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another, or maybe didn’t come back at all.
He is the Parris Island drill instructor who has never seen combat, but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other’s backs.
He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.
He is the career quartermaster who watched the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is one of the anonymous heroes in the Tomb of the Unknowns, whose presence at Arlington National Cemetery forever preserves the memory of all anonymous heroes whose valor died unrecognized on the battlefield or in the ocean’s sunless deep.
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket, palsied and aggravatingly slow, who helped liberate a Nazi death camp, and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
He (or she) is an ordinary, yet an extraordinary, human being — a person who sacrificed his life’s most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say “Thank you.”
That’s all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they were awarded, or could have been awarded.
Posted November 9, 2010 at 11:19 pm by Ian Byington
• Ruth at waterworks gallery says a year of changes created the opportunity for Joan Stuart Ross and Kathryn Trigg to experiment with their techniques, and in some instances changing their composition content. Come see their work at the gallery; here’s a bit about what they say they are up to:
Kathryn Trigg: Beach Party, Encaustic, 12 x 12
Kathryn [aka Kappy] is known for her monotype prints with rich color fields. Connections between gallery artists are always intriguing. In this case, Kathryn Trigg learned the encaustic technique from Joan Stuart Ross and has translated her mastery of saturated color and playful form to a new medium.
She says:
My work is abstract and is about process. I work primarily in the “color field” style and most of my recent work is either monotype or encaustic painting….both employ the art of layering. Printmaking lends itself well to the approach I take by layering many colors of ink on top of one another…often my prints are a result of 20-30 passes to achieve the depth I require. I hope that the prints are provocative. It is important that the viewer wants to return again and again.
The encaustic paintings are also layered….up to 20 or more layers of thin translucent or opaque colored wax build up to a rich translation of my abstract subjects. – KT 2010
Joan Ross: Access Code II, Repurposed Mixed Media, 18 x 24
Joan recently delivered a new, beautiful cohesive body of work. Her examination of surface in her paintings continues, incorporating cut up repurposed canvas pieces layered and adhered to a monotype print. The result is a visual op art feast.
She says: “I’ve investigated diverse forms and media with a signifying mark and color dynamic and have sought not to repeat myself–series of explorations start out strong, use their ingredients to the max and then lead me to another series–an ongoing process.” – JSR 2010
Posted November 9, 2010 at 10:31 pm by Ian Byington
Last Friday, the FHHS football team closed out the fall season with a 27-20 loss at Charles Wright Academy.
The weekend before, the volleyball team beat Nooksack (here are videos on YouTube from the match), but was eliminated later in the tourney, ending their season.
Posted November 9, 2010 at 10:19 pm by Ian Byington
That's South Beach looking towards Cattle Point Lighthouse, with Cape San Juan just beyond, from the air...photo by Josie, about a month ago....
Let’s see what’s happening:
• It’s exciting when big things come to our little town – Torrey at the Presbyterian Church wanted to share this with you:
You can hear live opera this weekend!
Puget Sound Concert Opera: Up Close And Affordable!
Puget Sound Concert Opera (PSCO) incorporates an innovative concert opera format, allowing audience members to see, hear and feel the music up close and affordable in intimate venues. This personal experience can be lost in the typical large, American opera houses. Within the increasingly popular concert opera format, audiences can see, hear and feel the performance almost as if they were on stage.
Part of the ensemble: Darin Jones
Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
The tragic tale of the druidic priestess and her fatal love for the enemy of her people. Featuring one of the most beloved soprano arias of all time “Casta Diva.”A High-priestess of the Celts secretly loves and bears two children to Pollione a Roman. She has been betrayed by Pollione who now pursues Adalgisa, a temple virgin. By denouncing Pollione, Norma condems him to death. Accepting her own guilt, she gives her children to Adalgisa and joins Pollione in death. Considered to be the height of bel canto genius, Bellini’s Norma is the perfect melding of drama, poetry and gorgeous melody!
Performed concert style with piano and small ensemble.
Saturday, November 13 at 5:00pm at Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church
425 Spring Street, Friday Harbor, WA
Suggested Donation: $15 General or $10 Student / Senior (LESS THAT HALF THE PRICE OF MOST OPERA!)
• Peggy from Naknek Charters says they’re going out this fall & winter – here’s more:
Stellar sea lions, hanging out
Fall and Winter Stellar Sea Lion Cruises
The Stellar Sea Lions are back in our waters for the fall and winter.
Join us for an up close look at these magnificent animals. In addition, you may also see any number of other wildlife, common to the area. The 3 hour wild live tour includes hot beverages and cookies. You are also welcome to bring your own snacks. We leave the dock at 1:00pm and return around 4:00pm.
The cost for the trip is $65.00 for adults and $35.00 for children 12 and under. Call us today to book your adventure. We ask that you call ahead for availability. 360-378-9297 or contact us at peggy (at) naknekcharters.com
Shelley
• I hear Shelley’s been getting good reviews for her work with coaching folks – here’s more:
Shelly Van Skyhawk is a Wellness Coach and Nutritional Therapist. She is starting a free support group for anyone who has compulsive issues around food. As part of this program, Shelly has partnered with Griffin Bay Bookstore to host a 16 week book club, starting in January, based on Geneen Roth’s bestselling book, Women, Food and God ~ an unexpected path to almost anything. For all those interested in learning more about her program, Shelly is providing an informational open house at the San Juan Library on Wednesday, November 17th from 4-6pm.
