Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church is looking for volunteers to make lasagnas, salads and garlic bread for the baccalaureate. Call Torrey Prescott, 378-4544. E-mail fhpresbyterian@interisland.net. Baccalaureate is June 1, 6 p.m., and honors local high school graduates.
Rebecca N. Funke has been selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright grant award to teach English in Spain for the 2009-10 school year.
Forrest Crawford was known for his quick reflexes and nifty plays in the infield that saved many a run during a standout career with the Friday Harbor Wolverines baseball team. His most impressive save, however, occurred just recently and far from the baseball diamond.
James Van Dyke has been named executive chef at Pink Sands Resort, Harbour Island, Bahamas. Van Dyke is the son of Jeff Van Dyke of Friday Harbor and Molly Read of Kirkland. He graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 2003. He attended culinary school in Portland, Ore., graduating in November 2005, and mentored under Chef Chris Nugent at Les Nomades in Chicago, Ill. Prior to moving to the Bahamas, Van Dyke was the chef de cuisine for Coobah’s in Chicago.
Our beloved mother and grandmother Lola D. Risbell, Aug. 16, 1927 – May 23, 2009, fought a brave and courageous battle against cancer. She fought it with dignity and grace and is at peace now.
A naturalist with Prince of Whales reported taking these photos of a Bayliner that got too close to an orca May 24, between 1:15-2 p.m., in Haro Strait slightly north of Lime Kiln Lighthouse.
The Lions Health Screening Unit will visit San Juan Island on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at MarketPlace. The purpose is to screen the public for vision and hearing acuity, glaucoma and diabetes detection, and blood pressure screening. Sponsored by the San Juan Lions Club, these screenings are available free of charge. The screening unit is a program of the Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight & Hearing, a 501©(3) charitable non-profit organization founded in 1969 by Lions Clubs in the Northwest.
Once again, time stopped Monday in Friday Harbor. The noise of downtown life yielded to the sounds of marching feet, the barks of the sergeant’s commands, the flutter of the colors in the breeze. At Memorial Park, islanders and visitors gathered at the monument engraved with the names of San Juan County’s World War I dead. And once again, as generations before have done every year since 1921, the island remembered and gave thanks to America’s veterans — particularly those who gave what President Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion.”
The opening of the Born Learning Trail at the Family Park in the San Juan County Fairgrounds will be joined with Island Rec’s celebration of its 25th anniversary, Saturday, 10-11 a.m.
On Memorial Day 1917, a Friday Harbor girl, Caroline Reed, attended the ceremony to dedicate a new flagpole and flag on Spring Street. Later she wrote of it in her memoir, “Underpinning.” Her niece, Sue Reed of Cape San Juan, is republishing the book. Reed shared her aunt’s story of that day in 1917 …
With seven days left for applications, Noel Monin is the sole candidate for Christopher Wolf’s Town Council position.Wolf resigned effective last night to take a two-year teaching assignment at the American School of Doha, in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar. He will also go on leave of absence for two years at Friday Harbor Middle School, where he teaches humanities, current events, and speech and debate.
As part of National Safe Boating Week, the Friday Harbor Power Squadron, along with the Friday Harbor Fire Department and West Marine, held its fourth annual Flare Shoot at Jackson’s Beach on May 17.
Pending correction of a few minor safety conditions, Inter Island Medical Center will keep its $100,000 federal Health Resources and Services Administration grant on track and soon bring up to 48 hours of extended inpatient care to San Juan Island.
