Gwen went quietly and peacefully in her sleep. She was 72. She was the first of two daughters born to Hazel and Howard Lawson of Friday Harbor.
Cameron Hull “Butch” Avery Jr., longtime island resident, passed away in Seattle on Feb. 8, 2010 due to complications from a stroke he suffered on Christmas Eve. He was 71.
The 2010 Census has begun. Census enumerators began delivery of 2010 census forms to Lopez, Shaw and the outer islands Wednesday. General mailing of 2010 census forms to all island mailing addresses begins March 15.
Contestants who sign up on the site can take a stab at guessing the winners of some of the top Oscar categories, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and more. The winner takes home an 18-DVD set of past Best Picture winners.
Abby, our beloved pound puppy for 16 years, passed from this world Feb. 25. She was there with us as we raised three children, sailed the sound, hiked the high country and finally settled on San Juan Island.
Byron E. Harrell passed away from pneumonia in Island Hospital on Jan. 23, 2010. He was born in St. Paul, Minn., and attended the University of Minnesota. After serving in World War II, he took courses in vertebrate paleontology at the University of Michigan, where he met and married Joyce.
Calling Class of 2027 high school graduates! If your child was born between Sept. 1, 2008 and Aug. 31, 2009, bring your baby for a group photo on Feb. 27, 2010 — Saturday — at 10 a.m. in Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church.
Theodore Paul Lehn was a lover of life, father, husband, brother, son, and friend, architectural designer and builder, finish carpenter, environmentalist, volunteer, world traveler, gardener, and gourmet cook.
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A Northwest food historian explores the art of dining in a special free lecture at San Juan Community Theatre on March 3. Humanities Washington and Living History Lectures, in conjunction with the SJCT production of A.R. Gurney’s “The Dining Room,” present Tames Alan’s “Trial by Fork: Formal Victorian Dining Demystified.”
It was an inanimate object that took center stage Feb. 19 at San Juan Community Theatre. The audience, after taking their seats and adjusting to the soft, museum-like light, could see that the set was dominated by one piece: A dining room table. True, there was a dresser against the back wall, the obligatory dining room chairs, but the table was the focal point in an otherwise uncluttered environment.
A play written by Ed Strum of Cape San Juan has been awarded the 2010 Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence. Strum’s comedy, “The Connoisseurs,” will premiere March 4 in the Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, Mich. The historic opera house and theater opened Sept. 21, 1882.
Kathryn Pinion, a resident of Village at the Harbour in Friday Harbor, celebrated her 100th birthday Feb. 23. She is believed to be the island’s only centenarian. Dave Champlin, another Village resident, will share the honors Sept. 12 when he celebrates his 100th birthday.
Members of the Lutheran Church in the San Juans processed on Feb. 14 from St. Francis Catholic Church a few blocks to St. David’s Episcopal Church, which will be their new worship home. The Rev. Raymond Heffernan and members of St. Francis Church wished them farewell as the Lutherans processed to St. David’s, where they were welcomed by the Rev. Doug Simonsen and members of St. David’s.
