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Masters’ Celebraon! “I Say, Watson, That’s a Volume 36 Issue 2 Our celebraon of Holmes & Watson’s Cute Baby!” February, 2017 meeng in March 1881 is: Excerpted from New York Times, Inside this issue: Date: Saturday, March 11, 2017 December 30, 2016 Time: 1:00 p.m. May contain spoilers! Masters’ Celebraon is 1 March 11! Place: The Olive Branch Café & Tea Room If Arthur Conan Doyle were wring 2501 East D Street, Tacoma it, he might call it “The Adventure of “I Say, Watson, That’s a 1

You’ll have your choice of lunch or high tea! the Changeable Detecve.” Cute Baby” “Sherlock” arrived on BBC and PBS in Submitted by Complete details—including costs for each op‐ SOB Al Nelson on and what’s included in each opon—can 2010, a fresh and franc reinvenon be found in the enclosed flyer. of Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales that New, New, New for 2017! 2 focused on the pure joy of intellect. The Olive Branch is an excellent new venue “Millennial Holmes” 2 for The SOBs, located near the Tacoma Dome, Holmes, played with a waspish glee by Submitted by with plenty of parking directly across the Benedict Cumberbatch, delighted in SOB Ann Milam solving puzzles no one else could street. Another New Member 2 Several SOB solve, and we delighted along with Members are quite him. The bromance between Holmes Sherlock Seale: 3 familiar with The and John Watson (Marn Freeman) To Be, or Not to Be? Olive Branch, hav‐ added some emoonal texture but Sherlock Holmes: 3 ing already enjoyed didn’t get in the way of the fun. The Thinking Engine the fine food, drink Then came the show’s third season A Review by and hospitality of in 2014. A lile of the air went out of SOB Charlie Cook the wring, which was disappoinng owner Terry Waller! Things to See, Buy, 4 Please be sure to return the “clip‐off” cou‐ but not too surprising—Steven Moffat Do & Know pon on the flyer—by USPS or email—by March and Mark Gass, the show’s creators, 5 3rd to reserve your spot! had set themselves a very high stand‐ Two New Books On Victoria, ard. More ominous, though, was their Queen of All She Surveyed A Word about Completing Submitted by SOB Bill Seil introducon of a girlfriend and then the “Clip-Off” Coupon: When choosing between the “Lunch Option” or the wife for Watson, Mary (Amanda Ab‐ BSI Weekend News 5 bington), who turned out to have a “High Tea Option”, please insert the number of peo- Member News & Notes 6 ple in your party choosing each of the 2 options; for hidden past as a spy. Her funcon, it example, if there are 4 in your party, 2 may want lunch, seemed, was to generate situaons 2 may want high tea: that would draw out Holmes’s protec‐ Lunch Option at $18.10 2 veness on Watson’s behalf—to hu‐ High Tea Option at $45.00 2 manize Holmes. But being inhuman, If the “Lunch Option” is your party’s preferred in a wiy and almost ballec way, had choice, insert the number of people choosing each of the 3 sandwich options: always been the best and most inter‐ esng thing about him. Sandwich selection: 2 Almond Chicken Which brings us to Season 4. It 1 Turkey Lover 1 Grilled Veggie comes aer a three‐year layoff, ex‐ If quesons develop, contact Terri H. at: (253) 460‐ cept for a Christmas special last year, 2753 or terri@soundohebaskervilles.com and begins with… I Continued on Page 4 Page 2 Ineffable Twaddle

The Seattle Public Library New, New, New for 2017! on Queen Anne The February 19, 2017 Regular Monthly Meeting of The Sound of the Basker- Hill is at villes will begin at 1:30 p.m. at The Seattle Public Library (Queen Anne Branch) at 400 West Garfield 400 West Garfield, Seattle (driving directions at left). If you have a favourite snack or non-alcoholic beverage you’d like to share, please Library opens at 1:00, closes feel free to bring it along!! Says program-runner SOB Margie Deck: at 5:00. Come early, and catch up with your fellow SOBs! “New Year, new president, new BBC Sherlock (finally)—the theme for 2017 ap- Getting there: pears to be New. However, one thing is constant in all this newness: The SOBs will From north- or southbound I-5, meet regularly in 2017 to discuss the sixty Sherlockian tales penned by Sir Arthur exit at Mercer Street and head Conan Doyle. west. Turn right on Queen What will be new is the chronology used to determine a discussion schedule. Anne Avenue and head up the Leaving behind what one critic called “the training-wheels” of chronology (that hill. At the 3-way stop sign at the top, turn left onto West is, the sequence used in Baring-Gould’s The Annotated Sherlock Holmes), the SOBs