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It will soon be time for off-season pruning and tying of local raspberry canes. County raspberry production in 2023 was at its highest level in three years, but still not back to the high yields of 5-7 years ago. (Cal Bratt for the Tribune)

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For more photos of the golf cart parade, see page 4.

Event was sponsored by Chuckanut Golf Carts

By Cal Bratt For the Tribune

WHATCOM — County raspberry production in 2023 was at its highest level in three years, but still not back to the high yields of 5-7 years ago.

The tonnage harvested this year from county fields was just over 59 million pounds, the Lynden-based Washington Red Raspberry Commission reports. That’s up nearly 19% from last year and even more from heatimpacted 2021.

Still, it’s short of the 60-and 70-millionpound harvests once known in berry-dominant Whatcom.

“We believe new genetics from both the private and public breeding programs are signaling better production in years ahead,” states the WRRC October newsletter.

Nearly all of the state’s production of red raspberries is by 50 growers in a radius around Lynden. In turn, Washington is the dominant state in raspberries for processing.

The annual meeting of all producer members of the commission takes place at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 29 during the Washington Small Fruit Conference and Lynden Ag Show at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden.

The Washington blueberry industry has its own commission, which usually has its wrap-up meeting also during the two-day conference.

By Brian Kruhlak Director of Golf, Sudden Valley Golf & Country Club

Longtime journalist/publicist Dave Brumbaugh prepares to go into semi-retirement in the next few months. Brumbaugh is pictured at the Lynden Tribune newspaper, where he served as editor from 1990-1998. (Bill Helm/Lynden Tribune)

Longtime journalist/publicist Dave Brumbaugh looks back at four-decade career, looks forward to semi-retirement

By Bill Helm Editor

LYNDEN — Dave Brumbaugh has lived the bulk of his life in Lynden.

Born in Port Angeles in 1958, the Brumbaugh family moved to Lynden when he was 12. Six years later, he graduated from Lynden High School and moved on to Washington State Univer-

sity, from where he graduated in 1980.

After 10 years in the newspaper business, of which the first eight were in Oregon, the other two in northern California, the Lynden Tribune hired Brumbaugh to fill the editor’s seat when Cal Bratt went on sabbatical.

Brumbaugh spent eight years at the Tribune, then

four at Business Pulse, before he decided to work for himself as a publicist. In 2002, Brumbaugh launched Brumbaugh Co. Over the next few months, Brumbaugh plans to transition into semi-retirement. He’ll keep some clients, Brumbaugh said, however the time is right for him and his wife Bonnie to travel and to tend to various

On Saturday, December 22, Sudden Valley hosted the 2nd Annual Christmasthemed golf cart parade. This is a fun event with both golf members and nongolf members decorating golf carts (and in some cases themselves!) for a 20-minute ride through the golf course and the recreation corridor. All in all there were almost 20 carts that participated. Several community members lined the route and cheered on the cart riders and were

rewarded with candy canes that were tossed from the carts!

New this year was sponsorship from Chuckanut Golf Carts. They provided golf carts for rent for those that didn’t own their own and donated all of the rental fees to the Sudden Valley Community Cupboard. Chuckanut Golf Carts was happy to donate $140 to the Community Cupboard in support of Sudden Valley owners who need help with some basic supplies especially at this time of year.

Thankfully the weather cooperated and both participants and spectators had a great time. Plans are already underway for next year’s event and we hope to continue to grow the event and the support of the Community Cupboard.

By Cal Bratt For the Tribune

Acreage that was planted in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program just in 2019 along Hannegan Road is now ripped out, after many local CREP contracts with the Farm Service Agency were either revised or canceled. (Cal Bratt for the Tribune)

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WHATCOM — At least 804 acres of county land have been removed from the streamside Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, negating about $482,000 of the federal program’s

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payments to local land owners.

Just over 100 contracts, or about one-fifth of the county total, were canceled either by land owners themselves or the USDA Farm Service Agency, said Jon Wyss, Washington state director.

A review of contracts was triggered this year upon finding that wrong maps of eligible streams had been used in enrolling land owners in CREP. FSA called it “erroneous enrollment” resulting from agencies’ error.

