In the Media

A copy of "Lest We Forget," a recent publication of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs of Korea, arrived last week. The book tells the stories of Korean War veterans from many countries who served in that conflict 60 years ago. I was honored and humbled to have the story of my Korean War Children's Memorial projects here in Bellingham and in Korea included in that volume.
The Korean War Children's Memorial in Bellingham consists of a Korean-style pavilion located in Big Rock Garden Park. The Korean War Children's Memorial in Korea is an 18-foot-tall sculpture by the Mexican sculptor Sebastian CQ called "Las Palomas." The Korean sculpture is located at the entrance to the Peace Park in Imjingak, Gyeonggi Province, where it is visible from North Korea.

State-funded colleges and universities are bracing for another round of state funding reductions, and this year very little is off the table, according to Whatcom County college officials.
Gov. Chris Gregoire has once again asked state agencies to look at how additional 5 and 10 percent budget cuts would affect them. But for public higher education, mid-year cuts may be even deeper, with college and university officials looking at the impact of cuts of up to 23 percent.

Community members and families of Western Washington University students are invited to three days of events in October for the annual Fall Family Open House.
Throughout the weekend of Friday, Oct. 21 through Sunday, Oct. 23, WWU's campus will be filled with events designed to showcase what the university has to offer.

Clallam County Long Range Planner Robert Knapp earned the Department of Community Development’s employee of the quarter award for the third quarter, department Director Sheila Roark Miller announced.

As a token for his efforts, Knapp gets three months of designated parking
at the Clallam County Courthouse.

“Noted for his extensive participation in the stormwater monitoring program, Mr. Knapp was given the ‘Place to Park for Making your Mark’ award in our monthly staff meeting Tuesday,” Roark Miller said.

Western Washington University's Sophie Elstrott and Dylan Goodwin were selected the Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's and women's golfers of the week for Oct. 2-8, the school announced on Sunday, Oct. 9.

In Sue Strickland's classroom at Castle Rock High School, there are models of the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower and an artistic rendering of the Latin Quarter.
But to really go to Paris? To be there and see all those things?
OH. MON. DIEU.
This summer, five students abandoned the Rock for the Riviera — and Provence, the Loire Valley and Paris — on a 10-day trip to France.
The trip, which was not school-affiliated, was organized through EF Tours and led by Strickland, who teaches French at the high school, librarian Linda Solberg and the mother of one of the kids.

For 61 years, Grace Crecelius has cracked the books. Not just any books, mind you, but the works of Plato, Descartes and Kant, Shakespeare, Marx and Freud.

At 92, Crecelius is the oldest member of what may be one of the longest-running book clubs around — the Vashon Island Great Books Foundation discussion group. But as old as the club is, there are others even older, said Gary Schoepfel, retired Great Books Foundation vice president.

The idea of selling naming rights to places like Civic Stadium and Joe Martin Field came up at a meeting recently as one way to help repay a $3 million loan used to buy the Chuckanut Ridge property in south Bellingham.
When I heard about the idea, I scoffed. I figured that naming rights worth enough money to get excited about were limited to big cities like Seattle, home to the Seahawks' CenturyLink Field (formerly Qwest Field) and the Mariners' Safeco Field (despite Liberty Mutual Group's later acquisition of Safeco).

arold and Loretta Slocum celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 25, 2011, with family and friends.
The couple met in Snohomish, Wash., in 1949 and were married in Nooksack, Wash., in 1951. Harold graduated from Western Washington University in 1957, where he majored in math and physical science.