Notes from the Island — Sept. 3

• Fri­day Har­bor High School foot­ball lost 34–14 to South Whid­bey High School in a road game on Fri­day night.
• Accord­ing to this KUOW arti­cle, the fish­ing ves­sel Aleut­ian Isle briefly ran aground at the entrance to Cap Sante Mari­na the day before it sank off the west side of San Juan Island three weeks ago, per eye­wit­ness accounts and photographs.
• The Wash­ing­ton Depart­ment of Fish and Wildlife seeks pub­lic feed­back about rules per­tain­ing to ves­sels oper­at­ing near South­ern Res­i­dent killer whales. WDFW is required to review the rules and issue a report every two years with rec­om­men­da­tions for pos­si­ble changes.
• Tomor­row is the last Sun­day of the year for Mar­ket Place. It’ll be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — and then closed on Mon­day for the holiday.
• Julie’s Nurs­ery at 150 Web St. is hav­ing a Labor Day week­end sale, with select­ed indoor and out­door plants avail­able at 50 per­cent off.
• The Library is offer­ing free Eng­lish class­es for adults on Tues­days and Thurs­days from Sept. 22 through Dec. 15. All lev­els of speak­ers are wel­come, and par­tic­i­pants may bring their chil­dren with them. The Library will pro­vide all mate­ri­als, along with refreshments.
• The 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. shows today at the Palace The­atre will have on-screen cap­tions for the hear­ing impaired. Elvis is at 2:30 p.m.; Top Gun: Mav­er­ick is at 3 p.m.

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