An exciting element of yesterday’s Veterans Day event at the Port of Anacortes was a “missing man” flyover conducted by the Blackjack Squadron, a Northwest team of retired military pilots.
Boston resident George Muksian gave me permission to post this photo, my favorite from shots I took on a recent visit to Oahu. This is Muksian’s grandson Marco, playing with a boat fashioned out of a leaf. In the shadow I see a young man and surfboard, perhaps a Hawaiian adventure in Marco’s future.
By the time this photo was posted, all old creosote pilings at the former Wyman’s Marina were pulled from the water as part of a mitigation project funded by the Port of Anacortes.
Loren accelerates and heads back to the barn. No, wait! What’s that yellow line from the bumper? Yes, as it turns out the ol’ AFD ladder truck was under tow today at the department’s open house. Still, always fun to see this classic out in the sun. Knutsen is one of many committed volunteers who […]
Where else to share a spider photo but “on the web!” Many people grab a flyswatter or head in the opposite direction when they spot a spider. Not Fidalgo photographer Dan Codd, who grabbed his camera and shot this arthropod “portrait.” Thanks for sharing, Dan. This isn’t a photo I’m likely to shoot.
A boat cruises through the fog off North Beach in Deception Pass State Park.
Dear Valued Community Resident, About 18 months ago, Island Hospital formed a partnership with two other nonprofit community hospitals, Skagit Valley Hospital and Cascade Valley Hospital, with the mutual goal to continue to enhance the healthcare and services we provide to our patients, their families, and our communities. To help meet the goals set for […]
Anacortes photographer Del Zane took advantage of a public exhibition by Predators of the Heart to take a series of beautiful wildlife photos including this shot of a hawk. See see more, visit http://delzane.zenfolio.com/p819173265. Learn more about Dave Coleburn’s Anacortes-based wildlife education program at www.predatorsoftheheart.com.
To learn more about Skagit County’s expressed need for a new county jail, click on “Jail Overcrowding Prompts Call …” http://www.skagitcounty.net/Common/asp/default.asp?d=Home&c=General&P=main.htm
Anacortes mayoral candidates talked business Thursday as guests of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce. Pictured here are (l. to r.) Mitch Everton, Laurie Gere, Brian Geer and Dean Maxwell. State Representative Kris Lytton, fresh out of a legislative session in Olympia, volunteered as moderator. To view streaming video of the event from the City of […]
South Fidalgo resident Dan Codd loves the Northwest … and he loves photographing wildlife. Attached is a shot he took of a Red Crossbill, with related information. Thanks, Dan! Red Crossbills are finches with highly specialized, crossed bills and long, pointed wings. Male Red Crossbills are brick-red with black wings and no white wing-bars. Females […]
More than two dozen young business people from all around Skagit County gathered last Friday at the T Bailey manufacturing plant on March’s Point. T Bailey hosted a tour for members of the “NextExec” group organized under the umbrella of the Economic Development Association of Skagit County. Among those on the tour were EDASC Director […]