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Tome 2012/05

The Tome Of Lummi Island
Volume XLVII No. 5
May 2012

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Community Association Meeting – Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Potluck Dinner – – – 6:30 PM

Program and Business Meeting – – – 7:15 PM

Program: The Grange – Action Grange – Country Living – Harvest Festival

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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 & 4 Thursdays 7:00 PM

Saturday Market – Islander North end …Starting May 26……………. Every Saturday 10 AM to 1 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

“Bird Walk” with birder Clark Blake – Otto Preserve ………..……. May 19 Saturday 7:30 AM

LICA POTLUCK DINNER MEETING —Grange Hall ..…………… May 23 Wednesday 6:30 / 7:15 PM

Jog-a-Thon – Beach School ………………………………………… May 25 Friday 1:45 PM

Reefnet Sign Unveiling – Legoe Bay ……………………………..….. May 26 Saturday Noon

Memorial Day Studio Tour ……Maps at Islander …………….…….. May 26/27 Sat/Sun 10 AM to 6 PM

Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… May 28 Monday morning

Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. May 31 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM

Lummi Island Conservancy Board – Library …………………………………. June 3 Sunday 7:30 PM

Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… June 4 Monday 6:30 PM

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

Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. June 11 Monday morning

Gardeners Network – Grange Hall …………………………………… June 11 Monday 6:30 PM

Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… June 11 Monday 7:30 PM

Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… June 12 Tuesday 7:00 PM

Beach School PTO — Beach School ………………………………… June 13 Wednesday 6:45 PM

LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. June 13 Wednesday 7:00 PM

Civic Club – Auld Home – Mimosa Brunch …………………………. June 14 Thursday Noon

Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. June 14 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM

The Tome Deadline ………………………………………………………………. June 15 Friday 11:00 PM

Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. June 19 Tuesday 6:30 PM

Beach School Field day – Harmoney’s ……………………………….. June 20 Wednesday 10:00 AM

Beach School 6th Grade Graduation …………………………………… June 21 Thursday 8:30 AM

Otto Preserve Wetland celebration – Betty’s Shortcut ……………… June 23 Saturday TBA

Post Office Hours Mon-Fri 7:45 AM to 3:15 PM; Sat 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Boxes 24 hours) 758-2320

Library hours Tuesday & Thursday 2:00 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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The Grange – action – Country living – harvest – – Leslie Dempsey & ed

Our program at next Wednesday’s (May 23) Potluck Dinner Meeting will be Leslie Dempsey speaking briefly about the Grange status as an Action Grange. Randy Smith will talk about the Country Living Series which is a new focus for the Grange in 2012. And finally Pat Moye will talk about the Grange’s Plan for an October Harvest Festival which will include (we hope) participation by other Island organizations, as well as a parade.

LICA meetings are open for everyone. Come, get involved, meet with your neighbors and have a good visit with friends – and this time – learn all about the Grange. Pot luck starts exactly at 6:29 PM and remember to bring all your own table service, but if you want to skip that, our program starts at 7:15 PM. A short LICA business meeting will follow the Grange program.

The door prize will be $30 for a Tome subscriber if s/he is in the Hall at the time of the drawing. Last month J. Loch & Susan Trimingham left the meeting a few minutes before the drawing, so Loch has had to skip lunch for the past month to make up his loss.

Many people are alive only because it’s illegal to shoot them.

Reef Net Sign Unveiling – – Rose Ann Auld

The Civic Club is proud to announce that our 2011 civic project at long last is ready to be unveiled! Please come and join Civic Club members, reef net fishermen and donors for the unveiling on Saturday May 26, at noon on Legoe Bay. The sign will be erected on the property of Bob Jewell, next to where the reef net boats are stored on land. We will be serving lemonade and cookies so come on down and admire the beautiful sign commemorating our Lummi Island reef net fishermen.

