Bud passed away peacefully July 2 from complications of dementia in Friday Harbor’s October House. His long-time love and companions, Betty Halliday and dog Buddy, were at his side.
Andrew Bryan Whitelaw passed away on May 14, 2010 at Life Care Center in Friday Harbor, where he had lived for the past 18 months. He was 73. Bryan was born in New York City on July 17, 1936 to Andrew and Emily Whitelaw. After graduation from high school in New York, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December 1956 where he served as a pilot and master at arms assigned to the Lexington. He received an honorable discharge in 1960 and remained in San Diego, Calif., where he was “welding lead man” for PSA Airlines. He also designed and built boats, including one for Roy Disney.
Friday Harbor Mayor Carrie Lacher on Thursday proclaimed July 24 and 25 “Relay for Life Days” in Friday Harbor. Here’s her proclamation.
Steve Cartagena walked up the stairs to the Port of Friday Harbor office so he could pay his moorage. It was July 1. He woke up four days later, on July 5, at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham. What he doesn’t remember is his heart stopping and his lifeless body rolling down the flight of 15 stairs. And eight people carrying him up the stairs and summoning help. And Assistant Harbormaster Jeremy Talbott — who is also a volunteer firefighter and EMT — getting his heart going again. And the ambulance arriving, and the medflight to St. Joseph.
The day started with a drenching rain, the kind one only experiences in the tropics. The heavy rain was accompanied by very high winds, so the morning did not bode well for the eclipse. As the morning wore on, gradually the sun came out and the sky cleared except for some white puffy clouds scudding across the sky, pushed by the remaining high winds.
The candidate with the most votes gets to kiss a pig. Say again? Yes, a real cute, pink, shy, 4-H pig. The Soroptimists’ “Sweet Sixteens” Relay for Life team will sell “vote tickets” at Soroptimist tables in the coming days. See them at MarketPlace at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 10, July 16 and July 17. They will also be at King’s Market at 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 18.
National Park historian Mike Vouri and folk musician Michael Cohen will take a closer look at the Irish in the antebellum U.S. Army in words and song in a program scheduled at 7 p.m., July 10, at the San Juan Island Library. The program is free. Call the library at 378-2798.
These are the winners of Roche Harbor’s various contests. Other results are expected and will be posted as received.
Cara Gresham has joined the San Juan Island Prevention Coalition as a summer graduate intern for 10 weeks. The San Juan Island Prevention Coalition was one of eight Drug-Free Community coalitions in the U.S. chosen to have a 10-week summer graduate intern funded by the federal government. There are currently 746 Drug-Free Communities in the U.S., with San Juan Island Prevention Coalition being the only Drug-Free Community mentoring coalition in Washington state.
Fourth of July started off with a couple of hitches. First, unseasonably cool weather. Second, a Montana driver heading up Spring Street came face to face with the beginning of the parade at Spring Street and Blair Avenue, and had to negotiate his vehicle out of the way of the parade and crowds. But then, with Ray Charles singing “America the Beautiful” over Pat O’Day’s sound system, a bald eagle flew high over Spring Street, seemingly setting the tone for the rest of the day. And San Juan Island’s celebration of the 234th anniversary of American independence began.
Sixty-five children age 5-15 participated in the annual Junior Golf Clinic, June 21-23, at San Juan Golf and Country Club. Club pro Darren Black, assistant pro golf coach Bill Hart, and golf coach Jack Rice led the instruction, with assistance from Jamie Rice. For many of the new golfers, it was their first time on the course. “We keep everything simple and have some fun,” Jack Rice said.
The theme of the 2010 Friday Harbor Fourth of July Parade is “San Juan Farmers,” a tribute to the island’s farming community. The grand marshal is longtime farmer and former Grange leader Al Sundstrom. He will ride in a 1928 Model A Ford driven by his cousin, former Friday Harbor mayor Jim Cahail.
This profile is part of a series on Relay for Life participants — and those in whose memories or honor they participate. Submit your profile to Editor, The Journal, 640 Mullis St., Friday Harbor 98250.