In the media
04 29 13
The Bellingham Herald
My April 7 column described a program at Bellingham Vet Center that helps veterans write about their time in the military, and included advice from Bellingham author Marcus Brotherton.
After that article came out, I was asked about programs that help non-veterans preserve their life stories, too.
04 29 13
Catholic New World
"Both my parents were from northern Philippines. I was born and raised in Seattle, Wash. When it gets overcast and drizzly here, I get nostalgic. I went to public and then Catholic school, fifth through eighth grade. High school was John F. Kennedy Catholic School in Seattle. My brother, 16 years older, died in 2000. My father, who died in 2008 at 97, was 52 when I was born. My mother is still living and will celebrate her 90th birthday in May, in the same home I grew up in. My sister-in-law and nieces live close by, but Mom still lives on her own."
04 26 13
The Bellingham Herald
At one of several Thanksgiving dinners I spent with my friends Roger and Anne Griffith, Roger spoke enthusiastically about seeing original Broadway shows with the original casts, "West Side Story," among others. His love for music of all sorts is ever-present in conversations, and the songs he has chosen over the past 25 years for his much-beloved choir, the Kulshan Chorus, makes evident his eclectic choices.
04 26 13
The Bellingham Herald
Western Washington University sophomore Evan Needham was named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's Golf Academic All-Star Team announced Thursday, Apr. 25.
04 26 13
The Bellingham Herald
Western Washington University's Claire Rachor and Anna Bourland were named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Golf Academic All-Star Team announced Thursday, April. 25.
04 26 13
The Bellingham Herald
For the third straight time in its six-game home stand, Western Washington University earned a split, this one against Simon Fraser University, as it rallied for a 4-1 win in the nightcap of a Great Northwest Athletic Conference softball doubleheader Thursday, at Viking Field in Bellingham.
04 25 13
Seattle P-I
The very public death of the Washington Dream Act has left those in Olympia who killed the legislation grasping for a way of explaining why they wouldn’t permit the state Senate even to vote on it.
The latest line, peddled on a conservative radio talk show: Democrats’ purpose in sponsoring the legislation — aimed at making undocumented college students eligible for state financial aid — was to make Republicans look racist.
04 25 13
The (Everett) Herald
No one walking the halls of Olympia is surprised Washington's 147 lawmakers and governor will need a special session to finish their work.
When it will begin and how long it will run is anyone's guess.
04 25 13
The Bellingham Herald
Western Washington University's Associated Students Productions is hosting a rally in support of the Sonics' pending return to Seattle at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Carver Gym on WWU's campus.
The rally is called #SonicsAllDay. There will be various activities and giveaways, and former Sonics star Shawn Kemp and co-founder of Save our Sonics will be guest speaking. Kemp will also conduct a meet-and-greet, and Seattle hip-hop group Blue Scholars will perform live.
04 25 13
Crosscut
Washington House Democrats have trimmed their education improvements budget from almost $1.34 billion to $1.16 billion.
That is in contrast the Republican-oriented Senate's $1 billion education fix-it proposal going into budget talks to begin later this week.
