Greater Hansville Community Center Located at Buck Lake Park 6778 Buck Lake Road, Hansville, WA 98340 Visit us on the web at
VOLUME XXII ISSUE 4 April 2014
www.hansville.org A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT GHCC BOOK SALE NEWS By Chuck Strahm
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s most of you already know, with just one exception, everybody who works regularly at the Greater Hansville Community Center are volunteers. I’ve never had the opportunity to work with so many people who work so hard and with so much dedication as the volunteers at GHCC. But every once in a while we have a key volunteer that needs a break. In this case it’s our Book Sale Coordinator. The GHCC book sales are a great deal for the community and for the Community Center. However, if we cannot find a new volunteer to coordinate the sales, the Book Sales will have to be discontinued. We have plenty of volunteers that help with the work, we just don’t have a leader. If you’re a person looking for an opportunity to do something big for your community, this could be what you’re looking for. If you are at all curious or interested please call me. I really hate the thought of the Greater Hansville Community Center Book Sales coming to an end. Chuck Strahm, 360 638 -2882 April 12 | 6 pm| By Marco Tyler
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GOT TALENT? aybe you sing, dance or play an instrument. Perhaps you fancy yourself an amateur magician, comedian or even juggler. We are looking for you.
Please come share your special talents at an Open Mic Night & Jam Session at the Greater Hansville Community Center on April 12 from 6 pm to 9 pm. This is a free event open to all ages and styles. Previous performing experience not required. If you are too shy to perform then just come and enjoy all the home grown entertainment. Performance times are limited so please register in advance. Contact Darroll Gover (360)638-0102 or Marco Tyler (360)638-2010. Greater Hansville Community Center is located at 6778 Buck Lake Road NE in Hansville.
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April 17 |11am - 3pm | By Connie Gordon
SOCIAL HOUR / LENDING LIBRARY
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MAH JONG ANYONE!
t 11 am, Alex Kosin will be demonstrating how to play Mah Jong. She will have scoring sheets as handouts and will lead those wishing to play. She will be available until about 1:00 pm.. Those who have never played and those who are experienced are all welcome to join in. This is a really fun game to play. Do you enjoy poetry? Starting at 1:30 and going to 3:00 amateur poets are welcome to read a poem or two at April’s Social Hour. So there will be ample room, the readings will take place in the West Room (larger room). The poems can be on any subject, in any form, and there is no age limit on those who wish to read their poem. Please attend even if you do not have a poem to read because poets need an audience as well. Questions about the Mah Jong class and poetry reading can be answered by Lois Lee @ 360 638-1973. The East Room will be open for visiting, conversation, games and more from 11 am to 3 pm too. Each month at least one member of the Board will be hosting. Here’s your chance to have a conversation with them about what’s going on at the Center and the greater Hansville area. We always have sweet snacks provided by volunteers for visitors to enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea. The Lending Library is full of books for the taking. Enjoy them for a month and return them the following month or later. No limit. No check out. No check in. It’s easy and yours to enjoy. Don’t see something you’re interested in? Let us know – we’ll get it or similar topics from our supply for you. Please drop in for a few minutes or spend the day with us! We look forward to your company.
RUMMAGE SALE DROP-OFF APRIL 12, 10AM-2PM AT THE GREATER HANSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER
CHILDREN’S EASTER EGG HUNT AT BUCK LAKE PARK April 19, 10:30 AM ome rain or shine on Saturday, April 19th, the Easter Bunny will be at Buck Lake Park for an Easter Egg Hunt.
This event is for children from 0 to ten years old. The GHCC hunt will be starting at 10:30 am. Each age group will have its own area for hunting, and prizes will be awarded in the 2 younger age groups. A child who finds an egg with a Golden Coupon wins an Easter Basket. The age groups are 0-2, with help from Mom or Dad, 3-6, they are on their own, and 7-10, they will be in the straw pile. Bring your Easter Baskets or just a bag to hold the discovered eggs, bring them inside the center to open them, recycle them in the center for next year and see if your child has a Golden Coupon. Hope to see you on the 19th.
