Derby: Returns to Northwest Washington Fair

Continued from A6 e 2023 Northwest Washington Fair will be presented Aug. 10-19.

Grandstand Entertainment Series.

For access to the online pre-sale starting April 26, people can subscribe to the ‘Friends of the Fair’ email at nwwafair. com/email.aspx.

Tickets can be purchased at nwwafair.com; the Fair O ce at 1775 Front St., Lynden; and by phone at (360) 354-4111.

VIP and group ticketing are also available.

WECU, District Brewing raise money for Max Higbee Center

BELLINGHAM — WECU has partnered with District Brewing to create Vault ’36, a beer that will bene t Max Higbee Center through the donation of

Darda Jean Burkhart

We lost our beloved Mother Darda Jean Burkhart, but just Mom to us on the evening of Good Friday, April 7, just weeks shy of her 93rd birthday. Darda Jean (Billester) Burkhart (Nee Wills) was born May 4, 1930 in Auburn, WA, to

Michael ‘Mike’ Weidkamp

$1 from every pint sold at District locations.

e beer will debut at April Brews Day, a fundraiser event for Max Higbee Center which WECU is the Title Sponsor.

e beer was brewed at District’s Mount Vernon location.

Members of WECU’s business banking team, including Bouma, were involved in the brewing process.

Sale of Willows Inn property will help fund new facility for homeless

BELLINGHAM — Bids are now being accepted for the Lummi Island property previously operated by e Willows Inn.

e property currently is owned by Lighthouse Mission Ministries of Bellingham, which will use proceeds from the property sale for construction of its ough she could not be physically very active in later years, she was mentally acute and just a month before her pass-

Percy and Margarette Wills. She is survived by her three sons Steve, Dale and John, and by an extended family of spouses, four grandchildren and twelve greatgrandchildren, every one of whom she knew and loved greatly.

Mike Weidkamp, 72, of Salome, Arizona (previously Burlington and Ferndale), died unexpectedly of respiratory failure. Born Feb. 23, 1951. Died March ing had nished writing and publishing her second book. Despite her health issues, she was able to live alone in her own home until March 27th when she went to the hospital. She fought hard for 11 days until her departure on Good Friday. ough it was sudden, it was sadly not unexpected by that time. Our mother had a strong, unwavering faith in God that came from being born into, and marrying into, dedicat- ey lived in Burlington before moving to Salome in 2019. ey celebrated their 50th anniversary in February 2023. new facility that will serve people who are homeless. Tim and Marcia McEvoy of Bellingham, previous owners of e Willows Inn, donated the property in December to Lighthouse Mission Ministries. e Willows Inn was a nationally acclaimed restaurant with overnight accommodations for 16 guests (eight onsite rooms with capacity for two people each) that closed in November.

7, 2023. Son of John and Althea. Weidkamp. Meridian High School class of 1969.

Mike served in the U.S.Air Force in Florida, then attended Everett Community College, where he met and married Dorothy McNeal.

Whatcom County’s 2022 assessed valuation of the properties at 2579 W. Shore Drive and 2560 W. Shore Drive is a combined total of $2.04 million.

Lighthouse Mission Ministries is currently in the midst of a $25-million project to remodel and redevelop its campus in Bellingham’s Old Town, including a new facility to replace the building at 910 W. Holly St.

Demolition of its building occurred earlier in 2023 and construction is scheduled to be completed in 2024.

For more information about the project, visit lighthousebuilds.org.

Amia Froese and Hannah Cano of ed missionary families. Much of that background and its fruit is illustrated in her two books. Mom was actively in contact with her family and a large circle of friends. In her time on Earth she touched and impacted many lives, including and especially ours. She was determined to continue and maintain our strong and exceptional family legacy. She was predeceased by her mother, Margarette Wills, 1972; her fa-

Mike is survived by his wife, Dorothy; mother, Althea; sons Mike (Jenifer), Bill; brother Darryl (Anita); sisters Lynette (Scott) Dickerson and Eileen (Doc) Beck, and numerous family members. He was preceded in death by his father, John. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. May 6 at Valley Community Church, 800 E. Rio Vista, Burlington, with lunch following. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Neptune Society.