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What's Cool :in'? Mary Offers outlook on politics and cautions about the future By MARY DUNCAN Mary Stephens is combining her life experiences, her acade- mic studies and her employment history to create "something quite ambitious." "I've started writing a politi- cal column and I'm marketing it through the independent newspa- per community and I have high hopes for that," begins this form- er student of political science whose doctoral work was at Cor- nell University. "I'm hearing people tell me that I can probably cut the mus- tard in that realm and what in- spired me to do that, actually, is I see some very significant, and even critical political issues that need to be addressed primarily at the local level because that's where we live after all." After pausing for a moment, Mary continues, "I think that there are some risks out there that we may not be fully aware of and I've managed to develop a rather humorous folksy style in my little Mason column to ad- dress those sorts of topics. It's not always prudent or possible even to raise those sorts of issues in conventional political planning and economic development cir- cles. "I'M DEFINITELY public-in- terest oriented. I'm from the old school, been in politics all my life, from an old political family back East actually," Mary ex- plains. "I did not go into politics per se myself, probably too much of an intellectual nerd for that." She smiles and chuckles. Born in Manhattan and raised in the Bahamas when it was still a British colony, Mary says her grandparents were ac- tive in the labor movement in New York City and helped start the International Ladies Gar- ment Workers Union. During the '60s her family was active in the Civil Rights Movement, she adds. • "I'm very committed to de- mocracy as a form of govern- ment," she declares. "In my years of independent contracting in the political arena I've just about seen it all actually. I think the ball is back in the average citizen's court now." The South Beach Bulletin car- ries her six-weeks-old column "Leaving the Comfort Zone," but she's aiming for a wider distri- bution. "I'm living on Mason Lake now and my folks are liv- ing on a beautiful, and somewhat similar lake in the state of Maine," she says. "They're very well networked in the indepen- dent newspaper community back there so they're circulating some A SELF-PROCLAIMED DREAMER, Mason Lake resident Mary Stephens is embarking on a foray into political journalism. of my items in the small news- paper community in Maine, so we've got a coastal connection going now. "THERE ARE A lot of paral- lels between Washington State and Maine although a lot of peo- ple in both states don't necessari- ly realize that 'cause we're so far apart. If you delete Boeing and Microsoft, you've basically got a situation that resembles the state of Maine economically," she suggests. "All the big fishing issues are the same in both states, the big timber issues, logging issues, mill closures - significant sec- tions of the work force being sud- denly and dramatically thrown out of work," Mary comments. "And very similar types of people - hardworking, honest people that love the outdoors and care about their environment." Of her foray into political journalism, she states, "I don't want to give the impression that I'm necessarily that radical or a rebel-rouser trying to stir up the populace. My goal is to gently and with a sense of humor, edu- cate the electorate regarding some issues that I feel very strongly about." Mary brought her political savvy to the West Coast 25 years ago when she moved from the Northeast to Pacific County and established her family there. "I just fell in love with the place ac- tually," she states. "I raised my children there, got them all through high school, all through college and now they're all in Seattle." THAT IS PART of the reason Mary relocated to Mason County. She explains, "Because about eight years ago I started earning a living as an independent grant writer and research-proposal- writer person and project man- ager, I literally wanted to get closer to Seattle - without actual- ly being in the city because I'm a country girl. So I moved over here purely for reasons of geog- raphy." Mary has not ever regretted her decision to move. "I think that I'm a bit of a dreamer," she concedes. "I'm an American dreamer person," she says, add- ing that she took Horace Greeley, a newspaperman, up on his adage "Go west, young man." "I mean, it's a cliche to say that it's the environment; it's the natural world that we have here," Mary says, "but there's a lot of truth in that. There's a lot more space. There's a lot more free- dom. I've always been a back- packer-hiker-camper person but when you're in New York City, you've got to go quite a ways be- fore you can pitch a tent." She comments on raising her children out here. "I think with- out question, it's a much safer place to raise children and I lived in northern Pacific County most of the time. It was sort of frozen in time in the late 1950s almost, even though it was the '80s, you know what I'm saying? To honor lovers: Deadline is Share recipe for on Monday So that we can get your news