December, 2014 Volume 24, Number 4

From the Editor....

As we head into the holiday season, the Beachcrest V iew wraps up its 24th year. Eric Kraig, Donna

Connors, Lisa Engvall, Bill Hine, Aypril Porter and Margie Herring have contributed their regular col-

umns, and Kim Hixon has pulled together quotes about the holiday season from the kids of Beachcrest.

President Paul Wagner has written about the Board's effort in long range planning for the community,

while Kat Leathers has pulled together final information about the Beachcrest drilling project.. In addi-

tion, articles include that of James Horan on volunteering at the food back, and a request for potluck vol-

unteers from Mike Leahy. After a fall that saw such memorable events as the "naked man loose in

neighborhood", the waterspout off Anderson Island, and a nearby minor earthquake in one week, I wish

you happy holidays and continued interesting times in Beachcrest. If you have suggestions for articles,

please contact me at beachcrestinfo.org.

Jan Walsh

Planning for Beachcrest’s Future

Beachcrest is different from many other neighborhoods because we have community property. The

roads, roadsides, entrance lot, playground, canyon, beaches and marina are all owned by the commu-

nity association. It requires some ongoing effort to keep it all in good shape, and it also requires some

planning for the future.

We have a pretty amazing thing in our community property, and I’m thankful for all the investment and

care that the Beachcrest community members have always shown for it. Many of these resources, like

the roads are showing their age. As an example, we seem to be getting to a point in time where logs and

stumps that were included in the road fill in the 1940’s are finally decomposing and creating sinkholes

and uneven pavement. This requires excavation and patching.

What do you enjoy and appreciate in Beachcrest? What do you depend on? Are there improvements

you have thought of that you’d like to see happen? Is there a project you could help make happen? How

do you think we should prioritize and budget for these needs? Now is a good time to start sharing your

ideas.

We are currently working on some planning for future work to protect and improve things in

Beachcrest. There are some things we do in an ongoing basis, like trimming vegetation and repaint-

ing, there are projects we save up for like paving and drainage work. There are things that need repair

and replacement periodically then they break or wear out like picnic tables and there are opportunities

for making something new or better like we have done with the playground.

Cont. on page 2

PLEASE CUT AND RETAIN TO CONTACT

BOARD AND COMMITTEES

BEACHREST DIRECTORY

Information at your fingertips to help you find

the right person when you have issues or con-

cerns. Please remember that these are volun-

teers. You can also contact the Board and its

committees via Contact Us at beachcrest.org.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

President

Paul Wagner

Vice President, Safety

Kathryn Leathers

Treasurer

Bret Bajema

Secretary

Jennifer Motley

Property Manager

Vic Zelepuza

Website, Beach Gate Administration

Larry Lindsley

Member at Large

Pam Skinner

COMMITTEES

Cabana Reservations

Kathy Lindsley

Disaster Planning

Bill Hine

Beach Keys

Kathy Lindsley

Marina

Ben Nesheim

Marina Administration

Fern Zabriskie

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Donna Connors

Newsletter

Jan Walsh

Playground

Kim Hixon

Carol Taylor

Vantage Community Management

Physical Address:

8290 - 28th Ct. NE,

Ste. C

Lacey, WA 98509

Potlucks at the Beach This year we did things a little differently at our potlucks. We did

have grilled Spam the first evening- that's engraved in stone!

No potlucks were held for a few weeks. On the first Thursday in

Oct. There was a wine tasting and appetizers. There were several

interesting bottles and good eats to go along.

The last week we enjoyed a variety of chili dishes and the breads that

complemented them.

For the past 23 years the Kieski's and the Leahey's have sponsored

the potlucks. They go early to put tablecloths on the tables and get

the grills going. Now!!!it's time other Beachcrest families to take on

the picnics. Twenty-three years is twenty-three years of appreciation

for their tireless efforts so all of us can enjoy our Thursdays at the

beach.

As you read this think about filling the void. Please take up the chal-

lenge. Many thanks to Elmer, Sandra, Mike and Mary. You have

made our community a wonderful place to live.

