OLYMPIA – State Superintendent Randy Dorn unveiled his plans for a new state assessment system beginning in 2010, including the replacement of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. Superintendent Dorn released details of his plan at a press conference in his offices on Wednesday morning.
Kim Bast, local chef, attended the Slow Food conference in Italy this past October. Out of a small group of individuals on Lopez, Bast was selected to attend the Slow Food international conference, Terra Madre, in October of 2008. There, delegates who represented one of four categories – food producers, chefs and cooks, food educators, and/or students – attended to share information, marvel at food products, and tackle the food issues on the horizon.
San Juan Thursday, January 22 Listen Up! for Adults 1:30 p.m. Mullis Community Senior Center lounge, free. The San Juan…
Island Rec in Friday Harbor is delighted to announce that beginning on Wednesday February 4, Co-ed Adult Volleyball is back on the slate of evening drop-in sports. Two courts will be set up, one for advance players the other for beginners.
OLYMPIA – Washington residents who want to burn debris from recent floods and storms should contact the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) or their local clean air agency for rules and permit information.
Farmers, ranchers and food providers are invited to learn about how to sell food products to the school distri ct and how to become part of the growing food network in the islands and the region.
Gov.Christine Gregoirehas re-appointed Joe Gaydos (VMD, PhD) to serve on the Northwest Straits Commission for a second four-year term.
Felicity Green has been practicing yoga since 1964 and in 1968 began teaching as well. But in 1974 she devoted herself to Iyengar yoga and is a founding member of the first group that started teaching Iyengar yoga teaching training in the United States. Green has spent a great deal of time in India studying with BKS Iyengar, the founder of Iyengar yoga, and she resides on Lopez Island, where she has taught Iyengar yoga for many years.
OLYMPIA – If you’re wondering what to do with those unwanted TVs, computers and monitors stored in a garage or back-room, relief is here. E-Cycle Washington is a new program that started on Jan. 1. It allows free and convenient recycling of these electronic products.
BOSTON — While I’m aware that there’s no official inauguration for a first lady — no oath to take, no speech to make — we do manage to have an initiation rite. So, Michelle Obama, Princeton and Harvard Law grad, lawyer and mother, has been subject to the usual mix of mild hazing and wild admiration on her way to the East Wing.
Lopez benefits from an abundance of groups and volunteers that provide many of the services upon which we all depend. The Lopez Island Chamber of Commerce is one such entitiy. It is, however, unique among
Learn about the origins of the crisis…how the credit crunch led to increasing losses and general panic…what we learned or thought we learned from our experiences during the great depression…if our conventional policy tools will even stem this tide…and then participate in the discussion of these topics and in considering potential solutions.
On Tuesday January 13th at 7:00 p.m. Michael Ulrich from the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife will give a…
