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Who’s Who Local Listing

Feather Your Nest

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is by no means a complete WHO’S WHO listing of volunteer board
members serving East Multnomah County, or those in the Sandy and Estacada areas.
A Touch of Fabric

112 N. Main Avenue
Think of this only as a starting point. If you’d like your volunteer board to be listed here in the
future, send along your contact information and the name of your organization to Executive Editor
Meet the mother/daughter team of Kris & Abbi Howatt, Steve Brown, sbrown@theoutlookonline.com.

Gresham’s newest Quilt Store
owners; located on Main Street in
the heart of Downtown Historic
ROTARY CLUB OF GRESHAM-BARLOW
Gresham, in the former Cloud Tree
& Son building.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kris and Abbi are both lifelong

residents of Gresham. Kris
graduated from Sam Barlow High
School and has served the last 13

years on the Gresham-Barlow Education Board of Directors.
Abbi is a 2008 graduate of Gresham High School, a former Y
AVID tutor, and graduate of Portland State University
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They each had a different path ILL SB H
incorporating their love of fabric and AVRYROKE
quilting. Abbi’s began with a suggestion B E. B
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from a teacher to take a beginning
quilting class when she was in 4th
grade; after that she was hooked and

continued taking classes, encouraging R
her mother to join her. Between them, ME
Kris & Abbi have made (and given MHI
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away) dozens and dozens of quilts. ROIEENEY
Kris solidiied her love of working
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with fabric after being asked to create H N EISU
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costumes for the drama productions at OIAMAAD
Gresham High School
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and has joyfully worked with that group for

ten years.

Their current business started as an on-line
only store based out of their home. Quickly A
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outgrowing that space (and wanting to expand ENE
even more) they moved to their current KNZA
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location in October 2013. There is room
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to develop the space to incorporate on-site TEE CH G
classes and opportunities for groups to use PESURIAL
the area for projects. They are always looking

for creative ideas for classes and people who • Bob Avila, president (owner, Gresham Ford)
would like to assist them with that vision.
• Cheryl Swart, president elect (Advertising Director, The Outlook, Sandy Post,
Estacada News, Boom! Boomers & Beyond)
Abbi & Kris select their high-quality, 100% cotton fabric lines
• Dr. Rob Ramsey, vice president (owner, Gresham Family Chiropactic)
based on several criteria. Is it different (unique)? Would they • Bob Kehoe, treasurer (inancial adviser, Kehoe Investments)
want a quilt from it? Does it have a good blend of matching • John Harrold, secretary (retired vice president of operations, AWDI)
fabrics? And most of all, does it have a touch of whimsy? They
• Diane Noriega, past president (retired university administration, chairwoman of

look forward to seeing you soon!
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Mt. Hood Community College Board)
W02• Mark Eisenzimmer, director (owner, Cascade Athletic Clubs)
All items in the store are .W• Tad Tsuneyoshi, director (owner, Spin Tech Inc.)
available for purchase on-line:
084• Pete Lackner, director (owner, Rose City Associates Insurance)
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www.FeatheredNest97030.etsy.com
• Sue Piazza, director (certiied health and business coach, Take Shape for Life)
• Rich Castaneda, director (owner, TSP Technology, Computers)
Follow them on Facebook at
• Al Goetz, director (retired owner, Chemical Manufacturing)
https://www.facebook.com/

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