The Tome Of Lummi Island
Volume XLVI No. 10
November / December 2011
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LI Volunteer Firefighter Training ………………………………………………… 1, 2 & 3 Thursdays 7:00 PM
Elderberries – Fun, Games and Lunch for Seniors – Church …………… Every Wednesday 11 AM to 2 PM
Island Church & Sunday School – 758-2060………………………………. Every Sunday 10:30 AM
Island Chapel – Grange Hall ……………………………………………………… Every Sunday 9:30 AM
Free Dance Lessons – Grange Hall …………Starting January 6 …… Every Friday 7:00 PM
All-Island Thanksgiving Dinner , Grange Hall By Island Chapel .. Nov 19 Saturday 5:00 PM
LICA Scholarship Application deadline ………………………………. Nov 20 Sunday
Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. Nov 22 Tuesday 6:30 PM
Thanksgiving Dinner at the Church (Please call if you can attend) .. Nov 24 Thursday 4:00 PM
Recycle Pickup – Your House ………………………………………………………. Nov 28 Monday morning
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Dec 1 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
LICA Grant Request Deadline ……………………………………..… Dec 1 Thursday
Christmas Bazaar – Grange Hall …………………………………….. Dec 3 Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM
Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… Dec 5 Monday 6:30 PM
Grange Meeting ………………Social at 6:30 PM……………….……. Dec 7 Wednesday 7:00 PM
Civic Club – Church Fellowship Room ………………………………………… Dec 8 Thursday 10:30 AM
Christmas Ship … Ferry Dock and Beach School …………………… Dec 9 Friday 7:20 Ferry
Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… Dec 12 Monday morning
Beach School Winter Program – “The Runaway Snowman,” ……….. Dec 12, Monday 7:00 PM
Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… Dec 12 Monday 7:30 PM
Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… Dec 13 Tuesday 7:00 PM
Beach School PTO — Beach School ………………………………… Dec 14 Wednesday 6:45 PM
LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. Dec 14 Wednesday 7:30 PM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Dec 15 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Community Christmas Celebration – Congregational Church ……… Dec 18 Sunday 3:30 PM
Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Dec 26 Monday morning
Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. Dec 27 Tuesday 6:30 PM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Dec 29 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Lummi Island Conservancy Board – Library …………………………………. Jan 1 Sunday 7:30 PM
Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… Jan 2 Monday 6:30 PM
Grange Meeting ………………Social at 6:30 PM……………….……. Jan 4 Wednesday 7:00 PM
Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Jan 9 Monday morning
Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… Jan 9 Monday 7:30 PM
Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… Jan 10 Tuesday 7:00 PM
Beach School PTO — Beach School ………………………………… Jan 11 Wednesday 6:45 PM
LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. Jan 11 Wednesday 7:30 PM
Civic Club – Church Fellowship Room ………………………………………… Jan 12 Thursday 10:00 AM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) ………. Jan 12 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
The Tome Deadline ……………………………………………………………… Jan 13 Friday 11:00 PM
PLIC Meeting – Grange Hall …………………………………………. Jan 17 Tuesday 6:30 PM
Heritage Trust Annual Meeting – Grange Hall …………………… Jan 26 Thursday 7-9 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 – 758-2348
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Best of the Worst Country-Western Song Titles
Velcro Arms, Teflon Heart
We have some space left over this month, so let’s enjoy some early history of Lummi Island. Author identities: “LLD” is Lloyd Lincoln Davis – my father; “BH” is Beth Hudson.
A HISTORY OF LUMMI ISLAND
circa 600 BC (LLD) First evidence of the development of the Marpole culture in the San Juan Islands: The Marpole culture was a land-based hunting people with little evidence of a marine economy. Their articrafts were characterized by rude chipped stone points and implements with some use of deer antlers but few bone points. This culture named after the Marpole site on the Fraser River flourished through all the islands until about 400 AD.
circa 400 AD (LLD) The Marpole culture had died out, and the beginning of the Salishean culture is found. It was primarily a marine-based culture with a fine development of fishing articrafts using bone points and bone with antler tools — practically identical to the recent Salishean culture.
