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Dick Warwick, Cowboy Poet and Songster, to perform at the Guemes Island Community Center Nov 3 - Dick Warwick is a man of diverse talents. He’s a fiddler in the Urban Coyote Bush Band and an artisan who crafts silverware into sculptures. He’s a cowboy who still bucks hay bales and a songster who’ll sing you a tune. He’s a poet whose writings reflect the life he’s lived in the rural west. And, he’s a man whose poetry has taken him around the world.
This sought-after bard has performed throughout the US and Australia for over 20 years. His honors include winning the Cowboy Idol poetry competition at the Columbia River Cowboy Festival, being all-around champion at the Cowboy Poetry Rodeo in Utah and featured poet multiple times at Nevada’s and Colorado’s Cowboy Poetry Gatherings and Australia’s National Folk Festival. He also bears the distinction of being selected as a cultural ambassador by the US Consul in Western Australia.
Warwick authored the book “Out West to Outback and Beyond” and his poems have been published many times in the Australian Anthology “The Swagman’s Book of Verse.”
As for recordings, he’s got nine under his belt! His latest two, "Cowboy Poetry Lite" and "Cowboy Poetry Plus," were both Western Music Association finalists for cowboy poetry CD of the year.
This event is being presented by The 4 Chicks – the four-woman team of Cheryl Mansley, Suzie Gwost, Lorrie Steele and Libby Hinds Boucher. The 4 Chicks believe in creating community events with a “down-home” feel.
So, on Saturday, November 3rd, round up your posse, put on your boots and mosey on over to the Guemes Island Community Center at 7549 Guemes Island Road for some cowboy music and poetry. Show starts at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $15/person suggested donation @ the door. Cowhand-style refreshments will be served during intermission. Feel free to come in cowboy and cowgirl attire!
The Community Center is less than half a mile from the ferry dock on Guemes. For more information, contact Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or cherylmansley@gmail.com.
GICCA Board Openings - This Fall, there may be openings on the Guemes Island Community Center Association Board.
Engaging in the community as a GICCA Board member is fun and rewarding. It’s an opportunity to learn more about our island community, participate in exciting projects (e.g. future Hall expansion), partner with other organizations, meet new people, and make a difference.
If you’re new to the community, we welcome your new ideas, energy, and talents. Been around for a while? We value your island knowledge and experience.
If you’re awesome (we think you are) and you want to make a difference (we know you do), please consider contacting us to learn more.
Sound Defense Alliance - Thanks to everyone who attended the August 19 film screenings about the Navy jets out of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station and their impact on our local communities and environment. If you'd like to learn more, we encourage you to visit https://sounddefensealliance.org or contact Mark Lundsten, member of Indivisible Fidalgo, directly at mlundsten@gmail.com
A Gentle Reminder From The Guemes Library - 
Please be sure to return books and DVDs that you have checked out from our island library.
We have many overdue items and a few empty DVD cases. Remember to check your bookshelves and DVD players.
Thank you from the Guemes Library staff.
Please be sure to return books and DVDs that you have checked out from our island library. We have many overdue items and a few empty DVD cases. Remember to check your bookshelves and DVD players.
Thank you from the Guemes Library staff.
Meet Your Neighbor
Meet Your (Backyard) Neighbors - Guemes Island owl photos by Ian Woofenden, Connie Snell, and Deb Strathman Whoooo's your neighbor?
Does your neighbor have a quiet and wise demeanor? Does s/he exude an air of mystery and diffidence? Do you hear him/her calling out at night? Does s/he hang out on your back fence and stare at anything that moves? Strange behavior for a neighbor? Not if s/he's an owl! What a hoot!
Thank you to all the islanders and visitors who attended the presentation by Paul Bannick, Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls, on Saturday September 22. Paul's talk was informative and accompanied by his fabulous photographs of owls from the desert Southwest to the frozen arctic. The proceeds benefit the Guemes Island Environmental Trust.
Paul, a graduate from the University of Washington, is an award-winning wildlife photographer and acclaimed author. He combines his love of the outdoors, his skill as a photographer, and his passion for wilderness conservation into his books as well as his multimedia presentations that emphasize the natural history of North America with a focus on birds and habitat.
Paul has been featured numerous times in local and national press, including in the Seattle Times, King 5 News, Evening Magazine, NPR, NBC Nightly News, etc. He currently serves as the Director of Major Gifts for Conservation Northwest, an organization dedicated to protecting and connecting wild areas and recovering native species from the Pacific Coast to the Canadian Rockies.
Join us! Don't miss Owl!
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of AmazonSmile purchases to their customers' chosen charitable organization. Guemes Island Community Center Association is registered on AmazonSmile. So, if you’re already shopping anyway, why not let Amazon make a small donation to GICCA - at no additional cost to you or GICCA!
How does it work?
- Click on the AmazonSmile box (right) which brings you to the AmazonSmile GICCA page
(you might want to bookmark that page to easily find it again). - Sign in to Amazon as usual.
- Then, just shop as you normally would!
Click here to see how much you have made GICCA smile. Thank you!