The Tome Of Lummi Island
Volume XLVII No. 7
July/August 2012
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C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S________
LI Volunteer Firefighter Training ….Beginning Sept 6.……………….. 1, 2, 3 & 4 Thursdays 7:00 PM
Saturday Market – Islander North end ………………………………… 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
Used Book Sale at Island Library continues – see article for details
Heritage Trust Member Appreciation Chili Cook-off – Otto Preserve July 21 Saturday Noon to 3 PM
Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… July 23 Monday morning
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. July 26 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Boys & Girls Club Auction – Grange Hall ($25 cover charge)……. July 28 Saturday 5:30 PM
Grange Meeting ………………Social at 6:30 PM……………….……. Aug 1 Wednesday 7:00 PM
Lummi Island Conservancy Board – Library …………………………………. Aug 5 Sunday 7:30 PM
Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… Aug 6 Monday morning
Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… Aug 6 Monday 6:30 PM
LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. Aug 8 Wednesday 7:00 PM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Aug 9 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Jazz Festival – Grange Hall – outside …(For Library fund) …….…… Aug 11, Saturday Noon to 9:30 PM
Gardeners Network – Grange Hall …………………………………… Aug 13 Monday 6:30 PM
Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… Aug 13 Monday 7:30 PM
Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… Aug 14 Tuesday 7:00 PM
Benefit Blues Festival next to Islander Store. …(by donation) …….… Aug 18 Saturday Noon to 8:00 PM
Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Aug 20 Monday morning
Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. Aug 21 Tuesday 6:30 PM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Aug 23 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Artists’ Studio Tours Maps at Islander Saturday and Sunday Sept 1 & 2, 10 AM to 6 PM
Lummi Island Conservancy Board – Library …………………………………. Sept 2 Sunday 7:30 PM
Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Sept 3 Monday morning
Cemetery Board – Library …………………………………………… Sept 3 Monday 6:30 PM
Ferry Leaves to Dry Dock – …….………………………………. Sept 5 Wednesday Time TBA
Grange Meeting ………………Social at 6:30 PM……………….……. Sept 5 Wednesday 7:00 PM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) ………. Sept 6 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Gardeners Network – Grange Hall …………………………………… Sept 10 Monday 6:30 PM
Friends of Island Library ……………………………………………… Sept 10 Monday 7:30 PM
Fire Commissioners Meeting — Fire Hall—Open to Public ……..…… Sept 11 Tuesday 7:00 PM
Beach School PTO — Beach School ………………………………… Sept 12 Wednesday 6:45 PM
LICA Board of Directors — Library ………………………………….. Sept 12 Wednesday 7:00 PM
Civic Club – Church Fellowship Room ………………………………………… Sept 13 Thursday 10:00 AM
The Tome Deadline ……………………………………………………………… Sept 14 Friday 11:00 PM
Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Sept 17 Monday morning
Boys & Girls Club Board Meeting – at the Club …………………………….. Sept 18 Tuesday 6:30 PM
Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) ………. Sept 20 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM
Ferry returns from Dry Dock??? (Estimate pending complications) … Sept 26 Wednesday ???
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 – 325.3420 (new number)
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PLEASE NOTE: The Heritage Trust Annual Membership Appreciation Picnic and Chili Cook-off is TOMORROW, Saturday, July 21 at noon. Note the signs for parking space nearby down the road a bit. Wear walking shoes and be prepared for whatever the weather will be. The meadow is nicely mowed, so you won’t be tripping over clumps of hay as in the past. You might want to put an anti-acid in your pocket – some of the chilies will be really good, which means really hot to us chili lovers. See Heritage Trust article overleaf for all details.
ISLAND RAINFALL | JUNE | Last year | ||
Westshore Farm Hayfield | 2.82” | 0.41” | (Sheila & Al Marshall) | |
North Tuttle Lane | 3.09” | 0.48” | (Nancy Simmerman) | |
South Nugent | 2.79” | 0.43” | (Jerry Brown) | |
Scenic Estates | 2.75” | 0.43” | (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
DAVID HAWLEY-5 yr. Island resident, great refs, weed-wacking, trimming, expert pruning, yard clean-ups, gardens, paths, planting, painting, & more. Free Estimates -255-3434 or 758-9950.