By: Margie Herring

Potluck Volunteers Needed Mike Leahy reported that the September potlucks will resume, but

they are in need of volunteers to take the barbeque to the beach and

back, in a pickup truck. In addition. any kind of volunteers would

be welcome. If you would be willing to help, contact Mike.

Planning for Beachcrest’s Future (cont. from page 1) A number of community members participated in an initial

meeting on October 15 to discuss some ideas for future work,

some were ongoing upkeep ( the rook on the tool shed is start-

ing to rust out and needs attention) while others were ideas for

new things like upgrading the community entrance or a desig-

nated place for secure storage for kayaks at the beach. Usually

any list like this quickly exceeds the funds available on

hand, but we can accomplish a lot with some prioritizing and

planning and work over time to get the most out of the funds

we have. As important as the funds is having people to help

see project through. Beachcrest runs on volunteers and com-

munity member effort is part of making almost anything hap-

pen, If there is a project that you’d like to support, please let

others know through the website or by contacting a board

member.

The meeting in October was an initial discussion, check out

the website for a list of project activities and more information

on how to share your ideas and get involved.

By: Paul Wagner, President

Beachcrest Emergency Preparedness November 2014

We who live in Beachcrest are part of an extended family, in our homes in our neighborhood and within

the Beachcrest Community.

Over the past several years each of us has experienced some kind of emergency. It could be as small as a

cut finger, a fall, a need to call 911, a power outage or other situation. Some of these “emergencies”

range from inconvenient to serious. I have recently been concerned about another kind of emergency; a

serious scam of a close relative.

It is comforting to know that someone cares for us whether it be family, friends, neighbors or emergen-

cy services but:

It is up to each of us to prepare for potential emergencies

Rather than address each type of emergency we provide a reference list of contacts.

When you recognize that an Dial 911

Emergency exists ie Fire, 911 will ask “What is your emergency?’

Serious medical, Crime Stay on the line.

Your street address_________________________

Special directions___________________________

Your phone number_________________________

If available send someone to meet the emergency responders

First Aid/CPR training Sign up at Red Cross 352-8575

Winter storms/power outages- Takewinterbystorm.org

(Prepare your family, home. car)

Disaster preparedness http://www.ci.lacey.wa.us/living-in-lacey/disaster preparedness

Lists of disaster preparedness Thurston County Emergency Management

Resources and more 360-867-2825 easonv@co.thurston.wa.us

Fraud, Scams- AARP Washington Fraud Fighters

800-646-2283 and aarp.org/fraudwatchnetwork

(AARP Watchdog Alert Handbook)

Are you aware that Beachcrest has a Neighborhood Watch plan? Several years ago we identified 19

neighborhoods and had a contact person (neighborhood coordinator) in each area. The plan was and is

that we get to know our neighbors, be aware of any who might need extra help during an emergency and

identify emergency resources available. Each neighborhood should designate safe and warm places to

gather during a disaster. These contact persons usually have additional information re potential disasters.

If you do not know your neighborhood coordinator contact:

Bill Hine or Donna Connors

NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS-A WIN-WIN: 360-790-7724

I wish to thank the volunteers who have stepped forward to assist Beachcrest community embers in their time of

need. They are the unsung, but valued neighbors who enjoy living in Beachcrest. More neighbors are asking for

assistance when needed now. Beachcrest is a unique community, not only because of our marina, beach rights,

cabanas, entrance and park area but because of the people who live here and care about their neighbors.

If any of the volunteers (there are 20) have not been called, it is because neighbors have not needed the volun-

teers specialty of help. You are not forgotten. For those of you who have not volunteered, please give our volun-

teers an opportunity to feel better about helping you. You will benefit also. Keep the telephone number handy on

your frig. I have more magnets with the phone number on it to hand out. Let me know if you need one... don-

naconnors@comcast.net The type of assistance that can be provided is on a list at the reader board at the

Beachcrest Park.

I will be contacting our volunteers soon to update their information.

