Our Lummi Island Community

Tome 2013/02

The Tome Of Lummi Island
Volume XLVIII No. 2
February 2013

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Community Association Meeting – Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Potluck Dinner – – – 6:30 PM

Program and Business Meeting – – – 7:15 PM

Program: Island Library Renovation

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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

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

AA meetings – Congregational Church basement …………………… Every Monday 7 PM-8:30 PM

Second Annual Art Show Boys & Girls Club …………………………. Feb 23 Saturday Noon to 3:00 PM

LICA POTLUCK DINNER MEETING —Grange Hall ..…………… Feb 27 Wednesday 6:30 / 7:15 PM

“Truth Like the Sun” Jim Lynch – Seattle World’s Fair – Grange Hall Feb 28 Thursday 7:00 to 8:30 PM

Breakfast with Books, Beach School …………………………………. Mar 1 Friday 8:15 – 9:30 AM

Pie Plus Social by Boys & Girls Club – Grange Hall ………………… Mar 2 Saturday 1:00 to -4:00 PM

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

Recycle Pickup – Your House ……………………………………………………… Mar 4 Monday morning

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

Japanese Culture Open House – Island Library – Drop in …………… Mar 5 Tuesday 2:00 – 8:00 PM

Ferry Advisory Committee …Fire Hall ………………………………. Mar 5 Tuesday 6:30 PM

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

Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Mar 7 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM

Heritage Trust Annual Benefit Banquet – Grange Hall Mar 9 Saturday TBA

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

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

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

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

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

Civic Club – Church Fellowship Room ………………………………………… Mar 14 Thursday 10:00 AM

The Tome Deadline ……………………………………………………………… Mar 15 Friday 11:00 PM

Recycle Pickup — Your house ………………………………………. Mar 18 Monday morning

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

Ferry Fueling Day (Alternate Thursdays at Gooseberry Point) …………. Mar 21 Thursday 12:30 to 1:20 PM

Annual Spaghetti Dinner Grange Hall ………………………………. Mar 23 Saturday 5:30 to 7:30 PM

Concert At The Church – Angelo Rondello …………………………. Mar 23 Saturday 8:00 PM

Annual Roadside Cleanup – Grange Hall …………………………….. Mar 30 Saturday 9:45 AM

Easter Sunrise Service Scenic Estates Clubhouse ……………….…. Mar 31 Sunday Sunrise

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

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Island Library Renovation – – ed

Our program at next Wednesday’s (February 27) Potluck Dinner Meeting will be a verbal tour through the Island Library renovation by Diane Harper. After the meeting, if you want to follow Diane to the Library, she will give you a real physical tour of the plans for reconstruction.

During our business meeting which follows the Library program, we will take a second vote on the $4,250 LICA Grant Package for Lummi Island non-profit organizations.

And -.we will conclude nominations for LICA Officers and Board Members and finally vote to see who runs LICA this year.

All Lummi Islanders are invited to these monthly LICA meetings. Come join us for the Potluck (6:30 PM) if you wish, or just come for the program after the dinner (7:15 PM). If you come for the Potluck, please come a bit before 6:30 so we can start eating at exactly 6:30. Remember to bring all your own table service so you don’t have to eat off the table top with your fingers.

The door prize will be $40 for a Tome subscriber if s/he is in the Hall at the time of the drawing. Last month Jyl Peterson didn’t show up for her $35.

The irony of life is that, by the time you’re old enough to know your way around, you’re not going anywhere.

NANCY SIMMERMAN’S GUDE ERTH KNITWEAR & GIFT SHOP, 2386 Tuttle Lane, 758-2489.

Drop ins welcome. Free Knitting instructions, fiber chats and project rescue.

STUDIO APARTMENT FOR RENT, partially furnished.  2127 Tuttle Lane.  $545/month. 758-2489.

MASSAGE PRACTITIONER NEEDED AT WILLOWS INN  Part-time, on-call position. Competitive pay scale. Contact Michele Morrissey 201-4765 for details and to apply.

$10 MONEY TEN MONEY $10 – – ed

There was no winner of last month’s $10 Certificate hidden in one copy of The Tome. “Good grief!!! I was so busy I forgot to open the Tome until after the deadline. I won’t make that mistake again.”

