Cutthroat Pirates capture ‘Judges’ Choice’ award

Decisions must've been rough, but here's what the judges came up for the best of the 2014 Friday Harbor Independence Day Parade—drum roll, please...

Awards for the 2014 Friday Harbor Fourth of July Parade—and the winners are

— Best of Theme* (float): Ackerly’s Half-tide Farm

— Best of Theme (non-float): Lush Kids

— Best Costume Group: San Juan Island Library

— Best Animal Costume: The Whale Museum

— Best Off-Island Entry: Keith Highlanders Pipe Band

— Best Vehicle: J. Ward Phillips

— Judges Choice: Cutthroat Pirates

*Theme of the 2014 parade is “Storybook Heroes”