b'Still others have contributed critical strengths to the publishing process. Early FCW director Doug Rhodes drew on four decades of life experience in the printing profession to be intermediary on lining up a printer. Marie Williams combined creativity and technical know-how in handling the design and layout steps. (Youll also find a few of her waterscapes among the photos.)A writer of books like this one has to have agents who know the subject and can serve as dependable back-ups. I was fortunate to have four who performed that essential duty in a timely way: current President Olmsted, and FCW board members Dr. Butler, Lew Kimball, and Martha Stone. Im certainly thankful to them for hours spent, checking facts as well as syntax -and then, in some cases, taking a brave trip through the text all over again.Finally, it would be a distinct Seniors Moment to overlook how much of a learning time these two years have been for me. More than that, it turned out to be stimulating, largely because of the bright, energetic, variously experienced individuals -all but five of them volunteers -who helped so materially to pull together this story of FCWIt was a little like that exciting moment when the young Swedish woman determined to lift her golf by playing against some of the games biggest and best men.Only in this case, thanks to the focused activity of so many, I do believe we truly made the cut.11 -Chatham August 1, 20039'