By Jeff Moorman

Important note regarding meeting arrangements. For the months of February, March, and April we will be meeting downstairs in the church Fellowship Hall, not upstairs where we have been. That space is being used to temporarily house a tax service. However, the church hosts community dinners in the Fellowship Hall on the evenings we meet. Those dinners end at 7:00, so their clean-up will overlap our set-up. Therefore, we may encounter some situations where we need to be flexible.

Next Clinic:

The next Seattle-North clinic is Thursday, February 2, 2017. The agenda includes a “surprise” video which is supposed to build on the theme of our last meeting, the “Rocky Mountain Express”. If time permits, we will also do another installment of our fallen flags mini-clinics and/or start a discussion of creating layout backgrounds.

Last Clinic:

Just about all our time was taken up looking at “Rocky Mountain Express” and the ensuing discussion. Hopefully you got to see it when it was at the Pacific Science Center IMAX earlier this month, since our small screen wall projection did not do it visual justice.

Bobj B. was on hand to add some commentary about shooting the movie. He was actually on the train, leading a tour group, when much of the filming took place. His stories about the care and feeding of railfan tourists (and film crews) was very, very interesting.

Directions: We meet at the Ronald United Methodist Church, 17839 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline, WA. That is on the west side of Aurora (State Route 99) between 175th and 185th Streets and more specifically, between the Cadillac dealer on the south and Deseret Industries to the north. Going southbound on Aurora, make a right-hand turn into the church driveway immediately after passing the Deseret location. The parking lot is at the rear of the church. From the lot go up the steps to the main entrance. Once inside, the room where we meet is up to your left. [Per the note above you can follow these instructions, but go down the stairs once inside. Or you can enter the lower level door on the far left from the rear parking lot.] Additional information including a map can be viewed by clicking here.

Meetings are the first Thursday of each month, usually September to May. In June we often do something different, so there is no “regular” meeting. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the program will start at 7:30.

Remember the next regular evening meeting is February 2, 2017. The next clinic after that will be March 2. Hope to see you there or at least sometime on down the line.