Something wonderful is happening in Whatcom County schools which involves locally grown foods. At a time when, paradoxically, childhood obesity and childhood hunger are on the rise in the U.S., a Whatcom organization is working to introduce local ingredients into school lunch programs to help improve nutrition and educate kids and their families about healthy eating.
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Years ago, there were roller skating rinks in Ferndale, Birch Bay, the Bellingham Armory, and elsewhere in Whatcom County. Now there's one: Lynden Skateway.
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Something wonderful is happening in Whatcom County schools which involves locally grown foods. At a time when, paradoxically, childhood obesity and childhood hunger are on the rise in the U.S., a Whatcom organization is working to introduce local ingredients into school lunch programs to help improve nutrition and educate kids and their families about healthy eating.
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Scot Ranney of Bellingham calls himself a "piano-playing computer-geek ski bum."
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Marlin and Sharon Statema moved to Birch Bay after raising their family in Eastern Washington. They lived on their 36-foot trawler for a year, then bought a home in Birch Bay Village.
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Phil McAfee pored over some work at his desk on a late summer afternoon when his son, Andrew, emerged from packing up his bedroom.
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When Scottish native Andy Forrest opened Cresswell Boggs seven years ago, he had an idea that cards and jewelry would make a nice selection of merchandise, but he had no clue his downtown Bellingham store would become so popular.
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