Our Lummi Island Community

Tome 2011/01

The Tome Of Lummi Island
Volume XLVI No. 1
January 2011

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Community Association Meeting – Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Potluck Dinner – – – 6:30 PM

Program and Business Meeting – – – 7:15 PM

Program: Community Plan for Emergency Preparedness

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C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S________

LI Volunteer Firefighter Training ………………………………………………… 1, 2 & 3 Thursdays 7:00 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

Rafting Down the Noatak River – with Kenyon Fields – Grange Hall Jan 21 Friday 7:00 PM

New Ferry Fares begin – $3 surcharge on all fares ……………………. Jan 23 Sunday

Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… Jan 24 Monday morning

Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. Jan 25 Tuesday 6:30 PM

LICA POTLUCK DINNER MEETING —Grange Hall ..…………… Jan 26 Wednesday 6:30 / 7:15 PM

Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Jan 27 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM

Grange Meeting ………………Social at 6:30 PM……………….……. Feb 2 Wednesday 7:00 PM

Lummi Island Players Society – Library …………………….………… Feb 6 Sunday 2:30 PM

Where the Wild Things Play Tweens & Teens – Wii, Cake Walk etc. Feb 6 Sunday 1-4 PM

Lummi Island Conservancy Board – Library …………………………………. Feb 6 Sunday 7:30 PM

Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Feb 7 Monday morning

Gardener’s Network – Fire Hall ………………………………………. Feb 7 Monday 6:30 PM

Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… Feb 7 Monday 7:00 PM

Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… Feb 8 Tuesday 7:00 PM

Beach School PTO — Beach School ………………………………… Feb 9 Wednesday 6:45 PM

LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. Feb 9 Wednesday 7:30 PM

Civic Club – Church Fellowship Room (Bring a couple dozen cookies) Feb 10 Thursday 10:00 AM

Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Feb 10 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM

Heritage Trust Annual Meeting – Grange Hall ……………………. Feb 10 Thursday 7-9 PM

The Tome Deadline ……………………………………………………………….. Feb 11 Friday 11:01 PM

Grange Members Valentine’s Day Social …………………………….. Feb 12 Saturday 6:00 PM

Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… Feb 14 Monday 7:30 PM

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

Grange Hall Rent contact: Leslie Dempsey – Cell 206-818-9500

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ON LUMMI ISLAND – – Terry Terry & ed

Our program at next Wednesday’s (January 26) Potluck Dinner Meeting will be Terry Terry and Bobbie Hutchings presenting the Island wide community plan for emergency preparedness. The Red Cross is working with the community plan. The fire department has endorsed this plan. The presentation will point out the areas where the Island organizations can help.

During our business meeting following Terry and Bobbie’s presentation we will have nominations for our LICA 2011 Officers and Directors. Several of our Directors are retiring, so we need some new warm bodies to fill these positions. Any resident of Lummi Island is eligible. This is your opportunity to get involved in your community – just come to the meeting and ask to be nominated. All nominees must be present or have given permission to be nominated. Nominations will be concluded and election will be held at our February meeting.

Your Board of Directors will present a recommendation for a package of LICA Grants to Lummi Island non-profits. We regret that requests far exceeded our ability to fulfill, so there will be some disappointment. To be approved, this package must be favorably voted upon at two consecutive meetings.

The door prize will be $115 for a Tome subscriber if s/he is in the Hall at the time of the drawing. At last October’s meeting, Madge Gleeson’s name was drawn for the $110 door prize, but we couldn’t find her in the Grange Hall, so we added another $5 to the pot

Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?

Free NOTARY PUBLIC SERVICE ON THE ISLAND – – ed

Your Community Association (LICA) is sponsoring a free Notary Public service on the Island through Ian O’Callaghan. Ian will notarize your documents with no fee, but he requests you make a free-will donation to LICA at P.O. Box 163 to help defray expenses, or to some other non-profit organization on the Island. On the west side of the Island you can also get free notary public service from David Thorn.

