Page 6 - Tacoma-Pierce County Lawyer Magazine - September October 2018
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PRESIDENT'S PAGE
BY STEVEN O. MERRIVAL
Life is what we celebrate.
What an incredible Bar Association we share. I am so very honored to work with each and every one of you to improve our Bar.
and friends.  e food was awesome.  e bands played the best music ever, and the children enjoyed the horse rides and the pet snake.  e natural stream made the most beautiful sounds, and the sweet blackberries were delicious. A good time was enjoyed by everyone
 e Young Lawyers are simply awesome. So committed, so motivated, so intelligent and so professional.  ey just conceived, planned and conducted their Formal Casino Night as if they had successfully managed this event for years.
The Young Lawyers are the future of our Bar, and our Bar’s future looks very, very bright and promising.
We are so very lucky to have our young lawyers.  e dress and props were awesome, great photographs were taken by Mark Brady which captured the period and atmosphere perfectly. I am hoping that this will become an annual event that becomes better and better each year.  e Young Lawyers are giving us a lot to be proud of.
Chuck Johnston and Bill White organized and gathered volunteers
to conduct another successful Lawyerpalooza in rural Purdy, with Martin Duenhoelter allowing the Bar to use his beautiful farm. It was a great experience for lawyers, sta , families
who attended.  ank you to the 76 members that contributed over $2,100 to Lawyerpalooza on the membership dues form. It truly makes a di erence.
On a sad note, one of the great members of our Bar, who has been battling cancer for years, has passed on. Many of you know and worked with Frank Loomis who was an institution in our community during his several decades at our prosecutors o ce. We have so many elder leaders, who have given so much to our community. Several years ago Frank's son, Eric, perished in an automobile accident. It always hurts when tragedy strikes our community. Goodbye my friend and colleague.
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