WhatcomTalk Rena Priest, Washington’s New Poet Laureate, Calls Bellingham Home
For the next two years, our Washington State Poet Laureate promises to reach out to residents, and bring poetry into the natural world. Photo courtesy Rena Priest
Rena Priest, Washington’s New Poet Laureate, Calls Bellingham Home
A member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation and an American Book Award winner, Priest is the first Native American poet to serve as our state s poet laureate
Bellingham resident Rena
Priest made a deal with herself: she would apply for two positions that help
her follow her artistic dreams, and if she got either one, she could quit her “day
When
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Bellingham Parks and Recreation is holding a virtual “Runnin’ O’ the Green” 5K between March 13th-21st. Sign up to walk or run any of a variety of 5K routes through downtown Bellingham, Squalicum Creek Park, and Whatcom Falls–customize your own route! Everyone who registers is eligible to win prizes through submitting results or tagging images with #bellinghamparks or #bellinghamparksrog on social media. Fees are $5 for youth 12 and under, $25 general (kids in strollers are free).
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Another chapter closes in Bellingham s deadly Whatcom Falls Park pipeline disaster
The Bellingham Herald 12/10/2020 Robert Mittendorf, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Bellingham City Council members closed the Olympic Pipeline Incident Fund, one of several established in the wake of the deadly June 1999 explosion and fire in Whatcom Falls Park.
It ended without ceremony or comment on a unanimous council vote Monday, Dec. 7, except to note that all funds have been spent on Whatcom Creek restoration and monitoring.
A total of five funds were created with settlement money related to the disaster, said Forrest Longman, deputy budget director.
“After closing this fund, only one will remain, the Natural Resource Protection and Restoration Fund which is an endowment fund seeded with $4 million,” Longman said. “The interest revenue from that fund is used for restoration projects (not limited to the Whatcom Creek area).”
By Kathi O Shea December 10, 2020 8:08 am
KGMI City of Bellingham
BELLINGHAM, Wash. The Bellingham City Council closed a fund that was established in the wake of the deadly June 1999 explosion and fire in Whatcom Falls Park.
The council voted unanimously to close the Olympic Pipeline Incident Fund at its Monday night meeting.
Councilmember Pinky Vargas said restoration and maintenance funds will be spent by the end of the year and the fund closed December 31.
The fund was established to account for funds received from the bankruptcy settlement of the Olympic Pipeline Company following the pipeline explosion that injured 8 and killed three people who were fishing and playing in the area.