Public Comments: Draft Cost-Cutting Recommendations

Here are some of the comments about the draft recommendations (by topic) made by community members last Monday, June 20th, Task Force meeting and at  the June 22 LICA meeting.  Some comments have been consolidated, for the sake of brevity. Cost-savings ideas Administrative services reduce administrative service costs, including Frank Abart’s percent salary; think Abart’s [...]

Granddaughters’ Ferry Worries

Nancy Gale submitted these wonderful drawings (click to enlarge) from her grandchildren Kennedie, Kamryn and Piper (ages 9, 8 and 5), who worked with their Dad on their ferry art project.  Thirty years ago, 6 year old Dad and his 4 year old brother participated in a successful neighborhood children’s drawing campaign to “save their [...]

Island library depends on ferry, too

To Whom It May Concern: Friends of Island Library (FOIL) is a 501c3 organization which owns and maintains the Island Library. We work with the Whatcom County Library System to provide the building and maintenance necessary to house the Lummi Branch collection. Our organization has worked for decades to establish this vibrant and vitally important [...]

Call to Action – PLIC

You, your friends and your family are key to saving the Lummi Island ‐ Gooseberry Point Ferry. It doesn’t matter how old or young you are, how long you’ve been part of the Lummi Island community or whether you love Lummi Island because it is your place of work or your full or part‐time home. [...]

Ferndale School District Administrators Here

From Rhayma: As a mom, I was happy to see both Ferndale Schools Superintendent Linda Quinn and Beach School Principal Michael Berres on island tonight.  Linda says that she is keeping up to date on ferry issues, relying on Michael and Assistant Superintendent Elvis Dellinger as her points of contact on ferry negotiations. When asked [...]

Children

Yes, that’s a school bus you see on the Whatcom Chief, on this beautiful sunny day as our island’s children return home from school. Lummi Island’s children and their families depend on the ferry for many things, from school to food to access to medical care.   What will happen to them if we lose our [...]