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APRIL
2018

IBIC OFFICERS AND President Dennis Kilpatrick, Vice President Kathy Caldwell, Secretary Emily Reckord, Treasurer Paul Larson. Trustees: Jim Aurand,
TRUSTEES 2017-2018 Juliana Pickrell, Madison Duckworth, Bob Kernaghan, Dionne Deschenne, Catherine Freeman, Kayleen Pritchard, Mary Benning-Hughes.

Summer is coming!
Spring and summer are a great time of year to be at Camp Indianola.  

Every Tuesday morning from 9:30-10:30 there is a pay-what-you-can, drop-in yoga class with an
incredible view and a peaceful setting, taught by a local yogi.

New this year the camp is offering a full day camp for children entering grades 1-5. Sign up for 1, 5, or
all 10 weeks. Registration is now open. Affordably priced, these camps are a great day care option or a
fun introduction for first time campers. Plus, lunch and morning snack are included!

Other summer camps and full details available at campindianola.org

SAVE THE GOLF DATE

Indianola’s Annual Golf Tournament

Thursday, July 12th at
White Horse Golf Club
Questions?
Please Contact:
Colleen Crowley-Vlahovich
vdoubleplay@comcast.net

or

Molly Kilborn
mollymcdonald750@gmail.com
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Indianola Garden Club News
lendar GREEN, my favorite color - the fresh new color of leaves
Ca Clubhouse Meetings cloaking what just a week ago were bare, brown branches. The
color of Spring!
& Activities
For the garden club's April 18 meeting, we had a tour of
Windcliffe hosted by Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones. It was a
spectacular and much enjoyed landscape.

IBIC Trustees Meeting: 2nd Thursday of each
month at 7:30 PM.
Morning Coffee in the Clubhouse Library:
Weekdays except Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 AM. Bring
your own coffee and come to the kitchen door.
Library: Friday 1:00-3:00 PM; Saturday 10:00-
Noon (except on all-day event days).
Port of Indianola Meeting: 3rd Tuesday of each
month at 7:00 PM (unless otherwise advertised).
IBIC Bridge Club - Duplicate Bridge: Tuesday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Sanctioned by ACBL.
Partners provided, everyone welcome.
Garden Club: 3rd Wednesday of each month at
12:30 PM.
Tai Chi: Mondays & Thursdays 8:30-9:30 AM, and
Tuesdays 4:30-5:30 PM (for Arthritis).
Ping Pong Games: Every Tuesday, 6:00-7:30 PM.
Coming up on Saturday, May 5, is the annual garden club
plant sale. Members have all been busy starting seeds,
dividing plants and potting up choice offerings for the only fund
raiser of the year. Plant sale chairman, Dylan Boyce, has
enlisted representatives of Kitsap Master Gardeners to hold a
clinic during the sale. They will answer questions about plant
problems and identification. Bring any funny looking leaves or
insects, preferably in a sealed plastic bag. Tool sharpening will
also be available for a small fee, as in past years. Be sure to
join us between 9AM to 1PM at the Pavilion to find the
additions for your garden that you have been seeking and,
maybe, some treasures that you haven't even imagined.
Our May 16 meeting will be held at the clubhouse beginning
with social time at 12:30, followed by speakers Jim and Kathy
Robertson at 1:00. They will share their expertise on sedums
and stonecrops, which are very trendy right now. A selection of
plants will be available for purchase.
The last meeting of the 2017/18 year will be held on
Wednesday, June 20 at the home of Dahlia Malin in Kingston.
We will begin at 12noon with a potluck lunch followed by a
business meeting including election of officers for the next
year. A tour of Dahlia's beautiful gardens will wrap up the
meeting. Car pools will leave the clubhouse at about 11:30.

If you would like more information about the meetings or

Indianola garden club in general, call Sue McClain at 360
297-3473 or Nancy Niemi at 360 297-1245. We always
welcome new members and guests. Happy Spring!

Clubhouse

Community Movie Nights

April 21st at 7 p.m. - Ratatouille - (2007) This animated children’s film features rat that
can cook who makes an unusual alliance with a young chef in a famous French restaurant.
As always, the movie and popcorn are FREE!

