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Meet the the Hurlbuts
Reflecting on Many Unusual Experiences, from the LAPD to the Bering Sea
Cover Photo by Radley Muller
L AKE WHATCOM • L AKE SAMISH • CAIN L AKE • JANUARY 2017
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Dear Residents, Thinking on what 2017 might bring, we can only express our immense gratitude for the readers and sponsors who have already shared their stories, invited us into their homes and contributed to our first few editions of Lake Views in 2016. We will only grow from here – together. As you read this issue, we hope you’ll look forward to a more adventurous 2017, and take inspiration from the Hurlbut’s lifetime of many unusual experiences.
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By Sarah Sharp Photos by Radley Muller and Max Hurlbut Seldom can people describe themselves with a mere symbol, but Max K. Hurlbut, 77, and Hueih-Hueih Hurlbut, 66, have already chosen the symbols for which they’ll always be remembered: the cowboy marshal and the classical Chinese dancer. These two images of grit and grace are inscribed on their future headstone.Max was born “cap pistol in hand,” he said. As a boy, a quarter bought him a trip to the theater for the newest Western: 5 cents for bus fare, 10 cents for a ticket and 10 cents for popcorn and candy. For a sliver in his 35-year law enforcement career, Max lived out his childhood musings as the horseback marshal of Tombstone, the historic western city in Arizona, or “the town too tough to die.”By contrast, Hueih-Hueih (pronounced Way-Way) is
the picture of grace gliding across the stage in a faded photograph. She represented the Republic of China at the 1970 World Expo in Hong Kong and Osaka, just one of a dozen women chosen to perform classical Chinese dances. Her name means “orchid,” repeated for endearment. The unlikely couple met at a dinner party in Pingtung, Taiwan, while Max was serving as U.S. Army Adviser to the Chinese Army Special Warfare Command. Hueih-Hueih’s father was a Lieutenant Colonel. Max didn’t speak a word of Mandarin, but Hueih-Hueih spoke some English. “She turned out to be the smarter one,” Max recalled, laughing. Max departed after his Army exercises in Taiwan and went on to travel to every continent, becoming parachute jump-qualified in 13 armies. But he came back every few months to visit the Colonel’s daughter. Hueih-Hueih’s godsister, the ever-faithful matchmaker, safeguarded any information about his return. Knowing when Max would fly to Taiwan again, she convinced Hueih-Hueih to meet him at the airport.Hueih-Hueih tried to resist. “But I can’t remember what he looks like,” she reasoned. Her godsister consoled her, saying, “Oh, that’s OK. You don’t remember him but he remember you.” Eventually, Hueih-Hueih relented. With so many people in one airport, perhaps he wouldn’t recognize her, she thought. Then, she locked eyes with a ginger-haired man running toward her and said to herself, “Oh no. Must be this guy.”If the moment was slightly awkward then, it’s quite comical now. Reflecting back to that first – or second – impression, Hueih-Hueih can scarcely hold back her laughter long enough to tell the story. And yet, the story of Max and Hueih-Hueih’s first date rivals that tale for humor.In 1979, they posed for a photograph on top of a 40-foot plateau overlooking the ocean. Suddenly, the photographer dropped her camera and ran. A silent but giant wave (called “fan-go-lan” or crazy dog wave) cascaded over the couple. Max clung to a nearby rock, but the wave swept up Hueih-Hueih, still clenching onto an umbrella. All Max could see was the top of her little umbrella floating toward the cliff. A group of bystanding schoolchildren watched the scene in amusement, applauding as Max lifted Hueih-Hueih out of the water.He returned her home, dripping but spirit intact. Excitedly, she told her mother and father about the
giant wave. But Hueih-Hueih’s mother became suspicious of the Westerner and told Hueih-Hueih, “Tomorrow, we go to the Buddhist temple.” Max came along, and watched in curiosity as a monk and his young son danced around him, tossing pieces of half-moon shaped wood on the ground. When they returned home, Max asked what the ceremony was called. Hueih-Hueih thumbed through her English-Chinese Dictionary, and found the translation: “Exorcism.” To this day, Hueih-Hueih teases Max by calling him “hóng máo guǐzi,” or “red fur devil.” They dated long-distance for three years, exchanging letters through Hueih-Hueih’s godsister, who translated them back and forth. In 1982, they married at the Grand Hotel in Taipei. Hueih-Hueih had never traveled beyond Asia, but Max’s career as a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department brought her nearly 7,000 miles to southern California. Eventually, they’d venture all around the globe together.“She was so scared – a little sparrow out in the world for the first time, who didn’t know what to anticipate,” Max said, recalling his wife’s demeanor as she exited the plane at LAX. “Then, she encounters me. She’s stuck with me all this time when she didn’t really have to.”Max retired from the LAPD after 25 years of service in 1985, just a few years after they married. Lieutenant’s badge number one is permanently retired with him, a tribute to his first place rank. He scored number one among 4,000 applicants when applying for the position during the “Golden Era” of the LAPD.Like many of Max and Hueih-Hueih’s stories, there’s a cinematic quality to Max’s detective days – in part, because of the storyteller himself. (Like any great biographer, Max narrates those moments with unexpected rises and falls, as if he were just discovering the outcome himself). And also because the stories are just as climactic as they are true.