It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

ISLAND RAINFALL APRIL Last year
Westshore Farm Hayfield 2.67” 3.98” (Sheila & Al Marshall)
North Tuttle Lane 3.07” 4.00” (Nancy Simmerman)
South Nugent 2.81” 3.90” (Jerry Brown)
Scenic Estates 3.75” 5.19” (Darlene Stoffer)

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.

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

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

May ‑ Check the date on your fire extinguisher. Outdated? Call your local fire department for assistance.

$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 Lis Marshall who generously put it back into the LICA Treasury where it will eventually end up in one of our LICA Grant recipients like Boys & Girls Club or Library or Heritage Trust – or maybe help with the printing cost for the Tome.

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.

I’m reading a book about anti-gravity and I can’t put it down.

ISLEWARD – – Randy Smith for the Lummi Island Conservancy

Lazy Compost

Making compost isn’t really so complicated. If you collect some green stuff and brown stuff and put in a pile it will eventually metamorphose into humus (finished compost). It’s magical. Take your vegetable kitchen scraps, coffee grounds and fireplace ash and combine them in a pile with leaves, grass and other plant material and eventually, even if you do nothing, the detritus of your life will turn into a substance that is the holy grail of gardening.

We don’t want to get technical here. We want to be lazy. You can make composting complicated if you want. If you do, you might get your compost faster. Non-gardeners should also consider composting. Since all Islanders are on septic systems it’s really not such a good idea to use your garbage disposal. Flushing all those veggie trimmings down the sink is adding an unnecessary load to your system. That garbage can be recycled.

If you don’t have a vegetable garden you probably have a flower bed or a flower pot. At the very least you’ll have a friend who will come get your finished compost. It’s best to put kitchen scraps in a closed container for a period of time until they begin to break down unless you enjoy visits from rats and raccoons. When you can’t tell what it was anymore you can dump this gunk on your pile. Rats and raccoons will not bother the compost heap. Leave the pile for a year. Let the rain, worms and bacteria get to work on transforming it from waste to richness. The elements and the critters do all the work. All you have to do is collect the material and pile it up. It is the ultimate act of recycling with a result that can provide a material benefit to you. It’s an easy way to practice conservation and sustainability.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.

NEW LUMMI ISLAND Phone BOOKLET – – ed

Don’t pass up the opportunity to get your phone listing corrected. We have a crew phoning all the numbers in the old booklet asking for updates, but if you don’t get the call, take the initiative to get your listing corrected by calling me – 758-2414 or e-mailing thetome@lummiislandcable.com. It hasn’t happened yet, but this time we are really trying to correct all errors and obsolete numbers. You can pick up a free copy of the old booklet at the Post Office or Library if you need one to look for needed corrections.

“I’ve been on so many blind dates I should get a free dog.” – Wendy Liebaum

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

Scotch Broom is coming into glorious yellow blooms, with its pretty flowers and dark green foliage, but don’t let this monster bouquet of friendship fool you. It’s like those bad guests that never leave.

Imported from Europe, this perennial shrub grows to 10 feet tall, takes over ditches and pastures and can be an extreme fire hazard – something an Island volunteer Fire Department doesn’t want a lot of hanging around. Seed pods will explode out and can last in the ground for 60 years.

CONTROL: Cutting the base flush with the ground is effective on larger plants (Jul-Sep) after dry weather. Monitor in following years for new growth. Smaller bushes can be mechanically pulled using a ‘Weed Wrench’, available for loan at the LIHT Resource Center.

Chemical control is also effective, but something we are not recommending for a couple of reasons. First, that probably kills the bush, but the seeds are still everywhere. And second, our drinking water ONLY comes from rainwater, which seeps into the ground aquifer, carrying all sorts of chemicals with it. Eventfully you get to drink everything you spray or spill.

Happy Hunting for Scotch Broom. They’re not that hard to find.

