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Palmer’s big news of 2013 is his engagement to his longtime partner Laura. They will be married at Sun Peak’s on March 1, 2014. We are so excited and happy for them. Palmer continues to work as a GIS technician and loves what he does and Laura has just started a new
Tor Nicholas has taken a year off from University (so to speak). When he was unable to find the financial support for his PHD from the schools he was considering, he took a one year job as a researcher in the Ag Ec department at the University of Guelph. One of his published articles made headlines on the front page of the business section of the “Globe and Mail” and even sparked a call from the “Prime Minister’s” office. We had the pleasure of being at his Master’s defense and are so very proud of him. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing the Guelph campus with him and meeting his academic friends and loved our stay at “Lake of the Woods”. Tor will spend this summer presenting at Ag Ec conferences all over the world so we are happy to have him home for a couple of weeks this Xmas!
Anyone who is saying the honeymoon is over for Stefano & Caitlyn, doesn’t know these two! You would think that with Caitlyn holding down the fort with three jobs and Stef immersed in his third year of med school there would be
Mom, and hope you get your wish and join Dad soon. A special note to Rum: You are my strength. I watch you go visit Pop every day. I know it’s so hard to watch him struggle with his dementia. Life is not fair sometimes taking our loved too early and leaving the ones who are suffering. I will stay strong for myself and my family. Life is short, practice what you preach, when you know better you do better! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Message from TEAA
The Captain’s slide into Alzheimer’s has been constant and in January he was placed in a lovely, new care home just minutes from our place. Rum visits him daily, in fact the care givers love her (no surprise) and treat her like one of the staff. Their highlights for 2013 include two new great grandchildren and their 63rd wedding anniversary. We are so blessed to have her here living with us! Rum can be contacted at [email protected].
DECISIONS are
FATE… we make them
And then make
them WORK!
Tor makes his defense!
little time for each other. Well, a honeymoon in the Mediterranean, a trip to the Dominican along with lots of fishing and golf has helped keep them focused with their busy lives. Stefano will soon make the difficult decision of what specialty he plans to focus on. We know it will not be easy but that it will be the right one! We look forward to seeing them here at Xmas and then at the Ranch for New Year’s with Team Silvertip!
Rum & the Captain
This year I turned 50 and to celebrate, Robin and I joined my family in Maui. What a blast! Special thanks to John, Dorth, Mare, Bob, Lin and Tom for including us! It was another trip I
will never forget! Congrats! to my son, he finally proposed to his girlfriend Laura after seven years. I can’t wait! Tor finished his Master’s, we went to hear his defence, it was excellent!! Stef is still going to Med school and is narrowing his field down while his lovely wife Caitlyn brings home the bacon! On a sad note, we lost our best friend Sandra May, the best fish finder I will ever know! God Bless you Sammy, we miss you! My mother has terminal cancer and suffered a stroke in early September. For those of you who have ever been asked to be Power of Attorney, I feel your pain, but a promise is a promise and although my mom may never know how hard this has been on me I have respected her wish so she now resides in a care home. I love you
Special welcome to our new family member Diego! (Full name San-Dee-Eggo) He is a 12 pound Chihweiner rescued from Prince George SPCA. Thank you Laura Bee! We love him!
That’s right, 50!
Maui Oscar Night
It was once said that life is what you make it…and as most of you are aware, it is not always easy. Though we have had our shares of ups and downs, we are blessed with healthy and happy children and we are thankful for that. We hope that this finds you and your loved ones enjoying each moment and wish you ALL the VERY BEST in the coming New Year! In the meantime, hope you enjoy our update…..HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Niagara Falls April 2013
Mine, mine, mine!
“D man”
TEAA on WSR Flats Oct. 2013
Thompson River Sept. 2013
Palmer’s Place XMAS Day 2012
A good life is when you assume nothing,
do more, need less, smile often, dream big, laugh alot and realize how blessed we are!
a new job with a pulp/paper company and is immersed in training. We spent the 2012 Xmas with them and had a blast playing in the snow in the chilly -30 temperature! Congrats!
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It was all about the boardwalk in 2013. The lake was high once again and it was time to “Get her done!” With just 80 wet feet to finish and work parties in May and September it All went very smoothly! Special thanks to my nephews, Scott and Matt, who
helped with the blood, sweat and tears, as well as my ranting and raving! Fishing continues to be tough but we are getting better at it and I am certain once we master chronomid fishing, they will come easy. Fishing in mid-October continues to be the highlight of the year with big rainbows coming into the flats and lily pads right in front of the Ranch stalking the Kokanee eggs. Same story as last fall, cast out a leech and hook’m! Lot’s of action, right in front of Sandy’s Beach! Can’t ask for much more! Already on the calendar for 2014! Don’t miss it! We also plan to spend this New Year’s at the Ranch! A full schedule of cross country skiing, ice fishing and frolicking in the snow! Our plans for
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WSR remain the same, we will build our home on the lake in 2017 and in the meantime we will pitter and patter around the Ranch, working on the road, the garden, the boardwalk and anything that draws our attention, in between our many fishing trips. Hope you consider a visit up to the Ranch in 2014. Make it HAPPEN!
Warm Springs Ranch Update
Bubba & RT on Spitfire
RGT Message – I continue to mow fairways and set pins at Morgan Creek (great crew) and still help in the BLE office. My mantra is that my life is laying lines, on the golf course riding a tractor and on the lake, casting from my boat and I am very happy, healthy & content!. On the personal side – with the loss of my second wingman, “the Dingo” and watching “the Captain” and Tracy’s mother slip away, I strive to make the most of each moment that is shared with me. I am so proud of our sons and happy for the life they are building and for the people they have chosen to share it with. I will continue to appreciate the love, kindness and support I am blessed with from TEAA and focus on her our family and the Ranch while trying to do my best to appreciate and enjoy every moment given to me! Family is everything!....Make a difference!... Make it happen!” and God Bless!
Memories are a part of your future, make one TODAY!
Sandra Mae aka “The Dingo” finally succumbed to Canine Degenerative Myelopathy, a disease very similar to MS. She put up a valiant struggle and insisted on being with RT every moment whether it was in the car, golf cart or on the boat. She loved loved fishing and being at the Ranch which is where her ashes and spirit are now! She was a great wingman and fishing partner and she will be sadly missed. We have named the Ranch
boat launch “Sandy’s Beach” and posthumously award her the 2013 “WSR Fish finder of the Year”! Miss you Dingo!
Tor and Papa @ Hamilton
After countless hours on the water, searching every nook and cranny of Ruth Lake, the votes are in and we wish to congratulate the 2013 Warm Springs Ranch Fisherman of the Year, “TEAA” aka Tracy E. Atherton. No one at the Ranch fishes harder and with more passion than TEAA. Well done! *2013 is the first year that all species of fish caught in the lake qualify due to the result of a legal challenge!
D’s 1st Boat ride!
WSR Main Gate Sign is Up! Sept. Work Crew!
Working “The Flats”
Sandy’s Beach Landing Sept. 2013
Sandy’s Beach Landing WSR
RT getting her done!
2001 - 2013
Maui 2013 RT vs. Big one
Soul bros Maui 2013 Atherton Girl’s Maui 2013
Peace!
Erechar’s Xmas 2013
WSR Fisherman of the Year
