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Photos: Washington whale watchers report 'grand slam' sightings of four species in one day by Callie Craighead, SeattlePI A few lucky Washington whale watchers got a Mother's Day treat over the weekend: a coveted "grand slam" with sightings of four different species in a single day. The Pacific Whale Watchers Association reported that two professional whale watching companies had grand slams on Sunday, spotting a minke and a gray whale in Rosario Strait, a humpback mom and calf near Waldron Island and several Bigg’s killer whales. "It doesn't happen often, but we had a Grand...

Friday Harbor whale watchers treated to sights of 4 whale species on Mother's Day trip By Q13 News Staff Bigg’s Killer Whales: Brooke-McKinley/Outer Island Expeditions/PWWA FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. - For professional whale watchers, hitting a "Grand Slam" is a rare treat that doesn’t happen often, but a group was treated to such an event on Mother's Day in Friday Harbor. A grand slam refers to the sighting of four different species of whales during the same whale watching excursion.  The Pacific Whale Watch Association announced that at least two professional whale watching companies each h...

What it’s like to kayak the most dangerous Great Lake Paddlers in Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands National Lakeshore live by one simple mantra: “The lake is boss.” The steely waters of Lake Superior surround the Apostle Islands, located off the Wisconsin shoreline. ByStephanie Pearson Email With a reputation for fickle weather, ravaging storms, and an average water temperature of 42 degrees Fahrenheit, Lake Superior is fierce and unforgiving. It’s no wonder that experienced sailors and kayakers consider it the Mount Everest of freshwater boating. At 31,700 square miles, Lake Superior is...

A Review of Greg Poulgrain's book JFK vs. Allen Dulles Before I digress slightly, let me state from the outset that the book by Greg Poulgrain that I am about to review is extraordinary by any measure. The story he tells is one you will read nowhere else, especially in the way he links the assassination of President Kennedy to former CIA Director Allen Dulles and the engineering by the latter of one of the 20th century's most terrible mass murders. It will make your hair stand on end and should be read by anyone who cares about historical truth.

Before I digress slightly, let me state from the outset that the book by Greg Poulgrain that I am about to review is extraordinary by any measure. The story he tells is one you will read nowhere else, especially in the way he links the assassination of President Kennedy to former CIA Director Allen Dulles and the engineering by the latter of one of the 20 th century’s most terrible mass murders.  It will make your hair stand on end and should be read by anyone who cares about historical truth. About twelve years ago I taught a graduate school course to Massachusetts State Troopers and pol...