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April 16 | 12 noon | By Rene Tucker
NOT JUST FOR ANGLERS!
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efore we move on to April, I need to look back at March and thank our Guest Speaker. Greg Johnson of Skunk Bay Weather fame educated and entertained us with interesting weather stories and mindblowing pictures. He also shared the pain and joy of restoring a Point No Point resort boat with his son. That story ended in the happiest of ways, with lots of big fish! The next meeting of the North Kitsap Puget Sound Anglers will be April 9, and feature Terry Rudnick on halibut fishing. As someone that struggles to meet deadline every month with a couple of paragraphs, I am extremely impressed that Terry has three books and thousands of articles to his credit! In support of a statewide effort by Puget Sound Anglers, the North Kitsap Chapter will be distributing rock fish descending devices to all interested Members. Descender use is contributing to a sharp increase in the survivability of rock fish in Puget Sound and along the Coast. As usual, great food and cold beverages will be ready at 6 pm. The program starts at 7 pm, with thousands of dollars worth of raffle prizes afterward. We meet at the Driftwood Key Clubhouse. For more information, email NKPSA@Comcast.net. April 9 | 9:00 am | By Dennis Johnson
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he Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club monthly meeting is on April 9 at the Greater Hansville Community Center on Buck Lake Road. Coffee and refreshments provided by our hostesses will be available starting at 9 am. The business meeting will begin at 9:30 and will be followed by a refreshment break. Guests are welcome! After the break, we will enjoy our speaker, Karen Chapman, who will speak on “Focus on Foliage.” As a designer specializing in container gardening and small landscape design, experienced television and radio guest, author and popular speaker at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show, nurseries and garden clubs, Karen’s aim is always to inspire, educate and share the fun of gardening with her audience. Does your garden look exciting even when nothing is in bloom or does it just become a muddled sea of green? Learn to establish a framework using interesting foliage and breathe new life into your garden. Using inspirational photographs, Karen will demonstrate how designers use color cues from leaves, stems and even thorns to create captivating combinations. Whether you just need two or three plants to finish off a container or have an entire border to design, you will learn to identify the small details that will take your garden from mundane to magnificent! For more information about the Garden Club see our website at www.flotsamandjetsamgardenclub.com
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here will be a program... come and BE SURPRISED! Details will be revealed.
As usual - if you haven’t had a reminder call, just let Evie Nelson (638-2641) know you would like to join in the fun, food and good company on Wed. April 16 at 12 noon. April 23 | 9:30 am | By Deb Anderson
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HANSVILLE LADIES AID
e have been busy getting plans made and the cemetery spruced up for the Memorial service on Sunday May 25,2014.
We are making arrangements for our Dinner Dance scheduled for Saturday June 7, 2014 at the Greater Hansville Community Center. A good time to have dinner with friends and dance the night away. Are you interested in showing your garden for our Garden Tour on July 26,2014? Contact Pam McAllister at 638-0297. If you are in need of assistance please email us at hansvillela@ gmail.com or call Marian Malonson at 638-1204 to let us know how we can help you. Come join us for our next meeting at the Driftwood Key clubhouse on Wednesday April 23 at 9:30am for social time, meeting starts at 10am. Hope to see you there
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By Carol Gates
ansville Community Church now offers two opportunities to worship on Sunday mornings. We look forward to you joining us at 9 a.m. for first service followed by Sunday school for ages 3-12, and adult fellowship from 10:15-10:50 a.m. Second service begins at 11 a.m. Nursery is available for both services. College/Career young people meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Youth from 6-12th grades meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. Hansville Community Church also offers many other opportunities for fellowship. Please do not hesitate to contact the church office for more information, 638-2335.
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SPRING FLING By Marga Baird
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he Hansville Art and Craft Guild is looking for crafters for the first Spring Fling Art Fair scheduled to be held May 2nd and 3rd at the Greater Hansville Community Center (at Buck Lake County Park), especially crafters or artists that offer something to be used in the garden. Only a few center tables are still available for this juried event. Contact Gale at 360-440-4184 / gale@giftsbygaleandcompany.com for more information.