The preliminary numbers could go higher, since 32 more Whatcom County CREP contracts of 377 acres are still in review, Wyss said. The maximum dollar loss on those would be

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Realineación de distritos de directores de Nooksack Valley estará en boleta electoral: ‘Esta resolución abre la puerta para más participación de individuos interesados’ Por Bill Helm Editor

hill and restaurant,” an SVCA release put out on Dec. 14 reads.”

The release goes on to mention that Acla holds PGA, CMCA and AMS designations, qualifying him as an expert in these fields. Acla will join the SVCA on a fulltime basis on Jan. 14 and will transition along with outgoing GM Mitch Waterman until Jan. 26, when Waterman will step down.

Breakfast with Santa, a recap

More than 400 community members showed up to holiday event

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around $269,000.

“This was a very challenging and difficult process for everyone,” Wyss said Monday. “The ongoing challenge will be to earn the trust of producers back, which we work on daily.”

The goal in September was to complete the revision or cancellation of contracts before the new federal fiscal year started Oct. 1. Land owners, many of them farmers, will be paid for the past fiscal year.

Fred Likkel, executive director of the Whatcom Family Farmers support group, said, “We’ve lost the ability of land owners to trust See CREP on A4

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NOOKSACK VALLEY — Si está apoyada por los votantes, la proposición 2022-7 disolvería los cinco distritos de directores del Distrito Escolar de Nooksack Valley y realinearlos en tres distritos

de director y añadiría dos directores generales.

Esto significa que dos de los miembros del Consejo Escolar de Nooksack Valley podrían vivir en cualquier lugar en el distrito.

Los otros tres miembros, pues, cada de ellos necesita vivir entre un recién creado subdistrito.

Esos tres subdistritos, dijo el superintendente de Nooksack Valley Matt Galley, serán Everson y sus alrededores, Nooksack y sus alrededores, y Sumas y sus alrededores.

“Crea un requisito de residencia,” Galley dijo.

Cada de los tres subdistritos

tendría una cantidad igual de gente viviendo allí, lo que significa que las tres áreas no serían de tamaño geográfico igual. Para asegurar que los distritos son igualmente representativos, las poblaciones deben ser fundamentalmente iguales, según Stephen Jones, presidente del con-

sejo escolar y director del distrito 2.

Con base en los números del informe de resumen del distrito Nooksack Valley en octubre de 2021, cada de los tres distritos de director tendrían entre 3,719 y Ver Realineación en la página 3

Fiestas Patrias fue todo un éxito

By Hannah Oliphant Special to the Views

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As the event planner for breakfast with Santa, I wanted to take a moment, and thank the many people that made this years event the success that it was. First, I think that it is most important to thank our community. Without all of you, there would be nothing to write about! You all came together, and donated 2 full bins of toys to the Toys for Tots organization, thereby bringing Christmas to those most in need. That is amazing, and you should all be very proud of yourselves! Secondly, I’d like to give a huge thank you to Cruz, and his amazing staff at El Agave, for coming through with enough meals to serve over 400 community members! Which, by the way, is a new record high for our event!

I can’t say enough good things about the generosity and patience of Cruz, we are

lucky to have El Agave located in our little community! I’d also like to thank all of you that generously donated to the community food cupboard, both with non perishable food items all month long, but with monetary donations, which came out to $176. That’s a lot of meals for our own people that need it. Have I mentioned how awesome our community members are?!

We also had a fantastic group of volunteers that donated their time, and energy to make sure that every child left with fun holiday crafts, and smiles! I couldn’t have worked with a better crew of elves this year! What would a breakfast with Santa be without Santa?! I’d also like to thank him, and his Missus for showing up, and taking pictures with the kids. We’re also pretty lucky to have him around too!

In all, this years Breakfast was more than just a success for those most in need, it was a show in how much we all care about each other, and how important it is to work toward a better community, in spirit and example. Again, I want to thank you all for doing your part in making Sudden Valley a great place to live, and I, for one, am excited to see where 2019 leads us!

Happy New Year, Sudden Valley!

Organizado por la Cámara de Comercio Hispana del Noroeste de Washington (NWWHCC), las Fiestas Patrias anuales se llevaron a cabo el sábado 17 de septiembre en Pioneer Park en Ferndale. Con camiones de comida, un espectáculo de autos low rider, lucha libre y mucha diversión para todas las edades, Fiestas Patrias es para todos, de todos los grupos étnicos y creencias, dijo Manuel Reta de NWWHCC. Según Christina Facundo, secretaria de la cámara, las Fiestas Patrias de este año fueron un éxito gracias a las empresas locales y la comunidad que patrocinaron el evento.

