SMHS was blessed the past eight years in having Micki Towell as one of our dedicated workers. Her passing on January 7, 2010 was met with sorrow.

When Micki came to Seaside one of the first places she visited was the museum where she volunteered to be a docent. She served on the Board of Directors for seven years and as President for two years. As a former librarian, she was interested in the library and took on the position of librarian for the museum. But, she did much more. She researched and developed school traveling kits that are available for teachers to take into their classrooms. She, along with her husband Jim, were very involved with the "Salt Makers Return". Each morning they would bring all the materials for the Contextual Greeters tent and then in the evening pick them up for security and bring them back the next morning. They were also involved with setting up, taking down and any other job that needed to be done during the "Salt Makers Return" program. She worked on the 4th of July auction every year and the Gingerbread Tea. She helped organize the new archive room and trained the staff and volunteers. I know she did more things that I have forgotten or didn’t even know about, because all of her volunteering was done in a very humble and unassuming way.

We will miss her, but, she had fulfilled her dream of being with her grandchildren when she moved to Hood River last fall.