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Wolfgang Hampel - and Betty MacDonald fan club fans,
Don Woodfin was a very good friend of Betty and Donald MacDonald.
Don's son, artist and poet Perry Woodfin is Betty MacDonald fan club honor member.
Don and Perry Woodfin will be included in Wolfgang Hampel's new project Vita Magica.
Don't miss breakfast at the bookstore with Brad and Nick, please.
Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli is going to celebrate his birthday soon.
If you know Mr. Tigerli's birthday send us a mail, please.
You could win a new Betty MacDonald fan club event DVD.
Good luck!
Frank
Don't miss this very special book, please.
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The Thrills of Owning a Chicken Ranch
One hundred years ago today, Vashon Island's own Betty MacDonald was born. The author of The Egg & I, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and many other books, MacDonald garnered a worldwide following and still has millions of fans today.
Why do I care? Number one, if you can't celebrate your local heroes, what the F can you do? Number two, my grandfather Don Woodfin
had a chicken farm in Lisabeula (an area on Vashon) in the 1940s and
'50s, and was a good friend of Betty and her family. He built them a
barn,
chicken coup, and caretaker house, all of which are now recognized
National Historical Landmarks. Don was immortalized as "the
unforgettable Marine" in Betty's book Onions in the Stew,
her story of life on Vashon. After 9/11, many members of the
international Betty MacDonald Fan Club e-mailed me to offer their best
wishes and let us know that they were thinking of us, all because he had
built her barn. It was really nice.
Click for more: architecture, chickens, Donald Woodfin, eggs, history
US election 2016: New Hampshire votes in key primary
People
in the US state of New Hampshire have been voting in the contests to
select the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates.
On
the Republican side, frontrunner Donald Trump is hoping for a better
performance than in last week's Iowa caucuses, won by Senator Ted Cruz.The main Democratic race is between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
Most polls closed at 19:00 local time (midnight GMT), with officials predicting a historically high turnout.
Opinion surveys conducted before the vote indicate that Mr Trump is the favourite to win for the Republicans, leaving Mr Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush to vie for second place.
On the Democratic side, a large victory was predicted for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The tiny town of Dixville Notch cast the first votes at midnight on Tuesday, favouring Bernie Sanders and John Kasich.
Under New Hampshire state law, towns with populations of under 100 can apply to cast their vote as the clock strikes midnight and close the polling station as soon as everyone has voted.
Counting the votes
Of the handful of voters in Dixville Notch in the early hours, four Democrats chose Mr Sanders, while of the Republicans two picked Donald Trump and three went for Ohio Governor John Kasich.
Mr Sanders, a senator from neighbouring Vermont and a self-proclaimed "Democratic socialist", is hoping for a victory in New Hampshire over Hillary Clinton.
Mrs Clinton, who is backed by the Democratic establishment, narrowly won in Iowa.
New Hampshire officials are predicting as many as 550,000 people turning up to vote on Tuesday.
The Republican race has been particularly fractious. Several candidates tore into Florida Senator Marco Rubio - who came a strong third in Iowa - during a televised debate at the weekend.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie accused Mr Rubio of being inexperienced and scripted. "You have not been involved in a consequential decision," he said.
What are primaries and caucuses?
- They are the first contests in the US presidential race in which states decide who becomes each party's official candidate
- Caucuses are a series of private meetings in which voters express support for candidates with a show of hands. Usually only registered voters, affiliated with a specific party, can take part
- Primaries are run by state governments and voting is done in a secret ballot
- Each primary or caucus earns delegates for the winning candidates who then vote for them at party conventions in July in which the final candidates are formally confirmed
How the US elects its president
Rubio feels the heat
Hillary Clinton's problem with young women
Bloomberg eyes entering race
Mr Rubio was also assailed by billionaire Donald Trump and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
On Monday Mr Trump repeated his pledge to strengthen harsh interrogation technique to terrorism suspects, vowing to bring back waterboarding and "a hell of a lot worse".
Mr Cruz, an evangelical conservative from Texas who like Mr Trump is running on an anti-establishment platform, has called his win in the Iowa caucuses a "victory for the grassroots".
Several of the seven Republicans on stage have staked much on New Hampshire, analysts say.