circa 1300 (LLD) By the fourteenth century, the Salish people had expanded through all the islands, and had grown to a large and extensive race.
circa 1700 (LLD) By the eighteenth century, the ethnic group known as the Nuh-Lummis had spread all over the north Puget Sound country and included the Lummi Tribe of the northern San Juan Islands, the Samish occupying Samish Island and southern San Juan and Lopez Islands, the Semiahmoo at Blaine, the Nooksacks on the Lummi and Nooksack rivers and a few of the more northern Skagit County groups. With ample and easily acquired food, there was little warfare between the different villages, but a serious and powerful enemy developed from the northern Pacific Coast Indians of the Athabaskan and Wakashan ethnic peoples — particularly the Haidas and Tsimshian clans. They were a tall powerful warlike people equipped with excellent weapons with copper and stone points, knives and spears. They wore armor made of hide and wood. They were slavers, and in the spring would raid the Lummi Villages, killing all the inhabitants except those wanted as slaves. They sold slaves up and down the Pacific coast, such slaves having been found as far south as the Hoh River.
1741 (LLD) During the seventeenth century, the Russians had crossed Siberia and had reached the Pacific and had built forts on the Kamchatka peninsula. In 1741 The Bering Expedition with two ships, explored the Aleutian Islands and one ship reached the Alaska mainland. They returned with stories of the fabulously rich furs, particularly the sea otter, and the Russians rapidly developed a fur trade south along the Alaska and British Columbia coast.
circa 1770 (LLD) The news of the rich north Pacific fur trade quickly spread through Europe, and both the British and Spanish who both claimed all of the north Pacific coast sent out survey expeditions and started active fur trading. The “Boston Men” soon followed. This trade gave the northern Indians steel for knives, spears and arrow points, and even worse, muskets, powder and shot.
The acquisition of the new weapons by the northern Indians proved almost disastrous to the Lummis who had no defense against the increasing raids from the north. The result was that the Lummis abandoned their permanent villages in the islands and moved to the mainland, driving the Nooksacks up the river away from the salt water. They continued to use their fishing and hunting locations in the islands during the summer seasons.
1791 (LLD) The Spanish from Mexico started extensive surveys of the north Puget Sound. Quimper sailed through the islands and left the name “San Juan” for the islands and “Rosario” for the strait.. Francisco Eliza surveyed Bellingham Bay, giving it the name of “Seno de Gaston” (Gulf of Gaston).
Galiano and Valdez sailed through Hale’s Passage, naming Lummi Island “Isla de Pacheco” and Lummi Bay “Ensenada de Locra.”
1792 (LLD) Vancouver followed closely after Galiano and Valdez. He sailed up Rosario Straight and did not enter Bellingham Bay, but sent Master Joseph Whidbey in a small boat to explore the area, and named the bay “Bellingham”, the mountain “Baker” and “Point Frances” (note the original feminine form). Vancouver did not recognize Lummi as an island and did not mention it. Vancouver’s only interest in the area was charting it, and as a result he left little information regarding the Indians. It was in the summer, and the permanent Indian villages were deserted, and the Indians were away to their fishing and hunting sites. Whidbey did describe a small group on Orcas Island where the women were weaving storage baskets and mats. Whidbey made one of the few reports we have about the “wool dogs.” On the east side of Whidbey Island he saw a drove of 40 dogs shorn down to the skin like sheep. The Lummis did not eat the dogs but raised them for their “wool.”
1792 June “Finally, about 7 PM in the evening of June 8 the Sloop-of-War Discovery (commanded by George Vancouver) and Armed Tender Chatham (commanded by William Broughton) weighed anchor and caught a light breeze which took them about 11 miles northward into Rosario Strait. At 9 the same evening, the vessel dropped anchor on a rocky hard bottom… Chatham… lost anchor which probably still lies on a rocky ledge in the southwestern part of Bellingham Channel, encrusted with barnacles and covered with seaweed. Monday, June 11 at 4 am the ships sailed out of Strawberry Bay (Cypress Island) and tacked up Rosario Strait. For a few hours the wind fell off and they were becalmed. In the late afternoon they passed Lummi Island and entered Georgia Strait where they sighted a small bay to the north … Birch Bay…” From Coastal Exploration of Washington by Robert B. Whitebrook.