BOOT SCOOTIN’ GRANNIES By Nancy Garing
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t’s been a quiet month in Boot Scootin’ Grannies Land. We have dusted off some of our old dances and are trying to put them back in our minds - no small task as our leader, Julie Morrison, will attest. We are also learning a new dance thanks to Karla Martin. We WELCOME new wanna be dancers. It is fun and a great group to be with. We celebrated birthdays at a quarterly party last week at a local restaurant. Birthday celebrants shared something “off the wall” - wonderful pictures and memories that made our ties stronger than ever. You need to consider joining the fun on Monday and Friday mornings 9 to 10 am. Mark your calendars! May 10 | 9:00 am | By Isabel Gates
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MARK THE DATE! ow that spring is most definitely in the air, many of you are no doubt catching the fever and planning this year’s garden.
As you do, be sure to include a trip to one of the greatest events of the spring season: The Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club’s 37th Annual Garden Sale. As always, it falls the day before Mother’s Day on Saturday, May 10th from 9 a.m.-Noon at the Greater Hansville Community Center. You won’t believe what we have in store for you! Fantastic prices on everything your garden needs, and a little love for moms as well with a great assortment of flower arrangements, house plants, scrumptious baked goods in clever packaging, and raffle prizes to knock your socks off. Be sure to mark the date!!
April 30 | 7:30 pm | By Jackie Holbrook
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EGLON NEWS
appy spring! Hope everyone is starting to venture out to enjoy some of our prettiest days. We are looking forward to our traditional spring events which begin with the upcoming Easter Egg Hunt at the Schoolhouse on Saturday, April 19th at 10 am. Bring your Easter baskets, and don’t forget to dress for the weather because rain or shine we’ll be hunting eggs outside. We’ll follow up with snacks, juice and coffee inside, so if mom has time to bring along a plate of cookies or fruit to share that would be wonderful. Then just two short weeks later neighbors will be gathering again at the Schoolhouse for the annual Eglon Spring Sale on Saturday, May 3 from 9 am to 2 pm. We welcome all individuals who would like to sell plants and crafts. Of course we will be counting on neighbors to help with donations for the bake sale table. Funds generated from this sale will be used to assist with college scholarships and projects around the Schoolhouse. You may have heard that we recently had insulation blown into the rafters during the winter and our first 2 month electric bill following the installation showed to be beneficial. The bill was almost half of the bill for the same period last year! Because of the inefficiency of the large old Schoolhouse windows we are currently working with our own neighbors, Jon and Janna Wood of Blue Home Thermal Imaging, LLC, to consider the installation of insulated window panels to further assist with heat loss. We’d like to thank the Woods for their time and the donation of the first window panel. More information on how you can help with this project will be included in the yearly Eglon News Packet, which will be mailed out in late April. As many of you may have heard, we have been informed of a few break ins and thefts in our own neighborhood, as well as recent vandalism at the Port of Eglon. We want to keep everyone informed of the good and the bad happenings here in Eglon. Our best defense is to watch out for each other and neighboring properties, keep our own properties well lit and don’t hesitate to call 911 if you see suspicious individuals and cars where they shouldn’t be. We have installed photo cell lights on the front of the Schoolhouse to add to the security of the center of our community. Please be mindful of the current Eglon Port closing hour of 11 pm, with the exception of boater’s trailers if they are out overnight. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact Tim or Jackie Holbrook at 638-1949. Our last Community Meeting until September will be held on Wednesday, April 30 at the Schoolhouse beginning at 7:30 pm.
