In the Media
In addition to a panel discussion at Western Washington University on Monday, Nov. 8, other events for the Chinese Expulsion Remembrance Project include a display at WWU's Wilson Library in November and December.
Veterans Day has an international flavor for Ron and Barbara Crabtree of Lynden.
That can happen with four boys stationed near and far in the military.
For their latest family outing, Ron and Barbara are off to Egypt, and maybe to South Korea, too.
Western Washington University's production of "Inspecting Carol," a "holiday romp" in the words of director Patrick Dizney, follows a fictitious playhouse as they remount their annual production of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
The play runs Nov. 10-13 and Dec. 15-19 at WWU's Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre. For tickets, call 360-650-6146. Western senior Justin Shepherd, 29, plays the part of Larry Vauxhall who plays Scrooge for the company.
While the job market remains difficult, it's great to see some optimism from local and regional employers.
Last week I dropped in at Western Washington University's fall business career fair, held at the Wade King Student Recreation Center. Recruiters from a variety of companies set up booths and talked to students and members of the community about available job positions.
What was different about this job fair compared to the past couple of years was the enthusiasm from the recruiters. The 57 employers in attendance was up from 44 in the fall of 2009, said Aaron Ignac, assistant director of operations at Western's Career Services Center. He also noted more of the employers were looking to fill positions right now, along with internships.
Noon to 1 p.m., Western Washington University, Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Western will host a Veterans Day ceremony, followed by a reception.
Featured speakers include WWU President Bruce Shepard, student and WWU Vet Corps Navigator Christopher Brown, WWU Student Veterans’ Coordinator Jordan Linayao, and former WWU employee Doris Kent, the mother of Cpl. Jonathan Santos, who was killed in 2004 while serving in Iraq. Vet Corps will hold a food drive starting Wednesday.
Western Washington University had the best scoring chance of the game early in overtime, but neither team could find the net as the Vikings completed their 2010 season with a 0-0 draw against Simon Fraser University in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's soccer game Saturday, Nov. 6, at Whatcom Community College
The Vikings finished 10-4-4 overall and third in GNAC play at 7-4-3.
Outside hitter Megan Amundson had match highs of 10 kills and three service aces and middle blocker Emily Jepsen added nine kills on .471 hitting and three blocks as nationally ranked Western Washington University bounced back with a 25-9, 25-19, 25-12 sweep of Montana State University Billings in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match Saturday, Nov. 6, in Billings, Mont.
Forward Gibson Bardsley tied the school season scoring record as Western Washington University closed out its season with a 2-0 win over Seattle Pacific University in Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's soccer action Saturday, Nov. 6, at Whatcom Community College. Western finished 10-6-2 overall and 5-4-1 in the GNAC, winning seven of its last nine games.
And the idea is spreading. Ask Ryan Hashagen.
"We just got off the Metrolink in San Diego," Hashagen, 28, panted into his cell phone Oct. 14. "Now we're about to catch the bus from Oceanside to San Diego. Tomorrow we'll cross the border and start catching buses to Mazatlan."
This winter, Hashagen, who operates a pedicab and ice-cream tricycle company during Portland summers, is making his way from Bellingham to Puerto Varas, Chile, by a combination of municipal transit agencies, jitneys and regional buses, filling in the gaps with hitchhiking. With him is a friend who is Chilean, Lale Lorski.
It didn't take Calvin Collander long to prove how much talent he had after he joined the Sehome cross country team in the fall of 2007.
The Mariners took him to the Nike Pre Nationals at Portland (Ore.) Meadows three years ago, and he ended up placing second in the freshmen race behind only teammate Scott Carlyle. Considering Carlyle went on to two straight top-five finishes at the Class 2A Cross Country State Championships, including an individual state title last year, that's pretty good company to be in.