Angela Sams

I sampled some freshly picked raspberries, blackberries, and marionberries over the weekend. On the east side of the state, it is hay harvest time. We are certainly in the best part of summer!

We are grateful to congressman Dan Newhouse and his staff for braving the heat to spend quality time with us at the Roza farm near IAREC on Tuesday.

Work is back in full force. I did as little work as I could get away with last week while spending time in Alaska with family.

Scot Hulbert, Nancy Deringer, Leslie Edgar, and I are all in Alaska through Thursday at a summer meeting with our dean and associate dean peers in the Western U.S.

We had good visits on the Hill last week. I greatly appreciate our partners who spent two days with us as we caught up with our legislators.

It was great to see CAHNRS alumni on Friday! The attendance was lighter than last year, but the conversations were every bit as lively.

Congratulations to Chris Voigt of the Washington State Potato Commission and the “Washington Grown” team! They are the 2024 recipients of the Northwest Regional Emmy® Award in the Informational/Instructional – Long Form Content category.

After a day full of meetings, I head to Pasco and Kennewick for a couple of days. In Pasco I will meet with the Dairy Farmers of Washington, then join some of the members for a tour of Ruby Ridge Dairy.

This week seems like “summer” despite the fact that temperatures dipped low enough over the weekend that the heat came on. The meeting schedule is a bit light this week, but I am not complaining.

I missed the Aurora Borealis this past weekend, though I was looking for it each night. Perhaps we sometimes miss what’s right in front of us.