APRIL AT A GLANCE April 2- GHCC Board Meeting April 9 - F & J Garden Club April 9 - NKPSA April12-- Rummage Sale Drop-off April 12 -Open Mic April 16-Neighbors Luncheon
April 17 -Social Hour/Lending Library April 18 - Historical Society April 19 - Easter Egg Hunt April 23 -Ladies Aid April 30 -Eglon Meeting
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COMMUNITY | TIPS WHO IS WATCHING YOU? By Art Ellison ABE Computer Consultants, LLC
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any people nowadays have laptop computers that have a nifty little webcam. It’s that little camera just above the screen. Look up there--see it? Do you know it can see you? It can. In case you think that the camera is off until you turn it on, think again. There are bad guys out there that can get into your system and turn the camera on. This raises an interesting question. Where do you keep the computer? College kids keep it in their dorm room and the cover is most likely open. Adults may keep it in the bedroom or possibly an office. If someone turns on the camera, what will they see? Only you can answer that question!
Viewing Platform on the Greenway Trail
This is not science fiction. It has happened many times. I had a client who got the “FBI Virus” and the screen he saw included his picture. Needless to say, he was upset. He actually didn’t even know he had a camera.
Cabins at Norwegion Point - before and after renovations
Native Plant Garden at Buck Lake Park
Beach at Point No Point
There is supposed to be an icon or maybe a light that appears when the camera is active. Trust me--the bad guys can turn that icon or light off so you are not aware they are watching you. The easiest thing to do to thwart this? Use a low-tech solution. Put a piece of tape over the camera unless you need it! Yes, there are ways of disabling it, but why not keep it simple? As always this tip along with the other tips that have appeared in the Log can be found on my website: www.abeconsultants. com/resources.htm.
Awesome driftwood bench at Point No Point
GREATER GREATER HANSVILLE HANSVILLE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CENTER CENTER || 6778 6778 BUCK BUCK LAKE LAKE ROAD, ROAD, HANSVILLE, HANSVILLE, WA WA 98340 98340 BOARD MEMBERS:
WEB ADDRESS: WWW.HANSVILLE.ORG
President
Chuck Strahm
638-2882 All Board Members
VP-Events
Connie Gordon
271-6166
ghcc@hansville.org calendar@hansville.org
VP-Membership
Carolyn Barry
VP-Communications
Don Lynch
638-0707 GHCC Rental
rental@hansville.org
VP-Rummage Sale VP-Fund Development
Lynn Hix Judy Tallman
638-0420 Greater Hansville Log 638-2961 Webmasters
webmaster@hansville.org
Secretary
Jane Smith
638-2315 ORGANIZATIONS:
Treasurer Director
Mike Bryant F. Branchflower
Pres. Lynn Hix 638-0120 Art & Craft Guild 638-2025 Flotsam & Jetsam Garden Club Pres. Laureen Davis
638-2886
Director
Lindsey Valance
638-2366 Foulweather Bluff Conservancy Howie O’Brien
638-2950
Past President
Lois Lee
638-1973 Hansville Cemetery (Pres.|VP) Dagmar Brauer | 638-2163
COMMITTEES:
Hansville Greenway
Book Sale Drop-Off
Mike Bryant
Publicity
Angi Jenson
Facilities | Maintenance Facilities|maintenance|signs
Fred Nelson
Greater Hansville Log
Susan Dunning
Newcomer Welcome Packets Carolyn Barry Rental | Reservations
Jo Nelson
Scholarship Committee
Jo Nelson
PHONE NUMBERS:
253 820-1484 GHCC Calendar
log@hansville.org
638-0420
M. Moyer | 638-1405
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638-0120 Hansville Neighbors Luncheon Evie Nelson 425 244-8932 Helping Hands Marian Malonson 638-0000 Ladies Aid Pres. Pam McAllister 362-9815 Medical Equipment Lending 253 638-2025 No Sews 638-0000 Nowegian Norwegian Pt. Pnt.Park ParkVolunteers Volunteers 638-0000 Signs for House Numbers
Marian Malonson
710-7678 638-2641 638-1204 638-0297 638-1204
Barbara Sims
638-1476
Jo Nelson Allen Otto
638-0000 638-2372
Post Office: 638-2666 | Hansville Fire Hall: 638-2263 | Burn Ban: 297-4888 | Transfer Station: 638-2710
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Friends of Point No Point Lighthouse | By Shelley Douglas, Docent
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he docents of The Friends of Point No Point Lighthouse will have to wait until Memorial Day weekend (hopefully) to open the lighthouse for the 2014 season, but for a very good reason: a new parking area! We will have to wait to tell lighthouse stories; share aids to navigation information; and, talk about USCG and lighthouse history. People become docents for various reasons, but the common threads among us are we like people, we like to talk, and we like to share knowledge. So, not having the opportunity to talk with you in person, here’s a “talk” about early light keepers, easy lighthouses, and lighthouses that could necessitate a strait jacket to remove a keeper from a rock in the Pacific Ocean. It’s all about location, location, location.