1792 (BH) In 1792 Lummi Island was charted for the first time by the Spanish explorers Goliano and Valdez. They recorded it as the “Isla de Pacheco” apparently in honor of the Viceroy of Mexico. Isla de Pacheco remained on the charts until 1841, at which time the Wilkes expedition renamed it McLaughlin Island after John McLaughlin of the Hudson’s Bay Co. Its present name of Lummi Island was given it by the U.S. Geodetic Survey in 1853.
ISLAND RAINFALL | OCTOBER | Last year | ||
Westshore Farm Hayfield | 2.02” | 2.62” | (Sheila & Al Marshall) | |
North Tuttle Lane | 2.07” | 2.02” | (Nancy Simmerman) | |
South Tuttle Lane | n/a” | 5.00” | (Wynne Lee) | |
South Nugent | 2.33” | 5.60” | (Jerry Brown) | |
Scenic Estates | 2.25” | 6.87” | (Darlene Stoffer) |
WEBSITE DESIGN AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, Nancy Swanson, Ph.D. 758-4277
EARLY MORNING WALL STREET JOURNAL delivered six days a week by Don Hayes. Special prices for the WSJ often appear in magazines. WSJ is objective, except Editorials. Ad paid for by a fan of early morning WSJ delivery.
FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS, Bridal Bouquets etc. brujabotanicals.com 758-4277
ERIK’S LANDSCAPING Professional pruning, installation, renovation and maintenance. 758-7105
NANCY SIMMERMAN’S KNITWEAR & GIFT SHOP is now open at 2386 Tuttle Lane. By appointment or drop by. Phone:758-2489. Brochure available at The Islander.
SHARPENING: Chain Saws – Circular Saws – Drills – Knives – Chisels & Flat Planes – 758-2343
PLANS FOR BUILDING PERMITS/CONSTRUCTION CONSULTATION — unCommon Sense Design Luther Allen 360-739-7846
ALUMINUM CAN-RECYCLING by the Grange. Bins located in Grange parking lot. Thank you.
$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 Bill Moye. Bill is also the first to subscribe for 2012 Tome. Thanks, Bill. Bill is also the most Senior Veteran honored at the Beach School Veterans Day luncheon with a nice plaque.
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.
Doctor Bob – Feb. 7, 1935 – October 15, 2011
Robert Winston Brownlee (“Doctor Bob”) died in his home on October 15, 2011. Robert was born on Feb. 7th, 1935 in Hemmingford Quebec. A graduate of McGill University, Robert practiced as a Medical Oncologist for 43 years, with stops in Detroit, Monroe Wisconsin, and Fargo North Dakota, retiring to his Lummi Island Home in 2000. Robert spent 4 years battling cancer and with the help of his friend and caregiver Grant Hummel, his family, and Hospice of Whatcom County he was able to stay in his home with his dogs. Robert will be remembered fondly for his integrity, humor, faith, intelligence, compassion and humility. He was highly skilled at most things he was interested in, with a special fondness for gardening, the Flower Guild at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, needlepoint, and his dogs. He valued his family, friends, and faith.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his sister Audrey (Donald) Henchey, niece Lynda (Bruce) Young, friend Grant Hummel, grand nephews Michael and Andrew Young, nephew David (Monique) Henchey, dogs Sox and Annie, niece Janet Henchey, grand nephew Stephen (Natalia) Young and a large family of friends across the county. Thank you to Hospice of Whatcom County for their care, compassion, and diligence.
A funeral service was held at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bellingham on Saturday, October 29. Memorials can be made to St Paul’s Episcopal Church Flower Guild.
“Witnessing the Republicans and the Democrats bicker over the U.S. debt is like watching two drunks argue over a bar bill on the Titanic.”
Thank You
The Hanson family would like to extend its deepest thanks for all the loving support we received while we were saying goodbye to our beloved Polly. The Celebration of Life ceremony was so enhanced by the presence of all of you and the meals were so welcome. It makes me so thankful to be a Lummi Islander. (There are several serving dishes to be picked up.)
