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Masters of
Meat-making
12
The Hempler’s brand of
premium meats, bearing
the family signatures,
sizzles throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Their selectivity and excellence have
spread them into national distribution
with partners. They’re nit-picky about
pure, natural ingredients. Grandpa
would be proud of the heights the family
has risen to in the world of bacon,
sausage, and ham lovers during the last
80 years. (Photo courtesy of Hempler
Foods Group)
Whatcom
Golf: Loonie
Tunes
58 A substantial
number of the
golfers who tee it up at the
county’s 13 courses drove
across the border from B.C. to
stretch their dollar, providing
a huge boost to the economy
of golf countywide. A visit
with six golf operations
revealed that the Canuck
buck plays at anywhere from
less than 10% at one course
to upward of 80% at another,
but they’re all looking
for creative marketing to
stimulate interest for every
recreational golfer.
All-Vol,
Standing Tall
76
The Mt. Baker
Chapter
serves local
Red Cross emergency
needs, as designed – but its
outreach stretches far and
wide when disaster strikes.
Local volunteers take care
of neighbors, yes, but also
answer calls of distress in
places like a bridge collapse
on I-5, and a hurricane in
New Jersey.
Personally
Speaking
82
Dr. Bruce
Shepard
covers the
business bases of serving as a
university president, and how
a strong economic approach
strengthens Western
Washington’s academia and
its bond with the community
at large. Good listening, he
said, is the key….
Guest
Columns
96
The right
to water in
Whatcom
County rests with some highcourt
decisions, and is the
topic of two columns this
edition. Other topics range
from teenagers’ minimum
wage problems, to the
environmental-correctness
of beekeeping and of risk
management, to the power of
respect for workers in Lean
operations. And, of course,
our regular Tech in the Fast
Lane insights.
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Joella Ortega
Special Contributors:
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Big Fresh
Randall Benson
Don Brunell
Tony Larson
Ken Mann
Todd Myers
Mt. Baker Chapter/Red Cross
Erin Shannon
Cover Photo:
Mike McKenzie
Photography:
Lydia Love
Mike McKenzie
Joella Ortega
Courtesy Photos:
Blue Sea Systems (Scott
Lechner)
Hempler Food Group LLC
LaserPoint Awards
Todd Myers, Beekeeper
Mt. Baker Chapter/Red Cross
Red Rokk Interactive
Sudden Valley G&CC
Shuksan Golf Club
WWU (Matthew Anderson)
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