May 2017
Compiled by Andrew S. McBride Action Taken at February 21, 2017 meeting Shall the commission: 23. Authorize the executive director to sign an agreement with Whatcom County for real estate services? Whatcom County owns a building at 3720 Williamson Way in the airport’s industrial park (see the County Council meeting [Read More...]
Compiled by Barry MacHale Action Taken at March 7, 2017 Meeting Shall the council: 39. Appoint Michael Shepard to the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee? The Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Board advises the County Council on proposed actions and operations relating to the restoration of water [Read More...]
Compiled by Boris Schleinkofer Action Taken at March 13, 2017 Meeting Shall the council: 40. Authorize the mayor to sign a $40,444 settlement agreement for water damage? On Jan. 16, 2017, a water main broke resulting in extensive water damage to the home at 1301 Portal Drive. Water and mud [Read More...]
Boris Schleinkofer, poetrywatch editor “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” — John F. Kennedy Poetry has a voice in our community, [Read More...]
From July 2000 through April 2002, Whatcom Watch ran a 16-part series on Bellingham parks. Aaron Joy wrote the series based on his self-published book, “A History of Bellingham Parks.” The 394 page book had almost 200 pages of predominantly historical photographs from the Whatcom Museum. Future issues of Whatcom [Read More...]
Lake Whatcom watershed and sub-basins (Matthews et al., 2017) by April Markiewicz Clean water. Each of us gets up every morning, turns on the water faucet and expects to have clean, fresh water at our disposal. We make coffee with it, prepare food, brush our teeth, take a [Read More...]
by Lyle Harris Sr. Climate change is a bunch of nonsense. At least according to Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, he supports eliminating the EPA, commenting: “I think people across the country look at the EPA the way they look at the [Read More...]
Hilary Cole is volunteering her amazing talents to the Watch and will create drawings and cartoons to pair up with articles, and just to have some fun. Hilary is a TV scenic, billboard, portrait and sketch artist and has lived in Bellingham with her husband, Barry, since 2015. You [Read More...]
Ellen Murphy illustrating the two hands of nonviolence. photo: C.J. Pace by Kathryn Fentress Ellen Murphy, 80, has been a lifelong nonviolence practitioner and teacher for peace and justice. She was arrested many times as a 10-year member of The Desert Waves Affinity Group at the Nevada Nuclear [Read More...]
With the April 2017 issue of Whatcom Watch the paper completed twenty-five years of publishing. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our long-time subscribers and advertisers. The below dates are the years our current contributors started subscribing or advertising. 1992 Billie Lauerman Michael Savatgy/Ann McAllen Diane/B.K. Smith [Read More...]