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Where Tri-Cities Singles Meet for FREE!
The Sunny Singles™ webMaster

1386 Single Members
in the Sunshine!


Woodspirit carved of willow branch by the webMaster.

If only I had a workshop and more time to carve.

Sunny Singles webMaster in May 2006

Started this goatee while rafting the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in May of 2006.

Sunny Singles webMaster at McNary Dam on the Colulmbia River, Umatilla, OR.  June 2006

Waiting for sunset on the Oregon side of the Columbia River at McNary Dam.


SunnySingles.com
This member supported community service caters to the "Over 30" singles in our Tri-Cities region by providing our many services for FREE.


Photo of Butch Elrod, webMaster for SunnySingles.comWho's your webMaster?
For starters, I'm the computer geek who created all this content and crafted the html code which presents it so nicely on your screen. I'm also the founder of Sunny Singles™, owner of the copyrights and trademarks and, the poor sap who pays all the bills and shoulders all the responsibilities.

It's not so bad as all that. Least wise not on most days... I'm certainly rewarded with thanks, atta boys, and genuine praise from time to time for making Sunny Singles™ available to my community. Occasionally someone donates a few bucks to pay the bills too.

Why?
Why do all this work and make it freely available to thousands of singles? That's a good question and one which I'm not entirely sure I have a good answer to. As near as I can tell, I do this because there is a need and I believe I'm the best man for the job.

Photo of the webMaster's 1,200 cc Harley-Davidson Sportster XLHMy goal for Sunny Singles™ is to provide a tool for "bringing single people together for positive social interaction." My website and the accompanying services have become a vehicle for single people to meet in person and have fun without the junk which comes along with dating. A place to meet friends rather than a cyber meat market. This non-dating atmosphere has proven to be our strongest attraction... After the FREE part of course.

What else?
What else does the webMaster do? Many things! In addition to hacking web code, I am an avid whitewater rafter/kayaker who has boated the length of the Grand Canyon 4 times and run rivers as far away as New Zealand. While traveling [19 countries] I learned to speak quite a lot of French and Spanish and became quite fluent in Danish. I fake a pretty decent Norwegian as well.

Photo of webmaster's cataraft on the Selway River in IdahoOther than typing code full of angle brackets and comments, my technical education includes the U.S. Navy Electrician School, Ranken Technical Institute, Jefferson College, ZD University, and endless hours of reading computer manuals. But it's not all technical... I'm a Certified Balloon Artist [Yes, Virginia. There really are certified balloon artists.] and award winning sculptor as well.

Photo of webMaster and friends in Copenhagen, DenmarkMy theater training was at a 2 year school for Comedia del Arte' and physical comedy in Copenhagen, Denmark during which time I supported myself by performing on the streets twisting balloon figures and juggling flaming torches [occasionally axes]. By the time I switched to performing on stages, my work included teaching design seminars around Europe and writing for event decor magazines in Germany and England. Yes. The manly webMaster was a famous European decorator at one point in his life.

Today
Photo of the webMaster inside of a balloon during filming of a television show in DenmarkThere is much more to tell, like the time I was searched at machine gun point in the tropics, but what's really important is the present. These days I only raft when invited on a classic stream and the days of bicycle touring for a year at a time are long gone. I now develop & host small business web sites, carve wood, tend goats, and ride my Harley.

Approval
Do you like what I'm doing here and would like to help? I'm not good at accepting technical help because that requires revealing passwords and indirectly giving access to member information which I am pretty protective of. Financial aid is eagerly accepted! You're probably not surprised...

Photo of 16 foot tall Easter Bunny balloon sculpture designed and created by the webMasterI accept donations of cash or check in person at Sunny Singles™ Gatherings and online via PayPal using the Support page.

Other sought after support types include donated advertising space/time, advertising specialty items [t-shirts, key rings, etc], banner or text links from your website, discounts on your product/service for our members and/or group.

As we grow, Sunny Singles™ will be arranging group travel and banquets. Any offerings of space or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Email the webMaster.


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Portrait of the webMaster as a young performer.
The artists in Paris liked to draw me because I have a big nose!


Sketch of the webMaster with beard in 1984 drawn by Laura Viveros
Laura Viveros drew me while we lived together back in the early 1980s.


Characature of webMaster as CHA CHA the Balloon Artist.
Drawn when I was performing comedy routine during which I got inside of a balloon.


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