Pat Sutton – In Memorian

Truckee lost a true public servant on Saturday night January 30, 2010.  Pat Sutton, Mother, Wife, Business Owner, and Public Servant in this wonderful mountain town of Truckee, California was and always will be for me a real stand up person.

Pat was a real role model for all of us citizens.  She was profoundly ethical and forever the representative of the people.  Always questioning to be sure that she was doing the best to represent her constituents.

Pat served in various capacities over the years here in Truckee but will best be remembered (at least by me) as a director on the Truckee Donner Public Utility District Board.  She also had a stint as a Supervisor with Nevada County from 1981 until 1985 and served on the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board from 1982 – 1986.

My memories of Pat mostly involve her tenacious review of PUD technical reports at board meetings.   Others in the audience would squirm with disinterest and impatience because they were forced to sit and wait until she was entirely satisfied with the explanation so that she could render an educated decision.  She seemed to revel in holding the room “hostage” while she asked many questions that had only long, arduous and, I might add — boring answers.  The district employee giving the report would, of course comply and the rest of the room would sleep while Pat sought satisfactory answers.

I will also miss the real and human side of Pat Sutton.  Great sense of humor, friendly and welcoming — always a great ambassador of Truckee.

Goodbye Pat, I will miss seeing you occasionally in the post office or talking to you once in a while when you answered the phone at Robert Sutton Paving.  Another Icon leaves this earth a better place.

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December 2009 Truckee Building Department Permits

Here is the final for the month of December from the Town of Truckee. You can see the finals are non-existent in this month and there were 3 permits issued (residential) same as last year. The commercial side looks a little busier though. Not sure what that means if anything.

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New Snow in Truckee

Here is a video I took yesterday. This is kind of an experiment since I have not done too much of it, so bear with me.

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Truckee Dance Lessons al a Ashley Willingham

One of my fellow Realtors has a daughter who just graduated from Loyola University in Los Angeles.  Her degree was in dance, I believe, and she is a talented young lady.  Ashley is home for a couple of months and will be returning to the land of opportunity to chase and find her star but in the meantime her Mom has talked her into offering a series of 4 dance lessons to those of us in Truckee who wish to better ourselves that way.

Last night was the first class that Russ and I were able to attend.  This session involved the art of learning the “line dance.”  Interestingly, the step is basically the same as the ones I learned as the “Temptation Walk.”  Of course you may have to be my age to recognize the name of this dance it refers to a Motown Group known as The Temptations who were popular in the 60’s and 70’s and hailed from my hometown — Detroit!!

Back to the class, which cost $12 per person per session, there were about 10 of us middle aged locals.  We got a good work out and certainly challenged our coordination.  Ashley did an awesome job — she was so patient — of helping us learn this skill.  If you are interested, it is taking place at the Inner Rhythms studio out at the Truckee airport on Friday nights — 2 more, from 7 til 8pm.  Give me a call and I will hook you up!!  530 400-0531.

Next week the subject dance will be “The Swing.”  My husband seems to think that this will be better for us, he claims we know this step . . . .  we’ll see.

Thanks Ashley and my fellow dance enthusiasts!

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And the Short-Sale Drama Continues

Ok, so what are the chances.  We finally get another offer into the bank on a short sale (the same one I wrote about last week) and just when it looks like we are going to get a response from the bank, Pat, the Seller (who happens to be a fireman)  gets called with his battalion to Haiti for assistance to the earthquake victims.

This poor family has a little black cloud following them around.  It is always something.  Fortunately they all have their health but the rest of their lives read like a soap opera.  Angela is a hard working mother and owns her own business.  She needs people to work for her because she has so much work that she cannot physically do it herself.  Her employees keep leaving town so she has to fulfill contracts herself.  There are 2 young children to be taken care of.  The Family has lost their home to a short-sale (well, it may or may not complete itself).  The last time I saw them (and I do see them often because of this transaction), the husband had received notification that a previous ticket had not been paid off, even though he had paid it, and the state revoked his driver’s license so he could not work.  2 days prior to that, his truck was involved in a minor accident resulting in damage to his vehicle, and now this  . . .  will it never cease?

Frankly, I am not sure that the Haitians want this man to set foot on their soil.

Seriously, I am so proud of these people.  No matter what happens they seem to go on.  They never complain, always put their shoulders to the grindstone and push through whatever new challenge they receive.  They are an inspiration to all of us.  Whenever I feel frustrated and picked upon — I only have to look to them to see how good I have it.

By the way Pat, thanks for your service to your country and the people of Haiti!!  Be safe.

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