FYI

Published 11:16 pm Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Here’s a twist on a little black book

Authors Flint Whit­lock and Terry Barnhart offer a program and book signing for “Capt. Jepp and the Little Black Book” from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday at the Future of Flight Aviation Center, 8415 Paine Field Blvd., Mukilteo.

The program is about how barnstorming aviator and mail pilot Elrey Jeppesen made the skies safer for travelers. Admission to the program is free with purchase of a $4 reduced rate, aviation center gallery-only ticket.

After nearly losing his life in a plane crash in the 1930s, Jeppesen started keeping a journal that eventually saved his life and the lives of countless fellow pilots: His little black book detailed information about every route he flew and every airport where he landed. This notebook one day became the system by which 90 percent of the world’s airlines and pilots navigate, the authors write.

Everett Library will be closed Friday

The Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., will be closed Friday for library staff training. It will reopen on Saturday.

Stanwood council weighs new date

The dates of City Council meetings may be changed to the second and fourth Thursdays of each month to allow Mayor Dianne White to participate on the Community Transit board of directors.

The council is scheduled to vote whether to change the dates at its meeting scheduled for 7 tonight. The council meets at the Stanwood-Camano School District Administration Building, 26920 Pioneer Highway.

Meetings in Stanwood are currently held on the first and third Thursdays of each month.

Benefit for biker in Granite Falls

A benefit for Sean Peeler, who was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in December, is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Spar Tree Tavern, 106 W. Stanley St., Granite Falls.

Peeler, of Granite Falls, lost his left leg and spleen among other injuries in the Dec. 8 hit-and-run accident in Everett. He’s still at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and faces more surgery, said tavern owner Mike Perry.

Proceeds from an auction at the event will go to Peeler’s medical bills and to help his five children. Live music, a barbecue and a chain saw demonstration also are planned.

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