In Washington State, “noxious weed” is a legally defined term. The Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board determines which plants are placed on the Washington State Noxious Weed List (WAC 16-750). These plants are non-native, aggressive and invasive, but with the potential to be eradicated or controlled in the state.

I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid. But he says he can stop any time.

GARDENERS’ NETWORK. – – Ginny Winfield

The Lummi Island Gardeners Network meets the second Monday of each month at 6:30 PM at the Grange with presentations and discussions covering a variety of gardening topics. There is no formal membership required – everyone is welcome. The topic for our June meeting, Monday the 11th, is PLANNING YOUR FALL & WINTER GARDEN with Krista Rome. Krista has many years of experience growing food year-round in Whatcom County, with a focus on eating locally 12 months a year. She gave a wonderful introduction to her work at our April meeting and will continue in depth with this next one on June 11.

**Ensure that you have plenty of fresh, local veggies year-round by learning how to extend your gardening season. There’s no reason to limit yourself by starting in the spring and ending in the fall in our moderate Pacific Northwest climate. Spread out your labor efforts as well as your harvest by planting in the summer for fall and winter harvest. We will talk about variety selection, planting dates, fall crops for winter storage, over-wintering crops for the earliest spring harvest, and winter crops that grow and feed you even during the coldest months. No greenhouse, cloche, or cold-frame required!

Cost: $5-$15 sliding scale recommended donation, everybody welcome **

Please call Ginny Winfield or Randy Smith if you have any questions

This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.

GRANGE NEWS – – Tamia Sorensen

This month the Grange honored member Bill Raymond for 50 years of Membership.

All three workshops presented in April as part of our Country Life Series were great successes and included cheese and bread making workshops and also a seminar on keeping backyard chickens.

Upcoming programs include tutorials on fermentation, making jams, jellies and dehydration of fruit and vegetables, a possible chainsaw class, and we are planning a workshop to provide a general introduction to canning followed up by an informal “canning mentor-ship” program where those intrepid souls interested in embarking on the canning process can be put in contact with neighbors who are highly experienced in the canning process.

The Grange is sponsoring an Island Wide Harvest Festival in October, which will include a Pumpkin Growing Contest, participation from many other Island organizations – culminating in the Annual Salmon BBQ on the evening of Saturday, October 13th. Details to follow.

Finally, we would like to congratulate Grange Members who won Purple Ribbons at the Whatcom Pomona Grange Family Living and Lecturer’s Contest. Diane Downey and Dorothy Hanson won ribbons for photos. Additionally, Dorothy Hanson also won for her canning and needlework entries.

The Grange meets the first Wednesday of the month. Coffee, dessert and visiting from 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. For more information on the Grange or any of the events/programs mentioned, please visit our website www.lummigrange.com.

I changed my iPod name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.

PUMPKIN GROWING CONTEST – – Bob Auld

The members and officers of the Grange announce the “2012 Giant Pumpkin Challenge” open to everyone who wants to grow the biggest pumpkin they can, the bigger the better. According to the seed pamphlets now is the time to start your seeds, best if started indoors, in 4 inch peat pots, in a warm spot, then after they sprout and grow a little, transplant them out doors. You may need to protect your seedlings from the cooler nights with a plastic cover or tent. Let’s hope the days start to get warmer. The judging will be at the Grange on October 13, so place your pumpkin on a pallet, if you get a really big one, so it can be moved to the Grange for judging. The first prize will be the admiration of the other pumpkin growers. Questions call Bob at 4117. Good growing, have fun, we are looking forward to seeing your “Giant Pumpkin” this fall.

Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.

Harvest Festival – – Pat Moye

The Lummi Island Grange will be hosting a harvest festival Saturday October 13. We want to make this an all-Island event. Any Island organization, business or individuals can participate for free. Each participant must supply their own tables, tents, chairs. Each participant is free to do whatever they want with little control by the Grange. (Must be family friendly and if permits are required such as liquor the participant must have them). Also, it would be fine to have events on other properties such as the fire hall, LIHT properties, restaurants and the store.

