HOUSEBOAT TOUR SMASIDNG SUCCESS

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1 FOUNDED 1962 FLOATING HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC 2329 Farvew East Seattle, Washngton Phone NUMBER 89 JUNE-JULY 1981 HOUSEBOAT TOUR SMASIDNG SUCCESS by Mary Gey The frst home tour of houseboats sponsored by the Floatng Homes Assocaton was a smashng success! The perfect sunny day brought about 500 vstors to the May 31st tour. The guests were transported from Ivar's Salmon House Restaurant on north Lake Unon to the Hungry Turtle Restaurant on Farvew Avenue where the walkng tour began. The narrated cruse on the Islander ncluded refreshments of wne, Perrer water and cheese. The tour's success was due to all the partcpants who gave ther tme to the project. A specal thanks goes to the home owners who donated the use of ther houseboats. The cooperaton of the Seattle Tmes and moorage owners Mark Freeman, Gordon Jeffrey, Frank Granat, Jm Wandesford, Charles Flanagan, and Flo Vlla, helped Sandy Oellen and her cruse commttee. The tour was so popular that all tckets sold out n advance. The vstor response was especally good. The guests were cordal and frendly and most thanked the houseboat owners for openng ther homes to the tour. he Floatng Homes offce receved a number of calls after the tour expressng grattude and a desre to come agan. The seven houseboats on the tour were of all dfferent ages and styles. The northernmost houseboat was the elegant home of Otto and Garnet Drager. The Mallard Cove houseboat s mult-level wth angled walls and beams radatng from a central post. The next houseboat at 2235 Farvew was Sher and Keth Lockwood's (Contnued on page 2)

2 More On Houseboat Tour home. In less than fve years the couple has all but completely rebult ther houseboat usng recycled materals. One notable feature s the duck wndow at floor level n the bedroom to open for the convenent feedng of the ducks. Dan and Sharon Ranney's home on Flo Vlla, 2207 Farvew was also one of the houseboats featured. Despte the nnocent ars of ts whte pcket fence, ths was once a dme-a-dance hall. Hdden stars and trapdoors date back to the Prohbton days. Jean Rley's archtectural gem of a houseboat at 2201 Farvew Ave. E. was pctured n The Seattle Tmes pror to the home tour. Unusual features nclude a par of keyhole-shaped doors that lead to the sundeck and a wndng starcase n a turret lnkng the two floors. On Jm Wandesford's dock the tour ncluded Edwn and Karen Hayes' houseboat whch they use as a vacaton cabn afloat. Ther houseboat resembles a ralroad caboose that has been sdetracked on a barge and ncludes a Murphy bed to conserve space. Jm and Lnda Knght's houseboat on 2025 was the sxth houseboat on the tour. Ther house s a two story remodel whch features some beautful oak woodwork whch Jm has done mostly hmself. The last home on tour was that of Mary Gey on 2017 Farvew. Ths houseboat has been n Sunset magazne half a dozen tmes for the floatng gardens and spacous upper roof deck. Located on the southernmost dock on Farvew, ths houseboat has a spectacular vew of the downtown ctyscape. A number of busnesses contrbuted to the success of the tour: the Greenlake Offce of Sherwood & Roberts, Ivar's Salmon House Restaurant, The Hungry Turtle Restaurant, the Balloonst, and the Islander tour boat. There were about ffty members of the Floatng Homes Assocaton who gave many hours of ther tme. Specal thanks go to Sandy Oellen, Lnda Danel, Cndy Kranz, Sue Drum, Betty Campestrn, JoAnne Clfford, Nancy Cox, Mary Gey, Kathy Lynch, Barbara Nelson and Betty Kendell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sgnatures Needed Now On Intatve 404 The drve to collect 170,000 sgnatures for Intatve 404 s n full swng, but needs a last bg push to meet the July 2nd deadlne. Intatve 404 wll place the controversal task of redstrctng nto the hands of an ndependent commsson to redraw congressonal and legslatve dstrcts n 1982 and every ten years thereafter, on an equtable and nonpartsan bass. The Floatng Homes