Notes from the Island — Sept. 6

• The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for the nine missing passengers from the Sunday afternoon crash of a Northwest Seaplanes DHC-3 Turbine Otter that was bound for Renton after leaving Friday Harbor. The body of a tenth passenger was recovered on Sunday. The aircraft crashed in Mutiny Bay off the west side of Whidbey Island. At the time, weather conditions near Mutiny Bay were scattered clouds, with a visibility of 10 miles, according to the National Weather Service.
• According to the Washington State Department of Ecology, dive crews have finished cutting away free-floating netting from the sunken fishing vessel Aleutian Isle. They have also secured all remaining entanglement hazards and have started to attach the rigging that will be used to lift the vessel from a depth of more than 200 feet off the west side of San Juan Island.
• San Juan Island Community Theatre’s screening of The Book of Dust from The National Theatre in London takes place tonight at 7 p.m.
• The San Juan Islands Sculpture Park’s monthly bird walk happens tomorrow from 8-10 a.m. Local birder Tyler Davis will lead the walk, which focuses on identification by sight and sound, and the life histories of some of the island’s most popular resident species. Everyone is welcome, donations are welcome, and binoculars are recommended.
• Archipelago Collective’s Chamber Music Festival takes place this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with four performances over three days at Brickworks and the San Juan Islands Museum of Art.

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