October 28: Tell County Councilors if You Want a Ferry Advisory Committee

At the Wedneday Oct. 27, 2011 LICA meeting (Grange Hall), Barbara Brenner and Carl Weimer will attend to hear what we need and want for a new ferry advisory committee. Please attend and tell them what you want, why and when (LICA potluck dinner starts at 6:30 PM, program at 7:15 PM). So far, as [...]

Paul Davis – A Lummi Island Treasure

We all owe unlimited thanks to Paul Davis (LICA treasurer and Tome editor) and his trusty Brown Betty email alert service for so quickly sending out information, day in, day out — not just about the ferry but other island events, needs and alerts. People on both the island and mainland know that Paul’s the [...]

ISLAND POTLUCK PARTY TO THANK TASK FORCE!

Task Force thank-you party notice from LICA, Brown Betty and Cheryll Kinsley. Contact Cheryll, 758-4029) to volunteer or add to the festivities (island musicians, perhaps?): An All-Island Potluck Dinner Party has been organized to thank the Ferry Task Force members. Please read Cheryll Kinsley’s invitation below and help us show our appreciation. This will be [...]

Kremen and Gibsen coming to Lummi Island

David Thorne, President of the Lummi Island Community Association (LICA) announced that Pete Kremen, County Executive, and Dan Gibson, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, will attend next Wednesday’s LICA meeting (February 23, 2011, at the Grange Hall) for a question and answer session. As always, the LICA meeting is open to all.   The regular potluck supper starts [...]

Draft minutes from 8/24 County Council meeting

Both Polly Hanson and I asked Sam Crawford if we could get copies of the minutes from Tuesday 8/24′s special County Council meeting ASAP.  Sam said it was ok to post them here on the Ferry Forum.

Joint Statement from LICA and PLIC Boards

Submitted by David Thorn, President of the LICA Board, on behalf of the PLIC and LICA Boards. This statement was disseminated previously to those who subscribe to Paul Davis’ Brown Betty email service. Island Organizations Respond to the “Petition for Relief from Tribute on the Passage to Lummi Island” Recently a document entitled “Petition for [...]

How Meeting with Lummi Nation Started

This was written by Tami Chock and forwarded by Terry Terry to Paul “Brown Betty/Paul Revere” Davis and me for distribution to islanders on March 1, 2010.  Wynne How It All Started This is how the meeting was set up.   The Lummi Island Ferry Task Force (LIFTF) of the Lummi Nation invited the LIBC [...]

March 24 Meeting with County about Ferry

Information submitted by David Thorne, President of LICA, on February 27, 2010, with editing by Wynne Lee. Meeting Announcement County Report on Ferry Negotiations March 24, 2010, 6- ~8 PM Grange Hall, Lummi Island County Executive Pete Kremen, Public Works Director Frank Abart and some of the County Council members are coming to Lummi Island [...]

Terry Thanks Lummi Islanders & Lummi Nation

Terry Terry, who moderated last Thursday night’s meeting with the Lummi Nation Task force, gave permission to re-publish the following letter to our community.  Terry has served the last four years as President of the Lummi Island Community Association, LICA. Thanks to Paul Davis, who originally sent around on his Paul Revere/Brown Betty email service. [...]