You can honor a loved one by sharing their story, sing in “Relay Idol,” and try some standup comedy …
Wayne Fitzgerald, who has lived on San Juan since 2003, is the man behind the title design for the original 1962 film of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.”
Wednesday: Orcas Spring Lecture Series: “Hydrology of Cascade Creek Watershed,” 7 p.m., Orcas Senior Center, off North Beach Road on Henry Lane, Eastsound. Jeff Bash, watershed lead for the state Department of Ecology, gives this lecture. Sponsored by the San Juan Nature Institute. Free. Call 378-3646 or visit www.sjnature.org.
Editor’s note: This feature is published monthly in The Journal and posted on SanJuanJournal.com.
By Russell Sadler
This week’s Journal features a page of photos from prom, Opening Day of boating season, and the Children’s Festival.
San Juan Island EMS paramedic Weyshawn Koons is now certified as a Critical Care Paramedic.
Thought to have gone extinct, glass sponge reefs were rediscovered in Georgia and Hecate Straits during the 1990s. Professor Paul Johnson, an oceanographer at the University of Washington and chief scientist on 38 deep-water cruises, has spent most of his career working on hydrothermal systems on the Juan de Fuca Ridge and became involved “obliquely.”
Fay Chaffee announced May 4 her candidacy for County Council, Friday Harbor. The primary election is Aug. 19. The general election is Nov. 4.
The San Juan Island School District is in a budget crunch. A third-grader with a penchant for doodling hoped to help.
The upcoming local election should be an exciting one.
Upon completion of the 32-hour class, participants will have earned a “red card,” the nationally recognized wildland firefighter certification.