Galer Street. At 4th Avenue, will in 2017 approach the chronology with a different method—a sequence new to turn right. The library is one this group’s discussion calendar. (1) block north on the north- At the February meeting, the sequence—modified somewhat from Leslie Klinger’s west corner, at the cross The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes—will be briefly reviewed and, hopefully, some with Garfield Street. Members will be recruited to lead some of the upcoming discussions.” In addition, SOB Lauran Stevens will have a new quiz for us: Identify the story from which her famous Holmes quotes come!! Then, the prepared segments will close with some slight entertainment, about Another New which PFL David is being quite mysterious!! Fun, fun, fun!! Member!! Joining us in “Millennial Holmes” late December Book review by Louisa Stein; was: excerpted from Middlebury Magazine, Fall, 2016  Elinor Gray, who’s been Authors other than Arthur Conan Doyle have been wring stories about an irregular attendee at our Sherlock Holmes and John Watson since the early years of Holmes’ popu‐ meetings of late and is a larity. Into this well‐trodden but sll rich ground enters Middlebury alum‐ Sherlockian of some renown na Briany Cavallaro with A Study in Charloe. The book’s tagline reads, who, when she lived in the UK, cofounded and is still co- “You’ve never seen Watson and Holmes like this before,” and, given the innumerable President of The Retired incarnaons of Holmes, that’s a tall claim. And yet it’s one I’m inclined to go along Beekeepers of Sussex! with, because I found Cavallaro’s offering both charming and disarming, precisely in the Welcome, Elinor!! personal and inmate way it brought me into teenaged (Jamie) Watson and (Charloe) Holmes’ world, while interweaving nods explicit and implicit to the many versions of Holmes, as well as to other detecves that have followed in his footsteps. The book takes on issues of gender, violence and peer social negoaons, class and family, issues one can recognize in Doyle’s Holmes stories, but that here play out with a contempo‐ Please Note: rary millennial resonance. Standard distribution Within the longstanding world of Sherlockiana, there is a shared investment in the of our monthly The descendants of noon that Holmes and Watson were indeed real, historical fig‐ newsletter is now Sherlock Holmes ures, and Doyle was only Watson’s editor. A Study in Charloe by email! Those and John Watson takes this “grand game” as its starng assumpon, but focuses on with NO email and those meet in this first the current generaon of Holmes and Watson, who meet (as in the who “opted out” of receiving book of a new Ineffable Twaddle by email trilogy. namesake story, “A Study in Scarlet”) for the first me when they will continue to receive find themselves exiled from London to Sherringford prep school in it by snail-mail!!! Conneccut. I won’t say too much about the plot that unfolds, but I found that A Study If you need to make a change, in Charloe offers a Holmes and Watson who feel like a synthesis of some of my favor‐ please contact Editor Terri: ite interpretaons yet who also coalesce as individual characters whom I came to care Call: (253) 460-2753 for quite a bit. I wanted to see how they worked through their internal issues and their Email: terri@soundofthe issues with one another and, of course, I wanted to find out how they solved the mystery baskervilles.com within which they inevitably found themselves embroiled. I quite… Continued on Page 4 Volume 36, February 2017, Issue 2 Page 3

Sherlock Seale: To Be, can even solve crimes quicker than the police or even Sherlock Holmes, a detecve of “modest repute”, whom or Not to Be? he challenges to a “contest”. Source: http://sherlock- A large reward is offered, by a newspaper supporng the seattle.tumblr.com/page/4 “TE”, to anyone who can beat the machine in solving a Tumblr posting January 6, 2017 crime, and Holmes takes up the challenge. He is not only It seems appropriate to write this post today of all days: assisted by Watson, but also by Inspector Tomlinson of the th Oxford Police who admires the great detecve and is also January 6 , Sherlock Holmes’ birthday. The queson in furious over the claims of the police being less competent this case is whether the “Sherlock Seale” convenon will than the “TE” at solving crimes. connue to exist or if “Sherlock Seale 2016” will have Both the machine and the detecves work to solve the been our last year. grisly murder of a woman and her two children; both arriv‐ The biggest challenge that we face is having enough