by Kathryn Fentress Since 1978, the Whatcom Literacy Council has been helping adults in Whatcom County improve their literacy skills and learn English. Through customized individual tutoring and focused, small group classes, adult learners acquire critical skills needed to become more self-sufficient. Each year, adult learners set achievable goals to: [Read More...]
by Kathryn Fentress Wendy Scherrer Photo: K. Fentress Wendy Scherrer, 64, has three adult children and three grandchildren. She is a 1976 Huxley College graduate who helped develop the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) and became its Executive Director in 1999. After earning her environmental planning degree in [Read More...]
York Farm Staff. photo: photo: Bob Pescovitz by Kathryn Fentress Mary Loquvam was raised in Oakland and later moved to Los Angeles. The majority of her career [Read More...]
Maru Mora Villalpando at her office. photo: K. Fentress by Kathryn Fentress Maru Mora Villalpando was born and raised in Mexico City. She first came to the United States in the early 90s for economic reasons. She returned to the United States in 1994 for political reasons. She [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...]
by Kathryn Fentress Jeremiah Crowder, longtime vendor, sells Real Change news outside the downtown Community Food Co-op. photo: Becky Spithill Becky Spithill has masters’ degrees in environmental science and local government and urban/regional planning. She worked for city of Bellingham in water treatment from 1993 to 2000. She [Read More...]
Shelly Grant photo: Dominick Manetti Shelly Grant, a Washington native, moved to Bellingham to attend WWU. She graduatedwith a degree in communication and a minor in creative writing. She stayed after graduation because she feels at home here, likes the people, the culture and the environment. She [Read More...]
Erik Dyrland with some kids at the Boys and Girls Club on Kentucky Street.photo: Jeff Judkins Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County by Kathryn Fentress The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County (Bellingham, Ferndale, Lynden and Blaine) is to enable all young people, [Read More...]
Larry Freeman in front of a baobab tree in Namibia. photo: Patricia Freeman by Kathryn Fentress Larry Freeman is a psychiatrist who moved here in 1995 from New Zealand. His wife is a social worker and they have two sons, a daughter and one grandchild. He has an [Read More...]
Beth Brownfield photo: Jerry Brownfield by Kathryn Fentress Beth Brownfield, 75, moved to Bellingham with her husband in 2004 from Minneapolis, Minn. They have two adult children and two grandchildren. Beth and her husband spent [Read More...]