| January 2012 |
| January |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| January |
S.I. Tide Graphs and Tide Calendars, are both are available at Blau's, for $3.00 each. |
| January |
Read the Falcon Research Group Winter Bulletin to see what is going on with Bud Anderson and our area raptors. |
| January |
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve offers many winter classes. Sign up now for December, January and February classes. |
| January |
Annual membership in the Samish Island Community Center dues may be paid anytime during the year, but if you would like to be in the island directory, please pay by January 31.
Annual dues are $10.00. Send a check to SICC at the address on the directory card if you want to be in the directory. |
| January |
Yoga will continue through March at the C of C Church. Liz Bart. |
| Jan 5 |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to Shore Lines editors (Charlene Day) |
| January 7-8 and three other January weekends |
Skagit Eagle Festival is held every weekend in January in Concrete. Schedule a float trip, or just stop and view the eagles that are ubiquitous this time of year. |
| Jan 9 |
A Taste of Greece and Gardener's Gathering - at the social hall at the Community of Christ Church 11507 Scott Road, Bow WA 98232. Call Glen Fischel at 360-757-4550 or Cheryl Willis at 360-766-5099 or email cheryljuno@aol.com for more details. |
| Jan 12 |
SICC Board meets every second Thursday during the year. Bring community issues to the meeting. 7-8:30 |
| Jan 15 |
Community Potluck and Annual Meeting, 5:00 p.m. Bring a dinner dish to share and come join your neighbors. Elect officers, enjoy a good program and the pleasure of a winter night with good friends. |
| Jan 24 |
Garden Club at the Community Center.- 9:45 for coffee and socializing, brief business meeting at 10:15 a.m. See program for details. |
| Jan 28 |
Nest Count and Tour of the Heron Rookery on Samish Island. More information to follow. |
| Jan 27 |
Samish Senior Singles: Lunch at the Royal Star restaurant. Call Betty Chowka for info or carpooling. 766-8032. |
| Jan 29 |
Duck-hunting season ends, according to WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife web site. |
| Jan 31 |
Calling all Samish Island Photographers: send us your island photos for consideration for the S.I. Directory cover. Send tiffs or jpegs, or drop off printed copies by January 31. A vertical format photo works best. Contact Gail Hopley, 766-6823, or ghopley@wavecable.com |
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| February 2012 |
| February |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| February |
Yoga will continue through March at the C of C Church. Liz Bart |
| Feb 1 |
Dues and Information for the directory are due today to have your name and phone in the Samish Island Directory. |
| Feb 1 |
First meeting to plan the Summer Arts Festival, scheduled for July 28, 2012. 7pm at community hall. All interested in helping out are welcome. |
| Feb 2 |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to Shore Lines editors (Nancy Liggett). |
| Feb 6 |
Seed Swap & Garden Gathering, 6:30pm at the Community of Christ Church, Scott Rd., in the social hall upstairs. |
| Feb 9 |
SICC Board meets every second Thursday during the year. Bring community issues to the meeting. 7-8:30 |
| Feb 11-12 |
First Edison Bird Festival, in Edison. |
| Feb 14 |
Happy Valentines Day. Quote by Paul Tillich: "The First Duty of Love is to Listen." |
| Feb 24 |
Samish Senior Singles meet for lunch on the fourth Friday of each month. |
| Feb 25 |
La Conner Smelt Derby. |
| Feb 28 |
Garden Club meets at the Community Center at 9:45 a.m. for coffee and visiting. Business meeting 10:15. |
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| March 2012 |
| March |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| March |
Samish Island Directory is available at Blaus for $3.00 |
| Mar 1 |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to Shore Lines editors (Charlene Day). |
| Mar 7,14,21,28 |
