Our Lummi Island Community

Tome 2012/01

The Tome Of Lummi Island
Volume XLVII No. 1
January 2012

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Community Association Meeting – Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Potluck Dinner – – – 6:30 PM

Program and Business Meeting – – – 7:15 PM

Program: Lummi Island websites; Ferry Advisory Committee; School levy

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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 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 Dancing lessons at the Grange Hall ……………………………… Every Friday 7.00-9.00 PM

Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… Jan 23 Monday morning

Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. Jan 24 Tuesday 6:30 PM

LICA POTLUCK DINNER MEETING —Grange Hall ..…………… Jan 25 Wednesday 6:30 / 7:15 PM

Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Jan 26 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM

Heritage Trust Annual Meeting – Grange Hall ……………………….. Jan 28 Saturday 7:00 to 9:00 PM

Grange Meeting ………………Social at 6:30 PM……………….……. Feb 1 Wednesday 7:00 PM

London Murder Mystery – script reading/acting – Library ……… Feb 4 Saturday 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Tour Proposed New Otto Preserve Wetland – Resource center ……… Feb 5 Sunday 1:00 PM

Lummi Island Conservancy Board – Library …………………………………. Feb 5 Sunday 7:30 PM

Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Feb 6 Monday morning

Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… Feb 6 Monday 6:30 PM

Beach School PTO — Beach School ………………………………… Feb 8 Wednesday 6:45 PM

LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. Feb 8 Wednesday 7:30 PM

Civic Club – Church Fellowship Room ………………………………………… Feb 9 Thursday 10:00 AM

Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Feb 9 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM

The Tome Deadline ……………………………………………………………… Feb 10 Friday 11:00 PM

Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… Feb 13 Monday 7:30 PM

Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… Feb 14 Tuesday 7:00 PM

Heritage Trust will show “Greenfire,” film – Resource Center ……… Feb 18 Saturday 7:00 PM

Otto Preserve Guided Geology Tour – with Geologist Kent Nielsen … Feb 25 Saturday 10:00 AM

Annual Spaghetti Dinner Grange Hall …by Grange for Everyone …… Mar 3 Saturday 5:30 to 7:30 PM

ANWR Slideshow & Talk-Library – Alaska, Cascades, Brooks Range Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 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 2:00 to 8:00 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 – 758-2348

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MULTI-FACETED PROGRAM – – ed

Our program at next Wednesday’s (January 25) Potluck Dinner Meeting will be a mixture of interesting things. Robert Keller and Nancy Ging will introduce and explain the new web sites – Lummi Island Next Door Neighbor and Lummi Island Portal. Next we hope to have a report on the County Council’s establishing the new Ferry Advisory Committee at their meeting the day before. Finally, Louis Hunter and AnnaLee Holmdahl will present the case for the school levy.

During our business meeting following these presentations we will have nominations for our LICA 2012 Officers and Directors. We are always looking for 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. To be approved, this package must be favorably voted upon at two consecutive meetings – January and February.

The door prize will be $155 for a Tome subscriber if s/he is in the Hall at the time of the drawing. Last October, Robert Keane missed his flight from Florida and so missed his $150.

I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn’t recruit me and he said:

“Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren’t any good.”

Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State University

ISLAND RAINFALL NOV DEC 2011
Westshore Farm Hayfield 4.05” 2.48” 32.78” (Sheila & Al Marshall)
North Tuttle Lane 3.98” 2.61” 32.95” (Nancy Simmerman)
South Tuttle Lane n/a n/a n/a (Wynne Lee)
South Nugent 4.13” 2.80” 33.64” (Jerry Brown)
Scenic Estates 4.50” 2.50” 37.10” (Darlene Stoffer)

NANCY SIMMERMAN’S KNITWEAR & GIFT SHOP is now open at 2386 Tuttle Lane.  By

appointment or drop by.  Phone: 758-2489.  Brochure at The Islander.  NEW! Very wearable ponchos.

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

ACADEMIC TUTORING K-12, Spanish for children & adults, credentialed teacher. Erin: erina.nw@gmail.com, 778.0230

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.

MONTHLY FIRE PREVENTION CHECKLIST – – – From Northwest Burn Foundation

January ‑ Practice a fire escape plan with your entire family. Don’t forget to pick a meeting place.

