Newscap: Tuesday

Snowy owl at Boundary Bay (story below) at 4pm last night...photo by Jim Maya

Let’s see what’s going on around the island…

• Pretty exciting stuff at the gym this afternoon, as LaConner comes a-calling. The Braves boys (11-2, 6-0 in league) kick it off at 4 with the Wolverines (8-3, 5-1 in league)…LaConner whipped Concrete 85-42 last weekend in their last game

Meanwhile the LaConner girls will put their 7-3 record on the line (5-1 in league after a dominating win over Concrete last Friday) against the Wolverines (8-2, 6-0 in league). The girls play after the boys, at approximately 5:30pm.

Pizza (yum!) with Hobbes....

• Pretty good eating with Hobbes…have you been following his blog? If you’re looking for ideas for dinner tonight, this is a great place to start….he just posted a recipe for Pizza With Three Cheeses and Prociutito this morning. Scout it out!

• I asked Jim Maya over the weekend if he had seen any of those snowy owls everyone’s talking about, and he said no, but he went and checked them out yesterday, going on the ferry to Anacortes, then the border, then around to Boundary Bay, just past White Rock. Here’s his report:

I’ve been reading about and seeing photos of the Boundary Bay, BC snowy owl invasion. Finally today (Monday), I just couldn’t stand it any more.

I grabbed my camera bag and headed to the ferry. Of course it was late and I started worrying about the light. I finally got there around 4:00pm, at the end of 72nd, near the Boundary Bay Airport, near the Tsawwassen Ferry Dock, BC. There were well over twenty of them, just sitting along the path, watching their admirers walk by.

It was pretty amazing for me. Akin to my first bald headed eagle, or my first resplendent quetzals in Costa Rica or my first wild orcas.

• You heard about the wedding show that Scott Hale’s putting on at Islands 123 West for future brides & grooms, on the 27th-28th? Here’s the scoop.

San Juan County Park, Sunday morning. Update photographer Tamara Weaver notes: "Don't you love the off-season? When I first moved here just three years ago, I learned to say 'What a lovely gray day.' And, you know, I meant it this morning.

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