• For additional information or updates go to www.indianola.club •

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 Words of Advice - Learned the Hard Way
Here is a safety lesson learned by having a fire in our home:

If your smoke detectors go off, INVESTIGATE! Everywhere and quickly.

Call 911

Have fire exOnguishers and know how to use them. Some Kidde ones have been recalled, so go on line and check.
If your’s are affected, they will be replaced free of charge.

Close doors, do NOT open windows (per the fireman).

Replace all power strip/surge protectors that are NOT expensive (at least $40-50+) with ones that are.

On Sunday, February 18 our home caught on fire. It was the day of the snow storm and power outage. We were hooking up
the generator when a power surge happened causing two out of three power strips/surge protectors to catch fire. The one
surge protector did turn itself off as they are supposed to, but NOT before starRng a fire, and causing some smoke in our
walkout downstairs. This is where we saw and smelled smoke and heard the alarms going off. We assumed incorrectly that
this was the only fire.

What we didn’t know was that the power strip in the upstairs office HAD caught on fire and was burning for approximately 15
minutes before it was discovered. By this Rme the enRre upstairs was filled with thick, black smoke. Quickly, 911 was called
and a fire exRnguisher was used (twice, as the fire started up again, hence another lesson, USE ALL of the exRnguisher) and the
fire was put out before the fire department arrived.

We are blessed that our home was saved, we are all safe, and we had very li]le loss of property aside from smoke damage. It
is certainly an inconvenience and an experience we would have chosen not to have had, but the bright side of this is now
having the opportunity to share our situaRon with others and hope that they will take heed of the above lessons learned.

We were told that in another five minutes and we would have lost our home: A scary thought indeed. And ALL because of an
inexpensive, older power strip that was not a surge protector. The fireman, electrician, and one of the companies helping us
clean up, all menRoned how many fires are caused by power strips. PLEASE, for the sake of your home and families get the
best surge protectors you can afford and have fire exRnguishers (plural) handy. YOUR HOME CAN DEPEND ON IT!

~ Contributed by Duane and Nancy Niemi

Indianola Beach Clean-Up is coming… Saturday, April 28th. We will meet at the head of
the Indianola Dock at 10:00am.
Low Rde is at 10:52. Last year we had enough volunteers to walk the beach from the Enschede stairs to the Indianola Beach
Preserve. We split up to cover segments of the beach with drop off points at four accesses; the Enschede stairs, the Dock, the
Western avenue boat ramp and the Indianola Beach Preserve. We will dispose of the recyclables at the Clubhouse bin and take
the garbage to the Hansville landfill. If you have a pick-up truck and can collect debris from the access points about noon, that
would be terrific. There will be no charge to the community for dumping the garbage or for supplies. The Kitsap County Public
Works Solid Waste Division is providing this support. Our tax dollars at work!

We will provide gloves, orange plasRc bags for garbage and bags for recyclables. Please contact Pam Dassel at (360)297-2238 if
you can offer a truck or if you want to help in distribuOng supplies that morning. Students can receive community service
hours for parRcipaRng. We will have forms available.