FOR SALE – NICE PARACHUTE Never Opened – Used Once – Slightly Stained. 758-2386
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.
MYSTERY – – ed
The old, obsolete Lummi Island phone booklets are disappearing from the Post Office like blue berry pancakes. Can’t imagine why folks want so many of them just before we publish a new updated, corrected booklet later this summer. We are giving the old ones away free so we don’t have to haul them to the recycler.
The new booklets will be mailed gratis to all 2012 Tome subscribers on the Island in September. If you haven’t subscribed yet, there is still time to get your brand new free Phone Booklet by sending in your Tome subscription before the new phone list is published. If you prefer to practice false economy by letting your neighbors pay your Tome subscription fee, you can buy a booklet later for an exorbitant price. It is our practice to favor Tome Subscribers with many benefits during the year.
Why does sour cream have a “use by” date?
$10 MONEY TEN MONEY $10 – – ed
Last month’s winners of the $10 Certificate hidden in one copy of The Tome were Loyal Tome subscribers Jim & Jennifer Henkens, but generous Jim said to donate it back to LICA. Thanks, Jim
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.
A WORD FROM THE CHIEF – – Duncan McLane, Fire Chief
Thanks to all who came to our Open House; it was nice to have such a big attendance.
Summer has finally arrived and we begin to get into our wildfire season. Please keep a watchful eye on the Outdoor Burning Conditions as this time of year they can change without notice. Outdoor Burning Regulations and the General Permit can be found on our website: lummiislandfire.com.
For you boaters, make sure you have the required safety items, especially Life Jackets. Children under 12 years old must wear a life jacket at all times in boats 19 feet long or shorter. Every boat must have one easily accessible, correctly fitting United States Coast Guard approved life jacket for every person on board. Boats more than 16 feet long must have a throw-able personal flotation device. . Several lives have been lost already this summer from warm weather activities in Whatcom County. Be careful and use common sense when doing outdoor activities and be aware that not everyone uses good judgment. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable summer.
Your kid may be an honor student, but you’re still an idiot.
The Benefit Blues Festival – – Deborah Hawley
The Benefit Blues Festival, the 3rd Annual on Lummi Island, is planned for Saturday, August 18, noon to 8:00 PM next to The Islander Store. Admission is by Suggested Donation: Adults $5.00; 16 & under free. The Saturday Market vendors and food by Lummi Island Gourmet will be in place. We will also have booths featuring various local artists, as well as info booths set-up by volunteers from M.O.R.E. for change, (Mothers Of Offenders & Others Rallying & Educating for Change), and NC4RSO, (National Coalition of Community-Based Correctional and Community Re-Entry Service Organizations), operated out of Blaine, WA.
There will be live music from local musicians featuring: Cindy Minkler, Native American Flute artist; The Dave McAdams Band; Rhapsody in Blues; The Greg Pitsch Band – featuring Johnny Brewer, and others. Also, representatives from local public office have been invited – and we will have guest speakers interspersed for short intervals in-between bands. We hope to have a surprise (keynote??) speaker as well! More to come in Brown Betty about this!
This year’s Saturday Market vendors and community-based associations or non-profits are encouraged to stay and participate for the entire day, or as long as desired. There is no extra fee for all day vending. Please call however, to sign-up for the day – and for a new location spot. Spaces will be assigned, so call early. We will try to sign-up regular Saturday participants in person in the coming weeks. However, spaces are limited, so call to reserve! All vendors must be set-up by 9:30 AM.
This will be a great opportunity, and we are planning a Faire atmosphere! It will be festive! Please call Russ: 758-2194 to sign-up. This is going to be a wonderful festival, and it will be lots of fun! It will also be educational, creating an opportunity to learn more about the issues of incarceration and the public’s safety in the U.S.
