(Hutchens),+Karen+Salant

Karen (Hutchens) Salant 5288 Little Applegate Road Jacksonville, OR 27530 541-899-8295 pksalant@aol.com

**1999:**I am really sorry to miss this gathering.I had been looking forward to it for a while, but when it came down to dates there was an irreconcilable conflict.I have not seen most of you for 10 years, and I suppose there have been as many changes for you as for me in that period.Briefly, my husband and I moved from the Sierra foothills in central California in 1991 due to a transfer in his business.Shortly thereafter we decided to have a child, and with the help of miracles of modern medicine, in Feb. of 1993 we had a beautiful baby girl.She is about to enter the first grade.In 1994 we bought a small farm near Medford, Oregon.Carly and I put in a lot of commuter hours for four years, and last fall the two of moved here full time so that she could start school.Pete is tentatively planning to make it by the end of the year.So we all will start the new century here.We have a small herd of Black Angus cows and raise their steer calves for 4-H and FFA project calves.I have pretty much given up practicing law, since raising a child has absorbed most of my energy.Our older daughter got married in June, and I look forward to grandkids sometime down the line.I make it to the Skagit Valley several times a year, since my mother and brothers are still there.


 * died Dec. 23, 2011**