The Tome Of Lummi Island
Volume XLV No. 7
July / August 2010
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C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S________
Saturday Market – Islander North end ………………………………… Every Saturday 10 AM to 2 PM
Elderberries – Fun & Games for Seniors– Church ………………………….. Every Wednesday 10 AM to 3 PM
Island Church & Sunday School – 758-2060………………………………. Every Sunday 10:30 AM
Food Pantry (Parish Nurses) –Church ………………………………… 1st & 3rd Thursday 11 AM to 1 PM
Island Chapel – Grange Hall ……………………………………………………… Every Sunday 9:30 AM
AA Meeting – Church basement …………………….………………… Every Monday 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Used Book Sale – Island Library ……………………………………… Continues through Labor day
Boys & Girls Club Pirate Auction and Dinner – Grange Hall ………… July 24 Saturday 5:00 PM
Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. July 27 Tuesday 6:30 PM
Jim Lynch Book Talk for FOIL …$15 includes Wine and Nibbles …. July 29 Thursday 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Lummi Island Girl Friends’ Reunion – Reefnetter, Legoe Bay Road …. Aug 1 Sunday 1 PM
Lummi Island Players Society – Library …………………….………… Aug 1 Sunday 2:30 PM
Lummi Island Conservancy Board – Library …………………………………. Aug 1 Sunday 7:30 PM
Gardeners Network – Firehouse ………………………………………. Aug 2 Monday 6:30 PM
Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… Aug 2 Monday 7:00 PM
Grange Picnic at Terry’s for Grange Members …………………….. Aug 4 Wednesday 5:00 PM
Lummi Island Clam Survey …………………………………………… Aug 7 Saturday 7:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Ferry Returns from Dry Dock …………………BEST GUESS …….. Aug 7 Saturday
Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… Aug 9 Monday morning
Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… Aug 9 Monday 7:30 PM
Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… Aug 10 Tuesday 7:00 PM
LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. Aug 11 Wednesday 7:30 PM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Aug 12 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party – Hutchings’ Garden – 2115 S Nugent ………. Aug 15 Sunday 2:30 PM
PLIC Meeting – Grange Hall … Review and Update ……….………. Aug 18 Wednesday 6:30 PM
Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Aug 23 Monday morning
Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. Aug 24 Tuesday 6:30 PM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) ………. Aug 26 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Grange Meeting ………………Social at 6:30 PM……………….……. Sept 1 Wednesday 7:00 PM
Artists’ Studio Tours ……Fee Maps at Islander………………..…. Sept 4 & 5 Sat & Sun 10 AM – 6 PM
Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… Sept 6 Monday morning
Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… Sept 6 Monday 7:00 PM
FOIL Photo Contest Deadline ………………………………………… Sept 6 Monday Midnight
Beach School PTO — Beach School ………………………………… Sept 8 Wednesday 6:45 PM
LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. Sept 8 Wednesday 7:30 PM
Civic Club – Church Fellowship Room ………………………………………… Sept 9 Thursday 10:00 AM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Sept 9 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
The Tome Deadline ……………………………………………………………… Sept 10 Friday 11:00 PM
Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… Sept 13 Monday 7:30 PM
Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… Sept 14 Tuesday 7:00 PM
Great Race/Concert on the Lawn Boys & Girls Club Fund Raiser… Sept 18 Saturday TBA
Post Office Hours Mon-Fri 7:45 AM to 3:15 PM; Sat 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Boxes 24 hours) 758-2320
Library hours Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 to 8:30 PM; Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 758-7145
Recycle Hotline Monday – Friday 9 to 5 plus answering machine 676-5723
Grange Hall Rent contact: Leslie Dempsey – Cell 206-818-9500
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FOIL PHOTO CONTEST – – Mike McKenzie
The 2nd annual “Summertime on Lummi” FOIL Photo Contest is under way. Photos taken between 4:28 AM June 21 (summer solstice) and midnight Sept. 6 (Labor Day) are eligible. Submit $2 to FOIL at Island Library (or PO Box 204) for each category, maximum 3 entries.
The categories: Island Scenery/Landmarks, Island People, Island Pets, and Abstract.
Professional photographers will adjudge a winner in each category, and Best Overall.