“Everyone wants to hear about all the gun battles,” Max said, adding, “And yes, there were a few.”
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Reflecting on Many Unusual Experiences, from the LAPD to the Bering Sea
Max led LAPD’s first SWAT teams during the 1965 Watts Riots, which occurred in response to the arrest of Marquette Frye, a 21-year-old black man who was pulled over drunk driving in Los Angeles’ Watt neighborhood. Some onlookers protested the California Highway Patrol officer’s use of force. For the next six days, the riots resulted in 34 deaths, about 1,000 injuries and destruction of $40 million in property. Police officers and National Guard troops arrested around 4,000 people, bringing them to the Los Angeles Main Jail.Years later, the jail closed but one floor remained open for Hollywood movie productions. Max bought a surplus door from the city and installed it in their Lake Whatcom home. The door now leads into a room full of photographs, certificates and accolades from Max’s three careers: working for LAPD, serving in the U.S. Army as a military policeman, intelligence officer and Green Beret Special Operations officer and troubleshooting “problem” police departments. It’s an unusual fixture, Max admits, but then again, Max is a man of many unusual experiences.He’s arrested high-profile terrorists, mafia members and corrupt law enforcement officers; he’s met presidents and kings, cannibals and pygmies, he said. In 1974, Max captured Muharem Kurbegovic, the so-called “Alphabet Bomber,” after Kurbegovic planted a bomb in the Los Angeles International Airport that exploded and killed three people.Max also worked in LAPD’s Hollywood Vice unit, patrolling a Greyhound bus station where aspiring stars would arrive and criminal activity ran rampant. In 1984, he led the torchbearer into the coliseum for the summer Olympics as team captain of the L.A. Police Motorcycle Drill Team.Then, Max decided on a third career troubleshooting small police departments “run amok.” So newly wedded Max and Hueih-Hueih migrated North, where Max became Police Chief
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... Meet the Hurlbuts: Continued.
of Kodiak and Marshal of Whittier, Alaska.Whittier, known as the weirdest town in Alaska, had no traffic lights or road access at the time. So Max and Hueih-Hueih patrolled by kayak and snowshoe.“It is a remote fog-bound dog patch where almost everyone lives in a 14-story concrete monolith built by the Army, right out of a Soviet Five-Year Plan,” Max said. “Floors are waxed to a hospital shine and there is the faint odor of humans who need to get out more.”The only way out of Whittier during the winter was by rail. Max and Hueih-Hueih drove the last rail-ambulance on the continent, sharing two tunnels with unscheduled freight trains carrying cargo into Anchorage. Licensed by the Alaska Railroad, they transported victims of car crashes and illness to the nearest hospital. But the tunnels, one 2.6 miles long, filled with diesel smoke so thick they could not see the headlamps of an oncoming freight train until it was upon them. Fortunately, Max and Hueih-Hueih became attuned to its sound in the distance, and their 1981 Chevrolet Rail Ambulance could outrun oncoming trains – even in reverse.Max and Hueih-Hueih’s next adventure took place on the Aleutian Chain. They policed the native village of King Cove and implemented a village public safety officer (VPSO) program on St. George Island, the southernmost of five islands in the Pribilofs. Once again faced with an unforgiving climate, Hueih-Hueih chided Max, “Other husbands take their wives to Hawaii [in the winter]. You take me to the Bering Sea in the middle of the storm season!”She had to crawl on her hands and knees in the blustery wind just to get from the parking lot to the inside of the local grocery store, where she worked as a clerk.Finally in 1996, Max retired as the Chief of Whittier after a decade in the North. But his retirement didn’t last long. The Magistrate of Tombstone, Arizona – a military judge and fellow instructor at the Intelligence School at Fort Huachuca – convinced the reform mayor to hire Max as City Marshal.He fired five of the department’s six deputies for their extensive criminal histories, which included homicide, theft and child rape. All were hired again by the Cochise County Sheriff in that “corrupt corner of Arizona where honesty is considered a character defect,” Max said. Two of his four new deputies were shot to death in their cars.Yet, in spite of the system stacked against him, Max continued to work against corruption until the reform mayor lost re-election. Of his many
