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MSEA Fall Meeting Announcement Friday October 20, 2017 Nile Shrine Country Club
OurFall2017LuncheonmeetingwillbeheldagainattheNileShrineCountryClublocatedat6601-244thStreetSW,MountlakeTerrace,WA.OureventwillbeheldinthePotentate’sRoomanddoorswillopenat11:00am.Thesocialhourwillincludeanohostbar.Therewillbealunchbuffetwithseatingattablesofeightbeginningaroundnoon.Lunchwillbefollowedbyabriefbusinessmeetingandguestspeaker.LuncheonSpeaker:Weareluckytohaveoneofourown,JeffKnapp,asthespeakerfortheFallLuncheon.JeffistravelingupfromHoodRiver,Oregontodescribehisexperiencesasoneoftheprincipalsinfounding,nourishing,andgrowingInsituintoapioneeringleaderinthedevelopment/production,andoperationofUnmannedAircraftSystems(UAS).Expecttohearaninterestingdiscussionofhisjourneyfrombothapersonalandprofessionalperspective.YoucanalsoexpecttoseeinterestingvideosnippetsofUASoperationsandbesuretoaskJeffabouttheInsituUASroleintherescueofCaptainPhillipsfromSomalipirates.Ifyouwouldliketoattend(spousesarewelcome),pleasereturnthereservationformbelowwithacheck(madeouttoMSEA)toLarryArmbruster,tobereceivednolaterthanOct13,asweneedtoconfirmheadcountwithTheNile.LunchBuffet:SalmonorChicken,RicePilaf,Veggies,GreenSalad,PastaSalad,FreshFruitTray,DinnerRolls,Coffee,TeaandDessert.Cost:Theluncheoncostis$28.00perperson(includestaxandgratuity).Pleasesendyourcheck(madeouttoMSEA)withtheformbelow,toLarryArmbruster,560794thPLSW.,Mukilteo,WA98275.Ifyouhavealast-minutechange,pleasecallLarrydirectlyonhiscell:206-595-5781.Directions:FromI-5,NorthandSouthtakeexit#177to244thSW-205thSt.–Hwy.104West.Travelwestboundfor.3milestothegolfcourseentranceontheright.Note:LookforNileTempleentranceandthiswilltakeyouintothegroundsonthegolfcourseandclubhouse.Dues:YourannualMSEAdues($4.00)isdueJune30th.Ifyouarereceivingthisnoticebymail,thedateyourduesiscurrentlypaidthroughisshownnexttoyournameonthemailinglabel(2017meansactivememberpaidthroughJune2017).WhetherreceivingthisAnnouncementbymailoremail,pleaserefertotheattachedduesstatussheetandtheMSEAInfoparagraphoftheNewsletterforcurrentduesstatus.Ifyou’reattendingtheluncheon,pleasesendyourduesupdatewithyourluncheoncheck(madeouttoMSEA),orgiveitLarryArmbrusteratthemeetingifyouhaven’trenewedyet.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Pleasereturnthisportionwithyouridentificationandcheck(madeouttoMSEA)to:LarryArmbruster–560794thPLSW.,Mukilteo,WA98275tobereceivedbyOctober13 Name(s)________________________________________________________ Numberoflunchreservations__________@$28.00=$_________________ Numberofyearsannualdues__________@$4.00=$_________________
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Marine Systems Employees’ Association
Volume 18 Number 3 September 20, 2017
Meetings Spring 2017 Meeting Our Spring 2017 meeting was held at the Niles Shrine Country Club on 11 May 2017 featuring Becky Blanchard and Nancy Davenport from Stonington Galleries. They brought, displayed, and described with passion many forms of Coastal Native art. It was an informative and enriching presentation. Officers The current slate of officers, with their contact info, is:
President Rick Doden 360-689-7590 [email protected] Vice President Mal Harnois 425-742-3185 [email protected] Past President Larry Armbruster 425-348-3734 [email protected] Web Master Mike Goodreau 206-779-7565 [email protected]
Secretary-Treasurer Laura Johnston 425-770-1671 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Lee Brissey 425-482-0536 [email protected]
Historian Pat Maes 425-745-1203 [email protected] MSEA thanks Mal Harnois for taking on the new role of our Vice President. He’s accepted this role with energy and has been creative/innovative in learning about the MSEA membership and seeking input for new meeting approaches. MSEA also thanks Laura Johnston for taking on the Secretary/Treasurer role and Lorie Burleigh for her many years of voluntary service as Secretary/Treasurer. Lorie continues to help the new Board find their way behind the scenes. MSEA Info Our MSEA website is at www.mseaorg.wordpress.com. The website posts meeting announcements, archives newsletters and other items of interest. Submit comments or memorabilia information to our webmaster, Mike Goodreau. Out of our current membership of 164, only 99 are signed up for emails. Email deliveries reduce our costs! If you wish to continue receiving MSEA Newsletters and Meeting Announcements, please be sure to keep your dues up to date. Note the list sent with this Newsletter and those with past dues owed ($4/year) are shown in red. Even if you are not planning to come to the Fall 2017 luncheon, checks can be mailed to Larry Armbruster at the address included with the accompanying announcement. If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, or you have any address, phone number or email changes, please forward this information to Laura Johnston (425-770-1671, [email protected]). Please send other news items to Larry with your MSEA luncheon remittance or email news items to [email protected] Member News (Note: Newsletter Editor has taken some minor editorial license with some member notes. Hopefully acceptable) From Mike Bonsignore: “Still kicking after 76 years and 54 years married to first wife! MSD job the Best in my Honeywell Career!” From Pat Maes: “Living in Anacortes is the good life!”