Free Dance Lessons at the Grange Hall – – Pat Moye
The Lummi Island Grange will be offering the community free dance lessons during those cold wet winter months of January through March. Vic Armfield, former Arthur Murray dance instructor will teach the Waltz, Fox Trot, Western Swing and Cha Cha to all Islanders at no charge! Singles, Couples and families are invited to join in the fun. If you already know how to dance, come help out those of us with two left feet. There will be plenty of time to just dance. The dance lessons will start Friday January 6th at 7 PM at the Grange Hall and will continue each Friday until the end of March. If you miss the first lesson join in at anytime. If you have any questions call Pat Moye at 510-7392
A penny saved is a government oversight.
BEACH SCHOOL NEWS – – Judy Thomas, Manager
Our superintendent, Mrs. Linda Quinn, said it best. “There is history in books but we had a living history in our gym.” Bill Moye at 93 years of age was honored as our oldest veteran, plus we had a representative of every branch of service and every military event since WWII. Over 75 people attended – veterans, family and friends. Our students proudly sang and spoke their thanks to everyone.
Please mark your calendars for these special dates:
Thanksgiving vacation – Nov 24, 25.
Beach School Winter Program – “The Runaway Snowman,” December 12, 9:30 AM; dress rehearsal and 7:00 PM the actual play.
Winter Break – December 19 – January 2nd
School Resumes – January 3, 2012
We still are looking for reading volunteers in the mornings for Mrs. Sheek’s class. Mrs. T’s class would like to learn cribbage on Thursdays from 1:00 – 2:00 PM. Call Kathy (383-9440) if you can help.
Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
Reprinted from November, 1999
ISLEWARD – – Jerry Brown for Lummi Island Conservancy
Lummi Island: It’s not just an address – it’s a state of mind.
In a day and age when our lives seem to move faster and faster and become more and more complicated, we might stop and pause to ask the question: “Who are we, and why are we here.”
At face value, the first half of the question might be the easiest to answer. We are school teachers, nurses, artists, carpenters and more; a variety of skills careers and trades; a diverse group of people, but all with one thing in common: We live on an Island.
To answer the second half of the question, we need to look deeper within ourselves. Some among us were lucky enough to be born here. The rest of us found our way here by one road or another and made the commitment to call the Island “Home.” As Islanders, it is important to recall our original reasons for moving here and weigh them carefully against any inconveniences of Island living experienced not only by us, but by islanders everywhere.
So the ferry is late – the sunrise/sunsets are fabulous; so the power is out – we get to see wildlife up close and personal; so the ferry is broken – the sense of community is extraordinary; so the restaurant isn’t open every day of the week – your mail gets delivered even without a full address; make your own list – it’s easy.
Things can always be better, or worse, but better is often a long time in coming. The world owes us nothing — we are not special simply because we chose to live here. We should rise above our personal momentary difficulties, take it in stride with good humor and count ourselves among the very fortunate to live on an Island like Lummi. It is up to us to carry on the tradition of islanders everywhere, to be flexible, resourceful, self-reliant, appreciative and tolerant. Or, if all else fails, you might take the advice of that old poet, Bob Dylan: “The moral of this story, the moral of this song, is simply that one should never be where one does not belong.”
Some people are like blisters. They don’t show up until the work is done.
2012 LICA Scholarship Application Deadline – – David Thorn
The deadline to apply for a $500 scholarship from LICA is November 20. Application forms and instructions are available at The Islander. Please return the completed applications to the Islander. If any questions, please contact David Thorn or Bill Lee.
LICA GRANT REQUEST DEADLINE DEC 1 – – ed
The deadline for 2012 LICA grants to Lummi Island non-profit organizations is this December 1. Please be very brief in making your request Just tell us what your project is and how much you would reasonably like to have, considering that several organizations will be competing for a limited amount of money.
You can mail your request to LICA, P.O. Box 163, or e-mail it to thetome@lummiislandcable.com or place it in the Tome Drop Box across Nugent Road from the school house. Remember – Thursday, December 1.
Freedom is the right to be wrong – not the right to do wrong.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!