M.O.R.E for change will use the proceeds from the Benefit Blues Festival to benefit the creation of a Speakers Bureau to be used to raise awareness of the high rates of incarceration in the U.S. and other issues of public safety. We are planning a forum with a speaker for later this year on the Island. For more information please visit our website under development at www.moreforchange.org, or e-mail: deborahhawley@yahoo.com
or call (360) 255-3434.
This Benefit Blues Festival is being planned by Island resident, Deborah Hawley, M.A., founder of M.O.R.E. for change, in conjunction with fiscal sponsor, NC4RSO; producing group, Care Associates; and with the help of many Island volunteers!
MADE FOR TV “Guns for Hire”, an Arizona company specializing in staged gunfights for Western movies, got a call from a 47-year-old woman who wanted to have her husband shot. She was sentenced to four years in jail.
ISLAND CHAPEL NEWS – – Jerry McRorie
August 19 will be a busy day for Island Chapel’s congregation. In addition to the regular Sunday service at 9:30 at the Grange Hall, the members will have a special board meeting to elect an additional alternate board member. This will be followed by the church annual potluck picnic for members and friends at the Wendell and Terry Terry home, 2822 N. Nugent Road.
Young people from the Island enjoyed a week of good weather for their summer camp on Barnes Island. Family camp will be on Barnes Island from July 29 through August 4 for members and friends. The camp features a swimming beach, a home with electricity and running water and a building with a large loft for sleeping. Campers also are welcome to bring their tents, sleep on their boats or just come for one day at a time. Another youth camp will be Aug. 6-11. For more information, contact Pastor Chris Immer at 758-2254.
Bible study for men and women is being held throughout the summer at the Wendell and Terry Terry home. Come at 6 PM for soup and salad or at 6:45 just for Bible study. The groups are currently studying the Book of Matthew.
Sign in a Tokyo hotel: It is forbidden to steal towels. If you are not a person
to do such a thing, please not read this notice.
MONTHLY FIRE PREVENTION CHECKLIST – From Northwest Burn Foundation
August ‑ It’s time again to change your smoke alarm batteries, test your smoke alarms, and practice your fire escape plan with your whole family.
Greetings from Public Works: – – Frank Abart
The 2012 dry dock dates for the Whatcom Chief have been set! The passenger only ferry service will begin on Wednesday, September 5th. The exact time for the switch over from the Whatcom Chief to the temporary passenger service will be set in the next few weeks. As soon as we work out the details we will send out a press release. The last day of dry dock and the return of the Whatcom Chief to service is anticipated to be Wednesday, September 26th. As always, this date is tentative, and dependent on the scale of repairs and work required both in the shipyard and at the docks.
Public bids have been received for the dry dock repair work. The anticipated cost is approximately $349,000. The County Council is anticipated to award the contract to the apparent low bidder in two to four weeks.
Many of you are also aware that Public Works is planning extensive repairs to the wing walls at Gooseberry Point this year. This work is anticipated to cost approximately $600,000. The plans are prepared and ready to go out to the public for bid submission. The Public Works Department is placing the project on “hold” pending notification of a possible grant award by early fall of approximately $400,000. In order to be considered for the grant award, the project cannot be already underway. This is why the project is currently on hold.
The Public Works Department would like to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable summer season. Thank you for your cooperation and continued support for Ferry Operations.
“Outside of the killings, Washington D.C. has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.” – Marion Berry
THE DIRTY DOZEN LIST A cooperative effort of LIHT and LICA – – Mike Skehan & Ginny Winfield
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE
Well, it’s July and summer is finally here. Plants and weeds are blooming like crazy with all the perfectly timed watering a week apart in June.
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) or ‘Lucy’ is a prolific perennial weed that grows to 10’ tall with a dense intertwined root ball, and capped by showy displays of purple flowers. Don’t be fooled, this is a Class B Noxious Weed. Look for the square stems rising up.