By: Donna Connors

Turmeric Milk Eat more turmeric they say. It’s good for you they say. It’s anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-cancer. It’s

GOOD for you. Well, it seemed to me there were only so many ways one could eat turmeric. Then I came

across a recipe for turmeric tea and fell in love with it all over again. I took the recipe and made my own ver-

sion, as follows.

Turmeric Paste

1/4 C. turmeric powder

1/2 tsp. ground pepper (this helps increase absorption of the turmeric in the body)

1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground cloves

1/2 C. water

( I personally increase the amount of these spices for myself because I like it really spicy, but this is a good base

amount to start with. You can adjust it to your liking from there.)

In a small saucepan, mix all ingredients over medium heat stirring constantly until a thick paste forms. Remove

from heat and place in a small container. This is going to be your base that you will use to make your tea

from. It will keep for a couple of weeks in the fridge.

To make Turmeric Milk

In a small saucepan, combine;

8 oz of whole milk or milk alternative

1/2 tsp or more of turmeric paste. (I like it stronger, so I use 2-3 tsp.)

1/2 to 1 Tbsp coconut oil

Maple syrup to taste ( I usually just add this after)

I also like to add 1 Tbsp Great Lakes Collagen Hydrolysate which is water soluble protein that is easily assimi-

lated in the body and won’t clump. It is good for bones, joints, hair growth, and cell regeneration. Like the tur-

meric, it’s GOOD for you.

Heat until warm, but do not boil. Serve immediately.

By: Aypril Porter

*Note that there are some contraindications with consuming larger amounts of turmeric, like in pregnancy, or with certain medications, like anticoagulants. Herbs can definite-ly be medicinal, so please be aware when consuming them if you have a health condition or are on medications.

Update on the City of Lacey Shoreline Water Monitoring Well Project

The last View publication included general background information and a series of Qs & As about the City of Lacey’s

shoreline water monitoring well project at 5524 Marian Drive. If you have been following this project, you know that the

purpose of their work is to monitor the fresh water aquifer and our drinking water for possible saltwater intrusion. If sea-

water is detected, it would be an indication that the City needs to lower the pumping rates at their wells inland.

The last View article was written before the drilling started, so we thought it would be helpful

to follow up with an article updating folks on the status of the project now that the drilling has

stopped. The City provided us with the following information:

Quick summary & current status of the project:

1. Drilling start date & end date: The contractor had notice to proceed on July 21 and began

drilling within a week or two of that date (roughly the first week of August). Drilling was

completed on September 4, earlier than the anticipated completion time frame of October.

2. Final depth of drilling: Final depth is approximately 555’ below grade.

3. Did the City encounter any problems in drilling? Nothing out of the ordinary occurred.

4. Was there any impact to neighboring properties or the slope from the drilling? No. The

City surveyed neighboring properties and the slope and found that there has been no im-

pact on neighboring properties and no movement of the slope. The City has not received any complaints from property

owners.

5. What happens next, now that the drilling has been completed? The next step is to install specialized well screens and

conduct a water pump test. However, due to delays in getting the specialized well screens, the contractor was not able

to do the pump test before the deadline established by the WA Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW). The WDFW

only allows the water to discharge into the Puget Sound during certain times of the year. At this time, the City’s permit

allows this to occur only from 6/15 through 9/30 of 2014 or 2015. The City is applying for a modification to the permit

to determine if the WDFW will allow them to perform the test any sooner than 6/15 of next year. The permit modifica-

tion application takes approximately 45 days to review, so the City won’t have an answer until late November. The

contractors will now install a steel pipe cover (to protect the well) and will probably be done with this portion of the

work within the next couple weeks.

6. Estimated project completion date: In light of the missed deadline, the pump test, which is the final portion of the pro-

ject, will be completed no later than 9/30/2015.

Hopefully this has been helpful. If you have additional questions, please contact the City’s Project Manager, Aubrey Arger-

is, AArgeris@ci.lacey.wa.us, 360.438.2639.