“Sin ellos no podríamos organizar el evento todos los años y hacer que este evento sea gratuito para las familias”. Facundo agradeció al restaurante de la familia Chihuahua, Brothwick Jewelry, Hall of Tax, Lummi Nation and the City of Ferndale, John L Scott Realty, Brandon Nelson Realty, Sherwin Williams, LA Perferida, Supermarket Rafas por sus donaciones y a El Ranchito y Martha’s Cocina y a la apoyo de voluntarios y al grupo de personas que trabajan juntas, los miembros de la cámara. Reta dijo que el grupo de baile Chicas Reinas sigue buscando nuevas bailarinas “ya que fueron un foco positivo para nuestra comunidad. La comunidad se reunió como un evento hispano muy exitoso con una audiencia de más de 2000 personas.” (Fotos cortesía de Dia Harvey)

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The Sudden Valley Community Association Board of Directors had another truncated meeting schedule in December, with just one regular Board meeting.

That was partially due to the holiday season, but also to the fact that time was spent on a series of other meetings (shown in the photo to the right) held to decide on a new general manager to take over for outgoing GM Mitch Waterman.

Candidate meet-and-greets were held throughout the first week of December, and SVCA Board President Leslie McRoberts announced at the Board’s Thursday, Dec. 13, regular meeting that Joe Acla has been selected as the SVCA’s new GM. “Joe comes to us from a large-scale community association comparable in size and complexity to Sudden Valley. His current GM role includes management of a 3,356 single family home community with a golf course, recreational sports complex, six lakes with beaches and a marina, a ski

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Education Then a young man, Brumbaugh grew up reading newspapers. “I was a big sports fan even then,” he said.

When he started college, Brumbaugh considered a career in broadcasting.

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Dinner auction June 15 aims to raise $450,000 LYNDEN — Supporters of a new Agricultural Education Center on the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds hope a June 15 dinner and auction will raise the final funds needed to start construction this year.

The center will replace several of the fairgrounds’ oldest structures and include space for year-round display of the award-winning “Farming: For Life” presentation of photos and educational panels.

About $450,000 remains to be raised of the $5 million cost for the 26,000-square-foot building, envisioned for just be-

At Bernice Vossbeck Elementary School on Friday, principal Becky Midboe and students witness a flowering dogwood tree being planted on the grounds in memory of the lady for whom the school is named. See page A2 story. (Calvin Bratt/Lynden Tribune)

State legislator, County Council races on Aug. 7 primary ballot Both Ericksen and Van Werven have two challengers

sen of Ferndale and Rep. Luanne Van Werven of Lynden drew two challengers in their reelection bids.

Van Werven will face off against Justin Boneau, currently a Bellinghambased youth crew supervisor with the Department of Ecology, and Dean Berkeley, of Blaine and a sitting commissioner with Fire District 21/North Whatcom Fire & Rescue.

Ericksen will be in a runoff involving Bellingham City Council mayor pro-tem Pinky Vargas and Timothy Ballew II, a former Lummi tribal chairman now in a short term on the Whatcom County Council.

hind the main Front Street entrance.

The Northwest Washington Fair Foundation is hosting the fundraiser in the Expo Building. A social hour with a no-host bar will start at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 and a live auction at 7:30.

Tickets are $30 apiece. Reservations are due June 5 by contacting Tarrah Jandoc at 360-3544111, ext. 210, or tarrahj@ nwwafair.com.

Major pledges from local individuals and businesses already have met much of the total cost for the Agricultural Education Center, but $450,000 still is needed.

The Northwest Washington Fair & Event Center will receive $1.8 million from the state. The state funds are included in the

er, a state Court of Appeals spot serving four northwest Washington counties is up for grabs for the first time in 24 years.