Assocaton has pettons avalable at the offce for sgnng and dstrbuton. Puttng 404 on the ballot s an attempt to end gerrymanderng n Washngton. Both major poltcal partes have adopted platform postons favorng the establshment of an ndependent redstrctng commsson. When the League of Women Voters polled legslatve canddates pror to the 1980 electon, a sold majorty of 630fo supported an ndependent redstrctng commsson. A smlar Common Cause poll found that 76% of the canddates supported strct ant-gerrymanderng standards. Once the electon was over, however, the legslature once agan gnored such promses. Late n Aprl1981, a hastly prepared, ll-conceved, and hghly poltcal redstrctng plan suddenly emerged and was adopted by the legslature wthout any publc testmony. No legble detaled maps even exsted at the tme legslators were asked to vote on the plan. Snce ts adopton, serous errors have been found and the governor has vetoed the entre congressonal dstrct plan at the unanmous request of Washngton congressmen. Intatve 404 would set up a commsson of fve who could not be publc or poltcal party offcals, and they could not be n the legslature for four years after the redstrctng. One member would be apponted by each of the two largest poltcal partes n each house of the legslature, and they would choose a ffth to be charperson. Pettons are beng dstrbuted n Seattle by the League of Women Voters. If you can help gather sgnatures, or wsh to sgn a petton. call the Floatng Homes Assocaton Offce, $$~~$$~$$$~~$$$~$~~$~~ NEWSLETTER 2 :

3 NEWSLETTER 3 SHERI LOCKWOOD'S Welcome aboard: 2017 Farvew has a new houseboater, Ken Hanson. He s an llustrator, and orgnally from the Bg Sur area. On 2219 Farvew Dave and Barb LeFebvre have become water dwellers. He works for the Port of Seattle and she for Amtrak... Does your dock recycle newspaper and alumnum? 2025, 2219, and 2235 Farvew do ($$$$)... Scott Batchelder (former housboater and son of Marge and Bob Batchelder 2235 Farvew) and hs band, Burgundy Express, wll be playng at Per 70 n June and Parker's Ballroom n August... Bob Schroeder, (2219 Farvew) sngs n The Rng Cycle ths summer. He wll appear n "Gotterdammerung" and n "Trstan a9d Isolde" whch wll be presented between the German and Englsh cycles... If you receve wake damage ths summer, get the name of the boat and call 911 mmedately. The harbor partrol has been very effcent lately n trackng down speeders and provdng ther names and telephone numbers to the owners of damaged homes... Our communty was represented n the Memoral Day Weekend Swftsure Race, by Bob Bartleson, Betty Campestrn, and Nancy Cox n the boat Crce. It s an nternatonal calbre race from Vctora through the strat /1235 Farvew's Annual Mt. St. Helen's Memoral Dock Party, May 18th, was raned on but not out Northlake's annual dock party happens July 4th wth boatng and potluck Farvew's Annual Rummage sale s June 20th and 21st. Some of the proceeds beneft the Floatng Homes Assocaton Legal Fund, so f you'd lke to rd yourself of valuables (or not so valuable) "treasures", they wll accept donatons. (They wll even take thngs on consgnment.) Call Lnda Knght or Jane McFarland Farvew wll be celebratng ts 12th Annual Bastlle Day Luau (dock members only) July July 11 and 12th also s the date 2219/2235 Farvew plan ther lst Annual Dock Rummage Sale. They have also nstgated a monthly dock meetng to address dock problems, festvtes and concerns... On May 4th George Yeannaks and Deborah Boyer (2235 Farvew) held a coffee hour for cty councl canddate Davd Mosley. It looks as f hs opponent wll be Bob Moffett n the electons next fall. Mr. Mosley went on record early n hs campagn as a supporter of the Equty Ordnance... Naval Archtect, Tm Nolan (2460 Westlake) was recently featured n "Nor'westng Magazne". The artcle covered the 16 foot boat he bult ("The Heather") and hs phlosophy on boat buldng and was wrtten by Dck Wagner, another houseboater, (2270 Westlake)... Al Street, (2818 Boyer) s photographng Canadan honkers and ther nests. If you've spotted one