Briefly: Ferndale and the surrounding areas in the news, June 15, 2022
WCSO deputies arrest 14-time convicted felon BLAINE — At approximately 10:30 p.m. Monday, June 6, several reports were made to 911 of gunshots in the 4600 block of Alderson Road in ...
Man-made laws are just that
Man-made laws are just that. Man-made. Our man-made laws must be refined just as gold is refined in the fire to become purer. Some of them must be changed. Others must be removed ...
Ed Alderson
Ed Alderson
On June 2, Ed Alderson went home to his heavenly father.
A celebration of life will take place at Greenacres Memorial Park on June 23, at 2 p.m.
To read Ed’s full obituary ...
Mary Swinburnson
Mary Swinburnson
Mary Ellen (Roe, Hicks) Swinburnson, lifetime resident of Whatcom County, passed away April 30.
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, June 18 from 2-5 p.m. ...
Jim Vossbeck
Jim Vossbeck
James (Jim) Arthur Vossbeck was born in Bellingham on March 24, 1927 to Henry and Charity (Goddard) Vossbeck. He passed peacefully on June 6 at his home in Lynden at ...
Patricia Owens
Patricia Owens
Patricia D. Owens passed away in Bellevue on June 6.
A longtime resident of Medina, Washington Pat was born in Bellingham and grew up on her parents’ dairy farm ...
Pauline Lane
Pauline Lane
Pauline Yvonne Lane, age 83, passed away on June 6 in Ferndale.
Pauline was born on Sept. 17, 1938, in Ipswich, England.
As a young adult, Pauline moved to the United States ...
Gladys Libolt
Gladys Libolt
Gladys Margaret (Schwahn) Libolt passed away peacefully at the age of 86 on June 6. She was born to Joseph and Mary Schwahn in Ridgeview, SD on Oct. 19, 1935, the fourth ...
Letters to the Editor: June 15, 2022
Gas tax cut Editor, Did you know that Sen. Simon Sefzik (R-42nd District) proposed Bill 5897 in the Senate chambers on March 8? The bill would have suspended the gas tax for the rest ...
Empress Tattoo brings permanent art to Ferndale
By Leora Watson [email protected] FERNDALE — A new tattoo shop has come to Ferndale. In April, longtime friends Rebecca Xczar and Todd Bruce opened Empress Tattoo at 2046 ...