Here is what Shelly has to say about her work…
“Exploring our relationship with food is a powerful and transformative process and the connection is foundational to achieving everything we desire in life. Our relationship with food is a reflection of how we relate to love and nurturance, and how we manage the stress in our lives, as well as our beliefs around belonging, comfort and pleasure. As a culture, we have become detached and numbed out regarding our body’s signals as to what we are truly hungering for. We look to food to fill so many emotional needs. The journey towards reclaiming our lives is often intertwined with the exploration of what and why and how we choose to eat.”
• Lenore says the deadline is in mid-December, but now is the time to pull your application together:
Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Award For
Women Head of Household Seeking Further Education/Training
2010 – 2011
Applications for the Women’s Opportunity Award, sponsored by Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor, are now available. This is an award intended to assist women in overcoming personal difficulties and bettering their lives through education and skills training. The women who receive the award may use the cash award to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education, such as tuition, books, childcare, or car repairs. The award is offered to a woman, primary wage earner in the household pursuing an undergraduate or vocational degree.
Last year’s award was granted to longtime San Juan Island resident Angela Bolger to assist her in her studies to become a Licensed Registered Nurse. She also qualified for an award at the Regional level and received additional financial support for her studies.
Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor has made $5,000 available for this award for a woman in San Juan County. Local recipients become eligible to receive region-level awards for additional funds. (This award is not a scholarship, and is therefore taxable for U.S. citizens)
Applications are available at THE TOY BOX (Nancy Hanson) in Friday Harbor, or by calling Nancy at 378-8889, or Kristine Odle at 298-2623. Kristine can also provide help to anyone interested in completing an application.
Application deadline is December 15, 2010.
For additional information regarding eligibility or the application process, please contact Kristine Odle at [email protected] or 298-2623.
• Troy has some cool stuff happening out at the Afterglow Spa at Roche Harbor – tell her you read it here:
New Winter Hours
Thurs – Sun 10 am – 5 pm
November Special
2 for 1 spa pedicure $75
$20 off any massage
• Joan got re-elected last week, and asked if I’d let you know she appreciates it:
Although I ran unopposed in the election, I wish to thank you for your continued support and trust in me. I am proud to serve as your County Clerk. Thank you for your confidence.
Joan P. White, County Clerk
• This is a little public service announcement that Super Bowl-winning quarterback Drew Brees made that is short and to the point, about bullying:
Posted November 9, 2010 at 12:53 am by Ian Byington
A mushroom on the west side of the island last weekend...photo by Josie
Let’s see what’s going on:
• Do you have a song in your head & heart this morning? Cool! If you want to try one that I’ve had running around in my head, try this oft-recorded Leonard Cohen song, sung by four Norwegian dudes…you’ll see why it got nearly 30 million views. And listens.
Shannon Plummer helps kids understand the meaning of each fold when the flag is folded...
•Krispi Staude tells me she was there for the Veterans Day observance last Friday at the elementary school:
Five veterans from the American Legion came and gave a presentation to the Elementary School in Friday Harbor on Friday.
We started out with the entire school in the parking lot to say the pledge of allegiance as the flag was raised after David Eden played Reveille on the trumpet. The students then joined the vets in the gym for an assembly which included a power point movie about helping out veterans and a lesson in tri-folding the flag and what each fold stands for.
They had four students help with the folding and it was really moving.
• I asked Lenore what Emily’s up to a couple of weeks ago – she wrote me back then, but I am just now posting her reply (thanks, Lenore!):
Emily Bayuk-Johnson is heading to Boston next week with Lake Union Crew (LUC) to row in the Head of the Charles. The Head Of The Charles Regatta, the world’s largest two-day rowing event, was first held on October 16, 1965. The race was established by the Cambridge Boat Club. Emily rowed for LUC 2 years ago and they placed 3rd. The race is Oct. 23-24 on the Charles River in Boston, Mass.
Proud grandma Jeanine Earnhart shows off baby Theron late last week....
Emily is still busy coaching and teaching rowing on Lake Union in Seattle. She will be leaving for Lesotho, Africa in November for another LUC Foundation building project. Emily will be there thru February. You can get info on this volunteer opportunity at this website.
• Have you seen Merri Ann‘s real estate summary for the past quarter? Here it is…gives you a pretty good snapshot of what’s happening around the island this past few months, and past few years.
• Book nuts, unite! There are two readings tonight – at Griffin Bay Bookstore, Dr. Fu-Shiang Chia will be reading from his book…here’s the scoop on this 7pm event.
Mike & Julia's "San Juan Island" hit the shelves (including Roche Harbor Market, where this picture was taken last weekend) on November first.
Meanwhile, Julia & Mike Vouri are over at the Historical Museum with their new book (right) about the island – here’s more.
• The Griffin Bay Learning Center Open House is from 4-7pm this afternoon (Tuesday)…here’s the details.
• There’s an opening on the Historical Review Board – Sandy has more:
Friday Harbor’s historic buildings contribute significantly to the San Juan Island’s unique sense of place. Friday Harbor’s territorial-era downtown buildings have miraculously escaped at least four serious town fires over the years, while the early downtown districts of most other Washington coastal towns and cites have burned and been rebuilt.
Preserving Friday Harbor’s historic buildings and sites takes the commitment and dedication of property owners, island preservationists and the Town’s Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB). Appointed by the Mayor, the members of the HPRB are instrumental in advocating for preservation of the town’s historic district and other heritage sites.
In December, current board member Michael Jean Smith will step down to spend more time with her family, so the Town’s historic preservation program coordinator, Sandy Strehlou, is looking for someone to fill Michael Jean’s position. Continue Reading