Yoga will continue through March at the C of C Church. |
| Mar 8 |
SICC Board meets every second Thursday during the year. Bring community issues to the meeting. 7-8:30 |
| Mar 27 |
Edgewater Garden Club Meeting. Coffee social 9:45, business meeting will begin at 10:15 AM. |
Mar 30 |
Samish Senior Singles |
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| April 2012 |
| April |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| April |
The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is ongoing in April. |
| Apr 5 |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to Shore Lines editors (Nancy Liggett). |
| April 12 |
SICC Board meets every second Thursday during the year. Bring community issues to the meeting. 7-8:30 |
| Apr |
Earth Day |
| Apr |
Samish Senior Singles |
| Apr 24 |
Edgewater Garden Club Meeting, 9:45 am to noon. |
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| May 2012 |
| May |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| May |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to (Charlene Day) |
| May 10 |
SICC Board meets every second Thursday during the year. Bring community issues to the meeting. 7-8:30 |
| May 13 |
Island Potluck, 5:30 pm at the Community Center. Bring a dish to share and get out of the rain with your friends and neighbors. |
May 29 |
Edgewater Garden Club - The monthly meeting begins with coffee & visiting at 9:45. A brief business meeting follows at 10:15 a.m. Potluck Brunch follows the meeting. Committee sign-ups, Membership, Election of officers, and paying dues for next year. At Kris Goodan's. |
| May 27 |
Samish Senior Singles |
| May 28 |
Mount Vernon Farmer's Market Opens for the Summer Season, May 28 to October 16. |
| May 30 |
Memorial Day: We especially remember those who have given their lives. |
June 2012 |
| June |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
June |
Summer Residents: Welcome Back! Consider contributing to the Community Center annual dues $10, which brings you the newsletter, helps support the Community Center, and promotes community events. Send dues to the Samish Island Community Center Treasurer at the SICC P.O. Box with your directory card filled out.
Don’t forget tide calendars and community phone directories are available at Blau’s, most of the summer.
Summer fun with an overflow group? You can arrange to rent the Community Center. Check the SICC web site for the hall schedule, then call Eileen Andersen at 766-8202 or email info@samishisland.net |
June 3 |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to Shore Lines editors (Nancy Liggett) |
June 12
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Samish Island Community Center Board Meeting, 7 p.m. We meet every second Thursday of the month - islanders are welcome to attend. |
June |
Berry Dairy Days (Burlington) - Samish Island band marches in the parade. |
| June 18 |
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner - Art Auction 2012 - this is the major fundraiser of the year. Attend or contribute, and help our local art museum's budget for 2012. |
June 16 |
The Edgewater Garden Club invites garden-loving islanders to visit Guemes Island for their annual garden tour. Cost is $10 per person. You set up your own small group, then contact Becky Stinson (Guemes Island Garden Club) at 770-6037 and tell her what ferry you will be on. Their garden club meets you at the Guemes ferry dock and takes you to the gardens. |
June ? |
Annual Samish Island-Wide Yard Sale Day is this Saturday. Plan your garage sale for this day. Time is 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. All islanders are invited to join in for the $10 fee for collective advertising, balloon, markers, etc. Clean out your closets, sort through your sheds. Sell off that stuff! |
| June 24 |
Gardens of Note Tour, Skagit Symphony Fund Raiser, 10am-5pm. 2012 gardens are all in Anacortes this year. |
| June ? |
Samish Island Marching Band meets at 7 pm at the Community Center for practice for the parade. |