Civic Club – – Pat Moye, Secretary

Our January Civic Club Meeting was hosted by Louise Kolstad and Becky McRorie who plied us with hot coffee and yummy pastries (with the calories left out). President Rose Ann Auld welcomed new member Joan Keiper. The Civic Club holds fund raisers throughout the year and distributes the funds to Island nonprofit organizations. At this meeting members agreed to allocate funds to the Disaster Preparedness group to purchase emergency food supplies, the Girl Scouts Troup for their summer trip, and the Boys & Girls Club to supply after school snacks. Members also voted to make raising funds for the Library renovation and expansion project the Civic Project for 2012.

Our major fund raiser each year is the Garden Expo. The date for this year is May 5. We are looking for people interested in selling garden/outdoor retail items and we will again have speakers and information booths. If you are interested in participating please call event chair Pat Moye at 510-7392.

The Reef Net sign is finished and stored on Island awaiting a base. Duncan and Towner McLane will be designing and building the base and we hope to have it installed and hold a dedication ceremony Memorial Day weekend.

Our January Program: Bob Busch demonstrated how to dislodge an object from a child’s throat and how to give them CPR. He also talked about how to control bleeding. This was a very informative presentation with much interaction from the members.

Our next month’s meeting is February 9, 2012 at 10 AM. This is our Valentines meeting. Bring two or three dozen cookies for plates that will be given to Island Services as a thank you. Also bring a Valentine for our secret valentine exchange. Our program: Tammy Immer from Lummi Island Chocolates will be demonstrating how to make truffles. She and her family have lived on Lummi for over 4 years and she has been dabbling in chocolates for 15 years. Tammy sells truffles, suckers, fudge, etc. throughout the year at different Island bazaars and events and will have packages of her truffles available for sale just in time for Valentine’s day.

All Lummi Island women are welcome to join us!

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way, so I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

The first time in forty seven years – – ed

For the first time (if memory serves) since the Tome started publishing in 1966, it has been delayed by snow.

James B. Lundberg – August 26, 1925 – December 22, 2011

Jim Lundberg, age 86 of Lummi Island, passed away December 22, 2011. He was born August 26, 1925 in Wadena, MN to Blanche and Oscar Lundberg.

http://mi-cache.legacy.com/legacy/images/Cobrands/BellinghamHerald/Photos/bhw_20120104_0085168976-02_1_20120104.jpg Jim lived a full life. After retiring as co-owner of Lundberg Concrete Pipe Company in Tacoma he shared time between Arizona and Washington. He served as Commodore of the Tacoma Yacht Club and spent many years cruising the San Juan Islands with his friends and family. Time on the water brought him great joy.

In 2001 he moved to Lummi Island with his wife Dory, where he enjoyed being involved in community activities, and appreciating the simple, serene lifestyle of the Island.

Jim is survived by his wife Dory, daughter Susan Quinby and grand daughter Jennifer of Raleigh, NC, son Scott Lundberg (wife Robyn and granddaughter Christine) of Sammamish, WA, Dory’s children Tom Hodgson (wife Jean), Tim Hodgson (wife Cheri), Sandy Ortloff (husband Craig), and Susan Meadows.

He will fondly be remembered as a loving husband, a gentle man and a gentleman.

A memorial service was held at the Lummi Island Grange Hall, Sunday Jan 8th, for Jim’s friends and neighbors. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to The Lummi Island Church – Parish Nurses or the Lummi Island Volunteer Fire Department.

The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

BOB LANDERHOLM – August 15, 1927 – November 16, 2011

Bob Landerholm, age 84, passed away November 16, 2011, at home. He was born August 15, 1927 in Sequim, WA, to Edwin and Helen Landerholm. Bob graduated from Washington http://mi-cache.legacy.com/legacy/images/Cobrands/BellinghamHerald/Photos/bhw_20111120_0085166279-02_1_20111120.jpg State College with a degree in Civil Engineering. He married Beverly Van Horn in Bellingham on June 7, 1951. Bob served as a Civil Engineer for the U.S. Navy. His engineering career with Weyerhaeuser provided his family with a life of adventure and travel. Bob was one of the first businessmen to enter China in the early 1980’s.

