October
Birthdays
Ken Snider,
10/1 Bill Anstiss,
10/2
Peggy Flentie,
10/4
Barbara Shain,
10/8
Kathy Cianci,
10/15
Tim Propeck,
10/18
Richard Ostlund,
10/20
George
Zimmerman, 10/20
Roberta Enders,
10/23
Russ Rousseau,
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Letter
of Thanks
Dear
Myron,
We
wish to express our
deepest appreciation
and thank all the
Boeing Bluebills for
participating with UGN
and our Day of Caring!
We
hope that being part
of the Day of Caring
was meaningful and
helpful. We knew you
had a lot of work to
do at the Dove House
shelter, and with the
additional volunteers
form The Boiler Room'
you were able to
complete this project.
Perhaps
next September 2013,
you will consider
being part of the Day
of Caring.
Warmest
regards
Carla
Caldwell, Executive
Director
Laura
Souza. Program
Specialist Manager
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TIME TO CHOOSE
2013 OFFICERS
It's
that time of year
again. We need to
nominate officers
for 2013.
Ken
Winter is current
Chair and will run
again for 2013.
Barbara
Berthiaume is First
Vice-Chair and will
run again.
Second
Vice-Chair, Bob Rosen
has elected not to run
as he has a
lot of other
obligations.
Jack
Randall has agree to
run for Second Vice
Chair.
If
there are other
members interested in
running for any
of
the above positions
please contact Myron
Vogt.
(vogt@cablespeed.com,
437-4055.) Don't
nominate
anyone
that has not agreed to
run. Myron
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Bluebills
Octoberfest
The Bluebills
has their Octoberfest
social at the Beach
Club.
Certificates of
"Appreciation for
Service" were
presented to the the
following:
Marvin
Segar for
developing, training
volunteers and
expanding the Fall
Prevention Program.
Valeria
Vogt for
providing graphics
support to all our
programs and
especially for designing
and printing over
100 special
brochures, tee
signs, banners and
plaques for the
Bluebill Benefit
Golf tournament.
Barbara
Berthiaume
for taking on the
job of Publicity
coordinator and
her success
in getting Bluebills
programs and events
in newspapers and
on the
radio.
Mea
and Michael Graham
for their hard work
in organizing and
running the first
Bluebill Benefit
Golf Tournament.
Betty
Faulkner
for her work in
developing and
running the Dove
House Support
Program.
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Segar, Val Vogt,
Barbara
Berthiaume, Mea
Graham, Michael
Graham, and
Betty |
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2012 SCHOOL
SUPPLY PROGRAM by
Dick Ostlund
As
you know, twice each
year the Bluebills
pick up supplies from
World Vision to
deliver to the
fourteen schools we
support on the Olympic
Peninsula. This
delivery occurs once
in September and once
in February the
following year. All
schools must meet the
World Vision criteria
for membership
including the school
must have at least 70
% of the students on
reduced price or free
lunches. Of the
fourteen schools, six
are delivered by our
group in Quilcene and
the remainder from the
Port Ludlow gang. The
schools also must
become a member of the
World Vision supported
agencies by applying
for membership and by
paying a membership
fee. The need of the
schools for our
support and for the
material we deliver is
great and it is much
appreciated by the
schools and the
districts they are a
part of.
This
year World Vision was
extremely generous
with the supplies
providing eleven
pallets of gifts, each
pallet loaded with
approximately 4-600
pounds of material.
Since all of the Port
Ludlow storage
facilities were not
available for the
school supplies this
year because of the
space required for
donated gifts for the
CEA auction, all of
the eleven pallets
were delivered to the
facilities in
Quilcene. It was a
pleasure to share
space with the Hoods
Canal group.
Our
deliveries were made
on Wednesday,
October third. There
were three main
directions for us.
We had three schools
in Bremerton, two in
Sequim, and
three on the West
Coast. Four vehicles
were used for the
Bremerton delivery,
one large enclosed
trailer for the West
Coast area, and a
wagon with a large
trailer for Sequim.
All pickups, the
unloading, inventory,
reloading and delivery
was made with help
from the Quilcene
Bluebills. All-in-all
it was a very
successful delivery
for our client
schools, and a fun
time for all of
the Bluebill
participants.
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The
gang that did
the
pickup. Myron
Vogt, Russ and
Shelley
Rousseau, Kay
Peterson,
Bonnie
Douglass, Dick
and Vollea
Ostlund, Amy and
John Miller,
Doug Peterson
and Lee
Douglass.
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Russ
and Shelley
Rousseau and
Dick Ostlund
load up
the Rousseau
trailer for
the trip to
schools in
Port Angeles,
Forks and
Queets, a
one-way
distance of
over 150
miles.
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Bonnie
Douglas
received an
Appreciation
Award for all
the work she
does in
organizing the
School Supply
and
Essential Supply
distribution
programs in
the Hood Canal
region. Lee and
Bonnie
Douglas, Myron
Vogt and Kay
Peterson.
