Around the island….

Ricarda has some pretty amazing woodwork - check it out next weekend at the Saturday Market at the Courthouse parking lot!

Sunny days ahead….

Lori, just arriving for the evening....(right)

• The Pavillion at Roche Harbor was packed last night with folks who came by to wish Lori Holforty well…there was music (the Jesus Chords) & an auction (way to go, auctioneer Boo Boo & all the people who donated!) & great food (awesome job, Bill Shaw & the crew) and a lot of hugs and a few tears. There was a lot of love in one place for Lori…once again, the island comes together for one of its own.

• Relay Idol champ picked: Saturday night at Herb’s the new Relay Idol (this is all for Relay for Life) was chosen: Travis, who works in the meat department at King’s. Congrats!

• Local boy makes the big time: Yep, that was Bobby Tangney in People magazine commenting on the Barefoot Bandit story they insisted on running. Funny how the media guys seem to want to suggest that islanders think it’s somehow cool that the BB is still on the loose… I haven’t talked to anyone yet who thinks getting their space broken into is all that cool….

• Spring Street International School held their graduation on Saturday…later this week Skagit Valley College (2:00 on Thursday), Friday Harbor High (5pm on Saturday) and Griffin Bay have their ceremonies…FHHS is graduating 84+ kids this year, after 48 last year and 56 the year before.

Charlie & Randy this past weekend....

• Candidates on the island….over the weekend, Kris Lytton came by, candidate for the state House of Representatives, 40th District, Position 1, to replace Dave Quall, who isn’t running for re-election.

Meanwhile, Randy Gaylord was showing Charlie Wiggins around – Charlie is running for Washington State Supreme Court.

• Hey, parents – have you registered your kid for soccer yet? Hey, kids – have you gotten your mom & dad to sign you up? Here’s the spot.

• Speaking of soccer, the World Cup starts this week, on Friday… looking at the schedule, I’m already thinking about lunch at Haley’s on Saturday to see the USA/England match.

The Mullis family at the ferry terminal a week ago - that's Cindy & Jerry with daughter Kristy & Ellie, waiting for the boat.

Lisa

• Looks like Lisa Anderson‘s moving over to Chicago Title to do escrow with Lori Ronhaar and her crew…she’ll be phasing out Friday Harbor Escrow over the next few weeks.

• Tomorrow, the County Council will take public comment on and discuss the Critical Area Ordinance (CAO) work plan. Check with them if you want to  offer comment about how to….

• The whales are back…here’s more from Debbi Fincher:

We are looking forward to seeing Jeff Hogan of Killer Whale Tales on Monday, June 7th at FHES. Here’s a photo of Kelly Payne last year with an orca skull that Jeff brings as one of his props.

Kelly & friend....

Through storytelling, Jeff, will take our students on a journey with J Pod, as they view slides and listen to actual Southern Resident vocalizations, they realize Jeff is dreaming he’s a whale! At 8:30am the all school assembly will start. Then, new breakout sessions will be offered to our 5th graders (9:35am), 4th graders (12:35pm) and 2nd graders (1:35pm). Jeff created these sessions from the actual research that is going on here with prey selection for J, K & L Pods. The students become orca researchers for that hour and the knowledge they gain will be powerful. Parents are welcome, too.

Please thank our sponsors for this amazing event: San Juan Excursions, John & Sharon Boyd, Western Prince, China Pearl, Blue Water Grill, Pepper Mill Restaurant and www.killerwhaletales.org.

• Washington State beat back two challengers and now has to beat Arkansas tonight in the Fayetteville Regional to progress towards the College World Series (here’s the sched) – former FHHS standout Richie Ochoa pitches for the Cougs, so we’re watchin’…..

It was packed at Laurie Burns' studio down at Cape San Juan on Saturday for the Artists' Studio Tour on a sunny weekend (till Sunday, anyway....) 🙂

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