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Month: July 2026

MORE PERSONAL MEMORIES FROM THE PAST

MORE PERSONAL MEMORIES FROM THE PAST

I’ve decided to avoid writing as much as I can about the Trump administration after the outrageous lies excusing the Reflection Pool total fiasco. Probably due to my age, I have been thinking about some past memories that give me pleasure to recall. I’d like to share a couple of them as I remember them.  Northern State Hospital in Sedro Woolley was an important part of Skagit County for sixty-one years until its closure in 1973. After graduating from Gonzaga law…

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MARY THELMA BABAROVICH LUVERA 1905 – 2000 & NICOLA LUVERA 1860 – 1956

MARY THELMA BABAROVICH LUVERA 1905 – 2000 & NICOLA LUVERA 1860 – 1956

Two people I loved died in the month of July. My mother, Mary Babarovich Luvera, and my paternal grandfather’s father, Nicola Luvera. One on the 4th of July and the other on the 7th. Here is a brief summary of both these unique people  MARY THELMA BABAROVICH LUVERA  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…

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