Retired astronaut in Port Ludlow among Puget Sound Legacy recipients

By Jeff Chew
Peninsula Daily News
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PORT LUDLOW -- Retired astronaut John Fabian's view of Earth from the Challenger space shuttle served as a window for a new environmental awareness.

That's what happens to space travelers, said the Port Ludlow man who flew 98 orbits during his first mission in 1983 and 112 the second mission in 1985.

"I don't know any person who has flown in space who hasn't come home more environmentally aware," said Fabian, 71.

"I'm not talking about tree huggers here. I'm talking about conservatives who come back feeling that way."

Fabian, who co-founded the Hood Canal Coalition in 2002, will be honored during a 7:30 a.m. May 18 breakfast by the People for Puget Sound for his environmental efforts as one of three recipients of the group's 2010 Warren G. Magnuson Puget Sound Legacy Awards.

U.S. Rep Norm Dicks, D-Belfair, who represents the North Olympic Peninsula in the 6th Congressional District, and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge manager Jean Takekwa also will be honored at the fifth annual New Day for Puget Sound ceremony at the Westin Seattle Hotel. Read the full article>>