Three of five running are from Bellingham. Roger Leishman is chief legal adviser for Western Washington University, Cecily Hazelrigg-Hernandez is an ethnic-studies professor at Western, and Lisa Keeler is an attorney in general civil litigation. Tom SeGuine, of Mount Vernon, has been both a prosecutor and private attorney in courts. Rita Latsinova, of Friday Harbor, is in a Seattle commer-

Brooks DeWaard and Eric Steiger each won two medals at the 1A state championship meet. SEE B2

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WHATCOM — Voters will see two state legislative races and a County Council contest on the Aug. 7 primary election ballot, along with a monster list of U.S. Senate candidates and an open regional Court of Appeals judge position.

Both 42nd District incumbent Sen. Doug Erick-

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FERNDALE — Cascadia, Central and Skyline elementary schools will all see new leadership this coming school year. Former principals Kellie Larrabee and Georgia Dellinger will be taking on new roles in the Ferndale School District.

Larrabee will serve as the executive director for teaching and learning while Dellinger has accepted a position where she will mentor new principals. She will also be part of the planning team for the new Ferndale High School.

Joel Francik, former assistant principal at Vista Middle School for two years, began his

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new role as principal at Central Elementary on Aug. 1.

Superintendent Linda Quinn said Francik impressed with the way he was able to make and form relationships in the district.

“He is first and foremost a people person,” Quinn said. “One thing about internal candidates is they have an audition period so we’ve watched the way Joel has been able to build relationships with staff.”

Obadiah DeWeber was selected as the new principal of Sky-

line Elementary back in March and started the role full-time on July 1. He previously served as the principal of the Lummi Nation School for three years.

Quinn said DeWeber brings a lot of experience at the elementary level with him to Skyline.

“He’s an experienced principal,” Quinn said. “He’s a really strong leader with a big heart.”

DeWeber started working a day or so a week at Skyline in the spring and has already proven himself as a great teammate with staff, Quinn said.

At Cascadia Elementary, Kelly Parsons officially took over as principal on Aug.1. She was previously the assistant principal at Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary in the Marysville School District.

Parsons brings experience in multiple areas of education, Quinn said.

“We were very impressed with her background with ELL students, Native students, migrant students,” Quinn said. “[She has] strong instructional skills.

She’s also bilingual in Spanish — that’s not a requirement, but

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we’re always happy to hire staff who have that skill.”

Quinn said the hiring process for all of the positions had multiple tiers. It started with advertising the open positions, interviewing applicants and then narrowing down to finalists.

She said the process doesn’t change with candidates who already work in the district versus those who don’t.

“There’s no general rule for that. Sometimes we have people who are ready and a good fit and sometimes that doesn’t happen,” Quinn said. “As a personal philosophy, I think it’s good to mix it up and bring in some new folks, but also make sure that our internal folks know there’s a career pathway open to them.”

Quinn said the district is thrilled about all of the new hirings.

“All of the people we hired are multi-faceted and brings lots of skills to the table,” she said.

The first Sudden Valley election under the new WUCIOA law took place on Saturday, Nov. 3, and while the proposed budget (including a dues increase) only received about 47 percent approval, it passed in accordance with the new law.

It was a picture of the SVCA’s future under WUCIOA, in which budgets and assessments are roped into the same vote, and more than 50 percent of the association’s total membership must vote against a budget for it to fail.

Scottish event returns to Hovander Park

By Brian Kruhlak Director of Golf, Sudden Valley Golf & Country Club

On Saturday, October 20th the Sudden Valley Golf Course hosted Western Washington University’s annual CrossCountry meet. WWU leased the front nine of the golf course for the morning hours and hosted four separate races on a course designed and laid out by the WWU crosscountry coaching staff.

The day kicked off with a community 5k race that WWU graciously offered to administer for us. Sudden Valley community members including Karen Borchert of the Parks and Trails Committee coordinated the 2nd Annual Ghosts & Ghouls 5k and turned it into a benefit for Sudden Valley’s Community Cupboard program. Entry fee for the race was a voluntary donation to the Community Cupboard and over $100 was raised! The coordinators and the participants had a great time and are looking forward to making the 3rd Annual even bigger and better!

Next up at 9:45 was the kids 500-meter dash. This was without a doubt the cutest event of the day with kids aged 3-10 taking part in this modified race with a loop that started at the bottom of the driving range tee, then wound its way over to the 9th fairway and finished up with a sprint towards the finish line at the back of the driving range. Most kids wore Halloween costumes, and all were sporting ear-to-ear grins!

