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Plenty poppin' around Northshore
I like to scrounge scratch pads from Mayor-for-Life Jarvis at Grace Town
Hall and load them with notes for this column. It’s time to clear the
top page of a few of them. Scouts-a-poppin’
Boy Scout
executive Dwayne Rogge reports that scouts of our Northlake District
sold $70,000 worth of popcorn recently as a fund raiser. Most
importantly, however, was the discovery by seven enterprising candidates
for Eagle rank that they could also take donations and have a firm ship
popcorn and carmel corn to troops in Iraq – six skids of these treats
donated so far. To contact Dwayne and learn how you might add to the
shipment at drogge@settlebsa.org
or (206) 902-2347 but don’t delay if you’d like this to be a holiday
treat. Postal
patience
The popcorn
item leads to the pad of notes jotted while waiting in one of those long
lines at the Bothell post office. A woman presents the clerk with a
package destined for China. The address is printed in Chinese symbols
and alphabet. She insists that the address must be in Chinese so
authorities in that country will have no trouble delivering the package
to its proper destination. Clerk asks, “but how will our people at
this end know how to process this if it is in Chinese?” Longer
conversation ensues. Line is getting longer. There are a number of
customers in line with packages for Afghanistan and Iraq. “How would
you like this shipped?”, the clerk finally questions – ship by air
or boat. The woman agrees to air at a cost of $40.46 assuring delivery
in less than two weeks. The address and
shipping issues have been settled, apparently, because the next question
from the postal clerk is “would you like the contents insured?” The
answer is yes. The clerk then asks, “what value do you place on the
contents?” Thirty-five dollars, replies the woman as she prepares a
check. I didn’t catch what the additional cost was to insure the
package. Nice
welcome for Marty
One of the first chores for
new Northshore Senior Center executive director Marty Dennis was to
participate in a “photo op” with Board president Bob Mitchell and
Woodinville Rotary Club president Jay Soloff. No, Jay was not delivering
a premium wine gift from his DeLille Cellars, but a check for $20,000
from his service club. The funds were raised at the club’s charity
auction at which the need to “leave no senior behind” was a central
theme of the event. “After
all,” noted Jay, “once the new health and wellness structure is up
and running early next year we wanted to make sure the van
transportation would be available for those most in need”. The Center
had alerted the club to an impending shortfall in the program’s van
transportation budget in light of rising fuel costs, liability insurance
rates and the cost of employee benefits in general. Marty joins the
senior center after 22 years at Northwest Hospital where, as a
registered nurse she served in various staff and administrative
capacities. A native Minnesotan, Marty has spent 37 years in nursing.
Outreach to seniors was one of most recent programs she directed at
Northwest. One
more kudo
When writing a
recent Citizen column in tribute to retiring Senior Center
director Marianne LoGerfo, I had asked former school district
information officer Terri Malinowski to be among those sharing personal
thoughts about the many contributions Marianne had made over her 22
years with the Center. Terri is a one-time news editor of the Northshore
Citizen prior to her years with the Northshore district. My request of
Terri came at a very difficult time as she had just lost her husband
Paul after a long battle with Parkinson’s. Terri has become well known
to many through her varied opportunities for community involvement over
the years with the newspaper (she was our Woodinville country
correspondent when I joined the Citizen newspaper in 1961) and
later in her capacity with Northshore schools. But, Paul was well known,
too, although his workday took him to places outside the Northshore
community. In the days she
wrote her weekly newspaper column, “Navigating the Northshore”,
Terri often delved into personal family life, fondly recounting the acts
of generosity, discipline and neighborliness of a character only
referred to by the initials H.H. That, of course, was husband Paul,
“Head of the Household.” Here’s how
Terri “navigated” about her friend Marianne: “Looking back
on Marianne LoGerfo's lengthy tenure as director of the Although
Marianne plans to stay on as a volunteer at the Center “for months to
come”, her seniors plan to honor her at a retirement celebration
Wednesday, Dec. 10 at the Center from 3-6 p.m.
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The Previous Columns November
3, 2004 October
20, 2004 October
6, 2004 Sept
15, 2004 Sept.
1, 2004 August
18, 2004 August
4, 2004 July
21, 2004 July
7, 2004 |
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Hughes
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