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.

TO THE LUMMI ISLAND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS OF JOANNE HELEN HAMMERBERG

Our family is grateful to you all for your love and friendship on behalf of Joanne and her memory. Thank you all for making her memorial such a remarkable occasion.

Any donations in Joanne’s memory may be made to: Friends of Island Library; PO Box 204; Lummi Island WA 98262 or through PayPal: friends of island library.org

– – Sincerely, Chuck & Rita Hammerberg

BEACH SCHOOL FOUNDATION – – Erna Gregory, Secretary, Beach School Foundation

The Beach School Foundation is seeking to build community partnerships with Lummi Island organizations. Having a strong network of Community Partnerships makes receiving a grant much more likely because the partnership exemplifies shared community goals and community cohesion.

Community partners are usually nonprofits or businesses that work together on a regular basis to provide services to the same citizenry, in this case, the children of Lummi Island. Our mission statement makes our goals plain: “Beach School Foundation is committed to sustaining and enhancing elementary school education at Beach School and for children on Lummi Island through current and long-term financial support and stability.”

We define “partnership” as an arrangement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. This is an informal and non-binding partnership, solely to benefit and support the education of our community’s children. Our Community partners thus far are the Parent Teacher Organization, Friends of the Island Library and the Lummi Island Grange #925. The Lummi Island Community Association’s Board voted unanimously to partner with us and the BSF will attend the upcoming LICA community meeting to propose a partnership to the entire LICA organization.

If you belong to an organization that you think would like to enhance our children’s education and support our school, please contact any member of our Board. Please visit our website at www.beachschoolfoundation.org for a complete list of our Board members. Don’t worry though – if you don’t call us, we’ll call you.

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP . – – Joe Namath

GRANGE SPAGHETTI DINNER! – – Tamia Sorensen

It’s that time of year again! Saturday, March 23rd the Grange presents our Annual Spaghetti Dinner! Come join us for Byron Moye’s scrumptious spaghetti & meatballs with Caesar salad, garlic bread and dessert. Be sure to come hungry because “Carbo-Loading” with friends and neighbors is the perfect way to ring in our much anticipated spring here on Lummi Island! Come on by the Grange Hall at 5:30 to 7:30 PM on the 23rd. The Price: $8.00 Adults and $4.00 children 12 and under.

Every morning is the dawn of a new error

GRANGE NEWS – – Tamia Sorensen

This month, member Bud Jewell helped to make sure, through a Grange supported program, that Beach School students received brand new Spanish / English Dictionaries. The Grange is proud to endorse the Beach School Foundation and supports the organization’s goal of sustaining and enhancing elementary school education at Beach School and for children on Lummi Island through current and long-term financial support and stability.

Also this month, Aaliyah Arvensis delighted us with a brief presentation about her very positive learning experience this past summer while attending Camp Cornet Bay Junior Grange Camp. Aaliyah’s presentation successfully encouraged us to try to send Lummi Island youths to the camp on an annual basis.

The Lummi Island Grange wishes to welcome any and all to join our organization, or to attend as our guest. The Lummi Island Grange meets on the first Wednesday of every month. Coffee and refreshments from 6.30-7.00 PM and the one-hour meeting commences at 7.00 PM. www.lummigrange.com

My wife and I had words, but I didn’t get to use mine.

Bob’s Life, as he saw it – – 1/26/1924 ‑ 1/16/2013

Bob Fodor died at his home on Lummi Island on January 16, 2013. He was 88 years old. He spent his youth on a small farm on the outskirts of Oberlin, Ohio. Bob was greatly impressed by President Roosevelt’s “New Deal” which systematically relieved many of the hardships associated with the Great Depression of the 1930’s.

He also became a lifelong trade unionist when his family’s fortunes drastically improved when the factory in which his father worked was organized by a union.

Bob was drafted in 1942 and spent the next three years in the U.S. army. After his discharge he enrolled in Pomona College in Claremont, California. Upon graduating he went to Detroit to work in the auto plants and to become an active member of the United Automobile Workers’ Union.