please call her Also on 2818 Boyer, Mary Woth's occupaton s worthy of note. She caters gourmet meals for outdoor adventures such as fshng, salng, backpackng and such. Interested? Call Conne Jump, (2818 Boyer) s puttng together a handbook of practcal tps for approachng houseboat problems such as space, etc. If you have an nnovatve tp to pass along, please let her know, Of the flags that Jm and Barbara Donnette (2331 Farvew) make to unfurl over ther houseboat, one ncluded orental symbols meanng "lttle water". That s the translaton of Tenas Chuck, the name of ther dock, and the Indan name for Lake Unon. In all the tme t was up, no one asked what t meant. They've made a lovely new flag... ths reporter forgot to ask what t means... Chrs Fredell (2201 Farvew) would lke to " Farvew's Annual Mt. St. Helen's Memoral Dock Party was raned on but not out." meet other folk muscans who would lke to jam. He plays gutar and harmonca. Call George Yeannaks (2235 Farvew) s lookng for people n our communty nterested n trout rearng. If we can get a group together, Robert Watson of the Ctzen's Wldlfe Hertage Program of the Department of Game, wll come out and talk wth us. If they fnd a sutable place n our communty, they wll supply the fsh and techncal assstance and we provde the food and care. They are lookng for a three to fve year commttment. Call George at DUCK EGG NEWS No new developments on the duck egg Sharon Ranney (2207 Farvew) saved from a raccoon rad and s ncubatng under a lght bulb, or on the 24 duck and 2 goose eggs ncubatng under Elzabeth Johnson's goose (2600 Farvew) and the three ducks that share her nest. Mare Johnson (2466 Westlake) does have a new development, now the Canadan geese n her area not only beg, they knock on her door when t's tme for breakfast or lunch. If you or your neghbors are dong somethng nterestng that you wouldn't mnd sharng wth the communty, f you need communty support for a project, or f you have dock meetngs or socal events to report, please call Sher Lockwood, Would love to have your favorte "crawdad" or "crawfsh" recpes. Call me at Wooden Boat Show July The ffth annual Seattle Wooden Boat Show wll be held on July at the Naval Reserve Base at the south end of Lake Unon. Admsson s free and the hours wll be from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The sho'y wll dsplay fnely crafted boats, from long, lean rowboats, to massve schooners. A specal exhbt on the hstory of Puget Sound boat lveres wll tell the story of the bulders, the skffs, and the people who used them. Throughout the show, demonstratons wll be gven on steam bendng, rvetng, caulkng, knot tyng, wood carvng, palm and needle salmakng and modelmakng. A marne photography competton and exhbton, open to all photographers, wll be held, wth przes for the best entres. NEWSLETTER Offcal publcaton of the Floatng Homes Assocaton. Address all communcatons to the offce, 2329 Farvew Ave. E., Seattle, Wa : Phone: STAFF: Jonathan Ezekel, Mar~ Gey, Caryl Keasler, Sher Lockwood, Eleen Macntyre, Manlyn Perry, Paul Rerucha. Terry Pettus, edtoral consultant.

4 Another Vctory In Legslatve Battle By Bll Keasler Ths year's \\ashngton State Legslature carne very close to guttng Seattle's Floatng Homes Equty Ordnance. Substtute House Bll 264, as sgned by Governor John Spellman, prohbts local governments from enactng rent control laws, but t carres an amendment specfcally excludng "local ordnances that relate to the control of rents or other relatonshps at floatng home moorage stes." The amendment \\tas the result of an ntense lobbyng effort by the Floatng Homes Assocaton and ts frends. Ths 'was the thrd attempt n as many years by the Lake Unon Assocaton, a coalton of a few moorage owners and other Lake Unon property owners, to persuade Olympa to undermne the Equty Ordnance. As orgnally drafted by ts sponsors, HB 264 mnmzed ts mpact on the Ordnance wth careful wordng and a grandfather clau~e excludng "laws currently n effect." All that changed when Bll Frtz, engneered adjustments n the bll. The