Construction of a 64-car ferry is getting under way and the state Transportation Commission seeks name ideas.
Of the 23 vessels operating in Puget Sound, 21 have names reflecting the state’s tribal heritage. The other two are named the Rhododendron and the Evergreen State.
Keep these guidelines in mind:
Names for ferries should carry statewide significance and represent Washington’s image and culture.
Specifically, names should represent such things as state-adopted symbols, tribal names, bodies of water, geographic locations, cities, counties or relate to nautical heritage.
Names should have broad familiarity, be easy to pronounce, are nonoffensive and meet ethical standards.
Names with commercial overtones or names honoring or commemorating individuals should be avoided, but will be considered. The individual must have died at least 20 years ago and have enduring fame in our state.
Submit names by April 30. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/FerryName.
Escape from Norway: Author Leif Terdal offers a talk about his book, “Our Escape from Nazi-Occupied Norway: Norwegian Resistance to Nazism,” at 7 p.m. Friday at Normanna Hall, 2725 Oakes Ave., Everett.
He will describe his family’s escape on a fishing boat to the Shetland Islands north of Scotland and review Norwegian resistance to the Nazi-occupation.
Meet Terdal afterward when he will sign books. Refreshments will be served at the free program.
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