Photos must be entered in .jpg format to
FOILphoto@gmail.com. Designate category and contact information. (If you have prints only, take or mail to Island Library for scanning.)
“A man is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness,
can be trained to do most things.” – Jilly Cooper
ISLAND RAINFALL |
June |
Last year |
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Westshore Farm Hayfield |
3.29” |
0.40” |
(Sheila & Al Marshall) |
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North Tuttle Lane |
3.31” |
0.70” |
(Nancy Simmerman) |
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South Tuttle Lane |
3.50” |
n/a |
(Wynne Lee) |
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South Nugent |
2.48” |
0.52” |
(Jerry Brown) |
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Scenic Estates |
2.13” |
0.25” |
(Darlene Stoffer) |
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN — Plans for Building Permits. unCommon Sense Design/Luther Allen 758-2019
WEBSITE DESIGN AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, Nancy Swanson, Ph.D. 758-4277
I WOULD LIKE TO RENT TRICYCLE for 4 year old 10 days during end of Aug. Jerry Anderson 758 7449.
HOUSE CLEANING, $17.50 per hr, 758-4290, Betsy Johnson
FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS, Bridal Bouquets etc. brujabotanicals.com 758-4277
ERIK’S LANDSCAPING Professional pruning, installation, renovation and maintenance. 758-7105
ALUMINUM CAN-RECYCLING by the Grange. Bins located in Grange parking lot. Thank you.
Civic Club news – – Pat Moye, Secretary
In June the Civic Club members and guests met at the home of Pat Moye for a Tea Party and final meeting before our summer break. Everyone wore fancy hats. The tables were decorated with old fashion table cloths from Linda Smith’s collection and beautiful peonies from Pat’s garden. Everyone brought their favorite tea cup and many stories were told about the history of the tea cup. Mary Wray won the prize by telling the story about how her father took a metal tea pot from the office of the Japanese commandant of the POW camp on the day that they were being liberated by US troops. Her father and mother had been in the camp for four years in the Philippines while she and her brother were in the US.
All monies raised by the Civic Club are returned to the community through donations to non-profit organizations. At this meeting we approved distribution of funds to the Heritage Trust for their children’s education program, FOIL for building improvements, the Boys and Girls Club for their garden program, the Girl Scouts to help fund an educational trip, Watershed Enhancement Project for a doggie bag dispenser, bags and signage at the Islander’s Saturday Market field and Lummi Island Parish Nurses for a storage Container.
We are also pleased to announce the completion of a new kiosk over the Island Map in front of the Grange Hall. The Civic Club spearheaded this project which was made possible by donations of money, material and labor.
Our next meeting will be held Thursday September 9 at 10 AM in the basement of the Congregational Church. All Lummi Island women are invited to attend.
You live in the Midwest if… Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
All Girl Friends’ Reunion – – Sharon Drivdahl nee Miller
We have decided to go on as planned for our Lummi Island All Girl Friends Reunion despite the ferry situation. Arrangements have been made for transportation to and from the ferry dock, plus we’ve decided a few days to ourselves on the Island would be heavenly! Thank you.
Yes! The Lummi Island All Girl Friends’ Reunion on Sunday afternoon, August 1, anytime after 1 PM is still a go. Transportation between the ferry dock and the Reefnetter, site of the reunion, is available by calling the Reefnetter at 360-758-7242 or by calling 360-319-1225 as an alternative. All women who have spent a portion of their youth on the Island are invited to attend.
I have nothing meaningful to say – and that’s about it.
$10 MONEY TEN MONEY $10 – – ed
Last month’s winner of the $10 Certificate hidden in one copy of The Tome was Loyal Tome subscriber Tammy Lowdon who got her money back and more.
Each month we hide a Certificate redeemable for $10 cash in one copy of the Tome. Only Tome subscribers on Lummi Island are eligible for this cash bonanza.
BROWN BETTY – – ed
If you are not a friend of the brown horse, you have sadly missed a great deal of critical information the past several weeks. During the ferry emergencies, schedule changes, dry dock planning etc. etc, Brown Betty has been sending out daily – even hourly and on occasion, minutely information we need to conduct our lives on an isolated rock. But not just emergencies – the nag has kept us informed of Island activities to fit every interest which makes this the best place to live that you can imagine. If you are a stranger to all this, go to thetome@lummiislandcable.com to subscribe to the Tome and join Brown Betty’s list. Paul Revere/Brown Betty now serves over 400 e-mail addresses.
