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| Growing Veterans wins $175,000 mentoring grant | Growing Veterans, the nonprofit in Whatcom County that helps veterans ease into civilian life while growing healthy produce for the community, is one of 10 organizations in the country to win grants of up to $175,000 for innovative programs. Growing Veterans will use the money to train鈥 |
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| Brown Bag Series Session to Tackle Holiday Stress | Ku鈥檌kahi Mediation Center will host a free talk on Nov. 19 about reducing stress during the holiday season. The talk is part of the mediation center鈥檚 鈥淔inding Solutions, Growing Peace鈥 Brown Bag Lunch Series. Erika Ginnis will conduct the presentation, entitled 鈥淪tress Release鈥 |
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| Walton to enter Washington State Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame | Monte Walton knows it鈥檚 going to be an emotional day Saturday, Nov. 14, at Safeco Field, when he鈥檚 inducted into the Washington State Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame 鈥 especially when they talk about his father, Mal. While Walton was already inducted into the Centralia College Hall of Fame鈥 |
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| Quentin Walter shows collages at Art on 18th Gallery | Quentin Walter has applied for, and won, grants and honors of which other artists dream. The ubiquitous artist makes an appearance at most of the art events along the Treasure Coast, and if you haven鈥檛 met her yet, your chance is near. |
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| Born artist becomes entrepreneur by design | When 27-year-old Shiloh Schroeder took over Sloan Creative in 2006 and turned it into Fusion Creative Works, she transformed a niche marketing agency into a broad-based design firm that combines old-fashioned customer service with a tech-savvy approach to websites, branding and publishing. 鈥 |
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| Artist profile: Ken Osthimer finds new path with mono lens photos | Fine-art photographer Ken Osthimer is one of five Whatcom County artists featured in the Allied Arts Juried Art Series, this one with the theme 鈥淔lora and Fauna,鈥 opening at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the gallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave., during the Downtown Art Walk. Other artists featured in鈥 |
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| Samuel is Monte鈥檚 first female mayor; Estes concedes | In what could be called a repeat performance of the August primary election, Montesano attorney Vini Samuel was elected mayor in a landslide Tuesday. Incumbent Ken Estes conceded the race soon after the initial tally of votes by the Grays Harbor County Auditor鈥檚 office. |
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| Ferris choir teacher named music educator of the year | Barbara Tappa, a choir teacher at Ferris High School, has no illusions of grandeur. She knows that most of her students won鈥檛 continue with music after they graduate. So, she tries to leave them with something that will stick. 鈥淚鈥檓 trying to teach the kids empathy and trying to understand鈥 |
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| Today in Music History: Happy 40th, Chris Walla | Chris Walla, former guitarist with Death Cab for Cutie, is 40 today. Walla was born in Bothell, Wash., and he joined Death Cab for Cutie while attending Western Washington University in Bellingham. Death Cab for Cutie would go on to release seven albums, four EPs and two live EPs with Walla in鈥 |
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| Artist profile: Blaine teacher Don Sayegh plays Irish tunes | Brooklyn-born and raised, Don Sayegh came to Bellingham in 1991, and although he started studying at Syracuse University in New York, he ended up getting his master鈥檚 degree in education at Western Washington University. Sayegh has been active in the Whatcom County music scene for about鈥 |