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#946215 - 01/08/16 02:47 AM The fish ARE calling....
eyeFISH Offline
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Registered: 11/24/03
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"The fish ARE calling"

Fond words of wisdom spoken tonight by one of many well wishers as a grateful community and esteemed colleagues gathered earlier this evening to honor and celebrate the retirement of the finest surgeon to ever call Grays Harbor home. As locals know all too well, that man is the LEGENDARY yet inexplicably humble Dr Juris Macs.



Legendary is not a term I throw around loosely. This man is truly deserving of the title. From humble Latvian beginnings, to his farming family's unlikely escape from certain death in a Siberian concentration camp, to their immigration to the Promised Land.... Macs would eventually grow up in Tacoma and later attend medical school at UW. His professional career would ultimately lead him to Aberdeen some 46 years ago.

Here, he would dedicate his personal and professional life to SERVE a community in dire need of his superior skills and services. In all my years at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, no physician has worked harder to provide professional and compassionate care to his patients.

I will tell you this without reservation.... the patient ALWAYS came first... and Macs would invariably be the last doc to leave the hospital (if at all) on any given night. He earned the respect and admiration not just of grateful patients, but colleagues in particular... a doctor's doctor.... a surgeon's surgeon.

From Grays Harbor, he would lead the charge to revolutionize the state of emergency medical care in rural communities.... from reforming acute intervention in the field to streamlining the efficiency of trauma care in hospital emergency rooms. He is the Godfather of Washington's rural EMS system, and would go on to gain regional, state, and national recognition for his contributions in this arena.

Any of you who have survived a potentially life threatening injury in rural Washington during the past half century probably owe your life to the unwavering efforts of this uber-committed surgeon. I personally know some of the old-timers on this board who would not be here if it weren't for the persistence and skills of my dear friend and fishing buddy, Juris Macs. A handful of you have had the privilege of fishing Grays Harbor on my barge with one of my greatest personal heroes.... consider yourselves blessed.

We gathered in Aberdeen tonight from far and wide in a moving celebration of this storied surgeon's career.... patients, nurses, colleagues, hospital administrators, news editors, statesmen.... to pay thanks for an exemplary life of service to a grateful community.



So as I type here overwhelmed by yet another night of insomnia, I raise my glass of Lagavulin to my colleague, my mentor, my friend.

Remember, Juris.... the fish ARE calling!

















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#946216 - 01/08/16 05:21 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
Jerry Garcia Offline



Registered: 10/13/00
Posts: 9160
Loc: everett
Fish On!!!
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#946217 - 01/08/16 07:22 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
DrifterWA Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 04/25/00
Posts: 5074
Loc: East of Aberdeen, West of Mont...
Plus all the great things he did for Community Hospital, Grays Harbor in general.......as a parent he made Aberdeen High School a great place to teach....at least one of his daughters was awesome....

Thanks for all you did....
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#946249 - 01/08/16 07:03 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
eugene1 Offline
Spawner

Registered: 09/17/10
Posts: 885
Loc: out there...
Congrats on the great career and the retirement to the fellow!

Hope he gets to fish with team eyeFISH even more now!

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#946263 - 01/08/16 10:49 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
eyeFISH Offline
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Registered: 11/24/03
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"Let every angler who loves to fish think what it would mean to him to find the fish were gone." (Zane Grey)

"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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#946264 - 01/08/16 11:06 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
fp Offline
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Registered: 03/15/99
Posts: 2967
Loc: Hoquiam,WA.USA
What a great man Juris is. I would not be alive if it wasn't for him saving my life back in 1978 when I got run over by a 2 ton truck while I was on my motorcycle.

Thank you Dr. Macs.

fp

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#946282 - 01/09/16 11:15 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
RowVsWade Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 11/08/06
Posts: 3405
Loc: Island Time
Very nice tribute to a great man. Men like him are becoming a rare species in a demanding and often frustrating field. Dr. Michael Copass is my Dr. Macs. He taught EMS to us young "fuggers" and demanded 100% whilst he gave 200%.