including light keepers’. It wasn’t always bad weather that caused disasters. Race Rocks Lighthouse is on a rocky shoal in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, SW of Victoria. Family and friends came by boat to celebrate Christmas 1865 with the light keeper and his family, but not 20 feet offshore, their boat overturned in a whirlpool. All onboard drown as there was no station boat - it had been withdrawn by the Canadian surveyor-general, and neither rope nor life buoy were had. The Canadian government was notoriously pusillanimous when it came to lighthouse equipment, repairs, and light keepers’ pay, along with wretched treatment.
South of the Columbia River, two examples of the most remote lighthouses in the US are Tillamook Rock (Terrible Tilly) offshore of NorthMuch like habitat and birding, location dictates lighthouse designs. ern Oregon, and St. George Reef, six miles offshore of Crescent City, Lighthouses on Puget Sound are short because of the relatively short California. These lighthouses had to withstand storms that would distances beams of light need to be sent. In the 1800’s and early 1900’s, send waves OVER their lantern rooms. Humans and supplies were light keepers were lucky to be assigned to Puget Sound light stations lifted from supply boats in breeches buoys and cargo nets by derricks, - the easy jobs. Supplies did have to be delivered by boat before roads cables, winches, and engine systems. In the late 1800’s, some of these reached these then-remote locations, but there were flat areas for remote lighthouse were deemed “man only”, and light keepers earned vegetable gardens and fruit trees, plenty of fish and seafood to be a paid year off for every two years served, probably to regain their sancaught and gathered, room for live stock, and a town near enough ity. Some enjoyed the solitude, though: William Dahlgren, Terrible Tilly, to row to for mail, medical care and shopping. The short ladders or January 1903-November 1910. He was one tough light keeper. stairs to the lantern room counted were a plus, too. The occasional big winter storms were to be endured, but many winters were mild and There are so many great lighthouse stories, and the PNP Lighthouse uneventful. docents will be eager to tell them when we open the lighthouse this year. Also, remember that the USLHS Gift Shop has a very good selecNow we’ll take a 180: Pacific Coast lighthouses, the tallest sentinels tion of lighthouse books for sale with these stories and a lot more. with the biggest Fresnel lenses sending the longest beams, in remote locations with some of the worst weather on Earth. In British ColumSee you at the lighthouse bia, many lighthouses have stories of horrific wrecks and lives lost,
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ou are invited to Little Boston Branch of Kitsap Regional Library on Saturday, April 19, when we will host an Open House from noon to 2 p.m. We’ll be taking photographs all day, and at 1 p.m. in every branch of Kitsap Regional Library, the title of KRL’s One Book, One Community, book selection will be revealed. Our honored guest will be Port Gamble S’Klallam artist, Floyd Jones. We hope to see you here! Little Boston Book Group: Wed., Apr. 2, 12-1 p.m. Discussion will be on Periodic Tales: a cultural history of the elements from arsenic to zinc, by Hugh Aldersey-Williams. Opera Preview-The Tales of Hoffmann: Sat., Apr. 19, 1-2:30 p.m. Norm Hollingshead presents a preview of Jacques Offenbach’s opera about a writer’s three great failed romances.
By Tomi Whalen, Branch Manager public is invited to attend.
