Used Couch Available

Received from a neighboring ward:

We have a couch at our old house that needs to go by Thursday evening.
A couple of the seat cushions have a split in the fabric, but it is very clean & sturdy.
I will have to coordinate the retrieval with our agent to open the house.

Call if you know anyone who wants it
509-460-0042

Mike Boogaard

Seeking Renters?

A sister in our ward sent the following:

I have an LDS friend who is trying to move to the area from Maryland. She and her husband don't have jobs (although they have first and last months' rent and a cushion saved). They haven't been able to rent anything because they can't document income yet. Do you know anybody in the ward or stake who might be looking to rent to a very nice family?

If you would like more information, email me at fallnews@comcast.net. ~Jill Newsom

Water Barrels for Sale

We have two 50-gallon, food-grade water barrels currently full at our house in Hillsboro. We filled them about 4 years ago with filtered water and need them to go.

We are asking $25 each, but you have to drain and haul them away. If you are interested call Mike 509/460-0049.

~RuthEllen Boogaard
Usborne Books & More
www.UsborneBookStand.com

509/591-0573
503/502-5448

Stake Indexing Update

Hello! Here are the latest indexing numbers for September and YTD totals:

September records indexed: 28,146
September records arbitrated: 6139
September total: 34,285

YTD records indexed: 452,628
YTD records arbitrated: 139,981
YTD total: 592,609

We're VERY close to meeting our goal of 611,300 names indexed for the year! Maybe in the next week or two?? When it happens, I'll post a note in the My Messages section of your indexing homepage, so be sure to log in in the next couple of weeks to see if we've met the goal.

I'm happy to say that every ward in our stake has done some indexing today, October 1. Great way to start the month, and great way to show your faith in action!

Enjoy the rest of your General Conference weekend --
Stephanie Holladay, Cedar Mill stake indexing director stake.indexing.director@cm-stake.org 503-690-3603

Baptism

Troy Eggers will be baptized on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. at the stake center. He is a friend of the Klein family. Any and all support would be appreciated for this special event. Questions? Louise Drow (503) 291-1539.

Book Club

NOTE: Here's the latest on the book group. This is not an "official" RS group; any/all are welcome to join in the fun, even if you haven't read the book. Questions? e_dorrough@yahoo.com or (503) 645-8148.

So here is our list for this year:

Oct 20th - Blood Diamond, by Greg Campbell @ Beth's

Nov - In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan @ Holly's

Dec - Material World, by Peter Menzel @ TBD

Jan - Tamar, by Mal Peet @ Angie's

Feb - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford @ Marcia's

Mar - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, By Betty Smith @ JaNea's

Apr - My Name is Mary Sutter, by Robin Oliveira @ TBD

May - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson @ TBD

Jun - Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand@ TBD

Summer Read - TBD although we talked about Beach Music...

We agreed on a few things:

- Generally we will try to meet on the 3rd Thursday. We might have to adjust that some months (specifically Nov and Dec)...I will give plenty of warning. I will send out dates for the following months in a couple of weeks.

- The host will provide the treats for the evening.

- We will plan to do some movie trips - even if the book isn't on our list! : )

- Was there anything else that I missed?

I want to apologize. A couple of you didn't get the books you nominated into the mix. I am very sorry I missed them, the blame lies entirely on me and I hope that we can either consider them for the summer book or for next year's books. Please know that it wasn't intentional, and that next year I will be more methodical so that no one is missed! I am very sorry!

I am very excited for another great year of reading with great gals! Thanks to everyone!

Ellen Dorrough

New Additions

Here are two of our ward's newest additions and their wonderful moms: Sara & Cole Carter, and Maryn Rebecca Becker & Kathy Foulger. Congratulations!