ISLAND RAINFALL

November

December

Total 2010

 
 

Westshore Farm Hayfield

3.90”

4.90”

36.64”

(Sheila & Al Marshall)

 

North Tuttle Lane

4.48”

4.91”

36.80”

(Nancy Simmerman)

 

South Tuttle Lane

3.75”

4.80”

 

(Wynne Lee)

 

South Nugent

4.56”

5.47”

38.91”

(Jerry Brown)

 

Scenic Estates

4.25”

6.37”

41.16”

(Darlene Stoffer)

WEBSITE DESIGN AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, Nancy Swanson, Ph.D. 758-4277

PLANS FOR BUILDING PERMITS/CONSTRUCTION CONSULTATION — unCommon Sense Design Luther Allen 360-739-7846

SHARPENING: Chain Saws – Circular Saws – Drills – Knives – Chisels & Flat Planes – 758-2343

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.

$10 MONEY TEN MONEY $10 – – ed

Last November’s winners of the $10 Certificate hidden in one copy of The Tome were Loyal Tome subscribers Bob & Beverly Busch. Bev traded the $10 certificate for a free subscription to the 2011 Tome. How about that – a Tome that pays for itself!

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.

HERE’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT LIVING ON A SMALL ISLAND – – ed

I like the remoteness and limited isolation that keeps the thundering herd from our roads. We don’t suffer the social illnesses that plague city dwellers. What do you like about living on a small Island?

GRANGE NEWS by Louise Kolstad

Bring your aluminum cans to the Grange for recycle. Money received for the can recycle is used for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Bud Jewell reports that 21 Island children (from birth to age five) are currently receiving books monthly.

Men of the Grange will again prepare dinner for women of the Grange to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Grange ladies, we’re in for a treat on February 12 starting with a social at 6 PM. Call Mel Kolstad if you have any questions.

We have a tentative date of March 26 for the Island Spaghetti Dinner. Byron Moye plans to take the lead in organizing the event.

The County Grange baking contest is February 15. Talk to Dorothy Hanson if you would like to participate. A new category this year is brownies.

The Grange meets the first Wednesday of each month, starting at 6:30 PM with a social. The meeting starts at 7 PM and we finish by 8 PM. We invite you to join us.

Why is the third hand on a watch called the second hand?

LUMMI ISLAND GARDENER’S NETWORK by Ginny Winfield

We are having our first meeting of 2011 on Monday, February 7th, at the Fire Hall at 6:30 PM. (Sorry, I gave the wrong date of Feb. 3rd to Transition Lummi Island). This meeting will focus around an informal seed swap with an opportunity to network with other gardeners about sharing starts and going in on future seed swaps and plant purchases. Our meetings are open to all and we welcome aspiring, challenged and experienced gardeners. Our purpose is to inspire and nurture the gardener within, guided by science based principles and local hands-on mentoring. For more information or ideas on the seed swap, please call Wynne Lee or Ginny Winfield. Thanks – see you there!

Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?

ISLEWARD by Mike Skehan

I always enjoy talking to our elders about how things used to be on Lummi Island. Self-reliance, as individuals and sharing, as a community are common threads throughout my chats. It forces us relative new comers to wonder how resilient we are on our little ship tethered between Orcas and Gooseberry. If all our ties to the mainland were severed, even for just a month, how would we fare compared to our elders?

Probably not very well. My modest woodpile would be gone without electricity and ten gallons of gas wouldn’t last very long running the generator daily either. We have a large pantry, but I must admit it’s filled with a lot of junk food, and nothing from my meager efforts to grow a garden last summer. Spare drinking water would be gone in a week. Jumping on the ferry wouldn’t be an option in my little ‘what-if?” exercise, nor would relying on our store or restaurants that closed soon after all services were lost.

I’ve been catching up on my reading these rainy days, focusing on community sustainability, as our society seems to be on the cusp of ‘peak everything’. I’ve also gotten hooked on a local website that focuses on practical things we can do ), with tons of info on gardening, utilities, transportation, co-ops and links to all sorts of websites thinking their way through all this.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m still an optimist by nature, but have a deeper respect for how generations that preceded us dealt with daily living on Lummi Island. I suspect they would fare much better than I.