He and Bev later lived for 2 ½ years in the remote, jungled wilds of East Malaysia on the north coast of the island of Borneo. After retiring, Bob and Beverly became snowbirds, spending summers on Lummi Island where they are members of the Lummi Island Congregational Church, wintering in Mesa, Arizona, and visiting much of the rest of the world. Bob enjoyed golf, fishing, and crabbing.

Bob was preceded in death by his sister Barbara and his brother Ralph. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Beverly, daughters Lani (Ron) Metoyer, Nancy (Fred) Nyland, Barb (Dan) Eschbach, son Rob Landerholm, grandchildren Jeana, Amanda, Eli, Jacob (Sarah), Nathan, Joel, Daniel, Sarah, Rebeccah, Hannah; sisters Fran (Jim) Baker and Arlys (Chris) Tressler, and many loving friends and relatives. A family gathering will be held. Memorials may be made to Lummi Island Congregational Church, P.O. Box 6, Lummi Island, WA 98262.

Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

ISLAND CHAPEL NEWS  – – Jerry McRorie

All Lummi Island women are invited to brunch Sunday February 19, 1-3 PM at the Grange Hall. There’ll be no calorie counting, no sweat, no guilt! Just abounding grace and love and you join Island Chapel women for food, friendship and fun.

Young people from Island Chapel are attending a winter snow camp at White Pass over Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

Bible study for men and women continues Monday nights at the Wendell and Terry Terry home with soup at 6 PM followed by the study groups at 6:30. They are at 2882 N. Nugent. Candy Jones is holding Bible study for women at her home, 2450 N. Nugent each Friday morning. Call Candy at 758-7986 for more information.

Sunday morning services are 9:30 to 10:30 at the Grange Hall. For more information, call Pastor Chris Immer at 758-2254.

I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted pay checks.

ISLAND STUDENTS SUPPORT FSD LEVY

by Louis Hunter, Windward High School Sophomore, and Annalee Holmdahl, Ferndale High School Junior

Island Voters! Have you heard your neighbors talking about the upcoming levy election? This levy, which replaces a 2 year levy for another 4 years, supports 25% of the Ferndale School District budget as federal and state funding continues to decrease. It is not a new tax. Supporting this levy keeps more teachers and para-educators at Beach, Vista, Ferndale and Windward High Schools, where Island students attend. Don’t worry about Beach School closing. That won’t happen, but do worry about losing 33 teachers and 82 classified staff in our district! We need our instructors to maintain important programs that Island students enjoy at Beach and in town, like Aiming High (the program for the gifted), Band, Orchestra, Choir, Art, Drama and Sports. Since the levy provides 25% of our funding, a failure would mean a gigantic lay-off of staff. Besides losing enriching programs, our class sizes would be huge. We would all suffer. Remember, voting to keep good schools in our area protects your property values – so important on Lummi Island! Please be on the look out for your Ferndale Education Levy Ballot in the mail. You should see it the week of January 23. Ballots are due February 14, so let’s get the Island informed! Remind friends to vote when you see them at The Islander, the Post Office, the Beach Store Café, the Library, walking on Frank’s Beach, at Church and Chapel! This levy has been consistently supported by the Island and hasn’t failed since 1976, and we’d like to keep it that way. The students of Lummi Island thank you for your support!

The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.

Martin Lutz – May 21, 1925 – November 23, 2011

Martin spent his early childhood in Santo Croce, Italy overlooking the Adriatic Sea.

In Switzerland he began his career as a civil engineer, met and married his dear Didi, became a father to Chris and Anita, and eventually brought his young family to the United States.

During his career the family made homes in New York State, Mill Valley and Sausalito, California, Brazil, Algeria, Lummi Island and Bellingham. His was an was an international life though he was very much a local man.

Martin’s legacy on Lummi Island is evident wherever we look. He was instrumental in the restructure of the Congregational Church building; designed the pathway stairs down to the church beach, engineered the new community water system for Isle Aire and while President of FOIL, lead the conversion of a private residence to become the new Lummi Island Library.