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From Terry Corcoran: “Every day I’m not in the Obit page is a good day!” From Dan Edgar (Note from Spring 2017):
I retired after a year at Portsmouth, in May 2000. That was a fun year as far as enjoying New England and entertaining family and friends who came to visit. Work was difficult to settle into with so much reorganization chaos, as I'm sure most of the transferees found it, and not a few of the natives. After retirement Lavone and I moved to a small acreage a few miles south of Nampa, Idaho. Nampa is about 30 miles west of Boise in the Treasure Valley, semi-arid range land and sage brush but for the extensive irrigation canal system that makes the area very productive, seed crops and sugar beets being very common, large dairies (you will become very aware of the prevailing wind in some locals), but the famous potatoes not so much here. I suppose most people
are aware of Micron, a major solid-state electronics manufacturer in the valley. Hewlett Packard, Motive Power (railroad locomotives), and a number of other manufactures. Not a bad place, at all, to work and raise a family and you can get out of town, in any direction, …. in not so many minutes or miles and into the mountains, desert, lakes, and streams. So, what do we do? .... A little camping, some RV traveling, and enjoy the fellowship of friends and our church. Two of our kids and their families are here. Lavone's brother and sister also live here. We harvest the eggs from a few chickens, garden, and pull weeds. That was a real corker of a winter, spring is coming on strong (still get frost some mornings) and looking forward to summer. Sorry to miss most of the luncheon meetings but we still keep up with friends in Seattle and try to make the connection when able. The newsletter really helps. So, thanks again. Dan Edgar From Jim Kelly (Note from Spring 2017): Sorry we will not be able to make the (Spring) gathering. We (Marilyn and I) just returned from our 47th wedding anniversary cruise through the Panama Canal - Tampa, Fl. to Seattle. - with a great time, swimming with the stingray off Grand Cayman Island. Only thing we (Marilyn) caught was an awful cold. She is now on meds, and we are ready for that to break. Jim Kelly From Hal Sullivan (Note from June 2017): This email is to let you know that after living in the Seattle area for the past 54 years we have decided to move out of the area. We are moving to Bozeman MT into an assisted living facility and to be close to our only grandkids, age 5 and 7. We will be leaving Issaquah on June 12. Carolyn and I have both suffered a series of health issues over the last 2 years that has made it advisable. It was just getting too much for Carolyn to provide the care I need. The facility is Bozeman Lodge and our new address is: 1547 N Hunters Way, Apt 311 Bozeman MT 59718 We are going to join the other hip young people and try to use only a cell phone line. The phone number is 425-681-7862. If you would send all future email to my new email address [email protected]. Hal Sullivan
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From John Anderson: We are continuing to enjoy our RV travels and extended summer stays in the PNW and in Minnesota while the extreme heat hits Tucson. Retirement is a fantastic lifestyle that we have adapted to with ease. Having more time to pursue hobbies - building Adirondack chairs for daughter's San Juan Island home, turning bowls on the wood lathe, chair caning - is great, as well. Regards, John & Melissa Anderson From Ray Castor: We won't be able to attend since we will be in Baja Mexico. For the next six months, we'll be traveling and at our cabin in Alaska for about 80% of the time. Travel includes Mexico, New York City, Brazil on the Amazon river, Hawaii, England, in Egypt and Jordan (with the Szenders), and finally back to Mexico for spring break with our kids and grandkids. Ray From Jeff and Penny Scott: We are so sorry to hear of Jim Tveit's passing. He and Violet were such