experiences, exposing vice within the force remained a longtime pursuit. “There’s nothing like the job,” Max said. “As unpleasant as it may sound to others, it was fascinating to me. Police work is largely problem solving. How many, as can I, say they never had a day they were reluctant to go to work?”Between the scorching desert of Arizona and the harsh winters of Alaska, Max and Hueih-Hueih found a suitable compromise in Bellingham. Now, they live in a red cedar log home on Lake Whatcom with their two calico cats, Sphinx and Tripod (Sphinx is missing a tail and Tripod lost her leg in a trap).Although Hueih-Hueih doesn’t dance anymore and Max doesn’t nab terrorists, thugs or sleazy cops in his retirement, their professions remain an inextricable piece of their characters.
By Ray Deck III, Founding Director Last month, there were 263 foster children in Whatcom County – 263 children who, through no fault of their own, were unable to remain in the homes they know with the parents whom they love.Approximately 25 of these children – around 10 percent – are the victims of abuse.The rest – around 90 percent – have not been physically abused, but they have been forgotten, abandoned or neglected.And caring for these children, all 263 of them, are foster families: folks just like you who have chosen to give their heart and their home to these innocent ones.Foster families come in all shapes and sizes. Some are traditional. Others aren’t. Some have two parents in big farmhouses on many kid-friendly acres. Others only have one parent and live in a second-floor condo on the edge of downtown. Some foster families have one stay-at-home parent. In others, both parents pursue demanding careers that occupy their weekdays and then some.There’s really only one thing that all foster families have in common: they all have room in the hearts to love and be loved by a child that they didn’t birth themselves. And we desperately need more of them.Today, there are fewer than 170 foster families in our county. Why so few? Why are so few of us rising up to do this noble and necessary work? There’s a lot of reasons, and you could probably guess most of them. It’s hard and thankless work. It can be lonely, and it involves a great deal of risk that no else can quite understand.Teresa Bosteter, a veteran foster parent recently put it this way: “Foster care can be lonely work. You deal with challenges that are so unique, it can feel like you’re all alone, like you’re experiencing things that nobody else does.”At Skookum Kids, we’re hoping to change that equation. We believe many more Bellinghamsters would be willing to open their hearts and
homes to an abused or neglected child if they did not have to go it alone. That’s why we’re creating new ways to get involved in the care of foster children. Skookum Kids is probably best known for the way we train volunteers to care for children in their first week of foster care. Children from all across western Washington spend their first week in foster care at our facility – a house on the outskirts of Fairhaven – which is staffed almost exclusively by men and women just like you! All it takes is a little paperwork and some training, and volunteers can be giving hope and comfort to children in their most vulnerable and impressionable days. As of this writing more than 150 men and women are trained and regularly covering shifts at Skookum House!Often, volunteering at Skookum House, is just taste enough for folks to realize they want to do more. So we have created a program by which volunteers can undergo some additional training, and become licensed to provide care for foster children in their own homes for short periods of time.We call it “Skookum Parents,” and like the Skookum House program it both helps address a critical need in the foster care system and creates a way for more folks to get involved when they aren’t quite ready or able to become long-term foster parents.We want to make life easier for foster families (because that’s what the system needs) by engaging more people in the care of foster children (because that’s what we’re good at).Ultimately, our community needs more foster families, but we’ve had great success in mobilizing people who didn’t think they could help in any material way to help relieve some of the unnecessary pressures of foster parenting. And that might prove to be just as good.So if you want to help, but you aren’t quite ready to become a foster parent yourself – we want to talk to you!
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By Robin Robertson Photos Courtesy of Robin Robertson
Local resident Robin Robertson relates her experiences exploring the country of Myanmar.