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 The Indianola Almanac
April - May white, crested and belted kingfishers. It is the only bird I
Good news, the last frost date for this area was March 31st. have observed flying under the dock, chi]ering all the while.
The growing season is 228 days, so get busy! We have an It is breeding Rme, so there is much territorial defense going
hour and 35 minutes more daylight this month. on. You may have heard the piercing chi]ers and loud
ra]ling calls. A territory generally conforms to the shape of a
The next full moon is April 29th, known as the pink moon. stream or shoreline. Kingfishers are generally monogamous,
The full moon on May 29th is the flower moon. The month choosing a new mate each year.
of May is named aher the Greek goddess Maia, who is
idenRfied with the Roman goddess of ferRlity. Nests are built in sand banks by the water. They burrow in
horizontally from one to eight feet. There is a small chamber
The gravitaRonal pull of the moon helps to create higher at the end, above the level of the tunnel. Males can be so
Rdes when the moon is full. At that Rme, picture if you can vigorous in their bunng into the sand bank as to cause
the moon pulling water towards itself, causing a bulge of themselves injury. Five to eight white eggs are brooded by
water toward the moon. both parents. Eggs are white as there is no need for
protecRve coloraRon in the underground nest.
The sun’s gravity also affects the Rdes, accounRng for
approximately one-third of the phenomenon. When the At hatching, the babies are helpless with bare pink skin,
sun’s gravity counteracts the moon’s, it leads to lower than blackish bill and closed eyes. Baby birds stay with parents for
average neap Rdes. A neap Rde occurs when there is the three to four months.
lowest difference between the high and low Rde.
Parents are busy fishing from perches close to the water.
A spring Rde is when the Rde reaches its highest point They have binocular vision and are able to compensate for
above the level of the low Rde, when the sun lines up with the refracRon of water when hunRng prey under water. They
the moon. May 16-21 brings mid-day low Rdes of less than can gauge depth underwater as well. I watched a kingfisher
minus 2.4 feet. May 17-19 has evening high Rdes of 12 feet. hover over the water, then move to hover over another spot
higher up, then move again to hover again before making a
Spring rains lead to summer flowers. Why not plant flower dive. I watched the bird whack the fish several Rmes on its
seeds to a]ract bu]erflies, bees, beetles, ants, flies, moths perch, before aligning it to go in head first, swallowed whole.
and wasps? These naRve pollinators are necessary for
flowering plants, fruits, seeds to produce food for us and As nestlings, our local belted kingfishers digest the bones
birds and bees. Bees prefer blue and lavender colors, and scales they consume. By the Rme they leave the nest,
bu]erflies prefer reds and yellows. Plant the pollinator they begin disgorging pellets of fish skeletons and shells.
friendly flowers in clusters. For lists of naRve plants for this
area, go to www.nwf.org/naRveplanlinder. I am going to try Predators include hawks, mammals and snakes. When
geum, larkspur, geranium and yarrow. I’m glad to see violets threatened, a kingfisher may heave its body up and down
on the list as well. with its breast elevated. It may scream, spread its wings and
raise the patch of white feathers next to each eye. Beware!
Dock siRngs this month include cormorants, seals, goldeneye
~ Contributed by Kathy Dickerson
breeding pairs and the noisy tricksters, the beauRful blue,

Indianola Blood Drive

Please put these dates on your calendar for the next blood drives:
Wednesday July 18th 12-2 and 3-6pm
Wednesday October 10th 12-2 and 3-6pm
For more information, contact Susan Hancock 360 440-4799 or email at scrhancock@aol.com

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 Welcome to our new Postmaster!
 
You likely have not seen him yet, but John
Walker will be coming soon to our Indianola
Post Office! 
Currently, John is a working in Bremerton
while they are waiting for new management
to arrive.  He will be coming here as soon as
Bremerton releases him. 
Julie and Geovany will continue to work at
our post office as well.
John has worked for the postal service for
over twenty-three years and resides in
Silverdale. 
Be sure to welcome him and say hi when you
see him in the post office.

Welcome to town, John!

The President’s Message April

Neighbors,

As we make it through another mild Pacific Northwest winter and enter the time of year where more
of us are walking, running and riding bikes around town be sure to stop, say hello and meet someone
new.
Come down to the clubhouse between 10 AM and 2 PM on Saturday April 28 to learn about and
participate in the many Earth friendly activities that will be happening featuring our Annual Beach
Cleanup.
With no Breeze in May, our next edition will come out just as the School Year is coming to an end.
Time seems to speed up every year! Where does it go?

Respectfully,
Dennis Kilpatrick, IBIC President

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 The Indianola T-Shirt project Continues

The IBIC’s First Indianola

Sweatshirt

Recently, Nancy Hale was going through boxes of her son

John’s things and she found a picture of John’s good
friend Charlie Maxwell modeling the first Indianola
sweatshirt. The photo was taken in the summer of 1968
by Paul Goheen, and was published in the North Kitsap
Herald.

The capRon in the Herald read, “Charlie Maxwell, 2-year-

old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Maxwell, models one of
the sweatshirts that are being sold by members of the
Indianola Teen Club to help promote Indianola’s second
annual fesEval which will be held August 23 and 24.”

(Photo courtesy of Mary Maxwell, who provided a copy of the

original picture of Charlie, at leh.)

