When: Saturday, July 17

Where: S.S. Virginia V, moored at South Lake Union at the Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St. Seattle.

Registration: $50 Historic Seattle and Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) members and guests of members; $60 general public; $25 students

Pre-registration required no later than Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Register at https://www.historicseattle.org or call (206) 622-6952.

To celebrate the 88^th anniversary of her maiden voyage, join Historic Seattle and the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) on the S.S. Virginia V. Enjoy refreshments while learning about the past, present, and future of Lake Union, including the move by MOHAI to the Naval Reserve Training Center. Our presenters include Leonard Garfield, Executive Director of MOHAI, Betsy Davis, Executive Director of the Center for Wooden Boats, and Rich Haag, the landscape architect whose creative solutions have made Gasworks Park a national model for turning unused and polluted industrial sites into wonderful civic gathering places.

Date: June 6, 2010

Guest speaker Curt Ebbesmeyer is a retired oceanographer from the University of Washington.  He will speak on the timely subject of ocean garbage, the impact of ocean currents upon the spread of garbage in our oceans and eight existing garbage patches. A question and answer session will follow.

Where:  Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), 2700 24th Avenue East, Seattle Time:  Program begins at 3 p.m. and is free to the public (excludes MOHAI admission) lunch will be served at 2:30 pm and the cost is $20.00 for the lunch. Reservations and payment are required by June 2 phone: 206.938.2397 to make a reservation.