to all the readers of these commu- nity pages, please submit stories and information before the dead- line of 2 p.m. Monday. Making exceptions isn't fair to those who meet the deadline, or to the production staff at The Journal. We're happy to print an- nouncements of meetings, sales and public events. All press re- leases, if they're not typed, should be printed or hand-writ- ten carefully with all names, times and dates printed clearly. Please submit them on full-sized pieces of paper and include the name of a contact person and telephone number in case The Journal needs more informa- tion. surefire success Valentine's Day is just a month away and to honor couples the February 11 "What's Cookin'?" column will feature recipes which won the affections (or is that confections?) of a sweetheart. If you have a special dish to share with our readers, drop off the recipe at the Journal office, Third and Cota streets, or mail it to Mary Duncan at P.O. Box 430, Shelton 9584. Please include your name and telephone number plus a brief explanation of why this recipe is a sure-fire success for lovers. To arrange for a brief inter- view, call Mary Duncan at 426- 4412. The deadline for submit- ting these culinary delights is 5 p.m. Friday, February 2. ® Symbol of Superior Service GOT HEADACHES? Call 1-800-777-3239 (24 hr) Order your free video on L !fe_Be.Yg00 d_Hea d a c h e s Page 8 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 21, 1999 LEE STILLwELL Friendly hometown service Located in Downtown Shelton at 601 Railroad #200 • Home • Auto • • Commercial "I LIKED THE fact that there's no random crime, no random violence the way there is in the large cities back East. I also liked the village atmosphere, and South Bend definitely had that to offer. It's not really possi- ble for kids to get in trouble be- cause everybody knows who everybody else's kids are," she suggests. "Mason County, I think, offers the best of both worlds because it has all the qualities of the rural Northwest but it's also on more of a development track, hopefully controlled development," she says. With this comment, Mary be- gins discussing one of her favor- ite subjects - planning. "I think clearly that there's a place where my former background and em- ployment track record meets some of my personal preferences about development in general. I have had the opportunity to see the newer style, public works proj- ects evolve over a period of time," she notes. "I think I have a pretty good understanding of why there's an emphasis on planning with a capital P in the public works area, espeoially in the North- west. A lot of that is very legiti- mate, if you contrast what is hap- pening here to what has all ready happened in the other parts of the country like the Northeast. Of course, back there you have un- controlled urban sprawl," she continues. "You have uncon- trolled suburban sprawl, stress on infrastructure that wasn't planned for and all this sort of thing with a negative impact on the environment and the quality of life. "NOW ON THE other hand what we have out here is very, very strict stringent planning and I think it's important to not go to an extreme in that direction either, because it can have some consequences that, pardon the pun, weren't planned for," Mary asserts, "including a negative impact on the older, more estab- lished, very legitimate small business community. There can be some unfairness in the way that community is impacted." To support her observation, she offers, "Frankly, if people are not on the inside track, those who do get on the inside track of the hard-core, heavy-duty planning process are going to come out way ahead economically due to a combination of factors." She has high praise for local government. "I think that, his- torically, county government has probably been one of the best and most efficient and one of the most responsible levels of gov- ernment in our whole country. That's a personal opinion, but it's also a professional opinion," she says. "One thing that I feel that we have to be careful of as a local community is when we import the ultra-sophisticated, fine- tuned, heavy-duty planning pro- cess and we inject it into the local level," Mary cautions. "We need to be careful that we're not throw- ing out the baby with the bath. Personally over the history of our country I would give county gov- ernment an A-plus if you want to grade it next to state, federal and the new regional." THE BUDDING columnist adds, "I feel very strongly that the real American problems are all going to be solved at the local level. Having said that, I also need to point out that the greatest threat to our freedom is coming from the top down. What we're dealing with, in my opinion, is a gradual erosion of the basic principles upon which our coun- try was founded." The first recipe which Mary shares is one which comes from the Bahamas, which she notes is known for its fabulous fish. She advises that a local favorite fish can be substituted for grouper. Poached-baked grouper 1 C. diced carrots 1 C. diced onions 1 C. diced celery 1 lemon and 1 lime, thinly sliced salt, pepper and cayenne to taste Preheat oven to 350 ° . Use a double-decker broiling pan. Put three cups