grandfather clause was thrown out and references to "property" were changed to "structures or stes." Thus amed at the only law n the state vyhch regulates fees for stes, the Equty Ordnance, the bll was voted out of commttee "do pass". Immedately, the alarm~ were sou~. Legslators and lobbysts frendly to Seattle~s ~ouseboat colony contacted the Floatng Homes Assocaton expressng concern and support. Mayor Charles Royer, Cty Councl members and other cty offcals, ncludng the cty's lobbyng team pledged ther help n defeatng Frtz' latest maneuver. Rep. Nta Rnehart; D - Seattle, began to gather b-partsan support for an arnendm~nt to specfcally exclude floatng homes from the effects of SBH 264. Despte the efforts of Rnehart, her alles and several carloads of floatng homes owners who journeyed to Olympa to lobby, the amendment faled by one vote. Several key people defected at the last moment. Among them was Rep. Jay Lane, R - Seattle, who, declarng she was "confused" by the ssue, walked off the floor mnutes before the crucal vote. After some backroom jockeyng for poston, the bll was assgned to the Senate Commerce and Labor Commttee. Charman J. T. Qugg, R - Aberdeen, and the Republcan majorty were not nclned to sympathetc to the plght of the floatng home owners. Nonetheless, Senator AI Wllams, D - Seattle, ntroduced an amendment smlar to the one whch faled so narrowly n the House. The Commttee hearng on SHB 264 convened for and aganst both the amendment and the bll. Paul Kraabel, Seattle Cty Councl Presdent, allowed as how the amendment was really a "housekeepng amendment. If a tenant s prced out of hs moorage, the floatng home owner has to destroy hs or her home because there s no place to keep houseboats once they are evcted from ther moorage.'' Bll Keasler, Presdent of the Floatng H<5mes Assocaton, argued that the Ordnance strkes a ''balance between the two property owners. It s not rent control, but rather regulaton necessary to protect home owners aganst the loss of ther property due to the government created monopoly." Qugg, who occasonally found t necessary to quet the audence, called tme and asked for a vote. Wllams, castng hs "yea," declared that, "ths bll s beng used as a heavy-handed hammer aganst local people. The Seattle Ordnance should be allowed to work; t s a responsble attempt to solve a local problem.'' Only Margaret Hurley, D- Spokane, agreed. The amendment faled by a vote of 2 to 5. The Assocaton and ts lobbysts decded that legslators would not suffer from a lack of nformaton. Phone calls and letters from the floatng homes communty and ts frends throughout the state began to flood the Senate. The Governer reterated hs poston to veto the bll f t dd not exempt the Equty Ordnance. Meda attenton escalated. Professonal and volunteer lobbysts NEWSLETTER 4 The Roll Call Votes! HOUSE DEFEATS AMENDMENT BY VOTE. Followng s the House vote on the amendment of HB 264 excludng floatng homes from the proposed ban on rent control. The amendment lost by a sngle vote. REPUBLICANS FOR: Rchard Barrett, Spokane; Rod Chandler, Redmond; Pat Fske, Moum Vernon; Irv Greengo, Seattle; James Mtchell, Lake Stevens; Walt Sprague, Lynnwood, Gene Struthers, Walla Walla; Roger Van Dyken, Lynden; Shrley Wnsley, frcrest. (9). DEMOCRATS FOR: Mary Kay Becker, Bellngham, Rck Bender, Seattle; Joanne Brekke, Seattle; Wendell Brown, Tacoma; Bll Bums, Seattle; Wayne Ehlers, Parkland; John Eng, Seattle; Ph~lh s Enckson, Puyallup; Shtrley Galloway, Vancouver; Barbara Granlund, Port Orchard; Dan Gnmm, ~uyallup ; Audrey G_ruger, ~attc; Denns Heck, Vancouver; lorrane Hne, Des Mones; Joseph Kmg, Vancouver; Mtke Kretdler, Olympa; Eugene Lux, Seattle; John Martns, Everett; Peggy Joan Maxe, Seattle; Geraldne McCormck, Spokane; Carol Monohon, Raymond; Dck Ne~son, Seattle; Frances North, North Bend; John O'Bren, Seattle; Paul Prutt, Seattle; Nta Remhan, Seattle; Nancy Rust, Seattle; James Salatno, Tacoma; Gary Scott, Sultan; Maron Kyle Sherman, Maple Valley; Helen Sommers, Seattle; Los Stratton, Spokane; Alan