Can you hear the quiet?
Eliza Dawson first took lessons at the Northwest Maritime Center, then volunteered to teach sailing and now is a paid sailing instructor. She competed with top sailors in the nation at the ISSA Singlehanded Youth Sailing Championship in 2012. Photo courtesy Dawson family
compete with top sailors in the nation at the ISSA Singlehanded Youth Sailing Championship. She’s now a paid sailing instructor at the maritime center. “We have a perfect place to get out on the water,” says Eliza. “I love the feeling of moving fast in a boat and it’s beautiful, too.” Eliza also has volunteered to pull buoys out on the coast off LaPush with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and she’s mapped eelgrass beds as part of an environmental survey for where to site shellfish farms. Both girls envision their volunteering work and study of the ocean around them will lead to some sort of career in science. Eliza is interested in mapping and the ocean. Chloe worries about plastics and ocean acidification. Chloe remembers those days, when she was younger, when she watched the salmon spawn in Chimacum Creek. Center: Suree Chommuang, Owner and chef, with Rooney Linnane (sister) & Nick Suwan (server) “It’s magical to walk near a stream and hear the sudden splash “Dine with us here at Galare Thai and travel to my hometown of Chiang Mai of salmon and see them return to without ever having to leave the country.” spawn,” says Chloe. “It feels good to Suree Chommuang help a species survive and thrive,” Proprietor and Chef adds Eliza. “We do all this because it’s fun Catering • Parties • Gift Certificates and it’s a great way to learn. It’s also a way to help do our part to 120 West Bell St. • Sequim work toward a cleaner ocean.” 360-683-8069 And perhaps their efforts will Mon.-Sat. • Lunch 11-3 • Dinner 4-9 help keep those tide pools of the www.galarethai.com future clean for children of the future to enjoy.
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