A student pilot became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, “What was your last known position? “Student: “I was number one for takeoff.”
CHILDREN’S PLAY GROUP ORGANIZING – – Erna Gregory
This is an open invitation to children and their family members and/or care providers to take part in a play group. Children six and under are welcome. Currently the group is comprised mostly of toddlers. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Interacting with other children can help improve a child’s overall development and stimulate their imagination. This playgroup is also an opportunity for parents and family members to socialize with one another, share parenting tips, get a break from household chores and routines and have conversations with other adults. We generally meet at least once a week and sometimes more frequently depending upon schedules. We meet mornings and/or afternoons – i.e. pre and post nap time. Play group meetings are very flexible. If you can make it, great! If not, then maybe next time. We go on on-Island outside “adventures” as well as taking turns hosting at our homes/yards although opening your home is not a requirement for taking part in the group. This play group is an opportunity for children to begin to learn to socialize, share, and just have fun with other kids. We welcome new ideas, destinations and input. Please call Erna Gregory, 758-4076 or email lummigirl@msn.com for further details.
How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teen-ager who wants to stay out all night?
Enjoy the Lummi Island shoreline and help survey clams! – – Sylvia Graham
The Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) is coordinating a clam survey on Lummi Island Saturday, August 7, 7:45 AM – 12:30 PM. The committee is looking for volunteers ready to dig holes in the sand, identify and count clams, and tuck them back in their beds. This will be a great way to enjoy a day at the beach and gather information on local marine resources. For the past six summers, hundreds of volunteers have participated in the MRC clam surveys. Information from past surveys has been helpful in comparing clam species and populations from a number of locations along Whatcom County shorelines. Results from previous years’ clam surveys and more about the MRC can be found on the web at http://whatcom-mrc.whatcomcounty.org/MRC.
Registration is required. Training and tools provided. To register as a volunteer, or for more information, contact Sylvia Graham at (360) 676-6876 or sgraham@co.whatcom.wa.us.
Sylvia Graham
Clam Survey Coordinator
Whatcom County Public Works
(360) 676-6876 x50644
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
THE GARDENERS NETWORK – – Ginny Winfield
The Gardeners Network is meeting Monday, August 2, at 6:30 PM at the firehouse.
The July meeting focused on composting and the nitrogen cycle. The August meeting main agenda will be “Planting the Fall Garden, Edible Flowers and the Asteraceae family of flowers”. All aspiring, challenged and veteran gardeners welcome; bring questions, ideas and experiences to share. Contact Ginny @ 758-2663
LABOR DAY WEEKEND ARTIST STUDIO TOUR – – Diana Pepper
Lummi Island Artists’ Studio Tours continue with the Labor Day weekend event Saturday and Sunday September 4 & 5, from 10 AM to 6 PM. Come see the wonderful new creations offered this time! You will find paintings, prints, pottery, jewelry, garden and herbal products, glass, stonework and much more. Chat with the artists and craftspeople in person and purchase their works. Free maps are available at The Islander or on-line at www.lummi-island.com Questions? Call 758-7121 or 758-7499.
To new and returning artists and crafters, please write a description including your name, location and 25-words about your art for the tour map. Put the description and your $25 fee, payable to Ria Nickerson, in an envelope and bring it to the Islander or deliver it to her studio. You may also email the description to her at goodthunderarts@hotmail.com. For the Labor Day Studio Tour, the description and fee must be paid by Saturday, August 14. You are responsible for submitting them in a timely fashion or you won’t be listed on the map. Questions? Call Ria Nickerson at 758-7121 (Cell 201-4611) or Lynn Dee at 758-2815.
You Live in Louisiana if… “ya’ll” is singular and “all ya’ll” is plural.