staff ing at the same conclusion. The machine actually spits out to make the convenon happen, such that no one person is an addional bit of informaon which, along with another carrying too heavy a burden, and it is a challenge that we murder that soon follows, has both “invesgators” baffled. have yet to meet. As such, we’ve decided to put the fate of Holmes vows to solve the crime and plans to stay in Oxford Sherlock Seale in the hands of the Fandom. If we can find unl he does. By doing so he is introduced to several other enough people to make the convenon happen, then we minor mysterious events requiring his skills, of which the will put on “Sherlock Seale 2017”. If we cannot, then we professor and his “TE” are unaware. will shelve the convenon for a year, or possibly forever. One of these, Watson tells us, is the case We already have a fantasc Guest of Honor lined up: he entled “The Adventure of the Three Rachel Talalay, who directed The Six Thatchers from BBC Students”, which readers of the Canon know Sherlock, Series 4, and we would love to find someone else that Holmes solved. But Watson tells us in the same field—perhaps a writer or director from that he kept back the real reason for their “Elementary”. sojourn to Oxford for a quarter of a century So here is our challenge to you all: for the usual reasons. Furthermore, since  If you have a passion for ALL the iteraons of Sherlock neither man nor machine is making any im‐ Holmes; and mediate progress on the murder, Watson shares some of  If you want there to be a “Sherlock Seale 2017”; and these lessor cases with the reader and informs us that  If you are willing to put in the me and effort to make it Holmes may be having second thoughts about the skills of happen, the “TE”, as it has been successfully solving very minor then send us an email at sherlock.sea[email protected] and problems brought to it by the students of the University. put CONCOM in the subject line. Even Lewis Carroll has brought a maer to the machine, E’ N: The “GoFundMe” project for the Sherlock which it successfully solved. Seale Convenon (see Page 4, Ineffable Twaddle for Janu‐ But Holmes invesgates a more serious maer as the ary 2016, hps://www.gofundme.com/help‐sherlock‐ coach of one of the College’s rowing teams informs the detecve that their captain and best rower has disap‐ seale) exceeded the requested goal of $3,500 for paying peared. Some of the team members want the “TE” to off 2016 expenses—in 1 month with 104 contributors. So deal with the problem. However the Coach prefers a hu‐ think about geng involved! As SOB VP Kashena Konecki man invesgator and the sleuth amazes everyone by quick‐ said in last month’s issue, “Sherlock Seattle been a corner- stone of good Sherlockian times in Seattle for the last four ly reaching the correct soluon as to the locaon of the years!” missing oarsman and what happened to him. Unfortunate‐ ly more disaster confronts the Oxford scene as another Sherlock Holmes: The Thinking Engine murder is commied. by James Lovegrove, Titan Books (2015) The detecve decides to seek help from the “TE” and uncharacteriscally goes berserk, verbally aacking the A Review by SOB Charlie Cook “TE”, Watson and Tomlinson. He then goes into recluse Aer quickly solving a mystery in a museum and a brief taking drugs. Is all of this a ploy to get Watson to save encounter with a young thespian named Erik Weisz (stage him and unmask a killer? Sound familiar? (See “Sherlock”, name “Harry Houdini”), Holmes is greatly insulted as he series 4, episode 2.) reads in a newspaper that an Oxford professor, one Some would abandon a person aer such a diatribe, but Malcom Quantock, has built a Thinking Engine which can Watson is no wimp! There are mes,… Continued on Page 5 outdo Babbage’s Difference Engine at mathemacs and Page 4 Ineffable Twaddle

Things to See, Buy, Do & Know

SOB Cameron Brandon emailed: a huge array and variety I saw this billboard a few times on my of Sherlockian items. He’s trip to London over the holidays and at: www.etsy.com/shop/ was finally able to pull over and get a RealWoodCrafts. shot. It looked much better at night, Remember: The though, as it was beautifully lit up. It “Masterpiece” 2017 reminded me that I should try to find Sweepstakes continues the episode on the net somewhere, daily through January 31, 2017. It’s a chance to win the Emmy- and I did! So I have seen the first episode already; pretty good Award winning script for last year’s special, “The Abominable one. Wish I was there to talk about it with the group! Bride”—signed by Cumberbatch, Freeman, Scott and Gatiss.

