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The Washington State Chapter Annual Meeting was held
February 6 2010 at the Washington State History Museum
in Tacoma, with about 40 people in attendance.
President Jill
Stephenson started he meeting at 10:15 AM with the
announcement that Tim Underwood will turn over the
newsletter Worthy of Notice (WON) to new co-editors John
Orthmann and Layne Corneliuson.
Robert Heacock and
John also described the process by which two
bicentennial dugout canoes were donated to Sacajawea
State Park by the Chapter, one canoe by the Chapter and
one by John and Layne.
Linda Underwood will
proceed with securing Chapter name tags for $10 and many
signed up at the meeting.
Rob also encouraged
everyone to get their email address to him, as we do
intend to use email to supplement our WON newsletter
Barb Kubik reminded us
of the Foundation Annual Meeting to be held in Lewiston
Idaho this August 1-4 and that registration info should
be in the mail this week.
Wendy Raney provided
us with a new book ‘Across the Endless River’ by Thad
Carhart (Doubleday), an account of Jean-Baptiste
Charbonneau’s time in Europe. The book was auctioned off
in a silent auction to Doc Wesselius.
Mention was also made
of the cooperative agreement between the Foundation and
the Boy Scouts of America, and that will enhance our
ability to with them.
Barb also announced
that the Governors Lewis and Clark Committee will be
meeting at 1:30 PM today.
It was also announce
that long time member Ralph Rudeen has died and that his
wife Jackie will be having her birthday tomorrow and a
birthday card was circulated.
Larry McClure is
co-president of the Oregon Chapter and also Secretary of
the Foundation, and introduced new member Hal Stokes of
Lynwood who also is in the Oregon Chapter. Larry
mentioned that February 20 at Lewis and Clark College in
Portland will be a program featuring Dr Gary Moulton, Dr
Steven Beckham and Roger Wendlick For more information
see the Oregon Chapter website.
He also mentioned that
Lorna Hainsworth who recently published an article on a
lost letter by Captain Lewis is available in late March
for presentations. Larry also encouraged all members to
assist where they can and to help at the Annual Meeting
in Lewiston.
He also mentioned that
Dr. Stephen Forrest is the new Director of Operations
and Membership Services of the National LCTHF
Foundation.
Chapter elections were
held and all positions were renewed by acclimation.
Nick Giovanni
introduced Jennifer Fyllingness, who is the niece of
Wilma Clark, who’s husband is descended from William
Clark, but named after George Rogers Clark. Jennifer
described various heirlooms and furniture, including a
large portrait of George Rogers Clark.
We were then
privileged to hear from John Jackson who explained the
research that has gone into his latest book about
Captain Lewis. He also read portions of the text and
answered questions, and we had a subsequent discussion
of Captain Lewis.
The meeting then ended
at 12:00
Board Meeting
The Annual Board
meeting for the Washington State Chapter of the Lewis
and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc was held
February 6, 2010 at 1:00 PM in the Washington State
History Museum in Tacoma. Present were President Jill
Stephenson, and also Murray Hayes, Nick Giovanni, Doc
Wesselius, Robert Heacock, Kim Fitzsimmons, John
Orthmann, also present were Lee Edtl, Barb Kubik, and
Jim Sayce.
We discussed that the
Chapter newsletter Worthy of Notice (WON) will be
produced in digital form in the future, which will
enhance our ability to keep our website up to date.
Future meeting sites
and themes were discussed, and we hope to have our
spring trip determined soon. The date of May 1 will not
work as that is National History Day judging in
Bellevue.
The Foundations Annual
meeting will be in August in Lewiston, Idaho and the
Chapter will assist in that.
The meeting was ended
at 1:25 PM
Respectfully
submitted,
Robert Heacock,
Chapter Secretary
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