HORT‑ALERT: “SWD” – – Darlyn
An advantage of being a gardener/farmer on Lummi Island is the isolation of the Island from the mainland as regards pests and diseases. While it is not known if Lummi is infested, the Spotted Wing Drosophila fruit fly dubbed “SWD,” is definitely one we do not want. Berry growers in W. Washington are reeling at the devastating impact “SWD” is going to have on marketability of their soft fruit crops ‑ strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, currants, grapes, cherries and other stone fruits. By September 2009 “SWD” was as far north as the Fraser Valley, B.C.
“SWD” deposits its eggs in ripening fruit. These hatch into maggots which feed on the interior of the fruit. The only easily discernable sign of infestation is deteriorating fruit tissue. Open the fruit and you find the maggots. An internet search will bring you excellent descriptions from all three west coast states’ departments of agriculture and especially B.C. Ministry of Food & Agriculture.
Diagnosis: Make a trap: glass jar, 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, covered with pin‑pricked Plastic wrap. Place in the canopy of your fruit plants. Take collected fruit fly specimens to WSU‑Coop Extension, Bellingham, for positive identification.
Defenses: Do not import soft fruits/”SWD” onto the island from the mainland. Once into our native & domestic berry plants “SWD” is here indefinitely. Organic producers’ recourses are limited to: (1) insect screen of very fine gauge installed prior to fruit ripening; and (2) Application of Entrust which is registered in Washington.
“Any fellow who will cheat for you will cheat against you.” – Sam Rayburn
HERE’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT LIVING ON A SMALL ISLAND – – ed
Avery large majority of our population is so enlightened they eagerly support our major institutions like the Heritage Trust in preserving undeveloped pristine land, the Boys & Girls Club, Friends of Island Library, Beach School and the Tome and Brown Betty communication media. What do you like about living on a small Island?
Parish Nurses – – Nancy Wong
The Parish Nurses are available to provide support and answers to health questions for all Islanders. Dorothy Hanson, 758-2484, is the first call. The other amazing Parish Nurses and Health Ministers are: Megan Crouse, Candy Jones, Jane Phillips, Ben Smith, and Nancy Wong. As usual, they will have the Food Pantry in the basement of the Congregational Church first and third Thursdays, 11 AM to 1PM, for those who need some help with groceries. If you have borrowed medical equipment from the Parish Nurses, and are no longer using it, please drop it off at the Fire Station, so others may have use of it.
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” – Lucille Ball
PLIC NEWS – – Mike McKenzie
PLIC will hold a special community meeting Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 PM at the Grange. This gives an opportunity for summer residents and visitors to participate in-person to hear a review and an update of developments in negotiations for Lummi Island ferry service. The meeting includes a Q&A session to answer any questions from part-time residents, property owners, and visitors on how they are affected by ferry issues, as well as full-time Island residents.
The PLIC neighborhood alliance grew to more than 425 members by July 4, with a goal of 500 Membership in the grass-roots, non-profit movement is non-partisan, with no fees, obligations, or commitment to any position. It simply helps raise the ‘voice’ of Lummi Island with County government in striving to have as much impact in our own fate as possible while negotiations continue for long-term ferry service to Gooseberry Point with a reasonable schedule and fare rate.
Recently, PLIC requested to have its legal representatives meet in executive session with Whatcom County Council, County Executive, and their legal rep. At first, the response was no-thanks, but welcoming such a meeting if and when new, relevant and helpful legal information became available. It did, and PLIC is in discussion with County officials to set up a session ASAP to hear the research, both pro and con, that PLIC contracted with the law firm GTH of Tacoma to obtain.
PLIC board members are meeting individually with County Council members to clarify PLIC’s mission and intent to help in any way possible, and Islanders have regularly attended County Council open meetings since May to encourage open government.
You can read the letter sent to County Council on PLIC’s Web site, and a blog Plain Talk letter from the president, Stuart Rich, who presented that letter at the last community meeting June 30. Board member Fred Kinney, who oversees Research, also presented helpful financial information about ferry services, which also appears on the Web site.
In response to concerns raised to PLIC and the County by Island businesses, and summer residents and visitors, PLIC established during the emergency dry dock an Emergency Ride Share Program. It remains in place to help during the July-August dry dock with Island busy-ness of organizational events and vacationers beyond the service of the ferry van shuttle. Sign up to offer or receive a ride on the Web site.
