In the Media
Parents love getting notes from their kids indicating they're capable of dealing with adversity — especially when they maintain their smile while making lemonade from lemons, and inflict comfort and happiness on people around them.
Here's a recent email message from my youngest daughter, Hillary, who works with the Outdoor Program at Western Washington University.
This past summer may have been a turning point when it comes to Canadian shopping in Whatcom County.
The increase in southbound traffic in recent months was one of several topics at a seminar Thursday, Oct. 13, about the impact fluctuating exchange rates have on a regional economy. The seminar was hosted by Western Washington University's Center for Canadian-American Studies and included a panel discussion with three economists: Steven Globerman and Hart Hodges from Western and Farid Novin, a senior representative in economics with the Bank of Canada.
Setting your own schedule, living in an apartment and walking around campus were among the things about college life that excited fifth-graders who visited the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Thursday.
"This is so cool," said Valerie Greetan, who attends Oconto Falls Elementary School and spent the day on campus with about 500 other fifth-graders as part of Phuture Phoenix Day, the annual program aimed at helping young people think about education after high school.
Tom Keegan, who led Peninsula College through an unprecedented decade of growth with new campus buildings and facilities in Port Angeles as well as larger classroom satellites in Port Townsend and Forks, is leaving.
Keegan announced Thursday that he accepted the presidency of Skagit Valley College, where he received his associate of arts degree in 1978 and was the lead scorer and captain of its championship soccer team.
The Skagit Valley College Board of Trustees at its Oct. 12 board meeting unanimously selected Dr. Thomas Keegan as the college’s sixth president.
As the result of a national search, Keegan was selected from a pool of forty applicants.
“I am honored to be offered the opportunity to lead the College that set me on my educational and career paths,” Keegan said in a college press release.
“I earned my Associate in Arts degree at Skagit Valley College and returned as a graduate intern while pursuing my master’s degree at Western Washington University. My experiences at Skagit Valley College motivated me to become a community college professional.”
The City of Edmonds has a new finance director.
Shawn Hunstock was formerly the finance director for the City of Tukwila and was also serving as the interim city administrator.
Protestors with Occupy Bellingham, a group inspired by nationwide demonstrations against economic inequality, may seek to continue rallying downtown every week, and may expand their protests to campouts in Bellingham parks.
A rally planned for Friday, Oct. 14, could be twice as large as last week's, when hundreds marched along Cornwall Avenue and blocked downtown Bellingham streets, police and organizers said.
Medical researchers studying the possible cause of higher melanoma rates in Whatcom County think they may have found an answer.
The State of Washington, and particularly Whatcom County, is consistently higher than the national average for melanoma.
It may be happening at a slower pace than many would hope, but the economic data suggests a recovery is taking place in Whatcom County.
For the past two weeks, a steady stream of economic reports about Whatcom County's second and third quarters of 2011 have poured in and, so far, steady improvement is the main theme. Here are some examples:
Less than a month remains until the Nov. 8 general election, but voters still have plenty of opportunities to meet, hear and question candidates for public office.
Following are some of the forums planned in coming weeks in Whatcom County. All events are free, unless otherwise noted.