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Ferndale insists on finding a way to reopen smelter Metalworks Skate Park is into final design, combining various elements By Cal Bratt For the Record
FERNDALE — Ferndale City Council on Monday made clear it wants all sides to keep working toward restarting the former Intalco plant. Countering reports that talks have faltered, Paul Shuey, a council member and resolution sponsor, said he was trying “to persuade the negotiators to
continue and come to a resolution.” Specifically, the parties involved would be Blue Wolf Capital, owner of the former aluminum smelter at Cherry Point, the Bonneville Power Administration as regional supplier of electricity, the Washington state government and federal government, the resolution stated. Council Member Ryan O’Larey had made a few revisions in the statement that Shuey originally wrote, and the whole council accepted the changes. At Monday’s meeting, O’Larey said he understood that the breakdown of negotiations was because BPA believed it could not legally sell power to just one customer at less than market price. Owner Alcoa permanently shut down the See Council on A3
The Metalworks Skate Park project is into final design, combining various elements. It’s also at a stage of targeted local fundraising as well as inviting unique contributions that fit the industrial theme. (Courtesy City of Ferndale)
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Kristi Dominguez signs threeyear contract as Ferndale School District’s next su erinten ent By Leora Watson leora@lyndentribune.com
FERNDALE — On April 26, the Ferndale School Board approved a three-year superintendent contract with Kristi Dominguez. The board chose Dominguez See Dominguez on A6
Annual Whatcom Master Gardener Plant Sale
Lummi Nation resident and Lummi elder Danita Washington, pictured, said that “as wisdom sets in, we begin to learn who the givers and takes are. We learn about balance. What we resist persists.” (Bill Helm/Ferndale Record)
FERNDALE — From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. May 7, Hovander Homestead Park, 5299 Nielsen Ave., Ferndale, will be the site of the annual Hovander Plant Sale. Tomatoes, veggies, dahlia tubers, and an enormous selection of perennials including natives, fruits, shrubs, trees, specialty and houseplants, a Mother’s Day gift table, and a Garden Shed featuring used garden tools, ornaments, books and much more. A fundraiser to support the WSU Whatcom Master Gardener Program. Visit whatcommgf.org for more information.
Special art project tells stories of county’s senior citizens By Bill Helm bill@lyndentribune.com
WHATCOM — Through portraiture, Sarah Lane feels called to show people how beautiful and worthy they are. Lane, a Bellingham resident, painted the portraits of 20 senior citizens for a special Whatcom County exhibit called The Art of Aging.
Through a community initiative called Aging Well Whatcom, the exhibit shows Whatcom County as a place with the culture, physical infrastructure, social supports, and services for people to age well. April 13-29, the exhibit was on display at the Lynden Community Senior Center. Jennifer Lautenbach, the center’s executive director and manager, heard about the exhibit from the Whatcom Council on Aging. “They showed the exhibit there and at the Blaine Center as well,” said Lautenbach, who had been communicating with project organizers and creators Marie Eaton, See Aging on A2
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Sarah Lane painted portraits of 20 Whatcom County senior citizens for The Art of Aging, a project connected to Aging Well Whatcom. (Bill Helm/Ferndale Record)
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