Country music song titles: If Fingerprints Showed Up on Skin, Wonder Whose I’d Find on You

CAITLIN O’CALLAGHAN – LICA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT by Kent Nielsen

The LICA Scholarship has been awarded to Ms. Caitlin O’Callaghan of Lummi Island. In 2011, Ms. O’Callaghan will complete a 2-year program at Whatcom Community College with an emphasis in English. She plans to continue her studies in the Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University. Upon completion, her goal is to use her knowledge and talents as an English teacher in Japan. Ms. O’Callaghan has produced a strong academic record to go along with her well-defined plan. Her instructor at WCC said that Caitlin is “smart, thoughtful, articulate, and reliable”, a pleasure to have in her class. The teaching profession is critical to a successful society and yet it is frequently under funded and under appreciated. All too often quality students turn away as a result. It is reassuring and a rewarding moment to endorse an excellent student who aspires to help others learn. The Lummi Island Community Association is delighted to support Caitlin O’Callaghan with the 2010 LICA Scholarship and we look forward to her stories from the Orient.

If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

HAVE YOU HEARD? – DID YOU GET THE NEWS ABOUT THE FERRY? – – ed

I know that most people have already subscribed to the 2011 Tome, but I am enclosing another subscription page as a convenience to those who have had other priorities. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you have been missing some important Brown Betty messages about the ferry operation and other important matters affecting all of us. Do you know what happens on January 23? Be sure to check the Paul Revere/Brown Betty box, because I won’t enroll you for the pony’s route if you don’t. Brown Betty e-mail news service is a free, optional add-on for Tome subscribers. And please note that the door prize for a Tome subscriber at next week’s LICA Potluck Dinner Meeting is $115. And there may be a $10 surprise for you in any issue of the Tome if you are a subscriber. Subscription to the Tome gets you so much more than just a newsletter!

Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES by Frankie Small

Lummi Island Girl Scout Troop 1950 will be selling Girl Scout cookies from February 25th to March 13th. Please watchfor us at the ferry dock; we will be wearing our aprons saying Troop 1950 Lummi Island. If the girls you see aren’t wearing these aprons they are from a troop in town. I have received complaints about this over the years but I am unable to stop this happening. Please support our Troop on Lummi Island.

Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

BEACH SCHOOL NEWS by Judy Thomas, School Manager

January has been a busy, productive month with all in-class activities and projects. February 7th marks our semester break with no school for students. On February 9th the Seattle Science Center will be inflating its Planetarium in the gym and will be teaching our students about stars and galaxies.

Future activities include a Movie Night, Breakfast with Books, an all-school Science Fair and, of course, our annual Jog-a-thon. Our very active PTO has several fundraisers. Please deposit your “Box Tops” for kids and aluminum can tabs at the P.O. and Islander collection bags. Office Depot also supports school. Just mention Beach’s name before checking out. Office Depot sends us a yearly check. Everything helps. This year your donations are paying for cultural field trips to WWU, science trips to Boeing Museum, the Planetarium, the Woodland Park Zoo and more. Thanks to everyone for your continued support.

Why is it called “after dark” when it is really “after light”?

BEACH SCHOOL FOUNDATION— What have you done for us lately? by Julie Hunter, BSF Chair

Since our emergency formation in the face of the 2009 school district budgets cuts that threatened the continuation of a K-6 public education on the Island, the Beach School Foundation has attained non-profit status and has continued to work to ensure stable funding and unique learning opportunities at Beach School. The BSF, with your donations, has provided the funds for staff positions that the Ferndale School District did not cover, most recently, the computer lab para-educator position. With direction from the Beach School Staff and the Beach School PTO, we have now identified three fund raising priorities that will provide our Island students with skills that will last a lifetime, in science, music and health.

Your tax-deductible donations will fund the school garden, providing funds to maintain our garden educator, yearly supplies and a dependable water supply. Botany and soil science learned in the school garden not only result in a greater understanding of natural life, but tasty treats during school lunch as well!

Support will also go to on-Island music lessons in piano and stringed instruments taught by qualified instructors. The BSF will help secure lesson space, provide scholarships for needy students, as well as quality stringed instruments on loan. In fact, we welcome the donation of stringed instruments that we can use for such a loan program. Please contact us if you would like to find new homes for your lonely violins, violas, cellos, guitars or ukuleles.

