In the Media
"Two people –one a Capital High School graduate - rescued a 26-year-old man from the water early Wednesday after hearing his cries for help near the Whatcom Waterway channel.
Chris Dutton, 26, formerly of Olympia, and Shawna Ballard, 24, who run a charter boat company out of Alaska, were asleep in their 85-foot boat, the Catita II, when they were awakened about 3:30 a.m. by the sounds of a man yelling “Help me!” Ballard said."
"The UW-green bay Phuture Phoenix Program has reached a major milestone, its first graduating class."
"When Ray McInnis retired after a long career as an academic reference librarian, he searched far and wide for information about the history of woodworking.
The longtime Bellingham resident discovered that if he wanted what he was looking for, he'd have to write it himself. The result is his website - woodworkinghistory.com."
"Distance runner Sarah Porter has been named Western Washington University Female Athlete of the Year.
Porter is the first Viking to qualify for the USA Championships, doing so with a school-record 10,000-meter time of 33:36.83 as she placed 15th at the Stanford Payton Jordan Invitational, one of the nation’s elite meets, on May 1."
"That Bev McKissick died Monday, May 31, was no surprise to people who knew her.
The 58-year-old former librarian at Kendall Elementary School made no secret of the fact that she had terminal cancer. It was her courage and good cheer despite her worsening health that inspired friends and strangers alike."
"The "Wizards @ Western" youth lecture series continues Saturday, June 5, with a lesson about marine invertebrates.
Deborah Donovan, from Western Washington University's Biology Department, will give a lecture and help kids examine marine animals under microscopes."
"A seemingly normal rock found in a ditch along a stretch of road in north central Oregon has turned out to be a stone from outer space that travelled across millions of miles and billions of years to reach Earth, according to researchers studying the stone.
The 40-pound, cone-shaped space rock was picked up by Donald Wesson and his wife Debbie during the fall of 1999 as they drove through Oregon's wheat country on their way home to Washington. It is the fifth meteorite to be found the northwestern state."
"Colleen Haggerty is on a mission to give 100 amputees in developing countries the gift of mobility.
The woman said she got the idea after reading about the thousands of people in Haiti who lost limbs during January's earthquake."
"The Bellingham home décor store Ideal will be hosting ReMade beginning Friday, June 4 during the Art Walk.
ReMade is an annual design challenge for the junior class of Western Washington University's Industrial Design program. Each year students produce innovative products from consumer or manufacturing waste. Ideal is on Cornwall Avenue, near Greenhouse."
"A local launch party for the 10:10 campaign will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St.
10:10 is a global campaign to reduce carbon emissions by 10 percent a year starting this year."