Dean Kahn columns for The Bellingham Herald

Dean Kahn

Dave Harding, 60, in the YMCA in Bellingham, Friday, May 10, 2013. Harding is retiring after 25 years as the Whatcom Family YMCA executive director.

Longtime Whatcom Family YMCA director to retire

When Dave Harding was hired as director of the Whatcom Family YMCA, there was talk of moving the Y from downtown to the outskirts of Bellingham, in part because it occupied, in the words of a longtime board member, an "old, dilapidated, crummy-looking building."

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Bellingham son of Watergate prosecutor recalls his father with mix of sadness, pride

Four decades ago, while his father was a regular figure in the national media, Rick Merrill was living a news-free existence on a farm in Vermont.
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Seattle author relishes chance to see 150-year-old pickle at Lynden museum

LYNDEN - Harriet Baskas is thrilled about what she will see when she speaks at Lynden Pioneer Museum on May 25. It's something she has seen in pictures but never in person.
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Bellingham slam poet Ryler Dustin working on next chapter in his life

Ryler Dustin managed to morph from being a socially awkward, daydreaming kid into a successful slam poet with a book of poems to his credit and a $10,000 prize under his belt.
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Bellingham Christian poet Luci Shaw wins national honor

Bellingham writer Luci Shaw's books aren't best-sellers. She doesn't have a doctorate or a master's degree in fine arts. She hasn't spent her life in academia.
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Bellingham retiree builds replica of Dirty Dan's rowboat

A large, flat-bottomed rowboat whose design was inspired by one used by Dirty Dan Harris has joined the fleet of small vessels available at the Community Boating Center in Fairhaven, the waterfront community that Harris platted in 1883.
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Interested in writing your memoirs? These classes and services can help

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.
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91-year-old retired oncologist to receive B.A. from Harvard

It's clear that Sudden Valley resident Thomas Hall is not your typical bachelor's degree graduate - at 91, he plans to attend commencement May 30 at Harvard University.
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Bellingham woman organizes "group purchases" of fine art for nonprofit agencies

Jeni Cottrell has a thing about blank walls. She can't abide them.
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Nurse helps disoriented elderly veteran stuck at Blaine border

BLAINE - On March 6, a Vietnam veteran who was supposed to drive home to Sequim after his appointment at the Veterans Hospital in Seattle took a wrong turn and found himself hours later at the border with Canada.
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Bellingham Vet Center offers class for veterans who want to write about their time in the service

Mike Novotny, the team leader at Bellingham Vet Center, presides over a new class for veterans who want to write about their time in the military.