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Hi Brothers and Sisters to the south,

Anthony here from NWKA. I wanted to give you all an update and clarify this a little bit.

We are currently at $2,245 and that's pretty sweet. However the part of the story that my HOW brother Danglin left out is that 39 year young Roland left behind a 17 year old son. We are pretty close to the total needed for the bench, pig roast and cabin rental for his immediate family. However, we were hoping to raise some additional funds for Deanieboy's future educational expenses.

The paddle out to spread his ashes is set for Labor Day weekend at Hobuck Beach RV in Neah Bay, WA if anyone is in the neighborhood and would like to partake.

The link again is:

http://www.gofundme.com/RolandAbiva

Roland was a founding member of the NW Chapter of HOW serving the Veterans stationed at JBFL. Serving Veterans was his passion. Let's try and rally for his boy. Please share this on Facebook and amongst your circles.

thanks,
Anthony

Salmon fishing has been pretty good nearshore with lots of big bait balls and there should be summer steelhead and some cutthroats in the Siletz River next to the campground.

For all those in that plan on coming up don't forget to purchase your invasive species permit when you stop to get your license. We are all being subject to some kind of pre-launch inspection by the L.C. Sheriff.

I had a FS die about 10 years ago, and it wasn't very old. The thing with FS is there is nothing between the vacuum intake and the motor. Empty the juice catcher reservoir often or put a rolled up paper towel below the seal line to soak up liquids from extra juicy items.

Current FS almost 10 years old and runs strong like bull.

I also wrap all my fish in plastic wrap first before I put them in the FS bag. It holds the juice on the fillet instead of in the corner of the bag. You can see the difference after thawing one you might have forgot to wrap and one you did from the same trip.

That's a sweet deal. I've been waiting for my REI dividend and 20% off coupon to score one.

Too bad the offer isn't open to us in the NWKA, you would hit your magic number and then some.

After tax and extra shipping, the savings wouldn't be worth the hassle.

Nice work on the group purchasing power. We need to work more of that angle up here.