 From SOB Jean Macdonald: Thought this “classic” comic Continued on Page 5 might be something an SOB might want—“The Hound of the Continued from Page 1 Baskervilles” by Arthur Conan Doyle, David Mann, (illus- ...“That’s a Cute Baby!” trator), Pulp! The Classics, (paper, imported, $4.98) ...an episode called “The Six Thatchers,” based on the Doyle story “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons.” As in the story,  SOB Judy Lyen tells us that SOB Jim French’s last perfor- someone is seeking out and break‐ mance of Imagine Theater was on January 30 (sold out!); the ing plaster busts of that tular his‐ March and April performances had to be cancelled due to Jim’s torical figure. poor health. We wish him well!!! It’s a transional, fragmented epi‐ SOB Ann Milam: Attempting to learn more about Holmes and sode built around narrave red her‐ the Catholic Church. Read both of these; first one’s pretty inter- rings…Holmes invokes “the game” esting, the other’s a dud. The Death of Cardinal Tosca (The Dis- that’s afoot, but the episode’s real patch Box of John H Watson, MD Book 3) (Kindle; $3.49) The Sud- through line is a repeated analogy den Death of Cardinal Tosca: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure (Kindle to the tale of the appointment in edition; $3.49) Samarra and its theme of the inescapability of death. If The next two items are from SOB Bill Seil: there’s a game being played, it’s a grim one. Saw this at Sherlocktron: "Arthur and Sherlock, and the cre- The BBC made only the first of the season’s three episodes ation of Sherlock Holmes, by Michael Sims, $27.80 is a wonder- available for review. So there’s no knowing whether the ful, fascinating book, a really good read, and a valuable future show will get its verve on again aer this middling start. reference. I would call it a focused biography about Sir Arthur Co- (Some major events in the premiere are meant to be shock‐ ing but when it comes down to it, don’t carry that great an nan Doyle paying exceptional attention to those influences in his emoonal charge.) life that led to the creation of Sherlock Holmes…The depth and Draw what conclusions you will from the season finale’s detail presented in this book is amazing, and I think this book is tle, “The Final Problem”, which is the Doyle story in which for everyone and it belongs in every Sherlockian’s library!” Moriarty and Holmes plunge into a waterfall together. In the Heywood Hill Bookstore, London: If you would like to read meanme, watching “Sherlock” is like dropping in on old about an old fashioned bookstore in London go to the following friends who are as smart and sarcasc as ever but don’t site: http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/01/how-heywood-hill- seem to have as much joy in their lives anymore. bookshop-is-surviving-in-the-digital-age. Once you read the arti- cle, though, you will understand that you may not walk out with “Millennial…” Continued from Page 2 any books: They create (and sell) private, personalized libraries— ...enjoyed this angular and edgy yet surprisingly self‐aware based on specific requests and “reading consultations”! If you (for Holmes, at least) Charloe and this highly self‐crical have to ask the price, you can’t afford it!! James Watson, who dreams nonetheless of having adven‐ tures and living through them to become an author like his  Look what SOB Al Nelson got for Christmas: This custom- great‐great‐grandfather. It is this web of history and con‐ carved, real wood desk decoration from Real Wood Crafts! temporary resonance, both within the narrave and at a me‐ The crafter says at his website that he specializes in “puzzles, ta level, that I found most compelling, and I find myself look‐ signs, guitar table ornaments and signs, western signs, and wood ing forward to the next book in the series so that I can spend ornaments that make great display pieces”. The price for a piece more me not just with Holmes and Watson but with Char‐ similar to mine is only $18. The flyer that came with my gift shows loe and Jamie, too. Volume 36, February 2017, Issue 2 Page 5