Our most ambitious goal is a building project to create an outdoor covered play area. Our Pacific Northwest weather limits the time Island students can practice physical skills that require a lot of room. Beach Staff, PTO and BSF are exploring designs to cover the current tennis court area, still allowing for tennis, basketball and other games, during wet weather. Kids who play hard learn well and stay healthy.

When you donate to the Beach School Foundation, rest assured that your generosity directly benefits Island children while earning you a tax deduction. Additionally, your donation can be made in the form of a gift. Name the person you’d like to honor and we’ll notify them with a BSF note that a donation has been made in their name. Our Beach Schoolers will thank you. It takes an Island!

Why do “overlook” and “oversee” mean opposite things?

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB NEWS by Lynn Schreiber

We would like to welcome two staff members back to the club: Tara Camarillo as program assistant and Lynn Schreiber as Branch Director. We are looking forward to an exciting year of fun and learning. We continue to offer Spanish, Crafting, Cooking and Group Games on Thursdays so be sure to sign up. We also offer daily homework help and will be starting Digital Photography again branching into Digital Arts.

Our Basketball program is in full swing so stop by the club for a game schedule and come out and root for our teams. Starting January 21st we will resume teen night where we will offer many activities both on and off Island … we begin at 6:30 PM and end at 10:00. Our Boys & Girls Club is full of fun and excitement – stop on by and check it out. The staff and kids would like to thank everyone who purchased cheesecake to support our club and a special thank you to Mike McKenzie for organizing everything. It was a tasty and successful fundraiser.

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?

PARISH NURSES & HEALTH MINISTERS by Nancy Wong

The Parish Nurses & Health Ministers would like to thank everyone on the Island for their generosity throughout 2010. Your donations of food and money for the Food Pantry, coats, hats & gloves for the Coat Drive, grants & donations towards the purchase of our container for medical equipment storage, as well as volunteer help installing a door on the container, providing lunches on Wednesdays for the Elderberries, cooking meals for those who are ill or just home from the hospital, donations of used medical equipment, and lastly, your monetary donations towards our Emergency Bill Pay fund. Without your support and encouragement, we could not provide as much help as we do for Islanders. Although Parish Nurses & Health Ministers do not provide direct care, please give us a call if you need to borrow medical equipment, are looking for medical information, referrals for health care, meals, food pantry needs & prayer or spiritual support.

First Call for Parish Nurses:- Dorothy Hanson (758-2484, 303-3766), then Nancy Wong (201-9063), Jane Phillips (758-7214). Health Ministers: Candy Jones (758-7986) & Megan Crouse (758-2146). Messages may also be left at the Congregational Church (758-2060). We expect that there will continue to be needs on the Island in 2011, and we look forward to your continued generosity.

Thank you, in advance! Nancy Wong, RN, Parish Nurse

If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

CIVIC CLUB MEETING by Pat Moye Secretary

At the Civic Club January meeting members and guests enjoyed pastries, coffee and tea hosted by Frankie Small, Linda Bowman and JoAnn Bowman. The meeting opened with a presentation by Paul Owen Lewis, Lummi Island Children’s author and illustrator. Paul gave a wonderfully inspirational presentation on how he became a writer and how he created his first book.

The Lummi Island Civic Club, founded in 1916 is an organization dedicated to volunteerism and fund raising which support the charitable, educational and cultural services on Lummi Island. We are pleased to announce that in December we donated over $2,500 to Island nonprofit organizations. This year the Civic Club plans to erect an informational sign in Lego Bay that explains Reef Netting. To fund this project the Club will also be selling exotic mailboxes. We are looking for Lummi Island artists to volunteer their skills to help us create mailboxes that people are willing to pay big bucks for. Failing this we will be looking for semi -talented people to volunteer to paint a mail box that we can get their family members to buy! If you are interested in helping with this project call Rose Ann Auld at 758-4117.

Our next meeting is Thursday February 10 in the basement of the Congregational Church at 10 AM. Bring a homemade valentine to exchange and a couple dozen cookies. We will be making cookie trays for Island services to thank them for their service to all Islanders. All Lummi Island Women are welcome to attend.

