By Katie SchmidtSpecial to The Journal You know it’s summer when Island Rec sailing classes hit the water on Percich…
Local duo Phil McKee and Ron Bates had little trouble at the annual Two-Man Best Ball Tournament at San Juan Golf and Country Club, shooting 65 on Saturday and a 69 on Sunday to capture the gross division.
Sand to Sand. John Bailey left us in Astoria, returning to Seattle by train while the remaining crew — daughter Carol, Peg and I — toured the city.
Astoria is most interesting: must do is the museum with graphic pictures and stories of the Bar, the Columbia Lightship, the climb up Coxcomb Hill and the Astor Tower with its overview of the area.
Sea to Sand. That’s what it’s like cruising up the Columbia River.
The Northwest Washington American Institute of Architects annual Golf Tournament benefits the NWAIA Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Bragging rights and more will be on the line when the Friday Harbor Baseball Boosters Club hosts its first Wolverine alumni game and fund-raiser July 26 at Hartman Field. Game time is TBD.
Scores from around San Juan Island.
They’re familiar faces on the golf course at San Juan Golf and Country Club.
On July 2, the summer crabbing season began in San Juan County. The WSU Beach Watchers Program reminds crabbers that using a crab pot escape cord prevents needless waste of the crab resource. Volunteers are reaching out to all crabbers to hand out information about crab pot escape cords and to provide free samples of the cord.
Island Rec is now accepting registrations for the Co-Ed Softball Tournament on Aug. 2-3.
Friday Harbor High School graduates Amber and Kelsea Peterman bicycled from Seattle to San Francisco to raise money for – and awareness of – women’s health issues in sub-Saharan Africa.
Island Rec is offering a sailing class taught by and for women, the weekend of July 11-13.
Last week, wife Peg and I were pleased to have Ann and John Bailey visiting with us.
