This Friday, Oct. 24, Woodmen Hall will once again be filled with families gathered together to carve their Halloween pumpkins.
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We had an amazing year with the Lopez Island Conservation Corps (LICC).
Lopez Community Land Trust’s annual Harvest Dinner has become an island tradition of breaking bread with neighbors on a brisk fall evening.
Three years ago, the Lopez Union Cemetery Association, led by the late Dr. George Dengler, re-evaluated its grounds and burial plots. With a slim number of plots left and buildings in need of major maintenance, the board knew it would be a huge undertaking.
It was just six months ago that the U.S. Border Patrol’s second-highest ranking official in the region was in Friday…
The last Presidential debate is on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. and will be streamed live at Lopez Center.
Leadership San Juan Islands (LSJI) will hold three open houses in October to recruit current and aspiring leaders for the Class of 2009. LSJI seeks candidates from all sectors of the community, from businesses and non-profits, to education and government.
Mention the name Cecelia Richmond at Lopez Island Medical Clinic, and her co-workers will use such adjectives as “energetic,” “upbeat,” and “caring.”
The Fall 2008 edition of SHARK REEF (www.sharkreef.org) is leaner than some past issues but it’s meaty and provocative. You’ll find fiction from Jill McCabe Johnson and Clark Gilbert, Lorna Reese’s memoir on how she came to the islands, and poems from Julia Klimek, Lin McNulty and Lewis Spaulding.
Area teens will be reading for the fun of it as the Lopez Island Library celebrates the 11th annual Teen Read Week™, October 12–18.
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When Lopezians Pat Torpie and Nancy Bingham built their second home in a small town in Guatemala, they never imagined…