LIBRARY HOURS
Mon................... 1 pm - 8 pm Tues. ................10 am - 6 pm Wed. ................. 1 pm - 8 pm Thurs ................ 1 pm - 5 pm Friday................ 1 pm - 6 pm Sat. ................... 9 am - 1 pm Sun. ..........................Closed 31980 Little Boston Road NE Kingston, WA 98346 Phone: 360-297-2670
KRL Board of Trustees Meeting: Tues., Apr. 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m. The
Legos @ the Library: Wed., Apr. 23, 3:30-5 p.m. Our Lego programs offer hands-on fun while building literacy skills. Drop in for free-play and themed build-it challenges. Preschool Storytime: Tues., Apr. 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 10:30-11a.m. Enjoy Early Literacy fun sharing books, songs, and rhymes with your preschooler. Adult Crafternoon: Wed., Apr. 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2:30-3:30p.m. Bring your handwork projects and see our newest craft books. Please visit our website www.krl.org or call us at 360-297-2670 to confirm program information.
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HANSVILLE GREENWAY UPDATE By Laurie Yamamura Yesterday the twig was brown and bare; Today the glint of green is there; Tomorrow will be leaflets spare; I know no thing so wondrous fair, No miracle so strangely rare; I wonder what will next be there!
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his poem describes one early March experience in the Greenway. I spent an hour walking from the Spruce entrance and out the Ponderosa entrance just on a whim. With clippers in hand I cut back invasive plants near the trail’s edge. A close friend ahead of me kept our conversation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness lively. Thum thum thum the sound of a woodpecker high in a distant tree is picked up by my ears and I quickly whisper “Listen!” We quiet ourselves and listen. Thum thum thum, “Ah yes! I hear it! “ The rock reader board spelled out “Breathe Love”. For years now some mystery person places rocks, twigs, small branches, moss to leave a message for walkers to read, ponder, and enjoy. A little further on I spot movement on the trail covered with wet pine needles and tree roots. A small salamander is making its way across the trail and it was the same color as the dried needles. We stop to watch it become still until it feels safe to move again. All around are signs that vegetation survived the chilly temperatures of early winter. Not only are the stinging nettles and chickweed popping up everywhere but so are the first leaves of the native bleeding hearts. Leaves of skunk cabbage are unfurling themselves in pond waters throughout the Greenway while vines of Himalayan blackberries are already reaching long, tall and prickly. New fern fronds are trying to get upright after being beaten down by heavy rains and I am sure they’ll make it. So now you know that I listen and walk to the beat of a different drummer when I walk or work in the Greenway. For me I use the grade school method when they were trying to teach us how to cross a street. Do you remember “STOP, LOOK and LISTEN”? Be in the Greenway, look around and NWYN (notice what you notice) and listen. Don’t hurry through, stop and enjoy our outdoor home. There is work for the stewards ahead. Trees across the trail, fallen branches to remove from the trail and making sure the trails are wide enough for passage. It’s what I call ‘outdoor housework’.
On May 6, 2014 through the Kitsap Great Give Day, you can make a donation to the Greenway in care of the Great Peninsula Conservancy. Be watching for more information in the May Log.
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BUCK LAKE NATIVE GARDEN Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Is Kinnikinnick aka Bearberry
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By Susan Harrington, Communications Chair
ooking for an all-season-interest ground cover that’s ready for a variety of situations? Kinnikinnick just may fit the bill. Though it may take a while to establish itself, it’s worth the wait. This is one of the Northwest’s most attractive and wellknown ground covers. Under the right conditions the trailing stems will root where they touch the ground and can eventually form a six-inch mat up to 15 feet across. Here’s where the versatility of this evergreen shrub really pays off. Half-inch pink flowers bloom from mid spring to early summer. Bright red berries remain on the plant well into the winter, providing food for birds, deer and bear--thus the common name bearberry. Because it tolerates a broad range of soil and light conditions, bearberry is often used for erosion control on dry slopes. And because of its trailing nature, it is a great addition to a rock wall. All season interest with little care makes this the perfect plant for a low-maintenance garden. So we know why it’s called bearberry but, what about kinnikinnick? That name is said to be an Algonquian term meaning smoking mixture. The dried leaves were smoked by a number of coastal native groups. When commercial tobacco became available some people extended their tobacco supply by mixing it with kinnikinnick leaves. Take a stroll along the path at the southern entrance to the Buck Lake Native Plant Garden and you will see a well-established planting of kinnikinick. Keep in mind though; this is a NO SMOKING zone! Mark your calendars; the garden work parties begin April 7 from 9 am to noon. They continue on the first and third Mondays (except September) through October. Master Gardeners receive credit for working in this garden.
