North County Lacrosse has promising future
Katahdin Fasani finishes season with 15 goals
Final game of season on May 2 at Bender Fields against Anacortes. — Sports, B1
Ferndale senior soccer player scores two goals against NVHS. — Sports Roundup, B2
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Larsen visits Ferndale’s Unity Care Built in 2019, center works toward LEED standards By Luke Seymour Staff Reporter
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) visited the Unity Care North Whatcom Medical Center in Ferndale on Thursday, April 25 for a tour that showcased the ecological features and renewable energy technologies the medical center is developing. (Luke Seymour/Ferndale Record)
FERNDALE — U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) visited the Unity Care North Whatcom Medical Center in Ferndale on Thursday, April 25 for a
tour that showcased the ecological features and renewable energy technologies the medical center is developing. “Rick regularly connects and communicates with community health centers like Unity Care NW that receive federal funding to provide primary care to communities that find it difficult to access health care,” Larsen’s office said. In 2019, Unity Care North Whatcom built a new health center at
6060 Portal Way after the Washington Department of Commerce Building Communities Fund awarded them $2 million to help fund the construction of a Ferndale location, which ultimately ended up costing more than $15 million. However, Washington State requires that major capital facilities projects receiving state dollars must maintain certain ecological construction standards set by the Leadership in En-
ergy and Environmental Design, better known as LEED. According to the program guidelines, available for viewing on the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services website, LEED is a Green Building Rating System developed by the US Green Building Council. A nonprofit consensus based organization made up of architect and engineering firms, product manuSee Larsen on A5
Touch-a-Truck event May 23
Ferndale High School Marching Band and Color Guard will host their inaugural Pioneer Festival of Bands on Oct. 19. However, they are looking for volunteers right now to help plan and organize. (Bill Helm/ Lynden Tribune)
Pioneer Festival of Bands needs volunteers By Bill Helm Editor
FERNDALE — Ferndale Schools have announced that they will hold their inaugural Pioneer Festival of Bands on Oct. 19. Ferndale High School Marching Band and Color Guard will host the event, but they are looking for volunteers right now to help plan and organize. According to an April 28 press release from the Ferndale High School Marching Band, there are three different committees that the task force currently need help with. Each of the three committees already has a chairperson. • Finance/Record Keeping Committee: Includes funds management, web site, records retention, meetings organization and minutes. • Event Committee: Includes schedule of activities, rules, policies and procedures, mapping and outside support. • Marketing/Awards/Sponsorship Committee: Includes event sponsorship, awards ceremony, event program, marketing, ticket sales, fundraising and registration. Anyone interested in helping should click onto the following link: signupgenius.com/ g o / 3 0 E 0 9 4 C A DA B 2 2 A 7 FC 1 49023096-pioneer.
In celebrating National Public Works Week, May 19-25, The City of Ferndale will celebrate National Public Works Week with its annual Touch-a-Truck event on Thursday, May 23 from 1–5 p.m. at Pioneer Park, 2004 Cherry St. On hand will be the backhoe, skid steer, front loader, service body truck with tilt-deck trailer, F-550 dump truck, the City’s new dump truck, ROW mower, and hopefully the vactor truck and street sweeper if they are not in action on a project at the time. All ages are welcome to come check out and learn about the equipment used by Ferndale Public Works. (Photos courtesy City of Ferndale)
-- Contact Bill Helm at bill@lyndentribune.com.
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