On the basis of his union activity, he was recommended for a position in the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. Bob felt very fortunate to have worked, throughout his career in Washington with exceedingly competent, creative colleagues on many challenging projects. His career spanned the years from President Eisenhower to the election of Ronald Reagan at which time he took early retirement. He was proud to be one of the group of Federal employees who risked their careers by vigorously and publicly opposing the Vietnam War. More recently, he strongly opposed the pre-emptive, unilateral invasion of Iraq.

Fodor has been a supporter of the ACLU since he experienced firsthand the evils of McCarthyism. He was opposed to all attempts by public or private institutions or individuals, to impose a narrow, shallow conformity on any law abiding citizen.

Bob felt that he lived a rich, full life with only a few regrets. He leaves his marvelous mate, Thurid Clark, three children and a sister. Fodor hopes that some of his friends will make a generous contribution to the ACLU of Washington, in his name. By his request, there will be no formal funeral service as he wishes to be promptly cremated. His ashes are to be sprinkled at the base of a designated tree on Lummi Island.

Now that I’m older I thought it was great that I have more patience.

Turns out that I just don’t give a hoot.

Ferry Advisory Committee – – Mike McKenzie

Lummi Island Ferry Advisory Committee (LIFAC) will hold its next meeting Tuesday, March 5, at 6:30 PM in the Lummi Island Fire Hall. It is open to the public, and the agenda will contain an open comments section (3-min. limit). The committee designated part of the meeting as a work session (also open to anyone, but without comments from the audience).

ROADSIDE CLEANUP – – ed

Have you ever wondered why our Island ditches aren’t full of litter? They would be except that the GOOD PEOPLE of Lummi Island pick up the litter every year in an organized fashion. Our Annual Roadside Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, March 30. This is the day all able-bodied Islanders who care about their Island gather at the Grange Hall and divide up into crews to collect litter from our roadsides. A free lunch follows for all who help. Full details will appear in next month’s Tome. LICA organizes the event and pays for all lunch supplies. The Grange provides the venue and Grange members prepare the lunch. It’s actually a kind of a fun social party, but the result is clean roadsides.

My wife asked “Whatcha doin’ today?” I said “Nothin’”

She said “You did that yesterday.” I said “I didn’t finish.”

Beach school news – – Judy Thomas, Manager

We missed the last issue of the Tome so here’s a review of Beach activities. We explored robotics for two days using Legos and computers. Many thanks to the Beach School Foundation for funding this wonderful opportunity. Kloe Arvensis will represent Beach School at the Future Chef competition on March 12. Her “Wonderful Salad” won at the school level and will compete against 18 other elementary
students at Ferndale High School. Judy attended a curriculum seminar about including tribal sovereignty in the social studies curriculum.

Terri is off to Seattle at the end of the month for a reading workshop. Victoria Souza presented movies, slides, skulls and whale bones of local marine mammals to our whole school.

Friday, March 1, 8:15 – 9:30 AM, is our annual Breakfast with Books. This is when you can really help us by reading with our students. There will be plenty of food and a crazy skit by the staff. Please come on down and enjoy the morning. Remember, jammies are the attire of the day.

The PTO is planning a family movie night and our sixth grade leaders are working towards a BINGO night to benefit FOIL. Watch for posters concerning times and dates.

“Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.” – Victor Borge

Boys & Girls Club News – – Lynn Schreiber

Our Youth of the Month for February is Edmond Slimane! Edmond has been coming to Club for many years and is always helpful, polite and respectful of both the staff and his peers. He loves sports and can often be found in the Club yard playing games with his friends. He has a positive attitude and is a great Club kid.

Important dates:

The Club’s Second Annual Art Show! It will be held on Saturday, February 23 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Boys & Girls Club. We hope you will take the time to stop in and see what the kids have been doing and have a cup of tea with the artists! The kids have been having fun with watercolors, pastels, mixed media and more.

Pies (Plus) Social on Saturday, March 2 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Grange Hall! Come enjoy Pies, Cakes, Cookies, Coffee, Tea and Soft Serve ice cream. Another feature will be game-playing. The Club will place Cribbage, Scrabble, Sudoku, and other board games on tables for guests to play.

Keep your eyes peeled for flyers and more information via Brown Betty, Lummi Next Door and the Lummi Island Face Book page!