Thompson, Kelso; Georgette Valle, Seattle; George Walk, Puyallup; Art Wang, Tacoma; frank Warnke Auburn, (37). ' REPUBLICANS AGAINST: Bruce Addson, Seattle; Rchard Barnes, Seattle; Seott Barr, Ed wall; Jean~tte &;rleen, Seattle; Noel Bckham, Yakma; Emlo Cantu, Bellevue; Robert C~~berlam, ~h1te Salmon; Harold Oayton, Toppensh; Dan Dawson, Gg Harbor; Lyle Dtckte, Grandvtew:. Bob Eberle. Vashon; Helen Francher, Tonasket; S.E. Flanagan, Quncy; W.H. Garson, Tenmo; Shrley Hankns, Rchland; Rchard Hastngs, Pasco; Joan Houchen, Camano Island; Ray Isaacson, Rchland; Harry James, Poulsbo, Stanley Johnson, Tacoma; Margaret Leonard, SJ?Okane; J?".Lews, Yakma; Homer Lundqust, Burlngton; Dan McDonald, Bell~ue; M1ch~el M~mrus, Spokane; Gary Nelson, Edmonds; C.R. Nckell, Wenat chee; Andrew N1sbet, Sequtm; M1ke Padden, Spokane; Mchael Patrck, Renton; Speaker Wllam Polk, Mercer Island ; Eugene Prnce, Thornton; Wlma Rosbach, Chehals; Paul Sanders, Bellevue; Karen Sc~mdt, Banbrd~e Island; Curts Smth, Ephrata; Ren Taylor, Spokane; Delores Teutsch, Ktrkland; Earl Tolly, Wenatchee; Steve Tupper, Seattle; J. VanderStoep, Chehals; Bob Wllams, Longvew; Smeon Wlson, Marysvlle. (43). DEMOCRATS: AGAINST: JohA Erak, Aberdeen; P.J. Gallagher, Tacoma; Avery Garrett, Renton; Brad Owen, Shelton. (4)..NOT VOTING: Otto Amen (R) Rtzvlle; R.M. Bond (R) Spokane; Wllam Ells (R) Seattle; Rchard Kong (D) 38th Dst. No home address gven; Jay Lane (R) Seattle. (5) SMASHING VICTORY Here s the Senate roll call votes whch adopted an amendment excludng floatng homes from HB 264 prohbtng local government unts from enactng rent control legslaton. DEMOCRATS FOR: Ted Bollger, Tacoma; Don Charnley, Seattle; Paul Conner, Sequm; George Flemmg, Seattle; Marcus Gaspard, Sumner, Barney Goltz, Bellngham; Frank Hansen, Moses Lake; Jerry Hughes, Spokane; Margaret Hurley, Spokane; Kng Lysen, Seattle; James M~Dermou, Seattle; Ray Moore, Seattle; Lowell Peterson, Concrete; Ruthe Rdder, Seattle; Bud Sh~npoch, Renton; Don Talley, Kelso; Phl Talmadge, Seattle; Larry Vognld, Everett; AI Wtllams, Seattle; Lorrane Wojahn, Tacoma; (20)..REPUBLICANS FOR: Alan Bluechel, Krkland; Susan Gould, Edmonds; Ted Haley, Tacoma; Dck Hernstad, Olympa; Bll Kskaddon, Mountlake Terrace; Eleanor Lee, Buren; George Scott, Seattle; Peter von Rechbauer, Vashon Island; Hal Zmmerman, Camas. (10). DEMOCRATS AGAINST: Albert Bauer, Vancouver; A.L. Rasmussen, Tacoma; (2). REPUBLICANS AGAINST: Max Bentz, Prosser; George Clarke, Seattle; Ellen Craswell, Bremerton; Alex Decco, Yakma; Bll Fuller, Chehals; Art Gallaghan, Gg Harbor; Sam Guess, Spokane; Jeanette Hayner, Walla Walla; John D. Jones, Krkland; Bob McCasln, Spokane; Jack M~calf, Langley; Irvng Newhouse, Mabton; E.G. Patterson, Pullman; Kent Pullen, Kent; J.T. Quogg, Aberdeen; Oeorge Sellar, East Wenatchee. (16). NOT VOTING: Danne Woody, Woodnvlle - ()-()-()-()- ()-()-()-()-()-()- workng weekdays were renforced by carloads of floatng home owners who descended on Olympa. Some knd of contact was made wth every senator. The 444 houseboats n Seattle became a statewde ssue. Under the urgng of Kraabel and others, Senators Dck Hemstad, R - Olympa, and George Scott, R - Seattle, agreed to sponsor an amendment excludng floatng homes from SHB 264 on the floor. Senators Jm McDermott, Ray Moore and Phl Talmadge, all Democrats from Seattle, also sgned on. Despte the fervent wsh expressed by some senators that the whole ssue would just go away, SHB 264 fnally came up for second readng on one of the last days of the sesson. As before, most of the debate ceneered on the houseboats. After extended debate the vote was taken. The amendment passed overwhelmngly by a margn of 30 to 18. All Seattle Senators except Clark voted for t. A heavy majorty n the House concurred on the amended bll shortly after the Senate vote, and the Governor sgned t a few days later. Despte Ray Moore's reflecton at one pont that "no man's lfe or property s safe whle the legslature s n sesson," Seattle's Equty Ordnance had survved another year.

