Mid-summer update

The Summer of 2010 will soon be a shimmering heat-shrouded memory as fall brings its cool colors. I hope the summer has been a good one for you and yours. As we turn through the seasons, the Clark Family Trust Board is preparing for another Board Meeting, which is scheduled for September 4, a Saturday. I'm collecting agenda items from Board Members, so be sure to let your Board Member know what you'd like us to consider. I am also trying to do preliminary testing with Board members to get them set up and operational with Skype, so we can teleconference easily.

I'm expecting several updates soon to pass on to the Family. Brandon (Kiley's husband) has been working on a layout for the residential area of the Ranch. That's the acreage north of the road between the gate and the turn down toward the ranch houses and shops. Gerry and sons Patrick and Ben have been busy piling brush and we'll be getting a full discussion of that here on the Blog soon. Gerry has also been busy talking with staff at the Swan Valley Ecosystem Center (http://www.swanecosystemcenter.org/) about Own Creek and the pond.

Start planning now for a Clark Family Reunion for next summer. The Board targeted next August for the event. The family patriarch and matriarch -- that would be Henry and Mary -- are in charge of organizing, so stay tuned for more specifics.

If anyone is interested in having a Potawatomi naming ceremony, please let me know. The Tribal Chairman and the Vice Chair have both offered to travel to wherever there is a group that wants to be named.

Thanks to all who have sent me updated contact information. Each Board Member was supposed to gather up the latest and greatest from their families and send that to me so I can update the overall list and get that distributed.