Tony:
Have a safe trip to New-York. It is a long trip and our prayers will be
with you and the family. Please keep in touch with this former "North
Westerner" and resubscribe to the L as soon as you can.  We still need
you. Seattle and the UW will miss you.

Cheers!
Abdoulaye

Anthony W Loum wrote:
>
> Hi Gambia-lers,
>
> This is to inform you and my friends that after many years of living in
> Seattle, Washington and working for the University of Washington, I have
> accepted a position with the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City and
> will be moving there next week.  I am deeply saddened that I have to
> leave the Pacific NorthWest with my long history and ties, but I feel
> that the time is right to move on to other opportunities and experience
> life in the East Coast. As Veteran Gambia-lers could recall, until a few
> months ago, Gambia-l was originally hosted by my Alma Mater and former
> employer, the University of Washington during  its first few years in
> existence before the migration to its current host St John's University.
> I am quite sure that all of you appreciated that.
>   I will be moving to New York by driving a truck accross the approximate
> 3000 miles from seattle. I will be stopping along the way at nights for
> some rest and sleep. One of my night stops will be Madison,  Wisconsin
> where I hope to meet for the first time my friend Katim Touray, the
> founder of Gambia-l. So Katim, I will give you a call along with my
> cousins in Madison, Sainabou and Mineratou Loum and inform you of my
> arrival date. To Daddy Sang in Cleveland and Habib Diab in D.C., here I
> come, joining the east coast gang.
>   I will inform you of my adventurous " trucking trip" from coast to
> coast.
> So I am asking you to pray to God/Allah to grant me and my family a safe
> journey. I will also like to take this opportunity to bid a farewell to
> all my friends in Seattle, the Pacific Northwest and the West Coast. I
> will  be coming back for occasional visits.
>
>         Thanks
>                       Tony Loum
>
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