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WHATCOM — Nearly two in five county households couldn’t afford a basic monthly budget in 2016 that includes housing, food, child care, health care, transportation and a smartphone, according to reports put out last week by the United Way organizations of the Pacific Northwest and the United Way ALICE Project.

The 2016 data showed 39 percent of Whatcom County’s 84,011 households, or about 32,760, not earning enough to make ends meet.

A majority of these house-

holds, 18,482, are ALICE — a term meaning Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.

Individuals and families in this category earn above the federal poverty level, but have less than what it takes to survive in the local modern economy.

In addition, another 14,282 households, or 7.7 percent of the total, live below the federal poverty level.

The term ALICE was coined to shed light on those essential workers often overlooked by other economic indicators and policy discussions. ALICE is a child care worker, a home health aide, a store clerk. ALICE is every working person in a low-wage job, with little or no savings, who is one emergency away from poverty, as a more general profile.

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“Despite seemingly positive economic signs, the ALICE data shows that financial hardship is still a pervasive problem.”

— Stephanie Hoopes, project director need to focus our impact work on improving the lives of those who struggle financially,” said Peter Theisen, head of United Way of Whatcom County.

The project is a grassroots movement that seeks to redefine financial hardship in the U.S. by

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“Despite seemingly positive economic signs, the ALICE data shows that financial hardship is still a pervasive problem,” said project director Stephanie Hoopes, who holds a Ph.D., leader of the data analysis in New Jersey.

“This research dispels longstanding myths about financial instability by showing that ALICE families exist in every community and among all ages, races and ethnicities,” Hoopes said.

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households in Whatcom County that cannot afford what is considered a basic survival budget, the percentage of struggling households within each census county division ranges from 31 percent to 48 percent.

• From 2010 to 2016, the cost of basic living expenses for a family of four (two adults, one infant, and one preschooler) had risen 28 percent in Washington State, compared to a nationwide inflation rate of only 9 percent.

• Although unemployment rates are falling, ALICE workers still struggle. Low-wage jobs dominate the landscape, with 50 percent of all jobs in Washington State paying less than $20 per hour, while an increase in contract jobs and on-demand jobs has created less stability.

Gaps in wages persist and vary based on the type of employer as well as the gender, education, race and ethnicity of workers.

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The kids gave way to the Men’s Collegiate 10k which kicked off at 10:00 with over 180 competitors. Their course involved making 4 laps around the approximately 2500-meter loop that started at the base of the driving range tee then headed out across the 2nd and 3rd fairways. After a quick loop into the marina parking area, the runners then headed back out onto the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th holes before heading back over to the driving range to the finish line. The first runners crossed the finish line in under 33 minutes and by 10:50 all runners had completed the race.

It was a short turn around for the women’s race which got going at 11:00 with over 140 women taking their turn on the modified 6k course. It was less than 22 minutes later that the first woman crossed the finish line and wrapped up an exciting day of racing.

The Viking Men finished 3rd overall and the Viking Women finished 4th. The teams are ranked 19th and 14th respectively in the nation.

WWU coaches PeeWee Halsell and Bill Roe were instrumental in moving the race to Sudden Valley from Lake Padden and were very pleased with the new venue.

“We really enjoyed coming out to Sudden Valley Golf Course and appreciate all they did to accommodate this great event to make for a wonderful student-athlete experience. The weather was great, the course was great, the racing was great. It was a good day for the Vikings,” said Halsell.

It was a great day for Sudden Valley with over 500 athletes and spectators being exposed to its natural beauty, many for the first time. Plans are already underway to host the 46th Annual next October!

By Lee Langdon Special to the Views

The Valley Arts Group’s quarterly meeting was held on Saturday, October 13, 2018 in the Community Center (Barn) at 10 AM. Members brought a piece of art to share with the group (often with ooh’s and aah’s). All work was then hung, until January, in either the Barn or the Library. The theme for this exhibit was harvest, trees and/or flowers.

The group also sponsored a Poster Contest with a theme of water. Members voted on their favorite, received a $50 gift certificate to Dakota Arts. Look around for the selected piece on a poster advertising the Valley and the Arts Group. Entries for the Valley Arts Group 2019 calendar were voted on as well. Again, look for the calendar sale! It would make a great holiday gift--each month celebrating a different artist.