Community Service Club:

We decided to go North on Nugent this time and up Centerview a bit to see how much garbage we could pick up. We were all surprised at how little we found! What we did find interesting is that most of the garbage was from adults. We are looking forward to putting together our “Garbage Graph” so we can track what we are finding and where. We are having so much fun and it’s also a great way to reinforce safety while walking on our Island roads. Don’t forget to wave when you see us out and about!

When I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places, he told me to stop going to those places.

LIBRARY RENOVATION AND ADDITION – – Diane Harper

Almost ready! Drawings are expected to be complete in the next few weeks, with bids requested in March. Details of where and when bid documents will be available in Brown Betty, NextDoor, or poster at the Library.

Gardeners Network – – Randy Smith

Program for March 11: Succession plantings to provide habitat for pollinators. By Wynne Lee. More information to come on NextDoor, Lummi Island Friends and www.transitionlummiisland.com”

Doris (Tex) Evelyn Maneval – 23 November, 1924 – 24 January, 2013

Former Lummi Island resident Doris (Tex) Evelyn Maneval, 88, beloved wife of Percy (Shorty) Maneval, passed away 24 Jan 2013 in Lynden, WA. She has gone home to the loving arms of her Lord and Savior. She was born 23 Nov 1924 in Hermleigh TX, to the late John Trousdale and Vera (Pounds) Gross. While attending Dorn Business School in Dallas she met and fell in love with her husband. On 19 Jan 1944 Tex and Shorty married at the Chapel on March Field Army C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures\6_031638.jpg Air Corp Base, in Riverside, CA during WW II. She worked at a tech supply on base but having a lot of talent they wanted her to be secretary to a higher officer. When Shorty came back from overseas she moved to Big Spring, TX to the Big Spring Air Force Base where he was stationed. After Shorty was discharged on 26 Oct 1944 they came back to Lynden, WA and five children were born. Tex, worked at United Control, the Superintendent’s office for Carnation School District, Whatcom County Treasurer’s office, the Juvenile Detention Office in Bellingham, WA, and Secretary/bookkeeper for Meridian School District. Shorty and Tex enjoyed 50 years of Square Dancing. She was treasurer for the WA State Square Dance Association; co-chaired the WA State “Lynden Spree in 93;” and was awarded the Illa Williams Trophy. Together they RV traveled, went on cruises and enjoyed Missionary work in Mexico. Tex enjoyed volunteering at St. Joseph hospital for about twelve years. Tex is survived by her beloved husband of 69 years, Shorty; children: Nancy (Jim) Herrick of Meridian, ID, Patricia (John) Fuller of Custer, WA, Peggy (Bill) Grinnell of Snohomish, WA, Richard (Andree Powell) Maneval of Bellingham, WA, and Barbara (Daniel) Cutts of Port Hadlock, WA; Siblings Bettie, of Jacksonville, Texas, LaVerne of Big Spring Texas and Donald of Riverside, CA; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.

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

ISLAND YARD WORK – Island references are available | Landscaping, Trimming, Gardening

Morgan Anderson | 383-7339 | 758-7449 | $15/hr.

ALUMINUM CAN-RECYCLING by the Grange. Bins located in Grange parking lot. Thank you.

Mary Anita Jones

Former Lummi Island resident Mary Anita (Russell) Jones passed away January 2013. She had just celebrated her 91st birthday with her children: Sandy (Stephen), Randy (Jan) and grandchildren: John (Tracey), Heidi (Eddie), Monika (Nihat), Vanessa (Nick), and her great-grandchild Eireann. Mom lived a full life filled with family, friends and adventures around the world. Some include going to Australia with her bridge group, England with her children to explore her family heritage and living in Alaska for 3 years. All made her life interesting. No matter the situation Mom never failed to love us, support us and worry about us. We have a huge hole in our hearts and lives with her passing. Please remember Mom in your own way.

Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.

ISLAND LIBRARY – IT BELONGS TO YOU – – Joan Keiper

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

Ongoing Events

Chess Club – Improve your skills with a friendly game of chess. Weekly on Tuesdays, 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Hosted by Matt & Abe. For adults and teens.