~Submi]ed by Paul Larson

We are sOll looking for clothing with artwork we don’t
yet have in our photo collecRon, so please send an
email and let us know what you have.

ibic98342@gmail.com

The photo collecRon can be viewed on the IBIC’s

website at h]p://indianola.club/indianola-gallery/.

The Breeze would love to publish your t-shirt story

and picture. Send your story to the Breeze at
indianolabreeze@centurytel.net

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 Repair Cafes are coming to INDIANOLA!
April 28th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Indianola Clubhouse

Repair Cafes are very popular in King County and last month, I had the opportunity to visit one in
action. Ten or so fixers sat at tables around the senior center with their sewing machines, drills,
and other assorted tools. One thing was clear, they LOVED to repair. Who knew that some folks
seemed born to fix? Clearly, they were having a good time as they shared hints and sometimes
even tools! Later my host sent me this report: About 40 people attended. We worked on 51 items
and fixed (or sharpened or mended) 34 (or 66 percent) of them, and we provided useful advice or
help for most of the rest. Items we repaired included a fan, stool, watch, 3 pruning shears,
loppers, turntable, portable DVD player, 2 chairs, 4 lamps, 3 vegetable peelers, griddle, roaster, 2
sewing machines, shredder, 2 roasting pans, laptop, stuffed toy, jeans, blouse, robe, socks, shoes
and pants.

Your handy neighbors have volunteered to fix, mend, and sharpen your items in need of repair.

Any item that you can carry - NO COST - NO GUARANTEE

There will also be Information Booths (Solar, Bees, Wild Society, Master Gardner's, Yard/Food
Waste curbside pick up, Critter Ridders, and more). Trunk and Trade, a good opportunity to
spring clean. Load up the trunk of your car and give away some of that clutter in your life! Sign up
to reserve a spot with sarahcookwhite@yahoo.com. We will also do a Beach Clean Up.

For questions contact:

Niki Quester: nikiquester@gmail.com
Kathy Dickerson: katherine.e.dickerson@gmail.com
Kayleen Pritchard: kayleenp99@gmail.com
~ Contributed by Niki Quester

Any more directory corrections?

 
Doubles Tennis Anyone? Thanks to those of you who have sent your
corrections to the 2018 Membership Directory. 

Monday’s 5:30-7:00pm Were you listed incorrectly? 

Rain cancels
Please send your correction to
kathycald@gmail.com
Contact Laurie Williams
206.909.9754 All the corrections will be compiled and printed
lauriewilliams7@msn.com in the June Breeze, so we can all update our
information!

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 Farewell to Our Friend
William H. Williams II (Bill), was born
2-09-1925 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the
only child of William H. Williams and Thelma
Allen Lewis. Bill died at Harbor House in
Poulsbo on March 28th, 2018.

Bill joined the USAAF pilot training program in

1943 and received his pilot wings and 2nd Lt.
commission in February of 1944. He flew over
400 combat hours in a B-24 in the South
Pacific and was awarded a Silver Star. After
the war, Bill returned to Fort Worth and attend
TCU where he received a BS degree in 1947.
Bill then joined the FBI as a Bureau Field
Supervisor.

While serving as an FBI agent in Yakima, he

married Ruth Hanses. They moved to Bellevue
in 1951 where they raised their 6 children:
William H. III (Cathy) of Boise; Michael T.
(Cheri) of Boise; Charles E. of Bend; Nancy
Nelson (Russ) of Sammamish; Barbara Berkau
(Cary Given) of Bellevue and Steven J. (Teresa
Carey) of Bend.

Bill retired from the FBI at the age of 50 and

moved to Indianola, WA. In 1990 he married
Judy Beil.

In addition to his wife Judy and his 6 adult

children he is also survived by his step-
daughter Cindy Beil Best (Helen) of Seattle, his
10 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

At Bill’s request he will be cremated and his

ashes scattered in his beloved Indianola at a Photo above: William “Bill” H. Williams, II, taken on
private family gathering. Bill often said he thought he was February 9, 2013.
the luckiest man alive, but I think we were the lucky ones to
have had him in our lives.

Post Office Corner Update Concern? Problem?

Please let the IBIC know!
Many have been asking if the post office corner work is The IBIC has learned that some of our very paRent

complete. The answer is yes, the work is now complete. neighbors have endured inconveniences in silence.

