Around the island, Monday edition…
Posted May 9, 2011 at 10:55 am by Ian Byington
Sisters Allison & Wendy take a weekend trip to Victoria...Wendy Smith's last day as the IMA director was May first, as she prepares to return back east, while naturalist Allison gets ready for the whalewatching season & also works at Luxel.
Updates & what’s up:
• If April showers bring Mayflowers, and Mayflowers bring pilgrims, what do May showers bring?
• It’s always good to hear when our island-grown kids do awesome stuff – here’s the news from Pat & Joann about the great path Jon has ahead:
Jon Mayo of Friday Harbor will be graduating from Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California, with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy on May 27, 2011.
Jon graduated from FHHS in 2001, and did his undergraduate work at Western University, receiving a degree in Exercise Science in 2005. Jon is the son of Pat and Joann Mayo of Friday Harbor. Jon plans to practice in the Bay Area for now, and will move to a smaller community in the future.
• Re-scheduled: The softball girls’ regular season doubleheader with Darrington has been rescheduled from last Saturday to today; the baseball team will try to make up Saturday’s playoff game today in Blaine.
Jean in action, last Tuesday
And more: There was a frightening moment in the softball game at Orcas on Thursday when FHHS sophomore pitcher Jean Melborne took a line drive to the forehead in the second inning. The Orcas runner didn’t even go to first, as she peeled over to the mound to check on Jean, while both teams surrounded the downed player. Jean’s mom Michelle says it was really cool – Orcas’s team went with FHHS to get Jean to the ambulance, and said a prayer with Jean’s teammates as the ambulance left for the flight to Bellingham.
Looks like she’s OK – she may even pitch this week in the makeup game. Michelle says the family has been touched by the outpouring of feeling from islanders here & the girls from Orcas, who have been calling all weekend, and who signed the ball to give to her. Get better, Jean!
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