PLIC established the site to update its activity and negotiation information, plus other features (ferry photos, stories, blogs, and important links), www.plicferry.org, and welcomes any questions or feedback directed at the four areas of emphasis – government relations, membership, research, and communications. You also can notify PLIC to put you on the email list for its news updates. Contact info@plicferry.org.
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living.
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” – Mark Twain
SATURDAY MARKET – – Lynn Dee
Summer Veggies and New Vendors at the Saturday Market. Now that the warm weather is here and the spring rains are over, the veggies, fruits and flowers are making up for lost time. Tomatoes, summer squash and cucumbers are all on my Saturday Market shopping list. Our farmers will be bringing extra produce to the Market every Saturday during drydock. Still, they do sell out, so come early. This is one more reason we’d love to have more gardeners selling what they are growing. If you have any questions, please call me; Lynn at 758-2815.
This season, the Saturday Market is more varied than ever. We have a whole new group of vendors that have joined us this summer. I’d like to introduce a few of these businesses. I have been asking for young entrepreneurs, so Nye and Ona Underwood answered the call and are now making and selling beaded jewelry, and duct tape purses and wallets. Mary Barstow does custom machine embroidery, quilting, garment construction and home decor. Ken Swanson, realtor, is introducing himself and his business, along with a bit of information about Lummi Island and a map, to visitors. Save energy and time by shopping local. See you at the Market!
“If you want to make God Laugh, tell him your future plans.” – Woody Allen
Lummi Island Congregational Church – – Cindy Bauleke, Pastor
This year’s Rummage Sale Plus was spectacular! Thank you to all who donated items, those who purchased new treasures, and the many hard workers who made it possible, under Jon Finke’s enthusiastic leadership. We are most grateful for your support of the church.
In these beautiful days of summer we hope you will come and worship with us at 10:30 AM on Sundays. Worship on the Beach (weather permitting) is August 8; Rabbi Cindy Enger, of Synagogue Beth Israel will lead in worship on August 15. Labor Day weekend, Sept 5, is Question the Pastor; come and bring your questions.
You are welcome to use the Labyrinth in the woods (a walking meditation); picnic at the Outdoor Center; or use the path to Church Beach – please be respectful of our neighbors. Check us out on Facebook, or at our website: www.lummichurch.com.
I am on the Island Wednesdays and Sundays, please contact me if you would like a conversation (303-1941 or cindy@bauleke.com).
Money can’t buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
2010 REEFNET SOCKEYE SEASON – – Jerry Anderson
At this writing, prediction of a better than average sockeye run continues. All of the sockeye runs from Prince Rupert to the Columbia River are larger than originally predicted this year. This and other scientific date indicate that under the right conditions, the seven RN Gears at Legoe Bay could catch in excess of 20,000 sockeye salmon. There are no pinks this year. Fishing for all gear is estimated to begin about August 9.
As you noticed, if you have been to Legoe Bay, Andy Yurovchak and crew started counting salmon going through the gear on July 20. The same day the gears operated by Lummi Island Wild started catching fish for the Pacific Salmon Commission scientific program. On Wednesday the gear operated by Riley Starks began some work for the PSC that is new this year. For eight days a fisheries biologist will be implanting radio transmitters in 25 sockeye each day. Boats will be able to follow the fish to obtain some needed information on the movement of the salmon from Lummi Island up and into the Fraser River. This will also enable the PSC to monitor accurately the upriver movement of the fish.
At the Boys and Girls Club Auction Saturday you will have the opportunity to bid on bled, filleted, vacuum packed Reefnet caught sockeye donation by the reefnet fishers. There is no finer sockeye available than this special reefnet product.
“A woman drove me to drink – and I hadn’t even the courtesy to thank her.” – W.C. Fields
ISLAND CHAPEL NEWS – – Louise Kolstad
About 20 Lummi Island kids (grades 1-6) attended Day Camp at Clark Island July 17. July 18-23 LI kids in grades 6-12 attended camp at Mt. St. Helens. August 8-21family camp is planned for at Liberty, WA. Come any day you can make it. We’re looking for a sunny day in August for the third summer all-Island flotilla to one of our neighboring islands. It will be a potluck picnic and BBQ. Join us for visiting and exploring the Island – date to be announced in August. Youth Group continues to meet on Wednesdays – call Chris for information.
