It’s been about five weeks or so since a massive sixgill shark — a 12-foot long female — washed up on the beach at Argyle Lagoon. If you’ve been wondering what that was all about, well, The Whale Museum just may be the place to find some answers.
A Fulbright Scholar, DeBoer, daughter of Kerry and Beth Anderson of Friday Harbor, teaches fourth grade at Whitney Elementary School in Yakima, Wash., where she and husband Josh DeBoer make their home.
Where we’ve been, where we’re headed and, most importantly, how we can change… the state of the global environment revealed in this documentary narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio.
The 7th annual Concours d’Elegance is Sunday, Aug. 25, on the grounds of San Juan Island Vineyards.
For the past 20 years the former music teacher turned storyteller has toured the Pacific Northwest, as well as other parts of the country, as the star of a one-woman “living history’ program.
Urbach, perhaps best known as a gifted singer (One More Time Band) and actress (playing the part of Maria in the Community Theatre’s recent production of “The Sound of Music”) said her stint as a columnist had a direct influence on bringing her story to the page. “My main character, Claire, writes a blog that is interspersed among the chapters…”
Dr. Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, associate editor of the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, will offer a summary of his research Wednesday, July 31, in a lecture entitled, “Hunger in Paradise? Seasonal Variation in Food Availability to Manatees in a Flooding Wetland”, starting at 7 p.m., at the Whale Museum.
Friday Harbor Animal Protection Society is seeking photos of island pets for a “San Juan Island Pets” 2014 calendar, the first step of a prospective fundraiser to benefit the animal shelter. Deadline is Aug. 19, so get snappin’.
Friends of the San Juans is sponsoring a free interpretive shoreline/beach walk, complete with hands-on activities to keep you entertained, Thursday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m. to noon.
Participants will learn about geology, forage fish, shoreline vegetation and about species of fish that make their home in the nearshore.
Pod Nods are led by museum educators with assistance from other adults. Youth participants will learn to value whales and their environment through art projects, science labs, music, games, and the traditional flashlight tour of the exhibit hall.
Ecology Youth Corps Supervisor Erik Moore noted that this summer’s program has been a great success and that the island group is covering more miles than any other youth corps group in the state.
A fund to assist Cathaleen Cavanagh with her “out of pocket” medical expenses for cancer treatments has been set up at Islanders Bank, 225 Blair, Friday Harbor, or the Orcas Branch, 475 Fern Street, Eastsound. Proceeds from this fund will be used only for direct medical expenses not covered by insurance.
Re-enactors from across the Pacific Northwest and Canada will converge on the parade ground of English Camp July 27-28.
