Therese and Dennis Pratt of Friday Harbor are pleased to announce the Sept. 4 marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth Erin, to Jon Dylan Crosby, son of Teri Johnson and Lloyd Crosby of Missoula, Mont.
Sheryl Tribolet and James Bryner of Friday Harbor married Aug. 29 on a private beach on the north shore of Kauai. In attendance were the bride’s sons, Corwin and Julian Perren; the groom’s father, Bill Bryner; the groom’s sister, Martha, and her partner, Peter; and the groom’s niece, Juelianna Freeuaf.
On Aug. 29, 2009, as a soft breeze played with streaming, colored pennants flying from a flotilla of magical boats (many long-time family favorites restored for the festivities), loved ones gathered on the shores of Griffin Bay to witness the exchange of marriage vows between Robin F. Meyer and Philip A. Tate.
Katie Colleen Buganski and Chad Matthew Eiland were married on Saturday, July 11, 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colo. A wedding celebration for Katie and Chad was held on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 in Friday Harbor, Wash. The island celebration was attended by more than 100 family members and friends.
David B. and Elizabeth S. Hoisington of Davison Head celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary on Monday. The Hoisingtons, known as “Honey” and “Granddad,” have lived on San Juan Island for 29 years.
Luma Libelle Smith was born on Aug. 17 at the birth center on Whidbey Island. Her parents are Alexis Reifenstuhl and Ryan Smith of Friday Harbor. Her grandparents are Gail and Rocky Reifenstuhl of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Margie and Allan Smith of Friday Harbor.
Jazz meets gospel music in two concerts at St. David’s Episcopal Church Sundays, Sept. 13 and 20 at 4 p.m. in Friday Harbor. The arrangements are part of a continuing effort by veteran jazz saxophonist Rich Barker to create jazz arrangements for traditional sacred music.
The San Juan Islands Museum of Art and Sculpture Park, IMA, is sponsoring a series of events with James Hubbell, internationally acclaimed organic builder, painter, stained glass artist and visionary for world understanding. Hubbell and his wife, Anne, will be involving islanders in a series of public discussions and presentations throughout the Labor Day weekend.
This is the kind of event the grandparents might have gone to when they were kids and cows were as common as cars are now. The San Juan Historical Museum’s first annual Back to the Farm barn dance and fund-raiser is Sept. 19, 3:30-8:30 p.m., on the museum grounds. The museum’s heritage buildings will be open for tours. Dinner begins at 4:30 p.m.: pork barbecued by Jason Black, beans, cole slaw, rolls, watermelon, berry cobbler for dessert, and lemonade.
More than half of the entries in this year’s Concours d’ Elegance are British automobiles, among them an Aston Martin Vanguard. But you’ll also see antique autos, special-interest cars, and an all-electric Tesla sports car at the event. Concours d’Elegance is a fund-raiser for the Family Resource Center, the San Juan Island Public Schools Foundation and the Rotary International Polio Eradication Project. More than 85 cars are expected to be on exhibit.
Traveling deep into the back country of Costa Rica we arrive at Palmar Norte, our stop for lunch. As our driver speaks no English, I ask him in my shaky Spanish if he wants to continue driving my friends Katie and Roberto and I further into the mountains to the Boruca indigenous village. I tell him, if so, he must do his tarea and find out how to get there. He asks around and we are off.
The award-winning film “The Cove” will show Thursday, 7 p.m., in the Palace Theatre as a fund-raiser for Orca Relief Citizens’ Alliance. The film’s director, Louie Psihoyos, will attend the showing. Psihoyos is also the executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society.
Ed Tuck, who was assistant foreman of Roche Harbor Lime & Cement Co. in the 1930s and 1940s, has died. Mr. Tuck, who lived in Tacoma, died Aug. 17, his daughter, Cookie Tuck-Lowe, wrote in an e-mail received Saturday. “Dad sailed away Monday to join Mother,” Tuck-Lowe wrote.
