This will be my last article reporting out on the tutoring program.

I have accepted a vice president position with an insurance company based in Monterey, Calif. The moment is bittersweet – the career opportunity is once-in-a-lifetime, the prospect of leaving Enumclaw and all the friendships we have cemented is painful. I will stay away from reporting numbers in this last missive and focus more on the overall vision. When I was young, my father took my brothers and I on extended backpacking trips every year. One of the most important things he taught me through these adventures was low-impact camping. Always leave things better than they were when you got there. (For our stranded neighbors who are wondering if this princi-