While a 16.7-pounder may be a far cry from many trophy fish landed over the years by Nelson, winner of some 30 or so Northwest fishing competitions, he’s delighted to be back on top, and to pocket the derby’s top cash prize, $10,000. That’s $599 a pound, if you’re keeping score.
Sunday’s performance, slated for the Grange Hall in Friday Harbor, has been canceled because of illness. Click on the link on the following page for a schedule of future performances.
A Fairytale Romance, was created and choreographed by the island’s Lina Downes,
The value of the volunteer dental care provided to date totals $74,579 according to Fish for Teeth.
The bootcamp begins Feb. 5, at San Juan Island Fitness, and includes up to 18 classes.
Local performers join acclaimed artists in ‘La Danse et La Musique’, Feb. 9
Newton’s latest topic of research is assessing the status of ocean acidification in local marine waters.
The Showcase, formerly titled the Islands Playwrights Festival, opens Thursday, Jan. 24, for a two-week run.
About one in six juvenile Chinook prefers insects and other invertebrates even when baitfish are plentiful. Both wild and hatchery Chinook exhibit this behavior. Biologists call this a “portfolio strategy” and believe that it makes efficient use of all available resources.
There’s a “buzz” going around about the current exhibition of art at San Juan Islands Museum of Art, a presentation of work by students enrolled at Friday Harbor High School’s advanced art program. It’s also the first annual Friday Harbor High School Invitation hosted by IMA, 232 A Street, Friday Harbor, and it closes this Friday… don’t miss it.
Sponsored as part of Soroptimists International’s America’s Live Your Dream Initiative, the day-long seminar includes five workshops; “Money Magic”, “Pulling a Job out of a Hat”, “Presto Chango”, “Confidence Wizardry”, and “The Amazing Mind”, all led by local professionals in each workshop-related field.
Veteran director Jane Maxwell Campbell, leading the high school drama group since Fred Yocker’s departure two years ago, believes audiences are in for a treat.
Fish For Teeth sponsors this local volunteer-staffed clinic to provide urgent and preventative dental care to island residents who have no discretionary income, no dental insurance and no other financial means to pay for dental services.