Why pick on this Lucy, as some nurseries have sold it as an ornamental, and even go so far as to claim their variety is sterile? Loosestrife loves wetlands, and so do many species of birds and small animals that depend on them for shelter and food. Unfortunately, Lucy offers neither, but crowds out all the native species that do provide these necessities. One plant can grow to 5 feet across, send up 50 chutes, and produce over 2 million seeds, spread easily by the wind. State law forbids the transport or sale of these imposters of an ornamental plant.
Management options include the usual arsenal of pulling, cutting or chemical and biological warfare. Of course, given the nature of living on an island, with a limited water recharge area, I shudder to think of big tanker trucks spraying massive quantities of ‘WKW’ (who knows what) into our ponds, streams and ditches. Catching the plants during the first year is the best defense, where pulling up on the root ball is an option. After that, you’ll need one of our fine backhoe operators to pluck them out. Constant cutting to ground level will eventually starve the root system into submission, but remember, these guys thrive in the wetlands, so it’s difficult to control once they have established themselves. Happy hunting!
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.
Sign in the window of a veterinarian who is also a taxidermist: “Either way you get your dog back.”
NEW LUMMI ISLAND Phone Booklet – – ed
The deadline for corrections to our phone list is rapidly approaching. Any errors not fixed by August 1 will by frozen for a couple years. If you haven’t given us your corrections yet, please do so before the end of this month. Respond to thetome@lummiislandcable.com or phone 758-2414
For free Lummi Island business listings in the Yellow Pages, contact Mike Skehan – 758-7333 or kf7okj@gmail.com
For business-card size paid ads ($100), contact Paul Davis at 758-2414 or
In about a week or so, I plan to place rough draft copies of the new phone list in the P.O., Library and Islander for proof reading. Please check your listings for correct name and numbers and contact me if you find any errors. I will put out a Brown Betty when the drafts are ready. I really hope we get it right this time.
Why is it that when you deliver something by car it’s called a “shipment”,
but when you deliver by ship it’s called “cargo”?
NOTICE: Water Quality Report Available – – Jeremy Robinson
The Hilltop Water System has completed its annual Consumer Confidence Report, and it is now available to the public online at:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7BkPaHdjNlxajdJT0pGMDlSdDA
People who attend, patronize or work at the following locations may be interested to see this report:
Beach School, Boys & Girls Club, Grange Hall, Ferry Dock, Post Office, Library, Beach Store Cafe, Islander Store, Fire Hall.
For a copy of the above link, email a request to jmmrobinson@gmail.com
Great Headlines: Lawyer Says Client Is Not That Guilty.
Boys & Girls Club News! – – Lynn Schreiber
Hello and Happy Summer to everyone! We have a reminder, some news and Thank You’s for you.
Reminder – Lummi Island Boys & Girls Club Annual Auction will be on July 28 at the Grange. The doors open at 5:30, and $25.00 gets you some amazing food prepared by Chef Glenn Hoekstra, a drink ticket and the chance to bid on some wonderful items in both the silent and live auctions! We’re especially excited this year as our theme is “Lummi Island Luau” so dust off your Hawaiian shirts, skirts and dresses and come to the Grange for food, fun and spirited bidding!
Our Youth of the month for July is Shelby McLain. Shelby has been coming to the club for quite a while and has been very involved in basketball as well as art, helping with snacks, playing music for dance parties and more. She is a great role model for the younger kids and is a huge help to all of the staff. Shelby rarely misses a day and we are always happy to see her walk in the door.
Our summer program was off to a slow start but we’re picking up speed now and are so happy to be working with the Nature Explorers! There is so much to see and learn and we feel very fortunate to be a part of that. We’ve started swimming at the lake in Scenic Estates and are truly grateful for the opportunity to use the lake and cool off on our hot summer days. Our garden boxes are doing great and we are looking forward to tasty veggies and lots of pumpkins in the coming months. The kids are really excited about going camping in mid August and we’re searching hard for just the right place to go. We have started doing community service projects and helped to get the Beach School Garden ready for the Edible Garden Tour. I was really proud of the work the kids did and all it took was the offer of buying them ice cream after!