The festival will start about 11 AM with a parade from (start location to be determined) and end at the Grange followed by events happening at the Grange until about 4 PM. The event will end with the annual Salmon BBQ about 5PM to 7 PM.

Parade: People will be asked to show up at the starting point 30 minutes before the parade start. The parade can consist of old cars, fire engines, floats, kids with wagons, kids dressed up walking pets, families, etc. Anything goes! (No nudity!)

Events at the Grange could include: Apple Pie and ice cream, apple cider, apple squeezing booth, fresh produce, flowers, arts and crafts, other food items, quilt show, games etc. The Grange will have a giant pumpkin contest and will most likely sell hotdogs, corndogs and pop. All events will be held outside as we will have the hall set up for the BBQ.

The salmon BBQ is a big fund raiser for the Grange and helps pay for Hall upkeep. Everyone will be encouraged to come to the BBQ and it would be greatly appreciated if businesses and organizations did not compete with this event during the evening.

More information will be published as details for this event continue to unfold. If you have questions call Pat Moye at 510-7392.

After 60, if you don’t wake up aching in every joint, you’re probably dead.

ISLAND CHAPEL NEWS – – Jerry McRorie

Nineteen voting members of Island Chapel unanimously elected Greg Hart to the board of directors and Michael Lish as an alternate director at the annual membership meeting May 6.

Treasurer Wendell Terry proposed a 2012 budget that is about $2,000 more than the 2011 budget. It was unanimously passed.

Pastor Chris Immer said the Contemporary Christian Issues class continues at the Firehall from 6 to 7:30 each Sunday evening. For more information, contact him at 758-2254.

A Bible study group for women is held on Friday mornings at Candy Jones’ home. Contact her at 647-1411 for more information. Study for both men and women is held each Monday evening at the Wendell and Terry Terry home at 2822 N. Nugent Road. Soup is served at 6 PM followed by study groups at 6:45. Call 758-7432 for more information.

Money can’t buy happiness — but somehow it’s more comfortable to cry in a Cadillac than in a Yugo.

HERITAGE TRUST NEWS – – Megan Crouse

Join us in celebrating the successful completion of the Campaign to Protect the Otto Preserve Wetland. The Otto Preserve will be expanded to 104 acres, the wetland is protected forever, and we will dedicate a new trail: Betty’s Shortcut. More details will follow, so SAVE THE DATE, June 23 and watch for your invitation postcard.

Two new Nature Explorers programs are set to launch this summer! Junior Nature Explorers runs June 7th, July 5th, July 12th, July 19th and September 6th, 10:15 to noon, for 3-5 year olds accompanied by a parent. Kids and adults will share nature projects and games on the Otto and Curry Preserves. Everyone will plant seeds in the Moye’s home garden, leading to an abundant September vegetable harvest. Bring your kids, and have fun with friends! There is no charge. For more information and registration, contact Joan Moye at 758-2178.

Nature Explorers for Island youth 6-12 years old teaches children about the wild and natural treasures of our Island. Held every Thursday, June 28 to August 2 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, this program features field trips to Island beaches, fields, forests, Lummi Mountain, and an off-Island wetland exploration at Tennant Lake. A registration fee of $15 pays for all six sessions and field trips. Sibling discounts and scholarships available. Each Nature Explorer participant will receive a field notebook and a special T-shirt. Contact the Heritage Trust office to register, 758-7997.

Calling all Chili Chefs: Dust off that favorite recipe, fire up your taste buds and get ready for the Heritage Trust’s Chili Cook-off on July 21 at the Otto Preserve. Fame and cash prizes to the winners! Entries must be registered by July 13.