His warm smile and quiet ways will be missed by his two children, three grandchildren, his beloved Didi, friends far and wide and those of us on Lummi Island who had the good fortune to know him

A memorial contribution in Martin’s name can be made to the Lummi Island Heritage Trust, PO Box 158, Lummi Island, WA 98262.

Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

HAZARD IN THE LUMMI ISLAND WILDERNESS – – Janice Holmes & David Thorn

So what happens when you break a knee cap while on a walk in the rain on Christmas Eve day on Lummi Island? Well, first after running to Robert and Tamia Sorenson’s house Robert ran back to David with a tarp, heat blanket and first aid kit to keep him warm, dry and stable while Tamia loaded up me and our wet, muddy dog to take us home. A good lesson was Robert’s insistence to call 911 to mobilize a response. Bob Busch was able to drive our car up muddy, rutted Blizard Rd., with Ernie and Laura and equipment after two failed attempts by me ‑ thank you Bob. With an inflatable cast Laura, Ernie and Robert were able to stabilize David’s leg until Duncan and Mike arrived with a portable stretcher. David was loaded up on the stretcher and carried out for about a mile to meet the ambulance which was unable to get any closer. Duncan, Mike, Ernie and Robert carried David without once mentioning that David might want to go on a diet, well maybe it was mentioned once ‑ or twice. We arrived at the ferry just in time for lunch break but we were loaded up and taken over to meet another waiting ambulance. Thanks Richie, John and Patrick. Arriving at the St. Joseph’s emergency room David was ultimately taken into surgery, knee cap repaired and home on the 11:10 ferry. We have an amazing volunteer aid and ferry crew on the Island. We can’t thank all of them enough for the help and care that we received.

I always take life with a grain of salt, plus a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila.

BROWN BETTY SITTING UP AND TAKING NOURISHMENT – – ed

If you haven’t heard, Brown Betty died (slightly) last December 2 and has been out of commission since. Her remains were moved to a new barn where she is resurrecting and upgrading the way she delivers messages. The new e-mail system they gave me for Brown Betty did not work to my satisfaction, so with Nancy Swanson’s help I am switching to a yahoo groups thing.

You don’t have to do anything to get back on Brown Betty’s list – it is automatic. If you asked for Brown Betty when you subscribed to the Tome, I have you on my Master List of 2012 Brown Betty subscribers to work from. I will be adding you to the new Yahoo group, but they limit me to ten new addresses each day for spam control, so this is how I will be having fun for the next few weeks.

You may be annoyed by yahoo updates saying members have been added, but this will stop after I get the group completed sometime next month.

In the meantime I will be sending out important Brown Betty messages to the list as it grows. So please let me know if you require Brown Betty’s service for announcements, lost dogs, lost husbands etc. to:

thetome@lummiislandcable.com

You’re never too old to learn something stupid.

THE GRANGE NEWS – – Tamia Sorensen, Secretary

Happy New Year and thanks to all who participated in and attended the Christmas Bazaar at the Grange Hall. We all enjoyed scrumptious Cinnamon roles, soup and sandwiches while we shopped from an array of splendid Christmas gift options.

In January, The Grange honored the memory of long-time Grange Member and beloved Island resident, Jim Lundberg, with a draping of the Grange Charter. He will be greatly missed. Also this month, we were treated to a very well prepared and thoughtful presentation by Annalee Holmdahl of Ferndale High School and Louis Hunter of Windward High School on the upcoming Ferndale School District Levy which takes place on February 14th election. Funds help support a broad range of critical school programs and services.

The 2011 Grange Scholarships were awarded to Lummi Island students Brittany Swaen and Andrew Leaf. Good Luck at College, Brittany and Andrew!

We thank you all for your aluminum can donations and encourage you to keep them coming to the Grange recycling bin. Over the holidays, we collected a whopping 212 lbs of aluminum cans. Funding through your can donations help provide books and materials through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for Island children.

Free Dancing lessons will be held at the Grange Hall on Friday nights from 7.00-9.00 PM. Lessons include the Fox Trot, Western Swing, and the Cha Cha! Singles and Couples sachet down to the Grange Hall for fun and exercise!

