By the way, the Pink Bug proposal worked
Published 12:01 am Friday, May 27, 2011
Last week’s well-read story, “Granite Falls student ‘Bugs’ a girl to go to prom with him,” detailed what Kyle Glover, a senior at Granite Falls High School, concocted for a prom invitation.
He spray painted a broken-down Volkswagen Beetle bright pink, used a tractor to plop it into the school parking lot and led his intended date outside after she read clever poems inside balloons.
Kyle got a “Yes” answer from Katie Christensen.
But he wasn’t finished with his surprises.
He didn’t tell her she would be in The Herald in photos about the prom proposal.
“Thank you so much,” Kyle says. “Katie was extremely surprised.”
Christine Longdon says CamOcean — World Oceans Day Festival last year was so successful, she organized a second event.
It’s planned for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 18 at Cama Beach State Park, 1880 South W. Camano Drive on Camano Island.
The festival, parking and shuttle rides to and from the site are free.
Planned are educational booths and crafts from more than 30 organizations that work to restore and make waters healthy.
Two bands, The Home Grown Tomatoes and The Cajun Redhots, will perform.
“Put on your boots and join guides from the WSU Beach Watchers for a low-tide beach walk to learn about the amazing plants and animals that make the shoreline their home,” Longdon says. “Enjoy a guided nature walk with Holly Zox from Edmonds Community College and learn about our native plants, birds and insects.”
Also planned is a water rescue demonstration by the Stanwood-Camano Fire Rescue crew.
“If you’d like to paddle around the sound, rent a boat or kayak at discounted rates from The Center for Wooden Boats,” Longdon says. “If you are a landlubber, stay on shore and make a miniature boat.”
Guest speakers are: John Williams, Still Hope Productions, The Invisible Shoreline; Bill Dewey, Taylor Shellfish, West Coast Shellfish Farming; Adam Lorio, The Magic of Tides; Dr. David Bain, Cascadia Environmental Science Center, The Endangered Whales of Puget Sound; and Barb Roy, photojournalist, Exploring Our World’s Oceans.
Jourdan Keith will tell stories along the shoreline. Captain Fuzzy Beard offers “Talk Like a Pirate.” Shake hands, or paws, with Smokey Bear and enjoy a short story with the U.S. Forest Service.
Items will be raffled to help support the event, she says.
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Hearty folks attended a “Picnic on the Prairie” earlier this month.
The Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship, located on Whidbey Island, offered a community picnic to teach about life on the prairie.
Visitors were promised the chance to pick native wildflowers to take home.
Caitlin Peterson with the Pacific Rim Institute says the afternoon happened as planned in Coupeville, with tours around the prairie, lunch and information about history, plant identification, restoration and research activities and children’s activities at the former state pheasant farm.
“The picnic was great,” Peterson says. “It rained most of the day, but it wasn’t a problem at all.”
They moved the picnic indoors and shuttled groups out to the prairie to see all the flowers.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451; oharran@heraldnet.com.