I want to thank everyone involved with our auction this year! There are so many people who pull together to make this a great event and without that support we wouldn’t be able to offer the kids a safe place to learn, snack, experience art, do homework and so much more.
We would also like to thank everyone who has helped us during the year by dropping off food for snacks, games to play, puzzles to put together, kitchen items and so much more. We would like to acknowledge our new neighbors at the Beach Store Cafe! It has been great fun watching all the changes to the business and meeting all of the new staff. The kids would like to give a special thank you to Towner for sending over yummy pastries for them to eat! We would like to thank Nancy Burnett for all the items we have received that were in the Beach Store that the new owners were not going to use. We love the umbrellas, chairs, stools and misc. kitchen stuff! There are so many people to thank and I’m sure I’ve missed a few of you….please know that you are in our thoughts often and that we truly appreciate everything you do for us!
Student Bloopers: The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND ARTIST STUDIO TOUR – -Diana Pepper
Lummi Island Artists’ Studio Tours continue with the Labor Day weekend event Saturday and Sunday September 1 & 2, from 10 AM to 6 PM. Come see the wonderful new creations offered this time! You will find paintings, prints, pottery, fiber, jewelry, glass, stonework, garden and herbal products and much more. Chat with the artists and craftspeople in person and purchase their works. Free maps are available at The Islander or on-line at www.lummi-island.com. Questions? Call 758-7121.
To new and returning artists and crafters, please write a description including your name, location and 25-words about your art for the tour map. Put the description and your $25 fee, payable to Ria Nickerson, in an envelope and bring it to The Islander or deliver it to her studio. You may also email the description to her at goodthunderarts@hotmail.com. For the Labor Day Studio Tour, the description and fee must be paid by Saturday, August 11. You are responsible for submitting them in a timely fashion or you won’t be listed on the map. Questions? Call Ria Nickerson at 758-7121 (Cell 201-4611) or Lynn Dee at 758-2815.
The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 moves only 6 inches for each gallon of fuel that it burns.
Many years ago I wrote a series of “fillers” to use up empty space in the Tome – formerly the Newsletter. Here is one repeated from June 1985 – 27 years ago. I will be using more of these antiquated gems as space permits.
THE ISLAND HOPPER – – ed
There is a smallish, picturesque island in northern Puget Sound a few thousand yards off the mainland near a small city. It is around five square miles in area and has a population of 500 or 600 people. The island is rural with lots of woodland, pastures and a couple hundred head of cattle. The climate is moderate both winter and summer. The island is served by a 20-car ferry and the roads are mostly paved with little traffic. There is a volunteer fire department, a Community Club named after the Island and a single non-pretentious community church. Many of the residents are fishermen who operate several reefnet gears off shore.
Sounds good, doesn’t it? But before you move there, consider the following: There is no school, no store, no gas pump, no library, no post office, no public facilities of any kind. There is no Island Newsletter and the ferry shuts down at 6:00 PM on week days.
The name of the island is Guemes, and it is offshore from Anacortes.
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like Lummi.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
Heritage Trust News – – Megan Crouse
The Heritage Trust’s 8th annual Chili Cook Off and Member Appreciation Picnic is July 21 at the Otto Preserve meadow, noon to 3 PM. Cash prizes of $150, $100 and $50 are awarded to the top three chefs selected by your vote. Honorary judges from North Cascades Audubon, NW Mushroomers and Sound Beverage will present honorary awards and $20 gift certificates from the Beach Store Café. All chili chefs will receive participation gifts. A big thank you to Margaret Brandsrud for letting us all park in her field across the road. Join us for amazing chilies, home-baked cornbread, ice-cold beverages and hot bluegrass music by Stilly River Band as we celebrate land conservation on Lummi Island!