water and three bay leaves in bottom pan. Lightly oil the top pan and place fish filets on it. Sprinkle diced vegetables over the fish. Place lemon and lime slices around the edges of the fish. Season to taste. Place top pan on bottom pan and place a vented aluminum foil tent over the fish. Bake 25 minutes. Garnish with thin- sliced scallions and fresh lemon and lime wedges. Another of Mary's favorite recipes comes from the North- east. She says, "This one is sim- ple, yet delicious - a good way to show off baking skills without getting into a major production." The popovers perk up any meat dish, she adds. Popovers 1 qt. milk 4 C. flour 8 eggs 1 tbsp. melted butter i tap. salt Combine milk and flour. Add eggs, one at a time while beating the batter. Add butter and salt and beat for five minutes. Pour into well-greased hot muffin tins. Bake at 400 ° for 10 minutes, then at 350 ° for 15 minutes. Makes 24 popovers. During her college years, Mary spent a year living on a kibbutz in Israel where she says many people eat salad for break- fast. Kibbutznik's early bird salad 1 head romaine lettuce 4 stalks celery 2 C. red cabbage, shredded I carrots, grated 4 shallots, chopped 1 tomato, cut into wedges 1 hard-boiled egg, grated For dressing: Combine one cup of wine vinegar, three cups oil, one teaspoon dry mustard, one teaspoon paprika, dash of hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste and /4 cup tomato puree. Shake well and store in refrigerator. Combine vegetables. Add dressing and toss. Top each ser- ving with just a splash of grated egg. Finish with a few croutons and a touch of freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Get it even faster than you ean spend it. With Rapid Refund, we get you the most you have coming in less time. Ask about Rapid Refund electronic filing at an H&R Block office near you. II BLOCI00 104 East "D" Street (Corner of Olympic Highway North mid "D" Street) 426-9077 Weekdays 9-7 Saturday 9-5 Travaglione, Gale to wed L GINA TRAVAGLIONE and Tony Gale celebrated their engagement on Saturday, December 19, at a party hosted by the bride's parents, Charles and Cheryl Travaglione of Shelton. The groom-elect's parents Stan and Karlene Gale of Grand Rapids, tiozL c Minnesota, were on hand for the festivities. The perce bride-to-be is a 1991 graduate of Shelton High we:re School and a 1995 graduate of the University of cert Washington. She is the marketing coordinator for gaae Espresso Specialties, Incorporated in Seattle. The lea re groom-elect graduated from the University of chin, North Dakota in 1994 and zs a mechanical engineer whih for ElectroImpact, Incorporated in Mukilteo. The str,)n couple is planning a late August wedding. '  . agz ee int :oq My camera's rusty, I think. The courts-and-cops beat didn't lend itself to photography. So it felt really good to head out to the Skokomish Valley Monday to see how high the water was and take some pictures. I hadn't had the foresight to ar- range for truck transit, so I turned back before I got to the area where the county had de- clared an emergency earlier. But I did get some shots of the river roiling along in its gravel-filled channel, digging away at the banks of dikes, and shots of water over the road and such. The really good pictures were the ones I didn't get. There was a car behind me so I didn't dare stop suddenly to catch the pair of common goldeneyes swimming in someone's side yard. I did manage to stop when a flock of big, white-breasted sand- pipers took off just behind a cou- ple of muddy cattle in a flooded cornfield, but the birds were out of range by the time I got the camera out of its bag and the dir- ty-faced whiteface ended up out of focus. And although I found a place to pull off before I passed the bridge cle -- of fo 35 p Two and what So ent s : .... famil ing t thoul ; famil over the little creek near Hunte .... stron place, I missed the perfect pictt abou' of the kingfisher perched on  safet: "No Fishing from Bridge" sign. The kingfisher wasn't wait pC around. It flew away. i I got one picture precisely I cause it couldn't get away. In that photo, a grassy clear£1 that was recently a homesi  slopes down into the flooded vJ ley where the expanded river |': undates Bourgault Road. A briJ I rain-fed stream runs through tl clearing. It's obvious that it r wider at the peak of the flooding:) And salmon, seeking a spa .,i'i ing ground, must have run up freshet. The grass on both sides$!j the stream is strewn with the ting carcasses of salmon, so:: covered with mold, some clean down to backbones. : A drive through the overflo pres( ing valley is a study in displac:il comr ment displaced water, displace: said. families, displaced salmon - diS' that placed salmon in fields, in ditc'i mss: es, in the yards of abandone id TI houses. : help If a picture is ,worth a tho. I by sand words, what s the olfactod agre equivalent? The very air was el¢ thinl Wrus quent, we n MORTGAGE PRO "I'll Work Like A Dog" • Lower Monthly Bills • Need Cash for a New Project Specializing in: • Late Payment History • Too Many Bills • Bankruptcy • 24 Hour Pre-Approval Call Rocky "The Other Professional!" Belfalr Summerfest Winner "Best Hairdo" (360) 308-0443 Toll Free 877-208-I 