Window On My World columns from Whatcom County

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

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

"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...
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Relay for Life inspires Lynden woman

For those of you not familiar with Relay of Life, I will do my best to summarize it for you. Through this signature global movement known as Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society raises funds and awareness in the battle against cancer. Relay is a powerful overnight experience that takes place...
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Bellingham marathon runner stunned by Boston bombings

With excitement, nerves and chills from the breezy Boston morning I stepped out of my hotel and gazed at the Boston Marthon's finish line. A small rush of adrenaline shot through me as I thought about the 26.2 mile historic race I was about to run. I felt blessed to have been able to get a hotel...
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Shopping at thrift stores a great way to decorate your home while also helping the community

About six years ago I discovered a delightful activity that is fun, rewarding and relatively inexpensive. The activity is thrift-store shopping.
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Ferndale-based organization promotes ecotourism in Brazil

Whenever we hear the word "travel," most people immediately conjure images of pristine beaches and blue water. There are quite a few places like this on earth, but not all of them can still offer an authentic sense and feel of belonging as does the Eixo Forte region of the Amazon, near Santar&#...
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Voices of the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra: Violinists share their love of music

"My mother was my first violin teacher," remembers Grant Donnellan, professor of violin at Western Washington University, "and concertmaster of the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra. When I was in middle school, she made me play in the orchestra, with the incentive of dinner at McDonald's after each rehearsal...
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Sumas inventor of Icy Light brings product to Whatcom stores

Have you ever thought of something unique and wondered why somebody hasn't made it yet? Most of us probably do, as did I one day. Now, I have turned my idea into reality -- Icy Light, an ice scraper with a detachable flashlight that is now available at 18 Whatcom County stores. The process is a ...
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Crafty Bellingham mom creates Snappy Patches for her son

As a former stylist, I developed the uncanny ability of transforming ordinary subject matter into artwork that reflects my creative vision, and instills a notable feeling of originality.
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Miss Whatcom 2012 reflects on a year of service, scholarship

"And your new Miss Whatcom County 2012 is ... contestant number six, Kimball Gainor."