However, the IBIC is open to suggesRons for further Please, if you have a problem or concern, let the IBIC

improvements. If you have ideas and a desire to put them know, and they will endeavor to resolve it.

into acRon, let us know! Submit your idea and budget to

The IBIC can’t help us fix the problems that they are not
The Breeze. The IBIC will gladly consider all suggesRons
aware of, so please, do speak up.
and requests.

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 Community News
Bulletin Board Use
The new bulleRn board outside of the post office is for
community use. Please remember to post personal Indianola is getting a Ballot Box
items on the side facing the parking lot and leave the
side facing the street for the IBIC to use to post The IBIC received news at the April meeRng that Kitsap
informaRon for the community. County will be installing a ballot drop box in Indianola
Historical Society
Some local folks are considering organizing an Indianola property, ideally controlled by the County, and the
Historical Society to preserve our town’s history. Would
you be interested in joining the society, or do you have
historical items that you would like to contribute?
Indianola History
Telephone service
March 20, 2018
by Juliana Pickrell
When I first came to Indianola, there were only two
telephones in the town. One phone was in the Pickrell
Store, the other was on the front porch of the
clubhouse. They connected to a telephone office in
Kingston. To make a phone call, you would go either to
the clubhouse or to the store and use that phone.
Eventually more telephones were installed in private
homes. Several phones would be installed on one
phone line. This was called a party line. To make a
phone call, you would lift the receiver, wind a handle to
ring the phone, and the operator would answer. You
would tell her the desired phone number or the name of
the desired party, and she would ring that phone and
make the connection.
Each party had a distinctive ring. Mine was one long,
one short, one long. When the phone rang your code
number, you would answer the phone. If the ring was
for some other party, you could ignore it, or listen in on
their conversation. My phone number in Seattle was
Kenwood 5646, on a two-party line.
As the system was improved, you could have a one-
party, two-party, or four-party line, but still very little
privacy. Printed telephone directories provided access
to all telephone numbers.
Please contact Dionne Deschenne, 360.930.8979 or
ddeschenne@yahoo.com for more informaRon.
at the tennis courts. InstallaRon will be completed prior
to the next primary elecRon.
For those wondering, the box had to be put on public
tennis courts were the simplest soluRon allowing for
the most immediate installaRon. This means we no
longer have to pay for postage or drive to a neighboring
town to vote.
The phone company owned all the phone
instruments, and rented them to the customer. Each
phone party or number could have only one telephone
instrument. To have a second phone in the house, you
had to rent a second phone from the telephone
company, at an extra charge.
After the War, many phones became available as
military surplus. If you didn't want to pay extra for a
second phone, you could purchase a surplus phone
and sneak it into the system. Eventually, this monopoly
was broken by government rules, and one could
purchase and install multiple phones on the same line.
With changes in technology, the service went from
crank phone service to dial phones, to push-button
phones, to the various styles of land–line phones. Of
course, cell phones now replace or supplement the land
lines, and provide more flexibility. The printed telephone
directories do not now provide cell phone numbers,
which is less convenient.
Tucked away in the storage area of our house sits the
old hand-crank telephone from the Pickrell store. It can
be used for incoming calls, but not to make out-going
calls. Next to it is an old-style dial phone, and a more
modern style dial phone. Also in the collection is a more
modern phone instrument with the punch-button type
dial system.
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 Your Dog Poo Belongs With You
Now that I have your a]enRon, please allow me to ends up taking care of our dog’s poo for us. Please,
explain. Here in Indianola, we are a dog-lovin’ bunch! please follow through and deliver your full Mu] Mi]s to
Lots of dogs leads to lots of dog poo and at the rate that a proper trash receptacle.
we go through the Mu] Mi]s, there isn’t any quesRon
about the accuracy of that asserRon. There is a lot of With warm summer months just around the corner,

dog poo in Indianola, and many of us are grateful to this is about to become even more crucial. Heat doesn’t

each and every responsible dog owner who cleans up help the situaRon, and with more dogs and more foot

aher their furry best friend. Thank you! traffic, Rmely clean-up is ever more important.

