Window On My World columns from Whatcom County

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Bellingham couple trying to create affordable performing venue

Mark Kuntz is working to turn city-owned commercial space near the Parkade on Commercial Street into an affordable performing arts venue.

My wife and I feel lucky to have landed in such a beautiful community with a vibrant arts scene. We moved, met and married in Bellingham as faculty at WWU in the fine and performing arts, and are thrilled to be raising our boys in a community that...

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International student became ambassador at Whatcom CC

"Get out of here, Asian," yelled a group of strangers soon after I arrived in the United States from Tokyo, Japan. I was confused and didn't know how to respond but chose to ignore it because I was happy to be in another country. As time went on, I started to understand what they meant. Due to the...
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Hard work has Whatcom student ready for high tech job

How can I put into words what Whatcom Community College's Computer Information Systems program has done for me? The program has the reputation for getting incredible results in two years. All of which is true, but I do not want prospective students to get the impression that by simply enrolling...
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Whatcom student's desire for a career led to leadership role

I am a first-generation college student. Neither of my parents completed high school. It has always been a challenge for me to let them know how important school is. They came from Mexico at a young age. My father dropped out of high school because his family wanted him to work in the fields and...
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Bellingham student got a running start at Whatcom CC

Since the sixth grade my plan had always been to attend Whatcom Community College as a Running Start student. My goal of becoming a physician had encouraged me to make the decision to earn a transfer degree and shave off two years of college from the long college years ahead.
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Whatcom nursing graduate hopes to work in ER

My interest in nursing started in the summer of 1993 when I was diagnosed with type I diabetes. While my career interests varied between the ages of 9 and 27, I always knew I wanted to work with people in a dynamic and interesting environment. Nursing is a profession that relies on communication...
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Whatcom center offers horseback riding lessons as therapy

As a graduate of the Western Washington University's Behavioral Neuroscience program, I threw my cap with confidence and clarity of purpose. For the last three years I had worked in a lab on campus designing more effective medications for schizophrenia. Through this experience, I learned that ...
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Ferndale woman turns grief over dog to fundraiser for Whatcom Humane Society

A Ferndale family turned their grief over losing their beloved dog into Boomer's Buddies, a team entered in The Human Race that raises money for the Whatcom Humane Society.
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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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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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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...