BULLSEYE
From the Presidentby Wally Turnbull
store, organize, and share knowledge with others. This knowledge continually grows as more is added. The TCA library contains information about our past events, culture, the many places we have lived, our ancestors, and ourselves. When we add new knowledge to the TCA library the new total is not a sum of adding the old and the new but the product of multiplying the old by the new. This is true because new knowledge not only carries additional information but it also reveals new truths about and expands previous knowledge as well. The other part of TCA, of which you have heard me speak before, is our fraternal exchange which occurs in the Bullseye, on the TCA website, and best of all through personal contacts. Here, again, we receive more than we contribute as we are each but one yet we meet many others. One of the very best ways to have personal contact with members of our extended clan family, make new friends, and renew old acquaintances is at the games, especially the AGM which serves as an international rally time and point. This year we will gather at the Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering at the King County Fairgrounds in Enumclaw, Washington on July 30 and 31. Our AGM will be held Saturday evening. Please read the notice on the back page for details. We will review activities and finances of the year past and make plans for the future. Most of all, however, the AGM provides a great opportunity to meet and get to know each other. Please make plans to attend. I look forward to meeting you at the Turnbull tent and to seeing you at the AGM.
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Meet the Member This month’s Meet
the Member is Bill was born on January 28th, 1947, to Kenn and Virginia Trimble in Tacoma, Washington. The family moved to Des Moines, Washington (between Seattle and Tacoma). Bill graduated from Mt. Rainier High School in 1965 and enlisted in the Air Force. After Basic Training, he was stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base as an Air Policeman providing security for the Minuteman Missile System, then was assigned to the 377th Air Police Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam. While at Tan Son Nhut, he took part in the defense of the Air Base and on December 4th, 1966, when they came under attack by two battalions of Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army (NVA). They were the first Air Police unit to successfully defend an air base against a full-scale enemy attack. After a year in Vietnam, Bill was assigned to Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington where he performed duties in K-9, Aircraft security and Base Police (Law Enforcement). He was discharged in 1969 and he returned to Des Moines. He attended Highline Community College from 1970 to 1972 and graduated with an Associate Degree in Data Processing. Bill and Pat first met as children in 1957, when Pat’s family traveled from Richland, WA to Des Moines, WA for a square dancing event that included Bill’s parents, as well. They were married on February 13th, 1971. Bill returned to college in 1978 and attended Central Washington University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. In August of 1976, he enlisted in the Air Force Reserves as a Security Policeman and served until June, 1994 when he retired. Bill and Pat currently live in West Richland in the southeast corner of Washington. They have two daughters, Stacy and Robyn, who live nearby with their families. They enjoy watching their three grandsons (Mason, age 2 and Casey and Dylan, 7 months) grow up and being part of their lives. Pat is a Secretary for Lockheed-Martin and Bill is currently between jobs after working in security for the last 20 years. Bill’s grandfather, Dr. Charles Garnet Trimble is a member of the TCA Who’s Who. You can read more about his life at www.turnbullclan.com. Thank you Bill and Pat for all your hard work with this year’s AGM. |
William Trimble of West Richland, Washington. Bill
and his wife Pat are hosting TCA members at the Pacific Northwest Games
for the Annual General Meeting in July.