The Grange meets the first Wednesday of the month with a coffee and dessert social at 6.30 PM and the Meeting from 7.00-8.00 PM. We invite you to join us and we welcome new faces! Leslie Dempsey is President and Robert Sorensen is Vice President.

No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy who wants to buy a car.

THANK YOU FROM THE HANSONS

It has been a particularly difficult winter for us; however the outpouring of generosity, support, help and food (!) from the Island community warmed our hearts. We could not have managed this time without the love and compassion extended to us. We cannot find words to thank those who came by to feed us, hug us, listen to us, help us plan the service, took the kids for walks, offered advice and love while we struggled. Lummi Island was home to Polly and Carl for many years, and even though we have come and gone over the years it felt like we had come home for the past few months. Thank you just doesn’t seem like enough…but, thank you.

Julie, Eric, Susea and the grandkids

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

BEACH SCHOOL NEWS – – Judy Thomas, Manager

Happy New Year to all our Island friends and supporters. There are several events coming up which I know you will enjoy. The Reptile Man is coming to share his collection of snakes and lizards and our Spring Play is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Plus, Kathy is organizing a night for you to share, trade or exhibit your collections of coins, dolls, stamps, baseball cards etc.

Even with these interesting and exciting events in the future, Beach School, the Ferndale School District and all schools have serious financial concerns. Please vote YES for the Educational Support levy on or before February 14th (ballots are being mailed January 27th).

This levy pays for day to day programs, smaller class size, music, art, utility costs and more.

The levy replaces the current two year levy which ends December 2012.

The levy requires a 50.1% vote to pass.

For more specific information, please open the Ferndale School home page, www.ferndale.wednet.edu Look in the left column menu for the “2012 Levy Information.”

You have also heard that an elementary school will be closed in order to save money. BEACH SCHOOL IS STAYING OPEN. If you’re interested, there is a Forum on School Closure, Tuesday, January 24, 7:00 – 8:30 PM at Eagleridge Elementary.

If you don’t have a sense of humour, you probably don’t have any sense at all.

Spaghetti Dinner – – Byron Moye, Event Chairperson

On March 3rd the Grange will put on it’s annual Spaghetti Dinner. The Time: 5:30 to 7:30. The Price: $8.00 Adults and $4.00 children 12 and under. This is a major fund raiser to help pay for the Grange Hall so please come and help support your community center by bringing your family and friends for a great neighborhood event.

Carl Hanson – August 21, 1926 – January 10, 2012

Carl Ludwig Hanson of Lummi Island Washington lived a brave and heroic life until his last breath on Tuesday January 10th at the age of 85. He was surrounded by his loving children.

http://mi-cache.legacy.com/legacy/images/Cobrands/BellinghamHerald/Photos/bhw_20120117_0085169666-02_1_20120117.jpg Carl was born 8/21/26 in Detroit Michigan, to 2nd generation Finish American parents.

Carl was preceded in death by his wife Polly Hanson by 3 months.

He is survived by his son Eric Hanson (Susea Albee) of Sitka, Alaska, Julie Hanson Vaara (Geist) of Portland, Oregon and Wendy Martin of Bellingham and 5 grandchildren. Carl served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946. Carl received his BS in engineering from the University of Michigan, accepted a position at Boeing Company and headed west to Seattle with his new bride Polly in 1950.

Carl worked as an aeronautical engineer at Boeing for 29 years. Wanting to live closer to the land, Carl quit his job and designed and built their octagonal home on Lummi Island, Washington. He was active and adventurous, learning to play the bagpipes at the age of 55, joining the Bellingham Pipe Band and performing often, including on his travels to Finland and elsewhere.

From the time his children were little, Carl pursued his passion for airplanes by joining the EAA: designing, building and flying his own plane. Carl flew the plane extensively in the Pacific Northwest as well as completing a circumnavigation of the contiguous United States in 1973 and a solo flight to Anchorage Alaska the year he turned 70. Throughout his flying career he loved taking pictures from his airplane. As a member of the Unitarian Universalist church since 1955, Carl was always active in his community and a passionate promoter of peace. A farewell service was held Saturday, January 14, 2012 at the Lummi Island Grange Hall.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Lummi Island Heritage Trust, PO Box 158, Lummi Island WA 98262 www.liht.org.

We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.

