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Today's comment comes from Doug Riddels in response to our preview of Arts Walk XLII and the Procession of the Species.

Riddels writes,

Thank you for the fine article on the Procession of the Species. The weather was beautiful and the event was, as always, spectacular. And thank you for running the lovely photo of my father, Carl Riddels, driving the sea turtle. Sadly, that was Dad's last Procession, as he passed away a few months after the Procession. He drove the sea turtle for five Processions, ever since he moved back to Olympia to be near family in his final years. It was always the high point of his year, and something he enjoyed greatly. Marvelous as this year's Procession was, it had a huge turtle-shaped hole in the middle of it.