I had the fun of working with him for over six years when we were both professional busybodies - Tim for The West Seattle Herald and I for the City of Seattle (Department of Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Service Center Coordinator for Southwest District).

Since we both specialized in the same area, we had a lot of professional reasons to share information, but for personal reasons, we also became friends. I can't remember Tim ever saying a mean thing about anyone. What he did say, he made interesting, including many a fun lead sentence to his stories here in The Herald. He cared about doing the right thing, doing a good job. He cared about all of us.

We went to the Sunfish for dinner a couple of weeks ago. I'm so glad I had that last date. I had such a good time.

Carla Cole