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MAY 2020IRWA CHAPTER THREE’S AWARD WINNING NEWSLET TER
BEAVER TALESS T R I V I N G T O K E E P Y O U C O N N E C T E D
MEMBER SPOTLIGHTThis month’s spot l ight is a good one with Car ly Ruggles, who takes the t ime to te l l us what she appreciates about our industr y. >>> Pages 8
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTI n our Pres ident ’s Message Anna steps in to remind us to take in the quiet moments. >>> Page 6
ACTIVITIESTired of the Stay at Home order? We’ve tucked a crossword puzzle ins ide to t r y to help with your quarant ine blues.
» Keto egg salad.
04 CHAPTER AND LUNCHEON HIGHLIGHTS
Check here each month for
the most current informa-
t ion on luncheons, Young
Profess ional socia ls , and
other specia l events.
06 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTI n our Pres ident ’s Message
Anna steps in to remind
us to take in the quiet
moments.
08 MEMBER SPOTLIGHTTh i s m o n t h’s s p o t l i g h t
i s a g o o d o n e w i t h Ca r l y
R u g g l e s w h o t a k e s t h e
t i m e to te l l u s w h a t s h e
a p p re c i a te s a b o u t t h e
i n d u s t r y.
14 AC TIVITIESTired of the stay at home
order? We’ve tucked a
crossword puzzle ins ide
to t r y to help with your
quarant ine blues?
Q U O T E :
“ C h a n g e i s t h e l a w o f l i f e , a n d t h o s e w h o l o o k o n l y t o t h e p a s t a n d p r e s e n t a r e c e r t a i n t o m i s s t h e f u t u r e . ”
- J o h n F . K e n n e d y
B E A V E R T A L E S | M a y 2 0 2 0
2 CONTENTS
EAT SMART WORK SMART
K E TO E G G S A L A D
2 T B S P M AYO N N A I S E
3 T S P. L E M O N J U I C E
1 T B S P. F I N E LY C H O P P E D C H I V E S
B L AC K P E P P E R
S E A S A LT
6 H A R D B O I L E D E G G S , P E E L E D A N D C H O P P E D
1 AV O C A D O, C U B E D
L E T T U C E , F O R S E R V I N G
CO O K E D B ACO N B I T S , F O R TO P P I N G
1 ) I n a medium bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, lemon juice, and chives.
2 ) Add eggs and avocado, and toss to gent ly combine.
3 ) S eason with sa l t and pepper to taste.
4 ) S er ve on lettuce and top with bacon bits .
*M akes approximately s ix 130 calor ie ser v ings.
B E A V E R T A L E S | M a y 2 0 2 0
3
LU N C H E O N
Due to recent events,
we have canceled
our luncheons unt i l
fur ther not ice. We
can’t wait to see a l l
your lovely faces in
person again soon, so
keep your eyes out for
emai ls f rom the board
with information on
upcoming events ! We
wi l l a lso update the
website when we k now
more about our nex t
luncheon.
B OA R D M E E T I N G
Al l members are
encouraged to attend
board meet ings to col -
laborate and share
their ideas !
June 12, 2020
10:30 AM - 12 :00 PM
The nex t board
meet ing wi l l be held in
June on a v i r tual p lat-
form. Al l members are
encouraged to attend.
Keep your eyes on your
emai ls to be sure you
don’t miss the invite !
D AV I D B A L F O U R star ted his R ight of Way
career in 2012. He is a Cer t i f ied General Real
Estate Appraiser. This i s h is second year vol -
unteer ing for the IR WA where he wi l l ser ve as
2019-2020 Chapter 3 Vice Pres ident .
G E N E S E E J AYA S U R I YA star ted her R ight of Way
career in 2004. She is an Appraiser Ass istant
pursuing the State Cer t i f ied General Appraiser
l icense. This i s her f i rst year volunteer ing
for IR WA where she wi l l ser ve as 2019-2020
Chapter 3 Treasurer.
E R N I E T I S C H H AU S E R star ted his R ight
of Way career in 2018. He is a Review
Appraiser. This i s h is f i rst year volunteer ing
for the IR WA where he wi l l ser ve as 2019-
2020 Chapter 3 S ecretar y.
TA R A H E E S AC K E R star ted her R ight of Way
career in 1999. She specia l izes in del iver-
ing acquis i t ion and re locat ion projec ts.
