Last night I wrote a letter to the [Whatcom County] council, sheriff and executive regarding the issue of legal requirements for the sheriff’s office as follows: Continue reading
Tag Archives: Ferndale
Northwest Clean Air Agency response to Ferndale odor that made some students feel ill Thursday 6/1/2017 / Facebook post, Coal Stop
June 2, 2017 Dena Jensen
As more information does or does not come out about the strong smell that left students and staff at a number of Ferndale schools feeling sick on Thursday June 1, keep this report from the Northwest Clean Air Agency handy. It remains to be seen whether anyone will ever identify that the “upset in the refinery process” that caused a strong sulfur odor on site at the Ferndale Phillips 66 facility while winds were blowing toward the Ferndale schools at the time, is the source for the odor. This odor has only been vaguely described as mysterious or strange or nasty in a the news reports about the occurrence. I wonder why. Continue reading
Senator Ericksen flees accountability in his representative role / Noisy Waters Northwest, Sandy Robson
Screenshot photo of Washington State Senator Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale), from a January 2015 legislative video update, published on YouTube, on January 23, 2015
February 20, 2017 Sandy Robson
Washington State Senator Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale), has been in hot water with constituents in the 42nd Legislative District he represents in Whatcom County, Washington, since late January. The lawmaker has drawn an outpouring of criticism from his constituents who feel Ericksen is under-representing them because of his current dual role as state senator, while also having recently accepted a position as Communications Director with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Continue reading
On growing Red La Soda potatoes with no fossil fuel inputs / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Walter Haugen
10 mins August 7, 2016 Walter Haugen
Yesterday I harvested these Red La Soda potatoes from half of a 4’x8′ raised bed (the other half is in strawberries). The yield was 17 pounds, so in the 16 square feet I got a yield of 1.06 lb/sq ft or about 1 pound per square foot. This is not an uncommon yield using raised beds for growing potatoes. Continue reading
The Irony Report from Small Town America-Episode 3 / Now it’s a waiting game, Toni Lyons
The current state of the Clock Tower Project
August 2, 2016 Toni Lyons
We return to the ongoing story of the Ferndale Clock Tower.
In early July, I accompanied Art and Margaret, the owners and builders of this nearly-completed landmark, to a courtroom on the second floor of the Whatcom County Court House. The City of Ferndale vs. The Rojszas, Superior Court–Take Three.
Fireworks Information For Whatcom County / Whatcom Ready, Whatcom Unified Emergency Management
As we approach the 4th of July and fireworks displays, it is important to remember fire ordinances and regulations for your area of residence.
A Roundabout Way, Lummi seeks road improvements / Cascadia Weekly, Tim Johnson
Lummi Nation wants to improve transportation just south of Ferndale, but the City of Ferndale is having no part of it. Continue reading
BP Refinery’s controlled information and ‘controlled shutdown’: My phone call to BP refinery last night / Facebook post, Sandy Robson
I called BP’s environmental hotline last evening, telling the woman who answered the phone call that I was hearing a rumbling noise that I have never heard before coming seemingly from BP Refinery, and the flares were going off and on, and it looked like it was some operation or something that is not normally going on at BP. Continue reading
Additional Ferndale Schools donkey basketball records info: Junk Mail / Noisy Waters Northwest
Header from Principal Gardner’s Junk email summary
Selection of donkey basketball emails from the list in the “Junk Box Summary”
April 24, 2016 Dena Jensen
Here’s a little additional information gained from Ferndale School District records regarding the controversial February 13 Donkey Basketball event that was held at Ferndale High School this year. This info did not make it into Sandy Robson’s recent report that is also posted here on Noisy Waters NW, “Was more diligence due for students and donkeys? Following up on the February 13, 2016 Ferndale Donkey Basketball Event.” Continue reading
Was more diligence due for students and donkeys? Following up on the February 13, 2016 Ferndale Donkey Basketball Event / Sandy Robson
2016 Ferndale donkey basketball event poster and screen shots of video taken at the 2012 Ferndale event.
April 22, 2016 Sandy Robson
Author’s Note: I sent an email letter to the Ferndale School District on February 8, 2016, voicing my opposition to the February 13, 2016 donkey basketball fundraiser. After receiving Ferndale School District Superintendent Linda Quinn’s reply that afternoon to my email, and reading her statements in various news articles, I was curious about a number of things. Continue reading
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