5 NEWSLETTER 5 ANNUAL MEEfNG A VICfORY CELEBRATION (Photos by Caryl Keasler) By Paul Rerucba The 18th annual membershp meetng of the Floatng Homes Assocaton was held Aprl 22, at St. Patrck's parsh. A large turnout heard guest speakers and members of the assocaton speak to the ssues whch affect our homes on the lake. A new executve board was elected. The evenng ended wth the tradtonal socal hour n whch frendshps and acquantances were re- ( :ndled. The theme of vrtually all speakers was: where have we been ths past year; where are we now; what are our optons for the future'? Guest speaker Cty Councl Presdent Paul Kraabel was welcomed wth a standng ovaton. Hs tme and devoton lobbyng on our behalf n Olympa, durng the recent legslatve sesson, was apprecated by all. Mr. Kraabel reterated the cty's commtment to Seattle's floatng home communty and to the Equty Ordnance. He ponted out that the most effectve lobbyng was done by the members who went to Olympa and spoke wth legslators and ther staffs. Cty counclman Mchael Hldt ntroduced Darel Grothaus. Mr. Grothaus s regonal drector of the Natonal Consumer Cooperatve Bank. As past drector for the offce of Communty Development he was nstrumental n the formaton of the Equty Ordnance. Mr. Grothaus talked about possbltes for buyng one's own dock. He specfcly addressed co-operatves. He stressed that partcpaton n a co-op s functonally dfferent from the "I own mne, you own yours" approach to ownershp. It entals an atttude of what can we do for us. He nvted members to meet wth hm to develop a set of model by-laws for floatng homes cooperatves. From the assocaton, attorney Larry Ransom and presdent Bll Keasler talked about what we have accomplshed n the past year. Larry spoke to the legalese and ssues n the Equty Ordnance, specfcly the new evcton provson. Bll Keasler gave 'a succnct personal account of our vctores ths past year. He sad we have won n the courts, n the cty councl, and n the state legslature. He put the responsblty for our (>uccess squarely on the shoulders of the membershp for takj)lg.he tme and effort to call, wrte, and lobby for our concer~. Terry Pettus, Executve Consultant to the assocaton, spoke on "The Prce Of Success." In many ways, Terry s to the assocaton what a flock of cheerleaders s to a pep rally. Perhaps a better analogy would be a well: supportve and nourshng. Terry sad we had whpped Bll Frtz at. hs own game of lobbyng. We had successfully defended the Equty Ordnance n court. We have shown our determnaton to protect our property rghts and to demand the protecton of our property guaranteed all property by the state and federal governments. Terry sad the prce of our success s the cost of protectng our homes. He ponted out that not one nsurance polcy wll cover loss of one's house by evcton. The only such nsurance avalable s through the assocaton's legal defense fund. Terry endorsed the dea of the "13th month club", or a donaton equvalent to a month's moorage fee, as our nsurance polcy to protect the Equty Ordnance. Terry then presded over the electon of the executve board. A lvely socal hour ended the meetng. Darel Grothaus and Larry Ransom were nundated wth questons. Members renewed acquantances as the floatng home communty once agan reaffrmed tself. New Executve Commttee The Floatng Homes Assocaton Executve Commttee s the body that oversees the operaton and drecton of the assocaton between membershp meetngs. The commttee meets twce a month except durng the summer when t meets once a month. Durng a crss t may meet weekly. Electons for the Executve Commttee were held at the annual meetng. The offcers, three or fve trustees, who serve fve year terms, and fve members-at-large, who serve one year terms, were elected. The current Executve Commttee s Bll Keasler, presdent; Roger Johnson, vce-presdent; Jonathan Ezekel, recordng secretary; Sandra Oellen, treasurer. Ellen Hansen, Ann LeVasseur, Eleen Macntyre, Barbara Nelson, and Mke Roberts, trustees. Rob Angln, Mary Gey, Elzabeth Johnson, Paul Rerucha, and Bob Schroeder are members-at-large. Terry Pettus serves the Executve Commttee as Executve Consultant. Any member of the assocaton may attend the Executve Commttee meetng by callng the offce pror to the meetng. Free Offer To Members A recent addton to the Eastlake busness scene s Beauty Works, a har stylng salon for men and women located at 2701 Eastlake. The new owner-operators would lke to ntroduce themselves to the communty by offerng one free harcut to any Floatng Homes Assocaton member eghteen years or older. Call for an appontment. ( ), then show your current Assocaton membershp card to Susan or Dena.