THE DIRTY DOZEN List A cooperative effort of LIHT and LICA – – Mike Skehan & Ginny Winfield

T his is the first, in a continuing series to help Lummi Islanders identify Noxious weeds. January’s ‘Most Wanted’ offender is Poison-hemlock. Some weeds are a nuisance, others want to take over the Island if given a chance, and this one is just plain dangerous to have around.

Some say it’s what was used to kill Socrates. Poison-hemlock is part of the carrot family, and is sometimes confused with anise or other weeds. We choose this for our first monthly installment, because children have been known to use the hollow stems for pea shooters or whistles, and it’s been found near the ferry parking lot. It can grow up to 8 feet tall, and can be distinguished from similar plants by its smooth, blotchy purple and absolutely hairless stems.

Control is best by digging both the plant and its roots up, bagging and disposing in a land-fill. Composting is a bad idea, and PLEASE WEAR GLOVES, when handling it. It is very toxic to both humans and animals. Whatcom County’s Noxious Weed Control Board has an excellent website, complete with photos.

A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.

HERITAGE TRUST NEWS – – Megan Crouse

The Heritage Trust Board of Directors is excited to welcome three new members – Annie Franzmann, Pat Moye and Tom Weatherby begin their terms in 2012.

The Trust’s Annual Meeting will be held on January 28, 7:00-9:00 PM at the Grange Hall. Lopez Island botanical illustrator and artist, Dr. Linda Vorobik, will speak on “Island Habitats, Botanical Inspirations of Our Northwest Islands” and share photographic images that inspire her art. Dr. Vorobik’s prints, cards and hand-painted silk scarves will be available for purchase, and 30% of the proceeds will be donated to the Heritage Trust. Come and celebrate land conservation on Lummi Island.

The Campaign to Protect the Otto Preserve Wetland is underway. The Trust is working hard to raise $150,000 to purchase and protect ten acres of prime wetland and forest habitat adjacent to the Otto Preserve. We have the chance to protect one of the largest wetland complexes on Lummi Island, expand the Otto Preserve to 104 acres, and extend the preserve’s walking trails. If the Trust fails to raise the necessary funds, a road will be installed, the land will be developed, critical wetland resources will be damaged, and pristine native plant and wildlife habitat will be spoiled. Slightly over two thirds of the money has been raised, but $39,000 is still needed by March 31, 2012 to reach the goal.

Join us for a tour of this land that the Heritage Trust is trying to protect. Meet at the Resource Center at the Otto Preserve on February 5th at 1:00 PM. Please consider making a donation toward the campaign today. Mail your gift to P.O. Box 158, donate at our website or stop by the Resource Center. The lands we protect today are our legacy for generations to follow!

Looking ahead, on February 18 at 7:00 PM at the Resource Center, the Trust will show “Greenfire,” an award winning film about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold.

On February 25th at 10:00 AM, back by popular demand, geologist Kent Nielsen will guide a geology tour at the Otto Preserve. More details about all these events can be found at our website www.liht.org.

Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.

ISLAND LIBRARY – IT BELONGS TO YOU – – Joan Keiper

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

The digital photo frame in the library is available for other Island organizations to display photos. The photos should be loaded onto a SDHD card. Horizontal format works best.

New e-Reader? Drop into the Island library for help with your e-Reader. Library staff will help you checkout and download FREE library e-Books.

Upcoming Events

Game Night With Crafts, Mini Cupcakes and Pizza – Come have a fun-filled night out with a variety of video games, board games, crafts, cupcake decorating and pizza. Friday, January 27, 5:50 to 7:00 PM.

Let’s Make Valentines – Come and make valentines for family and friends. Ages 4-11. Thursday, February 2, 2:30–3:30 PM at the Library.

1930’s London Murder Mystery. Calling all sleuths. Heiress is killed at a birthday party. Signup to be a character, read the script at a dinner party and find out who dunnit. Adults. Saturday, February 4, 6:30 – 8:00 PM. Contact Karly to sign up.

Whatcom READS – Join us for a lively discussion of “In the Presence of the Enemy” by Elizabeth George. Enjoy tasting a variety of teas and sampling digestive biscuits. All welcome. Monday, February 20, 7:30 – 8:30 PM.

