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10 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER February 2019 Thank you, Cindy! Residents, contributors honor longtime Villager editor By PATRICK MALEE, SPECIAL WRITER, PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP A assisting us on how to get important points across. sk just about anyone in the Char- bonneau community about Cindy Garrison — who presided over these pages for just over seven years before retiring in Decem- ber — and you'll hear a similar refrain. Garrison wasn't just the editor, writer and photographer for The Charbonneau Villager — she was a friend and neighbor. “Cindy did an amazing job of connecting with people,” says Kim Hosford, administrator and events coordinator for Charbonneau Country Club. “She found a balance between being professional and making people feel very comfortable and at ease.” To honor Garrison's considerable legacy with The Villager, we asked Hosford and other community members who worked closely with her to share their lasting impressions. Di Saunders, public relations chair for Wilsonville Rotary Club: Cindy always worked tirelessly to make sure that the programs and events put on by the Wilsonville Rotary were well known by the Charbonneau community. We will miss her commitment to newsgathering, always done with a kind tenacity that was so appreciated. Larry Walker, communications chair for Charbonneau Country Club Board of Directors: A lot of people have lived here for a long time, so they want and expect a Villager that's going to deliver to them the news and info they can depend on. It gives them a sense of community, a feeling of neighborliness. That's what Cindy has been so successful in building in the time she has worked at the Villager. A consummate professional Hosford: She tried not to have Eric Hoem, Charbonneau Arts SUBMITTED PHOTO pictures of the same people each issue Association president: Cindy always Retired editor Cindy Garrison was beloved throughout the community not just for her and wanted to include a large cross- reporting and photography, but also her warm and inclusive approach. put the quality of The Villager first, section of our community. She worked and so she worked tirelessly with hard to put out a quality newspaper tasteful and personal way while taking and the community as a whole. frequent contributors like myself and and always on time. Her caring heart care not to be intrusive in the daily Mike Brown, Charbonneau Men's brought out the best in us. was the thread that ran through each workings of the people that call Club vice president: She has explored John McLain, Charbonneau Men's issue. every corner of our village, every local Charbonneau their home. Club president: Cindy showed up at Jim Meirotto, Charbonneau Country event and, most of all, the heart of Steve Hall, Charbonneau Tennis Club our events, took pictures of members Club general manager: I learned so Charbonneau — its people. Cindy has manager: She was very professional in action and always had helpful much about the community from and was a pleasure to work with. She suggestions for us. She made us better achieved what many news people talking to her and reading the Villager. strive for and that is to report the understood what we were trying to at our organization's job of accomplish and was very helpful in communicating to our club's members happenings of a community in a See CINDY / Page 18 All About Windows, Inc. Quality Window Sales & Reliable Service • Retail • Wholesale • Replacement • Repairing • Skylights • Doors • Wood • Vinyl • Aluminum Mention this ad prior to job estimate & receive 10% off labor ccb #153979 PO Box 878, Canby • 35425 S Firwood Ln. Molalla 503-969-5719 • [email protected] Slips Available at the Charbonneau Marina · Low Rental Rates! · Open to the Public For More Information, call 503-694-2300