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Filed under: New Clan Member — Chamberlain @ 11:46 pm
No. 150

Two bulletins for the family. First, our Irish contingent has added another beautiful member to the clan, Maeve Fay O’Toole, born 10 Nov 2010. Gin Cromie has provided this wonderful photo:

 

Hold onto your Hats – Maeve Fay

Maeve doesn’t seem to be missing much. Darren will have some serious windsurfing competition before long. Congratulations to the O’Toole/Cromie families.


Back in January you may recall a posting about Bill Cahir, a marine corps sergeant who was killed in August 2009 during Eastern Resolve II, a pre-dawn offensive operation in Helmand Province’s Now Zad district. Bill’s wife, Rene Brown, is a cousin of Hugh Law. Rene was pregnant with twin girls at the time of Bill’s death.

Here is an update from Hugh Law regarding Bill’s family :

“Here is a recent photo taken after the MCM 10K run, which is a shorter event associated with the Marine Corps marathon that is held in Washington annually on Halloween day. On Sarah’s right is René Browne, and on her left, MR Stainton. These ladies are all second cousins on the Law side. Their tee shirts have an image of Bill Cahir in his dress blues, playing a guitar, and the name “Werewolf.” Team Werewolf is a group of friends and relatives who ran in Bill’s memory. They take the name from his call sign. All finished the race.

Sarah has the same Columbia University baseball cap as she wears on the Columbia boat in Santa Margherita Ligure. Be true to your school!

MCM 10K Participants Rene Brown, Sarah Law, and M R Stainton

 

The family celebrates the lives of both Maeve and Bill….

LC

Eat your spinach!

Filed under: Agriculture,Family Updates — Chamberlain @ 8:24 pm

This timeless admonition may no longer be heard if the Fusarium wilt fungus has its way, a pathogen that threatens the soil for spinach seed production in wide swaths of the Pacific Northwest. But carnivores shouldn’t celebrate just yet. This fungus is in the cross hairs of our Emily Gatch, a PhD candidate at Washington State University. Watch this video which features Emily and describes her research in combating the effects of this disease by identifying the areas where spinach can be grown safely…


A sigh of relief from Popeye and vicarious pleasure for the clan to see Emily doing her thing! Keep us posted Emily on the status of your important work.

LC