We held a great featured artists reception on October 20. The entire community was invited. There was music, art and delicious food. The art featured in the Barn is Sarah Lane’s. Her background is fascinating. This is what she tells us about her work: “I hope you enjoy my representational watercolor and acrylic paintings, in which I pass along the brilliant color that I feel.

Summer seems to be the season for watercolor and plein air. In the fall, I tend to draw inward, oftentimes turning to black

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and white linocut and drawing. Through the winter, I lay it on thick with acrylic and heavy gel medium. Spring? New beginnings all around. I do tend to paint with the seasons because my greatest inspiration is the natural world.”

Stephanie Strong is the featured artist at the Club House. Her background is in art, elementary school teaching and founding a company... a manufacturing firm that made children and adult accessories which were distributed throughout the entire Nordstrom chain. She is also the principal of Strong Design, where she promotes sustainable design practices in every project. Stephanie is now fascinated by silk painting, sharing her love with members by giving several classes. She likes how the paint flows freely and is more unpredictable than watercolor. We love to see the results--of our own, and of Stephanie’s brush.

You can learn more about each artist and see some of their art by visiting our website.

The Valley Arts Group encourages artists to join the group, and members to show their work. The Valley Arts Group welcomes members with all backgrounds (from self-taught to MFA’s), all ages, and all genders.

For the Valley Arts Group, see our Facebook page https://www.facebook. com/ValleyArtsGroup/ or our website at http://valleyartsgroup.org

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Almost two-fifths of households struggle to cover basic needs United Way 2016 analysis shows recession isn’t over for many working families

Measure 2, which aligns the SVCA’s bylaws with a new RCW voting timeline, passed with almost 68 percent approval.

Measure 3, allowing for electronic voting and simplifying certain election language, also passed, with 67 percent approval.

On the Board front, Whitney Pearce, Paula Birchler and Andrew Entrikin were each elected to three-year terms with 756, 750 and 708 votes each, respectively.

The next-highest vote-getter was Shanda Owen, who garnered 509 votes.

Ann Gray, Sharon Wash and Hannah Oliphant each received two-year terms on the Nominations & Elections Committee, and both Robert Gibbs and Richard Bailey both received three-year terms on the Architectural Control Committee.

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The open County Council At-Large position is sought by: Eric Bostrom, who ran for the Bellingham City Council a year ago; Carol Frazey, also of Bellingham and an 18-year county resident; Aaron Thomas, a Native American student advisor with the Ferndale School District; and Mike Peetoom, who owns a construction company in the Blaine area.

Rud Browne, a County Council member, is one of six running for an open position for state representative from the 40th District.

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Elderly couple murder-suicide at Ferndale home

Note left says they didn’t have money to pay for medical expenses

FERNDALE — The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office reports the murder-suicide of a couple at their residence on Wednesday, Aug. 7.

From the 6500 block of Tim-

merman Lane, which is off Trigg Road on the north side of Ferndale, a man at first called 911 at 8:23 a.m. to say to the dispatcher, “I am going to shoot myself,” Sheriff Bill Elfo said in a press release.

The man indicated he had prepared a note for the sheriff with information and instructions. The dispatcher attempted to keep the caller on the line without success. The man disconnected after saying, “We will be in the front bedroom.”

Deputies arrived about 15 minutes later and set up a perimeter around the house. A crisis negotiator attempted to contact anyone in the home via phone and loud hailer for about an hour.

Deputies then deployed a robotmounted camera. The man, age 77, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound. He was lying next to his wife, age 76, also deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.

Sheriff’s Office detectives and crime scene investigators

investigated the case as a likely murder-suicide.

Elfo said several notes were left citing severe ongoing medical problems with the wife and expressing concerns that the couple did not have sufficient resources to pay for medical care. Next-ofkin information was left in a note and detectives were working with out-of-state law enforcement to notify these relatives.

The pair were later identified as Patricia A. Whitney-Jones, 76, and Brian S. Jones, 77.

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Two dogs found within the residence were taken into the custody and turned over to the Whatcom Humane Society for care. Numerous firearms were impounded for safekeeping.

Sheriff Elfo said, “It is very tragic that one of our senior citizens would find himself in such desperate circumstances where he felt murder and suicide were the only option. Help is always available with a call to 911.”

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