Thurston County Food Bank

Interested in getting out of the house, get some exercise, meet interesting people, and/or provide some service to

the community.

Consider volunteering at the Thurston County Food Bank (TCFB). We have individuals, families, and groups of

all sizes volunteering in a variety of tasks including, sorting food, repackaging food, cleaning produce, building

food bags, setting up the food bank in preparation for food distribution, assisting customers as they shop at the

food bank, and riding with drivers to pick up food donations at several grocery stores, restau-

rants, agency and company food drives throughout the year.

If you are interested in knowing more about volunteering at the TCFB call (360) 352-8596 ext

103 or email at volunteers@thurstoncountyfood bank.org.

By: James Horan

BEACHCREST EMERGENCY NUMBERS

Poison Control 1-800-222-1222

Utilities:

Buried Cable Location Assistance 811 or 1-800-424-5555

Century Link Service: 1-800-244-1111 Repair: 1-800-573-1311

City of Lacey Water Mntnce: 360-491-5644. 360-491-5616

Comcast/Infinity: 1-800-934-6489

LeMay-Pacific Disposal: 360-923-0111 or 1-866-923-0111

Puget Sound Energy: 1-888-225-5773 press 1 then press 2

Hospitals:

Providence St. Peter Hospital 360-493-7289

Capital Medical Center Hospital 360-956-2590

Community Services:

Animal Services: 360-352-2510

Crisis Clinic: (local) 360-586-2800 or1-800-273-8255

Forest Fire Reports: 911

Mental Health: 360-866-0403

Medic One: 911

Domestic Violence: 1-800-799-7233 or 911

Thurston County Sheriff: 911 or 360-704-2740 Dispatch

Lacey Police: 911 or 360-459-4333 (if not emergency)

Lacey Fire Dept.: 911 or 360-491-2410 (if not emergency)

By: Donna Connors

Winter Wanderers We’ve all heard the old saying, “Birds of a feather, flock together”. It’s often true, but not always.

In the winter Northwest woods, you’re more likely to find birds of many different feathers flock-

ing together. Once the breeding season with its bitter territorial disputes comes to an end, many of the small insect-

eating birds choose diversity, forming up into mixed-species flocks that wander the woods in search of food.

Most of these flocks contain kinglets. The Golden-crowned Kinglet is a tiny greenish bird with a bold yellow or or-

ange crown. The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is similar, but with a red crown that is usually hidden. The Golden-crowns

are probably the most numerous birds in the woods, but their small size and habit of staying high in the tops of fir

trees can make them hard to spot. And their high calls are at the upper limits of human hearing. Chickadees, both the

Black-capped and Chestnut-backed varieties, are usually in the flocks as well, along with nuthatches and Brown

Creepers. Other less common insect eaters such as Townsend’s Warblers and Hutton’s Vireos sometimes show up as

well. Downy Woodpeckers and even Seed-eaters like Purple Finches and sparrows will sometimes join in the flocks.

Why do these birds flock together like this? It seems likely that it helps them to detect predators. With the different

species spread out from the ground to the tree tops, somebody should be able to spot the cats or the hawks and give

the alarm. The different species each have different feeding styles, so they don’t all compete for food.

Flocks containing a hundred or more birds used to be common in our area, when Beachcrest was surrounded by for-

est. If you walked the old logging roads from 46th down to 31st you might go for a mile without hearing a bird, and

then suddenly be surrounded by a huge swarm of calling kinglets and chickadees. With the extensive development in

recent years, the forest is much patchier, and the flocks have gotten smaller and harder to find. Luckily in Beachcrest

we have saved quite a few trees and good-sized flocks still roam our neighborhood from time to time.

By: Eric Kraig

BEACHCREST PLANNER

January 7 7:00 pm Board Meeting Nature Center

February 4 7:00 pm Board Meeting Nature Center

March 4 7:00 pm Board Meeting Nature Center

April 1 7:00 pm Board Meeting Nature Center

All community members are encouraged to attend Board meetings. Check the Reader

Board at the entrance for any changes.