great friends over the years. The MSEA is difficult for us because our number of trips to Seattle is limited and the MSEA seems to always happen just before or after one of our visits. The winter of 2016/17 was very difficult for us for a number of reasons.... our son-in-law Rich was killed in a skiing accident, I had back surgery on Dec 7th and shoulder surgery on March 8th and every appliance in the house gave up including the heat pump. Penny, bless her heart carried wood for two months until we could get a new heat pump installed. A recent bright spot though was a cruise to Alaska that we took in July with our family to celebrate our upcoming 50th wedding anniversary. Our daughter Carrie, son Chris and his friend Denise and my brother Cal and his wife Cora joined us for a wonderful 7-day trip. In a private ceremony, we were able to scatter some of Rich's ashes in Alaskan waters so it was cathartic for all of us. I am a HAM radio operator and I spend a significant amount of time with my local Central Oregon Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Team in La Pine, OR. We were activated to provide possible emergency communications assistance during the recent Solar Eclipse. Fortunately, the dire predictions were off the mark and except for very heavy traffic it all went off in a calm manner. Penny is playing a lot of golf with her lady friends and keeping me in line which is no easy task. That's all for now. Our door is always open to MSEA visitors so stop in and stay for a while when you're in the Bend, OR area. Cheers, Jeff and Penny Scott From Ken Prentiss: Ken and Mary Lou Prentiss are staying close to home in Spokane dealing with Ken's leukemia treatments. (Travel while you can!) Ken From Sharron and Al Schmidt (Bandon Oregon): We are both doing well among the sand, sea, and bogs. Cranberries are getting ready to harvest and the town is very busy. Just love being retired! Sharron
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From: Clay and Flo Schule: The last couple of years we’ve been doing lots of traveling. Hawaii (first time), Italy, Jamaica, Scotland; and the latest, an Alaska Cruise (with the Crutchfields). However most of our time in the last year has been at our beach place in Moclips Washington. Aside from just having fun at the beach, we’ve been building a tiny house on wheels and an RV hook-up on the beach. I continue working (kinda retired) at Sound & Sea with old friends Lee Brissey, Judy Bruce, Pam Bower and Doug Crutchfield. Been a very busy last two years being the subcontracts manager. Luckily, I’m a virtual employee, but some of my coworkers think that means I’m a robot. See you all at lunch. Clay From Lee and Kathe Brissey: We’ve stayed pretty close to home so far this year, spending some time at our cabin on Center Island in the San Juans and traveling with the throngs (and with all the Brissey kids and Gkids) to John Day Oregon for the “Solar Eclipse on Route 26”. The weather was perfect and skies were clear.
It was an emotional two-minutes of totality for us all highlighted by the sudden mid-morning darkness, the temperature drop, and the exclamations from people all around us. It left an OMG impression and a life-long memory for the all of us, … especially, we hope, for the younger generations of the Brissey family.
Passages From Jim Eldred: On a sad note Sandy (Pebbles) Goulding succumbed to cancer in February at only 61 years, leaving a husband and 13-year-old daughter and friends who miss her. A note that we’d missed a prior passing: Sorry to say that Jim Messmer passed away 5/10/15. Jim Tveit: A colleague, dear friend, and active MSEA volunteer, Jim Tveit, Jr died on August 26, 2017 at age 70 in his home in Marysville, Washington from complications of diabetes. A Memorial Service was held Saturday, September 16, at the Evergreen Funeral Home in Everett, Washington. Donations can be made in Jim’s name to the American Diabetes Association at PO Box 15829, Arlington, VA 22215, or through their website at www.diabetes.org.