260 First Hand Mortgage What's Cool :in'? Mary Offers outlook on politics and cautions about the future By MARY DUNCAN Mary Stephens is combining her life experiences, her acade- mic studies and her employment history to create "something quite ambitious." "I've started writing a politi- cal column and I'm marketing it through the independent newspa- per community and I have high hopes for that," begins this form- er student of political science whose doctoral work was at Cor- nell University. "I'm hearing people tell me that I can probably cut the mus- tard in that realm and what in- spired me to do that, actually, is I see some very significant, and even critical political issues that need to be addressed primarily at the local level because that's where we live after all." After pausing for a moment, Mary continues, "I think that there are some risks out there that we may not be fully aware of and I've managed to develop a rather humorous folksy style in my little Mason column to ad- dress those sorts of topics. It's not always prudent or possible even to raise those sorts of issues in conventional political planning and economic development cir- cles. "I'M DEFINITELY public-in- terest oriented. I'm from the old school, been in politics all my life, from an old political family back East actually," Mary ex- plains. "I did not go into politics per se myself, probably too much of an intellectual nerd for that." She smiles and chuckles. Born in Manhattan and raised in the Bahamas when it was still a British colony, Mary says her grandparents were ac- tive in the labor movement in New York City and helped start the International Ladies Gar- ment Workers Union. During the '60s her family was active in the Civil Rights Movement, she adds. • "I'm very committed to de- mocracy as a form of govern- ment," she declares. "In my years of independent contracting in the political arena I've just about seen it all actually. I think the ball is back in the average citizen's court now." The South Beach Bulletin car- ries her six-weeks-old column "Leaving the Comfort Zone," but she's aiming for a wider distri- bution. "I'm living on Mason Lake now and my folks are liv- ing on a beautiful, and somewhat similar lake in the state of Maine," she says. "They're very well networked in the indepen- dent newspaper community back there so they're circulating some A SELF-PROCLAIMED DREAMER, Mason Lake resident Mary Stephens is embarking on a foray into political journalism. of my items in the small news- paper community in Maine, so we've got a coastal connection going now. "THERE ARE A lot of paral- lels between Washington State and Maine although a lot of peo- ple in both states don't necessari- ly realize that 'cause we're so far apart. If you delete Boeing and Microsoft, you've basically got a situation that resembles the state of Maine economically," she suggests. "All the big fishing issues are the same in both states, the big timber issues, logging issues, mill closures - significant sec- tions of the work force being sud- denly and dramatically thrown out of work," Mary comments. "And very similar types of people - hardworking, honest people that love the outdoors and care about their environment." Of her foray into political journalism, she states, "I don't want to give the impression that I'm necessarily that radical or a rebel-rouser trying to stir up the populace. My goal is to gently and with a sense of humor, edu- cate the electorate regarding some issues that I feel very strongly about." Mary brought her political savvy to the West Coast 25 years ago when she moved from the Northeast to Pacific County and established her family there. "I just fell in love with the place ac- tually," she states. "I raised my children there, got them all through high school, all through college and now they're all in Seattle." THAT IS PART of the reason Mary relocated to Mason County. She explains, "Because about eight years ago I started earning a living as an independent grant writer and research-proposal- writer person and project man- ager, I literally wanted to get closer to Seattle - without actual- ly being in the city because I'm a country girl. So I moved over here purely for reasons of geog- raphy." Mary has not ever regretted her decision to move. "I think that I'm a bit of a dreamer," she concedes. "I'm an American dreamer person," she says, add- ing that she took Horace Greeley, a newspaperman, up on his adage "Go west, young man." "I mean, it's a cliche to say that it's the environment; it's the natural world that we have here," Mary says, "but there's a lot of truth in that. There's a lot more space. There's a lot more free- dom. I've always been a back- packer-hiker-camper person but when you're in New York City, you've got to go quite a ways be- fore you can pitch a tent." She comments on raising her children out here. "I think with- out question, it's a much safer place to raise children and I lived in northern Pacific County most of the time. It was sort of frozen in time in the late 1950s almost, even though it was the '80s, you know what I'm saying? To honor lovers: Deadline is Share recipe for on Monday So that we can get your news to all the readers of these