Upcoming Events

“Truth like the Sun”Celebrate the Seattle World’s Fair with Jim Lynch. Jim Lynch will read from his book “Truth like the Sun” and we’ll explore the foods, sights and sounds of the Century 21 Exposition in 1962 Seattle. Refreshments will be served. Thursday, Feb. 28th, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM. Grange, $5 suggested donation

Japanese Culture Open House – Explore different aspects of Japanese Culture. Drop by the library and learn origami, how to use chopsticks, taste Japanese teas, and sample food, Tuesday, Mar. 5th, All Ages/Family

LEGO Show & Tell – Bring in your creations and tell us all about it. We’ll share books and ideas for your next project. Sat. Mar. 16, 11:00 AM, Grades K-5

The Friends of Island Library (FOIL) Board meets the second Monday of the month at the library. FOIL members are community volunteers who work diligently on behalf of the Island Library. The next meeting is Monday, Mar. 11, 7:30 to 9:00 PM at the Library. All are invited.

The cardiologist’s diet: – If it tastes good spit it out.

Note: The following is excerpted from a Sheriff’s Office Press Release on Jan 30, 2013.

CRIME ON LUMMI ISLAND

Sherriff’s Deputies arrested Lucas Kudner, age 23, of 907 North 80th Street in Seattle on January 13th for committing a second degree assault upon his mother on Lummi Island and booked him into the Whatcom County Jail. The assault and arrest occurred at a residence rented by his mother on Harmony Lane. At the time of his arrest, Kudner was found to be in possession of four firearms which were seized by deputies.

On January 18th, deputies responded to the report of a burglary in the 3700 block of Harmony Lane on Lummi Island. Deputies found that the home had been ransacked and that approximately $25,000 in property including firearms, ammunition, jewelry and musical instruments were stolen. It was also discovered that a firearm had been repeatedly discharged within and outside the residence resulting in damage to the victim’s property and car, knives had been impaled in property belonging to the victims, and paintings had been slashed. Damage was estimated at $8,800. The theft and damage occurred at a main, and auxiliary dwelling that was near Kudner’s mother’s rented residence.

Upon investigating the burglary, deputies learned that the four firearms stolen during the burglary were the same firearms possessed by Kudner at the time of his arrest. Deputies executed a search warrant at the Harmony Lane residence rented by his mother and recovered property that included jewelry, back packs, chainsaws, ammunition, musical instruments and other property that were taken during the burglary. Kudner was arrested again while still in jail for assaulting his mother.

On January 30th, Kudner was charged with the: following crimes: (1) Burglary in the First Degree, (2) Possession of Stolen Property in the First Degree, (3) Possession of Stolen Firearms (4 counts) and (4) Malicious Mischief in the First Degree.

Sheriff Elfo said: “Kudner armed himself with firearms during the course of this residential burglary and discharged the weapons at the scene of the crime. Considering the amount of damage done to the victim’s residence and the assault upon his mother, it was apparent that he was out of control and presented a significant threat to others. Holding those who use firearms during the commission of a felony remains a high priority for the Sheriff’s Office.”

Our community is so small we don’t have a village idiot, so we all have to take turns.

FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS – – Duncan McLane, Fire Chief

Zach Little, Dan Ohms, and Eric Immer have made it through their orientation and will start responding with us when the siren sounds – welcome aboard guys! Our numbers are slowly coming up with two more in the acceptance and orientation process, but we would like to see about 6 – 8 more, (hint, hint).

WA Department of Natural Resources has approved our $5,700 grant request to purchase seven new portable radios and there is positive feedback from FEMA on our $51,000 grant for a new heart monitor and defibrillator.

When you start burning all those winter blow downs and spring trimmings, please remember to keep the fire small and hot to reduce the smoke output.

At the end of this year we will make the final payment on the property across the street. You will be seeing more notices of special board meetings in the coming months as we get more focused on facility improvements.

A miscreant is in jail. Guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet.

“Just WHAT are you doing?” he asks. “Hanging myself,” the reprobate replies. “It should be around your neck” says the guard. “I tried that,” he replies, “but then I couldn’t breathe.”

