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    Articles by James Krall
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    Gullicksons bicycle from San Juan Island to Bar...
    By James Krall • September 19, 2008 12:58 pm

    Well, they did it, those ambitious Gullicksons. Just like they said they would. In May, they dipped their bicycle wheels…

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    The winning Ryder Cup team. Back row from left
    Red Team walks away with Ryder Cup title
    By James Krall • September 16, 2008 5:29 pm

    In an event touted by some male golfers as the best local golfing event of the year, the 2008 “Ryder…

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    Wolverine Alex MacDonald (3) challenges Falcon Liz Adams at midfield in Saturday’s 7-0 loss to South Whidbey.
    Wolverines outscored 13-1 in first two soccer games
    By James Krall • September 16, 2008 3:45 pm

    It’s been a rough start to the season as the Wolverine girls soccer team dropped the first two games —…

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    Deanna and Gordy Banry with their children: Lindsey
    Thanks to community generosity, Banry family expanding home
    By James Krall • September 11, 2008 5:15 pm

    The walls in the Banry home on Beaverton Valley Road have looked better, especially the battle-scarred corners near the kitchen….

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    The only thing institutional is the plate it's served on. From left
    San Juan Island School District lunch program sparks...
    By James Krall • September 9, 2008 1:05 pm

    The new school lunch pilot program impresses students, parents, just about everyone.

    Roast chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy – real mashed potatoes, on the first day of school. Build-’em-yourself soft tacos was on the lunch menu the second day. Pizza – that true test of any school lunch program – was on plates Thursday.

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    After 30 years in business
    Friday Harbor Ace Hardware gets a reprieve
    By James Krall • September 9, 2008 12:49 pm

    Foreclosure proceedings on Friday Harbor Ace Hardware were postponed this morning until 10 a.m. Oct. 3. The legal proceedings surround the default foreclosure of the real property currently occupied by Friday Harbor Ace Hardware at the corner of Argyle and Web streets in Friday Harbor. The business was not on the auction block, but the property it sits on was scheduled to be and may be again in October.

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    After 30 years in business
    Ace Hardware in Friday Harbor faces forclosure; auction...
    By James Krall • September 3, 2008 4:43 pm

    After 30 years in business, Friday Harbor Ace Hardware on Argyle Avenue is headed toward foreclosure and an auction on the courthouse steps Friday at 10 a.m.

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    Base salaries go up, as do on-call demands at Inter Island Medical Center
    Base salaries go up, as do on-call demands...
    By James Krall • September 3, 2008 12:22 pm

    Dr. Jan Smulovitz, a retired endocrinologist, asked about the $144,438 on the Inter Island Medical Center’s July profit and loss statement at the Aug. 20 Hospital District Commission meeting. The answer he received was, for him, disquieting.

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    Kids are great at saying they need new clothes each trip off-island. They’re also good at scouring the Web and magazines for ways to adapt last year’s wardrobe to the new year. Be creative. You never know when something old is suddenly hip again. Cell phones and Mp3 players. School rules apply. At FHMS: If they’re at school
    San Juan students face changes in new school...
    By James Krall • August 26, 2008 12:27 am

    Tick toc, tick toc. Gather thee blackberries while thee may, for just as the dog days of summer turn the berries sweet, minutes turn to hours, hours turn to days and the ring of the school bell can be heard in the distance. Soon … soon.

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    Matt Cowell shot 70 to take the men’s title at the Herb Kranick Memorial Golf Tournament
    Cowell, Schuman win Kranick Memorial Golf Tournament
    By James Krall • August 26, 2008 12:24 am

    Rain-soaked fairways and greens wreaked havoc at the annual Herb Kranick Memorial Golf Tournament Saturday and Sunday.
    It was the first time the tournament was opened to golfers younger than 55, and two collegiate golfers — Matt Cowell and Pearl Schuman — walked away with the tournament’s best scores.

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    Amanda Kendall holds a platter of locally produced goods at the San Juan County Agricultural Guild fund-raiser
    San Juan schools will have local food on...
    By James Krall • August 26, 2008 12:23 am

    If chef Tom French of Whidbey Island has his way, San Juan Island School District students will be eating fresh, locally grown — and sometimes organic — hot lunches at school.

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    The heart of downtown Friday Harbor — Spring and First streets — shortly before the town incorporated in 1909. Several buildings in this photo are familiar to residents today: The San Juan County Bank building at left
    Friday Harbor’s 100th birthday party begins
    By James Krall • August 12, 2008 2:43 am

    In 1909, several noteworthy things happened in Friday Harbor and on San Juan Island.

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    Fred Weedon of Lopez Island chips toward the hole in Saturday’s best ball competion. He and John Bird were tied for third place going into Sunday’s round
    Bird, Weedon win Member/Guest
    By James Krall • August 12, 2008 2:42 am

    Saturday’s rainy skies toyed with the entire field, but it didn’t matter a whit to the San Juan/ Lopez duo of John Bird and Fred Weedon, who both shot 5-under their handicaps Sunday and walked away with the annual Member/Guest Tournament title at San Juan Golf and Country Club.

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