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String section of the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra plays during a practice session.

Voices of the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra: Viola, cello and bass players

"I started playing viola when I was 10 because my parents wouldn't buy me a harp!" jokes Morgan Schwab, principal violist with the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra.

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RANTS/RAVES

Collegium Musicum performance stunning, but audience scant

Sadly, I have to tell you what you missed: an absolutely stunning one-and-a-half-hour musical event, "The Birthday Cantata for Swedish King Gustav III," performed on May 11 at WWU's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall by Western's superb Collegium Musicum.
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Bellingham Public Schools names Promise Award winners

Bellingham Public Schools leaders and community partners recently honored 19 individuals as 2013 Districtwide Promise Award recipients, according to a press release.
WINDOW ON MY WORLD

Bellingham agency raising money to build housing for homeless families

Growing up in the Midwest, I moved around quite a bit, but there was always one constant: a place my family and I called home. Whatever happened in school, in the neighborhood, or on the sports fields was tolerable, because I could go to my own home and know I was safe, comfortable and loved.
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Ferndale student poet wins $10,000

Vista Middle School eighth grader Jessica Jimenez-Arroyo won $10,000 for herself and her school with her poem entered in Scholastics's "I Love to Read Student Creativity Contest."
RANTS/RAVES

Rant: Medical workers should set standard for hygiene

I lived in Asia for many years and while in Hong Kong did a course at the British Council in teaching English. It was an eye opener for me that I was told "never to lick my fingers" to separate pages as Chinese students would not accept the page. I once forgot and that indeed happened.
RANTS/RAVES

Rave: Kudos to Bellingham parks department

Kudos to the parks and recreation department. I am a regular walker at Lake Padden, Cornwall Park and Whatcom Falls. I appreciate how groomed the trails and paths are; I appreciate that an employee gets to those sites early enough to open bathroom doors; and I appreciate how clean and well supplied...
RANTS/RAVES

Rave: So many helped celebrate Meridian High open house

Sitting in my fabulous, sunny classroom this fine morning before school starts, I am thinking of so many who came to celebrate last night at our Meridian High School open house. As a teacher at this great facility, I would like to send a huge thank you to all of those who helped to make our new ...
RANTS/RAVES

Rave: Thanks for supporting nurses at St. Joseph hospital

As a nurse, I want to thank local businesses and residents for displaying the bright yellow signs in support of the St. Joseph registered nurses. These folks realize what nurses bring to our area by shopping locally, being active in community affairs and donating to non-profits to help the less ...
WINDOW ON MY WORLD

Whatcom poet illuminates the value of creative writing

It's Tuesday morning, 9:30 a.m., and I'm leading a creative writing class for highly capable learners at Shuksan Middle School. The students are working on six-page stories and I've discovered a lot of them have chosen to write police dramas, or war epics, or mafia tales - stories with violence...
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Community celebrates planting of 1 millionth tree

Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association were among the more than 350 volunteers who joined the Whatcom Conservation District in celebrating its 1 millionth tree planted in Whatcom County since 1999 at an Earth Day work party April 21, 2013.