Letter: Volunteers for treasurer’s office are invaluable at tax time

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Editor,

The Island County Treasurer’s Office wishes to extend its annual thanks to our volunteers, who help us open mail and prepare tax payments for processing. Because everything mailed on Whidbey Island goes first to Seattle for processing and then back to Whidbey for delivery, any mail sent at the end of April and October arrives even later than it did a few years ago.

Without the help of our volunteers, we would not have everything completed until the second weeks of May and November; with their help, we save a week. Our 2018 group included Beulah Whitlow, Lionel Peoples, Janet Ballard, Maggie Paczkowski, Jan Gardner, Christian Chambers, Nadean Mydansky, Aggie Jendro-Calim, Evelyn Novak, Richard Gardner and Pam Kaiser.

All together, more than 150 hours of assistance were contributed by this group.

On a sad note, we wish to express our condolences to the family of Margaret Vasquez, who passed away Nov. 28. Margaret was one of our first volunteers. Not only did she work hard, but she always brought with her a fine, dry sense of humor and a great laugh. We enjoyed her company immensely and will miss her.

Wanda J. Grone

Island County Treasurer

Coupeville