Ice Breaker

Upon being asked 

"IF MONEY DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WOULD YOUR 

OCCUPATION BE," 

six strangers responded with 6 very different answers. 

"I would be an artist so I could draw big swirls," 10 year old Mika
Watabayashi said. "I would be a soccer player," Watabayashi's 7 year
old brother, Reese, said as the siblings paused from a game of catch with
their father at Sehome High School last Saturday.

"If money didn't matter I would volunteer at a veterinary clinic," 63 year old Craig Rampey said. Rampey also added he would enjoy utilizing the experience as a veterinary technician he acquired prior to his retirement.

48 year old Tami Adams said she would continue using her knowledge
and experience with clean, renewable water resources. "I would bring clean
water to third world countries because clean water is important," Adams said
after picking up her mail at the post office in Downtown Bellingham.

16 year old Charles Sherman (right) and friend 19 year old Gavin Shinn (left) agreed that if money didn't matter they would move to Jamaica. "Tropical islands are not cold like Bellingham," Sherman said.

21 year old Natalia Shafa said she would promote renewable energy policy
by working to create policies that would keep city's carbon footprints
down. "Renewable energy is one of the most important issues of our time.
Other issues matter too, but if you don't have a clean environment to do them
in, they're moot," Shafa said between bites of ice cream.

20 year old Alex Antonelli said he would pursue a music career playing
the guitar or violin. Antonelli also expressed interest in becoming a volunteer
 lawyer for people who couldn't afford one. "My grandfather moved to
America from Norway and was tricked by a con artist.  He did not
have the money to pay a lawyer, so he died alone and poor," Antonelli said.