The Thurber/D’Arienzo family would like to take this time of thanksgiving to express our humble gratitude to the Lummi Island community for their unending support this past year and a half. Your support came in many forms…hugs, letters, donations, prayers and healing thoughts, tissue flowers, blood donations, fundraisers, signing up on the bone marrow registry, words of encouragement on Simon’s Caringbridge and Jenica’s e-mail, helping in readying Simon’s new home in Ferndale, a food drive for the Ronald MacDonald House. Simon is now nine months post transplant and doing well. He is looking forward to February when he will be able to attend school. Thank you for keeping Simon and his family in your thoughts as they continue on this journey. He is our hero and you are his.
After a dentist and a manicurist married, they fought tooth and nail.
The Grange News – – Louise Kolstad
The Grange Salmon BBQ was a huge success with about 280 enjoying the barbeque salmon dinner. Dorothy reported the salmon were handpicked just for this event. Rose Ann said she is planning for 300 next year—the line of diners went way out the door. Not only is the BBQ planned for Islanders when the tourists have left, but all the proceeds go to the Grange Scholarship Fund.
Keep your aluminum cans coming to the Grange recycle bin. Bud said he had 200 lbs bagged and ready to take to town. With your recycled cans, you provide the funding for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library (provides free books for newborns to age 5) and for the purchase of dictionaries for 3rd graders at Beach School.
Don’t forget the annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, December 3, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Grange Hall. The kitchen will be open from 10 AM to 3 PM with soup, sandwiches, and cinnamon rolls. Plan to do some visiting while you enjoy food from the kitchen. Come to purchase a variety of craft items at the bazaar. Candy Jones has been selling table space for those desiring to sell items at the bazaar.
Dancing lessons will be held at the Grange on Friday nights starting on January 6 from 7 to 9 PM with the waltz. Additional dances will include the Fox Trot, Western Swing and Cha Cha. Singles and Couples come for free dance lessons. Call Pat Moye if you have a question.
The Grange meets the first Wednesday of the month, starting at 6:30 PM with a social. The meeting starts at 7 and we finish by 8. We invite you to join us. Leslie Dempsey is President and Robert Sorensen is Vice President.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
ISLAND LIBRARY – IT BELONGS TO YOU – – Joan Keiper
Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 – 8:30 Saturday 10:00 – 4:00
Change in Open Hours: Starting January, 2012 the library will open on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:00 – 8:00 PM. Saturday will remain the same- 10:00 – 4:00.
Upcoming Events
“Let’s make Presents”- Make great gifts for family and friends. 2:30, Thursday Dec 8, at Island Library. Grades K- 5
“DIY Bubble Magnets”: Make Bubble Magnets in the library for the holidays…make a gift your friends will love to put on their fridge or locker! Materials will be available during library open hours after Thanksgiving until Dec. 22. Grades 6-12.
Ongoing Events
“Story Time” – Stories and more for ages 3-5, weekly on Tuesdays through December 13. 3:30-4:00 PM, Island Library
“Chess Time” with Abe and Matt. Get together and have fun with your friends and neighbors while exercising your brain Tuesdays at 5:00 PM at the Island Library.
The Friends of Island Library (FOIL) Board meets the second Monday of the month at the library. FOIL members are community volunteers who have decided to support Lummi Island Library. The next meeting is Monday, December 12, 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Library. FOIL Board meetings are open to the public.
An Old Farmer’s Advice: * Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.*
CHRISTMAS SHIP – – ed
The 64th annual sailing of the Christmas Ship sponsored by Lions International is scheduled to arrive here at the ferry dock Friday evening December 9 at about 7:20 PM. Our volunteer firefighters will escort Santa Claus and his helpers to Beach School for a reception where he will hand out toys to all good children who are brave enough to sit on his lap. The party at the school is sponsored by the Beach School PTO, and LICA makes a financial contribution to help defray the expenses of the ship and toys.
“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked me for my autograph.” – Shirley Temple
Heritage Trust News – – Becca and Megan
It’s been a busy, beautiful fall this year for the Heritage Trust. Listen closely; you can hear the owls calling in the dark woods. Over 30 Islanders of all ages joined expert birder Victor Burgett on an Owl Prowl at the Otto Preserve last month. Participants learned to identify the calls of Saw-Whet, Pygmy, Barred, Screech, Great-Horned, Long-Eared and Barn owls. A Barred owl even flew into view and called to the lucky owl prowlers!