6 Assocaton Malbag _.!At_ A $1, Thank You To The Assocaton: Am leavng for Europe and wanted you to know that I have sold my houseboat. Have always seen the mportance of an owner-occuped communty of floatng homes so now I can stop feelng slghtly gulty for beng a landlady. That our communty s stll alve and well s due to the persstant and constructve program of the Assocaton. I receved a good and currently far prce for my floatng home. Agan ths s due to the Assocaton and I feel t deserves a share of the "captal gans". So the enclosed s to be added to the Legal Fund "Ktty" to help pay the expenses of the fght beng waged n a common cause. We have passed through some crtcal years and the problems seem to be wth us. Hope to fnd the stuaton less crtcal when I return from Europe next year. Best wshes to all. Esther Carhart. NEWSLETTER 6 (Esther s a charter member and past resdent of the Assocaton. She was also founder of flo-vlla, the frst houseboat co-op moorage. She was teachng n an Englsh school n Bulgara when World War II broke out. She stayed on the job and was n the country durng the mltary occupaton by the Nazs and the Red Army. She s returnng for an extended vst wth old frends. The Legal Fund contrbuton was a check for $1,000.00). Vancouver Needs Assocaton To the Assocaton: We lve n a small floatng vllage n Vancouver Harbor and I am anxous to start a floatng Home Assocaton up here. So far there are not too many homes here as the cty has hassled us out of exstence. But now we have a toehold and are the frst legally recognzed O.K. guys n the face of Cty Hall. I am sure there wll be many more n the future. Can you gve us some helpful hnts on how you set up your Assocaton and what t has acheved snce? I would be delghted to jon your Assocaton for a year f that would be a good dea. I do have one queston about electrcal connectons. Can you tell me who I could contact at Mallard Cove regardng an electrcal connecton for 240 volt crcut whch, n an emergency, one could unplug and gve the house a push. I am told that they have such thngs but I don't know where to start to contact anyone. Maybe n a few years we shall be havng floatng home conventons up and down the coast. Who knows!? Daphne Burke, Sea Vllage, Granvlle Island, Vancouver, B.C. --~ Hred Gun Frtz Has Securty To the Assocaton: As a resdent of Mallard Cove, 2600 Farvew Avenue E., I am protected by a 37 Vz year moorage lease, whch also apples to my neghbor, Mr. Wllam J. Frtz. As a member of the floatng Homes Assocaton, t s a source of contnual embarassment to me to see Mr. Frtz operate hs lobbyng busness (Publc Affars Assocates) out of hs floatng home, snce ths busness apparently conssts of ncessant (but neffectual) efforts on hs part to undermne the floatng Homes Equty Ordnance. It s my hope that the people who bankroll hm wll realze the futlty of t all and cut hm off at the pockets! Elzabeth Johnson Councl Presdent Paul Kraabel defendng the Equty Ordnanct~ at a hearng of the Senate Commerce & Labor Commttee. A Lesson n State Government To the Assocaton: If we hadn't all had so much at stake, our latest lesson n How Your Government Works mght have actually been fun. It was exctng for me to see our communty respond wth such energy, and to see ts effects n Olympa. Thanks to the envelope addressers, telephone tree callers, the Legslatve Alert wrters and dstrbutors. A specal thanks to about thrty people who went to Olympa, some many tmes, to educate legslators, and to many more who went down for the Commerce and Labor Commttee hearng. I can't even guess how many calls and letters got through, but legslatve ades were complanng that they couldn't get any other work done! Thanks for dong your part. It pad off! Caryl Keasler Legslatve Trp Challengng To the Assocton: r-'\_ In spte of the urgency of our trek to Olympa, re: SHB 264,! found t to be challengng, stmulatng and deeply satsfyng. To go from one legslatve offce to another, knowng the enemy s fve mnutes behnd you, makes your flesh tngle and your blood bol. You know you have to gve t your best shot, and we dd! My thanks to everyone who partcpated n a job well done. Alce Joy Vse.

