Epilogue

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Hands down the best news we have is that Stephanie Reese’s dad, Harold Reese, who she wrote about in the Spring issue’s High Notes column, is home from the hospital and rehab center and is on the mend after his heart attack in January. We send the entire Reese family our wishes for his continued health.

We caught up with island filmmaker Rachel Noll James, whose film “Ingress” was featured in the Spring issue on page 18. “Response to ‘Ingress’ has been incredible,” she was happy to report. “So many insightful questions and conversations after screenings and some phenomenal reviews… people seem to really be connecting with the film. Can’t wait to get it on streaming this summer.” Emergence Films, her nonprofit initiative to support developing female filmmakers, is still in its fundraising stage. “We had some wonderful initial donors who helped launch us,” she said. Noll James said to expect more concrete news on its progress in the next couple of months.

BIMA’s Treasure Trek is set to return this summer. The popular glass float hunt, featured in our Spring 2023 issue on page 11, will run from June 15 to July 13 with 200 yellow orbs hidden on public lands across Kitsap County. The glass balls, hand-blown by youth artists working with Tacoma nonprofit Hilltop Artists, are just waiting to be discovered and treasured by intrepid art lovers. The rules are unchanged and simple: finders keepers… but hold on to only one, so more people can enjoy the hunt.