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LOOKING AHEAD TIME TO APPLY FOR A GHCC SCHOLARSHIP By Fred Nelson
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s in past years the Greater Hansville Community Center will award one or more scholarships to graduating Kingston High School seniors entering college, and to continuing undergraduate college students who wish to continue their education in an academic program. To qualify applicants must reside in the greater Hansville area which includes: Eglon, Hansville, Driftwood Key, Shorewoods, Cliffside and north of the southern Little Boston Road. Applications are available at the Kingston High School office or on line at www.hansville.org. Applications will be accepted through May 9th, 2014. For more information contact: Fred or Jo Nelson at 360-638-0000.
JACKET FOUND This jacket was left at the Greater Hansville Community Center after the Pinewood Derby workshop. If this is yours please contact Chuck Strahm @ 360 638 2882.
May 2 & 3| 10:00 am- 4:00 pm| By Marga Baird
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MAY 2 AND 3
ark your calendars for May 2nd and 3rd at the Greater Hansville Community Center (at Buck Lake County Park) for the first annual Spring Fling Art Fair. The fair hosted by the Hansville Art and Craft Guild will run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm both days. It will include a wide variety of decorator items, hand crafted arts and crafts, along with yarn and sewn specialty gifts, plus a baked goods sale and cafe. Admission is free. Hope to see you there! Contact either Gale at 360-440-4184 / gale@giftsbygaleandcompany.com or Lynn at 360-638-0420 for more information on the Spring Art Fair or to join the Hansville Art and Craft Guild.
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GREATER HANSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER
Rummage Sale August 9 & 10, 2014
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f you are still looking at the pile of stuff to recycle through the Rummage Sale you are in luck!
The next Drop Off will be on April 12th, at the Community Center. The Norwegian Point Boathouse has no more room for us to sort down there, so please bring your donations to the GHCC Annex for the rest of the Drop Offs. Just a reminder, we cannot take “hide a beds” because we cannot resell the mattresses. We are also only taking flat screen TVs, the old ones can be recycled, call Lynn. We do take medical equipment but not consumables such as diapers or pads, nor do we take exercise equipment. We do appreciate donated clothing when it is clean and folded. We are still looking for volunteers to fill out the Departments for the sale. If you are interested in helping out please call Lynn at 638-0420. photos taken at local beaches by Susan Dunning
If you have questions regarding items accepted or need to have something picked up at your house, please call Lynn Hix at 638- 0420 or Howie O’Brien at 638 2950.
