In the Media
Two experts on canoeing and canoe history will offer talks at 7 p.m. Monday at Chateau Faire le Ponte Winery.
Canoe instructor Marc Van Grinsven built a birchbark canoe using all natural materials and handmade tools to follow David Thompson’s epic 1811 journey through Canada and down the length of the Columbia River.
The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Southwest Michigan will ordain its consulting minister, Cassandra Maris Howe, at 7 p.m. Sunday.
The Rev. Jill McAllister, of People’s Church in Kalamazoo, will give the sermon, with a number of other honored guests participating in the ceremony. A reception will follow the service with musical entertainment by Red Tail Ring. The church is at 10441 Shaver Road.
West Seattle piano instructor Allyson Kramer and about 10 of her students brightened the dining hall at at Park West Skilled Nursing Facility, 1703 California Av. with music during the second of two recitals for the seniors there. The young maestros favored the residents with a variety of classical offerings.
Though not self-proclaimed, artist Ryan Babcock could just as well be called a visual philosopher. His work speaks of the inner workings of someone who is constantly pondering the state of society and its actions with a goal of making viewers think.
“My art foresees the possibility of a world of separateness, loneliness, absent thinking and lack of personal awareness. This is caused by the teachings presented to us by corporate America,” he said. “I believe that we are all here on this earth to learn, evolve and be happy.”
Starting this fall, Shuksan Middle School will have a new administrative team leading the school, but at least one face will be familiar to families and students.
Bellingham School District officials selected Spokane-area assistant principal Jay Jordan to be principal of the school, with assistant principals Janae Hodge and John Heritage joining him. The positions are effective July 1.
Ferndale-based Absorption Corp. has hired a new CEO, and it didn't have to look far to find someone interested in growing the company domestically and internationally.
Ted Mischaikov was hired by the company as it prepares to enter a growth phase that not only includes expanding into markets such as the Europe, Asia and South America, but also plans on developing new products, he said.
"It's a nice, interesting change for me and a role I feel comfortable with," Mischaikov said. "I'll have a chance to work with some very smart, innovative people in a company that's poised for growth."
The University of Washington may raise undergraduate, in-state tuition by about 20 percent or more next year, the second-largest percentage increase in the school's history. At that rate, tuition and fees would rise this September to $10,574 from $8,700.
The actual increase is slightly higher than 20 percent because mandatory fees also are going up.
If not for a random encounter that eventually led Lauren Fleming to the Western Washington University rowing team, she might not be at the university at all.
“I was unhappy at Western during my freshman year and I even thought about transferring,” she wrote in an email interview. “Rowing provided me with a niche and gave me that sense of belonging I think I had been missing my first year at college.”
Fleming, a 2008 graduate of Bainbridge High School, was in the bow for the women’s varsity four that won a national championship at the NCAA Division II national rowing championships on Lake Natoma at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, Calif. May 27-29.
The Sodexo Foundation, the anti-hunger charitable arm of Sodexo, Inc., named eight Sodexo employees as 2011 Heroes of Everyday Life for their exemplary efforts fighting hunger in America. Nominated by colleagues, friends, or employers, honorees will each receive a $5,000 grant for the hunger-related charity of their choosing. They will also be formally recognized at the foundation's annual fundraising dinner tonight in Washington, D.C.
"These inspiring individuals understand that hunger among children and their families is not simply a third world reality," said Robert A. Stern, president, the Sodexo Foundation. "They are witnesses to the fact that hunger is where we least expect it – everywhere; and we honor them for giving without measure in their efforts to eradicate it."
Whatcom Transportation Authority will restore Sunday bus service in Bellingham starting Sunday, June 12.
The agency also will make other changes to various routes, as well as launch an online trip planner that day.
WTA cut its Sunday service last September after voters rejected a sales tax increase for WTA. Then Bellingham formed a citywide transportation benefit district, which asked voters for a two-tenths of 1 percent sales tax increase for various transportation purposes, including contracting with WTA to restore Sunday service. Voters approved it.