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| July 2012 |
| July |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| July |
Skagit Burn Ban status is on the Skagit Fire Marshall's Outdoor Burning Page. Burn bans usually go into effect around July 15, but keep checking for exact date. |
| July (var) |
Shakespeare Northwest plays are presented this summer, at various locations. The 2012 season features Richard III and As You Like It, dates to be announced. In the new Rexville Blackrock Amphitheater. |
| July 1 |
Inspect boats, engines, gear, etc. for crabbing, fishing and boating season. Be safe, be environmentally friendly. |
| July 5 |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to Shore Lines editors (Charlene Day this month). |
| July 3 |
Samish Island Marching Band meets at 7 pm at the Community Center for practice for the parade tomorrow. |
| July 4 |
Fourth of July Parade & events, sponsored by the SICC begins around 1:00 p.m. Floats and participants begin forming at noon at Fish Point. Participate with kindness & humor for your neighbors' enjoyment. The Samish Island Marching Band starts the parade at 1:00 p.m. sharp! Notecards, hats, visors, Samish Island Book, will be for sale at the Community Center. |
| July 12 |
Community Club Board Meeting, 7 p.m. |
| July ? |
Crabbing season will open _____________. Refer to Shellfish Rule Change toll free Hotline, (866) 880-5431, (866) 880-5431 or visit http://wdfw.wa.gov. |
| July ? |
Skagit Artists Together - artists studios will be open at various places in Skagit County, but one nearby venue is at Kathy Huckleberry's house on the island, where four artists will display their works. Support our local artists. |
| July 16 |
Annual Samish Bay Bivalve Bash and Low Tide Mud Run at the Taylor Shellfish Farms, Bow, WA |
| July ? |
Samish Senior Singles, meet. See Shorelines in July. |
| July 27 |
Community volunteers needed to help set up the canopy for the arts festival, 1:00 p.m. |
| July 28 |
Annual Samish Island Arts Festival - at the Community Hall, from 10 am to 5 pm. Information for artists, call Janene at 766-6290. Buy from great arts vendors, hear live music, eat Sigi's lunch and cinnamon rolls. Put it on your calendar. Don't miss this annual event! |
| August 2012 |
| August |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| August |
Skagit Burn Ban status is on the Skagit Fire Marshall's Outdoor Burning Page. |
| Aug |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to Shore Lines editors (Nancy Liggett this month). |
| Aug 3-5 |
Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes - first weekend of August |
| Aug |
Skagit County Fair, 2012, Mount Vernon |
Aug 9 |
Community Club Board of Directors Meeting, 7:00 p.m. at the Community Center. All community members are welcome to join us. |
| Aug |
The Samish Senior Singles meet |
| Aug |
End of Camp Kirby's Summer Camp Season. |
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| September 2012 |
| September |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| September |
Skagit Burn Ban status - check the Skagit Fire Marshall's Outdoor Burning Page. |
| Sept |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to samishshorelines@gmail.com, (Charlene Day this month) |
| Sept |
Camp Kirby fall work party at Camp Kirby |
| Sept 13 |
Community Club Board and business meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Center. |
| Sept |
Community Potluck and Salmon Fry, 5 p.m. at the Community Hall. Bring salads, side dishes and desserts to this Community Salmon Barbecue. SICC furnishes the salmon, thanks to Master Fisherman & barbecue chef, Chuck Davis. Come & enjoy good food and good company. If you have a source of green alder for the fire pit, let Chuck know, 766-6705. |
| Sept |
Samish Singles meet |
| Sept |
Oyster Run, Anacortes (motorcycle traffic & noise will affect much of the Skagit Valley, Anacortes and Edison) |
| Sept |
Edgewater Garden Club meets at the Community Center. Coffee and visiting 9:45 a.m., business meeting 10:15, program 11am. See the 2011-2012 program.
