The Samish Island Community Club Board will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 21st at 7 pm. Any interested resident is welcome to attend.

—Two important dates:
---MARCH 24, SATURDAY, 6:30 pm, Community Center POTLUCK, honoring the Samish Island Fire Department.

— JUNE 16, SATURDAY, ALL-ISLAND GARAGE SALE
---Chuck Davis

ANNUAL DUES: Our Treasurer reports that, by end of February, 158 households had renewed their membership in the Community Club for 2007. Last year, 303 renewed, so why not mail in your $10 dues donation right now, lest you forget! (SICC, P.O. Box 268, Bow, WA. 98232.)

The 2007 Samish Island Directory is now available at Blau Oyster for $2. You can also get Tide Charts, corrected for Samish Bay, at Blau's. All proceeds benefit the Community Center.

The EDGEWATER GARDEN CLUB will meet at the Samish Island Community Hall on Tuesday, March 27th. Coffee & visiting begins at 9:45 AM followed bythe business meeting at 10:15 AM. Richard Sakuma, President of Sakuma Brothers Farm, will present a program on berries from 11:00 AM - noon. All are invited to attend.

SAMISH SENIOR SINGLES will celebrate Spring’s arrival (at least per calendar), by gathering at the Royal Fork in Mount Vernon on Friday, March 23rd, 11 am. Any Samish senior single is invited to join in. Questions? Call Betty Chowka, 766-8032.

Thais Armstrong - 2007 Samish Island Arts Festival Poster Artist
---Thais has graciously agreed to create an original work of art for this year's Arts Festival. She is widely known in Skagit County, having exhibited her work at many galleries and arts events. She is a founding member of Skagit Artists Together which organizes a tour of artist studios each summer. (Thais created our poster 5 years ago. You may recall the heron finding a quilt on the beach, with information about the arts festival.) The festival itself will be held at the SI Community Hall on Saturday, July 28.

HEADS UP: A "Septics 101" class will be held at the Community Center, Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

EASTER AT ISLAND CHURCHES (April 8)

COMMUNITY OF CHRIST, Lee Nelson, Pastor
9:30: Easter Breakfast; 11:00 Worship Service
(regular Sunday schedule):10:00: Church School; 11: Worship
Weds. 7 pm: Prayer Service
S.I.MEMORIAL CHAPEL,Otto Sather, Pastor,9608 S.I.Rd
--7am: Sunrise Service at chapel, followed by breakfast--
10:00 am: Communion; 11:00: Worship Service
(regular Sunday schedule):9:45: Sunday School; 11:00: Worship
-- All are welcome at both communities-

Interested in HIKING? Meet at the Community Hall at 10 AM on the second Thursday of the month (March 8th) and we'll head out for some adventures. With the uncertainty of the weather, we'll try a lowlands hike this month. Bring hiking shoes and lunch. Call Marlene at 766-5093 if you have questions.

We are attempting to put together a BLOOD DRIVE here on Samish Island. It would be some time in the next three months, on a Saturday. ( Site to be set later.) If interested in donating, please contact Sarah Huntington at huntingtonsj@yahoo.com or Pat Zitka at 708-3123. We only need a minimum of 10 people signing up to have the mobile blood center come to the island.

The SAMISH ISLAND MARCHING BAND will meet for a practice on Sunday, March 25, 7:00pm at the Community Hall. New members are welcome! Call Gail Hopley with any questions - 766-6823.

48 BIG DAFFODILS

48 big daffodils blared yellow
From three vases in this room.
I was not expecting joy
But it arrived, brashly delivered
By flowers smelling of earth, primitive
in form and scent, bold enough
To grow through snow......

Like the color (blatant solar flare), the joy
(What else to call it?) was childlike
I did not think a child
Still lived in me, but with 48 big daffodils
Igniting my room
For their two-day lives
Here, there was spring.

—Deborah Pease

Ryley Pearson has been a stand-out swimmer this season, his freshman year at BE-HS. The Skagit Valley Herald included his pool picture while training for the District meet. He later advanced to compete at the State level.

CAMP KIRBY WORK PARTIES are scheduled for the following spring weekends, from 10am to 4pm:
April 21st and 22nd, April 28 and 29th Contact Helen or Jan at 391-3098. The Camp welcomes Island volunteers to help ready the facility for another season.