Rummage Sale Drop Off Dates For 2014 April 12, May 17, June 14 and July 12
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ABBREVIATIONS: CC—Greater Hansville Community Center DK—Driftwood Key Clubhouse ES—Historic Eglon Schoolhouse
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HC—Hansville Church LB—Little Boston Library NP—Native Plant Garden at Buck Lake Park
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9am- Boot Scootin’ Grannies -DK
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April 2014
Tuesday
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10:30-11am Preschool Storytime -LB
Wednesday
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2:30 - 3:30 Crafternoon-LB
COFFEES HELD at the HANSVILLE GROCERY (HG): Men’s Koffee Klatch – 8:00 am Mon.-Sat. Better Half’s Coffee – 10:00 am Tuesdays Solitarians Coffee – 10:00 am Fridays
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9:30 am–TOPS Weighin-HC
9am- Boot Scootin’ Grannies -DK
noon-1pm-Book Group-LB 7 pm–GHCC Board Mtg-CC
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9am- Boot Scootin’ Grannies -DK 9am-Native Plant Garden work party
8 10:30-11am Preschool Storytime -LB
9am- Boot Scootin’ Grannies -DK
9:30 am–TOPS Weighin-HC
9am- Boot Scootin’ Grannies -DK
10am-2pmRummage Sale drop-off at CC 6pm-Open Mic-CC
6pm-NKPSA-DK
1-4 pm–Mah-Jongg Group-LB
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9am - F&J Garden Club-CC 2:30 - 3:30Crafternoon-LB
1 pm–Need to Knit-DK
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10:30-11am Preschool Storytime -LB
1-4 pm–Mah-Jongg Group-LB
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12 Noon9:30 am–TOPS Weigh- 9am- Boot Scootin’ Grannies -DK Neighbor’s Lunch in-HC -CC 2:30 - 3:30 Crafternoon-LB
11-3-Social Hour/ Lending Library -CC see page 1
10am-Hansville Historical Society meeting-CC
19 10:30am-Easter Egg Hunt at Buck Lake Park noon- Open House -LB 1pm-Opera PreviewLB
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10:30-11am Preschool Storytime -LB
9am-Native Plant Garden work party
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10:30-11am Preschool Storytime -LB
1-4 pm–Mah-Jongg Group-LB
Upcoming Events:
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9:30 am–TOPS Weighin-HC
9am- Boot Scootin’ Grannies -DK
3:30-5pm-Legos At The Library-LB
1-4 pm–Mah-Jongg Group-LB
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9:30am-Ladies Aid-DK
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2:30 - 3:30Crafternoon-LB
1 pm–Need to Knit-DK
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May 2 & 3- Spring Fling May 3- Eglon Spring Sale May 7-GHCC Board Meeting May 10- F & J Garden Club Sale May 14- NKPSA Meeting May 14- F & J Garden Club Meeting
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2:30 - 3:30Crafternoon-LB 7:30 pm- Eglon Meeting-ES
9:30 am–TOPS Weigh-in-HC
9am- Boot Scootin’ Grannies -DK
May 15- Social Hour/ Lending Library May16- Historical Society Meeting May17-Rummage sale drop-off May 21- Neighbors Luncheon May 25- Memorial Service at the Cemetary May 28 - Laidies Aid Meeting
For Greater Hansville Community Center rental information, event scheduling and Center usage coordination, please contact Jo Nelson at 638-0000 or email rental@hansville.org. This includes posting your event on the community and rental calendars.
GREATER HANSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER P.O. Box 133 Hansville, WA 98340 Dues: January - December 2014 Name #1: ___________________________________________ Email:______________________________________________ Name #2:___________________________________________ Email:______________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ IF BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP: Name of Bus./Org.____________________________________ Address:____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________________________ Donations are tax deductible. Please make checks payable to the Greater Hansville Community Center, mail this form along with your check to GHCC, PO Box 133, Hansville, WA 98340. The Greater Hansville Log is published monthly by The Greater Hansville Community Center, PO Box 133, Hansville, WA 98340, and is issued as a service to residents of the Greater Hansville Area. The deadline for all submissions is the 15th of the month prior to publication. We reserve the right to accept, reject or edit any article submitted for publication.
DUES AND SPECIAL SUPPORT: New Member:_____ Renewal:______ Membership – Single ($10.00) Membership – Family ($20.00) Membership – Business/Org. ($40.00) GHCC Annual Campaign Fund GHCC Endowment Fund Hansville Log Production Expense Fund Education Scholarship Fund Hansville Neighbors Luncheon Fund Hansville Historical Project Fund Norwegian Point Park Fund Buck Lake Native Plant Garden Fund Hansville Greenway Fund Ladies Aid/Cemetery Upkeep Fund Little Boston Library Support Fund TOTAL
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Newcomer welcome packets are available to new neighbors in the Hansville/Eglon/ Little Boston areas. If you are new to the area or if you know of a new family in your neighborhood, please contact Carolyn Barry at 253 820-1484 or carolynbarry@hotmail.com
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