commu- nity pages, please submit stories and information before the dead- line of 2 p.m. Monday. Making exceptions isn't fair to those who meet the deadline, or to the production staff at The Journal. We're happy to print an- nouncements of meetings, sales and public events. All press re- leases, if they're not typed, should be printed or hand-writ- ten carefully with all names, times and dates printed clearly. Please submit them on full-sized pieces of paper and include the name of a contact person and telephone number in case The Journal needs more informa- tion. surefire success Valentine's Day is just a month away and to honor couples the February 11 "What's Cookin'?" column will feature recipes which won the affections (or is that confections?) of a sweetheart. If you have a special dish to share with our readers, drop off the recipe at the Journal office, Third and Cota streets, or mail it to Mary Duncan at P.O. Box 430, Shelton 9584. Please include your name and telephone number plus a brief explanation of why this recipe is a sure-fire success for lovers. To arrange for a brief inter- view, call Mary Duncan at 426- 4412. The deadline for submit- ting these culinary delights is 5 p.m. Friday, February 2. ® Symbol of Superior Service GOT HEADACHES? Call 1-800-777-3239 (24 hr) Order your free video on L !fe_Be.Yg00 d_Hea d a c h e s Page 8 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 21, 1999 LEE STILLwELL Friendly hometown service Located in Downtown Shelton at 601 Railroad #200 • Home • Auto • • Commercial "I LIKED THE fact that there's no random crime, no random violence the way there is in the large cities back East. I also liked the village atmosphere, and South Bend definitely had that to offer. It's not really possi- ble for kids to get in trouble be- cause everybody knows who everybody else's kids are," she suggests. "Mason County, I think, offers the best of both worlds because it has all the qualities of the rural Northwest but it's also on more of a development track, hopefully controlled development," she says. With this comment, Mary be- gins discussing one of her favor- ite subjects - planning. "I think clearly that there's a place where my former background and em- ployment track record meets some of my personal preferences about development in general. I have had the opportunity to see the newer style, public works proj- ects evolve over a period of time," she notes. "I think I have a pretty good understanding of why there's an emphasis on planning with a capital P in the public works area, espeoially in the North- west. A lot of that is very legiti- mate, if you contrast what is hap- pening here to what has all ready happened in the other parts of the country like the Northeast. Of course, back there you have un- controlled urban sprawl," she continues. "You have uncon- trolled suburban sprawl, stress on infrastructure that wasn't planned for and all this sort of thing with a negative impact on the environment and the quality of life. "NOW ON THE other hand what we have out here is very, very strict stringent planning and I think it's important to not go to an extreme in that direction either, because it can have some consequences that, pardon the pun, weren't planned for," Mary asserts, "including a negative impact on the older, more estab- lished, very legitimate small business community. There can be some unfairness in the way that community is impacted." To support her observation, she offers, "Frankly, if people are not on the inside track, those who do get on the inside track of the hard-core, heavy-duty planning process are going to come out way ahead economically due to a combination of factors." She has high praise for local government. "I think that, his- torically, county government has probably been one of the best and most efficient and one of the most responsible levels of gov- ernment in our whole country. That's a personal opinion, but it's also a professional opinion," she says. "One thing that I feel that we have to be careful of as a local community is when we import the ultra-sophisticated, fine- tuned, heavy-duty planning pro- cess and we inject it into the local level," Mary cautions. "We need to be careful that we're not throw- ing out the baby with the bath. Personally over the history of our country I would give county gov- ernment an A-plus if you want to grade it next to state, federal and the new regional." THE BUDDING columnist adds, "I feel very strongly that the real American problems are all going to be solved at the local level. Having said that, I also need to point out that the greatest threat to our freedom is coming from the top down. What we're dealing with, in my opinion, is a gradual erosion of the basic principles upon which our coun- try was founded." The first recipe which Mary shares is one which comes from the Bahamas, which she notes is known for its fabulous fish. She advises that a local favorite fish can be substituted for grouper. Poached-baked grouper 1 C. diced carrots 1 C. diced onions 1 C. diced celery 1 lemon and 1 lime, thinly sliced salt, pepper and cayenne to taste Preheat oven to 350 ° . Use a double-decker broiling pan. Put three cups water and three bay leaves