Around the island….

Sunset over the santuary at Jackson's Beach last night...

What’s going on around here….

• Yvonne at the post office tells me yesterday was Donna Tagnell‘s birthday (she’s the one who always remembers YOUR birthday, you know), and today Jim Cole turns 44.

Eddie R (L) and Eddie W (R)....

• Making Ed lines: They work kind of across the street from each other, but I had never seen Eddie Rivera (Sotheby’s/Coldwell Banker) and Eddie Williams (The Hot Shop) in one spot. Till now.

• Ever look at the police reports on other islands? Here’s the one from Whidbey. Don’t drink your coffee while you’re reading it, or you’ll have it coming out your nose…

• Our bunnies made Newsweek, which paints ’em as destructo-rabbits. Here’s more (not much – it’s pretty short.)

• Leslie at the Animal Shelter is celebrating Spay Day next week (you should, too!) – here’s more:

Tuesday Feb 23rd is the Humane Society’s National Spay Day
Celebrate National ‘Spay Day’ at the 2nd ANNUAL ‘SPAY”GHETTI DINNER

You'll get yours....

The Friday Harbor Animal Shelter will be holding its 2nd Annual ‘Spay’Ghetti Dinner on Tuesday Feb 23rd at the Mullis Center from 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm. Enjoy great food (both meat and vegetarian spaghetti available), live music performed by Terry Lush and Erin Quinn and lots of good conversation with friends. All proceeds benefit the animal shelter’s Spay / Neuter Programs. Tickets available at the door. Adults $10 Kids (10 and under) $5. For more information contact the shelter at 378-2158.

• Tonight at the Labs: George Hunt, Research Professor, UW Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, will be the third speaker in the 2010 Arthur Whiteley Lecture Series sponsored by San Juan Nature Institute in collaboration with UW Friday Harbor Labs. At 7 p.m. in The Commons at the Labs, he will discuss Seasonal sea ice cover and the production of walleye pollock in the Bering Sea: Implications of warming.

• First Aid/CPR classes with Island Rec: Be prepared for an injury or life-threatening emergency that could take place in your home or workplace.  Island Rec is offering a First Aid Class on Monday, March 22 and CPR on Wednesday, March 24.  Both classes meet at the Aid Unit on Spring Street and run from 5:30-9:30 pm.    Participants can register for either or both classes.  Cost is $25 per class and pre-registration is required.   Registration forms are available in Island Rec’s Winter/Spring Program Guide and from www.islandrec.org, Call Island Rec at 378-4953 for more information or stop by 580 Guard Street, 1-5 pm from Monday through Friday.

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