Lunch Gals

I took this pix last summer of our classmate luncheon at Sue's place in Graham. This week Graham was the scene of an incredibly tragic event: the death of the two precious Powell children at the hands of their father. Val Stevens, the gal dressed in black and white has been a state senator for years and very much involved with DSHS. Most of her involvement is because of total frustration with the things that happen to the children in their trust. My heart aches for the woman who took the children to visit their father and doubt even with what seemed like an eternity for the woman to explain where she was and what was going on, could anyone have gotten there to stop what was to happen. 
Oh...and this is a bit more on Val. I hope our new governor in November is a republican and that together, the legislature can clean up some of the mess that Gregoire and the dems have made in Olympia.
Here is an article on the bridge meeting last night.
And...here is an interesting article about something that has bugged for a long long time.