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Monday, February 8, 2010 ...and the winner of the 2010 Salmon Classic Invitational was...
Raymond Francois of Mount Vernon, Washington with a fish weighing 16 lbs. 4 oz. Congratulations! He was very happy with his winning catch of $10,000.00 cash!
Second Place went to Neal Kamrin of Bellevue, Washington with a catch of 15 lbs. 13 oz. landing him $5,000.00 cash!
Third Place went to David Arnold of Ferndale, Washington whose fish weighed in at 15 lbs. 12 oz and gave him a $3,000.00 cash win.
Bringing in a catch weighing 15 lbs. 11 oz. was Scott Veitz of Everett, Washington winning him a cool $2,000.00!
The group of winners of the 2010 Salmon Classic Invitational - lots of happy faces!
Volunteers of this year's event - looking happy that all their hard work is over for this year - BUT ready to do it all again next year! We salute Debbie and her "gang" for a wonderful event and look forward to many more of these fun times.
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Everyone is out fishing right now as Salmon Classic Invitational for 2010 is well underway!We have beautiful sunny skies for our 7th annual Salmon Classic Invitational and hopefully lots of fish biting! Come visit us on Saturday morning when we will have Joel Shangle joining us from KJR 950 Sports Radio and Broadcasting LIVE from our derby headquarters between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. We also have a guest Tony Floor helping us judge this year! We will keep you posted as to what is going on and hopefully, pictures - so just check back with us. Debbie Sandwith, chair-person for the derby would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support of this FUN derby!
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Passing...We were so sorry to hear about the passing of one of our very familiar neighbors, Susan Meredith, last week on January 26th. Susan would come down to the village from her beautiful waterfront cabin most every day on her motorized vehicle to collect her mail and pick up groceries. Susan has lived on the island for 30 of her 91 years and enjoyed island living to its fullest - often seen paddling in her kayak around the islands.
Did you know that Susan authored a book called Alaska's Search for a Killer - A Seafaring Medical Adventure, 1946-1948 which was published in 1998 by Alaska Public Health Nursing History Association? Having contracted polio as a child - her many idle days were spent reading adventure books where she dreamed of becoming a cowgirl or a sailor. As a young woman, Susan earned a degree in bacteriology and worked in the State of Washington Public Health Laboratory and the U.S. Army's 9th Service Command Laboratory. She had the chance of a lifetime offered to her during World War II when she heard that the Health Department was putting a public health mobile unit into service on a ship and they needed a bacteriologist. Susan's sense of adventure kicked in and she was hired aboard the floating health clinic named "MV Hygiene" whose primary mission was to screen the entire Alaskan coastal population for tubercolosis. Her book records many of her adventures during this time. We will miss seeing you around the village, Susan - our condolences go out to your family.
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The Irish Music Camp is coming to Roche Harbor this spring...March 8-13, 2010
Get your fiddles ready - the Irish Music Camp is coming to Roche Harbor! Registration is now open for the 9th Friday Harbor Irish Music Camp. This will be the first time since the camp was founded in 2002, that it will be held in their "own little musical village by the sea - Roche Harbor". Several classes will be held each day where fiddlers can learn a few tricks and play their hearts out! To learn more - please see the Irish Music Camp website. We welcome you all and look forward to your arrival!
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January 7, 2010
Successful Food Drive!During the holidays the Roche Harbor Neighborhood Association held a food drive in aid of the Friday Harbor Food Bank called "Pass along the Holiday Spirit". It was organized by neighbor, Jerry Swalling, who positioned donation bins in the Roche Harbor Company Store and on the walkway leading up to to Madrona Bar & Grill during the annual Christmas Block Party.
325 lbs of food was collected along with $591.00 in donations!A big thank you to the many neighbors who helped and donated, and a hearty thanks from all the islanders you have helped! Let's do it again next Christmas!
