By Larry Mauter
LCSWA member
When the Linn County Small Woodlands Association board meets March 6, local history will be made.
A majority of the nine board members will be women — a first for the organization.
Board members are President Mike Barsotti, Vice President Jim Merzenich, Treasurer Shirley Holmberg, Secretary Christy Tye, directors Jim Cota, Bonnie Marshall, Tim Otis (past president), Lauren Parks and Lina Tucker.
That fact was cemented at the Jan.…