In May 2016, my daughter and I travelled together to Myanmar (formerly Burma), a country on the Indian Ocean surrounded by India, China and Thailand. In just 2012, Myanmar came out of five decades of army-imposed hibernation and opened its borders to tourism, so we wanted to take advantage of travel before Myanmar was “discovered.” We were welcomed by genuinely friendly Burmese who wanted to help and were not yet jaded by tourism.The Golden shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon) The Shwedagon Pagoda beckons from its perch above Yangon. This Buddhist temple complex, washed in white and gold, attracts pilgrims from far and wide. The beautiful Shwedagon temple is covered in real gold leaf with thousands of precious gems at its steeple. It is surrounded with hundreds of smaller temples called “stupas.” In the 100+ degree heat, we walked barefoot on the cool white marble of the complex, and our guide shared the temple’s history and mysteries…earning merit for building Buddhist temples, why one of the Buddha statues has real human eyes, how the iron bell got
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cracked, that people bang the gong out of happiness. We, as foreigners, were our own photo-op attraction (well, my tall blonde daughter really) with groups of visitors asking to have their pictures taken with us. Our nighttime visit was magical with the glowing beauty of the temples and feeling of deep serenity.The Many Thousand Temples of Bagan In an area of 26 square miles, Bagan is the home of more than 3,000 small and huge temples built between the 11th and 13th centuries. We traveled the area’s spider web of paved and dirt roads by one-speed clunker bikes or by horse cart with our guide, Mient Thu. One night, instead of the crowded temples, he took us to a temple where his friend unlocked the stairway. We climbed to the top for a private view to marvel at a peaceful horizon with hundreds of stupas steeples glowing at sunset. We are lucky to have seen these spires in tact, as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake on August 24, 2016 damaged scores of temples.The Leg Rowing Fishermen of Inle Lake In the mornings at our hotel bungalow over the water, we’d enjoy sunrise and breakfast on our private porch, overlooking the lotus flowers with the soft call of Buddhist chanting floating over the lake. The long, low wooden boats are made to travel in the shallow waters of the 13-mile long lake. By boat, we toured villages built on stilts and visited markets with skillfully woven fabrics and silversmiths. We watched the graceful fishermen stand on the bow of their boats with one leg wrapped around an oar while they worked their nets with their hands – it was truly poetry in motion. Thank you, Myanmar, for opening your borders and sharing your gifts with the rest of the world. Your people and wonders hold a special place in my heart.
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LAKE WHATCOM ADDRESS WATERFRONT SQ. FT. BEDS BATHS SOLD PRICE 1000 W Beachview Pl Shared 1,892 3 2.25 $330,000 2604 Woodcliff Ln Private 1,892 3 2.5 $490,000 2787 Lake Whatcom Blvd Shared 3,554 4 2.5 $600,000 3011 Maynard Pl Shared 3,864 4 2.5 $634,500 3141 Sheridan Trail Shared 2,900 3 2 $679,000 1538 Fairview St Private 1,914 3 2 $750,000 2010 Prospect Wy Private 3,700 4 3 $760,000 3782 S Bay Dr Private 3,868 6 2.5 $785,000 3728 S Bay Dr Private 2,123 4 1.5 $849,999 1526 Fairview St Private 3,356 5 3 $882,000 3764 S Bay Dr Private 3,250 4 1.75 $905,000 4425 Lakeway Dr Private 3,012 4 2.25 $935,000 1550 Fairview St Private 2,741 3 2.5 $1,150,000 2500 Lake Whatcom Blvd Private 4,086 4 3.5 $1,175,000 3568 S Bay Dr Private 2,972 4 3.5 $1,375,000 LAKE SAMISH ADDRESS WATERFRONT SQ. FT. BEDS BATHS SOLD PRICE 294 Friday Creek Rd Shared 3,521 4 3 $415,000 541 Cedar Acres St Private 604 2 1 $445,000 447 E Lake Samish Dr Private 1,867 3 1.75 $544,350 554 W Lake Samish Dr Private 3,054 5 4.25 $559,000 371 Shallow Shore Rd Private 2,409 3 3 $575,000 2188 Shallow Shore Ln Private 2,302 3 2 $588,000 1344 Roy Rd Private 2,838 3 2 $610,000 1365 Roy Rd Private 3,138 4 3.25 $652,000
SOLD WATERFRONT HOMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS There are very few lake homes currently for sale, it’s a great time to consider selling! We asked some of our readers to submit photos of Lake Whatcom in all seasons, past and present.
