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February 22-24 - 5th Annual Chocolate on the Beach Festival
Location: Pacific Beach, Moclips and Seabrook, WA
Details: The local business community welcomes you to entertain your taste buds all weekend long with special chocolate menus and events! Get more information here.

March 2-3 - Beachcombers Fun Fair
Location: Ocean Shores, WA
Details: This 26th annual event features exhibits, seminars, information booths, and vendors on Saturday and Sunday. Children's activities are Saturday morning. Beach walks and Dash for Trash or Treasure are on Sunday morning to round out the weekend. Get more information here on Beachcombers Fun Fair and other Ocean Shores events.

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RECENTLY IN THE NEWS:

10/6/12
Scientists Adopt Tiny Island as a Warming Bellwether
The New York Times Written by Stacey Solie
TATOOSH ISLAND, Wash. - From a stretch of rocky shoreline on this tiny island, one can, on any given morning, watch otters floating on their backs, elephant seals hauling out of the water and a bald eagle flying past murres huddled along a cliff face. The startled birds perform a synchronized dive into the sea, their ovoid black-and-white bodies resembling miniature penguins. It appears as if the island's wildlife is thriving at this remote outpost, which is also a former Coast Guard station crowned by a decommissioned lighthouse. It was also once a whaling base for the Makah tribe, who maintain treaty rights to the land. But for over four decades, with the blessing of Makah leaders, Tatoosh has been the object of intense biological scrutiny, and scientists say they are seeing disturbing declines across species - changes that could prove a bellwether for oceanic change globally.

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