This i s her four th year volunteer ing for the
IR WA where she wi l l ser ve as 2019-2020
Chapter 3 Pres ident E lec t .
A N N A M I C H A L S K I star ted her R ight of Way
career in 2013. She specia l izes in Relocat ion
and Condemnation. This i s her f i f th year vol -
unteer ing for the IR WA where she wi l l ser ve
as 2019-2020 Chapter 3 Pres ident .
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4 LUNCHEON INFO MEE T THE BOARD
JACKPOT
The last luncheon jackpot
was $225 and the winning
chapter member was not
present to collect! Check
future issues of Beaver Tales
to see how much the next
luncheon jackpot will be!
GIFT CARDS
Don’t forget to attend our
next luncheon for a chance
to win various $15 retailer
giftcards!
FREE LUNCHEON
Potential new members
who attend luncheons have
a chance to win a free lun-
cheon entry!
J I M L I N G E M A N started his career in Right of
Way in 2001. He specializes in Appraisal and
Appraisal Review. This is his ninth year volun-
teering for the IRWA where he wi l l ser ve as
2019-2021 Region 7 Chair.
C Y N D I W H E L P L E Y started her Right of Way
career in 1992. She specializes in acquisi-
tion & relocation services. This is her 17th
year volunteering for the IRWA where she wi l l
ser ve as 2019-2021 Region 7 Vice Chair.
KRISTA CHAMBERS, SR/WA started her Right of
Way career in 2005. She specializes in acquisi-
tion services. This is her 4th year volunteering
for the IRWA where she wi l l ser ve as 2019-
2021 Region 7 Secretary.
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5LUNCHEON WINNERSMEE T THE CHAIRS
ANNA MICHALSKI“Something I ’ve come to appreciate about the t imes in l i fe that don’t go
smoothly or as planned: the unique oppor tunit y I have to learn about or
see things f rom a perspec t ive I might not other wise.”
I am not cer ta in when we
wi l l be able to gather in
person as a chapter With
a l l that i s going on around
us, you’d think I ’d be able
to star t out with something
better than, “Can you bel ieve
we are a lmost a l ready hal fway
through 2020?? !”
We have had so much thrown
at us in this shor t year thus
far. How is ever yone handl ing
i t a l l?
For some of us, th is whole
distancing f rom one another
may have come on as a
welcome repr ieve f rom the
dai ly gr ind. For others, i t
may feel as i f we’re s i t t ing in
a real ly long and drawn out
adult t imeout . Personal ly, I
th ink I vaci l late bet ween the
t wo, depending on the day. I n
the midst of how we a l l feel
about our changing surround-
ings, are the real - l i fe impac ts
to our indiv idual and col lec-
t ive re lat ional and f inancia l
s i tuat ions. I t ru ly hope you a l l
are managing wel l with what-
ever this t ime has brought
your way.
Something I ’ve come to
appreciate about the t imes
in l i fe that don’t go smoothly
or as planned: the unique
oppor tunit y I have to learn
about or see things f rom a
perspec t ive I might not oth-
er wise. Al l the shi f ts in the
way we do our normal day to
day have real ly provided me
with many oppor tunit ies to
quest ion what par ts of that
‘normal ’ I wi l l cont inue to
subscr ibe to when we a l l get
to go back out into the world
and mingle as we once did,
before the dreaded ‘C ’ word
came on scene.
M aybe i t i s only this way for
some of us. I ’m sure there are
those wired to take things in
di f ferent ly and tend to see
people l ike me as something
pecul iar to f igure out? For
me, in order to real ly see with
c lar i t y, a d i rec t ion I need to
go in or an answer to some -
thing my mind is t r y ing to
work out , I need to get quiet .
The world, and even my own
thoughts tend to make quiet
in my head, a ver y necessar y
and intent ional prac t ice.
