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Port Ludlow Voice Page 2 Managing Editor’s Keyboard by Beverly Browne For the past decade, the Port Ludlow Golf Course has held a Rally for the Cure to support the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer charity. The charity has noble goals; those of providing screening for women, funding research, and eliminating a major threat to women’s health, breast cancer. The Port Ludlow lady golfers and guests dressed in pink, had a wonderful time competing in a round of golf and hosted a magnificent lunch with raffles and games. The effort raised thousands of dollars for the Susan G. Komen organization. Should the event take place this year? Last month Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood, citing a newly adopted criteria barring grants to organizations under investigation. The ban affected Planned Parenthood because of an inquiry by anti-abortion backed Representative Cliff Stearns of Florida. It had been reported Vice-President Karen Handel instigated the policy. She is an antiabortion activist and frequent opponent of Planned Parenthood. The backlash was violent and swift. Although Komen denied allegations the move was prompted by anti-abortion activists, its affiliates in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere were up in arms. The Puget Sound Komen affiliate called the policy “misguided.” Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray along with 25 other Democratic senators asked Komen to reconsider. Komen eventually did rescind the policy but the trust of their donors has been damaged. The golf associations should reconsider their support of the Komen foundation. Although the stated goals are laudable, Komen policies may not contribute to those goals. Planned Parenthood centers performed more than 4 million breast exams over the past five years. Nearly 170,000 were the result of Komen grants. Although Planned Parenthood has launched a Breast Health Emergency Fund to offset losses, losing the funds Komen provided would present a difficult situation. Komen knew that. Other organizations also support women’s health; the option of rallying to provide funding for those organizations should be explored. This writer would like to see a successful rally again this year but one supporting another charitable organization with a broader, less politically driven agenda. Beverly Browne The views expressed in this editorial are the author’s opinion and may not represent the opinions of others on the Voice staff. Comments and rebuttals may be sent to the Editor. Letters will be posted to the Voice website, plvoice.org. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Advertiser Index 51 Golf News 40 Arts and Entertainment 31 Local News 11 Bay Club / South Bay 29 Mariners 38 Beach Club / North Bay 26 Port Ludlow Associates 36 Classifieds 48 Port Ludlow Village Council 22 Community Meetings 18 Regional News 42 Features 3 Village Activities 24 Port Ludlow VOICE P.O. Box 65077, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 www.plvoice.org Managing Editor Beverly Browne 437-8099 brownew@bus.orst.edu Finance and Subscription Manager Sally Grything 437-2065 grything@olympus.net Classified Advertising Manager Janie Holtz 437-7654 VoiceClassified@broadstripe.net Display Advertising Manager Kathy Snider 437-9165 kathysnider@earthlink.net Senior Copy Editor Barbara Wagner-Jauregg 437-9726 bwagnerj@olympus.net South Bay Community Association Editor Janet Force 437-0419 ludlow4c@gmail.com Bay Club Editor Judy Thomas 437-7906 judythomas2@yahoo.com Beach Club Editor Eva Van Buren 437-7932 be4547@msn.com Arts and Entertainment Editor Beverly Rothenborg bevrothenborg@broadstripe.net Arts and Entertainment Linda Karp 437-0175 georgekarp@aol.com Regularly Scheduled Activities Editor Kathie Bomke 437-4086 kacebom@live.com Contributing Writers Judy Arnold 437-9133 jimjudy63@msn.com Mary Kletti 215-4100 maryk451@gmail.com Eline Lybarger 437-7701 lybarger@olypen.com Jen Portz 531-0739 jjpportz@gmail.com Production Manager Mary Ronen 437-0268 maryr@olympus.net Web Manager Jen Portz 360-531-0739 jjpportz@gmail.com Distribution Manager Bob Azen 437-9677 raincrow1@mac.com Photographer Peggy Lee Flentie 437-2702 flentie@me.com Remembering Ken Cheney, 1936-2010 ON THE FRONT COVER Tulip field near La Conner in Skagit Valley. Photography by Helen Weismeyer ON THE BACK COVER Shirley Davies-Owens, David Bryant and Zach Nesmith in “Murdered to Death.” Photography by Peggy Lee Flentie
