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草榴社区 basketball alum receives high honor | In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of NCAA Division II, former Western Washington University men's basketball player Grant Dykstra has been named one of 48 former NCAA II student-athletes who will be honored by the NCAA throughout 2013. Developed through a partnership with the鈥 |
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Bellingham writer finds new career writing fanciful tales for middle-graders | Clete Smith should have listened to his Uncle Mike. In a story he likes to tell, Smith was 12 years old when his uncle asked him what he wanted to do with his life. Young Smith, who by then loved reading and making up stories, told his uncle that he wanted to write books. His uncle鈥 |
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A world of tea awaits novices and devoted followers in Whatcom County | Sometime during the 10th century B.C., someone in China poured hot water over a dried tea leaf and an industry was born. Camellia sinensis - the tea plant - came to be traded like gold while expanding throughout Asia and charting the course of the British Empire. Tea helped shape the鈥 |
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Underground Theater renamed after Dreier gift | ||||
Henri the cat | We meet the star of a locally made Youtube video, an existentially troubled cat named Henri. Henri has a new book coming out in April, which can be pre-ordered on his website. A portion of everything sold online goes to cat charities. |
By day she teaches and trains students in the WorkFirst program at Peninsula College. And by night, Angie Huckstep is fierce and playful, a lioness with dark brown curls highlighted in purple. Those plum-hued tendrils gleamed one recent night on the All茅 Stage when Huckstep鈥 |
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Kombucha Town brewery opens downtown in Herald Building | There鈥檚 irony in Chris McCoy selling his kombucha 鈥渂eer鈥 as an alcoholic beverage, since as he sees it, kombucha might actually sober you up quicker than it will get you drunk. McCoy recently opened a microbrewery called Kombucha Town on the sixth floor of the Herald Building in downtown鈥 |
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Meet Idaho's food safety king | Idaho food and dairy processors have largely been spared the customer malaise, corporate financial ruin and bad publicity that come with tainted products. Jeff Kronenberg and his associates aim to keep it that way. "I've been involved with (out-of-state) companies that have had鈥 |
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Training new leaders | A group of 20 civic-minded young San Diegans don鈥檛 know if they鈥檙e going to change the world, but they want to give it their best shot. |
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Snohomish teacher to be honored for civic focus | Tuck Gionet understands his reputation precedes him. |