Garden Club is collecting wire coat hangers for wreathmaking in late November. Bring any you can donate, please! |
| Sept |
End of Summer Crab Season. read more: http:/fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wdfw/puget_sound_crab_catch.html. |
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| October 2012 |
| October |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| Oct |
Shore Lines deadline for submissions. samishshorelines@gmail.com(Nancy Liggett) |
| Oct |
SICC Board meets every second Thursday of the month during the year. Bring community issues to the meeting. 7-8:30 |
| Oct |
Ivy removal from the Heron Rookery Trees - help volunteer to pull off ivy growing up the huge firs & other trees that support the heron's nests and the new babies. Volunteer this day from 9am to 12:30pm, and again on October 29 and November 6. Bring tools and snacks. |
| Oct |
Summer & Winter Puget Sound Dungeness crab reports must be submitted electronically this month. read more: http:/fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wdfw/puget_sound_crab_catch.html. |
| Oct |
Garden Club meets at the Community Center at 9:45 a.m. - Emma Whitfield, islander and employee of the Skagit County Conservatio Dictrict will talk about the Samish watershed and Samish Bay bacterial pollution. |
| Oct |
Community Garden - all interested islanders who might like to try their hand at gardening in a community plot - meet at the Community of Christ Church at 7:00 p.m. in the social room. |
| Oct |
Samish Senior Singles celebrate Autumn with a brown bag lunch at noon, at Carol Sullivan's home, 9687 Samish Is. Rd. Call 333-8802 for more information. |
| Oct |
Ivy removal from the Heron Rookery Trees - help volunteer to pull off ivy growing up the huge firs & other trees that support the heron's nests and the new babies. Volunteer this day from 9am to 12:30pm, and again on November 6. Bring tools and snacks. |
| Oct |
Parents who'd like to have a Halloween Party for island children, should contact Sue Ellen to use the hall for planning and the party. The party happens only in years that parents want it to happen. |
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| November 2012 |
| November |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| Nov |
Arts Alive in La Conner. |
| Nov |
SICC Board meets the second Thursday of each month. Bring community issues to the meeting. 7-8:30 |
| Nov |
Edgewater Garden Club Meeting, at the Community Center. 9:45 a.m., visiting & refreshments; 10:15 a.m. business; 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. |
| Nov |
The weekly, seasonal Yoga Class begins, 9:30 - 11:00 at the Church of Christ. The class is suitable for all ability levels, will begin gently, and will continue through March. |
| Nov -Dec |
Bring your gloves, pruners and fresh greens to the Community Center to make wreaths for island residents. We work Wed, Thursday and Friday on the wreaths and swags, then distribute them on Friday afternoon to people who have ordered them. It is great fun, good spirits, and helpful to our fire department, Camp Kirby and Friendship House. |
| Dec |
SAMISH SENIOR SINGLES do not meet in November or December, because of holiday activities. |
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| December 2012 |
| December |
Rent the hall for any gathering. View Community Center Rentals this month. |
| December |
Tide Calendars for next year will be available at Blau Oyster this month. $3.00, makes a great stocking stuffer. All sales benefit SICC. |
| Dec |
Shore Lines deadline 5 p.m. to Shore Lines editors. E-mail:
samishshorelines@gmail.com (Nancy, 766-8111) |
| Dec |
Wreath making at the hall. |
| Dec |
SICC Board meets every second Thursday during the year. Bring community issues to the meeting. 7-8:30 |
| Dec |
Men and women are invited to join
the Samish Island Holiday Choir organized by Lois Yale and accompanied by Ginny Ramey.
The Christmas program is Saturday, December 17, so we will rehearse two times: 10:00 a.m. at the Yale’s' upstairs music room on Saturdays, December 3 and 10. The final rehearsal is the day of the program at 5:00 PM at the Community of Christ Church.
For more information, contact Lois Yale, lobo@fidalgo.net or 766-8713. |
| Dec |
The Samish Island Christmas Program and Holiday Party, is at 7 p.m. at the Community of Christ Church. The Samish Island Holiday Choir will hold their final rehearsal will be at 5:00 pm at the Community of Christ Church. Samish Island Band meets at 5:30 for final program rehearsal. The "Samish Island Sitting Band" begins playing at 6:30 p.m.
Kitty Bluhm needs people for the Christmas program. If you sing, tell stories, have a poem to read, a skit to offer, or just like to help out somehow, contact Kitty at 766-4236.
Bring a plate of goodies to share if you can, and stay to share Christmas greetings with neighbors. See Christmas Program web page. |
| Dec 31 |
Annual membership dues may be paid anytime, but if you would like to be in the island directory, please pay by January 31. SICC Board recommends $10 to help pay for the Shore Lines and hall needs. You may also donate for special projects during the year, if desired. Coming soon: a better sound system. |
| Nov to Feb. |
If winter storms leave you without power, heat, or ways to cook, come to the Community Center - the oven, cooktop and heat are propane, and North Beach sometimes has power & lights when other part of the island do not. Bring games, food to cook, and enjoy the time with others in the same situation. Contact the Community Club president for the key or more information. |
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