The Heritage Trust partners with scientific and educational organizations to help create inventories of the flora and fauna at our nature preserves. In October, the Northwest Mushroomers Association guided a Mushroom Foray at the Otto Preserve. They helped indentify and inventory over 80 different mushroom and lichen species. Please remember that plant and mushroom collecting on all Heritage Trust preserves is restricted to events like this, for educational or scientific purposes only. Stop by the Resource Center to read our growing inventory lists and learn more about the natural world around us.
It is a festive time of year! Deck the halls of your home or office with fresh evergreen wreaths, cedar boughs and swags created by Trust members and friends. Visit the Heritage Trust’s table during the Holiday Bazaar on December 3 at the Grange Hall, 10 AM – 2 PM to purchase your evergreen décor, as well as locally made beeswax tapers and votives. Your purchases will benefit the Heritage Trust and help preserve the open space, native habitat, and natural resources of our Island.
Save the date for the Heritage Trust Annual Meeting on January 26, 2012, 7-9 PM at the Grange Hall, featuring botanist, editor, and illustrator, Dr. Linda Ann Vorobik. Linda will speak on “Island Habitats, Botanical Inspirations of Our Northwest Islands.” With photographic images of our local islands, their habitats and plants, Dr. Vorobik will share what inspires her to create beautiful botanical art. Original botanical artwork, selected prints, and cards, as well as hand-painted silk scarves, and refreshments will be available following the presentation; and 30% of the sales will be generously donated to the Heritage Trust. 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.
Last but not least – watch your mail for the next Heritage Trust Newsletter, which will contain two exciting land protection announcements! The Heritage Trust Board and staff extend a warm thank you to all who have renewed your annual memberships and donated gifts of time, talent and money. If you have not renewed you membership yet this year, it is not too late! We depend on your support every day as we work together to protect land on Lummi Island.
Laziness is nothing more that the habit of resting before you get tired.
ISLAND CHAPEL NEWS – – Jerry McRorie
Nondenominational Bible study continues. Study groups for men and women are each Monday at Wendell and Terry Terry’s home at 2882 N. Nugent. The Terrys provide a soup dinner at 6 PM with studies beginning at 6:30. A women’s Bible study is held on Friday mornings at Candy Jones’ home, 2450 N. Nugent. The group welcomes women of all ages. For more information, call Candy at 758-7986.
Winter youth camp will be for middle and high school children at White Pass January 13-16. For more information on this or for counseling or prayer, call Pastor Chris Immer at 758-2254.
Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, “Windy, isn’t it?”
Second one says, “No, it’s Thursday!”
Third one says, “So am I. Let’s go get a beer.”
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB NEWS – – Lynn Schreiber
We have been very busy and have settled into our new schedule. With each day we get more kids joining in on Power Hour and doing their homework and reading at the Club. This is great for parents who want to spend quality time with their children after a long day at work.
We would like to congratulate Darrien Camarillo for the wonderful job she did speaking at the Annual Breakfast! Darrien spoke to a crowd of around 600 people and did an amazing job explaining what the club has meant to her and what her plans for the future are.
We had our first on-Island field trip and paid a visit to Basil’s shop. The kids had a great time and really enjoyed learning about stone carving and all the other forms of art that Basil does. Thanks Basil!
We have started work on some much needed repairs and would like to thank Taylor, T. J. and Fred Nyland for their help! We have the moisture ants on the run and are looking forward to continuing to keep the club a safe place for the kids.
We will be starting our Pre-school on December 6 and look forward to learning math, science, music, reading and art with our Island 2-5 year olds. The Pre-school will run Tuesday through Thursday from 9:00 to 1:00. Please come by the club to fill out registration paperwork or call Lynn for more information at 758-2828.
Don’t forget to visit our table at the Holiday Bazaar on December 3 at the Grange!
We look forward to seeing you around the Island and would like to thank you again for all you do to support the children!
Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
LAST REMINDER – – ed
This is the last issue of The Tome for 2011. If you want to continue for 2012, please use the enclosed subscription sheet soon to be sure your subscription is uninterrupted. And be sure to check one of the “Brown Betty” boxes so I know what you want.
CIVIC CLUB NEWS – – Pat Moye, Secretary
The Civic Club is proud to announce that the Legoe Bay Reef net sign is completed. We still have to finalize the base support and will let the community know when it is ready to install.
Our November meeting was a fund raising luncheon by members and their guests. Table hostesses Louise Kolstad, Diane Harper, Linda Schaeffer, Becky McRorie, Capella Cole-Mann, Beverly Busch, Linda and Joann Bowman beautifully arranged their tables with their own personal settings and centerpieces.
Linda Smith, Naomi Jarvie and Carol Chaudière did a wonderful job displaying donated items for the antique, collectibles and unique item sale.
Our chef, Rose Ann Auld with her able assistants Pat Moye, Becky Hoekema and Louise Kolstad cooked up and served a wonderful lunch featuring Chicken Devan. The event raised approximately $650 that will be donated to our Island non profits. Everyone had a wonderful time! In fact we added two new members from our younger generation: Tammy Immer and Lisa Lish!
Our next meeting is Thursday December 8 at 10:30 AM in the Congregational Church fellowship hall and will feature a workshop by Nancy Swanson and Linda Smith on making bio degradable Christmas wreaths. All Lummi Island women are encouraged to come.
Sign in the Lummi Island cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers
from any but their own graves
Lummi Island Congregational Church – – Cindy Bauleke, Pastor
Time seems to be speeding up as we near the holidays. For a little breathing space, join us for worship and these holiday celebrations:
Thanksgiving Dinner, on Thanksgiving, at 4 PM, for anyone who would enjoy sharing dinner with others, free (sign up at the church or Islander especially if you want to bring a dish to share – though this is not necessary).
Advent, the season of anticipation preceding Christmas begins Sunday, Nov 27, with 10:30 AM worship.
The Children’s Christmas Pageant, always a delight, Dec 4, 10:30 AM.
The Community Christmas celebration with music of the season, Dec 18, 3:30 PM (choir rehearsals start Dec 4 at 11:45, for questions contact Becca Rettmer 758-2222).
The wonder of Christmas Eve candle light and communion, Dec 24 at 5 PM.
No worship on Christmas Day
New Year’s Day worship at 10:30 AM.
No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.
You will not want to miss Bryan Thurber’s Gadjo Gypsies in concert at the Church, Thursday Dec 15, 7:30 PM, by donation. Music with “gypsy flair with American swing and original bebop.”
We continue to collect food for Island holiday baskets and county food banks through Thanksgiving.
Elderberries meet each Wednesday from 11 AM to 2 PM for games and socializing for retired Islanders, or come for lunch at noon. For more information: lummichurch@netzero.net or Facebook.
We are very grateful for the incredible support of the Church by generous Islanders – thank you!
If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together. African proverb
MT Baker Cable
can provide TV and Internet
on Lummi Island with No contracts
1-877-396-3016
Land Surveyor
Boundaries, Plats, Site Plans, Construction
Barry Herman, PLS
3842 Legoe Bay Rd
Lummi Island, WA 360 758 2068
Northstar Marine Canvas
Custom Canvas for your boat or home
Victoria Souze
758-2068 739-6713
vsouze@lummiislandcable.com
CUSTOM DELIVERIES
Need something picked up in town?
Prescriptions? Automotive parts?
Small items 1 stop $10.00
I have a pickup for larger loads $50.
Call 305-2081. Janet Hadfield
HANSON FAMILY GARAGE SALE
2781 West Shore Drive
Sunday, November 20th 9 AM-1 PM TREASURES for everyone–unopened items from the food coop, too many great finds to list! Hot beverages for sale to support grand-kids college fund.
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LUMMI ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS – _- 2011___
Officers . | Directors . |
President: David Thorn | Jerry Anderson Bill Lee |
Vice President: Larry Roteman | John Arntsen Tom Weatherby |
Secretary: Mike Skehan | Malcolm Hutchings |
Treasurer/Editor/Archivist: Paul Davis |
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