Mary Bertrand This is Me

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1. 1. BCNG Portals Page

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   Published on: 3/18/2006   Last Visited: 3/19/2006

   The creative writing sample struck a chord with Mary Bertrand, president of the conservation group Chums of Barker Creek. Bertrand and her sister Kathleen Pinsch, secretary of the Chums, served as judges in the Reflections contest after being contacted by Tara Morrow, CK PTA Council chairwoman.
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   "She asked my sister and me if we would judge some of the literature and some of the art on the junior high level," Bertrand said. While reading the entries â€" handed to judges with an anonymous reference number, instead of a name â€" Bertrand decided there was one selection that would be perfect for the Chums' newsletter. "There's something about that poem that gets to a deeper part of your being," Bertrand said. She contacted Pinsch and asked whether the author would give permission to the Chums to print the poem. Eathorne's work was printed on the first page of the December newsletter and Bertrand sent it out to everyone who has ever paid membership dues to the organization.
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   Radin was passing through the county on his way to Port Townsend to visit his daughter in the early 1990s, Bertrand said.
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   The last time Radin paid a membership fee was 1996, Bertrand said.
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   The poem's success could be measured in the Reflections Program award, or in Radin's letter, or in the shower of requests for copies of text that Bertrand received when she read the piece at a community meeting.

2. 2. kitsapsun.com: Local

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   Published on: 10/6/2005   Last Visited: 10/6/2005

   Mary Bertrand, unofficial guardian of Barker Creek, has been churning political waters lately to increase attention on a salmon-blocking culvert north of Tracyton.
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   Assigning blame is not easy, but it's clearly a problem of communication between the county, the grant recipient and two engineers involved in the project, said Bertrand, a longtime advocate with the group Chums of Barker Creek.
   
   "That culvert in the estuary is probably the most important project that could be done on Barker Creek," she said, "and Barker Creek is an incredibly important salmon stream."
   
   Bertrand said it pains her to see salmon milling in the estuary, unable to climb up into the culvert except at high tide. While restoration work is under way in the stream, the salmon are still struggling to get under Tracyton Beach Road.
   
   Bertrand has taken her concerns to the Kitsap County Commissioners and has written a series of e-mails in an effort to break the logjam.
   
   County Commissioner Patty Lent has asked all parties involved to meet with her Oct. 17 to see what can be done.
   
   "We're all frustrated," Lent said, "and we'd really like to get it done next year."
   
   Initially, the project cost was held to $500,000 to ensure grant funding, Bertrand said.
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   Bertrand has been writing to anyone who might help.
   
   "We have to do whatever it takes to get this project done," she said.

3. 3. Welcome to Community Portal

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   Published on: 3/26/2002   Last Visited: 3/26/2002

   Mary Bertrand shows where Pinsch Creek crosses her property on Barker Creek Road near the county Fairgrounds. Bertrand says that construction of the Pavilion 17 years ago caused environmental damage, and she fears a new ice arena would exacerbate the problem.
   
   03/26/2002 Neighbors worry about ice arena's possible impact on creeks
   
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   "Even years later, silt is still a problem," said Bertrand, a member of the Chums of Barker Creek.
   
   The same creek, Pinsch, flows beneath the land on which the planned Silverdale ice arena would be built, according to county maps.
   
   The arena team announced March 7 that it will employ a system to collect and filter stormwater below ground. Bertrand, whose parents bought the land in 1941, fears the water will feed into the underground creek and create excessive runoff.
   
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   It think it's very exciting," Bertrand said.
   
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