Site Seer It’s hard to keep up with all of the vehicle recalls in the news. To be sure that your car is still safe, use the VIN number

from your dash or the registration in your glove box and go to http://www.safercar.gov and search by VIN. It is quick and

easy and I have peace of mind knowing that my car has not been recalled!

Find out more about the public lands in our state using this new online, interactive map of natural resource and recreation

lands owned by government agencies http://publiclands.smartmine.com/#Map. The map allows people to click on a loca-

tion and learn which agency owns the land, the number of acres, the main use of the land and the cost of acquisition if ac-

quired within the past 10 years.

I am such a weather geek! Are you wondering how much snow is at grandma’s house? Do you just need a spot of

sun? Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/ has webcams in all 50 states. My other cool new

favorite is an animated globe at http://earth.nullschool.net/ that shows wind currents. You can click and drag the earth to

see different continents. Double click to zoom in and use the back button to zoom back out.

To get you in to the Christmas spirit, take a look at one of my favorite retro Christmas videos. Tennessee Ernie Ford sings

“Children go where I send thee” with a group of kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eWR2hT_YM. The little guy

on Ernie’s right is his son and is a crack up!

Stay warm and dry!

By: Lisa Engvall

THUMBS UP to Natasha and Thomas Motley, with their mom Jennifer, for counting

out and distributing the View to the neighborhood folks who then

deliver to your home. Thomas has agreed to continue his volunteer

work for us

to Neighbors Helping Neighbors volunteers

to Mike and Mary Leahy, Elmer and Sandra Keiski for their hard work

on the potlucks over the years

to Kim and the moms of Beachcrest for planning the Halloween Carni-

val, and thumbs down to the weather for the 50 mph winds that

blew in

to Paul Wagner and the Board for their proactive long range planning

for the community

to the community for their amazing Halloween decorations

to Carolyn Wagner for keeping the reader board up to date, week after

week, for several years

THUMBS DOWN to the stumps and other fill under the roads of Beachcrest for beginning

to decompose, causing dips and cracks in the roads

Kids of Beachcrest…

It’s that time of year again. Nights are longer, days are shorter. We have replaced sun kissed cheeks with tissue rubbed noses. It’s time for traditions. You may have a tradition that you carry on that is generations old. Or, this may just be the year that you start something new, something that will be-come one of those traditions for years to come. I took the opportunity to ask several kids of Beachcrest “What is YOUR favorite holiday tradition?” This is how they answered: “I like baking cookies and sledding down the beach road hill. Sometimes you have to jump off, so you don’t fall down the cliff!” – Dennis (age 8) “Not talking to Santa or eating turkey, cause I’m not used to Santa and I forgot what turkey tastes like.” – Clara (age 5) “Christmas!!” – Jase (age 5)

“Snowflakes…I like to make snowballs and throw them. I don’t like soup. I like making crafts.” – Atti (age 5) “I like to craft…Minecraft!”—Seth (age 7) “When I get presents and see if the milk and cookie is gone. Decorating the tree and playing in the snow.” – Imogen (age 7) “HAPPY TURKEY DAY! That’s how I say Happy Thanksgiving!” – Eleanor (age 7) “I don’t like Nothing….” – Nathan (age 7) “Decorating the Christmas tree…He’s really excited about the presents” – Devin (age 9, Nathan’s brother) “Probably Christmas…I like the presents, making cookies and gingerbread houses. I want to eat them, but I can’t.” – Lexi (age 9) “Mommy I love you so much, I wish I had two of you.” – Kainoa (age 5) “Everyone knows I love daddy best…” – Marigona (age 7) “Go to Seattle and smell the Christmas smell.” – Finn (age 8) “Build snowmans and have snowball fights.” – Charlotte (age 6) “Olaf for Christmas.” – Rosalie (age 2) “My favorite time of the year is Christmas break, because obviously there is no school. I like the snow and sledding down the beach road, especially sliding through the icy parts. I also love baking yummy Christmas cookies!” – Felix (age 11) By: Kim Hixon