This reminds me of something
I heard Steven Spielberg
speak about in a motivat ional
speech years ago. I t was an
impromptu ta lk he gave to a
group of graduate students
and he star ted of f by expla in-
ing to them that when he was
enter ing col lege he hadn’t
declared a major. The col lege
he was attending didn’t have
a program in direc t ing and
f i lm or he’d have gone in that
di rec t ion as he a l ready k new
what he wanted to do for h is
career. H is father encour-
aged him to major in Engl ish
so that he’d have an oppor tu-
nit y to teach i f he needed to,
te l l ing him that he needed a
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6 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
fa l l back career – you k now,
in case the direc t ing thing
didn’t pan out . M r. Spie lberg
went on to say that though
he v iews teaching as one of
the most noble of a l l careers,
i t wasn’t what moved him, i t
wasn’t h is pass ion. What he
has s ince learned and states
he consistent ly te l ls h is chi l -
dren is th is :
“L isten to the whisper. The
hardest thing to l i s ten to,
your inst inc ts, your intuit ion
– human personal intuit ion
– a lways whispers, i t never
shouts. I t ’s ver y hard to hear,
so you have to, ever y day of
your l ives, be ready to hear
what whispers in your ear. I t
ver y rarely shouts and i f you
can l i s ten to the whisper and
i f i t t ick les your hear t and is
something you think you want
to do for the rest of your l i fe
then that is going to be what
you do for the rest of your l i fe
and we wi l l a l l benef i t f rom
ever ything you do.”
I th ink M r. Spie lberg overs im-
pl i f ies a bi t here. How nice
would i t be i f a l l we needed
to do was fol low in the direc-
t ion of our t ick led hear t and
we’d a l l be doing what we
are pass ionate about for the
remainder of our l ives? I do
understand the sent iment
though and I agree. I bel ieve
we are a l l presented with
oppor tunit ies in l i fe to move
toward something that
inspires us and makes l i fe and
even our work , more ful f i l l ing
and purposeful . We just need
to be paying attent ion and
have the capacit y to receive i t
when i t ’s in f ront of us.
Even when we aren’t in the
middle of a v i ra l pandemic,
i t ’s impor tant we remem-
ber to car ve out some space
in our wor ld to hear and give
attent ion to that quiet , intu-
i t ive voice each one of us
have. What is yours te l l ing
you?*
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7
Wh a t i s y o u r
p r o f e s s i o n a l ,
e d u c a t i o n a l ,
a n d / o r v o l u n t e e r b a c k -
g r o u n d ? I h a v e a B a c h e l o r
o f S c i e n c e i n p h i l o s o -
p h y f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y
o f W i s c o n s i n - S t e v e n s
P o i n t , a s w e l l a s a
B a c h e l o r o f A r t s i n c o m -
m u n i c a t i o n s m a n a g e m e n t
f r o m M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t e
U n i v e r s i t y i n M i n n e a p o l i s ,
M i n n e s o t a . I t r a n s i t i o n e d
i n t o r e a l e s t a t e s a l e s a f t e r
m o v i n g t o O r e g o n i n 2 0 1 7
a n d h e l p e d p e o p l e b u y
a n d s e l l h o m e s i n O r e g o n
a n d W a s h i n g t o n . I v o l -
u n t e e r w i t h a n i m a l s h e l -
t e r s a s a n a d o p t i o n c o o r -
d i n a t o r a n d c a r e g i v e r a n d
e n j o y s p e n d i n g t i m e w i t h
t h e h o m e l e s s c a t s .
W h a t b r o u g h t y o u i n t o t h e
R i g h t - o f - W a y i n d u s t r y a n d
w h a t i s y o u r c u r r e n t r o l e ?
T h e r i g h t o f w a y i n d u s -
t r y w a s a h a p p y s u r p r i s e .
A l t h o u g h r e a l e s t a t e s a l e s
c a n b e a f u n , e x c i t i n g
c a r e e r , I l o n g e d f o r s t a -
b i l i t y a n d r o u t i n e . E p i c
L a n d S o l u t i o n s h i r e d m e
a s a r i g h t o f w a y a g e n t ,
a n d I c o u l d n ’ t b e h a p p i e r !
A l t h o u g h t h e r e i s m u c h t o
l e a r n , I b e l i e v e m y e x p e r i -
e n c e i n r e a l e s t a t e g r e a t l y
b e n e f i t e d t h e t r a n s i t i o n
i n t o m y n e w r o l e i n t h e
i n d u s t r y .
W h a t a b o u t R i g h t - o f - W a y
i n t e r e s t s y o u t h e m o s t ?