Views Around Lake Whatcom
A family of blacktail deer wade through the lake for a morning swin. Photo by Max Hurlbut.
A rainbow appears over Strawberry Point, Lake Whatcom. Photo by Max Hurlbut.
A swan flaps its wings. Photo by Max Hurlbut.
The sun sets over Lake Whatcom. Photo by Max Hurlbut.
Fog drifts over the water’s surface and traverses across the mountains. Photo by David Pillinger.
A paddleboader glides through the water. Photo by David Pillinger.
A helicopter scoops up water from Lake Whatcom to aid in the firefighting efforts when the woods of Stewart Mountain were on fire. Photo by Mary Davis.
Kona, a malamute-shepherd mix, “smiles” from her perch on the lake. Photo by Mary Davis.
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“Jazzed up” Mac’n CheeseBy Jamie Webster
This is my version of comfort food with a healthy kick.
You will need:One box organic Mac n Cheese (I prefer aged cheddar)1 cup cremini mushrooms, sliced and quartered1 cup frozen petite peas1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced and quartered1 med jalapeño, finely diced into small pieces1/2 stick of butterGarlic powdersalt and pepperIn a medium pan, bring water to a boil. Once water is boiling, cook the pasta per the box instructions.In a large frying pan, place the butter and cremini mushrooms on medium to high heat. You want the mushrooms to brown nicely on the edges. As the mushrooms cook in that delicious butter, add a pinch (or two) of garlic powder and salt. Once the mushrooms have come to a nice brown (think slightly crunchy edges) turn the heat to low.Stir the pasta, and when the pasta is cooked, turn off the heat and add the frozen petite peas (don’t strain the pasta water yet – you might need it).Add the finely diced jalapeño and the yummy cheese packet in with the mushrooms. Stir until cheese dissolves (You may need a tablespoon or two of your pasta water to loosen up the powdered cheese).Once the cheese is melted, add the cherry tomatoes, strain the noodles (and peas) and add those into the large frying pan full of yummy cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes and jalapeño. Stir gently and make sure all of the macaroni noodles get coated with that deliciously cheesy sauce. Salt and pepper to taste.Cook’s note: I sometimes add the frozen peas in last. Once you combine the cheesy goodness with the pasta it can be too hot to eat right away...so, let’s just say by adding the frozen peas last (without thawing of course) you will be able to eat this jazzed up Mac n Cheese right away! The peas thaw quick and cool everything down so you can take that first bite without risk of burning your tongue!Also, I was vegan for two years and find that milk isn’t necessary in this recipe. However, add if desired.
Tips for Healthier Eating in 2017
By Jackie Ellis, Certified Nutrition Coach
Ahhh, January. The season of new workout and diet trends. Every year millions of Americans will try following gluten-free, vegan, paleo or a variety of other diet regimes in an effort to become healthier, fitter or skinnier versions of themselves.But by mid-February most will burn out of workout motivation and relent their strict diets. Not only will they revert back to poor habits, but their metabolisms will be bruised from the drastic diet change, resulting in gained weight. Most likely more than they lost.How can you prevent this from happening? Instead of making a complete diet overhaul, make small changes in your habits.The tips I have for you are definitely not those “catchy” or “sexy” tips you find in beauty magazines. I mean, if the cover of Shape magazine told you the answer to your weight loss is to “eat slower,” you’d probably roll your eyes and not purchase that boring edition. But these tips are solid. And if you can eventually follow each of
them, you’ll be able to change your diet, your life and your waistline without much effort at all.In nutrition, simple daily habits often yield the most impressive results. And focusing on just one teeny habit at a time is key. In just one month, you could make major improvements to your diet. Improvements you can stick with because they’re easy to follow without much effort.1. Eat slower. When we eat quickly,
we don’t completely experience the full enjoyment of eating or satiety of our food. Our bodies need time to receive the signals telling us we are full. Therefore, if you eat quickly, you’re more likely to overeat without realizing it. Slow down and take a full 15 to 20 minutes to enjoy your meal.
2. Eat until you’re 80 percent full. This is a different way of looking at portion control. Portions can be measured with food scales, measuring cups or calories. But the best and most convenient way to control your food consumption is to use your own body awareness. This takes practice, but once you get the hang of it, it is a tool you can always use to prevent overeating. Eating until 80 percent full feels like you are pleasantly full, but if you ate any more you would feel too full, or stuffed.