Ongoing Events

‘Story Time’ – Stories and more for ages 3-5, weekly on Tuesdays 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 5:00-7:00 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, Feb 13, 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Library. FOIL Board meetings are open to the public.

No one ever says “It’s only a game” when their team is winning.

Lummi Island Congregational Church – – Cindy Bauleke, Pastor

On the church calendar this is Epiphany, the season of light – how ironic in the Northwest when the gray and dark dampen our lives. If you are seeking light, join us for worship of Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM; the choir gathers at 9:45 AM. We continue education and discussion around our discernment process of welcoming people of different sexual orientations and gender identification with a panel discussion on Jan 22 following worship. We begin our book discussion group again on Wednesday, Feb 1, with potluck at 6:30 PM and at 7 PM discussion of Karen Armstrong’s The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness.

King’s Men of Song will lead worship on February 12 with their bold, traditional Christian music. We’re hoping for a Gospel Choir on Feb 19 for a Mardi Gras celebration before the somberness of Ash Wednesday with worship at 7 PM on February 22.

Elderberries continue to meet each Wednesday from 11 AM to 2 PM with lunch served at noon. Thank you to all generous lunch providers – if you are retired you are welcome to join us for lunch and fellowship. Parish Nurses are always ready to help with medical issues or equipment, Dorothy Hanson is the first call (758-2484).

We are sad to be losing Nancy Wong as Church Administrator, and relieved she will continue as a Parish Nurse.

This Island never ceases to amaze, with your wonderful generosity. Thank you for your gracious gifts to the Church and to the Parish Nurses, which make it possible to provide a caring presence on Lummi Island.

Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening’, and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.

What men say and what it Really means

“My wife doesn’t understand me.”

Really means…. “She’s heard all my stories before, and is tired of them.”

“It would take too long to explain.”

Really means…. “I have no idea how it works.”

“I’m getting more exercise lately.”

Really means…. “The batteries in the remote are dead.”

“We’re going to be late.”

Really means…. “Now I have a legitimate excuse to drive like a maniac.”

PROTECT LUMMI ISLAND COMMUNITY – – Mike McKenzie

As Protect Lummi Island Community (PLIC) enters its 3rd year, the mission centers on working with Whatcom County government for equitable fare rates, service levels, and ways to cut costs and increase revenues in the operation and administration of ferry service. PLIC’s 2012 will center on gov’t relations, consensus building, task force recommendations, and joining Island-wide support of formation of a ferry advisory committee. We face many issues such as parking, rates, ferry schedule, dry dock and long-term planning.

The signing of a 35-year lease in 2011 for continued service at Gooseberry Point fulfilled the initial mission and goal of PLIC.

One of the most significant outcomes of the PLIC community alliance was formation of a Citizens Task Force from a county resolution prepared by the PLIC Board. The task force provided a widely-lauded body of research and recommendations, earning a strong approval rating by the County Council and Public Works. That helped further cement positive government relations for the PLIC Board, which will be a continuing point of emphasis during 2012.

First up are two items that need your continued attention, support, and input: (1.) The Task Force recommendations, and (2.) formation of a Whatcom County Ferry Advisory Committee, which was one of the recommendations. Public Works Director Frank Abart recently released to the PLIC Board and Task Force a list of 25 of the recommendations that his staff already is working on — 12 in the first quarter, another 8 by the end of dry dock in September and 5 more by the end of the year or early 2013. Some will require ordinances, and PLIC will lead the initiative to get your input into how those ordinances should read.

Council members Carl Weimer and Barbara Brenner are co-sponsoring a resolution to form the advisory committee, a body of work they allowed Island stakeholders to help phrase to define what that committee will look like and do. More than 50 persons offered input from various Island organizations and neighborhoods. It was submitted back to the council members Jan. 17, and Weimer intended to put it on the council agenda Jan. 24. A public hearing probably will take place after it is introduced.

The documents from Abart and Weimer/Brenner are available at www.PLICferry.org , the Ferry Forum, and in the Island Library. Please write to info@plicferry.org with any questions, suggestions, or requests, or if you would like to be added to the email newsletter list (membership is not required).