Other dates for noting:
---May 6-Camp Kirby Open House (time to be set)
---May 8-- Community Spaghetti Feed - Main Lodge at Camp Kirby - 6:00 to 7:30pm
---June 3 -- Camp Kirby Open House
---June 16-- Camp Kirby Work Party - 10:am to 4:00pm
--June 29 - Beginning of Camp Kirby's Summer Camp 2007 ---August 19 - End of Summer Camp Season 2007
Thank you to the community, Helen Van Lohuizen
Camp Kirby Caretaker, 391-3098

April 21st – 27th is World Watsu Week. Please be my guest at the SOOTHING WATERS OPEN HOUSE on Sun., April 22nd from 1:00 – 2:00. Included will be a Watsu demonstration and an Aqua Babies demonstration. Liz, at www.soothingwaters.net or 766-8403. ——HEADS UP: Skagit Valley College will hold a 4-week Community Workshop, “Warm Water Aquatic Bodywork Basics”, offered right here on Samish Island, Wed.'s - May 9 to 30th, from 1:30 - 2:45. Class fee: $49. or if over 60 years old: $27.50. Register with Terry at the College-416-7909 (only 6 spaces available).

Wellness, Water, Watsu and Deep Relaxation workshop at Native Springs in La Conner. Sat., March 31st, 10am to noon, pre-register with Joan -708.8313, $15. fee.

YOGA CLASS for all abilities is held each Tuesday at the Community of Christ Church from 10:00 – 11:30. (Due to an increase in participants, class is held also on Garden Club Tuesdays.) So grab your mat and a blanket, wear some loose clothing, and join a very nice group of people while reaping the variety of benefits of participation in yoga ---Liz Bart. 766-8403

Attention investors! I think we have nearly enough people to get started with our investment club. Please join us for an informal get together at the Sager’s on Sat., March 10th, 2 pm. All interested please RSVP by email, carmensager@hotmail.com, or call 766-5039 (message). ( I need a head count for pies! )

ADS
SERVICES:
---Registered Nurse from Colorado seeks live-in situation for summer on the Island or thereabouts. Elder, child, house care at a good price! Good local refs. email me at dd.walker.rn@gmail.com
---Ryan Collins of Roney Rd. asks you to contact him for details about his business providing ACN Phone Service, Local,LD, Internet, Cellular, Digital, at the most competitive market rates. RyanCollins_@Msn.com (360) 202-1214
---Car Cleaning, anything from wash & vacuum to complete detail.(You tell me what you want). Refs. available;
Call Travis, 766-4324, or 421-3242 (cell)
---Pet Care Services. Going away? Reliable & responsible pet care provided by Ryan Bart, 766-7819
---Revitalizing Massage: Find Balance in the art of massage with Whole Body Awareness. Call Jennifer Hamley, LMP, flexible schedule , 766-5235
---Landscape design, pruning, mowing & general garden maintenance. In business on Samish Island since 1990. Call Debbie Emerson, 766-5095

RENTALS:
---Quiet Samish Island shoreline 1 bedrm. apartment; water paid; excellent organic gardening & bird watching. No smoking or pets. $725. (360) 336-2572, or 424-8417, 856-5474.
------ Cottage on the water, for short stays. Nicely furnished, 2 bedrms. 766-6686 (evenings)

FREE:
--- 2 sections of cedar fencing. Great kindling 766-7805
---2 white (homemade but good) bookcases, 68”x 29”x
8-1/2. Please call 766-4202 to arrange pick up.
---Parting out small house. Everything must go by mid-May. I'd rather you recycle for use than haul it away as trash. Call Tom for details. 206-396-5868

CRIBBAGE 4th Tues. at 10749 Samish Island Rd.766-6501
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Items for the next Shore Lines should be submitted in writing to Kathleen Packard, 9920 S.I. Rd., by 5 pm on April 5, (first Thursday), 766-6752, kwpackard@aol.com

“If I go as a Christian, I'll meet a Muslim or a Hindu;
If I go as a capitalist, I'll meet a socialist;
If I go as a white person, I'll meet a black person or a brown person;
But if I go as a human being, I'll meet only human beings.
(Adapted from Satish Kumar)--- submitted by an Island resident.

Community Club Board of Directors

Chuck Davis
President
766-6705

Astrid Aamot
Vice-President
708-6116

Fran Hansen
Secretary
766-7104

Linda Strobel
Treasurer
766-4082

Ted Rempel
At-Large
766-5031

Richard Sentner
At-Large
766-6763

Eileen Andersen
At-Large,
webmaster & hall rentals
766-8202