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11/23/2006 Entry: "My Brother-in-Law the Leprechaun"

There was a very nice write-up in the Seattle Weekly blog the other day about my brother-in-law, Joe Martin. They paid proper attention to his social activism (he's been a social worker at the Pike Market Clinic for many years) and his music (he's been part of the band Clay Pipe, also for many years). "What does he do to deserve the accolades? His job. The other day, before we could go have a pint at Kells down the alley from the clinic, I waited as Joe checked his messages and found a scary plea from a man who was about to lose his home and was on the verge of suicide. In five minutes, Joe turned it around - calming the man with a social worker's grace, determing he couldn't legally be tossed into the street, and making an appointment to meet him and resolve the problem in the morning."

(tags: JoeMartin, ClayPipe, PikePlaceMarket)

Posted by Troy Worman @ 11/27/2006 12:52 PM PST