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Bluebills
Dove House Charity
Golfing Tournament
The
First Annual
Golf Benefit
to support
victims of
domestic
violence and
sexual abuse
took place on
Saturday,
September
29th,
at the
Port Ludlow
Golf
Club.
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Raffle
prize
presented to
Ken Snider by
Peggy Selby
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The
Olympic
Peninsula
Boeing
Bluebills
hosted the
tournament and
the
purpose
of this golf
tournament was
to raise
awareness and
money for
victims of
domestic
violence and
sexual abuse.
Dove House
advocacy
services is
Jefferson
County's sole
provider of
confidential
services to
victims of all
crimes,
empowers
victims of
crime and
abuse through
education,
advocacy and
crisis
intervention.
Michael
and Mea Graham
organized the
event with the
assistance of
Matt Prichard,
Assistant Golf
Pro at the
Port Ludlow
Golf Course.
There were 124
golfers, over
twenty
volunteers,
three major
sponsors and
twenty-seven
tee box
sponsor
s. Dove
House was
presented with
a check for
$6500 raised
from the golf
event. The
support of the
entire
community made
this a
resounding
success that
ensures there
will be a
Second Annual
Tournament set
for September
7, 2013.
Details will
follow in
early spring
so mark this
on your
calendar for
the coming
year.
Team
winners in the
Ladies
Division were
Suzy Gruber,
Annette
Isaaksen,
Lucinda
Thompson, and
Bonnie
Vahcic.
Men's
Division
First
place : Mike
Blair, Dan
Holtz, Jack
McKay, and
Myron
Vogt.
Second
place: Bill
Browne, Gene
Guiberson,
Dick Ostlund,
and Clint Webb
Third
place: Ken
Avicola, Jack
Hirschmann,
Dan Kimble,
and Jack
Lambton.
Mixed
division
First
place: Bob
Asbell, Pam
Asbell, Adam
Barrows, and
Suzy
Lee.
Second
Place: Dave
and Linda Aho
and Mike and
Elaine
Raymond
Third
Place: Ed and
Barbara
Berthiaume and
Arlyn Hanna
and Bob Losey
took third
place.
The
longest drive
for the men
went to Terry
Lyle and Kathy
Williams had
the longest
drive for the
women.
Sponsors:
Century
Link, Homer
Smith
Insurance,
Paul Ried
Financial
Services,
Olympic Ridge
Construction,
Circle and
Square, Best
Homes, Rotary
of East
Jefferson,
Rotary of Port
Townsend,
Connie Norman
Massage
Therapy,
Active Life
Therapy, Brady
Chiropratic
and Nutrition,
Hill Moving
and Storage,
Valley Tavern,
Edensaw Wood,
LTD, Carl's
Building
Supply, Cucina
Pizza, Port
Ludlow Village
Store, Port
Hadlock Vision
Clinic,
Silverwater
Cafe, Shear
Attraction,
Soroptimist
Intl-Sequim,
Duane
Anderson, CPA,
Port Townsend
Kiwanis,
Jefferson
Healthcare,
Home Instead
Sequim and
Port Ludlow,
Hear for Life
Audiology,
John L. Scott
Realty,
Tri-Area
Pharmacy,
O'Neill
Construction,
Auchor Canvas,
and Les
Schwabb Tires.
More
photos by
Peggy Flentie
taken at the
Dove House
Charity Event,
click
here.
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BLUEBILLS
HELP 92 YEAR-OLD
We
recently received a
request to pave a
gravel pathway
that a
wheelchair-bound
client used to get
from the house to
the driveway.
Bluebills
usually don't do
this much concrete
work but there was
little digging
involved so we
took it on.
Put in forms one
day and poured
concrete a couple
of days later.
Concrete was
provided by
Cotton Redimix of
Port Hadlock.
Bluebill
volunteers were Jack
Hawker, Larry Elton,
Jim Knight and Myron
Vogt.
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UGN Dove
House Landscape
Project
In April,
a number of Bluebill
volunteers weeded,
whacked, and cleared
invasive vegetation
at the Dove House
shelter in Port
Townsend. Michael
Graham arranged for
a timely pizza
delivery as the rain
began to come down
in sheets.
Fortunately, much of
the work was already
done by lunch.
To follow
up on this activity,
Bluebill volunteers
participated in the
UGN's Day of Caring
on September 14 and
spent the day at the
shelter following up
on the gardening
work done in April.
Volunteers from the
Boiler Room Coffee
Shop in Port
Townsend also
participated and
were a great help in
continuing to clear
unwanted vegetation.
The
Bluebills have
applied for a Master
Gardener Grand to
continue work with
Dove House by
improving their
landscape to benefit
residents and staff.
Another work party
will take place in
the coming month to
prepare the ground
for next steps. If
anyone is interested
in volunteering,
contact Barbara
Berthiaume at
437-0423.
More
photos by Peggy
Flentie taken at the
UGN Project, click
here.
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