dren; the dramac, lengthy mourning upon Albert’s death Things to See, Buy,… Connued from Page 4 at the age of 42; the astonishing transformaon of a civili‐ From Peter Blau’s “Scuttlebutt”: The Washington Consum- zaon during her 64‐year reign, from 1837 unl her death er's Checkbook had an interesting item in August 2013 explain- in 1901. ing how to "eRead for Free" (www.tinyurl.com/j6ombba). The Like the best biographers, Baird writes like options include web-sites such as ManyBooks, Open Library, a novelist, and her book is crammed with ir‐ and Project Gutenberg, all of which offer much more than the text resisble detail and descripon. Most fasci‐ of the Canon. Search for [sherlock holmes] and [conan doyle]; nang: Victoria’s relaonship with Mel‐ you'll find surprises, old and new, among the results. bourne —“one of the great platonic romanc‐ es of modern history”—and, later, her close Two New Books On Victoria, friendship with her ghillie John Brown. Queen of All She Surveyed Upon her death, a naon mourned; most of its cizens by Moira Macdonald, Seale Times, 12/27/16 (like those of England today, where Victoria’s great‐great‐ granddaughter reigns) had never known another monarch. Excerpt provided by SOB Bill Seil Henry James, marveling at the crowds gathered for the Two new books, a novel and a biography, illuminate the life of funeral procession, summed up the feeling: “We all felt, Queen Victoria, who ruled much of the world in the 19th century. Julia Baird’s biography “Victoria: The Queen” is the best publicly, at first, quite motherless.” companion to the upcoming PBS series. Editor’s Note: And, don’t miss PBS’s series, “Victoria”, which be- gan on January 15, 2017. Check local listings for times and dates.  Victoria: The Queen by Julia Baird, Random House, $35 You can also view full episodes on the web at: http://www.pbssocal  Victoria by Daisy Goodwin, St. Marn’s Press, $26.99 .org/programs/masterpiece/full-episodes/?gclid=CJ6cr ZOrzNECFZ- Should you wish, in these mes of polical turmoil, to SPfgod8kIDyg step away from the present day and immerse yourself in the life of one of history’s most powerful women, oppor‐ ...The Thinking Engine Continued from Page 3 tunity abounds in both fact and ficon. Julia Baird’s new ...of course, when he takes Holmes’ chassing with a pinch biography Victoria: The Queen is just out, as is Daisy Good‐ of London fog, but also mes when he can be as ferocious win’s novel Victoria, based on the young English queen’s as a seasoned rugby player treang his friend as an oppo‐ early years on the throne. The laer appears in tandem nent. But when really needed, he does the detecve’s bid‐ ding as they work together to resolve all of the dilemmas with the TV miniseries “Victoria”, created and scripted by confronng them at Oxford. It’s the journey that’s worth Goodwin and airing on PBS. the ride rather than, perhaps, the desnaon but what And while I’ll definitely be watching the series, Good‐ follows is an interesng twist involving some of Holmes’ win’s novel feels pale alongside the biography, in which old foes as well as some new ones. the woman herself emerges. Victoria the novel is pleasant There are enough cleverly presented references to the enough but a bit plodding; the dialogue oen slted; the Canon for the reader who enjoys pasches to find this central character sweet but unformed. novel to be one of the beer ones. It is very well‐wrien Far livelier is Baird’s biography, which in a with a variety of dbits of arcane informaon to make it single sentence creates a character more in‐ both interesng and entertaining. Give it a try. triguing than the one sketched in Goodwin’s enre book: Victoria, at 18, was “[a] girl who BSI Weekend News (sort of!) read Charles Dickens, worried about the wel‐  From Newer SOB Nancy Holder: BSI weekend has fare of Gypsies, adored animals, loved to sing been wonderful! Many people here have heard of how opera, was fascinated with lion tamers, and hated insects many events The SOBs have and the Norwegian Explor- and turtle soup; a girl who was bullied by those closest to ers here said to say “Hello!” to you all.  MX Publish- her unl her determinaon set like concrete; a girl whose ing is offering the following 20% discount promo code: heart was wound ght with cords of senment and stoi‐ bsi2016  Mark and I are planning to be at the Febru- cism.” That girl became, in Baird’s words, “the most pow‐ ary meeting. erful queen, and the most famous working mother, on the  From SOB Sonia Fetherston, BSI: Fell on an icy planet.” patch; ankle broken in a couple of places.  