For some, though, we need to talk about the next Thank you for taking the poo with you to the loo

step, which is to take those neat li]le Mu] Mi] bundles (AKA trash can)!

to a trash can. Leaving them along the path isn’t the

right place for them. It means that another resident

March 2018 Membership Report

Thank you to all members who renewed or joined in February. There were 46 memberships added this month with a
total of $2765 in dues and $165 in donations to the Breeze, Mutt Mitts and Capital Improvements. Thank you for your
generosity.

Applications are continuing to roll in. If you do not see your name on this list, look for it in the next Breeze.

This will be the last Breeze that will be sent to OUT OF TOWN members who have not renewed.

Membership forms are also available above the black box on the clubhouse porch. If you have questions about
membership please contact Catherine Freeman at catherinekolb@gmail.com or (360) 265-8723.

Individual Household Emily Langlie & Steve MileRch

Ajay Advani Shannon & Afshin Afarin Mike & Sue Milling
Clifford Armstrong Chris & Sue Beres David & Melinda Robinson
Suzanne Cartwright Sean Yarr & Elizabeth Coe Bill & Becky Sibbe]
Mike Gover Michael & Maureen Fast Mackall Allen & Sco] Smith
Ma]hew Hale Joe Gallagher Gabe Young & Emily Record
Eileen Nohava Richard Brown & Diane Goebel Young
Niki Quester Monica Hall
Robin Schmidt Jack & Cynthia Herzog Sustaining
Gayla Wainwright Orville & Donnalee Jacobson Audrey Blair
John & Elizabeth Kozleski

The March meeting of the IBIC was cancelled due to a power outage. As a result, no
meeting minutes are included in this month’s edition of The Breeze.

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 Garden Club Plant Sale
Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Pavilion

Kitsap Master Gardeners will hold a clinic during the sale. They will answer questions about plant
problems and identification. Bring any funny looking leaves or insects, preferably in a sealed plastic
bag. Tool sharpening will also be available for a small fee.

Interested in a play group?

If so, email Emily Reckord at elreckord@gmail.com
Provide basic informaRon, such as children’s ages, available days, and preferred acRviRes or play locaRons.

2018 Membership Directory

The 2018 IBIC Directories have been mailed out to all members from 2017 that did not pick one up. If we
missed you, then you can pick one up at the Saturday morning store from 9:30 – 12:00.

If you are a new member, you may also pick one up!

The Hometown Band invites you…

to their free spring concert on Friday, May 11 at 7pm at the
Village Green Community Center at 26159 Dulay Rd NE in Kingston.  
Enjoy an evening of music from this community band that ranges from fun to serious!

Donations will be accepted to benefit the Village Green Foundation.

Men, the IBIC needs YOU!

Because of the requirements set forth for the IBIC, and the retiring from the Board of two of our
male trustees this year, the IBIC is very much in need of men to volunteer to serve on the Board.
If you would like to be a trustee, or need more information to help you consider becoming one,
talk with any board member or email the Breeze to get more information. Come join us!

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Indianola’s Community Newsletter
THE INDIANOLA BREEZE
Published Monthly
except January and May
by Indianola Beach Improvement Club,
as a service to residents and property owners
of Indianola, Washington
• Deadline is the last day of each month •
Prefer E-mail:
IndianolaBreeze@centurytel.net
or Via U.S. Mail:
Indianola Beach Improvement Club
P.O. Box 212 • Indianola WA 98342-0212
Editor:
Call/Text Dionne Deschenne, 360.930.8979
ADVERTISING and FLYER RATES:
Please email for current rates.
For Clubhouse Rental Information and Reservations Contact:
Manager Trisha Dicksion, 360.306.9706
Clubhouse located at 19876 NE Indianola Rd
Rental Rates are posted at: www.indianola.club
or email IndianolaClubhouse@gmail.com
Indianola Beach Improvement Club
Trustees and Terms
2018: Jim Aurand, Paul Larson, Juliana Pickrell, Dennis Kilpatrick
2019: Kathy Caldwell, Madison Duckworth, Bob Kernaghan, Emily Reckord
2020: Catherine Kolb Freeman, Kayleen Pritchard, Dionne Deschenne,
Mary Benning-Hughes
OFFICERS: President Dennis Kilpatrick Secretary Emily Reckord
Vice President Kathy Caldwell Treasurer Paul Larson