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

New ferry rates begin by Frank Abart, Director, Public Works

During the November 23, 2010 Whatcom County Council meeting the Lummi Island Ferry Rates were increased to include an across the board three dollar ($3) surcharge per round trip. This surcharge will be collected beginning January 23, 2011.

There will be several ways to pay the surcharge. First, if you possess a current punch card that was purchased prior to January 23, 2011 you must pay $3.00 cash or check along with a punch off your current punch card for each round trip. Or for your convenience you may purchase a 10 round trip SURCHARGE punch card that can be used in conjunction with your current punch card.

Second, any punch card purchased January 23, 2011 or after will automatically include the surcharge on the card. For example: if you usually purchase a 25 round trip Pedestrian card for $40.00, that card will now cost $115.00 ($40.00 + $75.00 in surcharges). Beginning January 23, 2011 you will not be able to purchase any punch cards that do not contain the surcharge.

Third, beginning January 23, 2011 all single round trips will automatically include the surcharge. For example: if you are a pedestrian, the fare will increase from $4.00 to $7.00 for each round trip to include the surcharge.

Additionally, it should be noted that the new SURCHARGE punch cards can only be used in conjunction with another ferry punch card. As with all of the other punch cards they have no cash value and refunds will not be given for any unused portion. The surcharge punch cards can ONLY be used to pay the surcharge. For example: if you forgot your Pedestrian punch card you cannot expect the purser to take two or three punches as payment.

Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation during the implementation of these changes.

“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” – Yogi Bera

Island Chapel by Louise Kolstad

January 14-17, 16 Island junior and senior high schoolers attended the fourth annual Island Chapel Winter Camp at Ghormley Meadows near White Pass.

Starting in January Candy Jones facilitates a non-denominational women’s Bible Study beginning Monday evenings at 6:30 PM at the home of Terry Terry and Friday mornings at 9:30 AM at her home. Also on Monday evenings at 6:30 PM a non-denominational men’s Bible Study continues at Wendell Terry’s home. For information, call Candy at 758.7986 or Wendell at 758.7432.

Youth group continues to meet Wednesday evenings at the Letchworth home with dinner at 6:30 PM followed by fellowship.

We invite you to join us Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM. Island Chapel is a non-denominational church, meeting in the Grange Hall; Sunday school is provided for children. Call Chris at 296-4963 if you have any questions about Island Chapel or need any help with a project or want spiritual help. Pastor: Chris Immer. Board members: Boyd Barry, Christy Hart, Mel Kolstad, Jerry McRorie, Wendell Terry.

“Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” – Mark Twain

BEACH SCHOOL PTO NEWS by Kathy Buford

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Holiday Home Tour. It was a huge success and a lot of fun. Thank you thank you thank you!

If you missed the chance to buy Beach School T-shirts or chalk art cards designed by Beach School students, parents and community artists they are available at Sisters gallery next to the Islander and proceeds benefit the PTO and Sisters. Many thanks to Robin La Rue!!

We want to dispel any rumors by letting the community know that we will still be having the Jog-a-thon this spring. Stay tuned for dates and details. If you would like to help coordinate this event, please let Angie or Kathy B. know.

Keep sending in those Box Tops! The deadline for this school year is Febeuary 25. Drop off locations include: Beach School, Post Office, Library and Islander.

Please join us for our next meeting on February 9 @ 6:45 PM in Judy’s classroom. Thank you for all your support.

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

LUMMI ISLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH by Cindy Bauleke, Pastor

The rain, snow, and saturated ground have brought flooding to the church basement in the last several weeks. Theories abound as to the cause; we are bringing consultants in to help us find the source or sources. Meanwhile, we are grateful to the many volunteers who have helped with flood recovery work. Talking with colleagues, it appears it is not unusual for older churches to have water problems. We hope an olive branch will soon appear.

The floods did not dampen our Christmas celebrations, with wonderful music, pageants, worship, and fellowship. Thank you to all who joined us in celebrating this special season of light and love.

In the new year, the first Wednesday of each month we are discussing the book An Altar in the World, exploring spirituality in and outside of the church.

Elderberries gather each Wednesday, with a hot lunch served at noon.