The number of lives saved is only outnumbered by the lives these dedicated men have positively impacted.

I hope a long enjoyable retirement surrounded by family and friends is their reward for a lifetime of service.
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#946284 - 01/09/16 11:54 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
Todd Offline
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Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
I have had the pleasure of fishing with Dr. Macs...and Freddie, the first war story he told was about putting you back together after the truck/motorcycle altercation!

I hope I get to fish with him again some time, he is a really cool dude who has likely forgotten more cool stories than the rest of us know combined.

Fish on...

Todd
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#946291 - 01/09/16 02:11 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: Todd]
slabhunter Offline
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Registered: 01/17/04
Posts: 3742
Loc: Sheltona Beach
I can see where the Surgeon brings on a new calling.

You are welcome in my boat anytime. I like to be alive, over caffinated. I am blessed to still be here. I only lost partial color vision in the service.
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#946700 - 01/12/16 09:02 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: slabhunter]
NOFISH Offline
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Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 2994
Loc: Olalla, WA
Thanks for sharing his story Doc, sounds like a helluva man and a giver to Society thumbs
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#959706 - 06/26/16 05:13 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
eyeFISH Offline
Ornamental Rice Bowl

Registered: 11/24/03
Posts: 12766
The fish were definitely calling y'day. Here's a guy enjoying his retirement!





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"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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#959710 - 06/26/16 07:35 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
OceanSun Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 07/01/04
Posts: 1303
Loc: North Creek
Some most excellent eating right there!! ...all except for the cabezon - those are nasty and require special handling to get rid of - I'll be happy to swing by and take care of that for you.

Good to see a guy enjoying his retirement and good on you for facilitating the fish-fest!
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#959712 - 06/26/16 08:51 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
Sebastes Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 10/31/02
Posts: 1341
Loc: Monroe,WA.
I know that OceanSun is kidding about Cabezon being nasty and he must have a favorite recipe for them.

Personally because the flesh is so firm, my favorite way is to cut them into one inch square cubes and make fish kabobs.

If you happen to catch any with blue flesh and are unsure about eating them, please call me and if you are anywhere near Monroe, I'd be happy to pick them up and bring them to my house and prepare them for you after I do a test sampling, that is if anything is left.

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#959717 - 06/27/16 07:34 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
Bucket/Good Sport Offline
Kitsap's Crankiest Contractor

Registered: 11/24/03
Posts: 2318
Loc: Poulsbo
Thanks for sharing Doc!
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#959719 - 06/27/16 09:07 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: Bucket/Good Sport]
Eric Offline
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Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 3513
Very nice!

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#959720 - 06/27/16 11:14 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
Sebastes Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 10/31/02
Posts: 1341
Loc: Monroe,WA.
Yes, the doctor sounds like a man a community can be very proud of.

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#959732 - 06/27/16 04:52 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
OceanSun Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 07/01/04
Posts: 1303
Loc: North Creek
Yep, Cabezon are somewhere between lobster, shrimp, crab and halibut in taste and texture. I've got my honey holes for them here in the sound and out at the coast! My wife gets more excited about those than a prime salmon.
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#966191 - 10/16/16 02:19 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
eyeFISH Offline
Ornamental Rice Bowl

Registered: 11/24/03
Posts: 12766
Calling.... calling.... calling....

Here's a few that the good doc found down the krik.

No additional keystrokes necessary....











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"Let every angler who loves to fish think what it would mean to him to find the fish were gone." (Zane Grey)

"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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#966218 - 10/17/16 11:08 AM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
STRIKE ZONE Offline
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Registered: 08/09/00
Posts: 12107
Loc: Hobart,Wa U.S.A
Cool stuff. Good luck,

SZ

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#972187 - 01/27/17 08:38 PM Re: The fish ARE calling.... [Re: eyeFISH]
eyeFISH Offline
Ornamental Rice Bowl

Registered: 11/24/03
Posts: 12766
The fish were silent tonight, but the clams... well, they were definitely calling...

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"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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