Had to Victoria: The Queen walks us through the milestones of stay home from BSI weekend; a wise choice, as there's that long, remarkable life: the happy yet sfling marriage no way I could have hobbled around the airport let alone to Albert (to whom she was, awkwardly, both sovereign those long, long city blocks in New York! and subservient); the many prime ministers; the nine chil‐ The Sound of the Baskervilles The Sound By appointment ...is a scion society of the Baker Street of the of Her Majesty, Irregulars, serving the greater Puget Sound Queen Victoria Region of Western Washington, U.S.A., and Baskervilles has met monthly since March 31, 1980. $20 per year brings Members the monthly newsletter “Ineffable Twaddle”, a copy of Ineffable Twaddle Beaten’s Christmas Annual, and the incalculable benefits of association with a The monthly publication of group of certifiable Holmes aficionados. 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Other activities—book Sunshine Chair: Pat McIntosh ([email protected]) crawls, teas, plays and gaming events—are as announced. Direct correspondence to: To join or to renew your membership, to send your check for dues—$20 for The Sound of the Baskervilles : 6710 – 51st Street Court West individuals, $30 for families (U.S. funds University Place, WA 98467-2287 only)—to the address shown at left. Phone: (253) 460-2753 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.soundofthebaskervilles.com

Member News & Notes al, 29-volume collection of the works of SOBs attending our January 15, 2017 Meeting, pre- J.R.R. Tolkien and reference materials sided over by PFL David Haugen, were: related to Tolkien's works. Sonny will add the single volume missing from that collec- Sheila Holtgrieve Sonny Even Airy Maher tion…bringing the total to 30 volumes! All Vivika Sundqvist Pat McIntosh Judy Lyen the Donor asks is that, “You read and en- Francis Bond Terri Haugen Al Nelson joy them all!” Lauren Messenger Chris “Bear” Berwald  Seen by our PFL David: Mental Floss  Vivika put off her “Shanksnag…” talk again (http://mentalfloss.com/article/61819/42-old- (though she did tell us a Maroon-Party was a Victori- english-insults) lists the word “Cumber- Regular Monthly an-era, American custom of camping out, with all world” as #5 under the heading “42 Old Meeting, Sunday, Febru- the rich folks’ regalia brought along by their serv- English Insults”. “Cumberworld”—or Cum- ary 19, 1:30 p.m. at Queen ants). Instead she educated us all with her fascinat- berground—means someone who is so Anne Library, Seattle ing talk on “The Lost Rivers of London”, using as her useless, they just serve to take up space. See details on Page 2! source the book of the same title by Nicholas Barton  From Omaha SOB Carl Wirth, re: Loss Masters’ Celebration! & Stephen Myers (Historical Publications, Revised/Extended of Cumberbatch: On the oversized bulletin Saturday, March 11, 1:00 Edition, 2016) and London’s Lost Rivers by Paul Tal- board that makes up part of one wall in my p.m. at The Olive ling (Random House, 2011). Conversation extended to library—I designed the room to have more than 4 walls—I have the arm band left over Branch Café in Tacoma the “Rivers of London” book series by Ben Aarono- vitch (Gollancz, 2011), described as a Neil Gaiman- from my Vietnam war protesting days, so I Regular Monthly Meet- style of entertaining fiction, which Airy, Lauren and guess I could use that. Be prepared for a few ing, Sunday, March 19, Sonny all recommend. We also diverted to discus- posts claiming people did not wear arm 1:30 p.m. at Queen Anne sion of Domesday Book (commissioned in Decem- bands after reports of Holmes' death but, as Library, Seattle ber 1085 by William the Conqueror), which Al noted true Sherlockians, we know that they must is available for online access at the British Library! have. Just as youngsters would do if they Anniversary Tea! learned that Harry Potter died or Katniss  Club Librarian Sheilasuggests Members pre- Saturday, April 1, 1:00 p.m. order books from our reference library, so she can lost in the Hunger Games. As the report of Location TBA bring them to the next meeting for you; also, priority Holmes' death has never appeared in The London Times, so BBC can't "kill" him off! Regular Monthly Meet- for borrowing from the library goes to our JHWS Treasure Hunt Team during August each year! A little food for thought. ing, Sunday, April 23 *  Jerry Margolin, BSI, speaker at our 1:30 p.m. at Queen Anne Sheila also noted that she and Margie Deck have begun to reform our 2017 Treasure Hunt Team; October 2016 meeting, is offering to sell Library, Seattle some artwork from his collection; e-mail contact them to participate on the SOB Team! A * This is a change, as Easter him at 221bee@com cast.net to request falls April 16—3rd Sunday! Member will, at our February Meeting, hold a “free- will-donation-to-the-Club” auction for his/her person- images and details. Thanks, Peter Blau.