— 4 — Windswept RAPS Hiking Club member Maxine Thomas walks along the overlook to the beach at Ecola State Park during the Hiking Club’s outing on May 25. The overlook offers spectacular views to the beach below, the rocks offshore, and the historic Tillamook Head lighthouse. With the original hike from Ecola Park to Indian Beach shelved because recent rain turned the trail to mud, the hikers chose to walk the beach from Haystack Rock to Tolovana. Terry Rohe and Jack Cooper hosted lunch at their nearby home. Photo by Karen Vogelsang A word from your about-to-be former ‘RAPS Sheet’ editor Your fearless editor has some good news and some better news. The good news is that I am retiring after three-plus years of editing The RAPS Sheet, providing an opportunity for new blood to make a better publication. The better news is that Dawn White is the new blood. Dawn has been a Portland State fixture for, well, a long time. She joined the RAPS Board of Directors a couple of years ago, has been a tireless worker on a number of projects, and it took only a minimal amount of smooth talking to convince her to edit The RAPS Sheet. There’s nuthin’ to it, Dawn. Really. My thanks go to Mary Brannan for convincing me to take on this job back in January 2007. It has been an immensely enjoyable task. Even more enjoyable has been meeting new friends on the board, renewing old acquaintanceships, and attending the Program/Speaker Series. My thanks also go to those who contributed club news, “Past Tense” columns, Hiking Club photos, and travel articles to The RAPS Sheet. You made it a better newsletter by doing so. A special tip of the hat goes to Vic Dahl, who does such a fine job on the obituaries, a sad but necessary duty. The good ship RAPS Sheet now goes into dry dock for the summer. It will be back in September, with Dawn at the helm—which makes you a member of a lucky crew, indeed. —Doug Swanson
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