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Month: July 2018

114th ANNUAL SKAGIT COUNTY ANNUAL PIONEER ASSOCIATION PICNIC ON AUGUST 2, 2018

114th ANNUAL SKAGIT COUNTY ANNUAL PIONEER ASSOCIATION PICNIC ON AUGUST 2, 2018

This year's annual Skagit Pioneer picnic will honor my mother's family, the Babarovich family as Pioneer Family of the Year. It takes place on Thursday August 2nd as the 114th Annual Pioneer Association Picnic. It will take place at Pioneer Park from 11 am to 2 pm at Pioneer Park in La Conner. The park is located near the Rainbow Bridge and admission is $15 per person. Music, speeches and a salmon BBQ are featured. My sister Anita Mayer and…

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RANDOM READINGS

RANDOM READINGS

Here are a few random things I've read recently that caught my interest. Perhaps you'll find them of interest as well.  The Babushka Lady There is an unsolved mystery regarding the 1963 assassination of US Pres. John F Kennedy. Captured on film recording the events is a woman, wearing an overcoat and scarf (resembling a Russian babushka), but never identified. For decades historians and scholars have speculated about who this person is that has never come forward to provide what…

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CONTRACEPTION: THE POPE GOT IT WRONG FIFTY YEARS AGO AND IT I PAST TIME TO SET IT RIGHT

CONTRACEPTION: THE POPE GOT IT WRONG FIFTY YEARS AGO AND IT I PAST TIME TO SET IT RIGHT

The Archdiocese of Seattle publishes Northwest Catholic magazine. In its last issue was an article entitled Humane Vitae Turns 50 by Sarah Bartel (www. drsararhbartel.com) she has a doctorate in moral theology and ethics from the Catholic University of America where she specialized in marriage, family, sexual ethics and bioethics The Encyclical she refers to is the one issued by Pope Paul VI in July of 1968 reaffirming the ban against using contraceptives by married couples. She begins the article…

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MARY THELMA BABAROVICH LUVERA 1905 -2000

MARY THELMA BABAROVICH LUVERA 1905 -2000

On an early Friday morning, July 7th 2000, my mother Mary Thelma Babarovich, died in her sleep at the San Juan Care Center. Her  death was not unexpected. After all, she was born on December 28, 1905 and was ninety four years old when she died. She had been in failing health for some time. Her passing was, in fact, a personal blessing to her as she had been ready to meet her maker for some time. She and dad were…

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NICOLA LUVERA 1860 – 1956

NICOLA LUVERA 1860 – 1956

My grandfather, Nicola Luvera, was born in Italy where his father, Paolo Nicola and mother Rosa Luvera were were sheepherders And sharecroppers in Gallina Italy. He worked with his father until he was 16 years old when he decided to move to Reggio Calabria where a cousin Antonio working in a slaughterhouse. He was able to get a job with his cousin and lived with his family for four years. Then he married woman from his village. They had a girl…

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