Retiring State Senator Darlene Fairley receives 2010 Community Stewardship Award

Steve Plusch presents award to Sen. Darlene Fairley

By Kim Josund, Board Member,

Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation

The Lake Forest Park (LFP) Stewardship Foundation presented a special award to retiring 32nd District State Senator Darlene Fairley on Friday night, November 12, at the LFP Civic Club.

During the presentation, former LFP Council Member Carolyn Armanini spoke about Senator Fairley’s many years of public service and dedication to the communities within the 32nd District. Senator Fairley is completing her 4th term in the State Senate, and prior to that she served on the LFP City Council. 

She has been on the Advisory Board of the LFP Stewardship Foundation since the organization was formed around the effort to protect a parcel of land which later became the largest park in the city, Grace Cole Nature Park. She has always been a strong supporter of parks and open space, and was instrumental in securing funding for a new playground at Brookside Elementary as well as state funds for the purchase of Grace Cole Park.

Carolyn Armanini and LFP Stewardship Foundation Board President Steve Plusch presented the 2010 Community Stewardship Award to Senator Fairley at the Foundation’s “Celebrating Our Watershed” event. The full house included state elected officials Representative Ruth Kagi and newly elected Representative Cindy Ryu, as well as some LFP City Council members and an appreciative audience of Stewardship Foundation supporters.

The Award reads: “In Grateful Recognition of Her Valuable Contributions To: Maintaining the quality of life for Lake Forest Park residents by championing the acquisition of and improvements to local parks and open space, and promoting protection of natural resources, throughout her many years of service as State Senator.”

The LFP Stewardship Foundation is a local, volunteer-run, non-profit, working to promote the well-being of our community by fostering awareness, understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of our natural environment; and by preserving and enhancing parks and open spaces. The event was sponsored by Frank Lumber (the Door Store), Custom Pure (the Water Store), Ballinger Medical Clinic, Ballinger Massage Envy, Windermere Seattle-Northlake and Dr. Fred Ebsworth, DDS.

For more information, to sign up for e-news on local environmental happenings, or to join the efforts of the Foundation by coming to a work party for stream and park improvements, visit the website.