In the Media
"Tim Dickerson has known for years that his son was going to be a shooter on the basketball court. He noticed it early on when Derek Dickerson was in the third grade and started backing further and further away from the hoop to test his range.
The rest would come in time - that quick release, the confidence, the cold-bloodedness from the 3-point line, the accuracy - but even from the start it was pretty clear the effort and the infatuation with the trey was there."
"Two Western Washington University men's school records fell Friday at the 29th annual Ralph Vernacchia Invitational Track and Field meet on Friday at Civic Stadium.
Ben Elder broke one of the oldest records on the Western books, as his toss of 168-4 to win the discus broke the mark of 161-2 set by Martin Rudy in 1980. Ryan Brown bettered his own school record by nearly a foot in the pole vault, clearing 16-10 3/4, and also set a meet record with that mark."
"Coach Rob Ridnour would have been proud of the Bellingham Slam had he been able to see his fifth opener with the International Basketball Association team.
Proving they like to win even more than they like to shoot - and they made 48 of 85 shots in 48 minutes - the Slam chalked up a remarkable 27 assists in their IBL opener, a 124-103 victory over the Tacoma Tide on Friday, April 9."
"Ali Worthen of Seattle Pacific University held on to her first-day lead to win the heptathlon and Mark Chenery of University of British Columbia used a great start to the second day Friday to win the decathlon in the Western Washington University Multi-Events meet at Civic Stadium."
"Sarah McEnroe and Erika Quint pitched back-to-back shutouts as Western Washington University swept Northwest Nazarene University 2-0 and 3-0 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday, April 9, at Viking Field on the WWU campus.
The Vikings improved to 15-17 overall and 11-10 in GNAC action, while the Crusaders dropped to 6-25 overall and 6-19 in conference play."
"A Western Washington University police officer was involved in a minor accident Friday morning, April 9, when he crashed into the rear of a fellow officer's patrol car on Bill McDonald Parkway at South College Drive.
The officer responsible was following too closely and failed to stop in time when the other officer stopped to yield to pedestrians, Chief Randy Stegmeier said."
"To celebrate April as National Poetry Month, adjunct Fairhaven College instructor Mary Cornish will read some new poems and some poems from her book 'Red Studio.'"
"Whatcom County Planning Commission Chairwoman Jean Melious announced that she will seek the District 1 County Council seat vacated by Bob Kelly.
The 52-year-old Bellingham resident has served on the Planning Commission since 2007, and says she is 'ready to bring some common sense back to the County Council.'"
"Eleets Transportation has named Thomas Shurstad as president. Shurstad is a seasoned industry veteran, with 30 years of domestic and international transportation experience. He will be based in Jacksonville, Fla."
"House and Senate Democrats appeared to be getting closer to agreement Thursday on an approximately $800 million tax package that leaders have been counting votes on.
An outline of the latest tax plan -- which is being called a "go home" proposal -- was posted on the House Democrats' blog Thursday morning, although the public link to the document was quickly removed.
The exact numbers were still in flux. But the biggest chunk was a temporary tax increase for service businesses that would bring in about $245 million. Taxes on cigarettes, bottled water, soda, candy and gum and mass-produced beer would add nearly $262 million."