Island Chapel is a non-denominational church, meeting Sunday mornings at 9:30 in the Grange Hall; Sunday school is provided for children. If you need any help with a project or want spiritual help call Chris at 296-4963. Pastor: Chris Immer. Board members: Boyd Barry, Christy Hart, Mel Kolstad, Jerry McRorie, Wendell Terry.
“At my age flowers scare me.” – George Burns
YOUR LIBRARY – CONNECTING LEARNING TO LIFE – – Joan Keiper
Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 – 8:30 Saturday 10:00 – 4:00
Kudos to Greg Gould for cleaning up the piles of dirt left from the path construction.
Events for Kids
Preschool Storytime – A half-hour of stories and more for 3 – 7-year-olds. Saturdays, 11:30 AM.
Wet and Wild Party – This party is a celebration of a successful summer of reading. Be prepared to get wet., Sat., Aug 21 at 1:00 PM.
Events For Teens -Join the Whatcom County Library Teens on Facebook. Post your online reviews of books and websites and be entered to win prizes in our weekly drawing!
Events for Adults
Have you checked out a Hot Picks? Just in time for summer reading – a new collection of suggested popular titles. For more info, ask the library staff.
Used Book Sale – Book sale is on-going until Labor Day. Open most days in the Noble Barn. Money earned is used to maintain the library building and grounds.
Jim Lynch is coming to the Island. FOIL will host author Jim Lynch at the Grange on Thursday, July 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Wine and Nibbles will be served. Donations of $15 ($5 Teens) will be graciously accepted
Mad Hatter Tea Party – Please join Alice and the Mad Hatter in the Hutchings’ garden at 2115 S Nugent for a tea party. A proper tea for the adults, lemonade and Mad Hatter ice cream for the kids. Hats are de rigueur – silly or otherwise. Sunday, August 15 at 2:30 PM for fun and frolic and surprises. This is a fund raiser for the Library.
The Friends of Island Library (FOIL) board meets the second Monday of each month at the library. The next meeting is Aug 9 at 7:30 PM and is open to all.
“By all means marry: If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy;
if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher”. – Socrates
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB – – Kjerstin Satter
Several Boys & Girls Club activities will be happening between now and the end of September. We’d love to see lots of old friends and new supporters at these events!
Please support our club by attending the Pirate Auction at the Grange on July 24th. Doors open at 5 PM for the silent auction and the live auction will start after dinner. Twenty five dollars covers your dinner and a drink (tickets available at the door); all the money raised will go to support the Lummi Island Boys & Girls Club activities & operations, and membership & sports scholarships. This is an adults-only event to benefit the kids. This is the largest fund raiser of the year – please come, bring friends, have some laughs, feel the love and go home with some treasures.
Mark your calendars for the Great Race/Concert on the Lawn on September 18. These two annual events will be combined into one huge event. Details to come!
Later this summer, the club will be hosting an outdoor Movie on the Lawn, open to all community members. It will be open to all ages. The date is yet to be determined. Watch for fliers to announce the movie and the time!
Thanks to friends of the club: Aggregates West for orchestrating the barge fundraiser during the emergency dry dock. The Arntsen family for donating a sandbox. Travis Phillips for donating a basketball hoop. Susan Plumb and Ted Mork for pitching in at a work party.
“If you don’t set goals, you can’t regret not reaching them.” – Yogi Bera
BOOKTALK WITH LOCAL AUTHOR JIM LYNCH – – Karly Tucker
You are invited to join us for an evening with Jim Lynch, naturalist and engaging storyteller. Jim is on a sailing book tour of the San Juans on his 1970 Bristol 32, a classy old cruising sailboat, called “Shibumi”, which he says “means effortless perfection, which reflects the boat’s graceful lines, not my sailing abilities.”
Jim will be promoting his latest book, ‘Border Songs’ which takes place near Lynden and describes the craziness of life on the border from the perspective of a dyslexic, autistic, rookie border patrol agent whose heart is in bird watching. Jim finished this book during a summer stay on Lummi when he shared a fascinating booktalk about his previous novel, ‘The Highest Tide’, an intriguing story of an irresistible and precocious 13 year old boy making a life on the tide flats near Olympia and his beachcombing discovery of a living giant squid which captures the world’s attention. This book has delighted readers from teens to adults of all ages and received international rave reviews.