E v e r y p r o j e c t i s a n o p p o r -
t u n i t y t o l e a r n s o m e t h i n g
n e w . W h a t i n t e r e s t s m e
m o s t i s t h e l a s t i n g p o s -
i t i v e i m p a c t t h e p u b l i c
w o r k s p r o j e c t s h a v e o n
t h e c o m m u n i t y a n d m y
p a r t i n h e l p i n g t o m o v e
t h e p r o j e c t f o r w a r d . I f i n d
a g r e a t s e n s e o f p r i d e
k n o w i n g t h e s e p r o j e c t s
a r e f o r t h e c o m m o n p u b l i c
g o o d . I a l s o e n j o y w o r k i n g
d i r e c t l y w i t h p r o p e r t y
CARLY RUGGLES“ I f ind a great sense of pr ide k nowing these projects are for the common
public good. ”
» Carly hiking one of Oregon’s great waterfalls.
B E A V E R T A L E S | M a y 2 0 2 0
8 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
o w n e r s a n d g e t t i n g t o
h e l p t h e m t h r o u g h t h e
p r o c e s s .
W h a t d o e s b e i n g a
m e m b e r o f t h e I R W A m e a n
t o y o u ? I R W A m e m b e r -
s h i p a n d e v e n t s o f f e r
a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o f i n d
c o m r a d e r y , c o n n e c t i o n
a n d g r o w t h w i t h i n s u c h
a n e x p a n s i v e i n d u s t r y .
W i t h o u t t h e l o c a l I R W A
C h a p t e r , a l o t o f c o n n e c -
t i o n s a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s
m a y n o t m a n i f e s t . I a l s o
e n j o y t h e e d u c a t i o n a l
o p p o r t u n i t i e s t h e c h a p t e r
o f f e r s . A s a n e w e r a g e n t ,
I w a n t t o a b s o r b a s m u c h
k n o w l e d g e a s p o s s i b l e !
H o w d o y o u t h i n k v o l u n -
t e e r i n g f o r t h e I R W A h a s
i m p a c t e d y o u r l i f e a n d /
o r c a r e e r ? I a c c e p t e d t h e
r o l e a s t h e y o u n g p r o -
f e s s i o n a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
f o r t h e c h a p t e r , w h i c h
a l l o w s f o r a n e v e n g r e a t e r
o p p o r t u n i t y t o m a k e c o n -
n e c t i o n s w i t h i n t h e i n d u s -
t r y . T h e y o u n g p r o f e s s i o n -
a l s a r e t h e f u t u r e o f t h e
i n d u s t r y a n d I a m h o n o r e d
t o b e c h o s e n t o r e p r e s e n t
t h a t d e m o g r a p h i c .
W h a t h a s b e e n t h e
b i g g e s t c h a l l e n g e f o r y o u
c o m i n g i n t o r i g h t - o f - w a y
f r o m t h e p r i v a t e r e a l
e s t a t e i n d u s t r y ? T h e
p r o c e s s o f a d a p t i n g t o a
m o s t l y s e t s c h e d u l e a n d
r o u t i n e h a s b e e n b e n e f i -
c i a l t o m y l i f e , b u t a l s o
c h a l l e n g i n g .
W h a t i s y o u r f a v o r i t e
H o b b y ? S n o w b o a r d i n g ! A s
a s e a s o n p a s s h o l d e r a t
M t . H o o d M e a d o w s , I w e n t
a l m o s t e v e r y w e e k e n d .
O v e r a l l , I p r e f e r s u m m e r
a n d i n t h e w a r m e r m o n t h s
I e n j o y b i c y c l i n g , h i k i n g ,
c a m p i n g a n d p a t i o h a n g s ,
y a y f o r w a r m w e a t h e r a n d
s u n s h i n e !
W h a t i s t h e w e i r d e s t
f o o d y o u ’ v e e v e r e a t e n ,
a n d h o w w a s i t i n t r o -
d u c e d t o y o u ? C h a p u l i n e s .
T h e y a r e r o a s t e d a n d
s e a s o n e d g r a s s h o p p e r s
t h a t a r e c o m m o n d e l i -
c a c y i n s o u t h e r n M e x i c o .
