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    Articles by Kelley Balcomb-Bartok
    Desolation Sound performs during San Juan Summer Arts Festival.
    Lots to see and do at the San...
    By Kelley Balcomb-Bartok • August 10, 2022 1:30 am

    The San Juan Summer Arts Festival opened May 5, and continues every Friday through Aug. 26 from 4-10 p.m.

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    SJ County Council takes no action on CRC...
    By Kelley Balcomb-Bartok • August 9, 2022 1:30 am

    After San Juan County Council members, county staff and the Prosecuting Attorney went into executive session on Aug. 2, the…

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    FHHS Junior Sheya Welty is on her way to Germany to study abroad her junior year. Welty is one of 250 students selected nationally to receive a prestigious youth exchange scholarship sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the German Bundestag (Parliament).
    Sheya Welty headed to Germany to study abroad
    By Kelley Balcomb-Bartok • August 4, 2022 1:30 am

    Friday Harbor High School junior Sheya Welty is headed to Germany to study abroad this year. Welty has been awarded…

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Cast and crew of Island Stage Left’s ‘Comedy of Errors’ prepare to take the stage July 14, in a farcical Shakespearean comedy about two sets of identical twins separated at an early age that later in life are mistaken for their twins, with hilarious results. Comedy of Errors runs 8 pm. Thursdays to Sundays, July 14 to August 14. Visit islandstageleft.org for more information.
    Comedy of Errors returning to the stage following...
    By Kelley Balcomb-Bartok • July 20, 2022 1:30 am

    “Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.”

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Technowizard Steven K Roberts at his desk processing digital files recently scanned into the computer.
    Wizard With A Time Machine
    By Kelley Balcomb-Bartok • July 19, 2022 1:30 am

    Located in an unassuming building in Friday Harbor is a magical place inhabited by a wizard of technology bringing history…

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Cast and crew of Island Stage Left’s ‘Comedy of Errors’ prepare to take the stage July 14, in a farcical Shakespearean comedy about two sets of identical twins separated at an early age that later in life are mistaken for their twins, with hilarious results. Comedy of Errors runs 8 pm. Thursdays to Sundays, July 14 to August 14. Visit islandstageleft.org for more information.
    “Comedy of Errors” cancels first week of performances...
    By Kelley Balcomb-Bartok • July 13, 2022 1:30 am

    In usual Comedy of Errors fashion, the first week of performances for the classic Shakespearean play produced by Island Stage…

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    The coveted R2AK steak knives awarded to the second place finisher of the Race To Alaska.
    Three Local Teams Compete in Race To Alaska
    By Kelley Balcomb-Bartok • July 13, 2022 1:30 am

    Three teams with members based in Friday Harbor entered the 2022 Race to Alaska, or R2AK, this year. R2AK is…

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Cast and crew of Island Stage Left’s ‘Comedy of Errors’ prepare to take the stage July 14, in a farcical Shakespearean comedy about two sets of identical twins separated at an early age that later in life are mistaken for their twins, with hilarious results. Comedy of Errors runs 8 pm. Thursdays to Sundays, July 14 to August 14. Visit islandstageleft.org for more information.
    Humorous ‘Comedy of Errors’ Takes The Stage July...
    By Kelley Balcomb-Bartok • July 8, 2022 1:30 am

    Island Stage Left’s cast and crew of “Comedy of Errors” are actively rehearsing daily in preparation to take the stage…

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