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Ahoy from the Bradley Park Yacht Club! ...by Steve Whitaker
Model building is an ancient art. King Tut commissioned the construction of approximately 18 model ships to be placed in his tomb upon his death. Most children have built and played with models of one sort or another. Some might recall the excitement and fun of assembling a magnificent doll house,
car, airplane or boat model. The reward was admiring the creation and enjoying the deep feeling of accomplishment once the modeling project was complete. There’s no reason why those enriching hours of model building should be left in childhood. That is particularly true for Wesley Bradley Park residents Art Sortland and Jim Christensen. Art and Jim initially met, not because of model building, but through helping Wesley Community Foundation to raise funds to build A shared love of model boat building inspired Art Sortland and Wesley Bradley Park. During this Jim Christensen to form the Wesley Bradley Park Yacht Club
time, Art and Jim discovered that they both have a passion for model boat building. From this relationship, the Bradley Park Yacht Club was born. Art has been building model boats since he was five years old. His granddad introduced him to the joy of model boats and taught Art the craft. He has sailed model boats on the Round Pond at Kensington Palace in England, where he also had the role of steward. His connection to boats doesn’t end there. Art was also in the U.S. Navy. Jim has always loved all kinds continued on page 22
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