Thank you for your ongoing support and participation. We look forward to working in concert with LICA, the advisory committee when it forms, and each of you individually. Please observe public meeting dates and stay on top of these issues that greatly impact your daily life.

The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it’s still on the list.

PLIC annual meeting rescheduled – – Mike McKenzie & ed

Due to deep snow, the PLIC Annual Meeting that was scheduled for January 17 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, January 31 same time and place — 6:30 PM at The Grange Hall. It’ll be a night for updates on Ferry Task Force recommendations that are in the works for the first quarter of 2012, status of the Ferry Advisory Committee, elect new board members, and to toast two stalwart officers of the last two years who have rotated off the board — outgoing president Stuart Rich and vice-president Mark Sexton.

That will call for the requisite cake and ice cream, with hot chocolate and coffee.

Be there if you can. Open to everybody; membership not required (except to vote), and everybody is encouraged to provide input toward an Island consensus on many ferry issues lying directly ahead that have major impact on the community and Island stakeholders (fares, schedule, parking, security at Gooseberry Point, dry dock, to name a few).

Thank you for your continued support and participation. As always, if you have suggestions or questions, write to us at info@PLICferry.org.

Support bacteria. They’re the only culture some people have.

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ISLEWARD – – Clark Blake for The Lummi Island Conservancy

Geology of South Lummi Island

From a geological viewpoint, Lummi Island consists of two very different islands joined together at the Sunrise Cove fault zone. Nearly all of the rocks south of Sunrise Cove, as well as those on Lummi Rocks and Eliza Island, are metamorphosed sandstone (sometimes called “metagraywacke”), with lesser amounts of slaty mudstone and scarce pebble conglomerate.

Detailed microscopic and geochemical analyses of these rocks suggest that they consist of material that was eroded from an older continental land mass and deposited as layers of mud, silt and sand in an oceanic trench.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the rocks is the discovery that they contain high- pressure metamorphic minerals. After their deposit as sediment, they must have been dragged to great depths in a subduction zone like the one that currently lies west of Vancouver Island. Following subduction and the resulting metamorphism, the rocks were uplifted, leaving the original horizontal bedding planes tilted eastward. Various layers of the sedimentary material are visible especially on the west side cliffs.

No fossils have been found in the metamorphosed sandstone which would allow them to be dated. But there is a small outcrop along the southwest shoreline near the topographic marker “Mary” where red chert underlies the sandstone. Poorly-preserved radiolarians (tiny one-cell siliceous organisms) from this chert are of the late Jurassic age, meaning that they are about 150 million years old.

In contrast to the north half of Lummi Island, no younger sedimentary deposits like the Chuckanut Formation are found on Lummi Mountain, and glacial deposits are at best very local. The presence of glacial striae (grooves) on the highest summits attest to the fact that ice once covered the entire Island.

There ought to be one day– just one– when there is open season on senators.

Boys & Girls Club News – – Lynn Schreiber

The staff and kids at the club would like to congratulate Katherine Granger on being our 2011 Youth of the Year! Katherine has been involved at club in many ways; she has played on the girl’s basketball teams and is actively involved in our Junior Staff program working in the office and helping younger children at the club. She has also taken it upon herself to write up a proposal for a teen space that we can take around to local businesses to obtain donations to make it happen. Katherine always comes to club with a smile and always strives to be a good example to the other children. We are so proud of her!

We would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at the Holiday Bazaar. We are so grateful for your support in purchasing our holiday cards and for taking tags off our giving tree. We have been putting the items you purchased for us to good use and using the money we earned to fund our power hour and fine arts programs.

I would like to personally thank everyone who has donated time, goods or monies to the club. The last year has been hard for everyone economically and I want you to know how much I appreciate your support. I love working with the staff and kids at the club and fully understand it is because of you that I have this opportunity.

Our club will soon receive a brand new refrigerator courtesy of the Maytag Corporation. The Whatcom clubs won a grant and it was decided that the Lummi Island club would benefit most from the new fridge. We are just waiting for delivery and can’t wait to have the extra storage space it will provide.

Come by for a visit and see what we’re doing at club! We love the company and it gives us an opportunity to show you what you are supporting. Thanks again for everything and Happy New Year!

Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?

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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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