Heritage Trust Benefit Dinner & Dessert Auction – – Becca Rettmer

Please join us for the Heritage Trust’s annual Benefit Dinner & Dessert Auction, a sumptuous evening of fabulous food, wine, and merriment, all to benefit the Island’s treasured natural environment. Enjoy a delicious dinner crafted by Janice Holmes, while surrounded by a songbird decor designed by GuruBani Khalsa. Wonderful wines and a lively dessert auction will accompany the dinner. Guests will also enjoy bidding for fabulous raffle items, including smoked salmon and an original lithograph by Tony Angell. Seating is limited for this special event at the Grange on March 9, so be sure to make your reservations early by calling the Heritage Trust office, 758-7997. Invite your friends to join your table and help us make this year’s Benefit Dinner a resounding success.

Every time I hear the dirty word ‘exercise’, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.

Lummi Island Congregational Church – – Cindy Bauleke, Pastor

We’ve been doing a little cleaning out at the Church. Decades of accumulation of bat guano have been cleaned out of the attic – it was quite a job, and sadly the holy bat guano was contaminated and not able to be reused. We are relieved the ceiling held under more than a ton of the stuff. There is new insulation and the Girl Scouts are making new homes for the bats as we seek to be good stewards.

We are beginning Lent, the six weeks preceding Easter, and doing some cleaning out of our own as we sort through our internal closets. It is a time of examining the stuff we put away to deal with later, to see what we can let go of so we might better center our lives in Meaning. During Lent we receive the One Great Hour of Sharing mission offering. With many other churches around the world we are present helping in natural disasters and in the developing world doing amazing things to help people. Holy Week is the last week of March this year with Palm Sunday worship, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday all at the Church. Easter Sunrise worship at Scenic Estates Clubhouse, Easter Celebration at the Church at 10:30 AM on March 31, followed by the traditional children’s egg hunt in the cemetery at 11:30 AM. We are grateful for donations for the egg hunt, which can be left at the Islander.

Our monthly Parish Dinners are a delightful time of sharing a meal for only $8 with great company. The Book Group is reading Pulitzer Prize winning Gilead by Marilynn Robinson and will discuss it on March 6 at 7 PM. Elderberries (for retired Islanders) continue to meet each Wednesday from 11 to 2, with lunch served at noon for a mere $1 donation.

Our Parish Nurses are taking a look at what they can and cannot do, now that Nancy Wong will be working for Hospice part time on the Island, limiting the many hours she normally volunteers helping Islanders through Parish Nursing. Be watching for guidelines on when you should call the Parish Nurses. Dorothy Hanson continues to be the first call at 758-2484.

For more details check our website: www.lummichurch.com; Next Door; Facebook: Lummi Island Congregational Church; or you may want to receive our weekly e-newsletter by contacting Rhayma at the Church Office (758-2060) or lummichurch@netzero.net.

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.

Curry Preserve Community Garden – – Megan Crouse

For many years, John Curry and his family farmed and raised cattle on the land that is now the Curry Preserve. The Heritage Trust has designated an area in the lower field at the Preserve for a Community Garden project. Recently, Curry Preserve Community Gardeners met to develop organizational guidelines and begin planning for improvements to the garden’s gate and fence.

Current gardeners include: Stella Benson (co-coordinator); Thurid Clark (co-coordinator); Bobbi Southworth; Alice Clayton; Meredith Moench; Ed and Helen Scott; Megan Crouse (Heritage Trust liaison); Constance Drake and Terry Diffley. At present, all garden plots are taken, but openings at the garden will be filled from the Community Garden waiting list on a first come, first served basis. We welcome Tom and Judy Weatherby as our newest gardeners.

Gardeners are required to pay a non-refundable, one-time $100 fee and an annual $25 assessment for utilities, and participate in three garden meetings and two work parties per year. Islanders who want to learn more about the garden or to add your names to our waiting list, please contact Stella at 758- 2278 or Megan at the Heritage Trust, 758-7997. Spring is coming and some of us have already purchased our seeds! Come and visit us at the Curry Preserve this season.

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

HOW TO IDENTIFY A DRIVER’S ORIGIN

One hand on wheel, one hand on horn:- Chicago.

One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator:‑ Boston.

One hand on wheel, one hand on nonfat double decaf cappuccino, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator, with gun in lap:- Los Angeles.

Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror:- Ohio, but driving in California.

Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat:- Italy.

One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on radio game:- Seattle.

One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator and both feet on brake, throwing McDonald’s bag out the window:‑ Texas.

One hand on wheel, one hand holding cell phone to ear, both feet on throttle speeding at twice speed limit on way to ferry: – Lummi Island

Old dogs !!!

One day an old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he’s lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old German Shepherd thinks, “Oh, oh! I’m in deep trouble now!”

Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the panther is about to leap, the old German Shepherd exclaims loudly,

“Boy, that was one delicious panther! I wonder, if there are any more around here?”

Hearing this, the young panther halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees.

“Whew!,” thinks the panther, “That was close! That old German Shepherd nearly had me!”

Meanwhile, a squirrel who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the panther. So, off he goes.

The squirrel soon catches up with the panther, tells his story and strikes a deal for himself with the panther.

The young panther is furious at being made a fool of and says, “Here, squirrel, hop on my back and see what’s going to happen to that conniving canine!”

Now, the old German Shepherd sees the panther coming with the squirrel on his back and thinks, “What am I going to do now?,” but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn’t seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old German Shepherd says…

“Where’s that squirrel? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another panther!”

Moral of this story…

Don’t mess with the old dogs… Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery!

CONCERT AT THE CHURCH – – Russ Thompson

The Congregational Church invites one and all to the opening Concert of the 2013 Season of Concerts and Performances featuring the Classical Piano of Bellingham’s Angelo Rondello.

Angelo last performed for us in May of 2012. Now he returns with music of Ravel, and others. Come and enjoy an evening of fine music on Saturday, March 23.

Mark your calendars for an evening to remember! It’s Angelo! He’s back from New York!
Performance at 8:00 P.M! Admission will be by suggested donation. Info: 758-2060; 758-2194

We will surely have more details in next month’s Tome. See you at the Concert!

Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.

LET’S TAKE ADVANTAGE of some extra space for a little more Lummi Island history. Credits: Peggy Aiston unless otherwise indicated; LLD – Lloyd Davis; JG – John Granger; PGD – ed;

  1. United States – Canada boundary is fixed at 49° North.

1850 January N Y Weekly Tribune of Jan 29 describes “The Nootlummi live around Bellingham Bay. They are a warlike people, subsisting by fishing, farming and hunting. Their relations with white inhabitants of Oregon and Hudson’s Bay Co. are doubtful. Population: males 60; females 50; children under 12, 90 and slaves 22. Total 222.

1853 U.S. Coast Survey adopted present name Lummi Island “because inhabited by that tribe.”

(LLD) The United States Coast Survey charted the Island officially as Lummi Island – “…since the Lummi Indians live there.” Gooseberry Point was so named simply because large quantities of wild gooseberries grew there.

(JG) The U.S. Government Geodetic Survey came through in 1853 and they renamed the island “Lummi”, a fact that should have really made the local natives laugh, for “lummi” in their language meant “island” so now it was called “Island Island” to them.

Mac Granger can remember the Lummi Indian’s long houses on the flats at Legoe Bay being there when he was growing up, and Irene (Granger) McFarland can remember the old shacks and the arrow heads they used to pick up there.

March Washington was organized as a territory on March 2.

1854 Whatcom County organized March 9. Named for Chief of the Nooksaks. Included what is now San Juan and Skagit Counties.

1855 (LLD) Governor Isaac I. Stevens and the superintendent of Indian Affairs for Washington signed a treaty on January 22 with five Indian tribes at Mukilteo (Point Elliot). The tribes were the Dwamish, Suquamish, Nuh-Lummi, Skagit and allied tribes. Chow-its-hoot, chief of the Lummis was assumed to represent all of the Nuh-Lummis and signed the treaty for them.

The treaty assigned all the land Chah-choo-sen which lies between the two mouths of the Nooksack, that is, between the old Lummi River and the Nooksack. This included land up to the present town of Ferndale. All the Nuh-Lummis, that is, the Lummis, Samish, Nooksacks, and Semiahmoo were moved onto the reservation. This did not work at all. From the beginning there was continual bickering between the groups, and some flatly refused to stay on the reservation. Finally in 1873, over President U.S. Grant’s signature, the reservation was decreased to its present boundaries and assigned to the Lummis and Semiahmoo who had become incorporated with the Lummis. The Samish were given their present lands on Samish Island and the Samish River valley. The Nooksacks were allowed to return to their scattered homes up the Nooksack River and were given the right to individually acquire title to land under the homestead law.