7 NEWSLETTER 7 SUN I J I 7 :ECURITY wad 'J'H(.4q5 ~AI & ~ ~ j-.,0. L.- 9 I II :s.4t by Ellen Hansen Frday mornng, Aprl 24, Rackety, a raccoon whch had been a welcome vstor, clmbed up the sde of our house and klled Dasy, a mallard ensconced wth sxteen eggs n out second-floqr Marguerte Dasy planter box. Our famly, whch has congratulated tself on ts lfestyle and ts closeness to nature, came face to face wth nature n the raw. Unsure of the wsdom of our acton or our chances of success we brought the eggs nsde and rgged up an ncubator wth a box and a lght bulb. Saturday mornng, lookng down at the eggs, I heard "Peep". My husband, Steve, told me I was magnng thngs. Late that evenng, I recruted our daughter, Jenny, to stand guard and lsten. She, too, heard a peep. We peeped at the eggs. They peeped back. Jenny spent the nght wth the eggs, readng them Wnne-the-Pooh and keepng them company. The next mornng, three eggs were cracked. We held egg$ close to our ears. We could hear peeps and tap-tap-tap sounds. Sunday afternoon, the eggs started to hatch. By Monday afternoon, fve ducklngs had hatched. Four sur- vved. The Seattle Wld Brd Clnc agreed to take the babes and the remanng eggs. Before drvng off to Kent wth the brood, Steve flled up the bathtub and let the ducklngs swm around. He and Jenny wll always remember four lttle fluff balls paddlng around, dong lttle duck dves rght there n our tub. The concept of a "13th Month" to dramatze the crtcal mportance of contrbutons to the Legal Fund, was well receved at the annual membershp meetng. Many sgned pledges to partcpate. More then $1, was turned n. Startng n May the "13th Month" forms have been ncluded wth the monthly dues notces. There has been a strkng ncrease n the number of contrbutons of $ or more. The largest was for $1, (See Mal Bag). The dea for usng the "13th Month" came out of the past experence of our Assocaton. Durng the foundng years of t cost $30.00 to jon. In those days ths was a rather (Incdentally, once transported to Kent, the eggs contnued to szeable sum. In fact t represented the average monthly moorage hatch. The Wld Brd Clnc told us they would consder releasng fee. So we are usng t as a "frame of referem;e" n makng con- the ducks back nto Lake Unon. You can't mss them. They are trbutons whch, n fact, amount to an nsurance premum to the ones who lke Wnne-the-Pooh.') r,. Durng the past years the cost of d~fendng the Equty Or- rghts they are bound to respect. protect our homes. * * d~ance has.been heavy. These extraordmary legal expenses promse to cont~~e as long as t.here are a few moorage owners who take the poston that floatmg home owners have no property The responsblty for payng the costs of defendng our homes rests wth all of us. When vewed n that lght we have no doubt as to what the response of the membershp wll be. # MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ~,1. ~~ FLOATING HOMES + "" ASSOCIATION, INC +..~.. w...,.. "' "" ~ Regular Household Dues + + Make checks payable to the Floatng Homes Assocaton.! 0 S Retred Household Dues : Dues payment covers all adults n the household. t ~ + If more than one membershp card needed ln names below : : Dues payments cover the 12 months from d:1te of jonng.! (New r.. c. bers wll receve a complmentary ~,. copy of Howard Drokers llustrated hstory +... ($4.95) "Seattle's Unsnkable Houseboats.". ~ : Name Address Zp : Name(s) Moorage No. Phone,.... ; ''To protect Seattle's old and colorful Houseboat Colony." J

8 VIRGINIA V Featurng: Authentc Andean Musc wth 11 ALMANDINA" Mexcan & South Amercan Food AUGUST 29th 8:00 P.M. to MIDNIGHT RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW Send $20 per tcket to Floatng Homes Assocaton, 2339 Farvew, Seattle, WA 98102, POINT OF DEPARTURE TO BE ANNOUNCED -