To the editor:

Thank you so much for the community appreciation for what Bob has done. It was an epic event, beyond what he might have hoped, though he planned much of it himself.

It became a reunion of so many who connected with him over the years.

Requiem written for him expressly by Mark Nichols. Wowza.

As a momma bear, I want it known that we have four daughters who spoke with elegance, though they were not highlighted in the report. And, it isn’t genetic. Anna, Kristin and Molly and Heidi all came to their writing ability with hard work and practice. Bob would want this known.

MERRY MCALLISTER

Bainbridge Island