A lively group of Nature Explorers (ages 6-12), led by Annie Franzmann, Angela Packard, Lynn Schreiber and Jeremy Robinson, are learning about our Island forests, beaches, wetlands and Lummi Mountain. The Junior Nature Explorer’s (ages 3-5), led by Joan Moye, are planting and harvesting vegetables and visiting the Otto and Curry Preserves. Both programs run through August and all children are welcome. Contact the Trust office at 758-7997 to register.
Are you ready for the plastic bag ban? As of August 2012, plastic grocery bags will no longer be available in Whatcom County. What a great excuse to stock up on Heritage Trust tote bags. Our great totes, in fresh new colors, along with t-shirts, caps and books are available at the Saturday Market and at the Resource Center. Don’t be caught without a bag!
England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
ISLAND LIBRARY – IT BELONGS TO YOU – – Joan Keiper
Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 2:00 – 8:00 Friday & Saturday 10:00 – 4:00
Upcoming Events
N.B. – Summer means more people on Lummi Island so the library has responded by increasing hours temporarily to serve the higher demand.
Used Book Sale – Open most days – look for the sign out front. Good selection, good prices!
The Summer Reading Programs for Kids continues. New this year – instead of keeping track of the books you read, you’ll keep track of the hours you read. There are 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– become reading mentors for the younger community, and write reviews of books you read; weekly prize drawings with a grand prize of a Kindle Fire donated by FOIL.
Got fines? Kids and teens, we’ll forgive up to $5.00 in fines when you sign up for Summer Reading.
Lummi Island Jazz Festival –It’s getting closer. Sat, August 11th, Noon to 5:30 PM, 6:00 -9:30 PM at the Grange. Food and beverages available. Mark your calendars; this is special!
Ongoing Events
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, Aug 13, 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Library. FOIL Board meetings are open to the public.
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Lummi Island Congregational Church – – Cindy Bauleke, Pastor
Thank you, thank you, thank you! We are grateful for the generosity of our Island neighbors. This year’s rummage sale was the most successful ever. So many wonderful treasures donated! Lots of volunteers from the Church and from among our friends. Eager shoppers and generous donations added up to over $10,000 of profit. Like everywhere our costs keep increasing. Your generosity will help keep the Church doors open so we can worship each week and celebrate life transitions, not just for members, but for the entire Island.
Coming August 20 – 24: Vacation Bible School Operation Overboard, from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M., for kindergarteners through sixth graders. A delightful week of stories, music, crafts, fun, games and lunch. All for free! To volunteer contact Ingrid McGarry (676-4373).
In the long days of summer we hope you will use the path to Church Beach, explore the labyrinth (a walking meditation) in the woods behind the Church, and use the Outdoor Center for a picnic. You are always welcome to join us for worship at 10:30 A.M. on Sunday mornings. July 22 (weather permitting) will be Worship on The Beach.
Elderberries gather on Wednesday from 11 A.M. to 2 P.M., with lunch served at noon – come for the day, or stop in for lunch. Nancy Wong (201-9063) is the first call for Parish Nurses this summer – these amazing volunteers will loan medical equipment, provide emergency food and consult on medical issues, though they do not do hands on nursing.
Watch for our work on the foundation and installing new gutters for our 100+ year old building towards the end of summer, in hopes of avoiding further winter floods. For more events check out our website: lummichurch.com and Facebook: Lummi Island Congregational Church. No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey you are welcome here!
Don’t vote; it only encourages them.
HASTY DECISIONS ARE USUALLY LATER REGRETTED
It was the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary. The wife came in and found her husband having an extremely emotional moment ‑ even to the point of tears. Since he had never been one to express emotion she said “Honey ‑ I can’t believe that you are so touched about our anniversary. You must really love me.”
He replied, sobbing “Look ‑ before you get the wrong idea ‑ let me explain. Do you remember that night when your father caught us down in the barn? He said “Either you marry my daughter, or you will spend the next 25 years in jail. “DO YOU REALIZE THAT TONIGHT ‑ I COULD BE A FREE MAN”.