Jim has also been chosen as this year’s ‘Whatcom Reads’ author and we can look forward to a countywide celebration of his work this fall. Jim will read from and discuss these books and discuss his odyssey with writing. His newly released paperback edition of ‘Border Songs’ will also be on sale. This library fundraising event will be at the Lummi Island Grange on Thursday, July 29, at 6:30 PM.
The suggested donation of $15/adults and $5/teens will go toward needed library building repairs and improvements. It includes your $1 FOIL membership, appetizers and beverages. Please RSVP at Island Library or call Karly Tucker at 758-7259 soon, as seating is limited
A true friend is someone who thinks you are a good egg even though he knows you are slightly cracked.
ISLEWARD – – Nancy Ging
Local Eating
Barbara Kingsolver, in her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, noted that if everyone in America ate one local meal each week, it would save an estimated 1.1 million barrels of oil – more than 57 million barrels of oil per year.**
With news dominated by devastating oil spills, armed conflicts in oil-producing countries and steadily increasing gas prices, eating one meal of locally grown food per week seemed to me a worthy goal.
Some define “local food” as food produced within a 100-mile radius of where you live, but I use the boundaries of Whatcom County. I cooked my first local food meal in February, and have been creating a new menu each week since then.
I hadn’t anticipated how much fun it would be! Grocery shopping has become a farm store treasure hunt for new varieties just coming into season. I’m meeting innovative farm families dedicated to producing healthy food, and the flavors are incredible.
For the Heritage Trust’s Chili Cook-off, I tried creating a locavore chili. (“Locavore” means a person who eats only locally grown food.) Nearly all the ingredients were grown right here on Lummi Island. Grass-fed ground beef from Phil Tucker (via The Islander), tomatoes from Peg Larson and Pat Wales, onions and habanero peppers from Nancy Simmerman and Thurid Clark, beans from Pamela Miller, rosemary and thyme from my home herb garden, a tiny amount of non-local cumin and cloves, and voila! The chili was truly a community effort. People loved the taste, and it won a prize for sustainability.
There’s something comforting in knowing that sometimes everything we need is available right here at home.
(Read more about my local eating experiences and get recipes at whatcomlocavore.com or in Tuesday articles in the Bellingham Herald.)
**Based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and “The Oil We Eat,” by Richard Manning in Harper’s Magazine, Feb. 2004.
“No man is lonely while eating spaghetti – it requires so much attention.” – Christopher Morley
GRANGE NEWS – – Louise Kolstad, Secretary
In July Lummi Island Grange member Denny Franzmann won the instrumental division at the State Grange competition. Denny played his original Flamenco guitar composition and was judged BEST OF SHOW and awarded $500. He will represent Lummi Island Grange and the Washington State Grange at the National Grange Convention to be held in Charlotte, N. Carolina this coming December. The Washington State Grange will cover all costs. We are proud to sponsor this fine musician. Denny played his winning composition at the July Grange meeting.
At the July meeting LI Branch Manager Karly Tucker and Joan Airoldi, Whatcom Library System Director awarded the Lummi Island Grange a certificate of recognition from the library for the Grange’s efforts through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to encourage reading to preschool children on the Island.
Check out the Lummi Island booth August 16-21, when you visit the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden.
August 4 at 5:00 PM, the Grange will have a potluck picnic at Wendell and Terry Terry’s. The September 1 Grange meeting will be at the Grange Hall – social starting at 6:30 and meeting from 7 to 8 PM. We invite you to come.
Officers for this year are Leslie Dempsey, President; Mel Kolstad, Vice President; Pat Moye, Treasurer; and Louise Kolstad, Secretary. Bob Auld, Steward; Candy Jones & Sharon Smith, Chaplin.
Future calendar dates:
August 4 Grange picnic at Terry’s for Grange members
Sept 1 Grange meeting, 6:30 social, 7-8 meeting
Oct 9 Salmon BBQ sponsored by the Grange
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom
at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
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LUMMI ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS – _- 2010___
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Jerry Anderson Joan Moye |
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