SEATTLE — Merle Brandell and his black Lab, Slapsey, were beachcombing along the Bering Sea when he spied a plastic bottle among the Japanese glass floats he often finds along the shore of his tiny ...

Merle Brandell and his black lab Slapsey were beachcombing along the Bering Sea when he spied a plastic bottle among the Japanese glass floats he often finds along the shore of his tiny Alaskan ...

Finders Keepers is an initiative sponsored by Lincoln City that began with the Millennium Float Project in 1999, where every year, thousands of glass floats are placed along the 7 miles of beaches ...