In the Media
A small-business conference that provides networking and training opportunities will be at Whatcom Community College Sept. 10-11.
Western Washington University's Small Business Development Center, Whatcom Community College, along with sponsor Whidbey Island Bank, will host ThinkBiz 2010.
Soon after television stations aired a videotape of Shirley Sherrod talking about whether she could overcome her own racial bias to help a white farmer save his farm, further reporting showed the tape had been edited to take her words out of context. The full tape revealed that Sherrod, who is African American, had been telling a story not of sticking it to the white guy, but of how she overcame her own sense of prejudice.
The Western Washington University team showed off its car on campus and celebrated its deep run in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition Thursday, Aug. 5.
A proposal to begin a three-year process to overhaul the way Whatcom Medic One is run - and perhaps most importantly, who runs it - will go before the Whatcom County Council Tuesday, Aug. 10.
Council President Sam Crawford will introduce a resolution at the meeting that would take the first steps to end the contract between the city of Bellingham and the county government that governs Medic One.
After earning a Fulbright Scholarship, she studied in Salzburg in 1995-96. Returning to the U.S., she taught German at the Eastside German Language School in Bellevue from 1996-98.
In 2000, she earned her master’s degree in teaching from the University of Washington and began working as an English teacher at Sammamish High.
Slettedahl, a recent graduate of Auburn Mountainview, welcomes the lead role after working primarily as a musical director under Fouhy. She plans to study piano performance at Western Washington University this fall. Acting remains a passionate hobby.
Craig Mayberry is an Independent who owns Heritage Lane Farm in Lynden. He is also a lecturer in the management department at Western Washington University. Mayberry is dedicated to transparency and a commitment to not take money from special interest groups, according to his statement.
As a bartender who focuses on classic cocktails, I care about every detail that goes into my drinks. And if you'll follow me for a moment, I would love to tell you what it means to make a cocktail, and what every cocktail means to me.
The keynote speaker of the event is Eric Leonhart, director of the WWU Vehicle Research Institute. He will speak about the Progressive Automotive X Prize, an international competition to build an ultra fuel-efficient vehicle. WWU's team was the only U.S. university making it into the finals.
It's been more than 20 years since Rick Sherman wrapped up his collegiate running career but the competitive spirit remains.
Sherman, of Jefferson, has finished second in the U.S. 3,000-meter steeplechase rankings in the 45-49 age group the past three years and continues to train with the goal of topping those rankings.