Greetings All -

First of all, I would like to thank Terry for the kind words spoken about my
service to the club. I am quite pleased with my 2+ years of stewardship and look
forward to many more but more from my more comfortable position back in the
peanut gallery!

I came to the club in the summer of 2003 with the idea of promoting a new cross
country series and lo and behold and came away with the club presidency. Not
exactly what I wanted but I saw the opportunity for providing a service in
Skagit County that I thought was lacking. With the help of Wendy, Keefer, and
others we were able to transform the Skagit Flats Marathon into a fundraising
event for the local school running programs and more. At the same time we
discovered the importance of an organization like Skagit Search and Rescue.
Then this year when I saw the leadership and enthusiasm that Terry displayed as
race director of this year's marathon, I knew that I found my replacement. I
look forward to an exciting future for the club during Terry's tenure.
Hopefully even more people will step up to help out in leadership type roles,
not just "helper at races" roles but leadership type roles, in the year to come.
Good luck Terry!

In the meantime, I am back to promoting what I started back in that fateful
summer. Currently I have been working with the powers to be in Skagit County to
develop some kick ass trails up at Northern States Recreational Site outside of
Sedro-Woolley. If you haven't been for a walk up there....do so. At the same
time I am brainstorming with other runners from Whatcom County to develop a
cross country series for the fall/winter of 2006. We are thinking about a
series of 5 races....trails, mud, grass, dirt courses!!! Of course I will
continue my volunteering at local races.........as long as they continue their
$upport of the their local school running programs. Also I think Terry talked
me into continuing with the Tulip Run and I will continue as course director for
Skagit Flats if wanted, BUT my focus will be dirt, headlamps, and possibly even
a snow shoe race at Mt. Baker. No more asphalt for this guy which sets me up as
the finish line volunteer but oh well! Hopefully I will convince the new
newsletter director to give me a Tales from the Trail column!

Finally I want to take this opportunity to promote my Sedro-Woolley High School
Senior, Carvin Kramer. and his Senior Project. It will be the 2nd Annual Wild
n' Woolley Ride and Run on the Path of Despair. This year's race will be held
on Feb.11th. I am Carvin's mentor and he is doing an outstanding job organizing
this race. Hopefully we can introduce even more Skagit Runners to the wild and
wacky world of Ride and Tie with mountains bikes!!!

Thanks again for all your help during the past couple of years.

Happy Trails!

Dean----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Sentinella
To: Wendy Scott ; Tom Dorman ; Tim Whittman ; Terry Sentinella ; Steve Weber ;
Steve Duncan ; Stephanie Kiel ; skagitrunners@yahoogroups.com ; Scott Railton ;
Scott Cary ; Ron Runyan ; Rob Jacobsen ; Randy Elde ; Peggy Ratermann ; Monica
Ochs ; Linda Ellingsen ; Laureen Franklin ; Lacey Foss ; Kim & Ron Betz ; Kevin
Takaki ; Kerry Jones ; Keefer Whan ; Jim Kopkowski ; Jim Finch ; Jim Carson ;
Jennifer Ranz ; Doug MacLean ; Doug Bakke ; Dina Fine ; Dean Taylor ; Dave Young
; Curtis Hardebeck ; Cindy & Joe Lindquist ; Charles Kotal ; Cezanne Ashby ;
Cathy Entrikin ; Catherine Davis ; Brannon Mucke ; Brad Adams ; Bonnie Lehecka ;
Bob Prather ; Bill Ball ; Bill Arnett ; Beth Scheenstra ; Andy Goebel ; Karen
Andrews
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 5:26 AM
Subject: 11/17/05 meeting


Members,
Our meeting was a great success. We finalized many outstanding items.
Bill Arnett worked his tail off to get us a scholarship application that
is exactly what the club asked for. The club agreed to give out 6 - $350
scholarships to graduating high school seniors in 2006.
The club agreed to spend up to $400 on the "Free Shoe Program" we are
starting with FootwoRx. This should help out up to 16 High School Students in
financial need for the up coming track season.
We amended our constitution and bylaws.
We made a club calendar of all the events we either own, manage, and aid.
We nominated a new slate of officers. They are as follows:
President - Terry Sentinella
Vice President - Catherine Davis
Secretary - Kim Betz
Treasurer - Jim Kopkowski
Newsletter Editor - Bill Arnett
Membership Director - Catherine Davis
Social Director - Bill Arnett
Three Trustees - Dean Taylor, Keefer Whan, Rob Jacobsen
The Thanksgiving run will be hosted by FootwoRx @ 8:00 am on Thanksgiving
morning. They will be serving cookies, snacks, and beverages following the run.
We are having a Skagit Runners run on New Years Eve night @ 11:30 pm. on
the Tommy Thompson Trail in Anacortes. Parking is available just north of the
skate board park on "R" avenue and 21st.
We also discussed having a party around 1/15 to celebrate this past year.
Skagit Runners had a very successful year thanks to all of our members
especially Dean Taylor. Dean and Keefer really are the backbone of our club. The
experience these two have in race management is invaluable.
One of the many goals Dean had for this club was to help out cross country
and track kids, to promote running among our youth. Every bit of money from the
marathon and a little out of our budget went to the high school cross country
teams, has been slated towards scholarships, and the " Free Shoe Program." This
was his legacy, and my goals are the same. My twist is to include the adult
population. I would really like to start classes, beginner runs, etc, aimed to
get people running and in shape. Before I started running I was 40lb heavier and
couldn't run a 1/4 mile. Now 6 years later I am running 2 to 3 marathons a
month. Anything is possible if we set our minds to it.
My Thanks goes out to the whole group for all of the effort put forward in
the last month/year to finalize all of our outstanding items. Now we can go
forward and work on a membership campaign, maybe another race, details on our "
Managed Races", the Newsletter, and most important, RUNNING! See you 12/15
Happy Running! Terry


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