M.O.R.E. FOR CHANGE – – Deborah Hawley, M.A. (Founder)
I thought it was a good idea to share a bit about the M.O.R.E. for change organization since there is a Benefit coming up on the 18th of August. I welcome any questions you may have and also welcome any one who may be interested in becoming involved with the organization. I thought I would share our Mission Statement-
M O R E for change stands for Mothers of Offenders and Others Rallying and Educating for change. M O R E for change is an Association, organized around a group of people who share in a common interest and who engage in activities of reform for the incarcerated and for minimizing recidivism in released prisoners. We are a charitable and educational organization that provides support services and education and which asks for donations from the public for our charitable purposes. We have no paid officers or employees. We do not use services from commercial fund raisers. We do not pay others to carry out the activities of our organization. Our objective is to present educational discussion groups, forums, panels, lectures or other similar programs regarding the Criminal Justice System and issues relating to incarceration trends and practices. Our current goal is to develop and maintain a Speaker’s Bureau through which the above stated activities of Support Service and Education will be implemented. We act as a Beacon, shining light on the epidemic of over-incarceration of citizens and others in the United States.
For further information- go to our Web site-
Moreforchange.org or e-mail Deborah at
deborahhawley@yahoo.com or call 758-9950 or 255-3434.
A Texan convicted of robbery worked out a deal to pay $9,600 in damages rather than serve a two-year prison sentence. For payment, he provided the court a forged check. He got his prison term back, plus eight more years.
Marion B. Tuttle – 3/15/17 – 7/12/12
Marion passed away at 95 years old having lived a long, full life. He was born on Lummi Island and lived there almost all his 95 years. His grandfather was the first white settler on Lummi Island. He was one of 6 children born to Mose and Hattie Tuttle and had outlived all of them except for his sister Joanne.
Marion was very involved in all activities on the Island and served as volunteer fireman for many years. He earned his living there by farming, building reef net boats and had the Maritime Acres Nursery on the Island. Eventually, he became the skipper of the “Fish Hawk”, a fish buying boat for Bumble Bee. Marion always had a huge garden, despite the deer and rabbits. Marion did his patriotic duty and served in the army during WWII.
He was married a short time as a young man and had a son “Joe” who died of cancer as a young father with 4 children.
In 1973 Marion married Millicent Beeman who was the Love of his life! In doing so, he gained 2 step-children, Marlene Cole and Dennis Beeman and 8 grandchildren. Marion and Millicent were married 33 years until her death in 2006. They did everything together! In the summers they would take their trailer to E. Washington and pick apples and earn enough money for a trip to Reno. This was usually taken with a whole group of friends from Lummi Island. There was never an opportunity missed for a party or get-together with those two. They were always ready for fun!
Marion was a loving grandfather who truly enjoyed being with them and was always interested in what the grandchildren were doing.
Marion enjoyed wood working and made many wooden children’s toys from “Grandpa’s Wood Shop”, that can still be found around the Island. He also made beautiful handcrafted rocking horses, ferry boats, puzzles and furniture.
Marion was a beautiful, loving and kind person who never spoke ill of anyone. He was always uncomplaining and upbeat. He spent his last couple years living at Mt. Baker Care Center where he was always looking forward to the next “bingo” game. We want to thank the Mt. Baker Care Center for treating him like family and always taking such wonderful care of him.
Marion will be missed by too many people to list here. But his was a full life and well lived!
Services will be held at the Lummi Island Church on Friday July 20th at 2:00
In lie of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Lummi Island Fire Department or the Lummi Island Heritage Trust Preserves.
Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
MALE VS FEMALE AT THE ATM MACHINE
A new sign at our bank lobby in Bellingham reads:
“Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive‑through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts. After months of careful research, “MALE & FEMALE” procedures have been developed for the convenience of our customers. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender.”
MALE PROCEDURE:
1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.
FEMALE PROCEDURE:
1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents onto passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell. phone you will call them back and hang up.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re‑insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re‑enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of check book.
18. Re‑check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.
2 1. Retrieve card.
22. Re‑empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Re‑dial person on cell phone.
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.