A s a v e g e t a r i a n i t w a s a
m o r a l l y c o m p r o m i s i n g
d e c i s i o n t o e a t o n e , b u t
I w a s p e e r p r e s s u r e d t o
» Carly with her loves.
B E A V E R T A L E S | M a y 2 0 2 0
9
t r y i t - I w a s u l t i m a t e l y
u n i m p r e s s e d . M y c l o s e s t
f r i e n d l i v e d i n O a x a c a ,
M e x i c o f o r m a n y y e a r s I
w e n t t o v i s i t h e r o f t e n ,
s h e h a s a l w a y s b e e n
g o o d a t p r e s s u r i n g m e
t o t r y n e w t h i n g s .
W h a t i s y o u r f a v o r i t e
v a c a t i o n s p o t , a n d w h y
d o y o u l o v e i t ? I l o v e
w a r m , s u n n y b e a c h e s .
M y f a v o r i t e s p o t t o d a t e
i s P u e r t o E s c o n d i d o ,
M e x i c o . I w e n t h e r e o n
m y f i r s t s o l o b a c k p a c k -
i n g t r i p t o t r y w a r m
w a t e r s u r f i n g . I s t a y e d
a t a h o s t e l a n d m e t
e x t r e m e l y k i n d , f a s c i -
n a t i n g p e o p l e f r o m a l l
o v e r t h e w o r l d . N o t t o
m e n t i o n I g o t t o r i d e
s o m e p e r f e c t w a v e s !
W h a t i s t h e n u m b e r o n e
i t e m o n y o u r b u c k e t l i s t ,
a n d w h y i s i t i m p o r -
t a n t t o y o u ? I i n t e n d t o
v i s i t A o s h i m a I s l a n d . I t
i s a s m a l l i s l a n d o f f t h e
c o a s t o f J a p a n t h a t i s
i n h a b i t e d b y o v e r 1 0 0
c a t s ! A s a c a t l o v e r , t h i s
p l a c e s o u n d s m a g i c a l .
W o u l d y o u r a t h e r g o
3 0 - D a y s w i t h o u t a
p h o n e , o r y o u r e n t i r e
l i f e w i t h n o d e s s e r t ? I
w o u l d c h o o s e t o l i v e
w i t h o u t a p h o n e , i f I
c o u l d g e t a w a y w i t h i t ! I
w o u l d u s e t h o s e 3 0 d a y s
t o t r a v e l a n d l i v e i n t h e
m o m e n t . A l s o , I l o v e
d e s s e r t .
W h a t i s o n e l e s s o n y o u
l e a r n e d a s a c h i l d t h a t
h a s s t u c k w i t h y o u
t h r o u g h o u t y o u r e n t i r e
a d u l t l i f e ? S t a n d u p f o r
w h a t i s r i g h t , e v e n i f i t s
n o t t h e p o p u l a r o p i n i o n .
I f y o u w e r e g r a n t e d a
s e c o n d l i f e , a n d w e r e
a b l e t o c h o o s e w h a t
y o u w a n t e d t o b e w h e n
y o u c a m e b a c k , w h a t
w o u l d y o u b e , a n d w h y ?
I l i k e m y l i f e ; I w o u l d n ’ t
c h a n g e i t i f I c o u l d !
W h a t i s y o u r s p i r i t
a n i m a l ? M y s p i r i t a n i m a l
i s a c a t . I a m i n d e -
p e n d e n t , h a v e a l o v e -
a b l e p e r s o n a l i t y a n d ,
m o s t i m p o r t a n t l y , e n j o y
n a p s . *
» Carly snowboarding on the mountain.
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STAY-AT-HOME CROSSWORD
1 2 B O A R D M E E T I N G T h e r e w i l l b e n o b o a r d m e e t i n g i n M a y . T h e J u n e b o a r d m e e t i n g w i l l b e h e l d v i r t u a l l y . M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d -
i n g a c c e s s t o t h e m e e t i n g w i l l d i s t r i b u t e d v i a e m a i l t o t h e e m a i l s w e h a v e o n r e c o r d - t o b e s u r e y o u a r e p r o v i d e d w i t h t h e m o s t u p t o d a t e i n f o , p l e a s e m a k e s u r e y o u r c o n t a c t d e t a i l s a r e a c c u r a t e o n i r w a o n l i n e . o r g .
J U N E
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