I have enjoyed serving the DPS, and I am particularly proud of our successful banquet in May which was highlighted by a presentation from Dr. John McCosker, Director of the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco. Many thanks to my excellent management committee and to all members and supporters.
I am dedicating my final column to our fellow member, Jackie Van Dalsem, who died in a mountaineering accident on Mt. McKinley, June 20, 1983. Her mother chose this quotation from John Muir as a remembrance to Jackie. It expresses well our feelings both for Jackie and for the days of our lives spent in the mountains.
| "Oh, these vast, calm, measureless
mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Never more, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever her fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, she is rich forever." |
| TO REMEMBER IN SEPTEMBER Please watch for the ballots in your September Southern Sierran. Be sure to vote yes on the petitioned request that the chairman of your council will be one of the members of the Executive Committee. |