(Don’t blame me ‑ I got this from a female friend on the Island.)
EARLY LUMMI ISLAND HISTORY – – ed
Here we continue the early history of Lummi Island. Entries by LLD are by my father, Lloyd Davis. Other entries are vignettes by Peggy Aiston who had a regular history column in the Tome many years ago.
circa 1800 (LLD) Alexander Mackenzie had crossed the Rocky Mountains and had reached the Pacific coast. He was soon followed by Canadian fur traders who established forts on the lower Fraser River, such as Fort Langley, directly north of Lummi Island. Dr. John McLoughlin of the Hudson’s Bay Co. established the fort at Vancouver Washington in 1825 as the headquarters of the company for all the northwest. This led to frequent messenger service by canoe up through Puget Sound between Vancouver and Fort Langley.
1827 (LLD) In this year, a messenger with four boatmen and an Indian woman was making his way up from Vancouver and camped for the night on Lummi Island — quite possibly at Village Point. The men were massacred and the woman carried off. A British gunboat investigated and by the help of the Lummis determined that the murderers were Clallams from the Port Townsend area. The Clallam village was shelled by the British, and the woman released.
circa 1830 (LLD) The northern Indians had continued their raids on the Lummi villages, and the Semiahmoos had been almost completely annihilated. Their village was abandoned and the remaining survivors had joined the Lummis.
The last great raid occurred on Eliza Island. Several villages, including the Lummis and Samish had established a joint hunting camp on Eliza Island. The men were off on a deer hunting drive, leaving the old men, women and children on Eliza. Several war canoes of the northern Indians, each carrying from 50 to 100 warriors came in during the night. After destroying the beached canoes, they massacred all but the ones they wanted as slaves. Only three Lummis, who found a small canoe hidden in the brush escaped to Lummi Island. Between 200 and 300 Lummis were killed.
Sa-ump-ki, the Lummi Chief, was a great warrior and planned an ambush for the next enemy raid. Watch was kept, and when the northern canoes were seen up in the Gulf of Georgia, messengers were sent to all the villages, and the warriors gathered in the forest. A number of Lummi war canoes went out, apparently to oppose the northern Indians but retreated before them, leading them to the beach near the portage. The Lummis dashed into the forest and were followed by the enemy. Suddenly the forest fairly erupted with the hidden Lummis, and after several hours of fighting, the northern Indians were all killed. Some time later, the Lummis sent three bullets up to the northerners with a message inviting them to come back for the same treatment.
Although this was the last big raid on the Lummis, the northern Indians continued raids on Puget Sound until 1858 when they were finally driven from these waters.
1830s Hudson’s Bay Co. records and other references dating back as far as 1830’s and earlier tell of the Huh-Lumma which realistically demonstrates the development of the name to Lummi. Over the many decades that the name has been known to the whites, it has appeared as Lummi, Luma, Lumma, Loomi. At any rate the basic root is demonstrated of some antiquity…story of L shaped village…the village, and then by association, the tribe, became known as “Twlo-lammis” or “facing one another.” From which the legend conclude the name of Lummi was derived.
1830s Gooseberry Point marks the last stand of the Lummi tribe, which until then, about 1830, lived mainly on Lummi and Lopez Islands.
The first devastating smallpox epidemic probably occurred in the middle 1830s. Several others in later years cut back the native population drastically.
1841 (LLD) The Wilkes surveying expedition named the Island “McLoughlin” after Captain John McLoughlin, head of the Hudson’s Bay Co. at Vancouver, Washington. They also named the northern point of the Island “Point Migley” after a gunner on the ship. Hale’s Passage was named after Professor Horatio Hale, an Oregon philologist who first compiled a systematic Chinook Jargon. The island south of the pass was named “Eliza” – changing the “s” in the original Spanish name to “z”. The feminine Spanish Point “Frances” was changed to the masculine “Francis”. The southern point of Lummi Island was named “Carter Point” after one of the officers.
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Officers . | Directors . |
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