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Photos from Spring 2017 Meeting (by Terry Corcoran)
Lee Brissey, MSEA Newsletter Editor (425-985-6640); [email protected]
Ray Janis and Terry Corcoran Jack Richardson and Pat Maes Barbara Kim and Larry Johnson
Clark Sheridan and Ray Janis
Clark Sheridan, Mike Bonsignore, and Laura Johnston
Roger Christensen and Larry Armbruster Chuck and Rosalie Preble Clark Sheridan
Dick and Karen Boyle
Mike Goodreau and Rick Doden
Guest Speaker Becky Blanchard
Stonington Galleries
Doug Buchanan and Bill Gluth
Sample Coastal Native Art
Abbey *Dick 2020 Folse Ron 2017 Parker Glen W. 2027Anderson John 2025 Foss Nolan 2015 Pene James 2021Armbruster *Larry 2020 Freedman Mayer 2014 Peter Cillay 2018Bader John P. 2017 Gaevert Julie 2017 Phillips Morris 2015Baker Donald M. 2022 Gailis Ron 2017 Pick Valerie 2019Balk John A. 2017 Gavin Jim 2018 Post Linda 2019Banister Gene A. 2018 Garrood Dennis 2017 Powers Tom 2021Bayley Joan 2019 Gevaart Susan 2016 Preble *Charles 2021Becker Orlien N. 2020 Gillespie Norm 2017 Prentiss G. Kenneth 2020Beckenbaugh Dick 2017 Gluth *William 2017 Priest Don 2020Bertoldi John 2017 Golden Bryan A. 2020 Ramus Tom 2017Billings *T. John 2021 Goodfellow Dan 2020 Reed Terry 2018Bonrud Neal E. 2018 Goodreau *Mike 2018 Richardson John 2019Bonsignore *Mike 2022 Gowler Carl W. 2016 Rudlang Jon 2015Bowman James 2016 Graves Harold 2020 Ruiz Louis F. 2020Bowman Denny 2018 Grendahl Dennis 2021 Rust Stan 2020Boyle *Richard 2025 Gunderson JamesW. 2015 Schmid *Charles 2021Brenan John 2023 Hanson Linda 2018 Schmidt Sharron 2021Brennan John 2018 Harnois *Malcolm 2016 Schule Clay 2017Brissey *F. Lee 2018 Head John 2017 Scott Jeff 2017Brown Douglas 2025 Hewitt Dennis D. 2016 Scribner Richard C. 2018Brueggemann Bill 2016 Hilmes Saundra 2016 Sheets Terry 2019Buchanan *Douglas W. 2019 Hinshaw Jerry L. 2018 Sheridan *Clark 2019Budnik Chuck 2018 Hirschfelder John 2021 ShimabukuroWayne 2023Bujold Carol 2021 Holman Jerry L. 2019 Sinclair Don 2020Burggraff Mary B. 2017 Horning Bill 2020 Sirutis John 2018Burleigh Lorie 2024 Hutchings Harve H. 2017 Sorenson Rodger D. 2018Burns Robert J. 2018 Hutchins David 2021 Squires Kathleen 2018Bushey Gerald L. 2022 Ibuki Jack 2020 Stamnes Mari 2018Canfield Carol. 2016 Jackson Gaylord R. 2019 Stedronsky Wilma 2017Castor Ray A. 2019 Janis *Ray C. 2018 Steiner John F. 2016Christensen *Roger 2020 Jennings Ben L. 2018 Stimac Steve 2017Christie Leonard 2020 Johnson Fred 2020 Stockman Richard R. 2018Clapham Robert G. 2017 Johnson *Larry 2019 Sullivan Harold G. 2020Corbaley Craig 2024 Johnston *Laura 2018 Sutherland Paula 2017Cook, Jr. *George H. 2018 Kelly James L. 2019 Swartz Thomas G. 2018Corcoran Terry 2021 Kerr Steven 2019 Taylor Lisa 2016D'Angelo Marjie M. 2018 Kissinger Earl D. 2019 Thompson Curtis B. 2018Dayhuff Larry 2019 Knappe Robert M. 2015 Tissot Gary 2018Daly *Bill 2018 Laughlin Clyde A. 2019 Trewhitt Robert 2020Delarose Ron 2017 Maes *Patrick 2020 Tveten Larry 2017DeLorme Mary 2017 Marchand Geri 2017 Twigg Bob 2015Diefenbach *George R. 2018 McFarlane Peter 2018 Tyler Jimmie N. 2021Delettrez Bernie 2017 McKinney *Red 2019 VanCalcar *Henry 2020Dhinsa Upinder 2016 Mead DavidL. 2013 Vincent Janet 2021Doden *Rick 2020 Meisinger Dave 2018 Ward Robert L. 2021Dodge Linda 2017 Miyamoto Glenn 2031 Warson Toby 2016Doyle Linda 2021 Mohn Ken 2020 Welling Robert L. 2017Dunnell Donald A. 2019 Newcomb *Larry W. 2020 Williams Richard 2018Edgar Daniel G. 2019 Nicholson Patricia A. 2017 Witmer Daniel R. 2018Edney Bruce 2019 Nunn Geoffrey 2018 Wolfe Kay Y. 2017Eldred James J. 2018 Osterhaug John 2018 Woods Cyndi Goddard 2017Evans Stephen 2019 Owen John 2025 Young Myron 2018Eyster Mike 2018 Paczkowski Robert N. 2016Fager *Mike 2021 Parker David G. 2021
