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| The Ganders family finch
feeder has attracted a number of Goldfinch this year, the Washington State bird.
Pictured is a female finch. Right, member of an Elk herd wandered by June 12 -
just a block from our home. Below, Amy Lundy goes big game hunting
and bags a boar! She used the new bow and arrow that Aaron presented to her on
Valentine's Day. They prove life can be a boar but its never boring. Next,
a male finch and below a woodpecker in the Ganders birch tree, a red-breasted
sapsucker. Lower right is a deer taken this month in the Fox Hill subdivision. |
| Oly Rollers Nip Rose City 157-151 with "The Tiffinator"> |
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Tiffany Lundy, an upstanding woman by day, turns into a
hard-blocking
Roller Derby competitor, "The Tiffinator" in the evenings. Her "Oly Rollers" team
(Cosa Nostra Donnas) narryowly defeated a nationally-ranked Portland, Ore, team, the "Rose City Rollergirls" at Olympia Skateland on March 20.
She receives a contratualatory kiss from her loyal dog, "Mayhem" and
signs autographs for her young fans. Below, right, Robin is outside
the home Skateland arena with David & Becki Buri. For more information on the Oly
Rollers, go to:
http://www.olyrollers.com/ |
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Larry is always meeting some characters at the state capitol. Here, he joins
Butch T. Cougar and Harry The Husky, along with the Washington State University
Pep Band. (Larry's photo courtesy of Rich Roesler, Spokane Spokesman-Review.) |
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The winter
snowstorms in Olympia were unusually heavy this year. |
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Remembering Grandma Betty Ganders, 1921-2008 Our fantastic mother and grandmother passed away Dec. 8, 2008.. . |
   
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Our loss is eased by the knowledge that she lived the life she wanted to live
right up to her death, just a couple weeks short of her 87th birthday. Grandma
Ganders' contributed a full lifetime of community service, including entertaining the troops
during World War II. Her charitable work continued into retirement with the American Cancer Society for the
Northwest States. It resulted in the naming of the society's Spokane board room in her honor.
The photo was taken just after Christmas, 2007 when she celebrated her 86th birthday.
Her other volunteer activities included the Spokane Shriners'
hospital, where she crocheted dozens and dozens of blankets for children. She
was also active in her Crowne Point subdivision. Right, Grandma Ganders and the
family celebrates after the successful Lewis & Clark High School musical play, "Miss Saigon," in which Mia Yoshida played
the lead role of "Kim," a Vietnamese concubine. Pictured outside the auditorium are Robin , Mia, Lisa Yoshida, Betty Ganders, Adam Ganders., Akira Yoshida, Linda Johnson, and Paul Johnson. Below is with Robin, Aaron, and
wife Amy.
Center, a 1940s Schlitz Brewing Company Christmas poster of the "Swiss Family
Fraunfelder." That's Grandma Ganders with the accordion. Right is Grandma with her longtime friend, Dorothy. Bottom, is the
British ship, the "Aquitania,"
that transported Grandma Ganders (Fraunfelder) to the United States from her native
Switzerland. Bottom right is a family 2005 Christmas Eve photo. (Ship photo courtesty Statute of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation).
. Restoration of old Schlitz picture by Boston Harbor Photo, Olympia)
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| From the top, tall ship
passes into the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Port Townsend, the lighthouse at
Port Townsend where we camped, Larry at
Fort Warden, We watched seals at Admiralty Inlet; Robin with our neighbors,
Sharon and Bill Fletcher, dressed for the Cougar Gridiron Classic football game
at Qwest Field. |
Aaron & Amy plunge into Mexican marriage! |
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| Amy
Clubb & Aaron Lundy were married on the white Caribbean beach sands near Tulum,
Mexico (60 miles south of Cancun on May 10. It was a beach wedding in paradise,
even including a mariachi band (middle right.) The two pictures below are
some beach shots by Cara. |
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| Left, Aaron poses with his "best woman" and his "best man" prior to the nuptials. Right, Robin takes to the resort fountain to show off her dress for her son's wedding day in Mexico. |
 
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