HomeMy WebLinkAboutElizabeth Sprague COT March 2022 Franki Baccellieri
11950 SW Katherine Street
Tigard, OR 97223
f'rankidcane@givail.con.
March 17, 2022
Mayor and Councilors
City of Tigard Council
c/o Ken Ross
Code Compliance Officer
kenro@tigard-or.gov
Dear Mayor Snider and Honorable Councilmembers,
It is with great pleasure that I write to you about my favorite neighbor of all time, Elizabeth Sprague. She
and her beautiful family have been the most hard-working, entrepreneurial, and compassionate people I
have ever known.
When I first met Elizabeth,she had four of her now five boys who she allowed to explore and to whom
she taught the value of growing one's own food and treating all animals with love and respect. I
remember the little ones running happily barefoot on their property cradling a chick or a puppy and
introducing me to them.Two of them still do.
Over the past nine years, we have shared gardening knowledge with each other and marveled over the
feast we can grow ourselves.The boys come over every year to help me pick fruit off the trees and off
the ground.They welcome me anytime I need eggs, or better yet, a chicken, duck, or goat"fix."The little
ones invite me to play games cross-legged on the ground while the older boys care for the animals or
help their mom sort and pot plants.
Elizabeth fostered puppies for years and her kind heart persuaded her to adopt the blind dog, the lame
dog, or the very sick dog, ...... because her heart is so big. She home schools her children with
imagination and creativity. She feeds anyone who she hears of who needs it, whether she knows them
or not. She is a model of kindness, courage, empathy, determination, and friendship.
She, Mike, and her boys make Leron Heights special. It's the house on the corner with all the plants and
animals. What a joy it is. What a delight they are. And Elizabeth, she is pure gold.
I humbly ask that you allow their menagerie to stay. Let them continue to be the joy all neighborhoods
need. We are fortunate indeed.
Respectfully,
Franki Baccellieri