Worship is each Sunday at 10:30 AM. Please join us for any of these programs which are of interest to you. We are incredibly fortunate to have Cindy Minkler, an amazing pianist, present a concert on Friday evening, February 11. Find more information at: www.lummichurch.com and on Facebook: Lummi Congregational Church.

No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.

Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several

new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

Heritage Trust News by Megan Crouse

Please join us for the Heritage Trust Annual Meeting on February 10, 2011, 7-9 PM at the Grange Hall, featuring author and environmental philosopher, Kathleen Dean Moore. Kathleen will speak on “Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature.” with stories, readings, frog songs, and an occasional dive into philosophical waters, she will explore our connections to the landscapes that bring joy, meaning and comfort to our lives. A book-signing and refreshments will follow the presentation. Join us as we review last year’s achievements and plans for the coming year, recognize our excellent volunteers, introduce new Board members, and celebrate land conservation on Lummi Island.

The Heritage Trust welcomes GuruBani Khalsa as our new staff assistant. “Growing up in East Tennessee, I developed a special relationship with the mountains, rivers and natural beauty that surrounded me. I treasured the sense of peace that nature provided. At a young age, I began to understand that not only are natural areas beautiful, but that we all rely on the fresh water, clean air and the safe wildlife habitat of these places. This awareness inspired me to want to care for places like these forever, and to do what I can to provide a healthy environment for all living beings.” GuruBani brings skills, experience and enthusiasm from her previous work with non-profit arts and environmental organizations.

Save the date for the Trust’s Benefit Dinner, March 12, 2011 at the Grange Hall. We will enjoy a delicious, gourmet meal, while raising funds to support the protection and stewardship of land on Lummi Island. Invitations will be mailed in February. Seating is limited, so remember to reserve your seat early.

“Kind words can be short and easy, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa

WATERSHED ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE (WEC) by Wanda Cucinotta, Chair

Want to help our efforts to enhance our Island’s aquatic resources? We are always looking for new committee members and plan on meeting regularly again starting in Feb. (TBA) at the Lummi Island Heritage Trust Resource Center.

Water Sample Volunteer Still Needed: Duties: One specific day a month collect samples (1 hr.) and, later the same day, deliver to Americor Team at Gooseberry Pt (i.e.: free ride on the ferry) (1/2 hr). Call if you are interested in assisting with this important water monitoring work.

Please remember to use the free Mitt Mutt Stations on the Island there to help you clean up after your pet!

This March, we will be organizing volunteer work parties to maintain our Ferry Landing Enhancement efforts. We have permits in hand and are excited to start Phase II: Secured funding sure could motivate us to continue our restoration work around the Ferry Landing and Northern public shoreline. We are currently applying for another grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation/Community Salmon Fund. Wish us luck!

Contact WEC Chair: Wanda @ 360-220 -3077, email: forestflor@aol.com Checkout our Blog:

http://liwec.wordpress.com

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there,” – Will Rogers

YOUR LIBRARY – CONNECTING LEARNING TO LIFE by Joan Keiper

Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 – 8:30 Saturday 10:00 – 4:00

Upcoming Events

Rafting Down the Noatak River – FOIL presents an evening with Kenyon Fields who will share his photos and the story of his adventure at the top of the world. Friday, January 21, 7 PM, Island Grange. Donations to benefit the Island Library will be appreciated.

Where the Wild Things Play – All Island Wii bowling tournament for teams or individuals, miniature golf, and other Wii games. Cakewalk for your sweet tooth. Have fun while supporting your library. $5 suggested donation and $0.25 per cake walk entry. For all tweens & teens. Sunday, February 6, 1-4 PM, at Island Library

Let’s Make Valentines – Make valentines for friends and family. Tuesday, February 8th, 2:30 PM at the Library. For kids of all ages.

Ongoing Events

Preschool Story Time – A half-hour of stories and more for 3 – 7-year-olds. Saturdays, 11:30 AM, Island Library.

Teen Chess Time – Come learn the game or find others with whom to practice your skills. Tuesdays, 5 – 6 PM, Island Library

Teen Spanish Conversation – Come practice your Spanish. Hear about adventures in foreign lands from exchange students & travelers. Try ethnic foods. Thursdays, 7-8 PM, at the Library.

