If you would like to receive an electronically-delivered monthly newsletter from the Port of Anacortes, call Julie at 293-3134 or email julie@portofanacortes.com. Paper copies of the newsletter are available at a number of places including the Cap Sante Boat Haven Harbormaster’s office, the City Library, City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce. Click on link […]
Salvation Army Anacortes Corps officers Carol and Jerold Forney this week received a retirement gift from members of their volunteer Advisory Board. The Forneys, who have spent the past five years at the helm of the Anacortes Corps, will retire to Missouri at the end of the month. Their gift was a photograph of Fidalgo […]
Island Hospital’s current expansion project, due to be completed next year.
Once again this year, the Anacortes Yacht Club is hosting the Windermere Tulip Regatta, a two-day regatta taking place in Fidalgo Bay. Drive or walk to Cap Sante for a great view of the races. Click on the link above to visit the AYC website for details about the weekend event. http://www.anacortesyachtclub.org/
> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=113048330800262859953.000470717b5267ffa5310&t=h&ll=48.499773,-122.623901&spn=0.116021,0.221786&z=11 Above photo was taken from trail on the east side of Little Cranberry Lake. Click on link above to visit a very cool directory of hiking trails in this area.
> http://wdfw.wa.gov I read today on the Internet about an eaglecam (live video) in Iowa that has “gone viral,” attracting millions of viewers across the country. I thought immediately of our own state, and the fact that the state Department of Fish and Wildlife features several webcams “starring” a variety of birds and animals. Among […]
> http://ahs.smugmug.com/LipDub/Lip-Dub-Video/16406225_LZVzZ#1234053185_XGez8 It’s crazy, I’m tellin’ ya! Check out the Anacortes High School “lip dub” entry for 2011, filmed on March 25. Click on the link above and type in the password “Seahawks.”
>https://www.anacorteswa.gov/220/Library The public library my generation knew is gone, but that is good news. It is, in fact, the “old” library — and more. This month the library features a series of centennial events. My recommendation is an on-site visit, but in addition to that, I urge you to click on the link at the […]
>http://www.anacortessalmonderby.com/ It was good times for Anacortes resident Pat Barton (left) last weekend as his second place fish netted him $5,000 in the 2011 Anacortes Salmon Derby. Also pictured here is Derby organizer Jay Field of the Fidalgo Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers. Click on the link above to visit the Derby website, which features […]
> As Saturday approaches I grow more excited about the prospect of bringing in the top fish at the 2011 Anacortes Salmon Derby. If not me, who? If not this weekend, when? Pictured above is evidence of my commitment to the derby, operated annually out of Cap Sante Boat Haven. I would feel bad about […]
I was pleased today to receive in the mail my “Official Washington State 2011 Travel Planner,” a 150-page magazine published by the state Department of Commerce. Two of my Pass Lake fly fishing photographs and a shot of the LaConner “Rainbow Bridge” were selected for the editorial section. A VisitSkagitValley.com advertisement included the same Rainbow […]
Posted here are photos I took in September 2008 of the BMW Oracle at Lovric’s boatyard.