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To keep you up to date with our hours during the Christmas Holiday week... Tues. 22nd & Wed. 23rd - McMillin's Dining Room will be closed Lime Kiln Cafe open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Thursday 24th - Christmas Eve - McMillin's Dining Room will be OPEN from 3-10 p.m. along with McMillin's Bar. (See Special Holiday Menu below) Lime Kiln Cafe open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friday 25th - Christmas Day - Merry Christmas! All restaurants will be closed all day. Saturday 26th - (Boxing Day) - Lime Kiln Cafe open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. McMillin's Bar open 3 - 10 p.m. and McMillin's Dining Room 5 - 10 p.m.
You can enjoy a NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER in McMillin's Dining Room and choose one of our sumptuous entree's from the menu with several specials including King Crab and Lobster. (See Special Holiday Menu below).
The McMillin's Bar will be open until 2 a.m. where you can celebrate bringing in the New Year. We will not be having live entertainment, but music and dancing is available in close-by Friday Harbor.
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December 15, 2009
Come and enjoy old-fashioned warmth as you enjoy the Island Stage Left Performers by the fireside in Roche Harbor Pavilion
Only a few days left to catch "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" - Helen Machin Smith, Director of Island Stage Left, is recommending that you make reservations for the two very popular Christmas Eve performances at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on the 24th if you haven't already - they are filling up FAST! But other performances are available without reservations on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th, Tuesday 22nd, and Wednesday 23rd at 7:30 p.m. There also will be a 4 p.m. matinee on Sunday 20th. Come enjoy the big roaring log fire - just the thing to start off your Christmas with wine available at the Christmas Eve performances. To make a reservation or for more information please call 360-378-5649 or check the Island Stage Left website.
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December 6, 2009 And the winners are!....Selling out by November 30th, and with clear blue skies leading into the derby, the anglers had a great time competing for the top prize in the First Annual Hook'em and Hold'em Salmon Derby with the results as follows: 13 fish weighed in on Friday 4th 4 fish weighed in on Saturday 5th Total fish weighed in was 17 1st Place with a prize of $5,000 went to Dennis Brooks of Mount Vernon, WA whose fish weighed 16.3 lbs. (Pictured top right and bottom left) 2nd Place of $3,000 went to Dale Nelsen from Bellingham, WA at 13.8 lbs. 3rd Place of $2,000 went to Jim Aggerggard from Anacortes, WA at 13.2 lbs.
The Texas Hold'em Tournament had a total of 40 players with results as follows: 1st Place - $2,400 went to Scott James, Arlington, WA (pictured top left) 2nd Place - $1,200 went to Daryl Bacon of Friday Harbor, WA 3rd Place - $672 went to Steve Stout of Marysville, WA 4th Place - $336 went to Craig Davis of Friday Harbor, WA 5th Place - $192 went to Dennis Harshberger of Friday Harbor, WA The picture bottom right is one of our young anglers who missed a tie for 3rd place by 1 ounce! We could not resist getting a picture of these cute little guys, Hayden and Fischer Terrell with their dad Shannon Terrell who was our Salmon Classic Invitational winner in 2009. Congratulations to all the lucky winners! To read more about this event click here to see what the San Juan Sportsman has to say about it!
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December 5, 2009
Update on the Roche HarborHook'em & Hold'em Derby...After the first day of fishing there was a total of 13 fish weighed in on Friday December 4th. The top 3 fish were:
16.3lbs. - Dennis Brooks, Mount Vernon, WA 13.8lbs. - Dale Nelsen, Bellingham, WA 13.2lbs. - Jim Aggerggard, Anacortes, WA The Texas Hold'em Tournament saw 40 players entered; the game began at 6:30 p.m. and play continued until 11:30 p.m., with 18 players to continue play Saturday night, pay out to 5 places. __________________________________
Coming Soon! Save the dates! ...Dec 11th - 23rd
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November 24, 2009
OKAY ANGLERS!
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