May 22, 2017: The Last Luncheon.

Newly Installed Officers: 
            2017-2018

L to R:  Marlys Mayer, Lew Edming, Dottie Stevens.
WSSRA President, Rick Nebeker (not picutured)
installed these newly elected officers. 

Our new slate of officers has a familiar look: 

Dottie Stevens returns for her second term in office (her first term was 2015-2016);

Lew Edming will serve again as Secretary; and 

Marlys Mayer asTreasurer.  

Jan Harlow, the new face in the group (not available for a photo)

will serve as Vice-President in
charge of Programs.  

Stan McNaughton Outread Award Nominee

Bette and her husband, George, started a library at the Benton-Franklin Juvenile Justice Center in 2002 through a local Kiwanis Club.  They continue to operate this and train others to assist.  They also tutored youth at the Center for 10 years in a Day Report, GED Program.  

"The other day, a kid said to me, 'before I was locked up, I had read only two books in my life.  If've read 70 since I've been here. That's an example of why we hang in there," says Bette.  For 16 years, Better ran the telephone tree for BFSRA.  She is retired Reading Teacher of 37 years!!  

We are honored to place her name in nomination for the prestigious State Award.

Vickie Bowles plays Amazing Grace

Celebration of Life 

At the last luncheon of the year, we also memorialize those who passed during the most recent year.  To that end, the following names were read and a rose added to a vase for each name read. They are: 

Adrienne Birdsell, Dorothy Boscola, James Harbour, 

Violet Heacock, Mary Hollibaugh, Phyllis Jensen, 

Joyce Larson, Tralice Leaumont, Dorothy Mech, Inez Miller, L. Jane Morrow, Vickie Newell, Bruce Pennington, 

Mickell Racy, Judy Rizzuti-Hare, John Robinson, 

Ruby Rutherford, Helen Shelton, Lois Springer, 

Parry Thompson and Jeanetter Whitesell.

Thank you, President, Helen Bakshas 

Helen Bakshas sings during the Celebration of Life.  In the
background, Dottie Stevens, and Rick Nebeker.

This was our last luncheon of the year.  The 2016-2017 year is officially closed, folded up, placed in the archives. Helen Bakshas was our president this year and she is to be commended for putting together a memorable year, somewhat memorialized in the last 8 or 9 posts on this blog.

Good job, Helen.