In the Media
"A draft waterfront master plan now in its final stages may include a few areas for 20-story buildings as well as early park development to provide some long-promised public access to the central waterfront.
On Tuesday, April 6, Port of Bellingham Environmental Director Mike Stoner gave port commissioners a broad-brush outline of the plan that is nearing completion in a cooperative effort of port and city of Bellingham staffers."
"A staff member for the area's congressman announced that he will seek the 40th Legislative District state House seat of retiring Rep. Dave Quall, D-Mount Vernon.
Democrat Thomas Boucher, a 2nd Congressional District staff member for U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, said that if elected to the Legislature, he would focus on boosting small businesses and investing in the state's infrastructure to attract more businesses to the local economy."
"On Saturday, April 10, starting at 7.30 p.m. you can join the fun-loving Palm Court Light Orchestra in a night at the opera.
First it was operetta and now it's opera. Where will it all end? The claim that variety is the spice of life is also true for the Palm Court.
After all, they say, Puccini was simply the Rodgers and Hammerstein of his generation."
"Western Washington University moved up two spots and finished seventh among 17 teams at the Grand Canyon University Women's Golf Spring Invitational Tournament, which ended Tuesday, April 6, at the Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz.
The Vikings, ranked No. 9 in the latest Golf World/National Golf Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Top 25, shot 316 for a 36-hole total of 641."
"The future of New Futures, a non-profit educational center for low-income children, youth and family, is now in the hands of Mario Paredes, its new Executive Director, who will start June 1st."
"Members of a nonprofit group that helps children who are kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers in northern Uganda will come to Western Washington University to screen one of its documentaries, "The Rescue."
The screening at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12, in Fraser Hall 4 will kick off the university's World Injustice Awareness Week."
"It took a while, but Washington lawmakers have turned to beer.
A tripling in the tax on major-label beers emerged Monday as a lubricant that might help the Legislature complete an $800 million tax package and ease out of Olympia by early next week.
The Senate Democrats’ new proposal raises nearly $58 million from a higher beer tax and about $29 million more by adding the sales tax to candy and gum sales. But it raises another $90 million more by imposing a smaller tenth-of-a-penny increase in the sales tax than previously considered, which is a stumbling block for the House and Gov. Chris Gregoire."
"Western Washington University is one of only two universities in the U.S. still competing to win the $10 million Progressive Automotive X-Prize.
The global competition is aimed at producing a 100-mpg production automobile. At each stage of the competition, some teams are eliminated. The competition had 110 teams a year ago."
"The Western Washington University women's golf team sits 27 strokes behind leader Tarleton State in ninth place after the first day of the Grand Canyon University Women's Golf Spring Invitational on Monday, April 5, at Goodyear, Ariz."
"Scott VanderWey, director of 4-H Adventure Education, has been honored with the regional Association for Experiential Education Willie Unsoeld Award for his innovative facilitating and training for the past 17 years.
A leader in outdoor education, VanderWey has been instrumental in building several new statewide Adventure Education programs including the 4-H Rock Climbing program and the Building Successful Learning Communities program. He currently manages seven challenge courses in Washington State and oversees adventure-based programs in 19 of the state’s 39 counties."