03/02/2007: "March 3 Announcements & Stuff To Do"

Island Rec. First Aid & CPR Classes Saturday March 3. Be prepared for an injury or life-threatening emergency that could take place in your home or workplace. Island Rec is offering both a First Aid Class and CPR Class on Saturday March 3. First Aid runs from 9am-1pm followed by a CPR class from 2-5pm. Participants can register for either or both classes. Cost is $20 per class and pre-registration is required. Registrations accepted at Island Rec through Friday from 1-5pm. Registrations forms can be printed off from www.islandrec.org or found in Island Rec's Winter/Spring Program Guide. Completed registrations accompanied by a check can be dropped off at Island Rec during non business hours. Call 378-4953 for further information.

The San Juan Historical Museum presents a new series of talks. March 3, the Museum offers "Modern Technology for Discovering Your Past," a genealogy how-to for the 21st century. Visitors will learn about the various on- and off-line resources currently available to help trace family histories, and the basics of how to begin. Speaker TBD.

SJI's Brownie Troop 183 sets up "shop" this March with cries of: "Get your Thin Mints. Get your Somoas!"
The annual Girl Scout cookie drive kicks off on Friday, March 2. The dozen members of Troop 183 will be hosting a cookie table outside Islander's Bank from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and parading through downtown Friday Harbor. The troop will also be at several locations during the month, including King's Market on Sunday, March 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Marketplace on Mondays, March 5 and 12 from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Relay for Life is set for July 28 and 29 in Friday Harbor, but now is the time to gather together and get motivated. This year's Kickoff takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 3 at the Inns of Friday Harbor at 410 Spring Street. Please join us for food, fun, prizes and entertainment.

Relay is an overnight community celebration where individuals and teams camp out, barbeque, dance, and take turns walking around a track relay-style to raise funds to fight cancer. At nightfall, participants will light hundreds of luminaria around the track in a moving ceremony to honor cancer survivors as well as friends and family members who have lost the battle.

If you wonder what it is like to participate, come to the Kickoff and talk to others. If you've been involved before, the Kickoff is a good time to reconnect with other relayers. For more information about this year's Relay visit www.sjirelay.org.