Oct./Nov. 1983 RAIN Page 39 and Lane deMoll has been "to get involved in the heart of a.t.—to put our preachings into practice in a small town." In a recent letter. Lane wrote, "We built our sun- tempered house, tend a tiny, wind-swept, slug-ridden garden, use a drum privy (squat style), do our share in our cooperative food buying club, and need to fix our solar water heater." Tom now has his architecture license and has just designed a solar addition to the Cannon Beach (Oregon) Fire Station as one of his first jobs ... Mark Roseland (editor, 1979-82) and three friends are homesteading on 40 acres in southern Oregon. Their small "community" has founded the Matrix Institute, an appropriate technology educational organization. Mark also works part-time as an academic advisor at Rogue Community College. Writing and editing gets into your blood when you work at RAIN; after awhile, you even edit letters from your mother. A number of former Rainmakers do some writing/editing, and a few have chosen to make a (light) living from it... Several national and local publications have asked Carlotta Collette (editor, 1979-82) to write articles for them. Her most recent project was writing an article on St. Paul's (Minnesota) home-grown economy for In Business magazine. Carlotta also won local acclaim through her work as an on-the-street reporter for "Portland on Line," a TV talk show covering such controversial current events as the founding of the local chapter of Guardian Angels, and the failure of the Washington Public Power Supply System ... Nancy Cosper (Resource Center staffer, 1981-83) continues to write for RAIN. Nancy recently became a Rain Umbrella Board member and is channeling her spirit and energy toward making it an effective advisory group .. . Did you do a double take when you saw who is editing this issue? Yes sirree!! John Ferrell is back and using his superb writing and editing skills to create the masterpiece you now hold in your hands. He will leave us as soon as we hire a new RAIN editor... Among other things, Steve Ames edited Earthwatch Oregon, the Oregon Environmental Council magazine, for a time after leaving RAIN in 1979 ... You've probably noticed that Tom Bender has kept in touch with RAIN since his departure four years ago, and continues to pour his thoughts through his pen to our readers ... Last week, Tanya Kucak (RAIN staff, 1981) dropped by RAIN during her visit to Portland from California. Tanya is an editor for Infoworld, a popular computer magazine based in Palo Alto ... Mimi Maduro (guest editor, 1983, and longtime Rain Umbrella Board member) writes computer software and hardware guides that people can understand. She also lends her support and spirit to a "Women in Technology" group here in Portland. The only job that takes more time and energy than being a Rainmaker is being a parent... Both Lane deMoll and Becky Banyas-Koach are currently employed as full-time mothers, with all the overtime hours, stress, and joy that job entails. Lane is also organizing a new school (Fire Mountain Elementary School), and, in her remaining "spare" time, is involved in a local birthing information network. What do Findhom, the Green Party, and a taverna in Greece have in common with RAIN? Steve Rudman, of course. Steve (Resource Center staffer, 1981-82) spread RAIN posters all over Europe during his year-long trek from June '82 to June '83. His time away from home gave him a chance to re-evaluate and re-design his personal goals. He's now back in Portland, a member of the Rain Umbrella Board, and ready to stir the city to action. We should all approach our work as fine artisans would. Three Rainmakers have made art (in the traditional sense) an integral part of their lives ... Pauline Deppen (business/circulation manager, 1979-80) served on the Rain Umbrella Board for a year after leaving the staff. She has become an excellent weaver of silk threads which magically turn into beautiful cloth ... Linda Sawaya (graphic design and layout artist/co-editor/ office manager, 1977-79) brings order and beauty to her work as a graphic designer with Oregon Public Broadcasting .. . Gail Katz (RAIN contributor since 1979) is a mechanical and electrical engineer who also has talents in stage design and construction, auto mechanics, and building construction. There you have it. A complete partial list of how some of our old friends are plapng their part in building a world that reflects the vision we've been jawing about for the last nine years in RAIN. Let's not stop here, though. Let us all look forward to the next nine years, and the next nine after that, and plan the part each of us will play to enrich the communities in which we live. □ □ Candidates for the Best/Worst RAIN Article Titles Boiling Over in Bean Town Ouly '81) Escargot on a Slug Budget (Oct. '80) Go Naked with the Leopard, Carry a Transistor Radio (June '78) Involuntary Self-Reliance, or Badtimes from Bonzo 0uly '81) I've Look at Codes from Both Sides Now (June '82) Keeping Tenants Toasty (Feb. /Mar. '80) No Drought About It (Apr. '77) Reach Out, Reach Out and Byte Someone (July '82) Silly President Carter (Apr. '78) The Third Pig is Always the Fattest: Economics of Firch PUes (May '77) What is to Give Light Must Endure Burning (May '78) You Can Fuel AU of the People Some of the Time (Oct. '80)
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