Following are various accounts of the first deaths of white men on Lummi Island.

1858 (LLD) GOLD! The discovery of gold on the Fraser River almost overnight turned the Bellingham Bay area into a wild boom town. Ship load after ship load of would-be prospectors came into the harbor. There was as yet no trail north to the Fraser. Those with money sailed by river boat up to the diggings, but those short of money acquired canoes by hook or crook and paddled the long way through the Gulf of Georgia and the Fraser River. Starting out from Whatcom, it was quite common for the canoeists to stop over night on Lummi Island before starting the long paddle across the Gulf. Two such prospectors did camp for the night at a spring on the beach. Some Lummis found their bodies the next morning with all their equipment gone. An armed group from Whatcom investigated, and with the help of the Lummis decided the murderers were Samish. . The combined armed group went to Samish Island and arrested seven Samish and took them to the jail in Whatcom. There our tale ends, as although the local paper wrote up the story to this point in detail, nothing was ever reported of later events and there is no courthouse record of the events.

1858 August (PGD) On August 25, 1858, both Joseph Dixon who was born about 1803 and Mr. Freeman who was born about 1823, died. These are the first recorded deaths on Lummi Island, and since they died on exactly the same day, it seems reasonable to assume that they died together by some unnatural means. Even though they are unknown and perhaps insignificant humans, they hold a unique position in the history of the Island.

The bodies of Joseph Dixon from Texas and a Mr. Freeman were found on Lummi Island with their campfire still burning…apparently shot while they slept…several Indians arrested as hostages for delivery by chiefs of the murderers….authorities went to chief of Lummi tribe and made formal demand for delivery of Indians “who have been committing numerous murders recently in this vicinity.”

1858 Deer, elk and grouse are said to abound on all the islands fronting Bellingham Bay.

1859 Surveyor’s notes in 1859 and 1873: Near west shore of Lummi Island on Rosario Straits are old Indian houses and burying grounds with carved images.

1860’s (LLD) The Island settled down into a period of peace and quiet. The Lummis made their annual fish camp at Village Point and there were no more raids from the north. With all of Whatcom County and its forests to settle, the whites had no interest in the isolated island.

ISLAND RAINFALL January Last year
Westshore Farm Hayfield 3.84” 4.55” (Sheila & Al Marshall)
North Tuttle Lane 4.09” 3.97” (Nancy Simmerman)
South Nugent 4.18” 4.60” (Jerry Brown)
Scenic Estates 5.25” 4.37” (Darlene Stoffer)

Note: Correction: December rain for North Tuttle Lane was 5.68″, not 4.81” as reported last month.

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LUMMI ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS – _- 2012___

Officers . Directors .
President: David Thorn Bill Lee Larry Roteman
Vice President: Malcolm Hutchings John Arntsen Tom Weatherby (2 yr)
Secretary: Mike Skehan Tamia Sorensen
Treasurer/Editor/Archivist: Paul Davis

The Tome is the publication of the Lummi Island Community Association and is published monthly except August and December. All subscriptions are on a calendar year basis, January to December. Subscription fee is $6.00 for Lummi Island addresses, $10.00 for off-Island addresses and $6.00 for e-mail delivery. Canadian addresses are $16.00 U.S. funds. Paul Revere e-mail news service is free with any subscription. Free LICA membership is limited to residents and property owners of Lummi Island (18 years and older). Write to LICA, P.O. Box 163, Lummi Island WA 98262; or call Paul Davis, Treasurer and Editor at (360) 758-2414 for information about subscriptions, membership or advertising. E-mail: thetome@lummiislandcable.com

THE LUMMI ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION DOES NOT ENDORSE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT APPEAR IN The Tome. AVAILABILITY OF ADVERTISING SPACE IS ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. OPINIONS OF CONTRIBUTORS TO The Tome DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OR MEMBERS OF THE LUMMI ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Volume XLVIII No. 2

February 2013

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