News around the island….

That's freshman Pablo Lopez when he was home from Stanford at Thanksgiving a couple of weeks ago, with soccer buddy & FHHS senior Hannah Snow, selling wreaths at the Holiday Marketplace. You can expect to see the trickle of returning students to the island grow this next week....

Little things happening here & there:

• Back in action soon: Casey Baisch says his broken foot is pretty close to healed, which is good for a guy who climbs trees for a living.

• Pam Herber says husband Mike‘s broken collarbone is getting well & knitting nicely – and glad he was wearing a helmet when he had his bike crash a few weeks ago.

• The Lions Club’s John Bostrom is stuffing toy bags with the LEOS (the Lions’ high school group) today after school (3:15pm) in the FHHS Commons – and they could use a hand. Drop by if you like! This is for the Santa Ship, tomorrow…every extra hand helps!

• Linda O’Neill and her husband John found a …message in a bottle.

They were walking along the beach last month on the 20th & there it was. So they contacted the folks – and heard back from bottle thrower Dwain who lives in Canada. She says he’s a retired science teacher and threw the bottle overboard on a cruise on Sept. 18 from North Vancouver Island. She says he sent her a nice detailed note about his life and his family. Cool.

• Arnell Haws says the Haws House invites everyone to do a driveby at #10 Scenic Place and enjoy the holiday blowups. She says they’re lit up from 4-8pm each night (unless the wind is too strong.) You can turn up Kirsten Alley across from Stepping Stones, or just park & look.

• Remember I mentioned that Melissa & Frankie had two offices for rent on Mullis Street, at Guard Electric? Well, they filled one already! Looks like John Kurtz Painting is moving in…the other one is still available. Call Melissa at 378-6640 for details.

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