Meet Bill and Margie Ellis

Forty years ago Bill Ellis was selling houses on Sunland golf course in Sequim and twenty years ago Margie was acting in stage plays at Carco Theatre in Renton.

Now they are living full time in Sequim and Bill is up to his ears in a business he owns and Margie is a popular actress in stage plays in the local theatre.

He was a salesman in Burien while their two kids were going to Highline schools. The airport expansion bought their home.

Bill was an avid golfer at Tyee and Margie served patrons at the once popular Black Angus Restaurant.

Now they are happily living in Sequim and loving every minute.

Bill has a thriving business of his own, serving cities all over the nation with products they need for traffic control.

An early-bird story

When I went out at seven to get the morning paper, I spotted a big heron sitting on Ken Smith's bulkhead so I wobbled back in the house, grabbed my camera and Beth's walker and snuck up gingerly and took some shots.

The batteries quit so I went back in and got fresh batteries and went back out.

In hope I could get it to fly while I was leaning against the fence for security, I yelled out loud in bird talk (bark, barrack, HEY HEY) but he just sat there.

Suddenly a fishing boat appeared close up in the background and I snapped one or two just before the big bird skydaddled up and away.

I came back in and made coffee and heard a knock on the back door. I checked and it was Ken Smith who had rescued me before when I fell in the shower.

He was barely dressed, his head was tousled and he looked stricken.

I opened the door. I told him told him the bird story and I said thanks and he went back home to bed, shaking his uncombed head