WHO:  San Juan Community Home Trust
WHAT:  a Fundraiser, “Have a Heart Pizza Paddle Raise”
WHEN:  Saturday, Feb. 10th. 5:00-9 PM
WHERE:  San Juan Island Grange on 1st. St.
WHY:   to raise funds for the upcoming arrival and renovations of two more classic homes from the Victoria/Oak Bay area on Vancouver Island
HOW:  tickets for the dinner are $25 each and will be available for sale at the Home Trust office, 435 Argyle or at the Market Place, January 26 & 29th. and Feb. 2nd. & 5th.  (Seating is limited!)
 

Celebrating 35 Years
Welcome to a Year of Reading with the San Juan Island Library
 
Can you believe that the San Juan Island Library has been in its present building for 35 years?
 To celebrate the occasion San Juan Island Library is inviting you to read along with staff this year in a program called Reading Revels 2018: 35/35. We are challenging folks to read 35 books this year, one for each year the Library has been in the building.
Every month, a new thematic reading challenge will be posted on our reading blog, Reading Revels (www.readingrevels2018.wordpress.com) where you can also see the projected theme list for the year.
 
Readers earn points by submitting titles they read that meet the challenges. Extra points can be earned by submitting a review/summary of your chosen book.
 
Staff will provide reading suggestions for each challenge and participants are encouraged to share how their reading progresses and offer additional title suggestions to others.
Each month a submission, determined by Library staff, will win a small prize. Then when you reach 35 books you will win a book and in December, 2018 the participant with the most points will be crowned the 2018 San Juan Island Reader of the Year.
 
The winner will be rewarded with some wonderful prizes, and help choose themes for the 2019 contest. We will also feature a list of the winner’s favorite 2018 books.
 
There will be three categories of final winners:
·         Island Reader
·         Under 18’s Island Reader
·         San Juan Island Library Staff (no prizes awarded)
 
We hope that people will take this opportunity to connect with others and share their love of books. So please join us in this year-long challenge to read from a wide variety of sources, genres, themes, formats and subjects. We promise you will be challenged, enlightened and entertained!
 
To join up head on over to the Join the Challenge Page on the Reading Revels blog and fill out a participation form, or pick one up from the Library.
 
For submissions, questions, updates and information an email address is needed to participate.
For more information please contact lbaker@sjlib.org
 

Working an office job can be hard on healthy bodies; learn how business owners and employees can use “Healthy Desk” techniques to improve comfort – and even productivity – in an office setting.  Join the EDC to learn more about methods to help keep office workers more comfortable working at a desk, at a FREE workshop on Wednesday, January 24^th on San Juan Island.
 
The course will include desk postures and exercises, gentle stretches and more.  Workshop instructor Jeanne Peihl has decades of experience in ballet and movement arts.
 
Date:  Wednesday, January 24^th, 10-11a.   Cost:  Free.  Class size is limited, advance registration is required.  The class will be held at Heritage Bank on San Juan Island.  For more information and to register:  360-378-2906 or jeanne@sanjuansedc.org. 
 
The EDC thanks San Juan Propane, Islanders Bank and Heritage Bank for supporting this workshop.
The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) strives to strengthen and diversify the economy of San Juan County.  We believe a strong economy builds a strong community

Spring highway construction will affect San Juan Islands and north Whidbey Island vacationers. A large Connecting Washington project will cause delays on Highway 20, just east of Anacortes from early April into July. WSDOT contractor crews from Tapani, Inc. will build two new roundabouts in the area of SR 20 and the SR 20 Spur (the intersection in Skagit County where you turn south toward Oak Harbor). 
 

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 2018 Winter Birds of the San Juan Islands Workshop
The Whale Museum is holding a “Winter Birds of the San Juan Islands” workshop in partnership with San Juan Islands Audubon.  Taking place the weekend of February 23-25, 2018, the intent is to increase our birding skills through field trips and presentations.
 

The Whale Museum is holding a series of open houses for anyone interested in volunteering with TWM’s Education Department. The open house events will be held on the following dates and times: 
Saturday, January 27   2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Monday, February 12  10:00 am-11:00 am
Wednesday, March 7   1:00 pm-2:00 pm
If you have some spare time and are interested in our marine ecosystem, this is the perfect opportunity for you!  Education Department staff will be available to discuss volunteer opportunities and answer questions. Light refreshments will be served.
 

  Aiming for the Heart - 7:30 PM February 14, 2018

At the Brickworks - Reservations Required

Gourmet desserts, wine, music, soft lights and words of love that will make you smile, touch your heart and encourage you to leave the outside world behind for a while.

Share this wonderful evening with us - $25 per person - all included.

We need your help! We are almost there. The San Juan Islands License Plate will raise money for local organizations' conservation projects. We just need a few more signatures. If you have not yet signed the petition, please go to https://www.madrona.org/, scroll down the page and fill-in your information. Thank you!