If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

MEMORIAL WEEKEND ARTIST’S STUDIO TOUR – – Diana Pepper

Support your local artists and crafters! Memorial Day weekend, Lummi Island Artists’ Studio Tour is Saturday and Sunday 5/26 & 5/27. Visit the artist’s studios between 10 AM and 6 PM and take home some of the wonderful new creations they are offering – paintings, prints, pottery, jewelry, fiber, flower essence & aromatherapy products, glass, stonework and much more. Free maps are available at The Islander or on-line at www.lummi-island.com/events.html. Questions? Call 758-7121 or 758-7499.

Really bad headlines from 1998: Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

A Guinness record? – – ed

This may not qualify for Guinness, but for the first time in 23 years, this issue of the Tome is only eight pages long – off from our standard ten pages. Why? Our number of ads is off and for reasons unknown, we have less news this month than at any time in the past quarter century. This is totally unpredictable. Most of the time I have to squeeze and cram to get the last line into the Tome, and I refuse to go over five sheets. Five sheets is a newsletter and six sheets is a newspaper and I will not go there – not until you hire me a staff, buy me a printer, pay me a salary – and let me retire.

In the meantime, enjoy your eight pages.

A person who can smile when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on.

Lummi Island Congregational Church – – Cindy Bauleke, Pastor

Finally, it seems Spring is here with the transformation of the earth, and new life all around us. Yet many of us hold on to old wounds and hurts which keep us from living life fully – it is the human condition. We feel it at the Church, just as others do on the Island. This has been evident in our discernment process to determine if we will become an Open and Affirming Congregation – explicitly stating our welcome of all people, including our gay brothers, lesbian sisters, bisexual and transgendered people. It has been a challenging discussion for some of our congregation; hopefully new life will emerge when we have our Congregational Meeting on June 3.

Pentecost is the celebration of the birth of the church, a joyful holy day of red and flames representing the Holy Spirit, observed on May 27th. Join us for worship on Pentecost at 10:30 A.M., or any Sunday, as together we seek transformation and healing in our lives as we come together in God’s presence for worship. The Church Book Group is reading 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life, which will be discussed on June 6 at 7 PM, preceded by a potluck at 6:30 PM.

Elderberries meet Wednesdays from 11 AM to 2 PM, with lunch at noon. All seniors are invited to come for fellowship and cards, or drop by for lunch. You are welcome to use: the labyrinth in the woods, a walking meditation; the Outdoor Center is a great place for a picnic; and the path to Church Beach – we ask you to be respectful of our neighbors. There is talk of another softball game with the Chapel – a great time was had by all.

Save the date for these not-to-be-missed events: the Rummage Sale: July 6 and 7, with drop off of usable treasures on July 5. Vacation Bible School for children in kindergarten through 6th grade August 20 -24.

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

Golfer: “Do you think my game is improving?” Caddy: “Yes – you miss the ball much closer now.”

Civic Club – – Pat Moye, Secretary

The Lummi Island Civic Club’s May meeting was hosted by Linda Sheaffer, Candy Jones and Lisa Lish. The tables were decorated with beautiful flowers and tote bags made by Lisa. We enjoyed coffee and a delicious cake and fresh fruit while we got a chance to catch up on what’s happening in all our busy lives. At the conclusion of the meeting Tamia Sorenson showed us “How to tie a perfect scarf”. This was a very fun event. Members brought their own scarves and Tamia brought scads of scarves. She said she picked up a lot of her scarves at yard sales. She showed us about 20 ways you can tie a scarf.

The Civic Club has grown to 63 members with the addition of our newest member, Kathy Elston. It was wonderful to have our snow birds back on Lummi and attending the meeting.

The Civic Club’s year starts in September. We take a summer break and do not meet in July and August. Officers were elected for our next year. They are: President – Rose Ann Auld, VP – Pat Moye, Treasurer – Helen Scott, Secretary – Tamia Sorenson. The following positions were filled: Events Coordinator – Linda Smith and Becky Hoekema, Memorial – Dorothy Hanson and Sunshine – Linda Bowman

The Reef Net Sign is finally ready to be unveiled. We are holding a ceremony on Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May 26 at noon. Come to Legoe Bay to admire the sign and have some lemonade and cookies.