3. Add more veggies to your meals. This is one of the most impactful things you can do for your diet. Vegetables provide a huge nutrient punch for your body. They are full of fiber, which is good for your digestion and also helps you feel full. They are also low in calories so go ahead...stuff them in your smoothies and add them to your soups and casseroles. Load up on veggie goodness!
4. Earn your carbs. Yes, your body needs carbohydrates for fuel. But these days carbs are so easy to come by in junk food forms. It’s easy to think that carbs are carbs. But all carbs are not created equal. Your best bet is to avoid carbs from highly processed sugar, flour and grains because your body prefers long-term fuel from sources such as starchy vegetables and whole grains. If your goal is fat loss, be sure to “earn” the carbs you eat with exercise. Stick to consuming fewer carbs (one cupped hand at one or two meals) on days you do not exercise and more carbs (one cupped hand at each meal) on days you do exercise.
5. Make a lean swap. Start by choosing one meal that is your least nutrient dense meal of the day. Swap out one or two items in that meal for a healthier or leaner substitution. For example, if you usually have a Frappuccino in the afternoon, try making a chocolate protein shake instead. Use your favorite milk (or substitute), some ice, a banana, a scoop of chocolate protein and an optional tablespoon of peanut butter. Blend it up for a delicious frozen treat and a fraction of the calorie – and probably dollar – amount.
Remember, each of these habits represent a baby step. Practice each for a week or two before moving on to the next habit. This is crucial for your success. Long-term success and good health is the name of the game here.
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All month JanuaryTest your Chocolate Palette@Chocolate NecessitiesThink you know chocolate? Stop by Chocolate Necessities to enjoy 10 free chocolate samples ranging in different percentages of cocoa. If you guess all the percentages correct, you’ll win a $50 gift card. If you can guess eight to nine correct, you’ll win a $30 gift card, and if you can guess five to seven correct, you’ll win a $10 gift card.Time: Every Wednesday from 3:30pm-6:30pm at the downtown location or from 10am-5pm at the Guide location.Cost: FREEwww.chocolatenecessities.com
sat, January 7Chuckanut Bay Distillery Spirits Tasting@Chuckanut Bay DistilleryTaste Chuckanut Bay’s signature, award-winning spirits. They offer free tastings every Saturday.Time: 11am-5pmCost: FREEwww.chuckanutbaydistillery.com
Fri., January 20Kids Night Out (KNOW)@Western Washington UniversityDrop your children off for a night of fun and hands-on science activities and go on a date! An optional hour of swimming is also provided a the Wade King Recreation Center.Time: 7pm-10pmCost: $30www.wwu.edu/ee/youth/know/bellingham-elementary.shtml
sat., January 215K Winter Trail Run @Bellingham BMX Park5K cross country style trail runs five events in the series, one each month from November until the finale in March. This is the third event.Time: 10am-11amCost: $10www.bmxwintercross.com
Fri., January 27 – sat., February 4Seattle Boat Show@Century Link Field Event Center and Chandler’s Cove on South Lake UnionLearn more about boat ownership in the largest boat show on the West Coast. There will be more than 200 free seminars.Time: Events all day, see event schedule on event websiteCost: FREEwww.seattleboatshow.com
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Tues., January 10A Touch of Zen@Pickford Film CenterPartly based on a story by Pu Songling, “A Touch of Zen” shows the deep inspiration King Hu derived from the Chinese classics as well as his extraordinary visual sense.Time: 6:30pmCost: $10.75www.pickfordfilmcenter.org
Wed., January 18Fame the Musical@Mount Baker TheatreFollow the hopes and fanatical ambitions of the final class of New York City’s High School for the Performing Arts as this musical takes you from auditions to graduation.Time: 7pm-9pmCost: $30.50-$69.50www.mountbakertheatre.com
Fri., January 20-sun., January 22Abstract Painting Workshop@Yvette Neumann Fine Art Studio and GalleryImmerse yourself in the joy of creating abstract art during this three-day workshop instructed by fine art painter Yvenne Neumann.Time: 9am-5pmCost: $550www.creativelifeadventuresNW.com
Wed., December 7 – sun., January 15National Geographic’s 50 Greatest Photographs@Whatcom Museum – LightcatcherTour a gallery of iconic photographs from National Geographic and learn about the photographers behind the images.Time: 12pm-5pmCost: $5-10www.whatcommuseum.org
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