Adult Spanish Conversation Group – Get together with others to practice your Spanish. Share travel stories. Converse with other people who wish to improve their Spanish skills. Thursdays, 7-9 PM, at the Library

Lummi Island Play Readers – meets the first Sunday of each month at 2:30 PM in the library. For February bring a selection of your choice that is about 10 minutes long. Next meeting is Sunday, February 6, 2:30 PM at the Library. Open to all who enjoy reading aloud.

The Friends of Island Library (FOIL) meets the second Monday of each month at the library. FOIL supports the library by providing the facilities, sponsoring community events, and supporting kids’ reading activities. The next meeting is Monday, Feb 14th, 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Library.

When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

PLIC SUPPORTS THE FERRY TASK FORCE From the PLIC Board of Directors:

As the PLIC neighborhood alliance evolves in its 2nd year in support of open and collaborative government on the issue of Lummi Island ferry service, we urge all Islanders to lend support to the newly-selected Ferry Task Force. PLIC Board joins all Islanders in thanking the 7 persons chosen for this volunteer task and pledges to help with finances and tasks. PLIC members have already donated some funds. Articles linked on both www.PLICferry.org and http://lummiislandferryforum.wordpress.com/ discuss ways you can offer assistance. And this long link gives insights from Councilman Tony Larson:

Don’t join dangerous religious cults: Practice safe sects!

WORKER DEAD AT DESK FOR FIVE DAYS

Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to figure out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting at his desk for five days before anyone asked if he was feeling OK. George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers.

He quietly passed away on Monday but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was working during the weekend.

His boss, Elliot Washiaski, said “George was always the first guy in each morning and the last to leave each night, so no one found it unusual that he was in the same position all that time and didn’t say anything. He was always absorbed in his work and kept much to himself.

A post mortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after suffering a coronary. George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died.

You may want to give your coworkers a nudge occasionally. The moral of this story: Don’t work too hard – nobody notices anyway.

 

THINGS GOT YA DOWN? WELL THEN, CONSIDER THiS

In a hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11:00 AM, regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something to do with the super natural.

No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around 11:00 AM Sunday, so a worldwide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents.

The next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11:00 AM all of the doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about.

Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits.

Just when the clock struck 11:00, Pookie Johnson, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so he could plug in the vacuum cleaner.

 

STILL HAVING A BAD DAY?

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in Alaska was $80,000.00 At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.

STILL THINK YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY?

A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.

ARE YA OK NOW? – NO?

Two animal rights defenders were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn , Germany . Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two helpless protesters were trampled to death.

WHAT? STILL HAVING A BAD DAY?

A terrorist didn’t pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with ‘Return to Sender’ stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb; he opened it and was blown to bits.

There now, Feeling Better?

How to clean House

1. Open a new file in your PC

2. Name it “Housework.”

3. Send it to the RECYCLE BIN.

4. Empty the RECYCLE BIN.

5. Your PC will ask you, “Are you sure you want to delete Housework permanently?”

6. Calmly answer, “Yes,” and press mouse button firmly.

7. Feel better? Works for me!

THE SUBSTITUTE

Taxiing down the tarmac, the 757 abruptly stopped, turned around and returned to the gate. After an hour-long wait, it finally took off. A concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, “What was the problem?” “The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine,” explained the flight attendant,” and it took us a while to find a new pilot.”

THE PHOENIX OF AVIATION

One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the runway while an MD80 landed. The MD80 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.

Some quick-witted comedian in the MD80 crew got on the radio and said, “What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?”

Our hero, the Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with: “I made it out of MD80 parts and another landing like that and I’ll have enough parts for another one.”

A US MARINE

After he served his time with the Marine Corps, our friend became a school teacher, and before school started this year he injured his back. He was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn’t even noticeable.

On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school. Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window wide and sat down at his desk. When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he took a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest. He had no trouble with discipline that year…SEMPER FI

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LUMMI ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS – _- 2010___

Officers .

Directors .

President: David Thorn

Jerry Anderson Joan Moye

Vice President: Joanie Roteman

Chuck Keiper John Arntsen

Secretary: Carl Hanson

David Jones

Treasurer/Editor/Archivist: Paul Davis

 

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