The Garden Expo is now behind us. It was a great financial success. Our final meeting of each year is a celebration party for all members. This year we will be meeting at the home of Rose Ann Auld, June 14 at noon for a Mimosa Brunch.

Anagrams: “The Morse Code” becomes “Here Come Dots”

BEACH SCHOOL NEWS – – Judy Thomas, Manager

Each month Beach School has more reasons to thank the Island community for financially supporting our Jog-a-thon. Our generosity allows us to bring in guest performers such as The Motley Crew Cultural group from WWU or to tour the Drayton Harbor Oyster Farm or Ferndale’s Pioneer Park for science and history experiences. Our students have finished the annual MSP (measurement of student progress) tests. Here are a couple of easy problems:

(1) Solve for R: 2R = 16 R=_____.

(2) Flick a marble so that it rolls and hits another one. What happens to the two marbles? What will eventually bring a rolling ball to stop?

Answers:  (1) Eight (2) Friction

May and June Events:

May 22, 6:30 PM 6th Grade leaders present biographies of people who have made a difference.

May 25, 1:45 PM Jog-a-thon culminates with students turning staff into “sundaes.”

June 20, 11:00 AM Field Day and BBQ at the Harmoney’s

June 21, 8:30 AM., Graduation – Bring tissues!!

It’s hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere.

ISLAND LIBRARY – IT BELONGS TO YOU – – Joan Keiper

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

Upcoming Events

Used Book Sale ‑ FOIL is now accepting books for the used book sale. Drop your books in the Noble Barn whenever the library is open. Please – no text books, out of date computer books, National Geographic magazines, or torn distressed books. Used Book Sale will open Sunday, July 1st.

Summer is here and that means Summer Reading for All. To kick off the Summer Reading season ‑ Science or Fiction?: Star Wars, Space Travel, Time Travel, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. Explore these incredibly big dreams. For: Grades K‑5. Thursday, June 7. 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM.

The Summer Reading theme for kids this year is “Dream Big‑Read”. We will have weekly activities and prizes for the number of hours read, with a drawing for a grand prize bike provided by Friends of Island Library and Island Ook.

Teens will “Own the Night”, become reading mentors for the younger community, and write reviews for weekly prize drawings with a grand prize of a Kindle Fire purchased by FOIL.

Got fines? Kids and teens, we’ll forgive up to $5.00 in fines when you sign up for Summer Reading.

And of course we won’t leave out the adults who will perhaps win a prize drawing for their own ‘Between the Covers’ themed program.

Ongoing Events

“Story Time’ ‑ Stories and more for Preschoolers, weekly on Tuesdays 3:30‑ 4:00 PM, 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, June 11, 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Library. FOIL Board meetings are open to the public.

When I’m finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess?

TEN REASONS GOD HAD TO CREATE EVE

God worried that Adam would always be lost in the garden because he knew men would never ask directions.

God knew that Adam would one day need someone to hand him the TV remote because men don’t want to see what’s on television, they want to see WHAT ELSE is on television.

God knew that Adam would never buy a new fig leaf when the seat wore out and therefore would need Eve to get one for him.

God knew that Adam would never make a doctors appointment for himself.

God knew that Adam would never remember which night was garbage night.

God knew that if the world was to be populated there would have to be someone to bear them, because men would never be able to handle it.

As “Keeper of the Garden” Adam would never remember where he put his tools.

The scripture account of creation indicates that Adam needed someone to blame his troubles on when things didn’t go according to plan.

As the Bible says, “it is not good for man to be alone.” He only ends up getting himself in trouble.

When God finished the creation of Adam, he stepped back, scratched his head and said, “I can do better than that.”

(Do you think this was written by a woman?)

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Volume XLVII Number 5

May 18, 2012

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