Port Ludlow Voice Page 3 Feature Articles When the Tulips Bloom, It Must Be Spring by Barbara Wagner-Jauregg, Contributing Writer One look at this month’s Voice cover and you’ll be reminded—everything soon is coming up tulips. Whether you’re a first time or repeat visitor to the beautiful area called Skagit Valley, do visit—you are in for a treat. Not only is the region blessed with mountains, farmland and the sea—the real stars are millions of tulips—yours to see at two display gardens as well as growing in hundreds of acres of fields. The 29th annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival runs between Sunday, April 1 and Monday, April 30. Every spring hundreds of thousands of people, by car, tour bus and boat, flock to the region to enjoy the Valley’s celebration of spring as acres of tulips burst into bloom. The Tulip Festival was founded in 1984 by the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce Chamber, whose directors saw that people were coming by the thousands to view the tulips and decided to create a festival with events and festivities to enhance the visitors’ trip. Ten years later the Tulip Festival broke off and became an entity of its own, growing from 3 days originally to 30 in the last few years, thus ensuring the huge fields of tulips would actually bloom sometime during the event. Over one million bulbs in all colors of the rainbow have been planted at the two display gardens, RoozenGaarde and Tulip Town. In addition fields of tulips bloom for about two weeks sometime between March 25 and April 18. Of course only Mother Nature has a clue of the date. But no matter, Tulip Town and RoozenGaarde will have flowers to see throughout April because they plant many different varieties with differing bloom cycles. RoozenGaarde is a division of Washington Bulb Co., the largest flower bulb grower in the U.S. with over 1,000 acres of tulip, daffodil and iris fields. The three-acre display garden is planted with over a quarter-million bulbs and features an authentic Dutch windmill. It has formal plantings, snacks to eat and a gift shop. During the Festival, open hours are from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Adults pay an admission fee of $5 and reservations are requested, call 360-424-8531. To obtain the most up to date and reliable bloom information, go to the Bloom Map at www.tulips.com. Tulip Town has an indoor display garden and mural, art gallery, gift shop, potted tulips, garden plants, espresso and snacks. With 60 varieties of tulips in their fields, visitors can either walk through the acres of blooms or take a relaxing ride through the fields in one of its three trolleys. A new feature is the Veteran’s Memorial Garden, featuring the “Veteran’s Valor” tulip. Festival hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There is an admission fee of $5 for adults. Tour buses should call ahead for reservations, 360-424-8152. Skagit River Valley is roughly a 15-mile triangle bordered by Highway 20, the Skagit River and the Swinomish Channel. Tulip fields are located between La Conner and Mount Vernon. The area can be accessed via Highway 20 and the Port Townsend-Coupeville (Whidbey Island) Ferry or via Interstate 5 and the Kingston-Edmonds Ferry; this day trip is well worth the effort to get there. The least crowded times to visit are weekdays, early morning or late afternoon on weekends. There is a myriad of events scheduled throughout the month, including art shows, family runs, garden and gift show, historic home tour, a parade, salmon barbecue, street fair and wine festival. Go to www.TulipFestival.org for a complete schedule. If you want to extend the excursion into a couple days, overnight accommodations can be found in Anacortes, Burlington, La Conner or Mount Vernon and there are many restaurant choices in these cities at a variety of price points. This month’s Voice cover features “Tulips in La Conner,” taken by Helen Weismeyer, who began taking travel photos when she was 19 years old on a university-led European tour and hasn’t stopped yet. According to Weismeyer, once she sees a photo she particularly admires in a magazine, etc., she then has to go to the location. An example is when she saw Galen Rowell’s famous photo of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. She had to duplicate it. “Well,” she says, “I got the Palace, but no rainbow.” Weismeyer was born, raised and worked in Southern California. Most of her career she was employed at La Sierra University in Riverside, teaching in the Health and Exercise Science Department. She and Mary Small, friends since high school, moved to Port Ludlow in 2004, right after their second year of visiting and watching the Tour de France. Weismeyer thinks this is a nice area for cycling and loves to do it. continued on next page
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