in bottom pan. Lightly oil the top pan and place fish filets on it. Sprinkle diced vegetables over the fish. Place lemon and lime slices around the edges of the fish. Season to taste. Place top pan on bottom pan and place a vented aluminum foil tent over the fish. Bake 25 minutes. Garnish with thin- sliced scallions and fresh lemon and lime wedges. Another of Mary's favorite recipes comes from the North- east. She says, "This one is sim- ple, yet delicious - a good way to show off baking skills without getting into a major production." The popovers perk up any meat dish, she adds. Popovers 1 qt. milk 4 C. flour 8 eggs 1 tbsp. melted butter i tap. salt Combine milk and flour. Add eggs, one at a time while beating the batter. Add butter and salt and beat for five minutes. Pour into well-greased hot muffin tins. Bake at 400 ° for 10 minutes, then at 350 ° for 15 minutes. Makes 24 popovers. During her college years, Mary spent a year living on a kibbutz in Israel where she says many people eat salad for break- fast. Kibbutznik's early bird salad 1 head romaine lettuce 4 stalks celery 2 C. red cabbage, shredded I carrots, grated 4 shallots, chopped 1 tomato, cut into wedges 1 hard-boiled egg, grated For dressing: Combine one cup of wine vinegar, three cups oil, one teaspoon dry mustard, one teaspoon paprika, dash of hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste and /4 cup tomato puree. Shake well and store in refrigerator. Combine vegetables. Add dressing and toss. Top each ser- ving with just a splash of grated egg. Finish with a few croutons and a touch of freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Get it even faster than you ean spend it. With Rapid Refund, we get you the most you have coming in less time. Ask about Rapid Refund electronic filing at an H&R Block office near you. II BLOCI00 104 East "D" Street (Corner of Olympic Highway North mid "D" Street) 426-9077 Weekdays 9-7 Saturday 9-5 Travaglione, Gale to wed L GINA TRAVAGLIONE and Tony Gale celebrated their engagement on Saturday, December 19, at a party hosted by the bride's parents, Charles and Cheryl Travaglione of Shelton. The groom-elect's parents Stan and Karlene Gale of Grand Rapids, tiozL c Minnesota, were on hand for the festivities. The perce bride-to-be is a 1991 graduate of Shelton High we:re School and a 1995 graduate of the University of cert Washington. She is the marketing coordinator for gaae Espresso Specialties, Incorporated in Seattle. The lea re groom-elect graduated from the University of chin, North Dakota in 1994 and zs a mechanical engineer whih for ElectroImpact, Incorporated in Mukilteo. The str,)n couple is planning a late August wedding. '  . agz ee int :oq My camera's rusty, I think. The courts-and-cops beat didn't lend itself to photography. So it felt really good to head out to the Skokomish Valley Monday to see how high the water was and take some pictures. I hadn't had the foresight to ar- range for truck transit, so I turned back before I got to the area where the county had de- clared an emergency earlier. But I did get some shots of the river roiling along in its gravel-filled channel, digging away at the banks of dikes, and shots of water over the road and such. The really good pictures were the ones I didn't get. There was a car behind me so I didn't dare stop suddenly to catch the pair of common goldeneyes swimming in someone's side yard. I did manage to stop when a flock of big, white-breasted sand- pipers took off just behind a cou- ple of muddy cattle in a flooded cornfield, but the birds were out of range by the time I got the camera out of its bag and the dir- ty-faced whiteface ended up out of focus. And although I found a place to pull off before I passed the bridge cle -- of fo 35 p Two and what So ent s : .... famil ing t thoul ; famil over the little creek near Hunte .... stron place, I missed the perfect pictt abou' of the kingfisher perched on  safet: "No Fishing from Bridge" sign. The kingfisher wasn't wait pC around. It flew away. i I got one picture precisely I cause it couldn't get away. In that photo, a grassy clear£1 that was recently a homesi  slopes down into the flooded vJ ley where the expanded river |': undates Bourgault Road. A briJ I rain-fed stream runs through tl clearing. It's obvious that it r wider at the peak of the flooding:) And salmon, seeking a spa .,i'i ing ground, must have run up freshet. The grass on both sides$!j the stream is strewn with the ting carcasses of salmon, so:: covered with mold, some clean down to backbones. : A drive through the overflo pres( ing valley is a study in displac:il comr ment displaced water, displace: said. families, displaced salmon - diS' that placed salmon in fields, in ditc'i mss: es, in the yards of abandone id TI houses. : help If a picture is ,worth a tho. I by sand words, what s the olfactod agre equivalent? The very air was el¢ thinl Wrus quent, we n MORTGAGE PRO "I'll Work Like A Dog" • Lower Monthly Bills • Need Cash for a New Project Specializing in: • Late Payment History • Too Many Bills • Bankruptcy • 24 Hour Pre-Approval Call Rocky "The Other Professional!" Belfalr Summerfest Winner "Best Hairdo" (360) 308-0443 Toll Free 877-208-I 260 First Hand Mortgage